Archives Tag: Evelyn Akhator
Women In Sports: Evelyn Akhator
April 19, 2022
Nigerian women’s national basketball team is unarguably the best in Africa at the moment, kudos to outstanding and high profile players that rise up to the occasion whenever it is time to fly the country’s flag high. Evelyn Akhator is one of such players and is currently one of the best players in the … Continue reading Women In Sports: Evelyn Akhator
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Weekend Sports Roundup
April 19, 2022
Retired Nigerian goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, made the headlines last week after making the CAF Team of the Decade from 2011-2020, published by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner is the only Nigerian on the list which included stars like reigning African Footballer of the … Continue reading Weekend Sports Roundup
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Akhator Optimistic About Top 10 Ranking For D’Tigress
April 19, 2022
D’Tigress of Nigeria centre, Evelyn Akhator, has expressed belief in the team’s ability to make it to the top as one of the top 10 basketball teams in the world. The team’s recent qualification for their second Olympics Games (Tokyo 2020) after their debut in Athens 2004, has seen them rise to prominence in the … Continue reading Akhator Optimistic About Top 10 Ranking For D’Tigress
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Tokyo 2020: D’Tigress Open Olympic Qualification Tournament On A Winning Note
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress moved a step closer towards qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan after beating fellow African side, Mozambique, 85-51, in their first FIBA Women’s Olympics qualifier game. The back-to-back FIBA Women’s AfroBasket champions have now made their intention known in a group which equally comprise the … Continue reading Tokyo 2020: D’Tigress Open Olympic Qualification Tournament On A Winning Note
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Golden Moments In Sports: When D’Tigress Decimated Guinea 103-33
April 19, 2022
In a game that certainly proved D’Tigress as Africa’s biggest basketball team, the Nigeria senior women’s team utterly dominated Guinea at the 2017 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in Mali. D’Tigress went up against the Guineans on the back of three straight wins at the games. The Guineans, on the other hand, had a good run through … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When D’Tigress Decimated Guinea 103-33
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Did You Know One Year Ago D’Tigress Won Their Third Afrobasket Title After 12 Years?
April 19, 2022
Exactly one year ago, Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team D’Tigress conquered the whole of Africa to become the 2017 Afrobasket champions Bamako, Mali. Before their triumph at the 2017 FIBA Afrobasket last year, the Nigerian women had lifted the trophy only two times in their history; in 2003 and 2005. Their final against defending champions, Senegal, … Continue reading Did You Know One Year Ago D’Tigress Won Their Third Afrobasket Title After 12 Years?
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