Tag: Basketball
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Olympics: US survive scare to down Spain in basketball quarters
The US trailed by 11 points early in the second quarter but rallied strongly to reach the men’s basketball semi-finals at the Tokyo Games 95-81 over world champions Spain on Tuesday. Having suffered a rare loss in the group phase to France, the star-studded American side were soon under pressure again but led by Kevin…
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Tokyo Olympics: Basketball fans express disappointment with France’s victory over D’Tigress
Some basketball fans have decried the poor performance of Nigeria’s senior national women’s team, D’Tigress, for losing to the French National team, 87-62, at the basketball event of the Tokyo Olympics. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, the sports fans described the match as a total whitewash of the D’tigress, expressing…
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France hand US first Olympic basketball defeat in 17 years
The U.S lost an Olympic men’s basketball match for the first time in 17 years on Sunday when they started the Tokyo Games with a 76-83 loss to France. The American team led by eight points at half-time, but the French roared back in the third quarter where Kevin Durant ran into foul trouble. The…
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SHOCKER! Nigeria defeat USA in basketball friendly
Nigeria defeated the United States men’s basketball team 90-87 in their first tune-up game ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Point guard, Gabe Vincent, Caleb Agada and forward Precious Achiuwa were the stars for the Nigerian team. Nigeria converted 22 three-point throws in the game. It was the country’s first win over the No.…
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12 Nigerians listed to officiate in 2021/2023 FIBA competitions
Twelve Nigerians have been accredited to officiate in the 2021/2023 international basketball window. Afolabi Oni, the Media Coordinator of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said this followed the conclusion of the 2021 Federation International Basketball Association (FIBA) Commissioner and Referees examinations on Monday. Oni added that current Technical…
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Nigerian-born basketball player Calistus Anyichie drowns in U.S.
A Nigerian born Binghamton University basketball player, Calistus Anyichie has died after drowning at Buttermilk Falls State Park near Ithaca, New York. According to a statement from the university, the 19-year-old entering his sophomore year at the university, drowned on Sunday. Anyichie was a member of the men’s basketball team and was majoring in political…
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Basketball players sent home for paying women for sex
Four Japanese basketball players have been sent home from the Asian Games for allegedly paying women for sex. The players went out for dinner in Jakarta wearing their team uniforms and were solicited by touts to go to a hotel with women, according to Japanese news agency Kyodo News. The Asian Games opened in the…
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Nigeria’s basketball suffered 10 months of painful distractions – NBBF President
The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Musa Kida, on Friday in Abuja described the leadership crisis bedevilling the federation as painful distraction to basketball development in Nigeria. Kida made the statement while welcoming participants to the NBBF 2018 Stakeholders Meeting for the Savannah Conference at the auditorium of the National Institute Sports (NIS),…