A few days after learning their group opponents for the 2025 AfroBasket Championship, the D’Tigers have been drawn in Group C in the first phase of the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers, where they will play Rwanda, Guinea and Tunisia. The draw was held on Tuesday at the renowned ALHAZM in Doha, Qatar, the host country of the 2027 tournament. …

Nigeria’s male senior basketball team D’Tigers have conquered the fear of missing out on this year’s FIBA AfroBasket championship after they were declared ‘qualified’ for the tournament before their last qualifying match against Cape Verde on Sunday. D’Tigers were billed to face Group B leaders Cape Verde in their last game of the second phase of the qualifier on Sunday …

D’Tigers moved within one victory of qualifying for the 2025 AfroBasket finals after securing a comeback 87-67 win over Uganda in their second Group B qualifier in Tripoli on Saturday. The Nigerian team, who defeated hosts Libya 75-70 in their opening game on Friday, recovered from a half-time deficit to record their second consecutive victory in the final qualifying window. …

Players of the Nigeria U-18 boys’ basketball team have been denied visas to the 2024 FIBA U18 Afrobasket by the South African Consulate at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This decision has jeopardised Nigeria’s trip to the biennial tournament starting in South Africa on Tuesday (today), with Nigeria billed to face Egypt in Pretoria later in the day. The players, …

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 …

Head coach of Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, Mohamed Abdulrahman, has blamed poor funding for his side’s underwhelming performance at the recently concluded 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers in Monastir, Tunisia. The 2015 African champions had initially withdrawn from the AfroBasket qualifiers window due to the inability of the Ministry of Sports to provide the federation with the needed funds for …

After failing to pick the 2024 Olympic Games ticket, Nigeria’s D’Tigers are expected to be back in action in February 2024. FIBA Africa has released the official draw and date for the qualifiers slated to begin next year. According to the draw earlier conducted D’Tigers is placed in group B. The first window will take place from 19 to 27 …

D’Tigers have emerged winners of the friendly China Autumn Basketball Tour tagged Jishou Rural Commercial Bank Cup in China. China provided D’Tigers an opportunity to be back in action for the first time since their ouster from the Paris 2024 Pre-Olympic qualifying tournament hosted by Nigeria in Lagos. The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team defeated some of the best-ranked basketball …

D’Tigers beat Team USA 75-70 in their first game of the ongoing friendly tournament in China. The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team left the country on Monday for China on a playing tour of games which began this week and will end on 20 October. The team failed in their quest to pick a slot for the Paris 2024 Olympics …

It was a sad end to Nigeria’s pre-Olympics qualifiers after D’Tigers lost their second consecutive game to Mali at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos on Tuesday. After losing their first game of the qualifiers to Senegal on Monday, Ogoh Odaudu’s side needed a win to get back on track but they failed losing 77-68 to the Malians. Once again the …