Members of the Senegal women's national basketball team hustled across the court in central Dakar, dribbling and pivoting as ...

“Informed of the refusal of issuing visas to several members of the Senegal women’s national basketball team, I have ...

The Senegalese women’s basketball team has scrapped plans to train in the U.S. after several players and team officials had ...

The Senegal women’s national basketball team cancelled a 10-day training camp in the U.S. from June 22 to July 3 after the ...

The Senegal women’s basketball team has had to cancel a training camp it had scheduled in the United States after some members of its squad had their visas denied, the country’s prime minister ...

The Senegal Women’s Basketball team will not attend a training camp in the United States, set to start June 22, after some of its players and staff had their visas rejected as the country ramps ...

The West African nation's federation said in a statement that the visa applications of five players and seven officials weren't approved. “Informed of the refusal of issuing visas to several members ...

It remains unclear why the Senegalese athletes were denied visas, as the US Embassy is yet to publicly comment on the matter.

Senegal has one of the best women's basketball teams in Africa - consistently reaching the final four in AfroBasket tournaments and boasting players from top leagues in the US, Europe and Egypt.