Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigers have hit the end of the road at the ongoing FIBA U18 Afrobasket Championship in South Africa, following an 81-70 defeat to Mali inside the University of Pretoria's Rembrandt Hall on Thursday. The joint-record winners with six titles will not be adding to their laurels this time around as they fell to their West African neighbours, who continue to maintain their perfect record...
Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigers will be in action on Thursday night when they take on West African neighbours Mali in the quarterfinals of the ongoing FIBA U18 Afrobasket Championship in Pretoria, South Africa. The Fubara Onyanabo-led side reached the last eight as one of the two best third-placed teams, finishing third in Group B with five points after beating Uganda in their final group game. The Junior...
Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigress exerted their revenge over Egypt courtesy of a 66-51 win in the quarterfinals of the ongoing FIBA U18 women’s Afrobasket Championship inside the University of Pretoria’s Rembrandt Hall in South Africa on Wednesday. The Junior D’Tigress defeated the two-time champions and last edition's silver medallists to reach the semifinals of the tournament for the first time in 14 years. The young Nigerian ladies,...
Nigeria’s U18 basketball women’s team, the junior D’Tigress, will be in action on Wednesday in the ongoing FIBA U18 Afrobasket Championship in Pretoria, South Africa. The Junior D’Tigress will be up against Egypt in the quarterfinals in a rematch of their Group C battle, which the Egyptians won 72-60. The Juliana Negedu-led side finished third in the group and only progressed to the knockout phase as...
Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen has said he is still in charge of the Nigerian national team, Afrosport reports. The 59-year-old debunked the rumours making the rounds about him stepping down after Tuesday’s goalless draw against Rwanda in Kigali, labelled the reports as fake news. While speaking immediately after their arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja, Eguavoen said: "It's just unfortunate that people just...
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