D’Tigress will know their group opponents for the Paris 2024 Olympics women’s basketball event when the draw for the tournament holds at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Switzerland on Tuesday. The draw will be overseen by basketball icons Penny Taylor and former NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony. D’Tigress poised for a consecutive appearance after participating in the 2020 Tokyo …

D’Tigress of Nigeria have qualified for the women’s basketball event of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Nigeria booked a place after Belgium defeated Senegal on Friday at the ongoing 2024 Olympics qualification tournament in Belgium. Earlier, D’Tigress had lost to the US 100-46 in their second game at the competition, but a favourable result in the other match in the group sent them …

African champions D’Tigress will face Senegal, United States and Senegal at the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The draws, which took place in Hungary on Thursday, had the Nigerians drawn in Tournament 2, which will be held in Antwerp, Belgium from 8th February 2024. D’Tigress were seeded in Pot 3 due to their 11th-ranked position in the world and …

African champions D’Tigers will know their group opponents in the upcoming Olympic qualifying tournament on Thursday, 5th October. The Nigerian side qualified for the final stage of the qualifiers in August when they emerged as the Women’s Afrobasketball Champions in Rwanda beating Senegal 84-74 in a thrilling final to emerge champions of Africa for the fourth consecutive time. Nigeria’s Amy …

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has congratulated the national female basketball team, D’Tigress for winning the Afro Basketball Championship over the weekend. In a statement, NOC’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Tony Nezianya said: ”Your incredible victory over Senegal in the Afro Basketball Championship is a testament to your unwavering passion, skill, and dedication. ”The entire nation stands in awe of …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated African champions D’Tigress after clinching the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title for the fourth consecutive time. Following their triumph at the just-concluded tournament in Kigali, Rwanda, D’Tigress arrived Abuja on Sunday, where they were given a heroic welcome. The four-time champions arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Ethiopian Airlines and were received by …

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, …