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Reigning African Champions, Nigeria will face World Number One, United State of America, Serbia and Mozambique in the battle for a spot at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. This was revealed at a brief ceremony held in Switzerland today (Wednesday) to officially kick start the Olympics Tournament qualification race. …

By @Vjwale      There has been increased chatter surrounding the recent move made by the Minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare in sacking the Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Sunday Adeleye. Adeleye who was removed on the count of ascertained gross misconduct which …

By @Vjwale  The Federal government through the Ministry of youth and sports development yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kisarazu City, Japan for Team Nigeria to camp in the organic city ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The sports minister, Sunday Dare who jointly signed the MoU with …

Nigeria’s men and women 3×3 national basketball teams will depart Abuja today to Kampala, Uganda for the 2019 FIBA Africa Cup, after two and half months of training at the basketball hall of Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The Nigeria’s men team will be hoping to regain the title they …

D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughley has announced a 12 man roaster for the 2020 pre Olympics qualifiers coming up in Mozambique between November 14 to 17. Otis has recalled United States of America based Upe Atosu, whose last game for Nigeria was at the 2017 Afrobasket final win over Senegal. 2019 …

Two Nigerian women club representatives, Air Warriors and MFM Queens of Lagos will not be participating in the FIBA Zone 3 Women Club championship elimination series having been handed automatic tickets to the 2019 FIBA Africa Club championship to be played in December. According to a memo from the FIBA …

Debutants, Air Warriors have emerged as the 4th ever champion of the Zenith Women Basketball League. The Abuja based club defeated fellow debutants MFM Queens 55-53 at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. More details later

Air Warriors defeated defending champions First Bank 62 – 61  to qualify for the final of the  2019 Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League National Final 8  in the semifinal played at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos. Details later.

Defending champions First Bank and Air Warriors will today clash for the first time in a Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League National Final 8 semi-final encounter that promises lots of fireworks at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos. The Elephant Girls were the first team to qualify …

13 teams will be participating in the 2019 NBBF organised National Championship tagged President Cup. The championship taking place in Ilorin, Kwara state have seen teams divided into 2 groups with matches to be played in a round robin format. In group A, Rivers Hoopers will slug it out against …