Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers maintained their place as the top team in the continent and the 19th best team in the world in the most recent FIBA world rankings despite missing out on the FIBA World Cup. In the just finished African qualifying round for World Cup in Luanda, D’Tigers won two games — beating Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire …

The President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Igoche Mark has promised para-basketball players that the Federation would commence a para-basketball league in the country by next year. After watching a para-basketball game at the ongoing National Para Games in Abuja on Wednesday, Mark said that the NBBF Board had a target of developing the basketball sport from the grassroots. ‘This …