Category: Basketball

Milo Secondary Schools basketball gets date, as Kwara hosts Central Conference

This year’s edition of the Nestle Milo Secondary School basketball Championship has been scheduled to commence with states preliminaries between Tuesday March 1st to Saturday March 5th, 2022. Registration of schools in all the states of the federation and Abuja is currently on, and will close on Tuesday February 22, 2022. Finalists in all the […]

FIBA World Cup Ticket: Sports Minister congratulates D’Tigress

Sports Minister, Sunday Dare has congratulated the Nigerian National Women basketball team, D’Tigress for picking a ticket to the FIBA Women World Cup. The ladies, who are three times Afro-basketball champions beat their Malian opponents 73-69 today Sunday 13, 2022, to qualify as Africa’s sole representatives. They had earlier beaten the highly rated world number […]

Sports Minister inaugurates NBBF Reconciliatory Committee

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has inaugurated the Reconciliatory Committee set up to resolve the lingering crises within Nigerian basketball. Basketball in Nigeria is going through torrid times with bitter bickerings and leadership tussles threatening to ground the sport. Dare, while inaugurating the committee virtually on Friday, tasked them to tackle […]

Ministry constitutes Reconciliatory Committee for Nigeria Basketball Federation

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has constituted a seven-man Reconciliatory  Committee to resolve the lingering crises rocking the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ismaila Abubakar,  the Ministry gave the terms of reference of the committee as looking into the claims of the contending parties for […]

Super Eight Premier League: It will be difficult, but we are ready –Baba Jibril

Head Coach of Kwara Falcons basketball team, Jibril Baba has termed the upcoming Super Eight play-off in Lagos a difficult adventure, but added that they will be up to the great challenge. Speaking with sportsbash.com.ng on Wednesday in Ilorin, after their return from Akure, the handler said that the team will commence training immediately for […]

Kwara Sports Commission pledges government’s continuous support to Falcons

Kwara State Sports Commission has pledged government’s continuous support to the state’s senior basketball team, the Kwara Falcons, as they progress in their campaign in the Premier League championship. While receiving the team on Wednesday, after their return from Akure where they participated in the Atlantic Conference Play-off, the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mallam […]

Kwara Sports Commission congratulates Falcons for picking Final 8 ticket

The Kwara State Sports Commission, through the Director General, Dr. Steve Olarinoye has, on behalf of government and the sporting public sent its congratulations to Kwara Falcons for qualifying for the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Final 8, at the Atlantic Conference Men’s Premier Basketball League going on in Akure. Dr. Steve, in the congratulatory message […]

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