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...
The trio of Cameroon, Mali, and Rwanda will join Nigeria as the four teams in the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket in Kigali. Day 3 action kicked off on Sunday with Cameroon’s comfortable 70-50 win over Guinea to make it two wins from two and place them atop Group B with four points. Monique Makani led the way for the Central Africans...
Day One of the 2023 Women’s Afrobasket tournament, which began with a comfortable win for defending champions Nigeria over the Democratic Republic of Congo, saw impressive wins for Mali and Rwanda, while Cameroon just held on for a slim victory at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday. 2007 winners Mali defeated their East African counterpart Uganda 80-66 for the biggest scoreline of the day...
Nigeria’s men’s national football team, the Super Eagles, remain unchanged in the newly released rankings by the world football governing body FIFA on Thursday. The Super Eagles, who moved a spot upward from 40 to 39 in the last rankings released in June, maintain their place as the 39th best football team in the world and the sixth in Africa. Since the last rankings were released,...
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