Rio 2016 Qualifier: D’Tigress depart to Cameroon for Nations Cup


Rio 2016 Qualifier: D'Tigress depart to Cameroon for Nations Cup

The female national basketball team, D’Tigress will today depart Abuja for Cameroon for the Rio 2016 Olympics qualifier.
The team, which left Brazzaville  Sunday along with other Team Nigeria contingents after the close of Brazzaville 2015 having won silver, will slug it out against arch rival Angola who defeated them in the final of the just concluded AAG 2015 .
Other countries in the group with Nigeria fighting for the only slot for the continent at the Olympics are: Algeria, Egypt, Senegal and Guinea.
Coach Adewunmi  Aderemi who spoke to SportingLife at the Mayamaya International Airport in Congo before  Team Nigeria departed for Nigeria expressed optimism that the female basketball team will pick the Olympics ticket to join their male counterpart.
Although Aderemi agreed it won’t be an easy task, he however expressed optimism that the girls are capable and they will put in extra effort to make it to Rio 2016.
The qualifier starts on the 24th till the end of the month.

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