Tag: Basketball
DSTV League: Players Threaten Showdown
Stakeholders of Nigerian basketball were full of joy when Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, and DStv, sponsor of the men’s league…
Lagos Team Shine In Abuja
Reigning champions, First Deepwater Basketball Club and former champions, First Bank of Lagos won their respective groups to emerge champions…
Basketball: Miami Heat back in the groove
The Miami Heat rebounded from the end of their 27-game winning streak by clinching the top seed in the Eastern…
B/Ball: Bulls halt Miami Heat win streak
The Chicago Bulls ended the Miami Heat’s 27-game winning streak on Wednesday with a 101-97 triumph that halted the reigning…
Zenith B/Ball League: First Bank Battle Dolphins In Abuja
Former champions, First Bank of Lagos will battle Dolphins in the ongoing first phase of Nigerian women’s basketball league taking…
Team Nigeria Ready To Storm South Africa
Nigeria’s junior wheelchair basketball players will storm Johanessburg, South Africa on Wednesday for the forthcoming U- 23 African Wheelchair Basketball…
DSTV League: Clubs Count Losses Over Shift In Dunk Off Date
For the umpteenth time, the first jump ball of the 2012/2013 basketball league season was postponed indefinitely by the Nigeria Basketball Federation,…
DStv Men’s League: Warriors Ready For Battle In Atlantic Conference
Returnee Oluyole Warriors Basketball Club of Ibadan are not taking their return to the DSTV Premier League lightly as they…
ISL Coach Hails Team After AKOFA League Win
Following their back to back success at the AKOFA Ivy Basketball League, Coach Ijeoma Ernest of International School, Lagos, ISL,…
Alabi Joins Ikaros In Greece
In a bid to strengthened their roster for the new season, Greek basketball club, Ikaros Kallitheas have announced an agreement…
ISL, Doregos Battle In AKOFA League Final
Defending champions, International School, Akoka, Lagos, ISL, will battle Doregos Private Academy, Lagos in the final of this year’s AKOFA…
Players Clamour For Wheelchair Tourneys
Buoyed by the successful staging of the Ochei Wheelchair Basketball Championship, Nigerian wheelchair tennis players have called on the authorities…
Basketball: Zenith Bank Boosts Female League
After a successive improvement in the standard of female basketball in the country, Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc has increased its…
Wheelchair Basketball Can Win Medals For Nigeria
For so long before 1996 Olympics, most Nigerians believed that the best sports the country could win a gold medal…
Give Equal Attention To All Sports
When the Super Eagles of Nigeria won the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa on 10 February, Nigerians both…
‘I Want To Play At 2016 Olympic Games’
For an average Nigerian, being known in the American college game is enough fame and achievement to relish throughout one’s…
Wheelchair Basketball: Lagos To Sponsor U-23 Team To South Africa
Following its increasing popularity and the improvement in the standard of wheelchair basketball in the country, the Lagos State government…
ISL Qualify For AKOFA League Final
Defending champions of AKOFA Ivy Basketball League, International School, Akoka, Lagos, ISL, have qualified for this year’s edition of the…
Wheelchair Basketball Growing In Lagos State
Tope Ogunyemi is a Nigerian wheelchair basketball player that plays for Melbourne, Australia-based Dandenong Rangers. The 38-year old player, who…
Ochei B/Ball Tourney: Lagos, Delta Qualify For Q/Final
After winning all the two matches they have played at the ongoing Victor Ochei Wheelchair Basketball Championship at the Indoor…
Basketball: Team Lagos Eye Ochei Wheelchair Trophy
Barely 24 hours before the 2nd Victor Ochei International Wheelchair Basketball Championship dunks off at the Indoor Sports Hall of…
DSTV League: Teams Get Set For New Season
With few weeks to the dunk off date of the 2012/2013 DSTV-sponsored basketball league, majority of the clubs in the…
Lagos To Recruit Coaches For Sports Associations
In its bid to consolidate on the success recorded at the last National Sports Festival, Lagos State Government is set…
Basketball: Agunbiade Makes Waves In Canada
One player making the headlines in the Canadian woman’s basketball is Omowumi Abigail Agunbiade. The Nigerian-born power forward currently plays…
Basketball: DStv League Dunks Off 23 Feb
By Bamidele Olowosagba After a week-long Annual General Meeting, AGM, and pre-season seminar, which took place in Abuja, the Nigeria…
2013 Preview: NBBF Set Afrobasket Target For D’Tigers
After several attempts to win the African basketball Nations Cup, popularly called Afrobasket, the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, is looking…
Basketball: Rookies Tourney Ends In Lagos
After five days of competition among participating teams, the 2012 ipNX Rookies Basketball Tournament will come to an end on…
Team Lagos Rule Eko 2012 Basketball In 4th Quarter
The female team of Lagos State emerged champions of the basketball event of the 18th National Sports Festival held in…
Red Team Win 3rd Swingman Camp
After three days of training under the guidance of experienced coaches in the country, Red team have won the third edition of…
Basketball: Swingman Camp Ends In Lagos
After three days of training and passing of instruction to youngsters, the 3rd edition of Swingman Basketball Camp will come…