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Burundi membership Dynamo has been faraway from the Basketball Africa League after refusing to put on a jersey with the “Go to Rwanda” brand.
PRETORIA, South Africa: Burundi membership Dynamo has been faraway from the Basketball Africa League after refusing to put on a jersey with the “Go to Rwanda” brand.
The BAL introduced Tuesday that the workforce refused to adjust to the league’s guidelines on jersey and uniform necessities.
Dynamo’s gamers use tape to cowl the “Go to Rwanda” brand on their jerseys Saturday when it beat Cape City Tigers 86-73 earlier than forfeiting a recreation towards FUS Rabat on Sunday.
Dynamo forfeited Tuesday’s recreation towards Angolan workforce Petro de Luanda in Pretoria, South Africa.
“Two forfeitures in the identical event set off the membership’s automated withdrawal,” BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall stated in an announcement. “This can be a very unlucky scenario for the gamers and followers, and we share the frustrations of everybody concerned.”
Burundi closed its borders with Rwanda in January and deported Rwandans after accusing it of backing rebels.
Now in its fourth season, the BAL was created by the NBA in partnership with FIBA. It’s a Champions League-style competitors for African membership groups.
Go to Rwanda, the tourism arm of the Rwanda Growth Board, has been a BAL sponsor for the reason that league’s inception. It is usually a sponsor of high-profile soccer groups together with Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.
The Burundi basketball federation didn’t reply to a request for remark.
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