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D’Tigress qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Ihesiulo Grace 9 February 2020 0

Abuja – Nigeria’s senior women’s national Basketball Team, D Tigress on Saturday booked a ticket to the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo. The team qualified despite losing 64-70 to host-Serbia in their second group game at the ongoing FIBA Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament. Mozambique’s

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D’Tigress beat Mozambique 85-51 in Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifiers

Ihesiulo Grace 7 February 2020 0

Abuja – Nigeria’s senior women national basketball Team, D Tigress, on Thursday beat Mozambique 85-51 in the 2020 FIBA Women Olympic Qualifiers in Belgrade, Serbia. Nigeria are grouped alongside Mozambique, world champions U.S. and hosts Serbia. In the highly-entertaining game, all 12 Nigerian players on the roaster scored at least two points with Promise Amukamara

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NBBF: Fund won’t hinder D’Tigress

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2020 0

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has stated that the country’s female national team, the D’Tigress, would not suffer paucity of funds, as the team opens camp on February 1 in Serbia for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifier championship taking place in Belgrade, Serbia from February 7 to 9. The NBBF Vice President, Babs Ogunade, said […]

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Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Senegal to remain African champions

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2019 0

The Nigeria women national basketball team, D’Tigress, have successfully defended the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title they won two years ago. In a keenly-contested final match played on Sunday at the magnificent Dakar Arena which had as much as 15 thousand fans watching, the Nigeria women beat host Senegal 60-55 to win back-to-back continental titles. As […]

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Pro Basketball Player Evelyn Akhator joins Temple Management

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2018 0

Nigerian professional basketball player and key member of Nigeria National Female Basketball team, D’Tigress, Evelyn Akhator is the latest Nigerian talent to be signed on to leading pan-African talent management agency, Temple Management Company. Drafted third overall pick in the 2017 Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) draft, Akhator joins the highly

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D’Tigress ‘to be among best four teams’ in FIBA basketball championship

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2017 0

Evelyn Akhator, the top player of Nigeria’s Senior Women Basketball team, D’Tigress, and American WNBA club, Dallas Wings, says early preparation can put Nigeria among the best four teams at the upcoming FIBA Women World Cup 2018 in Spain. Akhator, in a News Agency of Nigeria interview, said better preparation will help the team to […]

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Buhari receives victorious D’Tigress, gives N1mn to each player

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday hosted the players and officials of the D’Tigress, the Nigerian women basketball team. The team recently emerged African champions, the first time in over 10 years. The president also promised each of the victorious players N1 million while each official of the team will get N500,000.