Team Nigeria made history at the 2025 Africa Basketball Festival (ABF) on Sunday December 14, 2025, clinching their ...

PARIS (AP) — The Nigeria women's basketball team wasn't allowed to board the delegation's boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, said a person familiar with the situation. The person ...

The Olympics never fails to disappoint. The Nigeria women's basketball team pulled off a stunner in Paris, upsetting Australia 75-62 in a Group B contest on Monday at Pierre Mauroy Stadium. The ...

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In a stunning upset over the weekend, Team USA basketball fell to Nigeria in an exhibition tune-up before the rapidly approaching Olympic Games. Although the U.S. entered the game heavily favored, the ...

Nigeria enters uncharted territory when it meets the United States on Wednesday in the women's basketball quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Nigerians are the first African basketball team, ...

PARIS, France — Ezinne Kalu scored 21 points and Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team, male or female, to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in basketball when it beat Canada ...

Fifty girls were waiting for Nicky Anosike when she arrived in Nigeria in December. Half of them were in dresses because they didn't own any athletic gear. Many of them didn't have sneakers and wore ...

VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Ezinne Kalu had a giant smile on her face as she joined her teammates for a celebratory run around the court with Nigerian flags. Nigeria had reached a place no ...

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