President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for the next two years. Sunday Dare, minister of youth and sports development, disclosed the
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Sports, particularly football, is the foremost unifier of the ever-divided Nigerians. Whenever Nigeria plays, Nigerians bury their differences of religion, ethnicity, and region and come together as just Nigerians to
D’Tigress, the Nigerian women’s basketball team, suffered a third consecutive defeat in the hands of Japan at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Monday morning. The Nigerian team, who had a
D’Tigers suffered another defeat in their second group B game at the Tokyo Olympics, losing 92 – 99 to Germany in the early hours of Wednesday. The African champions threw
D’Tigress defeated Puerto Rico in their first friendly game ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Nigerian team outclassed Puerto
Twelve Nigerian referees have been accredited by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) for the 2021/2023 international windows. Afolabi Oni, the
D’Tigress have been drawn in a “tough group” against the United States of America, Japan and France in the basketball
Tributes have begun to flood in for Kobe Bryant, US basketball icon, who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California
Kobe Bryant, NBA legend, on Sunday, passed away after his helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California. The 41-year-old basketball star was
The senior men’s basketball national team has been grouped alongside France, Germany and Italy in tough Group A for a