Tag: D’Tigers
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World Cup qualifier: D’Tigers cage Guinea 89-70
Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on Saturday in Abidjan defeated Guinea 89-70 in their second match of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers. The match played at the 3,500-capacity Palais des Sports Treichville saw D’Tigers bounce back after losing to Cote D’Ivoire in the opening fixture.
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D’Tigers lose to Cape Verde, blame it on high turnover
D’Tigers stand-in head coach, Alan Major, says the team must take care of the ball when they face Mali in their next game on Saturday. The Nigerian senior male national basketball team lost 70-79 points to Cape Verde on Friday at the on-going 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers The coach noted that the team’s turnover…
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Cape Verde cage D’Tigers in 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier opener
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Friday opened their 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier campaign with a defeat to Cape Verde. The 2015 African champions fell 71-79 to Cape Verde on Friday at the Benguela, Pavilhão Multiusos Acácias Rubras in Angola. The Nigerian men’s basketball team started the game on a high note with a 20-18 lead in…
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How reduction in technical crew cost us Tokyo Olympics – NBBF boss
Musa Kida, Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has attributed the early ouster of Nigeria basketball teams at the Tokyo Olympics to the reduction in the number of technical crew at the Games. Kida disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja while giving insight into the activities of the federation ahead of…
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D’Tigers to battle Uganda, Mali, Cape Verde in World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
Nigeria’s D’Tigers were on Tuesday handed a tough schedule as they were drawn alongside Cape Verde, Mali and Uganda in Group A of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. At the Qualifiers’ Draw Ceremony held at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in the Swiss city of Mies, Nigeria could not have asked for…
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D’Tigers crash out of AfroBasket after defeat to Uganda
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Tuesday ended their 2021 FIBA AfroBasket campaign on a sour note with a 68-80 loss to lowly-rated Uganda in Kigali, Rwanda. The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team who were the competition’s champions in 2015 had qualified for this Qualification to Quarter-Finals fixture by finishing second from Group C. But at the Kigali…
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Afrobasket 2021: Mike Brown confident of victory against Uganda
Mike Brown, the Head Coach of the senior national men’s basketball team, D’tigers on Monday, said that he was banking on his team’s offensive prowess at the ongoing Afrobasket Championship in Kigali, Rwanda, to progress in the tournament. He said this at a news conference held in Kigala monitored through the Afti asket.ckn website. Brown…
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AfroBasket: D’Tigers lose to Cote d’Ivoire, fail to gain automatic quarter-final ticket
D’Tigers on Sunday lost 68-77 to group leaders Cote d’Ivoire to finish second and fail to secure Group C’s automatic quarter-final ticket at the ongoing 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in Rwanda. They however have a second chance of qualification for the quarter-finals, with their final group position earning them a quarter-final qualifying fixture on Tuesday. In…
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D’Tigers win again, beat Kenya 71-55 at AfroBasket
D’Tigers beat Kenya’s senior men’s basketball team 71-55 on Friday in Kigali to set the stage for their final group game on Sunday at the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in Rwanda. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian senior men’s basketball team won the first quarter 20-8, only to lose 14-18 in the…