On July 10, the Nigerian basketball team faced Team USA in a pre-Olympics exhibition game. Raleigh native Stan Okoye, who has played for the Nigerian national basketball team for eight years, ...

Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, won a fifth consecutive title at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 3 August. The Conversation Africa asked ...

Each year, the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States of America (USA) chooses the most promising future basketball talents for the upcoming season. The key event, known as the ...

The 2025-26 college basketball season is set to kick off in November as the race for a national championship begins. Experience will benefit a number of ...

East L.A. College has a history of turning basketball players into high-level football players, and the latest might be the best of the bunch. David Chukwuemeka had never played football before this ...

Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima celebrated with D'Tigress players and lifted their trophy during a reception for the team in the capital, Abuja [The State House, Abuja] Members of Nigeria's ...

Ravens DT C.J. Okoye joins team insiders Ryan Mink and Garrett Downing to talk about making the change from Nigerian pro ...

Since Hakeem Olajuwon shot into NBA superstardom with consecutive titles and Finals MVP trophies, a host of other Nigerians have played in the league, albeit without attaining the lofty heights of the ...

Teresa Weatherspoon and Nola Henry, whose Rose team won the inaugural championship, headline the league’s eight coaches, four ...

Ojo grew up in Nigeria before he moved to United States of America to play basketball on scholarship. Michael Ojo (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) A Nigerian basketball player Michael ...

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