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Even talents like Sani Sakakini cannot mask the rot that exists in Palestinian Sport

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Bassil
Aug 27, 2021
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One of the greatest stories in the last ten years has been the improbable rise of Palestinian Basketball at almost the exact same time the national football team started its meteoric rise. One year after Palestine qualified for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup by beating Philippines on the grass pitch, Palestine's basketball team took to the court- beat Syria and…

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