Sports Minister Sunday Dare has congratulated the Nigerian national women basketball team, D’Tigress for picking a ticket to the FIBA Women World Cup.
The ladies, who are three times Afrobasketball champions beat their Malian opponents 73-69 yesterday to qualify as Africa’s sole representatives.
They had earlier beaten the highly rated, world number five, France 67-65, after losing their opening game to China.
Dare praised the queens of the court for doing the nation proud and showing dogged determination in all their games.
The FIBA Women Basketball World Cup will take place on Sydney, Australia in September.
In a related development, the National President of Authentic Nigeria Football and Allied Sports Supporters Club, Prince Abayomi Ogunjimi has also congratulated D’Tigress for a job well down.
Abayomi in a release, described the team as a true ambassadors of Nigeria , having won two games against France and Mali to qualify.
He said: ” Authentic Nigeria Football and Allied Sports Supporters Club heartily congratulates the Nigeria’s D’Tigress for exhibiting the true Nigerian spirit and cementing a qualification for FIBA women World Cup in Australia, the game against France showed a great fighting spirit, our girls are true Ambassadors, wining Mali today (Sunday) has shown that Nigerians are winners.
“ On behalf of members of ANFASSC , we say a big congratulations and wish you all success in the next games .”