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Nigeria’s women basketball team D’Tigress will take on the United States of America in their quarterfinal clash of the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Friday, September 28. The Otis Hugley-led side have put their names in the history books following their impressive form which has seen them advance to the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time in the country’s history. D’Tigress vs USA Time D’Tigress take on defending champions USA on Friday, September 28 at 11:30 AM Nigerian time.

Germany yesterday won the right to stage the tournament, beating Turkey in a straight vote by Uefa’s executive committee in Nyon. Three-time winners of the competition, Germany hosted the event in 1988 and have also staged the 1974 and 2006 World Cups. “A tournament like this is exceptional for our country,” Germany’s World Cup-winning manager Low said. “It’s a good step for the next few years, and everyone in the association can now plan ahead for it. “Such a tournament can really motivate younger players as well.” This is Turkey’s fourth defeat in the last…

One of the Greatest Athletes ever seen and a living Legend, Michael Johnson suffered a stroke last month and lost partial mobility. The news hit the World and there was an out pour of support for the 51-year-old.

Lagos Business School – Globally, sports play a pivotal role in national development and offers a tremendous prospect for society as a whole. Even though sports development and financing in Nigeria is still largely government-dominated, the sports business management sector is increasingly booming, offering lots of local and international opportunities to different segments of the sports business value chain. Whether breaking into the field of sports management and marketing or an established professional, the LBS Sports Business Management Program, organized in collaboration with LaLiga Business School, Spain, caters to those who are passionate about sports business and need to…

Two years ago a few Patriots came to Nigeria with a dream. To maximize the potential of basketball in Nigeria. It is common knowledge the plethora of talent that we are surrounded by in this great nation and yet the challenge would be finding a way to harness this talent and bring it to fruition. AFRICA FOR AFRICA SPORTS! Commonly known as AFA sports became the first ever African sports apparel company to feature in a major international tournament as the proud kit sponsor of D’tigress women’s basketball team. AFA sports and D’tigress made history together! Defeating Turkey in their…

England number one Jordan Pickford said he believes moving to Everton was the key factor in him starring at the World Cup as he signed a new six-year deal with The Toffees on Wednesday. Pickford didn’t make his England debut until after joining Everton from Sunderland for £30 million ($39 million) in June 2017, but just a year later played a major part in Russia as the Three Lions reached the semi-finals for the first time in 28 years. “When I made the move last year, I thought Everton would be a great club to come to and the right…

Tanzania coach and former Super Eagles winger Emmanuel Amunike admits leading the Taifa Stars is a challenge but his team are ready to build. The former Nigeria international is now preparing to face Cape Verde in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in October. The 1994 Caf African Footballer of the Year is confident he has the strategy to lead Tanzania to a first Nations Cup finals since 1980. “Being the head coach of the Tanzania senior team is a challenging job,” he told BBC Sport. “Hopefully, we do our best and I believe that hard work is a non-negotiable term…

D’Tigress Forward, Nkem Akaraiwe says the team’s victory over Greece in Wednesday’s quarter-final qualification game was as difficult as expected, although the result fell short of what they’d hoped for. The Nigerian team picked their third win of the tournament in a 57-56 victory over the Europeans to set up a quarter-final meeting with the defending champions, Team USA. In a related development, D’Tigress Head coach Hughley Otis Jr. was peeved with officiating in the fourth quarter of the quarter-final qualification game against Greece. According to his reports, Otis switched tactics to a more defensive strategy in the…

Paul Pogba’s relationship with Jose Mourinho appears to be fractured beyond repair after the Manchester United boss said the French World Cup star would never captain the side again. Subsequently, A frosty footage came in from the United’s training ground… See below: JUST IN! 😳 Frosty footage just in from @ManUtd’s training session between Paul Pogba and Jose Mourinho… ❄️ What has been said between the pair this morning? 👀 pic.twitter.com/nRiTEgDJlH — Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) September 26, 2018 Pogba, who returned to Manchester in 2016 for a then world-record fee of? 89 million ($117 million) struggled…

Video assistant referee (VAR) technology will be used in the Champions League from next season, UEFA has announced. The UEFA Executive Committee met this morning at the House of European Football in Nyon and decided to introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, as of the play-off stage of the competition (August 2019). In addition, it was decided that VAR would also be used at the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. UEFA plans to subsequently extend the use of VAR at the final tournament of UEFA EURO 2020, in the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League (group-stage…