“I never thought basketball would bring me to another country, let alone somewhere like Egypt.”
Eleanor Bishop admitted she didn’t know the prize for winning the Red Bull Half Court UK tournament back in Finsbury Park in June would take the LDN Warriors to Cairo for the World Finals. It proved to be a happy surprise, then, when the commentator declared over the speakers that her team had secured a place in Egypt’s Finals.
The Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, the River Nile and basketball. It is not a quartet that often comes together in any walk of life, but the Red Bull Half Court has allowed for teams from around the world to come together amid an incredible backdrop to play ball.
