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As basketball fans continue to celebrate Sunday’s D’Tigress triumph in retaining their Afrobasket Women’s Nation’s Cup title in Dakar, Senegal, they have urged the government to adequately reward the team financially. The senior…

The Men’s Senior National Basketball Team have departed for China for the final phase of their 2019 FIBA World Cup preparations. The team’s General Manager, Musa Adamu revealed that the team had to wait for the NBBF President, Musa…

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the national female basketball team, D’Tigress, for a highly impressive outing at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2019 in Dakar, Senegal, that saw them coasting home to victory at the finals,…

D’Tigress power forward, Evelyn Akhator has said that her team still needs to get better, describing the opening Afrobasket game against Tunisia as ‘bread and butter.’ Reigning champions Nigeria got off to a perfect start in the…

Kyle Kuzma scored 32 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers earn a 138-128 overtime win over the host Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. Kuzma hit seven 3-pointers, and Los Angeles’ Ivica Zubac scored a…

D’Tigers guard, Ikechukwu Nwamu has set his sight on learning as much as possible from the experienced members of the squad as they prepare for the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers starting on Friday. A member of the 2017 Afrobasket silver…

Eight teams have booked their spots in the National Finals of the Total NBBF Division 2 league holding in Lagos from September 16- 22. Ondo Kings emerged winners of the Atlantic Conference finals held in Akure after winning four out of the…

D’Tigress duo - Aisha Mohammed and Evelyn Akhator have assured Nigerians of doing well at the Women’s FIBA World Cup, which will hold from September 22 to 30, in Tenerife, Spain. Speaking after the team’s training yesterday at the Teslim…

The Nigerian national basketball teams, D’Tigers, were defeated on Friday by New Zealand in their first men’s preliminary round match at the on-going Commonwealth Games holding in Gold Coast, Australia.

The D’Tigers of Nigeria began their World Cup qualifier on a winning note as they defeated Uganda 102-86 in Bamako, Mali. The opening exchanges were tight as both teams tried to establish dominance. But it was the Ugandans who were quicker…