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In Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, D’Tigress from Nigeria will face Cameroon in the quarter-final of the 2025 Afrobasket.

On Wednesday, Cameroon defeated Angola 85-64 to place in the final eight spots.

On the other hand, Nigeria won their matches against Rwanda and Mozambique in order to advance to the quarter-finals.

Battle report from the field. Taking care of Mozambic. pic. twitter.com/55IuzFIJEo

They defeated the former 60-55 before the latter was defeated 92-45.

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The D’Tigress are aiming for a fifth straight Afrobasket title, making them the first team to do so in the sport.

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In the semi-final of the competition in 2015, Cameroon defeated Nigeria.
The West Africans have since won four Afrobasket crowns on the bounce, but since that defeat, they have not lost.

Picture of this moment captured. twitter.com/Dhvs3CbCET

When both teams meet tonight at the Palais Des Sports de Treichville, Rena Wakama’s side will be aiming to advance their quest for a fifth consecutive continental title.

D’Tigress defeated both Australia and Canada in the group stage of the Paris Olympics to become the first African team to reach the quarter-finals.

In the final eight, they bowed gallantly to the US.

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Despite losing, Wakama, the country’s gaffer, was chosen as the competition’s best female basketball coach.

Rene Wakama, Nigeria, the best female basketball coach at #Paris2024 Women’s Basketball, was the subject of a tweet from Sunday evening on the International Basketball Federation’s X handle.

The Super Falcons, the 10-time WAFCON champions, paraded their trophy through the streets of Lagos to the cheers of enthralling football fans.

The triumphant Super Falcons left Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, still riding high on the wave of national recognition, which included a presidential award and generous cash prizes. &nbsp,

A jubilant trophy parade that passed through famous landmarks on Lagos Island attracted crowds of excited fans who lined the streets to celebrate the team’s historic WAFCON victory.

Read more about Tinubu’s Super Falcons, which receive awards worth $100, 000 to each player.

The parade began at Costain, passing through Victoria Island, Eko Bridge, Apongbon, Obalende, Ikoyi Road, and Apongbon, before ending at the Eko Hotel.

Fans greeted the team at various locations along the parade route.

On Monday, the team made an airplane-based arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from Morocco, arriving at around 2:26 p.m.

They then proceeded to President Bola Tinubu’s presidential villa, where they presented the trophy.

The Super Falcons received the national honor of Officer of the Order of Niger in recognition of their accomplishments. Additionally, he made an announcement about the giving of $100, 000, the equivalent of $100, 000 to each of the 24 players.

The winners would each receive a three-bedroom apartment, according to the President. Additionally, he made an announcement about the technical team receiving the naira equivalent of $50, 000.

Manager Mikel Arteta announced on Wednesday that Viktor Gyokeres might make his Arsenal debut in front of 50, 000 Hong Kong supporters this week.

The $67 million Swedish striker attended an open training session at Kai Tak Stadium, where Arsenal will face Tottenham on Thursday in their bitter rivals’ first game away from the UK.

Gyokeres, who signed from Sporting Lisbon for the club for a short time before being released, will have a chance to play on the field if the club’s medical staff determines that he is ready, according to Arteta.

However, he and his new teammates, who met in Singapore last week against AC Milan and Newcastle, are playing fitness catch-up.

Arteta told reporters, “Yes, I understand he’s only finished today’s session and yesterday, very little.”

It’s possible if the medical staff is pleased with his condition and that they will evaluate him tonight.

Everyone is fine with the rest of the squad, according to the statement.

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The 27-year-old Gyokeres fired Sporting to the Portuguese title last year with 39 goals and made headlines when he scored a Champions League hat-trick against Manchester City.

The Portuguese striker, who chose to wear the number 14 shirt that Arsenal legend Thierry Henry made famous, scored a remarkable 97 goals in 102 games for the club.

He has a five-year contract with Arsenal, which could cost the north London club $89 million with performance-related bonuses.

His arrival increased Arsenal’s close-season spending to about $ 277,000.

Additionally, they have signed goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard, Christian Norgaard, and Noni Madueke, along with defender Cristhian Mosquera, midfielder Martin Zubimendi, and midfielder Martin Zubimendi.

Arteta, who wants to become the first manager to win the Premier League since Arsene Wenger in the 2003/2004 season, was undoubtedly pleased with the way the club has handled the situation in the transfer window.

Arteta, who finished second in the Premier League for the third time in three seasons, said, “I am very happy with the way we have approached the window and how aggressive we have been.

Martin Odegaard, the captain of Arsenal, expressed his excitement at the prospect of playing alongside Gyokeres, a fellow Scandinavian, and called him a “very complete player.”

Norwegian international Odegaard said, “I think you’ve all seen what he’s done so far in his career, especially in his final season at Sporting, and the statistics speak for themselves.”

He is physically strong, quick, good at finishing, and intelligent, as you may well know.

He’s a very complete striker, Odegaard said.

“I’m really looking forward to having him join the team.” You can already tell how good he is, how much energy he has, and how willing he is to work.

After being hit by falling rocks on a Pakistani mountain, German Olympia biathlon gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier was declared dead on Wednesday at the age of 31.

Her agency said in a statement released on Wednesday that confirmed her death that rescue efforts were “impossible due to the dangerous nature of the site.”

The statement continued, “The operation was suspended because rescue efforts to recover her failed.”

According to a statement from her team on her official social media pages, the accident occurred on Monday at around noon at a height of 5,700 metres (18,700 feet), in the Karakoram range, at around 700 meters.

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After reaching safety, Dahlmeier’s climbing partner triggered the alarm.

A senior local official in the Ghanche district, where the more than 6, 000-meter mountain is located, informed AFP earlier on Wednesday that it was determined that a helicopter rescue was not feasible.

He continued, “She was injured in extremely challenging circumstances at this altitude.”

A team of four, including three Americans and a German mountaineer, confirmed the ground rescue by Shipton Trek &amp, Tours Pakistan, the expedition’s organizer.

No one was able to reach Dahlmeier because of the possibility of further rockfalls and the site’s “remoteness,” according to her team’s statement on Tuesday.

Local disaster management official Muhammad Ali told AFP that the region’s weather has been “extremely harsh” for the past week, with heavy rain, strong winds, and thick clouds.

The Great Trango Tower was already visible thanks to Dahlmeier, an experienced mountaineer who had visited the area since the end of June.

In a statement released on Wednesday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called Dahlmeier “a role model for peaceful, joyful, and fair coexistence across borders” and that he was “an ambassador for our country around the world (and) a role model for our country’s international cooperation.

She won seven gold medals at the world championships, and she became the first woman biathlete to win both the sprint and the pursuit at the same Games.

At the age of 25, Dahlmeier stopped competing professionally in 2019.

She then began a career as a biathlon broadcaster for ZDF and climbed mountains.

According to her team, she was a certified mountain guide and ski guide.

The governing body announced on Wednesday that the NBA would play regular-season games in Berlin and London in the 2025-26 campaign.

On January 15, 2026, the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies will square off in Berlin, and they will also do so in London three days later.

The decision to move the games “reflects the incredible momentum and appetite for NBA basketball in France, Germany, the UK, and the entire region,” according to NBA Europe managing director George Aivazoglou.

In the upcoming three seasons, the NBA made the commitment to host six regular-season games in Europe.

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The first regular season game for Germany will be in Berlin.

Matches will take place in Paris and Manchester in 2026-27, with those in Paris and Berlin in the following year.

Franz and Moritz Wagner, brothers who both play for the Orlando Magic, will re-enter their hometowns following the game in Berlin.

The Washington Wizards and the New York Knicks last met in London’s regular season game in 2019; the last of those games was a playoff game.

In addition, the NBA has previously played games in Tokyo, Mexico City, and Paris during the regular season.

The announcement reflects a wider trend of American sports changing their regular-season games to expand their fan bases in Europe.

Since 2007, the NFL has hosted games regularly in London, and Munich and Frankfurt have hosted them on alternate dates since 2022, with Berlin scheduled to host a game in 2025.

In the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final, Morocco was defeated by Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade, who narrated the story behind how the team rallied from two goals down.

When the Nigerian women’s team were 2-0 up against the hosts, Ajibade, who won the Player of the Tournament in Morocco, revealed what actually happened in the dressing room at half-time.

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