This weekend is going to
be lit as the city of Lagos will play host to top international
basketball players in the May Madness Tournament organized in
partnership with the Lagos State Sports Commission at the newly
refurbished Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere.
The tournament which is
in celebration of Lagos State at 50 will feature six teams from four
African Countries. Eko Kings, Lagos Warriors, and Lagos City Stars will
be representing for Lagos, while the Yaounde Giants from Cameroon,
Abidjan Raiders from Cote d’ Ivoire and the Libreville Izobe Dragons
from Gabon will come in town to play for the top spot.
Some Afro American players have already arrived in Nigeria to compete in the championship.
Most of these
players are in Africa for the first time ever, so you don’t want to miss
out of anything that happens while they are here!
The first
game is expected to tip off at 7pm prompt on Friday’s May 12th with the
Lagos Warriors playing against Yaounde Giants from Cameroon.
On
Saturday, there is going to be a double header with two teams going head
to head against each other; Libreville Izobe Dragons versus the Abidjan
Raiders at 4pm and the Yaounde Giants versus Eko Kings at 7pm.
That’s not all, Sunday is packed full with more excitement as the game will tip off at 4pm.
There is going to be top notch entertainment from your favourite musical artistes and half time shows.
Do not be left out as Tickets are fast selling on www.cblafrica.net,you can also purchase your tickets at the venue during game days.
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Basketball League is proudly supported by the Lagos State Government,
AFA Sports, SWIFT, PaddyBet, 360Nobs, Red Cheetah by SWIFT, Maison
Fahrenheit, Cintron, Printivo, Bugaa Connect, Bobby Taylor Company,
Domino’s Pizza, Selemedic, McErnest Events, Metro FM, Blindspotng, Air
Cote d’Ivoire and The Beat 99.9FM.
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