The BAL Wins International Sports Awared

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was nominated by an advisory board of 25 international leaders in the cultural sector working in various fi elds. Below, a look at the winners of the inaugural group of the Chanel Next Prize: • Jung Jae-il, a Seoul-born, Berlin-based composer whose work merges Korean and

Western sounds. • Keiken, a London- and Berlin-based collective comprising artists Hana Omori, Isabel Ramos, and Tanya Cruz, whose work make use of installations, performances, gaming engines, and augmented reality. • Lual Mayen, a South Sudanese refugee and game designer engineering educational and social impact tools. • Marlene Monteiro Freitas, a Lisbon-based dancer whose choreography references her native island of Cape Verde. • Rungano Nyoni, a Zambian-Welsh director and screenwriter based in London who gained recognition for her 2017 fi lm I Am Not a Witch. • Precious Okoyomon, an artist and poet based in New York, who won the 2021 Frieze

Artist Award and is known for their immersive installations that examine the natural world and its ties to racial histories. • Marie Schleef, a Berlin-based director whose work examines the dynamics of maledominated theatre conventions. • Botis Seva, a London-based dancer and choreographer whose practice is rooted in hiphop. • Wang Bing, a fi lmmaker known for projects that examine people at the margins of Chinese society. • Eduardo Williams, an artist and fi lmmaker based in Paris and Buenos Aires whose documentary and fi ctional works examine the role of the camera. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/meet-fi rst-10-winnerschanel-220000858.html Source: https://robbreport.com/ Image credit: vogue.globo.com

By Rashid@Afroballers

ON 22ND DECEMBER 2021, the International Sports Convention (ISC) released the names of its 7 total winners of the International Sports Award; A recognition of the most marvelous sport’s eff orts across the world. The Basketball Africa League, a partnership league between NBA and FIBA, featuring 12 franchise teams from across Africa, successfully clinched the Innovation Award for utilising basketball as a tool for economic development across the African continent. Moreover, to take cognizance that The BAL has served an active role in improving the health and wellness of the youthful populace within Africa (one of the world’s youngest populations). In their debut season, earlier this year, The BAL put to use astoundingly innovative solutions such as developing intricate health and safety protocols for over 700 leagues and team personnel from 50 countries. Additionally reaching more than 170 million fans across social media channels of the BAL and NBA combining for an accumulative 33 million views and 3.5 million engagements. Two of the remaining six winners in the other categories of this award included LaLiga for Fan Engagement and Discovery Network for Diversity and inclusion award. https://afroballers.com/the-bal-wins-internationalsports-award/

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