Egypt withdraw from Zone 5 championship
EGYPT will not defend their Zone 5 basketball championship title after pulling out of the competition slated to run from February 7-12 in Kigali. According to Rwanda’s basketball federation Secretary General Jean Lucien Mugabo, the North Africans withdrew because of the on-going political unrest in Cairo.
Fiston Muhire (R) is part of Rwanda’s provisional team for the Zone 5 basketball championship. (File photo)