D'Tigress rue 'painful' Rio Olympic miss

.Vow to bounce back stronger 

NIGERIA women’s national basketball team, D'Tigress are still ruing their inability to secure a ticket to the 2016 Olympics after they finished third in Group C of the ongoing 2016 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes, France.

2016 CAVB WOMEN’S CONTINENTAL CUP:Nigeria wins 3rd place, qualify for World Championship

NIGERIA on Sunday won the third place in the ongoing CAVB Women’s Continental Cup finals at the Jabi lakeside in Abuja.

The Nigerian teams 1 and 2 will now participate in the Women Beach Volleyball World Championship, Sportsbiz247 reports.

The championship also serves as the African women beach volleyball qualifier for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

2016 CAVB WOMEN’S CONTINENTAL CUP:Nigeria fail to win Africa’s sole ticket to 2016 Olympics

NIGERIA'S women team on Saturday in Abuja failed in the bid to claim Africa’s sole ticket to the beach volleyball event of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Nigeria, who are hosting nine other countries at the Jabi Lakeside, lost out to Egypt in the semi-finals of the CAVB Continental Cup Women’s Finals, which is Africa’s Olympic qualifier.