RIO OLYMPICS: USA friendly, a litmus test for D'Tigers, says Umar

PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Tijani Umar believes the exhibition match between national men basketball team, D'Tigers and Team USA will serve as a litmus test for the African champions ahead of the basketball event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFIER: D’Tigress to face Turkey, Argentina in friendly

THE Nigeria national women's basketball team, D'Tigress will engage Turkey and Argentina in friendly games as part of preparations for the 2016 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (WOQT) scheduled to hold in Nantes, France from 13-19 June, 2016.

Gbinije signs with Roc Nation Sports

NIGERIA'S national male basketball team, D'Tigers and Syracuse point guard, Michael Gbinije has signed with Roc Nation Sports, a division of entertainer and entrepreneur Jay-Z's Roc Nation enterprise, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.