Interview hijacked by wild brawling teammates

The FIBA Women's World Cup has been rocked by an disfigured brawl betwixt 2 Mali players pursuing the team's nonaccomplishment to Serbia.

Mali was mathematically eliminated from the World Cup aft going down 81-68 to Serbia connected Monday, and chaos erupted successful the moments that followed the game.

Serbia's Sasa Cado was being interviewed by a writer successful the mixed zone, with a radical of Mali players lasting to her close erstwhile Salimatou Kourouma unexpectedly unleashed connected her ain teammate Elisabeth Dabou.

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The brawl near Cado visibly startled arsenic she paused her interrogation with the Serbian web arsenic Kourouma and Dabou's teammates attempted to interruption them up.

Teammates were forced to intervene successful an effort to interruption up the scrap betwixt the 2 players (Twitter)

Basketball's governing body, FIBA, has confirmed that it volition motorboat an probe into the disfigured brawl.

"FIBA acknowledged contiguous that determination was an altercation betwixt Mali players successful the mixed portion pursuing the Group B crippled Serbia-Mali astatine the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022," a FIBA connection read.

"Following the incident, FIBA has opened an investigation. Once the probe is concluded, FIBA volition determine connected immoderate applicable disciplinary measures."

Salimatou Kourouma successful enactment during Mali's Group B World Cup clash against Japan (Getty)

The incidental compounded what has been a World Cup to hide for Mali, which volition reason its tourney with a Group B clash against Canada connected Tuesday.

Mali is 1 of 2 teams that is yet to triumph a azygous crippled astatine the World Cup, having besides mislaid to Japan, Australia and France. Bosnia and Herzegovina is the different federation to spell winless.

Australia remains a faint accidental of grabbing apical spot successful Group B aft a thrilling 75-72 triumph implicit the Canadians connected Monday.

The big federation indispensable bushed Japan successful its last radical game, portion hoping Canada and France are upset.

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