Ivan and Joel Almeida started Kriol Star as a social development programme in Cape Verde in 2015, and it was only converted into a professional basketball outfit in 2023. They recorded their first ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- Two days after Cape Verdean side Kriol Star's shock win over Basketball Africa League Sahara Conference hosts ASC Ville de Dakar, Tunisia's US Monastir brought them crashing back ...

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Team Kriol Star (Cape Verde) have arrived in Dakar, Senegal for Season 5 of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) games as they prepare for their competition in the Sahara Conference. Ivan Almeida ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- Defending Basketball Africa League (BAL) champions Petro de Luanda got their 2025 campaign off to a strong start on Saturday with a comfortable 103-74 win over debutants Kriol Star.

DAKAR, Senegal - Representing a nation of just over 500,000 people, Cape Verde's Kriol Star clinched their first ever Basketball Africa League (BAL) win by beating Sahara Conference hosts ASC ...