Tag: nfl
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NPBL Final-8: Kano Pillars win first match as Rivers Hoopers beat Gboko Chiefs in OT
Day four of the Nigeria Premier Basketball League Final-8 tipped off with a crucial airtight battle between Kano Pillars and Kwara Falcons. Having lost all three games heading into the encounter, the tie served as an opportunity for either side to get their first win. Kano Pillars got off to a fine start, leading 22-17…
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NBPL: Rivers Hoopers beat Lagos Legends to stay unbeaten
Reigning Nigeria Basketball Premier League (NBPL) champions Rivers Hoopers put up a performance underlined by resilience and character, as they overturned a 4-point deficit at halftime to beat Lagos Legends 89-70 in the final game of the Atlantic Conference Phase Two. In what was essentially a battle for pride and supremacy, it was Lagos Legends…
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NBPL: Rivers Hoopers beat Kwara Falcons again as Kano Pillars level Plateau Peaks
Rivers Hoopers rode a wave of pinpoint shooting from deep to outclass Kwara Falcons 81-61 on Day Three of the ongoing 2025 Nigeria Basketball Premier League (NBPL) Phase Two on Tuesday. In the Savannah Conference Kano Pillars beat Plateau Peaks 64-60; Gboko Chiefs defeated Nile University 83-78 and Gombe Bulls sealed the Customs 70-67. Kwara…
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Zenith Bank Basketball League: Dolphins beat First Bank to emerge 2025 champions
Pius Ayinor Dolphins’ women secured their second national basketball title in style after beating First Bank 61-55 on Saturday in a game worthy of every wait and cash spent on the game. The final match of the Zenith Bank/NBBF Basketball League punched into overtime at the National Stadium. It was one of the most contested…
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Zenith Bank Women B’ball League: First Bank survive Bayelsa’s early scare as Royal Aces beat Air Warriors
Record winners of the Zenith Bank/NBBF Women Basketball League, First Bank, on Tuesday, September 16, overcame early scare from the Bayelsa Blue Whales to win the match 56-36. It was their first game of this season Final-8 playoff currently ongoing at the Indoor Sports hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. Bayelsa took the initial…
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Super Falcons: From Mission X to Mission Next
By Dr. Femi Eperokun This is a shout out of congratulations to our Super, Duper Falcons! African Champions! Let’s focus on the following areas, Super Falcons can lay the foundation for success and make significant strides towards becoming world champions in the next couple of years. For the Super Falcons to progress from African champions…
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CHAN 2024: Why Nigeria lost to Senegal – Eric Chelle
Super Eagles of Nigeria coach Eric Chelle has explained why the home-based Eagles lost their CHAN 2024 opening match against Senegal. The defending champions beat Nigeria 1-0 on Tuesday. The game played at the Amaan Stadium was a drab, physical one marred by fouls and reckless challenges. An error from Nigeria’s Leonard Ngenge allowed Senegal’s…
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We didn’t deserve to lose – South Africa coach
South Africa coach Desiree Ellis thinks her team deserved to beat the Super Falcons of Nigeria in the semifinal of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations played on Tuesday in Casablanca, Morocco. She describes Nigeria’s winning goal as freakish. The Nigerian ladies defeated their South African opponents 2-1 to secure a final day clash with…
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Super Falcons target another win against Botswana
Group leaders Nigeria will fancy their chances of scooping the three points when they take on Botswana in Casablanca on Thursday, in their second match of the determined campaign to win a 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations title. The Super Falcons wasted little sweat in dispatching Tunisia’s senior girls 3-0 in their first match…
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Super Falcons need improvement before WAFCON kickoff – Coach Madugu
Head Coach Justine Madugu insisted on Monday that Nigeria’s Super Falcons must continue to improve in several areas, despite an emphatic 3-1 win over Ghana’s Black Queens in a friendly in Casablanca on Sunday evening. Goals by Mexico-based Chinwendu Ihezuo, Asisat Oshoala and captain Rasheedat Ajibade affirmed the Falcons’ supremacy over the Queens, at a…
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