On August 23, the Congress of the International Basketball Federation was held in Manila, at which a new president of the organization was elected for a period from 2023 to 2027, according to the FIBA website.
Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani became unanimously the head of FIBA, who will replace Hamane Nyang in this post. Al Thani has previously served as Vice President of FIBA, President of FIBA Asia since 2002, President of the Qatar Basketball Federation and Vice President of the Qatar Olympic Committee.
Representatives of Turkmenistan are also present at the Congress - Chairman of the Basketball Federation Aydogdy Berdyev and Vice President Valery Sitnikov.