Nigeria will host eight other African Basketball teams in the pre-qualifiers on the journey to the Olympic Games in Paris after they were selected by The Federation International Basketball Association as the hosts. The FIBA Pre-Olympics African qualifier will be held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos from 12 August to 20 August. The participating teams that will slug …

The Nigeria national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress have emerged champions of Africa again following their thrilling 84-74 win over Senegal in the final of the 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket tournament on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda. The victory is historic as the Nigerian ladies have become only the second team ever after Senegal to win four consecutive titles. After waiting for …

Champions D’Tigress outclassed hosts Rwanda 79-48 in the semi-finals of the ongoing 2023 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in Kigali, Rwanda to book a place in the final. The win on Thursday means D’Tigress have now extended their unbeaten run to 23 games and are on the verge of winning a fourth consecutive AfroBasket title. The last time Nigeria lost a game …

Defending Champions and Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigresses on Wednesday survived the scare of not qualifying for the semi-finals of the ongoing Afrobasket championship in Rwanda against hard fighting Mozambique. The Mozambicans who qualified through a quarter-finals play-off against Cote d’Ivoire took an early lead, winning the first two quarters,18-16 and 15-13 to establish a four-point lead in the …

As the 2023 AfroBasket FIBA Women’s Competition unfolds in Kigali, Rwanda, the Federal Government has rallied behind the Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, urging them to maintain their impressive performance and secure victory in the tournament. D’Tigress exhibited their dominance by defeating Egypt 83-65 in their second Group D match on Sunday. The Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Sports …

The Nigerian senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress are through to the quarterfinal stage of the 2023 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament holding in Kigali, Rwanda. On Sunday at the BK Arena, DTigress stepped up their quest for an astonishing fourth consecutive continental title; beating Egypt 83-65 to secure an early passage into the last eight. After winning the first two quarters, …

Nigeria will play 2019 champions DR Congo for a place in the semi-finals of the ongoing 2023 FIBA AfroCan on Thursday after they overcame Gabon 71-55 at Pavilhao Multiusos de Luanda on Wednesday. Although the D’Tigers began the competition brilliantly with a comfortable victory over Mali in their first game, they lost 57-48 to Angola in their final group game. …

Nigeria won their first game of the 2023 FIBA AfroCan against Mali on Sunday with a 62-56 scoreline at the Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda in Angola. D’Tigers missed automatic qualification for the championship after losing their last game to hosts Ivory Coast 74-65, in the combined FIBA Africa Zone 2 and 3 qualifiers in Abidjan last week. They had lost …

The basketball community has been thrown into a frenzy after the Nigeria Basketball Federation announced via a tweet on Friday the appointment of coach Rena Wakama as head coach for the Team Nigeria Women’s basketball team for two years. D’Tigress have been without a head coach since Otis Hughley resigned from his role with the five-time Afrobasket champions in 2022. …

FIBA has banned the Russia and Belarus men’s basketball teams from the second-chance qualification tournaments for the 2024 Olympics. FIBA, or the International Basketball Federation, announced the development on Tuesday. Athletes from Russia and Belarus have faced sanctions from a multitude of sports since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year. As Moscow’s assault on Ukraine stretches into a second year, the …