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 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 …

Head coach of Nigeria’s female basketball national team, D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, has named the squad that will be defending the colours of the country at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Forward Amy Okonkwo, who has been an inspiration to the team after claiming MVP honours at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2023 and impressed in a big way at …

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress suffered a second consecutive warm-up game defeat to Serbia in Belgrade on Sunday as they continued their preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics Games which will be held between 26 July and 11 August in France. The African champions lost 70-62 points to the 10th-ranked country in the FIBA World ranking. This is …

Nigeria’s D’Tigress put up a good fight but were ultimately beaten by Germany in a warm-up game ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The African champions, ranked 12th globally by FIBA, lost to the 19th-ranked Germany in the preparation game played at the UBER Arena in Berlin on Friday as the game finished 77-63 in favour of the Germans. D’Tigress, …

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has invited 20 players to the first phase of camping in Abuja to mark the commencement of D’Tigress’ preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Murjanatu Musa, who plays for Celta Zorka in Spain, and Ifunanya Okoro of Tindastoll (Iceland) headline the list dominated by home-based players. AfroBasket winner Nkem Akaraiwe of Nigeria Customs …

Nigeria’s national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, Africa’s sole representatives in the basketball event at the Paris 2024 Olympics have been paired in Group B alongside Australia, Canada and France. The draw took place on Tuesday at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland and was overseen by basketball icons Penny Taylor and NBA legend Carmelo Anthony. According to …