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Sports News of Sunday, 8 September 2019

Source: dailypost.ng

FIBA World Cup: D'Tigers qualify for 2020 Olympics -

Nigeria’s men basketball team have qualified for the 2020 Olympics holding in Tokyo.

D’Tigers, on Sunday, beat China in front of a home crowd in Guangzhou, to confirm their ticket.

The game ended 86-73.

With this result, Nigeria is now the top African team at the ongoing 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

D’Tigers pipped African champions Tunisia to the ticket, after yesterday’s crucial win.

Both teams finished with three wins from five games, but Nigeria got the ticket with better points difference.