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Sports Minister Commends NBBF For Successful Basketball League

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has commended the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF), led by Musa Kida, for their organization of the Women's Basketball League Final Four, held in Lagos from October 17th to 19th, 2023. The Minister was present at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, where he witnessed a thrilling match between MFM Basketball and Nigerian Customs. A statement by the Media Office of the Minister on […]

todayOctober 20, 2023

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2024 Olympic Qualifiers: D’Tigress To Face USA

FIBA Women’s AfroBasket champions D’Tigress, have been drawn against USA in the Women’s Olympic Qualifiers. Draws for Paris 2024 FIBA basketball qualifying tournaments took place in Hungary on Thursday. D’Tigress were seeded in Pot 3 due to their 11th ranked position in the world. The Nigerian ladies were drawn in Tournament 2, which will be held in Antwerp, Belgium from February 8, 2024. Coach Rena Wakama ladies are placed in […]

todayOctober 6, 2023

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D’Tigers Drop Eighteen Places In New FIBA Ranking

D'Tigers of Nigeria has dropped 18 spots in the latest FIBA World ranking and placed 37th in the World. Nigeria's male Basketball team could only garther a total of 344.9 points in the ranking. There last outing seems to have hunted the team as they dropped drastically in the latest FIBA Rankings. On Tuesday 15th August D'Tigers crashed out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers which was held in […]

todaySeptember 15, 2023

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NBA Fines Harden Over Statement Made Against 76ers

The National Basketball Association, NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden $100,000 for his public comments saying he will not play for the 76ers while president Daryl Morey was in charge. The 33 year old guard in an interview after reports that the 76ers had ended talks about trading him, said Morey is a liar, and he will never be a part of an organization that he's a part […]

todayAugust 23, 2023

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NBBF Disappoionted Over D’Tigers’ Failure To Qualify For Paris 2024

The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has expressed disappointment on the non-qualification of D'Tigers in the ongoing pre-Olympic qualifiers at the Eko Hotels Convention Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. This was revealed in a statement released on the official X (Twitter) page of the NBBF. The NBBF thanked the Federal government for the support but noted that finances played a huge role in the poor outing of the team as they could not […]

todayAugust 18, 2023

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D’Tigers Coach Accepts Blame For Failure

Head coach of Nigeria's D'Tigers, Ogor Odaudu accepted the blame for the team's poor performance and exit from the ongoing Pre-Olympic qualifying tournament. The Nigerian team lost the opening game narrowly to Senegal 87-93. All hopes of qualification was dashed as the number one ranked team in Africa bottled a three quarter lead in the fourth quarter to Mali. Also Read: Transfer Update: Olise Snubs Chelsea D’Tigers won the first quarter […]

todayAugust 17, 2023

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Taurasi Makes History With 10,000 Career Points

Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi made WNBA history on Thursday when she became the first player to score 10,000 career points. Taurasi, 41, reached the milestone with a three-point shot in the third quarter during Mercury's 91-71 home win against Atlanta Dream. She finished with 42 points to also became the oldest player in WNBA history to produce a 40-point game. "I just felt good and they were looking for […]

todayAugust 4, 2023

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Brown And Herbert Sign Record Breaking Deals

Jaylen Brown has signed the richest deal in NBA history, agreeing a $304m (£236.8m) contract to remain at Boston Celtics, according to reports. Meanwhile, Justin Herbert's new five-year, $262.5m (£203.6m) extension with the Los Angeles Chargers will make him the NFL's highest-paid quarterback by annual salary, insiders say. Brown's five-year Celtics contract exceeds reigning NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic's $264m (£204.9m) deal at Denver Nuggets, which he signed […]

todayJuly 26, 2023

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NBA Star Westbrook Invests In Leeds Consortium

NBA All-Star Russell Westbrook is the latest big-name athlete to join the 49ers Enterprises-led consortium hoping to take full control of Leeds United. Westbrook, 34, follows golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas in becoming minor stakeholders in the Whites. The LA Clippers point guard - listed as the world's 14th highest-paid athlete - was the NBA's most valuable player in 2017 and is a nine-time All-Star. Joint Leeds owners 49ers […]

todayJuly 14, 2023