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Tony Nezianya, the NOC Public Relations Officer, conveyed the commendation in a statement issued on Saturday.

D’Tigers beat Team USA 75-70 in their first game of the ongoing friendly tournament in China, The PUNCH reports.

Former WNBA star Liz Cambage denied calling Nigerian basketball players a "monkey" during her Bleacher Report interview with Taylor Rook.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has denied negotiating with Liz Cambage, Australian basketball star, over a potential switch of...

Two rival boards still lay claim to the leadership of the Federation

Nigerias womens basketball team are about to have some of their outstanding allowances and bonuses paid, after taking to social media to berate government and basketball officials.

Advertisement On Tuesday, TheCable reported that the kits shipped into the country by Peak, Nigerian basketball teams kits sponsor, are being delayed at the seaport. Babs Ogunade, a board member of NBBF, said the delay in getting the kits out of the port is due to “a lack of documentation and miscommunication between the ministry of finance and the ministry of sports”. In a fresh development, the NBBF Advertisement Musa Kida, NBBF’s president, was quoted as saying the sports ministry is...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 February 2021 IN the next few months, Nigerian sport will face a huge moment of truth as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games get under way in Japan. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youths and Sports, set the tone in December by vowing that “the days of jamborees in the Olympics are over.” By inference, the target for Nigerian athletes is to reach the podium in the events they are participating in. This is a tall order, as the sticky situations that hindered Team...

Punch Newspapers Sections Johnny Edward The Nigerian Basketball Federation has announced that Mfon Udofia will coach D’Tigers when the 2015 AfroBasket champions take on South Sudan, Mali and Rwanda in their final qualifiers for the 2021 men’s Afrobasket championship in Monastir, Tunisia, from February 19 to 21. This was made known in a statement from the NBBF on Sunday. Udofia is currently an assistant coach with Skyhawks in the NBA G League and he is set to become the youngest coach ever ...