Sudanese basketballers shoot for glory

Under a new initiative, Sudanese youth have the chance to aspire towards professional careers in basketball.

A group of Sudanese youth play basketball in Perth, under a new initiative that hopes to provide amateur players a professional pathway (SBS).

In early 2013, Chudire Lap was an aspiring basketball player and like most kids his age, played a lot of pickup basketball at his local courts on Butterworth Park in Koondoola.

But everything changed in March 2013 when he joined the Edmund Rice Eagles.

Chudire has since grown from an everyday street athlete into an U16s WABL player.

The Edmund Rice Eagles is a partnership between the Edmund Rice Centre Mirrabooka and the East Perth Basketball Association, and is designed to provide pathways for aspiring basketballers into structured basketball.

Watch Ryan Emery's story for more.