Tag: Basketball
I’ll never wear Nigeria’s green and white again, D’Tigress player says
By IJEOMA OKIGBO
ABUJA- Ezinne Kalu, a player of D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, on Thursday said she was not likely to represent the...
You need to get out of there’: American basketball players struggle...
Jerome RandleAmerican basketball playerLast month, when the U.S. State Department began urging American citizens to leave Ukraine, Jerome Randle’s phone started buzzing incessantly.
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Minister hails D ‘Tigress’ qualification for FIBA world cup
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated the Nigerian national women basketball team, D’Tigress, for picking a ticket to the FIBA...
Mark D Basketball: First Bank team records 2nd win
First Bank female Basketball team of Lagos on Monday recorded their second win at the ongoing Mark D Basketball female Championship in Abuja.
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Basketballer Tristan Thompson apologises to Khloe Kardashian for fathering another child
Basketball player, Tristan Thompson, on Tuesday apologised to his estranged lover and baby mama, Khloe Kardashian, for fathering a child with another woman, Maralee...
Nigeria’s D’Tigress Win Third Consecutive AfroBasket Title (Photos)
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress have won their third consecutive AfroBasket Championship title.
D’Tigress defeated Mali 70 – 59 last night to emerge champions...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Meets With Giant Basketball Legend, Mutombo
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, met with Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball legend of DR Congo, at United Nations...
Tokyo 2020: Association decries Nigeria’s absence in boxing
Enugu State Boxing Association, has decried the non-participation of Nigeria in boxing at the just-concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in spite of the country’s...
USA thrash Iran in Olympic basketball
The USA easily beat Iran 120-66 in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday to bounce back from their shock opening defeat — and...
Adewale Ayuba, Jaywon, others hold procession for late Sound Sultan
Fans of late Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, including celebrities, gathered on Sunday for a procession and night of tributes to the...
Basketball: Nigeria Loses To Australia 108-69 In Exhibition Game
Australia defeated Nigerian D’Tigers in their last exhibition game ahead of the Olympics.
D’Tigers basketball team were thrashed 108-69, losing by 39 points in the...
Again, Nigeria’s D’Tigers tower high, conquer another top basketball side Argentina
Nigeria's senior men Basketball team, D’Tigers, continued their preparation for the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a dominating 94-71 win over fourth ranked Argentina...
Identity – my Nigerian Race, By Ngozi Bell
Late Saturday evening a text message flashed across my phone screen for our family group text. I was busy and by the time I...