D'Tigress

April 06, (THEWILL) — For the first time in the history of women's basketball on the continent, an African team will take the court against professional franchises from the world's leading domestic league. When D'Tigress open their three-game tour...

March 17, (THEWILL) — Nigeria's D'Tigress captain Sarah Ogoke has retired from the national women's basketball team after 15 years of international service, closing the most decorated individual career in African women's basketball history. The 35-year-old shooting guard is the...

March 16, (THEWILL) — Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, have been presented with certificates of national honours and title documents for Abuja properties in Lyon, France, where they are currently competing in the FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament. The...

March 15, (THEWILL) — Three days into a qualifying window that doubles as a dry run for global ambition, Nigeria's D'Tigress find themselves with one result that flatters and another that instructs. The senior women's basketball team arrived in...

March 14, (THEWILL) — An electric second-half performance carried Nigeria's D'Tigress to a 101-84 victory over the Philippines at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournament on Saturday, at the Astroballe arena in Villeurbanne, France. The African champions...

December 29, (THEWILL) — Nigerian sportswomen delivered an exceptional year in 2025, sweeping continental titles and global medals with a consistency that marked the period as one of the most successful in the nation's sporting history. From football pitches...

August 04, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all players and the technical team of Nigeria's women's national basketball team, D'Tigress, following their historic fifth consecutive victory at the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Championship. THEWILL reports...

August 04, (THEWILL) — Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, achieved an unprecedented milestone in African sports history by claiming their fifth consecutive FIBA Women's AfroBasket championship with a commanding 78-64 victory over Mali at the Palais des Sports Treichville...

August 03, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, clinched their fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s AfroBasket championship on Sunday, defeating Mali 78‑64 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The final took place at the Palais des Sports de Treichville and...

August 02, (THEWILL) — Nigeria's national women's basketball team, D'Tigress, defeated Senegal 75-68 in the semi-final of the 2025 FIBA Women's Afrobasket at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan late on Friday. The victory extends their tournament...