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Nigeria win 5th Women's AfroBasket title in a row

Africanews on MSN · 9d

Nigeria’s women’s football team receives hero’s welcome after winning continental title

The Super Falcons' comeback 3-2 victory over host Morocco in Saturday’s thrilling final was applauded by Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu and many in Nigeria, a soccer-loving nation where passion and hard work often triumph over institutional challenges.

The Conversation · 13d

Nigeria wins its 10th Wafcon title – but women’s football has never been more competitive

Yes, Nigeria has now won Wafcon 10 times in 12 competitions. But the undercurrent storyline at this year’s Wafcon in Morocco is the increasing improvement of women’s football all around the continent. Unlike the previous years of Nigeria’s triumphs, this year featured numerous challenges to its usual domination.

The New Times on MSN · 3d

Nigeria win fifth Women's AfroBasket title in a row

Sunday, August 3 Final Nigeria 78-64 Mali Third-place South Sudan 66-65 Senegal Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, were Sunday, August 3, crowned 2025 FIBA AfroBasket champions for a record fifth consecutive time after rallying from an early deficit to defeat Mali 78-64 in the final held at the Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan,

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A tale of two nations and their victorious women’s sports teams, by Olu Fasan

The past two weeks have been remarkable for sports women internationally. Women’s national sports teams were victorious in ...

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Emotional scenes as Super Falcons star presents WAFCON gold medal to coach who taught her football

Super Falcons star Rinsola Babajide celebrated Nigeria’s 10th WAFCON victory by presenting her gold medal and national team ...

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Nigeria's champion women basketballers promised $100,000 each

Members of Nigeria's national female basketball team are to receive a cash reward of $100,000 (£75,000) each following their ...

Nigeria ‘stand with Lookman’ after his rage against Atalanta | OneFootball

The Ademola Lookman situation is escalating after his damning statement complaining of ‘broken promises’ and ‘bad treatment’ ...

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Nigeria-Eligible Star Dumps Chelsea, Signs 5-Year Deal With Rival Premier League Club

Lesley Ugochukwu has joined Burnley from English Premier League rivals Chelsea FC for over £20 million on a five-year deal ...

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Nigeria’s quest for a 10th WAFCON title is more than a mission. It’s a search for their winning identity

After beating South Africa, the Super Falcons are now one match away from their 10th WAFCON title and re-establishing their ...

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Super Falcons return home as heroes: 'We've not seen that with the male team'

The Nigerian women's national football team touched down in the capital Monday for an audience with the president, fresh off ...

P.M. News on MSN3d

NSC celebrates 29- year anniversary of Nigeria’s historic Olympic football, long jump gold at Atlanta ’96

The NSC commends the heroes of 1996 for lifting Nigeria and Africa to global acclaim, and calls on the new generation of ...

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Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke also serves as GM of Nigerian flag football team

It's a passion project in which Bobby Okereke and several other Nigerian-born or Nigerian-American players in the NFL have ...

Nigeria Marks Historic Olympic Football, Long Jump Gold Medal Feats At Atlanta ’96

Bukola Olopade, director general of the NSC, remarked that “Atlanta '96 was a defining chapter in Nigeria's sporting legacy.

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BREAKING: Tinubu Confers National Honours on D’Tigress, Rewards Team With $100,000 each

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, August 4, 2025, rewarded each player of the D’Tigress team with $100,000, a new ...

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