Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, began their journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the wrong foot after a 93-87 loss to fierce rivals Senegal in their first game of the pre-Olympic qualifiers at the Eko Hotels Convention Centre on Monday. Nigeria raced to an early lead in the first quarter but the Senegalese fought back to reduce the …

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 …

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 …

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 …