By Our Correspondent Nigeria's senior female basketball team. D’Tigress on Saturday booked a ticket to the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo despite losing to host-Serbia in their second group game at the ongoing FIBA Olympic Games Qualifying in Serbia, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report The N... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo President Mohammadu Buhari has commended the Nigeria senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers for their heroics in qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. President Buhari’s message was conveyed to the team by the Honourable Minister of... Read more...
Nigeria men’s senior basketball team became the first team sport to secure a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after defeating China 86-73 points in the last classification game of the 2019 FIBA Men World Cup, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report The resilient team took the initiative in th... Read more...
Ahead of Sunday’s final game against host-China at the on-going FIBA 2019 World Cup, D’Tigers Coach, Alex Nwora has noted that picking the ticket for 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is not negotiable, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report With just one more win standing between the team and an a... Read more...
Basking in the euphoria of recent achievements by the bastketball national teams in continental and global championships, the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF President, Engr Musa Kida has assured Nigerians of more international laurels with what is left of the current board’s mandate, Bestcho... Read more...
By Agencies With 3 wins in 4 games against Canada and Dominican Republic before beating Poland and Montenegro gave the D’tigers a sense of false belief heading into the first game against Russia according to NBBF chief, Engr Musa Kida. Kida said the loss against Russia was avoidable which ... Read more...
Nigeria bounced back against Korea to record its first win 108-66 points against Korea at the ongoing 2019 FIBA World Cup holding in China, Bestchoicesports.com.ng understands. The win came after 2 losses to Russia and Argentina respectively, and it was enough to put the Africans in contention f... Read more...
By Our Correspondent With Agency Report Russia survived a tight battle with Nigeria, coming back from eight points down in the fourth quarter for a crucial 82-77 victory to start Group B play at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. Mikhail Kulagin paced Russia with 16 points w... Read more...
As the 2019 FIBA Men’s World Cup gets underway in China this Saturday, the Nigeria national Male Basketball team, D’Tigers hope to start against Russia on a winning note. The team fully focused on the task ahead said starting with victory on Saturday against the Russians is very important as... Read more...
With less than 6 days to the FIBA Men’s World Cup in China, the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF is optimistic about government’s support for the D’Tigers team’s quest to make the nation proud. Speaking to journalists in Abuja after the presentation of the 2019 FIBA Women’s Afrobask... Read more...