Saturday 13 August 2016

Rio Olympics Basketball: D'Tigers of Nigeria beat Croatia in to win first Group game


D'Tigers resilient attitude has finally won them their first group B match in the on-going Rio Olympic Men's Basketball after inflicting shock 90-76 defeat to European giants Croatia.

Mikel Obi, Aminu Umar scores as Nigeria zooms into Semi-final after 2-0 win over Denmark


Goals from each half by Mikel Obi and Aminu Umar gave Samson Siasia's Nigeria Dream Team VI a deserved 2-0 victory over Denmark in their Rio Olympic Men's football quarterfinal match.
Nigeria will play European giants Germany in the semi-final seeking an attempt to win a gold

Thursday 11 August 2016

OLYMPIC Basketball: Nigeria looses third straight game, beaten 87-96 by Spain (PHOTOS)


Considered to be the Group of Death which consists of World powers in Basketball such as Croatia, Spain and Lithuania, Nigeria are yet to win a single match in Group B at the

Tuesday 9 August 2016

Nigeria's Olympic rower Chierika Ukogu makes history, reaches single sculls semifinals (PHOTOS)


Nigeria's first ever Olympic rower Chierika Ukogu makes history to reach single sculls semifinals. Prior to representing Nigeria, the United States-based athlete had rowed for Mount St. Joseph Academy and Stanford University.

Lithuania beat Nigeria 89-80 in second Group B game


Nigeria men basketball team (aka D'Tigers) lost their second Group B game of 2016 RIO Olympic basketball match against Lithuania by 89-80 to see their chances of qualifying to the next stage dashed.

NPFL All-Stars arrive Spain ahead of La Liga Trofeo Ramon de Carranza Tour (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)



Nigeria Professional Football League All-Stars have finally arrived Valencia, Spain ahead of the much anticipated La Liga Trofeo Ramon de Carranza Tour where they will play La liga giants like Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Malaga. 
The NPFL All-Star team will on August 12 play their first match in the Carranza World Club Tournament against Malaga CF in Cadiz at 9.30pm and a win will guarantee them a place in

Monday 8 August 2016

Watch as Dalung tenders apology to Nigeria Dream team VI in their dressing room (VIDEO)

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After their historic win against European champions Sweden on Sunday, the Nigeria Olympic football team were paid a surprise changing-room visit by the Nigeria Sports Minister Solomon Dalung who had earlier criticized their tour of USA before the beginning of the 2016 Rio Olympic Tournament.

Should he be forgiven?

Sunday 7 August 2016

SAD: D'Tigers of Nigeria looses first game to Argentina in 2016 Rio Olympic Basketball


D'Tigers of Nigeria lost by 66-94 to Argentina in their first Group B match in Men's Olympic Basketball played earlier on Monday morning.
Ebi Ere scored 14 of those points while Diogu added 15 points. D'Tigers will play Lithuania on Tuesday. More photos;

Nigeria DreamTeamVI beat Sweden to qualify for quarterfinal Olympic football, as Under-fire Sports minister Dalung jubilates (PHOTOS)

Sadiq Umar’s lone first-half header goal gives Nigeria DreamTeamVI a deserved victory after battling out a tough 1-0 win over U-23 European Champions SWEDEN. The win confirms that Samson Siasia's

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