Julius Okorie
Nigeria’s hard fighting Women Basketball team, D’Tigress, lost 75-54 to France in their second group match Thursday evening.
The Rena Wakanma tutored side won the opening game against Australia and were hoping to consolidate against France, but could not realise the dream despite putting up spirited effort.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe team will however be looking forward to the last group match against Canada, on Sunday, with intent to do well and progress to the next stage.
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The team made history after beating Australia, the first time the Nigerian women basketball team will be winning a match at the Olympics in two decades.
The last match against Canada promises to be full of fireworks as the Nigerian side has shown a lot of determination since arriving Paris for the 33rd Olympics.
In other matches played Thursday, Germany beat Japan 75-64, while Australia bounced back, beating Canada 70-65.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
