The News Agency of Nigeria reports MFM defeated Nigeria Customs Service of Abuja 64-53 to successfully defend the title they won last year.
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All eyes have been on the Nigeria Customs Service Basketball team in the Savannah Conference of the ongoing league.
The victory was the team’s first win in an Olympic match since Athens 2004, when they defeated South Korea in an inconsequential classification game after crashing out.
Johnson disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
The KingsMen started out of the blocks in the first quarter with complete dominance to lead the Chiefs 20-6 much to the delight of a raucous home crowd.
Hoopers made it to the inaugural season of the BAL in 2021, but narrowly missed out in the second edition.
Hoopers dominated all four quarters (23-18, 43-34, 63-46, 80-61) to extend their unbeaten run to five games in the league this season.
Despite being tagged favourites to win the 2023 NBBF Premier league, head coach of the Rivers Hoopers Ogoh Odaudu has refused to be drawn with the favourite tag.
The Mountain of Fire Ministries Basketball Club of Lagos on Thursday beat Nigeria Customs Basketball Club 64-60 to win the Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League Championship for 2023.
Rivers Hoopers improved to a 2-0 mark after a 42-25 win over Spintex Knights of Ghana at the Louis Edem Invitational Basketball Championship on Monday.
The 2023 Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Camp that started on August 21, 2023 and continued as at press time on Wednesday with over 400 kids across Nigeria in attendance.
The training will hold at the Indoor Sports Hall, National Stadium, Lagos on the 12th and 13th of September.
The Nigerian lads lost by 18-16, 9-13, 23-16 and 20-22 to the Angolans on Sunday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
Johnson shocked the world in 1990 when he retired from professional basketball in the aftermath of his diagnosis.
D’Tigress moved to number 15 after winning the Women’s AfroBasket title in Cameroon, with runners-up Mali, also getting a one-position bump up to 40th place.
Damilola Olujide, Media Coordinator for MultiChoice Nigeria, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.
The recommendations, which were published in the English, French and Spanish languages, are titled: “Return to Basketball – Restart Guidelines for National Federations.”
D’Tigers’ captain, Ike Diogu, has revealed that he is closer to the end of his journey with the D’Tigers team than ever before.
The Nigerian Basketball Federation has announced the indefinite postponement of the 2020 FIBA Certification Course for its Table Officials earlier slated to commence on April 27.
Ahead of a busy 2021 and 2022 international calendar, the Nigerian Basketball Federation is becoming the most sort after federation, thanks to her rising profile in global basketball family with interests from many players wanting to play for Nigeria ahead of the Olympics.