Tag: Fiba
FG’s ₦200m Boost: Oyedeji calls on athletes to justify confidence
Just as Oyedeji emphasized, the responsibility now lies with the athletes to rise to the occasion and make the nation…
FIBA Rankings: D’Tigers drop to eighth position
While Nigeria struggled, other countries with better organisation and stronger team unity such as South Sudan and Senegal contin
FIBA Rankings: D’Tigress break into world top 10, remain Africa’s best
Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have climbed to 8th place in the latest FIBA Women’s World Rankings, retaining their status…
Nigeria crash out of FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup after heavy defeat to Hungary
Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigress have bowed out of the ongoing FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Czechia after suffering a…
Meet WNBA star, Nneka Ogwumike pushing to switch from US to Nigeria
Although she was named in Nigeria’s provisional squad for the Paris 2024 Olympics, her switch from the United States to…
FIBA Zone 3: Maktown Academy emerges champions
The tenacious Warlords from Ilupeju failed to perfect their swordsmanship against Maktown at the Webber Engineering themed Dolphins Basketball Court,…
Edo 2024: Betsy Obaseki urges women lawyers to join politics
The First Lady stressed the importance of capable women taking up roles in the political arena, emphasizing that their involvement…
Nigeria’s basketball suspension: In whose interest?
A statement from the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development had cited “the unending crises which have plagued and…
I’ll never represent Nigeria again, D’Tigress’ Ezinne Kalu says
Kalu, alongside others, secured Nigeria’s place at the World Cup, but they will now be replaced following Federal Government’s suspension…
FIBA threatens Nigeria with sanctions for opting out of competitions
Under FIBA sanctions, Nigeria will miss out on the 2024 Olympic Games, as well as the 2025 World Championships for…
Incredible D’Tigers qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Incredible Nigeria’s D’Tigers qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics after beating China in their final classification game of the Federation of…
FIBA World Cup: Nigeria loses to Argentina
D’Tigers lost 81-94 to Argentina on Monday in their second Group B game at the ongoing FIBA Men’s Basketball World…
NBA, FIBA, Obama launch elite Basketball Africa league
Basketball Africa League (BAL), the NBA’s first professional basketball league outside of North America will begin in Africa next year,…
D’Tigress defeat Greece to progress at FIBA
Nigeria’s national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, on Wednesday in Spain escaped with the narrowest margin of one point to book…
Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Argentina to reach FIBA Quarter-final
Nigeria's female national Basketball team, D'Tigress has beaten Argentina in the ongoing Federation of International Basketball Association, FIBA, tournament to…
NBBF factional President, Umar expresses readiness for fresh elections
Tijjani Umar, factional President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), on Friday said that he would obey the decision of…
FIBA calls for fresh elections into NBBF to resolve crisis
The International Federation of Basketball Associations (FIBA) has called for fresh elections into the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation…
FIBA Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers: Clubs threaten legal action against NBBF
Kano Pillars and Gombe Bulls, winners of Nigeria’s two tickets to the forthcoming 2017 FIBA Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers, plan…
Nigeria withdraws from basketball championships
The FIBA Africa Zone 3 U-18 Championship for Boys and Girls scheduled to commence from July 2 to July 9…
Women’s Afrobasket: Foreign-Based Stars Failed D’Tigress —Nnaji
The overreliance on foreign-based Nigerian basketball players was the reason Nigeria’s female team, D’Tigress fumbled at the just concluded Mozambique…
D’Tigers Fail To Roar
The 27th edition of AfroBasket came to an end on Saturday at the Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan, Cote…
2013 Afrobasket: Cape Verde Beat D’Tigers
Nigeria men’s national team, D’Tigers were on Thursday night defeated by Cape Verde 76-79 to continue their losing streak at…
Dagunduro qualifies Nigeria for Basketball
Nigeria has stunned Greece 80-79 to qualify for the semi-finals of the London Olympics – FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament…
NBBF Raps Sponsor In London
In its bid to take Nigeria basketball to higher heights, President of Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, Tijjani Umar says he…
Nigerian Basketballer Banned
For allegedly falsifying his age at the ongoing FIBA Afrobasket U-18 Championship tagged Rwanda 2010, Nigeria’s Godfery Moses has been…