Latest News About Senegal Les Lions rise

Updated 2026-06-18 14:24

LeS Lions appeared at AfroBasket a tradition of success, with era of DeSagana Diop squads. At AfroBasket 2025, they finished third after beating Cameroon 98-72, continuing their consistent third-place run in recent events. They have battled on Olympic and World Championship stages, demonstrating competitive pedigree on both continental and world stages. Senegal also represents the Fédération Sénégalaise De Basket-Ball, and focuses on building youth pipelines for future successes.

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The rebirth of Senegal's youth - FIBA Basketball

SHEFFIELD (Júlio Chitunda’s African Message) - Senegalese Yacine Diop was neither the leading scorer of the U18 Afrobasket Women nor even did she lead any key category of the game, but her contribution in the gold medal 55-50 win over Mali at Dakar’s Marius Ndiaye Arena, proved decisive and crowned her the African 2012 U18 MVP, a ...

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Basketball - Senegal

The Senegal men's national basketball team, nicknamed Les Lions, represents the Senegal in the international basketball competitions. The governing body is the Fédération Sénégalaise De Basket-Ball.

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