On Thursday 12th August, Big Bangs Australia delivered 100+ pairs of shoes to Basketball Canberra.
From their website:
Basketball ACT is supporting the FIBA Oceania ‘Soul to Sole-Our Heart to Your Feet’project. Donations of shoes(and maybe socks) helps in community and school basketball programs in Pacific countries. The countries being partnered are small in population and poor by our standards.Despite this, basketball continues to hold its own in being the preferred second sport in the Pacific. Your donation can be given to the Duty Manager at either stadium or the front office …

Mountain Ballers, part 2 !
The city of Gap, located in the south eastern part of France, is about to experience its first Big Bang event.  The French crew is enhancing its network to new ballers from the mountains !
Barbecue, music, 3×3 tournaments, sun and more will be waiting for you ! so if you’re around, take time to pass by ’cause “ain’t no mountains high enough to keep you away” from ballin’!
Peace
Julien Kerdoncuf
Big Bang Ballers France

Can you believe it’s already been a year since the Big Bangs officially launched?  At the time who could have imagined how quickly we would expand, how many kids we would serve, how many emergency packs, basketballs, t-shirts, meals, shoes, uniforms, textbooks and school supplies we would go through…
On Monday 21 June, Tongue & Groove, our perennial sponsors, helped us celebrate by throwing a cocktail bash for some 70 of our friends and supporters.
It was a wonderful night, and we would like to make a special shout-out to some very …

In March of this year, the Big Bangs organized an under-17 basketball league.
All the participants were kids who were no older than juniors in high school.  These kids were desperate for a tournament which wasn’t being dominated by seniors, college students and adults (sadly that includes the Big Bangs).  It was no fun for them to register in a tournament just to lose every game by 50 points or more.  These kids wanted fair and even competition and the Big Bangs gave it to them.
8 teams participated in a season, …

The Big Bangs France launched their activities in April 2010. After taking benefits from a tournament organized in the Alps, we sponsored two teams, boys and girls, in the inter-uni annual tournament. Great success!
The IEP boys and girls teams won their respective tournament in Strasbourg, France. The teams, led by Cesar and Domi, both member of French board, gave their maximum to beat teams like Paris, Lyon or Lille.
In spite of a difficult draw, the boys did a terrific come back to win, in a breathtaking final game, the championship …

Have you heard? The Big Bangs are getting started in France! First tournament held on Saturday 24th 2010 in Grenoble, South East of France.
Thanks to the support of the UPMF university and the IEP Sports Organization, the Big Bangs showed people from the region how great Bangladeshi-style bball tournaments are!
Good folks, happy faces, crazy moves and breathtaking monster dunks: all the ingredients were there for the perfect day.
The Team Rocket won the “Fellows” Tournament while the BCTM 1 dominated the “ladies” tourney.
Amar and Mehdi, both from Easy Corp. Team, won …

The following is an article from the Daily Star, Dhaka’s biggest newspaper.  Article is also available here.
The “Big Bangs” is a fairly recognizable name in the Dhaka sports scene. The best basketball players around Dhaka all try out for this all-star team, hoping their skills are good enough to earn them a spot. However, the “Seven Nation Army” of basketball is not just a place where kids show off skills. The team is also involved in many humanitarian projects, such as building houses and basketball courts for children around the …

Tournoi de Basket 3×3 à but caritatif.
Objectif:
lever des fonds pour la construction d’un terrain de basket à Kaboul.
Déroulement:
Tournois garçons et filles. début 9h30. équipe de 4 max. 3€ par joueur.
Concours de shoot à 3 pts
Skills game
Goodies
L’asso’:
Les Big Bangs ont été créés au Bangladesh en 2008 et utilisent le basket pour lutter contre la pauvreté et le désavantage social.
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Keep ballin’ !

From February 15-20, Karar, a member of the “Small Bangs”, organized a school tournament which was held at the Abahani Basketball Federation court in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka.
Decco Foods sponsored the event with a ‘War Against Nicotine’ slogan.  8 school teams participated with large crowds of kids attending to show support for their schools.
Small Bangs played for Mastermind School (Karar) and Green Herald School (Walid and Angelo).  Maple Leaf won the finals in a great game against Mastermind.
Asif Islam
Big Bangs Bangladesh
(Editor’s Note: Promoting healthy lifestyles is a key part …

Very brief snapshot of some of the side things that happen at a Big Bangs Camp.
The girls treat us to a beautiful song, which Julien then attempts with varying degrees of success… Rodrigue and Junad run a scrimmage on one court, while Asif and Julien take another 2 teams through a game on the far side.
Big Bangs camps entail not only basic skills and tactics, but also place heavy emphasis on teamwork, trust, loyalty, unselfishness and team spirit. Camps are tailored for the audience – where necessary, we run leadership …