By Ebube Dike Nigeria's national male senior basketball team, the D’Tigers Wednesday became the first team to qualify for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship after defeating South Sudan 75-70pts on a chilly evening in Monsatir, Tunisia, bestchoicesports.com.ng can report The team avoided ... Read more...
Uni Girona Basketball Club of Spain forward Adaora Elonu alongside other D’Tigress players cannot wait to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games holding in Tokyo. Reacting to the draws on Tuesday which pitted the team against World number one, USA, , France (fifth ranked team in the world) and host... Read more...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has revealed that listing a 20 man provisional list for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers in Rwanda was not an easy job. Reacting to a recent feedback over the absence of some players who featured at the 2019 World Cup in China, the NBBF President Engr Musa Ki... Read more...
Two major partners of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Zenith Bank and Total E&P played host to winners of the victorious 2019 FIBA Afrobasket winners D’Tigress at their corporate offices, less than 24 hours after their arrival. Title sponsors of the Zenith Women Basketball League and To... Read more...
Africa champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria have been placed in group A alongside DR. Congo and Mozambique in the qualifier for 2020 Olympics, Bestchoicesports.comg.ng understands The draw which was conducted on Sunday saw Nigeria in group A with many pundits referring to it as ‘easy’ group and... Read more...
...DTigers dominated Canada in Winnipeg D’Tigress started their AFROBASKET title defense on a winning note with a 75-26 points win against Tunisia. Evelyn Akhator who narrowly missed out of being named 2017 edition’s MVP weighed in with 13points, 2 assists and 10 rebounds while Atonye Nyi... Read more...
with the commencement of hostilities at the FIBA Afrobasket for Women in Senegal, the names of players that will do battle for Nigeria has been released. The 12-man D’Tigress list has Akhator Evelyn, captain, Elonu Adaora, Ibekwe Ifunanya. Aisha Balarabe, Nyingifa Atonye, Macaulay Victoria, Am... Read more...
Leading Sports Merchandise giant in Africa, AFA Sports, have unveiled a new set of jerseys for the women basketball national team, D’ Tigress, ahead of their 2019 Afrobasket title defense in Dakar, Senegal from August 9. The unveiling ceremony at the corporate headquarters of AFA Sports, the o... Read more...
D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughley, is confident that his team has chances of successfully defending their FIBA AFROBASKET title when the competition gets underway on August 9, 2019. Following the team’s draw against Tunisia and Cameroon at the official draw ceremony held in Dakar, Senegal, ... Read more...
The draw of the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Tournament has been made in Dakar, Senegal ahead of the upcoming tournament to be held in Senegal this August. Cameroon will face 3 times winners Nigeria in Pool B alongside Tunisia while the most successful nation Senegal with 11 titles going into this ... Read more...