President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all members of the D’Tigress for winning the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket. The president also pledged $100,000 to each of the players and an additional $50,000 to members of the technical crew. This was announced when President Bola Tinubu hosted the team on Monday evening following the team’s…
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after clinching their fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title. The reigning African champions defeated Mali 78–64 in a final performance at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan on Sunday night. With the victory, D’Tigress became the first…
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have made history by winning an unprecedented fifth consecutive #AfroBasketWomen title, becoming the first African country to achieve this feat. Nigeria edged out Mali 78-64 in a tense showdown, displaying resilience and composure to claim their seventh AfroBasket title. Mali demonstrated their determination to end Nigeria’s winning streak, drawing the first blood by…
Nigeria’s D’Tigress are through to the final of the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket after edging past Senegal 75–68 in a tense semifinal showdown at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in CĂ´te d’Ivoire. The victory keeps alive Nigeria’s quest to make history as the first African nation to win five consecutive Afrobasket titles. Billed as…
Nigeria’s D’Tigress delivered a masterful performance, overpowering Cameroon 83-47 in a thrilling quarter-final clash at the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship on Thursday night at the Palais des Sports de Treichville. Travel guides to Nigeria The D’Tigress have thus qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament. The defending champions asserted their dominance, securing a decisive…
Nigerian senior female basketball team, D’Tigress, on Sunday, pulled all plugs to beat their Canadian counterparts 79-70 in the last group match of the Women’s Basketball event at the ongoing Olympic Games. Nigeria lost the second and fourth quarters 23-19, 24-19 respectively, and won the third 23-5 which proved to be the difference. The first…