Sudans Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/sudans/ Experience the game beyond the screen Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:27:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png Sudans Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/sudans/ 32 32 Luol Deng and Royal Ivey on Building South Sudan’s Basketball Team https://sandjack.tv/luol-deng-and-royal-ivey-on-building-south-sudans-basketball-team/ https://sandjack.tv/luol-deng-and-royal-ivey-on-building-south-sudans-basketball-team/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:27:34 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/luol-deng-and-royal-ivey-on-building-south-sudans-basketball-team/ This story appears in SLAM 251. Shop here. South Sudan, the youngest country in the world, is currently home to a national basketball team competing in the Paris Olympics. This is a remarkable achievement for a nation that has only been in existence since 2011 amidst ongoing strife and challenges. Leading this program are two […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/luol-deng-and-royal-ivey-on-building-south-sudans-basketball-team/feed/ 0 10441 Inside South Sudan’s Unlikely Run to the Olympics https://sandjack.tv/inside-south-sudans-unlikely-run-to-the-olympics/ https://sandjack.tv/inside-south-sudans-unlikely-run-to-the-olympics/#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:46:30 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/inside-south-sudans-unlikely-run-to-the-olympics/ It’s unquestionably one of the greatest underdog stories in sports. The South Sudanese national team, representing a war-torn country without a single indoor basketball court, is on the cusp of making its Olympic debut after rising from the lowest levels of African basketball. Known as the Bright Stars, they made global headlines last week by […]

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