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 …

Two-time champions, Mali have dumped Nigeria’s male representatives, Junior D’Tigers out of the FIBA AfroBasket championship holding in South Africa, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Despite leading in the first quarter by 23-19, the Junior D’Tigers trailed by 2 points at the end of the first half by 40-38 to the Malians. It ended 81-70 in favour of the Malians who picked the …

Nigeria’s Under-18 women’s national basketball team, the Junior D’Tigress, proved to be too dominant as they recorded a 77-point margin victory over Zimbabwe at the ongoing FIBA U18 Women’s Afrobasket in South Africa on Thursday. The Junior D’Tigress beat the Zimbabweans 107-30 in their second game in Group C to record the biggest win in the competition so far, surpassing …