Nigerian Basketball Fans Hope for Medal at Tokyo Olympics
Voice of America
ABUJA, NIGERIA - The Nigerian D'Tigers basketball team's stunning victories this past week in friendly matches with the United States and Argentina has pushed it further into the Olympic spotlight.
D'Tigers beat the United States NBA stars 90-87 on Saturday in Las Vegas, making international basketball history as the first African country to beat the U.S. On Monday, the team beat the world's fourth-ranked team, Argentina, by a score of 94-71. But the Nigerian team was later slammed by Australia 108-69. It was the team's first loss in the tune-up games for the Olympics.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.