One major battle fought on Wednesday at
#AFCON
, fellow Nigerians, join us as we shift the battleground to the
#FIBAOQT
in Antwerp. 🇧🇪
@DtigressNG
takes on Senegal at 6:15pm today. Watch for free on the
@FIBA
YouTube channel (Nigeria only)
I will like to congratulate our female National Basketball team, D'Tigress
@DtigressNG
who emerged as the champions of Africa for the fourth consecutive time in the 2023 FIBA Women's Afrobasket championship.
Rena Wakama went into the 2023 Afrobasket Women tournament as the only female head coach. Following the victorious outing of
@DtigressNG
,
@Coach_Rena
takes her place in history as the 1st female coach to have accomplished this feat in the history of the FIBA Women's AfroBasket.
Massive respect to our sister Queens,
@NGSuper_Falcons
for their incredible journey at the World Cup.
Your unwavering courage and dedication on the field was beautiful to watch. Keep your heads up, sisters! On to the next! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
#FIFAWomensWorldCup2023
One week later, we remember victims of the gruesome incident at the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State on June 5th. Our condolences to all the families grieving their loved ones.
Thank you Nigeria! To our fans, thank you for your support. Tonight’s game was tough but God no gree us see shege.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!
🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
(Nigeria 59 - Mozambique 52)
Nigeria's under 18 girls handball team today defeated Guinea to win the
@ihf_info
Trophy Africa Continental Phase.
The girls defeated Guinea 33-18 to emerge champions of Africa and qualify for the Intercontinental phase.
Congratulations girls. We are proud of you.
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE: 🏀D’TIGRESS DISAGREE WITH 2 YEAR BAN
To whom this may concern,
We, as the Women’s National Team of Nigeria would like to speak on the government's recently placed two year ban on all Nigerian Basketball International competitions.
We’re excited to cheer on our sister Queens, the
@NGSuper_Falcons
today at 6pm and then we move to Tunis to support our Kings, the D’Tigers at 8pm. Today na Today!!
🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬💚💚💚💚
FAN APPRECIATION: As we bask in the euphoria of our victory, we’d like to take a moment to appreciate our fans who travelled across Rwanda 2 show us support. Venue was packed w/ fans of the host nation but despite being small in number, your cheers were the loudest. Thank YOU🇳🇬
This week, our
#WCW
feature Queen is Nicole Enabosi!
Shout out to all women who balance strength and grace effortlessly, both on and off the court!! 🌸 🌸🌸🌸
Did you know?
@Coach_Rena
is the only female coach in the
#AfroBasketWomen
tournament?
Our phenomenal coach, collect salute. If we no obey your direction, make we bend.
Amy Okonkwo, was declared most valuable player (MVP), yesterday, at the FIBA
@afrobasketwomen
Championship in Kigali.
@amesokonkwo
also won the Best Power Forward Award.
In August 2023,
@Coach_Rena
took her place in history as the first woman since the inception of the FIBA AfroBasket tournament in 1966 to lead a team to victory.
Under her leadership,
@DtigressNG
secured its fourth consecutive FIBA Women’s AfroBasket championship.