Tag: Rena Wakama

The 34-year-old was named among five distinguished honourees celebrated at the school’s induction banquet, an acknowledgement of her growing influence ...

Led on the sidelines by assistant coach Wani Muganguzi, with head coach Rena Wakama absent due to her commitments with ...

Nigeria is the first African national team to face a WNBA franchise, and only the fourth international side ever to ...

The Nigerian side, currently ranked eighth in the world, will also contend with Hungary in a group that analysts have ...

The Nigerian girls have continued to build a high reputation as a major force in World basketball

For a team that has rewritten the script of African women’s basketball in recent years, the selection carries the weight ...

Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress in Abuja. Photo Credit: NSC Media) In less than two weeks, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ...

The team landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday afternoon to a warm reception.

The reigning African champions had to dig deep to overcome a spirited Senegalese side

A West African rivalry, a coaching reunion, and history on the line. Nigeria’s D’Tigress are one win away from a ...

The quarterfinal clash, held at the Palais des Sports de Treichville, was one-sided from the opening tip.

The Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, became the first African basketball team to play in the quarter-finals at the Olympic ...

Remarkably also, Nigeria's Ezinne Kalu was named in the All-Second Team of Paris2024 Women’s Basketball.

Halfway into her two-year contract, Wakama has shut her critics up and wowed those who agreed she deserved a chance ...

Although D'Tigress reduced the deficit to 13-8, the USA finished the first quarter strong, taking it 26-17.

Ezinne Kalu scored 19 points to lead D’Tigress to a first win at the Olympic Games since 2004

The trio of Ezinne Kalu, Amy Okonkwo, and Promise Amukamara, trusted veterans of D'Tigress, top the list.

D’Tigress need an excellent result against Belgium on Saturday as they bid to qualify for a second consecutive Olympic Games

Interestingly, the coach of D’Tigress, Wakama is the first female coach ever to win the Afrobasket title

D’Tigress were convincing winners over Rwanda on Thursday to extend their winning run to 23 and be one win away ...

The NBBF is in a rush to raise a team to represent Nigeria at the AfroBasket tournament, which kicks off ...

The contract, officially disclosed on Friday, 30 June, is initially for two years.