Tag: D’Tigers

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Chinedu OkaforOctober 19, 2020

#YNaijaSportsExtra: American born NBA star, Bam Adebayo is looking to bring his talent to Nigeria

An American Footballer, Roger Staubach, once said: “Winning isn’t getting ahead of others, it’s getting ahead of yourself.” This certainly ...

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Bernard DayoSeptember 10, 2019

5 Things that Should Matter Today: Ayomide Bello has become Nigeria’s first female canoeist to qualify for the Olympics

At just 17-year-old, Ayomide Bello will become the first female Nigerian canoeist to compete at the Olympic games when they ...

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ToluSeptember 18, 2017

“Terrorist People of Biafra”, Operation Python Dancers, the $999 iPhone X | These are last week’s winners and losers

The nature of the events that took centre stage in Nigeria last week and the fact that we may have ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiSeptember 16, 2017

D’Tigers lose the 2017 Afrobasket Championship to Tunisia

Nigeria senior male basketball team, D’tigers have lost to Tunisia in a 65-77 bout at the finals of the 2017 Afrobasket ...

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EditorSeptember 16, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 16th of September

Follow the stories and analyses on YNaija: NLC, TUC urge Nigerians to disregard strike threat by ULC D’Tigers advance to ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiSeptember 16, 2017

D’Tigers advance to the 2017 Afrobasket final after beating Senegal

The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, have advanced to the final of the 2017 Afrobasket championship after winning Senegal ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiSeptember 14, 2017

D’Tigers through to the AfroBasket semifinals with an impressive win

The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers are through to the semi-final stage of the ongoing 2017 Afrobasket championship – ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 15, 2016

#RioOlympics: D’Tigers lose to Brazil’s B’ball team, 86 – 69

Nigeria has crashed out of the basketball event of the Rio Olympics losing to hosts Brazil 86 – 69. D’Tigers’ undoing was ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 14, 2016

#RioOlympics: Nigeria’s men basketball team tastes first victory, defeats Croatia 90 – 76

Nigeria’s men basketball team D’Tigers got their first victory in Rio as they outclassed Croatia 90-76. Croatia started the game ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 12, 2016

#RioOlympics: Spain defeats Nigeria 96 – 87

Spain defeated Nigeria’s basketball team, D’Tigers 96-87 to win their first game in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The World number two ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 10, 2016

#RioOlympics: Lithuania defeats Nigeria 89 – 80

Lithuania secured a nine-point victory over Nigeria’s D’Tigers this morning in the men’s basketball event. However, the world’s third best ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 8, 2016

Rio Olympics: Argentina defeats Nigeria 94 – 66

Nigeria’s male basketball team, D’Tigers lost their first game at the 2016 Rio Olympics to South American giants Argentina. The ...

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November 29, 2012

Nigeria’s Olympic basketball team member, Chinedu Onyeuku, shot dead in Texas

A former Nigerian national basketball player was shot dead in a botched burglary in Texas before Thanksgiving, it has been ...

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August 7, 2012

#OlympicsBasketball: New York Times: Bruised and beaten, but Nigerians are unbowed

by Greg Bishop The buzzer sounded the end of the fairy tale, and the Nigerian team limped off the court ...

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July 30, 2012

WATCH: The Nigerian Olympic Basketball Team talks the game and their dreams

by Adeniyi Abdul Factory78 TV caught up with the Nigerian Basketball team D’Tigers in London after a win against The ...

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