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ALL EYES ON D’TIGERESS AS ACCOLADES POUR IN

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BY AKEEM BUSARI.

As Nigeria’s women’s basketball team strives to get to the quarterfinals of the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain, one of the backers of sports in the country, Chief Donatus Agu- Ejidike, has joined in celebrating the team that became the first African side to win two successive matches at the World Cup.

D’Tigress will face Greece at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Quico Cabrera Arena for a quarter-final ticket.

Ejidike, who is a board member of the Nigeria Karate Federation, expressed happiness to see the Nigeria team making waves in the global tournament. He was also upbeat about the chances of the ladies going farther in the championship.

“The girls have done well so far and I must commend their commitments, discipline and desire to make us proud.
” With well deserved victories over Turkey and Argentina, I urge them to go ahead and beat Greece later today and pick the quarter finals ticket,” Ejidike added.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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