D’Tigers
2 days ago
D’Tigers Head Coach, Mike Brown, has invited 15 players to camp ahead of the fourth window of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers between August 26 and 28.
3 Jul
After suffering defeat against Cape Verde in its first match of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier on Friday in Kigali, Rwanda, D’Tigers had a walk over against Mali in yesterday...
2 Jul
Nigeria's men's national basketball team, D’Tigers, yesterday went down 70 -79 points to Cape Verde at the ongoing FIBA World Cup qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda.
29 Jun
NBA G League star, Ikenna Ndugba and free agent, Uchenna Iroegbu, are top of D’Tigers’ 12-man list released by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) for the third window of the FIBA Africa World Cup qualifiers.
19 Dec 2021
Foundation stocks libraries, classrooms in Lagos, Enugu Former Nigerian international Ukoha Michael Uma-Okoro has provided books and toys to children as part of his foundation’s way of giving back to the community. Michael Uma-Okoro, a product of Dodan Warriors Academy based in Ilupeju and a beneficiary of the Giant of Africa programme while impacting on…
29 Nov 2021
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Sunday beat Uganda 95-69 to lead in the first round in Group A of the African Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
27 Nov 2021
Barely two weeks after forcing the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a 1-1 draw in the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier in Lagos, Cape Verde, yesterday caused a major upset in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier campaign...
25 Oct 2021
Former captain of Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team Ime Udoka is happy to have finally secured his first win as a head coach in the National Basketball Association after leading the Boston Celtics to their maiden win of the on-going season. The Celtics, 17-time winners of the NBA championship, defeated the Rockets 107-97 on Sunday…
10 Sep 2021
The Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association, NBA, have waived veteran Nigerian centre Jahlil Okafor, the team announced Thursday night in a press release. Brooklyn acquired Okafor, who featured for Nigeria’s D’Tigers at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, from the Detroit Pistons last week along with Sekou Doumbouya in the trade that brought DeAndre…
31 Aug 2021
Nigeria will make its final push for a quarterfinal ticket today when D’Tigers will file out against Uganda at the ongoing 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship.
30 Aug 2021
Nigeria’s men’s basketball national team, D’Tigers, will head for the drawing board after losing 68 to 77 points to Côte d’Ivoire in their last group C game.
26 Aug 2021
NIGERIA’S men national basketball team, D’Tigers, started their 2021 Afrobasket championship in Kigali capital of Rwanda on a winning note yesterday with a dominant 81-73 points win against Mali.