{"id":79436,"date":"2022-09-27T08:21:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T08:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/malis-kourouma-dabou-fight-following-loss-to-serbia\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T08:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T08:21:01","slug":"malis-kourouma-dabou-fight-following-loss-to-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/malis-kourouma-dabou-fight-following-loss-to-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali&#8217;s Kourouma, Dabou fight following loss to Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Two members of Mali&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team duked it out Monday following their latest loss in what has so far been a winless appearance in the women&#8217;s World Cup. <\/p>\n<p>The brief, caught-on-camera scuffle took place in the postgame media area after the team was defeated 81-68 by Serbia, video posted online and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oluwashina\/status\/1574448325063065601?s=20&amp;t=dPmyidw3ZebF1EuCk0j9tA\" target=\"_blank\">social media shows. <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tu\u010da Reprezentativki Malija Nakon Poraza Od Srbije | SPORT KLUB KO\u0160ARKA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_dLJ9e41kuw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One player even attempted to connect on a few haymakers before other teammates rushed in to break up the ugly situation, according to the footage that was captured by Serbian media during a player interview. <\/p>\n<p>FIBA, the international basketball governing body, has opened an investigation into the incident between ballers Salimatou Kourouma and Kamite Elisabeth Dabou.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>The scuffle occurred in the postgame media area after Mali&#8217;s loss.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube |  Sports Club<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both players are averaging less than 10 points per game as the woeful Mali team has lost each of their four games by an average of 30 points. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the tourney, Mali lost by an astounding 60 points to Australia. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mali-teammates-fight-world-cup-loss-003.jpg?resize=823%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two players from the Mali team come to blows in the press area at the women's basketball World Cup in Sydney.\" class=\"wp-image-24016435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mali-teammates-fight-world-cup-loss-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1646 1646w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mali-teammates-fight-world-cup-loss-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1235 1234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mali-teammates-fight-world-cup-loss-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=823 823w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mali-teammates-fight-world-cup-loss-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=412 411w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mali-teammates-fight-world-cup-loss-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>FIBA has opened an investigation into the fight.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube |  Sports Club<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The African country originally didn&#8217;t even have the opportunity to compete on the world stage, but was a late entry to replace Nigeria, which had administrative issues.<\/p>\n<p>Mali wraps up their tournament Tuesday against Canada.<\/p>\n<p>If they win it would be the first World Cup victory for the country since 2010 when the team went 1-4.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two members of Mali&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team duked it out Monday following their latest loss in what has so far been a winless appearance in the women&#8217;s World Cup. The brief, caught-on-camera scuffle took place in the postgame media area after the team was defeated 81-68 by Serbia, video posted online and social media shows. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/malis-kourouma-dabou-fight-following-loss-to-serbia\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mali&#8217;s Kourouma, Dabou fight following loss to Serbia<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[26928,2234,26929,46,26930,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9828,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nikola-jokic-shares-pic-of-his-5-year-old-self-in-nuggets-gear-in-serbia\/","url_meta":{"origin":79436,"position":0},"title":"Nikola Jokic shares pic of his 5-year-old self in Nuggets gear in Serbia","date":"July 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Denver Nuggets are celebrating the summer of signing Nikola Jokic.As well they should be. 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