Tagged : basketball

08 Aug

Nigeria’s D’Tigers are heroes: Bruised but Unbowed!

by OMG Reporter

D'Tigers and Team France

This article appeared in the New York Times yesterday, with the headline: Bruised and Beaten, but Nigerians Are Unbowed. This heart-rending piece is a must-read for every Nigerian. This shows we are resilient people and we can do great things, under any circumstance, once we set our mind to it…

06 Aug

D’Tigers bow out of Olympics 2012 after loss to France

by OMG Reporter

D'Tigers

Nigeria’s D’Tigers, although have lost out in the Olympics basketball event, they still fought a good fight. D’Tigers, who began the Olympics with a 60-56 victory against African champions, Tunisia, lost today’s last group game 79-73 points to France.

03 Aug

We celebrate Nigeria’s Basketball team, D’Tigers, for breaking a new record!

by OMG Reporter

D'Tigers

It’s no news that the Nigeria’s Basketball team, D’Tigers lost their game last night to the United States of America, scoring 73 points as against USA’s 156, the highest points ever scored in an Olympic Basketball game. But then, that is not enough to lash out at our boys! Basketball is not a game of chance.

03 Aug

Court to racist Lithuanian: Your behaviour to Nigerian team was despicable!

by OMG Reporter

Lithuanians

During the Olympics Basketball game between Nigeria and Lithuania on Tuesday, a Lithuanian fan and his friends were seen making racists remarks and signs against the Nigerian team. The Lithuanian man, Petras Lescinskas, gave a Nazi salute and joined in the racist chants during the match. He has become the first person to be convicted of [...]