Rising D’Tigers star, Jordan Nwora, was at his best midweek when he featured for top side Salt Lake City in American National Basketball Association champion (NBA). Nwora is the son of D’Tigers Assistant Coach, Obinna Nwora. He featured in the team’s African Championship-winning side in Mali. In the game against Erie Bay Hawks, Nwora was […]
Former Florida State center, Michael Ojo died on Friday after collapsing during training in Serbia, his former team Red Star Belgrade said. He was 27. The Nigerian-born basketball player was taken to a hospital in the Serbian capital, but doctors failed to resuscitate him. Michael Ojo, a Nigerian basketball player who previously played for Red […]
Abuja – Coach Sulaiman Aliyu of Equity Angels Basketball Club Kebbi, said his team would be fortified with five new players to make more impact in the 2020 Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League. Aliyu said this in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. “Our club only have seven players at the moment; I need to […]
Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto has signed Nigerian basketball and double-double queen Evelyn Akhator. The Salamanca, Spain based team currently plays in league Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, Evelyn has been unveiled by her new club, Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto formerly C.B. Halcón Viajes, for the 2019/2020 season.
Tokyo Olympics organisers launched a second ticket lottery on Thursday after an unexpectedly high local demand forced them to reevaluate their Japanese sales strategy earlier this year. Organisers said 5.12 million people had applied during the opening domestic lottery in May with only 960,000 able to get their hands on at least one ticket for […]
Basketball legend,Lebron James has revealed he regrets giving his 13-year-old son, LeBron James Jr his name.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “I still regret giving my 14-year-old my name,” James said on the debut episode of “The Shop,” which premieres next month on HBO. ⠀ Explaining the reason behind his decision to name his son after him,he said ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ […]
As Nigeria look to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China, team captain Ike Diogu reaffirmed his passion to play for his parents’ country. An emblematic player for Nigeria over the course of the past five years, the 6ft 9in (2.05m) power forward has experienced joy, frustration and hope while wearing the […]
Each player got N1,000,000 while 5 Coaching crew members got N500,000 only Members of the 2017 Afrobasket winning women’s team, D’Tigress of Nigeria can go town to begin their Christmas shopping. The President has redeemed his promise to reward the team after they became African Champions. Each player got N1,000,000 (One million Naira) while 5 […]
The 2017 edition of the Kwese basketball Premier League Final 8 commenced on Sunday at the Sani Abacha Stadium Kano with three games on Day 1. Declaring the Final 8 open, Vice President of the Tijjani Umar-led Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Olumide Oyedeji, said both the federation and Kano State government have perfected plans for […]
The Nigerian basketball women’s national team is in Mali defeating every opponent they’ve faced and chasing the ultimate prize; to be champions at the FIBA Women’s Afrobasketball 2017. The awesome talent and skills displayed, the team spirit, determination and ambition, you would think that these players represent a functional system and you would be wrong. […]
Nestlé Nigeria announced that 74 schools from across the 36 states of the federation, including the FCT, Abuja have qualified for the Conference Stage of the 19th Milo Basketball Championship which dunked off in four geographical zones – Central Conference, Confluence Conference, Equatorial and Western Conference – on the 27th of April 2017. The 74 […]
President of Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF), Malam Ibrahim Mohammad, has commended Nestle Milo for supporting basketball development from the grassroots through its annual Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championships. Speaking exclusively to Extra Time, Mohammad revealed that the Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship which is in its 19th edition has truly unearthed future […]
Cross River State Sports Commission has received a donation of fifty six basketballs and one hundred pairs of canvas shoes from a sports philanthropist. Displaying the items to newsmen in Calabar, the Chairman of the Sports Commission, Right Hon Orok Otu Duke said the basketballs and the canvas shoes will be distributed to over 400 […]
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) President, Tijani Umar has justified his recent trip to United States as necessary for the expected smooth preparation of the two national basketball teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigeress, for their international commitments. Speaking to Extra Time penultimate week, Umar was coy over the main agenda of his consultation, but hinted of meeting […]
The Kogi State Government has given full marks to Nestle Milo for their consistency in the sponsorship of the Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship which has been on for the past 16 years. Kogi State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Hon. Attah Sule Ikani stated this when some members of the Organising Committee of the […]
Moncho Lopez has been in the spotlight before as a national team coach and currently sets his sights at securing Rio 2016 Olympic ticket for Angola. Following his appointment as Angola national team coach, Lopez once again knows what it feels like to be in the limelight, with newspaper and radio journalists eager to hear […]
After surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist penultimate week, Houston Rockets guard, Patrick Beverley will require four months of recovery, league sources has revealed. Beverley’s ligament had to be reattached, a procedure that crushed a fleeting hope before the surgery that a two-month recovery period could’ve had Beverley back for the […]
Following the qualification of Nigeria senior men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, for the 2015 FIBA AfroBasket Championship after the two-leg victories over Burkina Faso counterparts, fresh indications are brewing that the DSTV League faces likely interregnum in the season’s schedule for the two affiliated conferences as a result of the clash with the camping programme […]
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