D’Tigress to battle Australia, France, Canada at Paris Olympics

Nigeria women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, have been drawn in Group B alongside Australia, France and Canada at this year’s Olympic Games.

The team, led by by Rena Wakama, will take on Australia in their opening Group B game at the competition.

The Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) confirmed the pairing on their website.

According to the schedule D’Tigress will face Australia on Monday, 29 July 2024.

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On Thursday 1 August, the Nigerian team will take on France in their second game before ending the group fixtures against Canada on Sunday 4 August.

D’Tigress are heading to their third appearance at the Olympic games.

They made their debut at the games in Athens 2004 before a second appearance at Tokyo 2020.

In their two previous outings at the games D’Tigress failed to go beyond the group stages.

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