Tag: basketball
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Scrabble: Umujose, Afolayan, Ishekwene win big at EEAST ‘Quinta Essentia’
Delta State’s Emmanuel Umujose rolled back the years as he won the Elite Division of the 5th Emmanuel Egbele Annual Scrabble Tournament (EEAST) while Bukunmi Afolayan and Frank Ishekwene grabbed the Challenger and the Sage categories respectively. Umujose defeated Bayelsa State’s Enai Doubra 3-2 in a thrilling ‘Best of 5’ final encounter to claim the…
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Does Masai Ujiri want to stay in the NBA? Ex-Raptors exec may have loftier goals
By Jeff Zillgitt One of the best front-office executives in the NBA just hit the open market. Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors have parted ways. Ujiri had the title of vice chairman and team president and was the Raptors’ alternate governor. Not only did he have a significant impact on roster construction that led…
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NBA Finals: Oklahoma City Thunder cap incredible season by beating Indiana Pacers to title
League MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the scoring in front of a raucous home crowd at Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center with 29 points and 12 assists. The Pacers suffered a huge blow early on when they lost star point guard Tyrese Haliburton midway through the first quarter with an Achilles injury and saw their title hopes…
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Record entries for FAZ3 Academies Basketball Tourney
A high number of entries have been received for the inaugural FIBA Africa Zone 3 (FAZ3) Academies Basketball Tournament, set to take place in Lagos from July 4 to 8, 2025. This event, the first of its kind in the Zone, has generated significant excitement across the Zone with teams from Ghana and Benin Republic…
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Al Ahli Tripoli are 2025 BAL Champions
Al Ahli Tripoli beat Petro de Luanda 88-67 on Saturday, at SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa, to win the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) title. This victory made Al Ahli Tripoli the first Libyan team to win the BAL. Petro de Luanda finished as runners-up for the second time in BAL history. This is…
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“Too many things went wrong,” Rivers Hoopers Coach Odaudu confesses after BAL exit
Rivers Hoopers head coach Ogoh Odaudu has explained the team’s disappointing performance and subsequent elimination from the Basketball League Africa Season 5. The former D’Tigers guard said, “too many things went wrong,” while assessing his side’s quarter-final performance against Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) on Monday in Pretoria. They lost their quarter-final match 104-73 to APR,…
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Rwanda’s APR dumps Rivers Hoopers out of BAL with 104-73 bashing
Six-time Nigerian Basketball League champions, Rivers Hoopers, have been beaten out of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). They suffered their biggest defeat in the history of the competition – a 31-point loss – to Rwanda’s APR on Monday. The quarter-final encounter ended at 104-73. After both teams struggled to score any points during the opening…
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Rivers Hoopers to face US Monastir in BAL Season 5 Seeding Game
The 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) bronze medalists, Rivers Hoopers, will face Union Sportive Monastirienne in the placement match on Saturday, June 7, ahead of the quarter-finals in Pretoria, South Africa. Going by the Playoffs Team Ranking, the six-time Nigerian League Champions who sealed consecutive Playoffs appearances by finishing second in the Kalahari Conference with…
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Excitement, joy for D’Tigress homecoming Abuja tournament
Pius Ayinor Excitement is high as the Nigerian national women’s team, D’Tigress, and the Nigeria Basketball Federation gear up for what will be one of the best basketball events ever held in Nigeria, Extrasportnigeria.wordpress.com reports. For the first time, the multiple award-winning D’Tigress will play on the national soil after winning five back-to-back Afrobasket championships…
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D’Tigress in homecoming Abuja tournament with Togo, others
Pius Ayinor The Nigerian national women’s team, D’Tigress, and the Nigeria Basketball Federation are gearing up for what will be one of the best basketball events held in Nigeria. For the first time, the multiple award-winning D’Tigress will play on the national soil after winning five back-to-back Afrobasket championships spearheaded by Nigerian WNBA Coach Rena…
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