Tag: D’Tigers
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2021 AfroBasket: D’Tigers beat Mali 81-73 in opening group game
Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on Wednesday beat Mali 81-73 in their opening match of the ongoing 2021 AfroBasket Championship in Kigali, Rwanda. The Nigerian side, who were without most of their NBA stars paraded at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, got off to a good start winning the first quarter 28-12. Captained by Stephen…
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D’Tigers will be ready for Mali by Wednesday at Afrobasket, Brown assures
D’Tigers will be ready to make their Nigerian compatriots proud by Wednesday when they take on Mali at the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket in Kigali, team head coach Mike Brown assured on Monday. Admitting that the competition’s schedule for just immediately after the Summer Olympics has proved to be challenging for players and the coaching staff,…
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Brown releases final 12-man list of D’Tigers for FIBA Afrobasket
The Head Coach of D’Tigers, Mike Brown, on Thursday released his final 12-man list for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket which begins in Kigali, Rwanda next week. Afolabi Oni, the Media Officer of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), in a statement explained that the list does not have Nigerians playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA).…
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How Nigeria’s D’Tigers got kicked out of Tokyo 2020 Olympic basketball
D’Tigers of Nigeria have been sent packing from the Tokyo 2020 men’s basketball event, after losing 71-80 to Italy in their last Group B. The encounter held at the Saitama Super Arena Aomi Urban Sports on Saturday. D’Tigers had lost 67-84 in their opening game of the group, before losing 92-99 narrowly to Germany in…
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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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Tokyo 2020: D’Tigers lose to Germany
D’Tigers lose 92-99 to Germany in their second Group B match of the Preliminary Round of the basketball competition.
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Tokyo Olympics: Australia tame Nigeria’s D’Tigers in first group game
Nigeria’s D’Tigers suffered a 67-84 defeat to the Boomers of Australia in their first Group B preliminary game of the Tokyo Olympics at the Saitama Arena on Sunday. According to reports that D’Tigers came into the game in high spirits after earning historic victories over Team U.S and Argentina recently in exhibition games. Nigeria had…
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Tokyo 2020: Nine NBA stars make D’Tigers final squad [Full list]
Nine NBA stars have been named in D’Tigers final 12-man rooster for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by head coach Mike Brown. Brown released the list after about a month of camping in Sacramento and Las Vegas in the United States of America. Miami Heat trio Precious Achiuwa, Gabe Vincent and KZ Okpala are in…
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Australia tame rampaging D’Tigers in exhibition game
Nigeria’s D’Tigers were brought down to earth in Las Vegas on Tuesday night as they fell 69-108 to Australia, their group B rivals at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics Men’s Basketball Event. In this exhibition game, the Nigerian senior male basketball side which on Saturday beat world leaders U.S. 90-87 failed to make it three wins…
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D’Tigers overcome world number four Argentina in pre-olympic friendly
Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, recorded another impressive victory in their preparatory games ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after outclassing world number four Argentina on Monday. Mike Brown’s side overpower the Argentines with a massive 23 points win, outscoring them 94 – 71. At the weekend, D’Tigers stunned number one ranked team USA 90-87.…