With the official
London basketball league postponed until November – but informal sports fixtures of up to 30 people allowed – a group of local players organised a street tournament to lift their spirits
Words and pictures by Juan Trujillo Andrades
Basketball is not the most high-profile sport in the
UK, somehow seen as an
American phenomenon, but a thriving community of young Londoners ardently follow and play the sport. With competitive games on hold, basketball player Nhyira Asihene, known as Heish, decided to organise an impromptu tournament in south-east London.