48 NBA Players Test Positive For COVID-19
The NBA announced on Wednesday that 48 players have tested positive for the coronavirus, a dramatic increase over the zero positive tests reported during last season’s quarantine bubble in Florida. The...... Read moreD’Tigers Ready For Algeria Come Nov. 27, Says NBBF
Nigeria will start her race for qualification for the Rwanda/Egypt Afrobasket 2021 against Algeria on Nov. 27 in Algiers the capital city. The leadership of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has...... Read moreLakers Beat Miami Heat To End Decade-Long Wait For 17th NBA Title
The Los Angeles Lakers ended a decade-long wait for a 17th NBA title as they beat the Miami Heat 106-93 to seal a 4-2 series victory. The Finals’ most valuable player...... Read moreNigeria To Begin Afrobasket Qualifying Campaign In November
Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers will begin their campaign for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket with the first round of qualifiers in November. The twenty teams participating in the qualifying...... Read moreVictor Williams Appointed CEO Of NBA Africa
Victor Williams has been named CEO of NBA Africa, the organisation confirmed in a statement on Monday. Williams will begin his tenure on Aug. 17 and will be based in the...... Read moreBasketball Star Michael Ojo Dies During Training Session
Michael Ojo, a Nigerian basketball player who previously played for Red Star Belgrade, died at the age of 27 during a training session in the Serbian capital on Friday, the club...... Read more16 NBA Players Test Positive For COVID-19
A total of 16 NBA players have tested positive for COVID-19 from 302 tests conducted last Tuesday, the league and its players union announced Friday. None of the players or teams...... Read moreNBA Star Kevin Durant Buys Stake In MLS Side Philadelphia Union
Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant officially joined the ranks of sports team owners on Monday with the announcement that he purchased a stake in the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer....... Read moreNBA Approves 22-Team Format To Finish Season
The NBA board of governors voted Thursday to approve a 22-team format to restart the 2019-20 season in Orlando, Florida, the league announced. Sources told ESPN that the vote was 29-1,...... Read moreNBA In Talks To Play Rest Of Season At Disney World
The NBA has confirmed that talks are underway with Disney about hosting games at the Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. League spokesman Mike Bass said the NBA and the...... Read moreD’Tigress Will Return Stronger After Pandemic — Akhator
D’Tigress forward, Evelyn Akhator believes the Nigerian senior women’s basketball team will return stronger when the Covid-19 pandemic is over. In February this year, the African champions booked a ticket to...... Read more2020 NBA Draft: Oyedeji Lauds Nigerian Players
Olumide Oyedeji, a former Captain of the national male basketball team D’Tigers, has commended young Nigerian basketball players who have shown interest in the 2020 NBA Draft in America. The 2020...... Read moreLakers Return $4.6M To Coronavirus Relief Fund
The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly returned about $4.6 million to a US government program aimed at helping small businesses cope with the coronavirus pandemic shutdown The Los Angeles Lakers...... Read moreNBA Players Agree 25 Percent Pay Cut
The NBA players agreed to receive 25% less in paychecks starting May 15 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. "The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced today that...... Read moreNBBF Promises Financial Support For Ailing Onah Deborah •Appeals To Nigerians
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has promised to financially assist the family of budding basket player Onah Deborah, who is currently battling Tuberculosis of the spine. Speaking on at the weekend...... Read moreI Won’t Play Without Fans — Lebron James
LeBron James says he would refuse to play if the Los Angeles Lakers had to stage games behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak. On Friday, the NBA asked teams...... Read moreCoronavirus Delays Basketball Africa League
Amid rising coronavirus fears, the new Basketball Africa League will postpone the inaugural games that had been set for this month, league chief Amadou Galo Fall told VOA Thursday. “We have...... Read moreKobe Bryant, Daughter Gianna Laid To Rest In Private California Funeral
A private funeral was held in California for Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who died along with seven others when the Lakers icon’s chopper crashed last month, according to...... Read more2020 Olympics: Buhari Congratulates D’Tigress For Qualifying
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday congratulated the female Basket Ball team, D’Tigress, for qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He urged D’Tigress to remain focused, determined and energised for a good...... Read moreD’Tigress Seals Tokyo 2020 Olympics Ticket After 16 Years
Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, D’Tigress yesterday booked a ticket to the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo despite losing to host-Serbia in their second group game at the ongoing FIBA Olympic...... Read moreLeBron Breaks Silence On Bryant’s Death
Lebron James promised to continue Kobe Bryant’s legacy as the heartbroken superstar reacted to the Los Angeles Lakers legend’s tragic death. Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed in...... Read moreInjured Parsons' NBA Career 'In Doubt' After Car Crash
An American law firm has said that Chandler Parsons' NBA career could be over after "a traumatic brain injury". His team, the Atlanta Hawks, announced on 16 January that the small...... Read moreEx-NBA Chief David Stern Dies Aged 77
David Stern, the former commissioner of the US National Basketball Association (NBA), has died at the age of 77. He had been in a serious condition after suffering a brain haemorrhage...... Read moreNBBF Applauds Government’s Financial Support for Injured Nkem Akaraiwe
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare for his fatherly intervention towards sourcing funds for injured D’Tigress player, Nkem Akaraiwe. The federation described the...... Read moreHughley Names 14 D’Tigress Players For Last Phase Of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Qualifiers
D’Tigress’ Head Coach Otis Hughley has called up 14 players for the last phase of preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Qualification Tournament. Louisville University guard, Elizabeth Balogun, who was not...... Read more