Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sindiswa Mabunda covers the sports landscape in Africa. Jun 11, 2025, 06:10pm EDT South Sudan's #05 Nuni Omot and teammates ...

Qualifying is set to begin for four of the major international basketball tournaments. EuroBasket, AfroBasket, the AmeriCup and the AsiaCup will all begin their first scheduling window of qualifiers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sindiswa Mabunda covers the sports landscape in Africa. Jul 26, 2025, 01:00am EDT LILLE, FRANCE - AUGUST 04: Ezinne Kalu #23 of ...

Newly signed Houston Rockets guard Josh Okogie was a standout for his native Nigeria during Friday’s FIBA AfroBasket 2025 action. In Nigeria’s 87-66 victory over Tunisia (box score), Okogie finished ...

Qualifying for FIBA AfroBasket 2025 resumes on Friday, Feb. 21, with 20 teams set for action. Teams will compete in a round-robin within their group, with each squad playing two games in three days.

D’Tigers moved within one victory of qualifying for the 2025 AfroBasket finals after securing a comeback 87-67 win over Uganda in their second Group B qualifier in Tripoli on Saturday. The Nigerian ...

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire – As summer workouts continue in Oxford for Ole Miss women's basketball, Sira Thienou is taking her talents to the world stage to represent her home country Mali at the 2025 ...

On Monday, 4 August, at the State House in Abuja, the celebration of Nigeria’s victorious D’Tigress team came with a special moment. The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, specially recognised one woman who ...

Nigeria’s D’Tigers delivered a commanding performance at the 2025 AfroBasket Championship, overpowering Cameroon 99-90 in a high-octane group stage clash to secure a top spot in Group B and a coveted ...

Nigeria’s senior men’s team, D’Tigers, will resume their quest to challenge for a second AfroBasket title when they take on the Teranga Lions of Senegal in a quarter-final clash on Wednesday (today) ...