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NBBF appoints former player Rena Wakama as D’Tigress head coach

NBBF appoints former player Rena Wakama as D’Tigress head coach

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has appointed former player Rena Wakama as head coach of the national women's team, the D'Tigress. Wakama succeeds Otis Hughley after the NBBF confirmed she has signed a two-year contract to lead the five-time Afrobasket champions. Wakama, born in Rivers State, currently works as assistant coach at Stony Brooks University in the United States of America. The former Nigeria international is...

Basketball: Nigeria know foes for 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers

Basketball: Nigeria know foes for 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers

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...