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Diogu asks Nigerians to rally around D'Tigers

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Captain and leader of the Nigerian basketball team, Ike Diogu, has called on Nigerians to rally around the D'Tigers in their push for Qualification for the FIBA world cup in China. Diogu who spoke at the press conference after contributing 21 points to Nigeria's 93 in their 40  point win over Mali asked Nigerians to get behind the team the same way they supported the Super Eagles during their World Cup campaign. Nigeria registered a 3/3 performance in this qualifier stage in Lagos, beating Uganda, Rwanda and Mali. The team will look forward to more of the same in September at the next stage of the qualifiers.  
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Abysmal and Amazing, Two Extreme Words That Sum Up The Super Eagles at Wembley

Modo Victor Two words sum up the performance of the super eagles over 90 minutes at the Wembley stadium, abysmal and amazing. The cliché, a tale of two halves, best describes the game, with some lackluster midfield play   in the first period condemning the Super Eagles to yet another defeat against the three lions.   Embed from Getty Images Head coach Gernot Rohr started with what he must have thought was his best midfield pairing bar the absent Wilfred Ndidi. Ogenyi Onazi was partnered in defensive midfield by Joel Obi, with Captain and team talisman Mikel Obi playing in a more advanced role. A young and athletic England midfield comprising Eric Dier, Jesse Lingard and Dele Ali of Nigerian decent ran rings around the defensive duo of Onazi and Joel, with Onazi particularly guilty for the second goal and the super eagles failing to come to the party in the first period.  Embed from Getty Images   The super Eagles fell behind by two goals to England in the first period a
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Rivers United vs Elkanemi Warriors in pictures

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