Julio Chitunda's African Message   Julio Chitunda's African Message

With African Message, Julio Chitunda sheds light on the state of basketball in the world's second largest continent. A former semi-professional player and journalism graduate from Lisbon, Chitunda has covered the sport since 1998. After starting out in Portugal by providing coverage for several media organisations, he became a contributor to fiba.com in 2004. He is a fervent advocate of basketball in Africa and through his column will look at the game on all levels throughout the continent.
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 22/05/2012 Guimarães' Angolan national team challenge SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - José Carlos Guimarães, the newly-appointed head coach of Angola's Men's National Team, deserves praises for accepting his new role as he is the fifth man  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 15/05/2012 Angola and Botswana battle for U18 African Championships places SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - By the end of this week, either Angola or Botswana's national teams will secure places for this summer's U18 African Championships for Men and Women, as  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 07/05/2012 Why Euroleague Final Four matters for African OQT contenders SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - Euroleague final-four matters for Africans for two reasons. There will be two African players on court, and plenty of players set to line up against  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 01/05/2012 Former players share Olympic experience SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - What is it really like taking part in the Olympics? What does the future hold for African basketball? I asked these and other questions to four former  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 24/04/2012 Astan Dabo’s homework SHEFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - Nineteen-year-old Astan Dabo has attracted so much attention from basketball coaches and scouts that the WNBA's Connecticut Sun play caller, Mike Thibault  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 16/04/2012 Egyptian Basketball - Past, Present and Future SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - By the time the 2013 AfroBasket starts in Ivory Coast, it will have been 10 years since Egypt last won a medal at senior level of the African  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 10/04/2012 Two of seven only compete in U18 Zone IV qualifier SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - If you ever wondered why some extraordinary African players compete at top basketball leagues around the world, but whose country of origin are low  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 03/04/2012 South Sudan's Juba to play at East Africa Inter-cities Tournament SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) - The East, Central and Southern Africa Inter-cities Tournament (ECSAIT) for Men and Women is back later this month in the Ugandan capital of Kampala with  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 26/03/2012 From coach Pitino to Dieng with love SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) – Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino is so impressed with his Senegalese player Gorgui Dieng that he wishes to discover more African talents.   On  more »
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Julio-Chitunda-Column 20/03/2012 Coach Paquete shows fair play is above all SHEFFIELD (Julio Chitunda's African Message) – Apolinário Paquete, the head coach of Angolan women side Inter Clube de Luanda, should be honoured for his remarks and attitude following disturbances in  more »
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