Basketball

Stephen Curry Drops 52 Points as Warriors Defeat G

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Stephen Curry delivered a sensational performance, scoring 52 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 134-125 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday. This win marks the Warriors 39; third consecutive victory and their 12th in the past 15 games. Curry was unstoppable, making 16 of 31 ...

LeBron James Makes Game-Winning Shot as Lakers End Losing Streak

Thursday, March 27, 2025
LeBron James made a thrilling game-winning shot as the Los Angeles Lakers ended their three-game losing streak with a 120-119 victory over the Indiana Pacers. James tipped in a Luka Doncic miss just before the buzzer to secure the win. Despite not making a field goal until the fourth quarter, Jam ...

McClung Makes it a Three-peat!

Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Mac McClung, who plays primarily in the NBA 39;s developmental G League and has seen only five minutes of NBA action this season, won his third consecutive NBA Slam Dunk contest at All-Star weekend in San Francisco. The 26-year-old Orlando Magic player achieved perfect 50-point scores on all four o ...

D'tigress Coach Wakama Crowned Best At Paris Olympics

Sunday, August 11, 2024
Nigeria 39;s Rena Wakama has made history by winning the Best Coach award at the Paris 2024 Olympic Women 39;s Basketball Tournament. Wakama led the D 39;Tigress to unprecedented heights, including stunning victories over Australia and Canada in the group stage. Under her guidance, Nigeria bec ...

Olympics 2024: Galant D’Tigress fall 74-88 to USA

Thursday, August 8, 2024
Nigeria rsquo;s D rsquo;Tigress lost 74-88 to the United States of America in the quarter finals, bringing to end a spirited run that saw the team break several records. The defeat ends Nigeria rsquo;s participation in the women rsquo;s Olympic Basketball event at the ongoing Paris Olympics. R ...

Paris Olympics 2024: Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffer defeat to France in Basketball

Thursday, August 1, 2024
Nigeria rsquo;s senior women rsquo;s basketball team, D rsquo;Tigress, lost 75-54 to France in a 21-point margin in their second group-stage clash at the Paris 2024 Olympics women rsquo;s basketball tournament. D rsquo;Tigress, who stunned the world by outclassing Australia with a 13-point margin ...

Olympic Games: Coach Wakama confident in D’Tigress abilities

Friday, July 12, 2024
Rena Wakama, the head coach of Nigeria rsquo;s senior women rsquo;s national basketball team, D rsquo;Tigress expressed confidence in the team. Ahead of the global multi-sports showpiece, coach Rena assured that her players would not rest on their oars, adding that they would compete toe-to-toe o ...

Paris Olympic 2024: D’Tigress To Face Australia In Group Opener

Thursday, March 28, 2024
Nigeria women rsquo;s national basketball team, D rsquo;Tigress, will faceAustralia in their opening Group B game at the Paris 2024 Olympic games. The Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) confirmed the pairing on their website. Other teams drawn in Group B with D rsquo;Tig ...

2024 Olympic Games:  D’Tigress Qualify For Paris

Sunday, February 11, 2024
Nigeria rsquo;s D rsquo;Tigress have qualified for the women rsquo;s basketball event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Despite losing 100 ndash; 46 to the USA in their second game at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, D rsquo;Tigress still picked one of the tickets for the ga ...

2024 Olympic Qualifiers: Super Falcons Held To A Draw By Ethiopia

Thursday, October 26, 2023
Super Falcons played a 1-1 draw with Ethiopia in the first leg, second round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers in Addis Ababa on Wednesday. Ethiopia took lead in the 6th minute thanks to Birkie Amare, who slotted home from a goal mouth scramble. In the 52nd minute the Falcons equalise ...
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