In the FIBA Women’s World Cupwhich takes place in Sidney, Australiaa peculiar event was recorded when two players from Little ones they came to blows just as their partner Serbia I was giving an interview. The frustration was evident in the African basketball players who lost to the European country thus marking their elimination from the tournament.
The fight was carried out by the players Salimatou Kourouma and Kamite Elisabeth Dabou in the mixed zone of Olympic Park Sports Centerwhile the top scorer of the match, the Serbian Sasa Cadogranted an interview, and realizing the incident, her teammates tried to separate them.
FIBA to investigate feud between players
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation after a dispute between two players from Little ones in the Women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, qualified as “craziness” by the leader of the team, who apologized on behalf of the team.
“FIBA acknowledges that there has been an altercation between the Malian players in the mixed zone. As a result of this incident, an investigation has been opened. The FIBA will decide to take any disciplinary measures once the investigation is over, ”said the body, whose president, Hamane Niang, is Malian, in a statement.
On Monday, the leader Touty Gandega indicated in her Twitter account Twitter that the team wanted to “apologize to the Malian people and the African people.”
“Well… I would like to point out that it is not the image we wanted to convey, not at all. God knows we get along and this is a slip that unfortunately we would have wanted to avoid. We want to apologize to the Malian people and the African people,” Gandega tweeted.
“I know it’s crazy what happened but the girls deeply regret their behavior,” she added.
The 13 Malian players were present this Tuesday during the warm-up and then on the bench against Canada, in the last game of Little ones in the World Cup (defeat 88-65), confirmed the AFP.
