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The D’Tigers of Nigeria will on Friday, August 15, 2025, face defending champions Tunisia in their second Group B game of the FIBA Men’s AfroBasket Championship at 2.30pm in the Pavilhao Multiusos de Luanda, Angola. The Abdulrahman Mohammed-led side enters the game off the back of an impressive 77-59 victory over Madagascar. While Tunisia, led […]

Nigeria men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, defeated Madagascar 77-59 to get off to a winning start in their 20th Men’s AfroBasket Championship campaign on Wednesday, August 12, 2025, in Angola. 2025 BAL champion Caleb Agada led the charge with 22 points, Veteran/2015 AfroBasket winning Stan Okoye added 13, while Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu and Ike Nwamu added […]

Nigeria’s home-based Eagles will play against Sudan on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 6:00 PM at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar, Tanzania, for their second match in the ongoing African Nations Championship. Nigeria will be hunting for a first win in the tournament after losing to Senegal 1-0. The Falcons of Jediane on the other hand, […]

2024 Basketball Africa League bronze medallist, Devine Eke, has been named in Nigeria’s 12-man squad ahead of FIBA Men’s AfroBasket scheduled to take place in Angola from Tuesday, August 12, 2025, to Sunday, August 24, 2025. The 29-year-old averaged 18.4 points per game, grabbed 11.3 rebounds, made 3.1 assists, shot 44% from field in his […]

Nigeria’s CHAN Eagles fell to a 1-0 defeat against holders Senegal in their opening game of the African Nations Championship on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the Amani Stadium in Zanzibar City, Tanzania. The Super Eagles B who are in pursuit of a maiden CHAN title, having finished as runners-up in their last participation in […]

Nigeria’s National Women’s Basketball team, D’Tigress, have made history yet again, as they beat Mali 78-64 to win their seventh and fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at the Palais des Sports de Treichville, Côte d’Ivoire. The D’Tigress reinstated their dominance by going unbeaten in yet another tournament, despite the […]

Nigeria’s National Women’s Basketball team will Today, August 2, 2025, face off against 11-time champions Senegal by 7pm at the Palais des Sports de Treichville, for a place in the final of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship. Both sides have met 14 times, with Nigeria winning on nine occasions. Their most recent meeting was on […]

Nigeria’s home-based Eagles known as CHAN Eagles are set to participate in the 8th edition of the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN), from Saturday, August 2 to Saturday, August 30, 2025, in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, with the three Nations serving as joint hosts for the first time in tournament history. Nigeria is part of […]

Six-time champions Nigeria annihilated Cameroon 83-47 in the quarter-final of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship, to advance to the semi-final of the tournament and set up a clash with 11-time champions Senegal, on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at the Palais des Sports de Treichville, Côte d’Ivoire. The D’Tigress who are chasing a historic 5-peat, after […]

Nigeria’s National Women’s Basketball team will Today, July 31, 2025, face off against Cameroon at 10.00pm in the Quarter-Final of the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship at the Palais des Sports de Treichville, Côte d’Ivoire(CIV.) Cameroon defeated Angola 85-64 in the quarter-final qualifiers to set up a clash with 5-peat chasing D’Tigress after failing to finish […]

Nigeria’s senior female basketball team, D’Tigress, have advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship after rising from a trailing position to win 60-55 against Mozambique in their final Group D game on Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Palais des Sports de Treichville, Côte d’Ivoire. The D’Tigress went into the encounter […]

Across Abuja, football fans and even non-football fans are beaming with joy as the victorious Super Falcons of Nigeria touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport this afternoon, fresh from their historic triumph at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. The record-breaking team, who clinched their 10th WAFCON title with […]

What do you do when the chips are down? Do you fold or do you rise? With the odds stacked against them, the Super Falcons of Nigeria fought back from 2-0 down at the break to win 3-2 against hosts Morocco on Saturday, July 26, 2025 at the Olympic Stadium, Rabat, and lift a historic […]

The Nigerian women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, will begin their pursuit of a historic fifth straight Women’s Afrobasket Championship on Saturday, July 26, 2025, against Rwanda at 3:30pm. The Rena Wakama-led side were drawn in Group D alongside Rwanda and Mozambique and would have to get past the two nations to strengthen their resolve ahead […]