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Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigers and Junior D’Tigress opened their respective 2026 FIBA U-18 AfroBasket campaigns with contrasting results in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, as the boys suffered a heavy defeat to Egypt while the girls secured a…
By Kemarlie Durrant TAIPEI, Taiwan — Team SVG, representing the Embassy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Vincentian community in Taiwan, finished second in the 4th Annual Emancipation Basketball…
Updated information about the arrest of United States-based university basketball player Daniel Tobilola Adegboyega indicates that he is now facing deportation, following a charge of rape and allegations of overstaying his visa, Sports247…
A 21-year-old Nigerian college basketball player at Jacksonville State University in the USA, Daniel Tobiloba Adegboyega, has been arrested on a charge of first-degree rape, and he has subsequently been suspended by the institution.…
The Bequia Basketball Association (BBA) officially tipped off its 24th Annual Bequia Basketball Tournament on Saturday at the Clive Tannis Hard Court, treating spectators to an exciting evening of both…
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Basketball Federation (SVGBF) has announced a series of free youth basketball camps throughout August, reaffirming its commitment to developing the country’s next generation of…
D’Tigress captain Amy Okonkwo has declared that Nigeria will head to the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup with one clear objective—winning a medal. The reigning African champions have intensified preparations for the global…
Nigeria’s under-18 boys’ and girls’ basketball national teams are bracing for action at the African championship in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, where both squads arrived on Sunday and settled down quickly to start preparations for the start of…
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Nigeria’s senior women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress have commenced preparations ahead of the FIBA Women’s World Cup, coming up in Berlin, Germany, in September. 4-13, 2026. READ ALSO: D’Tigress’ Next Opponents On USA Tour Indiana…
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has explained reasons behind a directive that all male and female players as well as coaches invited to the under-18 national camp in Abuja must arrive with their international passports, yellow cards…
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A former basketball champion of Nigeria University Games (NUGA) and West African University Games (WAUG), Demilade Adedoyin has taken up the task of training individual players instead of a full team, Sports247 reports. READ ALSO: Abesan…
Benin City-based veteran, Esosa Kelvin Okundaye has been tipped to carry the weight of Nigeria’s quest for gold in the men’s 3×3 basketball event at this year’s Commonwralth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, where he will play alongside Robert…
More than 15 years after first wearing the Fiji jersey, Bulou Tuisue is preparing for another career milestone – leading the nation’s women’s 3×3 basketball team onto the Commonwealth Games stage for the very first time. The 35-year-old…
Head coach of Nigeria Customs Basketball Club, Abdul Mohammed, has expressed confidence in the new-look D’Tigers, praising the team’s resilience after securing qualification for the next window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African…
Nigerian-descent new arrival at Miami Heat of USA, Giannis Antetokounmpo has come out with a stern reaction to speculation that he might struggle at the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise, as he believes his new team is the…
A highly promising basketball player based in Abesan Estate, Lagos, Busayo Agunbiade is keeping alive his passion for the ‘giants’ game,’ despite recently signing up to play in the highly productive and exciting Showtime Flag Football…
Organisers of the ongoing Tojemarine Invitational Handball Championship in Lagos have disclosed that the competition is an innovation that gives clubs across West Africa a rare opportunity to expose their players and accord them a…
Basketball Fiji men’s 3×3 captain Joshua Fox isn’t in Scotland to make history—he’s there to make Fiji a genuine medal contender. As Fiji prepares for its Commonwealth Games 3×3 basketball debut, Fox says the squad has embraced the…
A basketball coach based in Abesan Estate, Lagos, Paul Iroegbule has cast his mind back to his days of playing ‘the giants’ game’ at University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and said he is already training his 11-year-old son to follow his…
A budding basketball player and graduate of Crawford University at Igbesa, David Olasunkanmi Awotedu has come out with a startling revelation that he admires USA’s Nigerian-born sensation, Bam Adebayo, but does not support the star’s club.…
Former D’Tigers head coach Mohammed Abdulrahman believes Nigeria have put their disappointing start to the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers behind them and are now firmly on course to secure a place at the global…
President of the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball Federation, Seyi Johnson, has expressed confidence that the national team is ready to make a strong statement when it makes its historic wheelchair basketball debut at the 2026 Commonwealth…