By Daily Sports Nigeria on August 12, 2023
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke in Osogbo, received a member of the victorious D’Tigress squad to the recently concluded 2023 FIBA AfroBasket Championship in Kigali, Adenike Olawuyi.
Olawuyi, who is an Osogbo-born Basketball player, plies her trade for Hungarian basketball team, Ratgeber and played a pivotal role in the Nigeria Women’s Basketball team’s success in winning their fourth straight FIBA AfroBasket Championship.
The Sports-loving governor alongside the secretary to the state government, Teslim Igbalaye, hailed the spirit of the team in Kigali and celebrated the story of Olawuyi, who started off her basketball career in Osun and has shown great spirit and determination to achieve greatness in her very young career.
Receiving the 19-year old budding talent and her coach, Taiwo Eleniyan, Adeleke urged her to keep working hard and remain focused, as there is still more to come in her burgeoning career.
“I am so happy to receive you today. It’s always a moment of pride for me to see young and ambitious people from Osun State achieve great things, this is a testimony that with hard work, passion and dedication, you can achieve almost anything.
“A big congratulation to you and the whole team for making Nigeria proud and you in particular for putting Osun State on the map of success.
“Keep flying in success and do not rest on your oars, as this is just the beginning.
“One thing I promise is that Sports in Osun will grow rapidly in this dispensation and more talents will be uncovered,” he concluded.
Olawuyi and her teammates emerged champions of Africa for the fourth consecutive time in Kigali, after defeating Senegal 84-74.
The victory means that D’Tigress will now compete for a spot at the Women’s Basketball event of the 2024 Olympics.
Source Punch Ng
Posted August 12, 2023
You may also like...
Bayern Munich hold off stubborn Sevilla to teach...
EPL Boxing Day Results and Table
Players Union asks NNL for the release of...
Gabon Spoil Cup Of Nations Debut For Comoros...
Namibian boxer accused of sex assault to fight...
Burial plans for Keshi to begin this week...
Cameroon friendly to shape WAFCON squad — Madugu
Fury sends Joshua support, turns down bout after tragedy
Wolves secure rare win to dent Villa’s bid for Champions League place
Solaja re-emerges BFN South East rep
Usman makes welterweight title claim
I cried day I got Super Eagles call-up – Fago
Osimhen strikes down stubborn Juve to book round 16 spot
Ogazi wins SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Falcons begin training ahead Lionesses clash
Newcastle cruise 9-3 into UCL last 16, Leverkusen dump out Olympiacos
Finidi wary of difficult Barau test
Pillars coach optimistic of NPFL survival
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,581 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (54,890 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (52,811 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,433 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,348 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,262 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,137 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,683 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (50,854 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,379 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,769 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,245 views)