Senegal women’s basketball team members denied US visas, prime minister says

Senegal scraps US training after visa denials

Five players, seven staffers were refused entry

Team will now prepare at home in Dakar

The Senegalese women’s basketball team has scrapped plans to train in the US for the upcoming AfroBasket tournament in the Ivory Coast next month after several players and team officials had their visas denied, Senegal’s prime minister said.

Prime minister Ousmane Sonko said on Facebook Thursday that the team would train in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, “in a sovereign and conducive setting”.