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Zenith B’ball League: First Bank eye Final 8 glory

Nine-time Nigerian women’s basketball league champions, First Bank, have made a strong start to another title challenge, winning their first two games of the 2024 Final 8 playoffs comprehensively, PUNCH Sports...... Read more Kalu eyes WNBA Defender of the Year award

D’Tigress and Atlanta Dream guard Ezinne Kalu has set a target for herself in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), which is to win the Defensive Player of the Year award,...... Read more Pillars set for CDS Independent Day Basketball Championship

Kano Pillars Basketball Club are set to showcase their talent at the first edition of the Chief of Defence Staff Independence Day Roundball Championship 2024, which commences on Wednesday, October 2,...... Read more Kpee: From sports hopper to National Team star

Favour Kpee’s journey to becoming a national basketball player is a testament to the power of passion and perseverance. The 18-year-old combo guard, who stands at 6ft, discovered his love for basketball...... Read more J’Tigress coach rates U-18 Afrobasket outing high

Coach of Nigeria’s U-18 basketball team, Julie Negedu-Akere, has commended the players who represented the country in the 2024 Afrobasket U-18 championship that ended in Pretoria, South Africa. She spoke just as...... Read more Ahmadu-Kida lauds Nigeria’s U-18 Afrobasket outings

The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Musa Ahmadu-Kida, has expressed the federation’s satisfaction with the performances of the Nigeria U-18 male and female teams at the Afrobasket U-18 Championship in...... Read more U-18 Afrobasket: Junior D’Tigress battle Mali for gold today

Nigeria will face Mali in the final of the FIBA U18 Women’s AfroBasket 2024 on Saturday (today) at 4pm at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Junior D’Tigress reached this...... Read more Knocks for S’Africa over Junior D’Tigers visa denial

Several Nigerians have taken to social media to shade the South African Consulate for initially denying the Nigerian U-18 boys’ basketball players visas for the AfroBasket Men’s U-18 competition in South Africa,...... Read more Ikedigwe: Barefooted basketball rookie who became star

Shalom Ikedigwe’s journey into the world of basketball started unexpectedly. Like many Nigerian kids, Ikedigwe’s first love was football. Growing up in the Nigerian Air Force Base in Ikeja, Lagos State,...... Read more D’Tigress move up to 8th in world rankings

A resounding 2024 Olympics campaign saw the Nigeria senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, move up four spots from 12th to 8th in the latest FIBA working rankings released on Thursday, August 29...... Read more D’Tigress: Coach, players urge NBBF to build on Olympics feat

Some basketball enthusiasts have urged the Nigeria Basketball Federation to ensure the country builds on the laudable outing of the senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, at the 2024 Olympic Games in...... Read more Musa: D’Tigress Olympics unsung hero

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, were hailed by all and sundry following their impressive performance at the recently concluded Paris 2024 Olympics, with the coach Rena Wakama and some of the...... Read more Samuel: Teen D’Tigress shooting for success

Osaretin Samuel’s journey into the world of basketball began in a way she never imagined. Despite showing no initial interest in sports, she was drawn to the game through the influence of...... Read more Wakama named best coach as Team Nigeria return without medal

Despite Team Nigeria’s poor outing at the Paris 2024 Olympics where the country failed to win a single medal, there was a cause to smile as head coach of the country’s...... Read more Gallant D’Tigress lost 88-74 to USA in q’finals

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, crashed out of the 2024 Olympic Games after losing 88-74 to the United States of America in the quarterfinals of the women’s basketball event on...... Read more ‘Hoopers still have more work to do’

Two of Rivers Hoopers star performers at the ongoing 2024 Basketball Africa League, Will Perry and Divine Eke are eyeing a podium finish for the club as they take on Libya’s...... Read more Hoopers begin BAL playoffs against AS Douanes

The Nigerian champions, Rivers Hoopers, will hope to reach new heights in the Basketball Africa League when they begin their playoff campaign against AS Douanes on Saturday (today) at the BK Arena,...... Read more Eke praises teammates for BAL form

Rivers Hoopers forward Divine Eke has credited his teammates for his incredible form at the ongoing Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League in Dakar, Senegal, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Asides being...... Read more Young Nigerian basketballer bags US scholarships after street encounter with Calabar lawyer

A young Nigerian basketballer, David Etim, has bagged three United States scholarship offers after encountering a Calabar-born lawyer, Faithfulness Okom. Narrating how he met Etim to our correspondent on Thursday, Okom...... Read more Plaudits for Adebayo after Detroit heroics

One statistic rarely seen in NBA box scores is a Bam Adebayo three-pointer, and on Sunday, he made one when it mattered most. The matinée matchup between the Detroit Pistons and Miami...... Read more D’Tigers AfroBasket crisis: Ministry, NBBF incompetent, lament fans

Basketball fans have taken to social media to lash out at the sports ministry and the Nigeria Basketball Federation following D’Tigers’ uninspiring performance at the recently concluded 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers...... Read more Cash-strapped NBBF withdraws D’Tigers from AfroBasket qualifiers

Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, D’Tigers, have withdrawn from the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers window, which begin Friday in Tunisia, The PUNCH reports. According to a release by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the...... Read more D’Tigress force to reckon with, Ogoke boasts

Despite losing two of their three games at the recently concluded FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, D’Tigress star, Sarah Ogoke, insists the women’s national basketball team is a force...... Read more Olympic qualifiers: Okonkwo powers D’Tigress to opening win

Africa’s best women’s basketball player for a reason, Amy Okonkwo, was the star of the game as Nigeria defeated perennial arch-rivals Senegal 72-65 in their first game of the 2024 FIBA Women’s...... Read more B’ball: Lakers crush Pelicans to reach NBA Cup final

The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by 30 points from ageless LeBron James, routed the New Orleans Pelicans 133-89 on Thursday to reach the final of the inaugural NBA in-season tournament. James...... Read more