Rivers Hoopers bowed out of the FIBA Africa Basketball League after losing 91-70 to JS Kairouan of Tunisia in their third and last Group A game in Sale, Morocco on Sunday. Abdul Yahaya had team high 22 points and five rebounds, Solomon Ajegbeyi scored 12 points and seven rebounds, while Emmanuel Balogun added 10 points. […]Read More
Nigeria’s senior men basketball team D’Tigers bounced back from defeat to Côte d’Ivoire with a 72-59 win over Central African republic in a 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification encounter played on Saturday, February 23. D’Tigers suffered their first loss of their campaign to Côte d’Ivoire on Friday, February 22 which was their first defeat in […]Read More
Nigeria did the unexpected on Sunday when the D’Tigress defeated Turkey at the on-going FIBA Women World Cup in Tenerife, Spain. Although it was Nigeria’s first win in six outings at the highest level of women basketball, the surprise was in the victim, Turkey, which is rated as the seventh best team in the world. […]Read More
D’Tigress, Nigeria’s female basketball team made history at the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain as they stunned Turkey 74-68 in the Group B game decided on Sunday in Tenerife. It was Nigeria’s first-ever FIBA Women’s World Cup victory and the first time the female team would defeat any European opponent. With the victory, […]Read More
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