https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzag0ctCFNo

After Mali lost 81-68 to Serbia on Monday to register their fourth straight defeat (56-89 against Japan, 58-118 against Australia, 59-74 against France) at the Women's Basketball World Cup, their fans might have thought their campaign could not get any worse.

Yet that would have been to reckon without the team having to make their way through the media area, just minutes after their elimination from the competition.

As they loitered on the edge of the mixed zone, where reporters interview players, one member of the Mali team unexpectedly launched an assault on another.

The incident was caught on camera by Serbian television as they conducted an interview with one of their players following the victory in Sydney, Australia.

Serbia's Sasa Cado looked visibly shocked, swiftly taking a step back, as she set eyes upon the scene in front of her, with Salimatou Kourouma throwing at least three punches at Kamite Elisabeth Dabou.

Her team-mates swiftly interjected to break up the fight, which came a day before Mali finished their Group B campaign with a match against Canada.

The tournament has been hugely frustrating for the Malians, who are one of two sides at the 12-team finals to have yet to win a game, following previous losses against Japan, hosts Australia and France.

Mali are only playing in the tournament after African champions Nigeria, who beat their fellow West Africans in last year's Women's Afrobasket final were withdrawn from the tournament, when President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the country from participating in all international basketball competitions and activities for a period of two years.

Malian basketball has also faced considerable challenges in recent times, with a report in 2021 outlining 'decades' of sexual abuse in the country's women's game.

The report was commissioned by Basketball's Governing body FIBA, which cleared its President - Malian Hamane Niang - of neglecting the abuse while he led the Malian basketball federation between 1999 and 2007.

|BBC|

Sometimes, you need to clear some doubts, but do it inside the locker room now.

They're in the wrong profession.

fergie001:
Sometimes, you need to clear some doubts, but do it inside the locker room now.

Nigeria government are the cause of all this, D Tigress were the ones who supposed to participate in this ongoing FIBA Women World cup.... but because of the damn ungrateful restrictions against Nigerian Basketball by the government early this year which the issue would have been resolved merely.

This Mali scenario wouldn't have happened.

F*** Nigerian government.

Fira09:
Nigeria government are the cause of all this, D Tigress were the ones who supposed to participate in this ongoing FIBA Women World cup.... but because of the damn ungrateful restrictions against Nigerian Basketball by the government early this year which the issue would have been resolved merely.

This Mali scenario wouldn't have happened.

F*** Nigerian government.

Till now, I still don't see the cogent reason behind the two-year ban by Dare.

fergie001:
Till now, I still don't see the cogent reason behind the two-year ban by Dare.

Anyway they have reversed the restrictions but it's already late, it was just a mere interim management committee crisis that would have been resolved within a day.

Fira09:


Anyway they have reversed the restrictions but it's already late, it was just a mere interim management committee crisis that would have been resolved within a day.

Personal egos have lost us a Competition.

fergie001:
Personal egos have lost us a Competition.

I was very pained when they reversed the ban, they should have continued with it.

Nigeria government always do the wrong thing are the wrong time.

African women and vawulence.....

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Fira09:


Nigeria government are the cause of all this, D Tigress were the ones who supposed to participate in this ongoing FIBA Women World cup.... but because of the damn ungrateful restrictions against Nigerian Basketball by the government early this year which the issue would have been resolved merely.

This Mali scenario wouldn't have happened.

F*** Nigerian government.

When a country is ran by a stone age Islamist terrorist, how do you think women's basketball will appeal to him..

we are being faced with another Muslim Muslim ticket from the pit of hell..
by the same terrorist party.

God forbid

Mmm

Africa be free from mental slavery

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I would expect nothing less of Malians.

Buhari, see wetin u cause

Whoever proposed that two year ban on Nigerian basketball is Very stupid. Even though it was reversed, milk has already been spilt and damage done
Imagine our female basketballers missing out on this major tournament after all their hard work because of some Buffon's in our Nation's administration. Some of our sports administrators really need to be flogged.
They really killed the morale of those girls.

What's going on here

Africans will always be Africans.

What can make professional sport women behave in such thuggish manner?
The African curse of course.

They never possessed the quality, which is why they never qualified in the first place.

The President and people of Mali should go after Sunday Dare for this avoidable show of shame he put them in.

Why always Africa and Africans?

You've lost, just go home quietly

Sore losers

......the Tournament has been hugely frustrated for the Malians....

Why can't they invite naira Marley to Ease uP THings For tHeM especially before Each tournament?

Fira09:


Anyway they have reversed the restrictions but it's already late, it was just a mere interim management committee crisis that would have been resolved within a day.

The reversal made the initial discussion look like child's play. I still can't wrap my head round the stupidity that gave rise to both decisions.

You win some, You loose some..

Anyways, I build up financial Giant's. Do well to check my signature. You might be interested.
Thank me later...

They need something

And we keep blaming the white for our woes black don't know when to compose....


At least compose ursef and anger when u reach house u can unleash the violence....

What a disgrace