Tag: Basketball
FIBA: Mali basketball players exchange blows after Serbia loss
Two female basketball players from Mali got physical with each other on Monday after their loss to Serbia at the ongoing Women’s Basketball World...
Sunday Dare denied D’Tigress FIBA participation only to lift ban later,...
Nigerians have again begun calling for the resignation of the minister of sports and youth development Sunday Dare following the lifting of the two-year...
FG lifts two-year ban on international basketball
The Federal Government has reversed the ban placed on national teams from participating in international basketball competitions.
Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Youth and...
I’ll never wear Nigeria’s green and white again, American-born D’Tigress player...
American-born Nigerian basketball player Ezinne Kalu has said she is not likely to play for Nigeria’s senior women's basketball team D’Tigress again.
The 29-year-old point...
Ex-Nigerian basketball player Ime Udoka takes NBA by storm as Celtics...
A Nigerian-American Ime Udoka has taken the National Basketball Association (NBA) by storm as coach of the Boston Celtics.
Born in Portland, Oregon, US on...
NBBF suspends elective congress amid dispute with sports ministry
Former caretaker committee chairman of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Musa Kida has made a U-turn and announced the indefinite suspension of NBBF’s elective...
Sports ministry, NBBF issue counter statements on basketball committee
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) caretaker committee have issued counter statements over the federation’s affairs.
Permanent...
D’Tigress reject sports ministry’s part-payment offer
Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team D’Tigress say they would not accept the offer by the ministry of sports and youth development to be paid...
D’Tigers honour Sound Sultan with warm-up shirts ahead Australia game
Nigeria's senior basketball team D'Tigers on Tuesday night honoured the late singer-songwriter Sound Sultan at its last warm-up game against Team Australia before the...
Orisabunmi’s brother dies two days after actress
Steve Onishola, older brother of late actress Folake Aremu, popularly known as Orisabunmi, has died after a brief illness.
Mr Onishola was the technical director...