BASKETBALL

Los Angeles Lakers’ rising star, Julius Randle had a career-high 36 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and LA put on a show in front of James with a 127-113 victory over Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night. Isaiah Thomas had 20 points, nine assists and five rebounds against his former teammates as the Lakers roared away from the defending Eastern ...

America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) is reviewing past allegations of sexual assault against Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban and the decision by prosecutors not to pursue the case. NBA spokesman, Mike Bass said they are looking into the 2011 matter after a weekly alternative newspaper in Portland, Oregon, reported a woman’s allegation against Cuban. The woman is said to have ...

A new organization tagged Green Team Nigeria, has said it was taking basketball to new levels with the head of the organisation and National Coordinator, Ucheya GI, saying that it’s a new dawn for the game in the country. This is because students can travel out of the country to meet the pals in other countries. He revealed that several ...

Leading Sports Merchandise giant in Africa, AFA Sports, has released a new team jersey for the senior male basketball Team, D’ Tigers. The team will definitely be looking splendid in their brand new kits officially released on Thursday, February 22, 2018 in Lagos as they take off for Bamako, Mali for their 2019 FIBA Africa World Cup Qualifiers which will ...

It was rains of cash on the Champions of Basketball, Football and athletics events as the 2018 Ike-Oha Youths Sports Championship came to a colourful end, Sunday in Enugu. Ikeoha Youths Sports Championship was organized by Ike-Oha Youths Foundation and sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, H.E, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and was organized for the Local Government Areas in Enugu ...

Nigerian-born Milwaukee Bucks of USA star, Giannis Antetokounmpo has pledged his allegiance to the NBA club, saying he wants to remain with the team for as long as he feels they can contend to for the championship title. Antetokounmpo, 23, is on the cusp of superstardom, and every NBA team reportedly covets his services, despite the four-year contract he recently ...

The assistant coach of D’Tigers,  Abdulrahman Mohammed is unfazed about the threat of hosts of this weekend’s 2019 FIBA World cup qualifier series, Mali. Despite admitting the threat posed to the team by the host, the coach is confident that the team can repeat their 2017 FIBA Afrobasket feat having defeated the same opposition by 90 points to 67 when ...

The delegation of Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) to Nigeria is of a view that the country has huge potential to become one of the best in the sport across the world, but interjected that the nation needs a good association to run the game. The team arrived in Nigeria early this week to meet with all parties involved ...

Nigeria’s female basketball national team, D’Tigress have been grouped with Turkey, Argentina and Australia for the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup from September 22 to 30 in Tenerife, Spain. At a ceremony held Tuesday at Teatro Leal, San Cristobal de la Laguna, Spain, Nigeria was drawn in Group B for the globe’s biggest women’s basketball tournament. D’Tigress will aim to ...

D’Tigress have been grouped alongside Turkey, Argentina and Australia for the 2018 FIBA women’s world cup taking place in Tenerife, Spain. At a brief ceremony held on Tuesday at the Teatro Leal, San Cristobal de la Laguna, Spain, Nigeria was drawn in group B for the biggest women basketball tournament coming up between 22nd and 30th of September, 2018. The ...