As Nigeria’s women basketball national team, D’Tigress get set to defend the Women’s Afro-basket Championship at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, from July 28 to August 6, a leading basketball promoter, Igoche Mark has charged the team to unlock their hidden potential by maintaining their dominance in the continent. Mark in his message to…
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Three Ogwumike sisters are on the threshold of history after the sisters were listed in the 15-woman provisional list submitted to the
Number one overall draft in 2012, 2016 WNBA Most Valuable Player and current Los Angeles Sparks power forward, Nneka Ogwumike, has been pencilled down alongside Chinenye Ogwumike who had previously represented the United States of America at the U-18 and U-19 categories.
Erica completes the list of the Ogwumike sisters who may be making history as siblings playing for the same national team at the Olympic Games.
Team captain, Adaora Elonu, who has also been named as the Assistant Captain of Team Nigeria to the Olympics, is among the regular faces in the 15-woman provisional list.
Ogwumike three sisters eye history with Nigeria at the Olympics
After weeks of camping, DâTigers Head Coach, Mike Brown, has pruned the 49-man list to 15 ahead of the friendly series lined up for the team just before the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The 15-man list is made up of eight NBA stars headlined by Detroit Piston Centre, Jahlil Okafor who is in line to make his international debut for Nigeria.
Miami Heatâs trio of Gabe Vincent, Chikezie âKZâ Okpala and 2020 NBA draft pick, Precious Achiuwa have also been pencilled down for the last phase of preparation with Utah Jazzâs Miye Oni.