If Ivory Coast and Cameroon were tough, playing five-time Champions Senegal could be the game that decides the 2017 AfroBasket winner – like it did in 2015.
The FIBA Men AfroBasket 2017 is almost here, with 15 teams attempting to wrestle the title from the hands of D’Tigers, as the Nigerian men basketball side are called.
Nigeria humbled African Champions, Cameroon 4-0 in the first-leg of their 2018 FIFA World Cup double header.
Diego Costa would have fainted on the spot. This summer Marcelo Bielsa took charge of Lille and quickly compiled a list of 11 players whom he did not plan to use – and then he relayed the news by text message.
Odion Ighalo will lead the Super Eagles attack and also be expected to match the physicality of the Cameroon defenders in today’s crunch World Cup qualifier in Uyo.
It will not only be the quality, but also the character of the Super Eagles that will be put to stern test when they aim to beat Cameroon at home in Uyo and “take a big step towards Russia” (coach Gernot Rohr’s own words).
The Presidential recognition of 2017 Women’s AfroBasket winners D’Tigress, plus the cash reward promised the team sparked an outcry from a Sport Federation President, his Athletes and a section of the media as well.
