Nigeria men’s basketball team D’Tigers moved up one spot from 23rd to 22nd and remain number one in Africa in the latest FIBA world ranking. The basketball governing body published the latest ranking on their official website. The ranking was made after the second window of the FIBA Continental Cup …
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President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Musa Kida is hopeful of a better 2021 as basketball stakeholders continue to savour the new found status of its teams on the global scene. Kida who was recently named 2020 Sun Newspaper Sports Personality of the Year recipient,said the out going year …
Read More »Becky Hammon becomes first woman to coach NBA team
San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon made history on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to take charge of an NBA team when she took over after head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected. Popovich received two technical fouls with 3:56 left in the second quarter of the Spurs’ eventual 121-107 …
Read More »Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks beat Mavs, James leads Lakers past Pelicans
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and had nine rebounds to power the Milwaukee Bucks to a 112-109 victory over Luka Doncic’s Dallas Mavericks in a battle between the two early frontrunners for NBA Most Valuable Player honours. Two-time MVP winner Antetokounmpo hit 14-of-21 shots from the floor and Khris Middleton …
Read More »LeBron James leaves Coca-Cola, strikes new deal with Pepsi
LeBron James is changing teams in the cola wars. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar, a pitchman for Coca-Cola since entering the NBA in 2003, is set to land a new deal with PepsiCo. The news was first reported Friday by Front Office Sports, then confirmed by ESPN. James reportedly will …
Read More »Leopard golf organiser cautions on COVID-19 guidelines
As the Leopard golf tournament and Beauty Pageant tee-off today at Abeokuta Golf Club, the organising body has reiterated the need for all participants to maintain COVID-19 protocols as advised by the Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF). Coordinator of the event, Ms Sumbo Oshile, in her enlightenments campaign prior to the …
Read More »Los Angeles, fans remember Bryant one year after deadly crash
Basketball fans gathered across Los Angeles on Tuesday to remember Kobe Bryant, one year to the day after the former NBA superstar perished in a helicopter crash with daughter Gianna and seven others. Fans laid flowers and Los Angeles Lakers memorabilia at a makeshift memorial outside the Staples Center, the …
Read More »Nigeria wins bronze medal at the African Judo Championships
Nigeria at the weekend won a bronze medal at the 41st African Seniors Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Nigeria’s only representative at the championships, Enku Ekuta, defeated Billet Sandrine of Cape Verde with an ippon to win bronze in the 63kg women on Friday. Ekuta, who is sponsored by Accugas, …
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