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...
Nigeria women's basketball team, D'Tigress, put on a defensive masterclass in the third quarter to see off Canada 79-70 in their final Group B game and secure a historic quarterfinal berth at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Rena-Wakama-led side, who went into the halftime break with a four-point deficit, came out in inspired form in the third as they held the Canadians to just five points...
Nigeria’s women’s basketball national team, the D’Tigress got off to a winning start in their title defence, recording a comfortable 69-35 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in the opening game of this year’s Women’s Afro Basketball Championship on Friday. The defending champions led by Rena Wakama, landed in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday, just two days to the kick off of the tournament and amid...
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