The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress, made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by qualifying for the last 8, claiming a 79-70 victory over Canada. D’Tigress became the first ever African team (Men or Women) to play in the Quarter-Finals:…
D’Tigress beat Angola 85-65 to qualify for Women’s AfroBasket quarter-finals
D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, on Monday in Yaoundé beat their Angolan counterparts 85-65 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship. In their final Group B game, the Nigerian side dislodged the Angolans who…
Access, Zenith, GTB splash N200m on D’Tigers, D’Tigress for Tokyo Olympics
Three leading commercial banks in Nigeria, Access, Zenith and Guaranty Trust Bank have splashed a whopping N200m on the country’s national basketball teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigress to support their participation in the forthcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The support from the…
Nigerian basketball teams’ kits trapped at Lagos seaport
With less than 19 days to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, kits and other sports equipment donated to the Nigerian basketball teams to aid their smooth participation at the Games are trapped at the Lagos seaport. In the absence of…
NBBF, others optimistic despite Tokyo Olympics ‘Group of Death’ for D’Tigress
Four-time African champions, D’Tigress are once again fine-tuning preparations to get themselves in shape to test their skills, resilience and strength against world’s best teams at the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to begin on July 23, after its initial postponement due…