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12 Nigerians listed to officiate in 2021/2023 FIBA competitions

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2021 0

Twelve Nigerians have been accredited to officiate in the 2021/2023 international basketball window. Afolabi Oni, the Media Coordinator of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said this followed the conclusion of the 2021 Federation International

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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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D’Tigress coach confident of FIBA Afrobasket title defence

Ihesiulo Grace 1 August 2019 0

D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughley, is confident that his team has chances of successfully defending their FIBA AFROBASKET title when the competition gets underway on August 9, 2019. Following the team’s draw against Tunisia and Cameroon at the official draw ceremony held in Dakar, Senegal, Otis said the team can mount a strong title defence […]

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D’Tigress: I want quarter final ticket as birthday gift – Solomon Dalung

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has called on the senior Women’s basketball team the D’Tigress to give him a birthday gift of a FIBA World Cup quarterfinal ticket. Dalung, who is in Tenerife Spain to cheer the players made the request while congratulating the team on their superlative performance at the […]

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FIBA ranking: Nigeria remains number one in Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

Nigeria for the third time running has retained the number one spot in Africa and 32 in the world in the latest ranking of the FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike following the fourth window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers. Senegal who played in Group F of the African qualifiers is […]

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FIBA: Diogu excited to captain Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

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 […]

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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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A tale of two factions

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2017 0

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. […]

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AfroBasket: D'Tigers Seeded against Host Tunisia

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

The Nigeria senior male national basketball team, D’Tigers have been pitted against former champions and host Tunisia in Group A at the draws of the 2015 FIBA Africa Basketball Championship which took place at the Carthage Acropolium in Tunis on Saturday. The D’Tigers who are now the 6th ranked team in Africa (40th on the […]

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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 […]