{"id":31016,"date":"2026-04-07T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31016"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:25:07","slug":"kenya-coach-calls-for-more-matches-after-wheelchair-basketball-campaign","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenya-coach-calls-for-more-matches-after-wheelchair-basketball-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya coach calls for more matches after wheelchair basketball campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Head coach of the Kenya national women\u2019s wheelchair basketball team, Sarah Libese, has called for increased playing opportunities to help her side reach its full potential.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Libese says regular competition is key to helping players handle the pressure of major tournaments and build confidence in high-intensity environments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was speaking after the team secured a fifth-place finish at the African Championships in Angola. Kenya recorded a commanding 65\u20135 victory over Liberia at the Pavilh\u00e3o Multiuso de Kilamba, their first win of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the side had earlier suffered heavy defeats against Algeria, Morocco, South Africa and hosts Angola.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Libese says the team remains a work in progress, noting that many of the players are still young and gaining experience at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31017,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-31016","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Kenya national women\u2019s wheelchair basketball team has called for increased playing opportunities to help her side reach its full potential","published_date":"2026-04-07 15:17:24","news_description":"Kenya national women\u2019s wheelchair basketball team has called for increased playing opportunities to help her side reach its full potential","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31018,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31016\/revisions\/31018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}