{"id":7209,"date":"2025-08-04T02:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T02:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=7209"},"modified":"2025-08-04T02:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T02:22:17","slug":"afrobasket-nigeria-five-times-lucky-trounce-mali-to-emerge-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/afrobasket-nigeria-five-times-lucky-trounce-mali-to-emerge-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"AfroBasket championship: Nigeria five times lucky, trounce Mali to emerge champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250804-025648-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250804-025648-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250804-025648.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nD&#8217;Tigress<\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<br \/>\nKindly share: <\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress have again won the Women\u2019s AfroBasket title, after defeating Mali to win the coveted trophy for the<br \/>\nfifth consecutive.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian team beat the Malian ladies 78-64 to lift to becomes champions for the seventh time, extending their unbeaten streak at the Women\u2019s AfroBasket tournament to 29 games.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, the Rena Wakama\u2019s D\u2019Tigress also qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup, which will be hosted by Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The victory did not come easily. 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