Two Mali gamers have apologized for combating in a blended area after dropping to Serbia within the Women’s World Cup on Monday.
The scuffle between Salimatou Kourouma and Kamite Elisabeth Dabou occurred after they had been passing via the postgame media space and was caught on movie by the Serbian media. After dropping to Canada, Kourouma stated, “We were disappointed by the loss so we apologize to the world of basketball, FIBA, World Cup here.” “We are right here to apologize for the picture posted on social media. That was not our intention.”
FIBA is investigating the incident. Kourouma threw a couple of punches at Dabou earlier than his Mali teammates jumped in to interrupt him. Both performed within the Canadian sport and coach JoaquÃn Brizuela stated he didn’t contemplate promoting them as punishment.
“These were our two key players, so even though it was a sad incident, it was more that they wanted to play basketball,” Brizuela stated. “We wanted to play at a high level, and they showed that today.”
Mali certified for the World Cup as a late alternative for Nigeria, which had administrative points. The African nation has misplaced the World Cup at a median of 30 factors to guide 0-5. Mali have gained only one sport of their World Cup historical past in 2010.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
