Sonny Side of Sports - VOA Africa

On Tuesday's show, VOA's Carol Guensburg has a story on Navalayo Osembo, the CEO of the Kenyan running shoe company Enda.

Also on the program, Sonny recaps Monday's 126th running of the Boston Marathon. Kenyan athletes Evans Chebet and Peres Jepchirchir won the men's and women's titles.

Olympic champion Jepchirchir won a thrilling race (in 2:21:01) against Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh. In a seesaw sprint to the finish line, the two traded places eight times in the final mile.

On Tuesday's show, VOA's Carol Guensburg has a story on Navalayo Osembo, the CEO of the Kenyan running shoe company Enda.

Also on the program, Sonny recaps Monday's 126th running of the Boston Marathon. Kenyan athletes Evans Chebet and Peres Jepchirchir won the men's and women's titles.

Olympic champion Jepchirchir won a thrilling race (in 2:21:01) against Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh. In a seesaw sprint to the finish line, the two traded places eight times in the final mile.

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum celebrated his buzzer-beating layup Sunday when the Celtics edged the visiting Brooklyn Nets, 115-114, in a first round NBA playoff series.

We'll hear from Tatum on Monday's show and Sonny will recap Sunday's other NBA playoff results, as well as preview the upcoming Basketball Africa League (BAL) games in Cairo, Egypt.

Monday's BAL games:

Petro de Luanda (Angola) v Espoir Fukash (Democratic Rep. of Congo)

FAP (Cameroon) v Cobra Sport (South Sudan)

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum celebrated his buzzer-beating layup Sunday when the Celtics edged the visiting Brooklyn Nets, 115-114, in a first round NBA playoff series.

We'll hear from Tatum on Monday's show and Sonny will recap Sunday's other NBA playoff results, as well as preview the upcoming Basketball Africa League (BAL) games in Cairo, Egypt.

Monday's BAL games:

Petro de Luanda (Angola) v Espoir Fukash (Democratic Rep. of Congo)

FAP (Cameroon) v Cobra Sport (South Sudan)

VOA's Sunday Shomari and Nigerian international player Ike Diogu of defending Basketball Africa League (BAL) champion Zamalek join Sonny on Friday's show for a special BAL discussion.

Diogu is averaging 17.5 points per game so far in the BAL competition in Cairo, Egypt. He'll talk about Friday night's big game against Petro de Luanda of Angola and other topics.

VOA's Sunday Shomari and Nigerian international player Ike Diogu of defending Basketball Africa League (BAL) champion Zamalek join Sonny on Friday's show for a special BAL discussion.

Diogu is averaging 17.5 points per game so far in the BAL competition in Cairo, Egypt. He'll talk about Friday night's big game against Petro de Luanda of Angola and other topics.

On Thursday's show, we'll hear from Cobra Sport's Padiet Wang, who scored a game-high 24 points Wednesday to help lead the South Sudanese basketball club to a 104-88 victory over Espoir Fukash of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It was Cobra Sport's first ever Basketball Africa League win, and South Sudanese fans celebrated inside and outside the arena in Cairo, Egypt.

Sonny will have some post-game analysis of the win by Cobra Sport as well as the first BAL victory for South Africa's Cape Town Tigers team.

On Thursday's show, we'll hear from Cobra Sport's Padiet Wang, who scored a game-high 24 points Wednesday to help lead the South Sudanese basketball club to a 104-88 victory over Espoir Fukash of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It was Cobra Sport's first ever Basketball Africa League win, and South Sudanese fans celebrated inside and outside the arena in Cairo, Egypt.

Sonny will have some post-game analysis of the win by Cobra Sport as well as the first BAL victory for South Africa's Cape Town Tigers team.

On Wednesday's show, we'll hear from Amr Aboul Kheir, an Egyptian basketball coach and the former captain of his country's national men's team.

Kheir says defending champion Zamalek of Egypt and Petro de Luanda of Angola are the strongest teams competing in the Nile Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Both BAL teams looked very strong on Tuesday when they routed their opponents in Cairo. Zamalek defeated South Africa's Cape Town Tigers, 101-to-77, and Petro beat Cobra Sport of South Sudan, 92-to-56.

On Wednesday's show, we'll hear from Amr Aboul Kheir, an Egyptian basketball coach and the former captain of his country's national men's team.

Kheir says defending champion Zamalek of Egypt and Petro de Luanda of Angola are the strongest teams competing in the Nile Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Both BAL teams looked very strong on Tuesday when they routed their opponents in Cairo. Zamalek defeated South Africa's Cape Town Tigers, 101-to-77, and Petro beat Cobra Sport of South Sudan, 92-to-56.