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Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have stepped up their training ahead of their pre-Olympic friendly matches against Germany, Serbia and Japan, Completesports.com reports.
D’Tigress recently traveled to begin her pre-Olympic training camp in Saarbrücken, Germany.
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According to a post in ‘X‘ (previously Twitter), D’Tigress was seen in a video practicing for Friday’s clash.
“Training in Berlin before tomorrow’s game,” he posted.
The friendly matches are part of the preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11.
They will face Germany on July 19, Serbia on July 22 and will finish their training phase against Japan on July 24.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be the Tigress’ third appearance at the games after making her debut in Athens 2004 and also qualifying for Tokyo 2020.
In both Athens 2004 and Tokyo 2020 they failed to make it past the group stage.
By Dotun Omisakin
