FIBA World Cup: Amidst financial crisis, D’Tigers depart for China.
The Men’s senior national basketball team will tonight leave for China for the final phase of their 2019 FIBA World Cup preparation. The team’s General Manager, Musa Adamu revealed that the team had to wait for the NBBF President to return from Senegal where he went to cheer the D’Tigress to their fourth African title before they could leave. “I want to thank the President, Engr Musa Kida specially for again making our trip possible and to participate at the World Cup. Without him and the support of the federation, this would have been a different story altogether.” With many...
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