Basketball

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde Sports Writer, kick442.com-Nigeria For the first time in the history of the game, the Olympic Games will be postponed due to battle outside World Wars as Japan Organizing Committee and International Olympic Committee officially confirmed the postponement...

By John Kwesi Arthur  Football Writer, kick442.com-Cameroon The Ghana Olympics Committee has stated that they may pull out of the Olympics games if things don't get better. In an interview with Accra- based Atinka FM's Sports show dubbed, Atinka Total Sports, Mr....

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde Sports Writer, kick442.com Nigeria In the midst of the CoronaVirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to complete their assessment of the virus so as to decide the fate of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. This...

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde Sports Writer, kick442.com-Nigeria The National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award has been permanently renamed after Los Angeles (LA) Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Bryant, an 18-time All-Star, died with his daughter Gianna and seven others...

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde  Football Writer, kick442.com-Nigeria  Nigeria women basketball team, D'Tigress lost by a slim margin of just 5 points against world number 1- United States of America (USA) in their final match at Tokyo 2020 Qualifying Tournament on Sunday,...

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde Sports Writer, kick442.com-Nigeria Nigeria women Basketball team, D'Tigress joined their male counterpart, D'Tigers in qualifying for Basketball event of Tokyo 2020 Olympic games in spite their 70-63 loss to host Serbia on Saturday, February 9, 2020. The defeat...

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde Sports Writer, kick442.com-Nigeria   Nigeria women basketball team, D'Tigress are close to sealing their qualification for Tokyo 2020 Olympics basketball event after 85-51 victory over their fellow African opponent, Mozambique. Promise Amukamara (14 points), Adaora Elonu (10 points) and...

By Uche Dozie  Sports Writer,kick442.com-Nigeria Cameroon has named a sixteen man preliminary roster for the FIBA 2021 AfroBasket Group C qualifiers. Captain Jeremy Nzeulie leads a cast of nine players who ply their trade in France while Kadji brothers-Kenny & Japhet join...

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde Sports Writer, kick442.com-Nigeria As the world continue to mourn the death of former NBA legend, Kobe Bryant after his demise, the President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Musa Kida on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, released a statement...

By Giovanni Wanneh Sports Writer, kick442.com Cameroon Former 18 time NBA All-Star shooting guard Kobe Bryant has died in an air crash alongside four others including his 13-year-old daughter in his private helicopter in Calabasas, California. The ugly incident happened at 1:00...