Nigeria women's basketball team have qualified for the basketball event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. D'Tigress suffer a heavy 100-46 to world champions, USA on Friday but they qualified for this summer's sports festival after Belgium thumped Senegal 97-66. Nigeria joined host country Belgium and reigning world champions USA in picking up their tickets in Antwerp. Rena Wakama's ladies struggled to match the Americans on...
Nigeria women's basketball team began their quest to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a 72-65 win against Senegal on Thursday. D’Tigress rallied to a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter after trailing in the second and third quarters. Nigeria made a bright start to the game in Antwerp with a 20-18 lead in the first quarter but they fell behind with nine points...
Nigeria Women's basketball team, the D'Tigress, defeated eleven-time champions Senegal 84-74 in the final of the 2023 FIBA Women's Afrobasket at the BK Arena on Saturday. Despite all the turmoil surrounding their preparation, newly-appointed head coach Rena Wakama galvanised the ladies to victory as they claim a fourth straight title and their sixth overall crown as African champions. https://twitter.com/AfroSportTV/status/1687909592888418304?t=bIAL_zlHH5qcg3pq7C0jzA&s=19 The defending champions, who went unbeaten and...
Nigeria's D'Tigress are through to the final of the 2023 FIBA Women's Afrobasket after a convincing 79-48 win against host Rwanda at the BK Arena on Thursday. The defending champions, who improved their winning streak in the competition to 23-0, are through to their fourth straight final, where they will be facing record winners Senegal, who defeated Mali, for a chance at winning the title on...
The defending champions of the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket, the D’Tigress of Nigeria, allayed any fears of a possible upset with a hard-fought 59-52 victory over Mozambique at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday. A big third-quarter performance from the five-time champions helped them overturn a four-point first-half deficit as Rena Wakama’s side, led by the electrifying performance of Amy Okonkwo, who finished with 17...
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