Tag: Basket ball

USA Defeats D’Tigress In Olympic Quarter-Final
August 8, 2024 No Responses

USA Defeats D’Tigress In Olympic Quarter-Final

Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffered a 74-88 quarter-final defeat to the U.S. women’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday night. Nigeria, who have made physical play a trademark, looked anything but intimidated by the powerhouse Americans as they traded...
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Sports Minister Hails D’Tigress’ Qualification For Final
September 25, 2021 No Responses

Sports Minister Hails D’Tigress’ Qualification For Final

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for qualifying for the final of the 2021 Afrobasket women championship in Cameroon.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repor...
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Tunisia Beat Cote D’Ivoire, Defends AfroBasket Title
September 6, 2021 No Responses

Tunisia Beat Cote D’Ivoire, Defends AfroBasket Title

Tunisia on Sunday won the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket title, after beating Cote d’Ivoire 78-75 on Sunday at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda.  It was the Tunisians’ third AfroBasket title, having claimed the trophy in 2011 in Madagascar, and the 2017...
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August 30, 2021 No Responses

D’Tigers Lose To Cote d’Ivoire, Fail To Gain Automatic AfroBasket Quarter-Final Ticket

D’Tigers on Sunday lost 68-77 to group leaders Cote d’Ivoire to finish second and fail to secure Group C’s automatic quarter-final ticket at the ongoing 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in Rwanda.  They however have a second chance of qualification for the...
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Australia Tame D’Tigers In First Group Game
July 25, 2021 No Responses

Australia Tame D’Tigers In First Group Game

Nigeria’s D’Tigers suffered a 67-84 defeat to the Boomers of Australia in their first Group B preliminary game of the Tokyo Olympics at the Saitama Arena on Sunday.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that D’Tigers came into the...
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