The Americans had no trouble sweeping through their four-game exhibition schedule and enter Rio looking like the heavy favourites to take the gold
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The coach of the Chinese team, Gong Luming, blamed the loss on the absence of his key player and former NBA star, Yi Jianlian
Nnaji, who has just returned from the Olympic Qualifiers concluded in France, spoke with the News agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The D’Tigress beat the hosts with style at the Makelekele Gymnasim, leading from the first quarter 31-14, and reducing them to committing more fouls than scoring
Nigeria had in the semi-final defeated Senegal
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has invited 26 players to camp ahead of the 2015 Afrobasket 2015 billed for Tunisia in…
After a dominant 20 points win in the first leg on Thursday, the Nigerian girls repeated the feat with an emphatic 88-43 points win over Cote d’ivoire in the second round match at the Palais du Sport in Abidjan
The President of the Nigerian Basketball Federation, Tijjani Umar, assured Nigerians that the selection would be based on merit as the team hopes to make a return to the Olympics in Rio 2016 by coming tops at the 2015 Afrobasket in Tunisia, having made their debut at the Olympics in London 2012 via the Olympic Qualifying event
in Venezuela
Oyedeji, who now plays for London Lions as centre, has so far completed two training sessions since his arrival on Wednesday
The team’s strength has been boosted for the make or mar double header by the arrival of two foreign-based players
Umar was reacting on Sunday in Abuja to the selection of Brazil, Greece, Turkey and Finland for wildcards for participation at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain
The Nigeria Basketball Federation along with 15 other federations met the October 30, 2013 deadline for submission of bids for the wild cards for their national teams and the NBBF President, Tijjani Umar, said that the federation expects to be among the successful bids
The result meant Nigeria failed in its bid to finish in the top three for a ticket to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Nigeria’s national basketball team, D’Tigers on Tuesday continued its impressive run in the ongoing African Nations Basketball Championship (Afrobasket) in Abidjan humbling the Central African Republic by a wide margin
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s forward Ike Diogu says the team is not under any pressure as the players and the technical crew have resolve to continue with the spirit of the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in the summer of 2012, where Nigeria shocked the world to book a place in the 12-team roster of the London 2013 Olympic Games
Both teams will square up on July 26 in Sarasota, Florida, July 29 in Orlando, Florida and July 31 in Miami, Florida