With just 52 days to Nigeria’s World Cup opener against Australia in the FIBA Women’s World Cup, the Nigeria Basketball Federation [NBBF] sacked Head Coach of the team, Sam Vincent citing the handler’s “unprofessional attitude” to the job.
Coach of Nigeria’s women national basketball team, Sam Vincent has been fired by the Nigeria Basketball Federation for “negligence of duty and divided loyalty.”
Nigeria’s D’Tigress were crowned Champions of Africa for the third time in the AfroBasket Women’s Championship after they rallied from a first quarter slump to dethrone Senegal with a 65-48 points win inside the Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga in Bamako on Sunday.
Victory is sweet and noting boosts the confidence more like the scalping of a perennial champion in the dress rehearsal in the build up to the business end of a championship.
Head coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s national team, Sam Vincent started his second stint with the D’Tigress on an impressive note as his side recorded an emphatic 80-69 points win over familiar foes, Mozambique on Friday.
