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The excitement continues to build ahead of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which gets underway on the 29th July.

The athletes representing Northern Ireland Men’s are James MacSorley, Matt Rollston, Nathan McCabe and Conn Nagle. The team will be making history at the Smithfield venue as wheelchair basketball features in the Commonwealth Games for the first time.

Northern Ireland Men’s 3×3 qualified earlier this year at the IWBF Europe 3×3 Commonwealth Games Qualifiers. Their final fixture against Scotland was one of the highlights of the tournament, the outcome decided in the last few seconds of the game with youngster McCabe sinking the winning basket for his team and booking their place at the Games.

Northern Ireland Men’s will join England Men’s in the 3×3 wheelchair basketball competition in Birmingham. Tickets available here: https://tickets.birmingham2022.com/