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Nigeria withdraw from AfroBasket qualifiers due to lack of funds

by Taiye Taiwo
21 February 2024
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Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers have forfeited their participation in the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers due to lack of funds from the government. D’Tigers were scheduled to begin their quest for qualification against Libya, Uganda and Cape Verde from February 23-25 in Tunisia. A brief statement from the Nigeria Basketball Federation confirmed that players who represented the country at the 2020 Olympic Games were ready to stage...

Nigeria lose to Mali, crash out of FIBA Pre-Olympic Qualifiers

Nigeria lose to Mali, crash out of FIBA Pre-Olympic Qualifiers

by Ibikunle Salako
15 August 2023
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The D’Tigers of Nigeria on Tuesday lost their second straight game of the 2024 Africa FIBA men’s pre-Olympic qualifiers at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos and subsequently missed out on a place in the Games coming up next year in Paris, France. Nigeria, who lost to Senegal in their first group game and needed a win to keep hopes of qualification alive, couldn’t hold on...

Ex-D’Tigers star Oyedeji predicts NBA finals, reserves praise for Nigerians in playoffs

Ex-D’Tigers star Oyedeji predicts NBA finals, reserves praise for Nigerians in playoffs

by Ayomide Sotubo
23 May 2023
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Former D’Tigers captain Olumide Oyedeji stated that he would favour an underdog victory to emerge 2022-23 NBA champions at the end of the ongoing playoff series. The ex-NBA star described the run-in to the finals as difficult to predict becausehe doesn’t see any team strolling to glory in the finals after Denver Nuggets raced to a 4-0 series win over Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about...

Basketball: Nigeria know foes for 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers

Basketball: Nigeria know foes for 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers

by Taiye Taiwo
2 May 2023
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Nigeria's men basketball team, D'Tigers will begin their qualification campaign for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with in Group A of the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying tournament. The 2015 FIBA Africa champions will face Senegal, Mali and Uganda in the pre-qualifying tournament that will take place in Lagos from August 12-20, 2023. Meanwhile, Group B houses DR Congo, Cameroon, Guinea and Tunisia with only one African team...

A: Lagos, Nigeria
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