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Monday, August 5th, 2024
Olympics Basketball: Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Canada 79-70, qualify for historic quarter-final Olympics Basketball: Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Canada 79-70, qualify for historic quarter-final Nigeria’s female basketball team, D’Tigress have qualified for a first-ever Olympics Basketball quarter-final after outscoring Canada 79-70 on Sunday. Nigeria lost the second and fourth quarters 23-19, 24-19 respectively, and won the third […]
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Friday, August 2nd, 2024
Meet victorious D’Tigress coach, Rena Wakama 6th August 2023 D’Tigress coach, Rena Wakama By Makua Ubanagu Nigeria’s National Female Basketball Team, D’Tigress, became just the second team to win the women’s Afrobasket championship four times in a row by defeating Senegal 84-74 in the championship game on Saturday. Aside from that, the head coach of D’Tigress, […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
Basketball: D’Tigress beat Australia in Olympics upset African basketball champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress, started their Paris Olympic Games on a winning note after they defeated their highly favoured Australian counterparts 75-62. The team last won an Olympic match 20 years ago. In what has been described as the biggest upset of the Olympics so far, Nigeria […]
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Saturday, July 27th, 2024
Catholic bishops slam Olympics ceremony for ‘mockery of Christianity’ French bishops complained on Saturday about the “scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity” during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games which has upset some conservatives and has drawn mixed reviews. The opening had offered “wonderful moments of beauty, joy, rich emotions, and was […]
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Sunday, March 24th, 2024
African Games: Nigeria Finish Second As Championship Ends The events ended with a parade of all the participating countries’ flags while music from Nigerian hip-hop star Tiwa Savage was played from the sound system much to the delight of the crowd. On the final day of the competition, perennial champions Egypt claimed two more gold […]
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Sunday, February 5th, 2023
Obafemi Martins’ son signs contract with Italian club Monza By Adejayan Gbenga Gsong Retired Super Eagles striker Obafemi Martins’ son Kevin Mauss- Martins, has signed his first professional contract at Italian Serie A club Monza. Kevin’s father Obafemi Martins had an excellent career. He played in the Serie A for Inter Milan, in the Premier […]
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
ESPN’s Stephen Smith apologises to Nigerian basket ball team for mocking their names By Abisola Olasupo ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has apologised for butchering the names of members of the Nigerian basketball team during a rant on a TV show “First Take” following the team’s win over USA on Saturday. Smith also apologised to the Asian […]
