Basketball

Basketball: Green To Take Break From Warriors Afte

Thursday, October 13, 2022
Golden State Warriors Draymond Green will be away from the team after being involved in a physical altercation with team-mate Jordan Poole. Reports suggest Green could face disciplinary action after becoming involved in a heated interaction with Poole, forcing the team to halt practice. Speaki ...

Pique, Xavi Clash In Dressing Room

Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Spanish International Gerard Pique clashed with former teammate and current Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez over a lack of playing time in the dressing room. Pique has started just one of Barcelona rsquo;s eight matches this season having fallen out of favour under Xavi, following the signing ...

FIBA W’Cup qualifiers: D'Tigers lose 70-67 to Angola

Monday, August 29, 2022
Nigeria 39;s senior men 39;s national team known as D 39;Tigers suffered a 70-67 loss to Angola in a 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier played on Sunday, August 28, 2022. Nigeria were defeted by Ivory coast on Friday, bounced back against Guniea yesterday and gave in to Angola. It will take a miracle ...

FIBA World Cup qualifiers: D’Tigers hope to bounce back with Guinea

Saturday, August 27, 2022
Nigeria rsquo;s D rsquo;Tigers start their game with a defeatlost their first qualifying game against Cote d rsquo;Ivoire yesterday night at the Palais des Sports Treichville in the hosts capital Abidjan The Nigerian team are no stranger to defeat in qualifiers as they have suffered three defeats ...

D’Tigers in Camp for Qualifiers

Friday, August 19, 2022
Nigerian national men rsquo;s team, D rsquo;Tigers camp will open tomorrow in Abidjan as the team start preparation for window four of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. The team rsquo;s Head Coach, Mike Brown, disclosed this became necessary to address the slow starts in the first two windows w ...

FIBA:  D'Tigers Beat Uganda 91-72 

Sunday, July 3, 2022
D 39;Tigers move to the 2nd round with victory against Uganda. Nigeria 39;s senior men 39;s basketball team known as D 39;Tigers recorded a 91-72 blow out victory against Uganda in a 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier. Sacramento Kings star Chimezie Metu was the star of the team recording 25 point ...

FIBA:  D'Tigers awarded 20-0 win against Mali 

Saturday, July 2, 2022
Mali fail to show up as FIBA gift D 39;Tigers 20-0 victory and banned Mali in the process, Mali fail to show up against Uganda yesterday and now face the wrath of FIBA. D 39;Tigers did not have to even have to take to the court at the state-of-the-art Kigali Arena in Rwanda on Saturday, July 2, ...

FIBA:D’Tigers  to play Mali today, suffers first defeat

Saturday, July 2, 2022
Nigerian senior male national basketball aka D rsquo;Tigers team lost 70-79 points to Cape Verde on Friday at the ongoing 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers The coach noted that the team rsquo;s turnover ratio and rebound efforts were responsible for the team rsquo;s loss, even though he gave credit ...

FIBA: 12 D'Tigers listed for World Cup qualifiers

Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Nigeria Basketball Federation has released a 12-man roster for the third window of the FIBA African World Cup qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda between June 27 and July 5, 2022.The team made up of Ikenna Ndugba (Greensboro Swarm, NBA G League), Uchenna Iroegbu (Free agent), Michael Okiki (Gombe Bulls), B ...

Nigerian Govt Makes U-turn On Basketball Ban

Thursday, June 23, 2022
Federal Government of Nigeria has reversed its earlier decision barring the country 39;s basketball teams from participation in international competitions for two years. The reversal comes barely six weeks into the self-imposed two-year ban. Fresh reports gathered a letter of appeal dated Jun ...
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