Abi Olajuwon, daughter of Nigerian-American NBA icon Hakeem Olajuwon, has publicly criticized the Nigerian Ministry of Sports for alleged non-payment after her vital contribution to the Nigerian girls’s basketball staff, D’Tigress, on the Paris 2024 Olympics as an assistant coach.
Under the steerage of FIBA Coach of the Year Reno Wakama, D’Tigress achieved a landmark success by defeating Australia 75-62 of their opening match, marking Nigeria’s first Olympic basketball victory in twenty years.
Despite a subsequent loss to France, the staff secured a spot within the quarter-finals, turning into the primary African staff, male or feminine, to succeed in this stage in Olympic historical past. The staff finally fell to the USA within the quarter-finals. READ MORE
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