D’Tigress has been confirmed as part of the participants at the 2024 Olympics in Paris following Senegal’s defeat in the hands of Belgium (Govima Sport Reports) D’Tigress will be competing at this year’s Olympics in Paris. Despite their loss to the United States of America earlier, D’Tigress has officially qualified for the major event later this year in France. This was made possible by the defeat of Senegal in the hands of Belgium, which ultimately confirmed the Nigeria Female Basketball Team Progress.
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D’Tigress 6 game unbeaten run came to an end as they lost their second group 2 qualifying game against USA in Brussels. The Nigeria female basketball team D’Tigress currently competing at the Olympic qualifiers in Brussels lost their second group 2 game against USA in after emerging winners against Senegal yesterday. The game was totally different to their encounter and they were overpowered by their counterpart from the United States of America. The first quarter was closely matched but things sprung out of control in the second quarter, where they lost Woefully by 7:32 points. The margin was large that…
Nigeria’s U-17 girls on Friday heavily thrashed their opponent, the Central Africa Republic, CAR 6-0 in Abuja in the second leg of FIFA 2024 U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier. Chidi Harmony scored an hat-trick and a brace from Kareem Ramona’s coupled with Ojiyovwi Kesiena lone strike sealed the evening for the Flamingos. Leaving the aggregate score against the CAR 12:0 The initial first encounter by Bankole Olowookere girls in CAR saw them beat Central African Republic 6-0 at home before completing the task earlier today in Abuja The final round of qualifiers will see Nigeria take on Burkina Faso.…
Saudi Clubs are said to be heavily interested in acquiring the services of Nigeria defender William Troost-Ekong (Govima Sport Reports) Saudi Clubs are interested in bringing Nigeria stand in captain William Troost-Ekong to the Middle East. Troost-Ekong caught the attention of clubs in Saudi due to his impressive performances so far in the AFCON tournament. The Defender currently plies his trade at PAOK FC in Greece and he’s been leading PAOK to top of Greek Super League and Europe Conference League, in the on going season. It’s believed that he’s very happy there — but the Saudi interest for summer…
Fulham FC Manager Marco Silva has said he and the club are rooting for the duo of Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey in Sunday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final. Fulham FC Boss, Marco Silva who happens to be the coach of the two Nigerian players Iwobi and Bassey at club level in Fulham, has reiterated his support and that of the club is for his two players and the Nigeria national team. As the Super Eagles take on hosts nation Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the AFCON 2023 tournament at the Alassanne Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan, on…
President Tinubu will be watching live from the stands on Sunday when Super Eagles of Nigeria take on host nation Cote d’Ivoire in the grand finale of AFCON 2023. This was made known by the president of the Confederation of African Football Federations, CAF, Patrice Motsepe, who revealed that Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be attending the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final. Nigeria and hosts Cote d’Ivoire will clash in the final of the competition at the Alassanne Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan, on Sunday. While speaking a press conference on Friday at the Palace de la Culture in…
Hugo Broos the head coach of the Bafana Bafana says his side will aim to finish their AFCON 2023 campaign on a high. Hugo Broos and the Bafana Bafana failed to progress to the final of the AFCON after losing 4-2 on penalties to the Super Eagles of Nigeria on Wednesday night. The Champions of 1996 will now face the Democratic Republic of Congo in the third-place match at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan on Saturday. “We played a very good game against Nigeria. It was a great performance and we showed that we are a great team again,”…
Nigeria’s Weightlifting Quartet Steps Closer To Olympics The contingent made up of four weightlifters including Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (59kg), Adijat Olarinoye (59kg), Joy Ogbonne Eze (71kg) and Umoafia Edidiong (73kg) and four officials namely Janet Ali, Abdulsalam Kayode and Onubaye Sefiat and a referee: Lawrence Iquaibom , left the shores of Nigeria for Egypt on Saturday last week for the championship that served as Olympic Games Qualifier. The weightlifters left Nigeria with the firm promise that they would outperform the medals recorded in the 2023 edition where they won three gold medals, seven silver and two bronze medals with five…
Cote d’Ivoire forward Sebastian Haller says the Elephants want to avenge their defeat to Nigeria in the group stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Sebastian Haller the hero of the Ivorian team in their last encounter against DR Congo in the semi final has said the host nation wants revenge against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The hosts will battle the Super Eagles for the ultimate prize at the Alassanne Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan, on Sunday by 9pm Nigerian time. Emerse Fae’s side lost 1-0 to the Super Eagles in the group stage earlier in the competition.…
Super Eagles of Nigeria has paid their last respect to fans and supporters of the Nigerian national team that tragically lost their lives while cheering them on against South Africa on Wednesday night. The Super Eagles learned of their passing yesterday. And in a bid to show our important and valued they are, the Super Eagles of Nigeria paid their last respect to the departed Nigerians who tragically lost their lives. The statement on their official X account reads: “During the course of our semi-final match, we tragically lost few supporters. In a cruel twist of fate, their fervent passion…
Basketball Olympics Qualifying campaign has started and Nigeria’s Women Basketball team D’Tigress Began on a winning note after defeating Senegal in the first game in Brussels (Govima Sport Reports) D’Tigress started the game quite well winning the first quarter 20:18 point however their counterpart from Senegal took the game to a new turn winning the second quarter by a landslide 28:17. At the end of the third quarter, the Nigerian ladies won but were trailing by 8 points 49:57. With only a quarter to go, D’Tigress produced a remarkable ball playing skills to score in quick succession taking the total…
UEFA Nations League draw: France & Italy placed in same group, As Germany face Netherlands. UEFA Nations League, draw took place some moments ago as UEFA announced that Germany and the Netherlands will face off while France have been drawn into a group of death with fellow heavyweights Italy and Belgium. France and Italy are in Group 2 in League A, which also includes Belgium and Israel. Germany and Hungary, who will face each other in the group stage of Euro 2024, were drawn together again, and will face Netherlands and Bosnia in Group 3. Spain, winners of the last…