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Mark D’Ball Men’s Basketball Championship begins tomorrow

Mark D’Ball Men’s Basketball Championship will begin tomorrow at the indoor hall of MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, the organisers have revealed.

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Mark D’Ball Men’s Basketball Championship will begin tomorrow at the indoor hall of MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, the organisers have revealed.

According to the Secretary, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Abdullahi Umar, the competition will commence with Group A, comprising eight teams playing four games per day for seven days. 

He disclosed that the tournament, which will end in April, would see each group competing in a round robin format till winners emerge.

The teams in Group A are Gombe Bulls, Police Batons, Apa Flames, Hot Coal Ballers, Nile University Spartans, AHIP Giants, Mo Heat and Safety Knights.

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The Initiator of Mark D’Ball Basketball Championship, Igoche Mark, has promised to revive the dead domestic league following the paucity of games suffered in the last four years.
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