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 NBBF commends D’ Tigress, regrets D’ Tigers flop at Pre- Olympic qualifiers

The Nigeria Basketball Federation and the teeming basketball fans in and outside the country have commended the performance of the women’s national team, D’Tigress at the just concluded Afrobasket tournament in Kigali, Rwanda.

D’Tigress emerged champions to put them in the pole position for the final qualification pool to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
” The Nigeria Basketball Federation is happy that our girls did us proud at the Afrobasketball championship in Kigali,Rwanda and by winning the title a record fourth time is an indication that the country cannot be taken for granted in women basketball in the continent.

” This victory we believe will spur the D’ Tigress to go for more glory at the final Olympic qualifiers to enable the country be at France 2024 Olympics.

However, the NBBF board acknowledges our collective disappointment of Nigeria basketball fans and stakeholders over the non-qualification of the country’s senior male national basketball team, to the final phase of the qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and is full of regrets with sportsmanlike spirit; especially that it is coming at the heels of the records-equalling feat of their female counterparts, D’Tigress.

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