Nigeria will face Mali in the final of the FIBA U18 Women’s AfroBasket 2024 on Saturday (today) at 4 pm at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Junior D’Tigress reached this stage by defeating Uganda 71-67 in a nail-biting semifinal clash at the same venue on Friday, with the narrow win also securing them a ticket for the FIBA U19 …

Nigeria’s Idubamo Beggi has been named among the ten best players of the group phase of the 2024 FIBA U-18 Women’s AfroBasket Championships in Pretoria, South Africa, and is in the running for the MVP award of that stage of the event that entered the winner-takes-all knockout stages on Wednesday. She leads the Nigerians in efficiency, points, and assists, having …

It is a record time for Nigeria Basketball as the country’s boys and girls teams have qualified for the quarter-finals of the African U18 basketball championship ongoing in South Africa. It is a historic time for Nigeria in the Afrobasket U18 event, which serves as the qualification tournament for the FIBA Junior World Cup billed for Switzerland. It is the …

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has released lists of players in the boys and girls categories of the FIBA U18 African Championship to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, from 1 to 14 September. A total of 24 players (12 per team) will represent the country at the championship, featuring 12 topmost national teams on the continent, namely, Angola, Cameroon, …