The senior women’s national Basketball Team, D’Tigress, will open their 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament camp on February 1 in Belgrade.
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The Nigeria Basketball Federationhas applauded the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare’s fatherly intervention toward sourcing funds for injured D’Tigress player, Nkem Akaraiwe.
D’Tigress head coach, Otis Hughley, has called up 14 players for the last phase of the 2020 Olympics Qualification Tournament billed for Belgrade between February 6 and 9, 2020.
This was revealed at a brief ceremony held in Switzerland on Wednesday to officially kick start the Olympics Tournament qualification race.
D’Tigress took a bold step to picking a ticket to the Olympics Qualifying Tournament in 2020 after beating host Mozambique 57-48 points to go top of Group A.
D’Tigress camp came alive on Sunday as players and coaches reported to their base in Maputo for the 2020 pre Olympics qualifiers coming up in Mozambique between November 14 and 17.
Another feather was added to the already decorated cap of the Nigeria Basketball Federation in the wee hours of Thursday in China.
The victorious D’Tigress team and some members of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Board led by its President, Engr. Musa Kida, paid a courtesy call on the newly-appointed Minister of Sport, Sunday Dare, in his office in Abuja.
The board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has lauded the fatherly role played by President Muhammadu Buhari in the Senior Women’s Basketball team’s 2019 Afrobasket triumph.
Speaking on the success of the team at the championship, the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive, Ebenezer Onyeagwu commended D’tigress for their hard work, doggedness and team spirit, which has seen them retain the trophy which they won two years ago in Mali
President Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, congratulated the team for the remarkably synergized play that enabled them to outpace and outplay all the teams at the tournament to retain the title they won in 2017, further consolidating their position as African champions with four titles
The Nigerian girls absorbed pressure and poor officiating, but maintained their cool till the end of the game to emerge champions.
The President’s congratulatory message is conveyed in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja late Friday night.
Nigeria claimed victory over tough rivals Mali in the much anticipated duel of the 2019 semi finals Afrobasket in Dakar, Senegal.
The senior national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress on Thursday thrashed DR Congo 79-46 in the quarter finals of the 2019 Afrobasket Women’s Championship in Dakar, Senegal.
Onyeagwu expressed delight at the heroics of the team, comprised mostly of products of the Zenith Bank Women Basketball League, which the bank has sponsored solely for 15 years consecutively
African champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress, have started their AfroBasket title defence on a winning note with a 75-26 points win against Tunisia.
Head Coach of the D’Tigress, Otis Hughley, has said the team is still a work in progress despite being tipped as one of the favourites ahead of the 2019 FIBA Women Afrobasket championship.
D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughley, is confident that his team has chances of successfully defending their FIBA AFROBASKET title when the competition gets underway on August 9, 2019.
The senior women’s National Basketball Team opens camp on Friday in Lagos as preparation commences for the 2019 AFROBASKET championship in Dakar, Senegal.