The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has released lists of players in the boys and girls categories of the FIBA U18 African Championship to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, from 1 to 14 September. A total of 24 players (12 per team) will represent the country at the championship, featuring 12 topmost national teams on the continent, namely, Angola, Cameroon, …

Nigeria’s senior men’s national basketball team, D’ Tigers, dropped four places in the latest FIBA ranking released on Thursday, slumped from 39th to 42nd position in the world. The former African champions garnered 299.7 points during the month under review and ranked the sixth best team in Africa behind South Sudan, Coted’Ivoire, Angola, Tunisia and Egypt who are the top …

President Bola Tinubu has joined other basketball enthusiasts to applaud D’Tigress 32-year-old head coach Rena Wakama following the team’s laudable outing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, which led to her being voted the best coach of the Women’s Basketball Tournament, an honour President Tinubu said was well deserved. This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri …

The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men’s basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17. In a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics final three years ago, LeBron James and the US team stacked with NBA stars once again proved too much for France’s sensational NBA Rookie of …

Team Nigeria’s women basketball squad, D’Tigress, ended their campaign at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics gallantly, losing 88-74 in the quarter-final to U.S. women’s basketball team on Wednesday night. D’Tigress started strong, trailing by just nine points at the end of the first quarter, 26-17. However, the U.S. asserted their dominance in the second quarter, outscoring Nigeria 26-16 and taking …

D’Tigress of Nigeria have qualified for the quarter-final of the women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The team defeated Canada 79-70 in its final group game at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France, on Sunday. The victory earned D’Tigress their first-ever appearance in the quarter-final of the Olympics basketball tournament. Nigeria sailed through the group stage with five …

Nigeria’s U-18 women’s basketball team delivered a stunning performance on Friday, crushing Liberia 90-9 in their FIBA U-18 AfroBasket Zone 3 qualification clash in Abidjan. The Young D’Tigress’ impressive win against Liberia sets a high bar as they prepare for their next game against hosts Ivory Coast. The outcome of this game will be crucial in determining which team secures …

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, suffered their first defeat at the Paris 2024 Olympics, slumping to a 75-54 defeat to France in their second Group C game in Paris on Thursday. It wasn’t nearly as pretty as the opening 75-54  blowout of Australia, but Ezinne Kalu was the best performer on the day, with the New Jersey-born point guard …

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, will hope to continue their fine form at the Paris 2024 Olympics when they take on hosts France in their second Group B game on Thursday (today), The PUNCH reports. The African champions, who are ranked 12th in the world, put on a great display at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium to beat the world’s …

D’Tigress of Nigeria have beaten the Opals of Australia 75-62 in women’s basketball at the Paris Olympics. Point guard Ezinne Kalu produced a clutch performance, inspiring the Rena Wakama-coached team to withstand a late rally from the Aussies at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium on Monday. The victory was Nigeria’s first at the Games since Athens 2004. Kalu finished the game …