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Paris 2024: Nigeria’s D’Tigress bow out of Olympics in style despite defeat to USA  

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s D’Tigress bow out of Olympics in style despite defeat to USA  

The D’Tigress, Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, can hold their heads high despite an 88-74 defeat to the top-ranked United States in the quarterfinals of the basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. Nigeria, who were clearly the underdogs heading into the game, made the Americans fight hard to gain victory inside the packed Accor Arena in Paris, with a large part of the crowd...

Paris 2024: D’Tigress off to winning start, stuns Australia in women’s basketball

Paris 2024: How being the underdogs can favour Nigeria’s D’Tigress against USA

Nigeria's women's basketball team, the D'Tigress, are faced with an herculean task in the quarterfinals of the women's basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The six-time Afrobasket champions must find a way to defeat the best team in the world—the United States—who are on the hunt for a record-extending tenth consecutive gold medal. The D'Tigress have enjoyed historic success at the Olympics in...

WNBA: Wilson wins Finals MVP as Aces beat Liberty to win back-to-back Championships

WNBA: Wilson wins Finals MVP as Aces beat Liberty to win back-to-back Championships

A’ja Wilson took home her first Finals MVP trophy as the Las Vegas Aces defeated the New York Liberty 70-69 in Game 4 at the Barclays Center to win their second WNBA Championship in two years. Wilson scored 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in 39 minutes, along with a defensive stop in the closing seconds, for her third double-double performance and her second 20-point game...