FIBA

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress won it's third consecutive FIBA AfroBasket championship after beating Mali 70-59 at Palais Polyvalent des Sports in Yaounde, Cameroon. Nigeria won the previous editions in 2017 and…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated Nigeria's senior women basketball team, D'Tigress for qualifying for the final of the 2021 Afrobasket women championship in  Cameroon. D'Tigress defeated…

Nigeria’s senior women national basketball team, D’Tigress, began its 2021 FIBA Women's Afrobasket title defence with a 67-50 victory against Mozambique 67-50 at the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaounde, Cameroon. Nigeria are in Group…

Nigeria’s senior women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, are expected to arrive in Yaoundé, Cameroun, today ahead of their FIBA Afrobasket title defence, which begins on Saturday. D’Tigress will open their title defence against…

The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team,D’Tigers, crashed out of the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket tournament after a 68-80 loss to Uganda at the Kigali Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. The defending champions, Nigeria, finished second in Group C, and…

Nigeria’s men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, were beaten 77-68 by Côte d’Ivoire in their last Group C game at the FIBA Afrobasket championship, missing out on the automatic qualification spot for the quarterfinal in Kigali, Rwanda.…

D'Tigers of Nigeria continued it’s red hot start to the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket championships with a71-55 win against Kenya at the Kigali Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. After beating Mali in the opening game, Nigeria went into the Kenya game on a…

Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams will have to wait another three years before actualising their dream of changing their international allegiance from the United States to Nigeria, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has ruled.…

After achieving a first-ever win over the USA, Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, continued its preparation for the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a dominating 94-71 victory against fourth ranked Argentina in an…

Hamane Niang has temporarily stepped down as International Basketball Federation (FIBA) president amid allegations of systemic sexual harassment within the Mali Basketball Federation. The Malian official is not accused of committing…