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D’Tigers beat Uganda to lead group in FIBA World Cup qualifiers

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2021 0

Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Sunday beat Uganda 95-69 to lead in the first round in Group A of the African Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The Nigerian team, after their opening 71-79 loss to Cape Verde on Friday when the window one of matches began, had gone on to beat Mali 72-70

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BASKETBALL: US men get back on track as Germany beat Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 28 July 2021 0

Germany defeated Nigeria 99-92 in the previous game, pulling away in the fourth quarter to earn their first win of the tournament, thanks to balanced scoring headed by big man Johannes Voigtmann’s 19 points and 7 rebounds. The Germans had five players score in double figures and held off an explosive performance from Nigerian forward […]

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D’Tigers FIBA-Afro-basketball team Laced with France based stars

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2021 0

By Ben Alaiya with agency reports With NBA stars in the Nigerian national basketball team, D’Tigers given the all-clear to feature for their clubsides, the team is dominated by players from Europe particularly France. At the last count, at least five players who ply their trade in French top league will be among players that […]

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Breaking: D’ Tigers pick automatic qualification ticket for Tokyo 2020

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

Following D’tigress win against South Korea and Tunisia loss to Puerto Rico, Nigeria finished as the top African team in the tournament. The game played at city arena, Wuhan Wuhan sport center ended up 108 to 66 with south korea losing to Nigeria. Tunisia loss handed over D’tigers the automatic ticket to qualify for next […]

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FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: Basketball faithful applaud D’Tigers heroics

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2018 0

Some basketball fans have commended Nigeria’s senior national men’s team, D’Tigers for their heroics at the just-concluded FIBA Africa World Cup qualifiers which held in Lagos. D’Tigers defeated Cote D’Ivoire, 84-73, overpowered Central Africa Republic, 114- 69 and silenced archrivals, Senegal 89-61 to book their ticket for the World Cup which comes up in February […]

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AAG: Ahmed Vows to Involve More NBA Players

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2015 0

The coast is now clear for the Team Nigeria Basketball team, D’Tigers, to defend both the All Africa Games (AAG) gold it won four years ago in Mozambique and the elusive AfroBasket tourney, as the national basketball coach, Sanni Ahmed, has vowed to involve more NBA players in the competition. Ahmed, who led the team […]

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Afrobasket : D’TIGERS BATTLE BURKINA FASO TODAY

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2015 0

Nigeria’s male basketball team, D’Tigers, are set to out-dunk Burkina Faso team today in a rescheduled AfroBasket/All Africa Games Qualifier in Ouagadougou. The qualifier was earlier billed to hold last Saturday in the country’s capital but was moved to today by the hosts, for logistics reasons. Nigeria‘s 18-man squad arrived the West African country on […]