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...
French Ligue 1 club Monaco have condemned the racist abuses targeted at United States of America striker Folarin Balogun after their 2-1 defeat to Panama on Thursday. Balogun opened the scoring for the United States at the Mercedez Benz Stadium with his strike in the 22nd minute but the host country failed to protect their lead. Goals from Cesar Blackman and and Jose Fajardo in each...
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...
Six-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala has left Barcelona Femeni to join American club Bay FC for an undisclosed fee. Oshoala penned a two-year deal with the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) side until 2026, with the option of a third year. The former Arsenal and Liverpool forward scored 117 goals in 162 matches for Barcelona across all competitions. She also lifted several...
Olympic champion Athing Mu is unsure of her participation in the women's 800 metres event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The 21-year-old is considering the option to forgo this year's Championships which starts on August 19, to continue her preparations for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Mu's coach Bobby Kersee confirmed she is training in Los Angeles for the next two weeks and she...
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