₦airaland Forum

MSGAMBLE9:
Has Chinney retired cos I seen her on TV these doing punditry?

She has semi retired

lovewins:
If there's anyone who identifies with her root and very pro Nigeria, it's Nneka. I really do hope she gets the opportunity to wear the green and white at the next Olympics even if it's a mere symbolic gesture.

I hope so too. It’s a shame that FIBA’s nationality-switching process is largely subjective - it boils down to the judgement and decision of the General Secretary.

I really do believe that the GS - being Greek - is afraid that if he approves Nneka’s switch of allegiance, the doors would be open for Naija to also persuade the Antetokoumbo brothers to play for D’Tigers. (Yes, I know Nneka’s case wasn’t helped by the fact that she had played in 2 world cups, donning the red, white and blue).

Similarly, the French basketball authorities may also be fearful that Cameroon would likely persuade Joel Embiid to switch to Cameroon, if Nneka’s application is approved.

These European countries obviously wouldn’t want to easily lose such talented players, so they’re gonna use every word in the FIBA statutes to at least frustrate the switch of allegiance process

Nneka Ogwumike is still keen on playing for Nigeria. Despite the setback of being denied the chance to rep Nigeria at the 2020 Olympics by FIBA, I admire her tenacity in continuing to push for the nationality switch

Hopefully, we will get to see the D’Tigress prospects in the WNBA, who have been mentioned on this thread, suit up for the team at the World Cup qualifying tournament in March, because the WNBA season begins in May..

Fun fact: Since her appointment as D’Tigress Coach in 2023, Rena Wakama is 12-4 in competitive matches.
Her losses were to the USA (2x), Belgium, and France. A 75% win percentage

forgiveness:
Wow!!!! Congratulations!!!

They’ve simply been the best African women’s team in the last 10 years!!

The final is tomorrow at 7pm Nigerian time.

Don’t miss it 😁

Rena Wakama has the chance to achieve her own “Mission X” in the final, to complete her personal 10-0 run in the women’s Afrobasket.

I tell you, I wouldn’t bet against her achieving it😂

Coach Rena Wakama is now 9-0 in the Afrobasket!

Wow!!!

FT

Senegal 68-75 Nigeria

We made it!!!!

28-0 no be beans!!!🤯🤯🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

This game is on a knife edge!!

Half time
Senegal 37-43 Nigeria

Macaulay is a cheat code for real!

End of 1st quarter
Senegal 17-22 Nigeria

isan:
I think TINUBU also gave each of the technical crew 50k$ .... madugu don get money now it won't be easy to bribe him

Correct!

Governor Uzodinma has donated 70 million to the Super Falcons players who are natives of the state

AndSunGorilla:
Francesca lucky die!!!!! The 2nd reserve goalie too is blessed. And I wish say Onone and Okobi dey d team to collect retirement moni.

Onome would be cursing out Madugu for refusing to invite her to the national team 😂

BTW, Madugu was given 50 million by the Adamawa governor

D’Tigress v Senegal dunks off, tomorrow, at 7pm Nigerian time

GeneralDae:
You dey help dem calculate their money? 🤣

I no be their accountant 😂

Counting the donations from Aso Rock, MTN, Nigeria Governors Forum, Super Eagles players, and the prize money from CAF, each Super Falcons player has now earned over 176 million Naira from winning the WAFCON 😁

QueenJazz:
1000%

From the age of 1, my children go start by watching Premier League every Sunday as tradition.

By age 4-5, we don start soccer practice.

Exactly! You gerrit! Imma start them young😂

Karlovych:
Just hope they become goal scorers and not ball carrying, long ball specialists in Ponferradina and Barnsley.

Lmao that is not their portion 🤣😂

BTW, D’Tigress are now also 32-0 against African opposition in all competitions🙌🏽🙌🏽

FT

Nigeria 83-47 Cameroon

D’Tigress are now 27-0 in Afrobasket play!!

BankyGee:
🤑 Osimhen will receive a net wage of €15m plus a €1m loyalty bonus and €5m for his image rights. 🇳🇬

That's €15m base salary + €6m bonus = €21m... Now, that's what he's worth!

That’s a whopping 36.6 billion Naira 🤯

My offsprings must play professional football by force 😂

End of 1st quarter
Nigeria 21-9 Cameroon

Senegal would likely 😂 meet Nigeria in the semis

SonofElElyonRet:
How can I stream the match?

I watch the games on the Courtside 1891 site

lovewins:
Like I predicted, South Sudan just qualified for the Semi-Finals by beating Uganda. Amazing.

Yeah. I won’t be surprised if they go all the way to the final. They’re that good

Redman44:
D'tigress need to be clinical at the basket and be very careful going forward. Some nations are really skillful at this tournament. We must not be complacent or we will pay for it. Teams like Ivory Coast and Mozambique can be very difficult to subdue. Ivory Coast being the host nation might want to spring a surprise if Dtigress meets them. Cheers.

Exactly. But I think the ladies would have developed better chemistry after playing two games - one tough and ‘easy’ game.

It’s confirmed. 2025 Women’s Afrobasket quarterfinals:

D’Tigress v Cameroon, later today, at 10pm Naija time..