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After losing, the women's basketball team from Mali gets into a fight

Mali's women's basketball team hasn't won a game so far in the women's World Cup. On Monday, two players got into a fight after they lost again.

After the team lost 81-68 to Serbia, there was a short fight in the media area, which was caught on camera. The fight was shown online and on social media.

During a player interview, Serbian media caught footage of one player trying to land a few "haymakers" before other teammates rushed in to break up the ugly situation.

The international basketball organization FIBA is looking into what happened between Salimatou Kourouma and Kamite Elisabeth Dabou.

Two players from the Mali team come to blows in the press area at the women's basketball World Cup in Sydney.
The scuffle occurred in the postgame media area after Mali’s loss.
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Both players score less than 10 points per game on average, and the terrible Mali team has lost all four games by an average of 30 points.

Australia beat Mali by an amazing 60 points early on in the tournament.

Two players from the Mali team come to blows in the press area at the women's basketball World Cup in Sydney.
FIBA has opened an investigation into the fight.
YouTube | Sport Klub

The African country didn't even have a chance to compete on the world stage at first. Nigeria had administrative problems, so the country was added as a replacement.

Mali's last game is Tuesday, when they play Canada.

If they win, it will be the country's first World Cup win since 2010, when the team went 1-4 and didn't make it to the finals.

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