Nigerian-American Andy Ogide is hoping the Nigeria Basketball Federation will invite him to star for D’Tigers in the July FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament win Venezuela. The Lagun Aro GBC forward hails from Atlanta, Georgia. Ogide believes he i...
President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr. Sani Ndanusa has revealed the committee’s action plan for 2012. “It has been 15 months since the present Nigeria Olympic Committee was elected. As we move into 2012, a new year and an Olympi...
Nigeria league champion Royal Hoopers basketball club of Port Harcourt yesterday recorded it first win in the 26th FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Men. It recorded a 111-42 points win over Malabo Kings of Equatorial Guinea to finish in the eleventh posit...
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has slated the men’s Olympic qualifying tournament for Venezuela. The decision was taken at their second and final meeting of 2011 in Madrid, Spain. The Nigerian senior team grabbed the playoffs spot...
Nigeria women club basketball champions, First Deepwater will today face FIBA Africa defending champions, Interclube of Angola in the 17th edition of the Champions Club for women. This is after the Nigerian team got off to a fine start in the final rou...
After spending one season in the lower division, Nigeria Customs Service basketball club is back into the top flight DStv Premier Basketball League. They bounced back into the league after winning the national division-one championship last weekend in ...
Nigeria relied heavily on defense to wade-off the stiff challenge pose by Cameroon in a group-B game on Sunday at the 22nd Afrobasket for Women.Nigeria, who picked the second and third quarters by 20-10 and 13-11 points after tying the first quarter wi...
Valerenga of Norway midfield star, Fengor Ogude tells MTNFootball.com there will be no hiding place for Guinea on October 8 as Nigeria’s Super Eagles aim to qualify for next year’s Nations Cup in fine style. What fired the Super Eagles to w...
Nigeria’s senior national basketball team, D’Tigers has qualified for the playoffs for the qualification of the 2012 summer Olympics to be held in London. Nigeria will compete against 11 other countries in the 12-team FIBA Olympic Qualifyin...
Nigeria’s senior basketball team, D’Tigers have booked a place in the semi finals of the ongoing Africa basketball championship for men taking place in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Yesterday, in the quarter final clash decided between Nigeria ...
Nigeria, so far unbeaten in the African Basketball championship for men going on in Antananarivo, Madagascar, will today hope to stretch their clean slate when they confront Chad. After impressing in all their group matches ending up as leaders of Grou...
The Nigeria national basketball team, D’Tigers has commenced their quest for a place at next year’s summer Olympics to be held in London. On Wednesday, the team started on a bright note by defeating first opponents Mali, 59-84 points. The e...
Nigeria has stepped up its preparation ahead the 26th edition of the FIBA Africa Basketball Championship for Men in Madagascar this year. The Nigerian team Monday night defeated Netherlands 84-66 points in London in a 3-Nation invitational tournament. ...
Nigeria FIBA graded referee, Babatunde Popoola has been listed by Africa basketball ruling body – FIBA Africa to officiate at the 26th edition of the FIBA Africa Championship for Men slated for Antananarivo, Madagascar, between August 17 and 28. ...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has said that he ordered the revocation of the N10 billion skill acquisition centres in Edo and Delta states to uphold President Goodluck Jonathan’s promises of meeting up the developmen...