Sonny Side Of Sports - Voice Of America

AS SALE’s liaison manager, Abel Nson, shares his thoughts on the Sahara conference matchups and the influence of their team coach Liz Mills. He also offered insights into the off-the-court life of their key player Terell Stoglin. Also on the show featured news on Moroccan champions AS Sale joining the Rwanda Energy Group, Tunisia’s US Monastir and Guinean basketball team SLAC to advance to the Basketball Africa League playoffs.

The Australian Liz Mills of the Moroccan club AS Sale is one of the international coaches leading teams during the 2022 Basketball Africa League (BAL) season. On Tuesday's show, Mills talks about enjoying the BAL atmosphere in Dakar, Senegal. And we'll also hear from BAL coaches Robert Pack, of the USA and Rwanda Energy Group, and Miodrag Perisic of Serbia and Seydou Legacy Athletic Club of Guinea.

Former University of Miami and Nigeria national team player Tonye Jekiri talks about the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) on Monday's show. Jekiri also comments on his "Time to Give Back" Basketball Camp, which was recently held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Sonny also has lots of BAL news as the league winds down games at the Dakar Arena in Senegal before resuming action in April in Cairo, Egypt.

VOA's Jackson Mvunganyi hits Nuthin' But Net when he joins Sonny on Friday's show for a special Basketball Africa League (BAL) roundtable discussion. Also on the program are Lamine Savane, the BAL's Head of League Operations, and Frank Traore, Head of Operations for NBA Africa. Frank and Lamine are in Dakar, Senegal, where the BAL is wrapping up its first week of games. In April, the BAL moves to Cairo, Egypt, for more games, and the league will hold its playoffs and final in May in Kigali, Rwanda.

Rwanda Energy Group players celebrated a thrilling, last-second victory Wednesday in the men's Basketball Africa League (BAL) in Dakar, Senegal. We'll hear from Jean Jacques Nshobozwa, who made the game-winning shot, on Thursday's show, and we'll also have post-game remarks from BAL head coaches Liz Mills of AS Sale and Luis Hernandez of Ferroviario da Beira of Mozambique.

Popular American actor Will Ferrell helped lighten the mood before the Golden State Warriors defeated the visiting Los Angeles Clippers, 112-97, in NBA action Tuesday night. Sonny closes Wednesday's show with the Ferrell fun. The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a partnership between the NBA and FIBA, the International Basketball Federation. Sonny also has lots of BAL news in a program that hits Nuthin' But Net.

VOA's Sonny Young brings you the latest sports news and trends as well as questions and comments from sports fans around Africa and the world.

South Sudanese big man Ater Majok was one of the top players during the opening weekend of action in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in Dakar, Senegal. Majok tallied 19 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks to help lead US Monastir of Tunisia to a 77-71 victory over Ferroviario da Beira of Mozambique. We'll hear from Majok on Monday's show. The BAL is a partnership between the International Basketball Federation, FIBA, and the National Basketball Association, the NBA. Also on the program, we'll hear from the NBA's Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, who scored a season-high 54 points on Sunday.

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) tips off its second season on Saturday in Dakar, Senegal. On Friday's show, Sonny previews the tournament with a BAL roundtable discussion featuring colleague Eddie Rwema of the Voice of America's Central Africa Service; John Manyo-Plange, Head of Strategy & Operations for the BAL; and Arnold Kwizera, a CNBC Africa Markets Editor and sports commentator. Sonny and Eddie promise this lively BAL conversation hits Nuthin' But Net!

VOA's Sonny Young brings you the latest sports news and trends as well as questions and comments from sports fans around Africa and the world.