{"id":40968,"date":"2024-07-29T14:24:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=40968"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:24:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T14:24:35","slug":"paris-2024-womens-basketball-sports-minister-hails-dtigress-win-over-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/07\/29\/paris-2024-womens-basketball-sports-minister-hails-dtigress-win-over-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris 2024 Women\u2019s Basketball: Sports Minister Hails D\u2019Tigress\u2019 Win Over Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has showered praises on the Nigerian Women\u2019s basketball team, D\u2019Tigress for their outstanding performance as Nigeria defeated Australia 75-62 in a thrilling encounter on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The win marks Team Nigeria\u2019s first win at this year\u2019s Olympics taking place in Paris, France.<br \/>\nD\u2019Tigress displayed remarkable character in their first match of the Olympic Games, taking down a basketball super-house and world number three nation to record a historic victory.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40971\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/images-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"214\" \/><br \/>\nThe Opals of Australia, five-time Olympic medallists, couldn\u2019t stop the brave Nigerian ladies. The first quarter ended 18-17, the second quarter ended 23-11, while the third and fourth quarters ended 10-19 and 24-15, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Enoh expressed his pride and excitement, stating, \u201cThis victory is not just a win; it is a monumental achievement. Our D\u2019Tigress has shown the world what determination and teamwork can achieve. They have made every Nigerian proud, beating the number three nation in the world rankings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe resilience and spirit displayed by our women\u2019s basketball team are a beacon of hope and inspiration for all athletes competing in Paris. Their performance is a shining example of the excellence we aspire to achieve across all sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dedication and hard work of D\u2019Tigress have paid off spectacularly,\u201d Senator Enoh continued. \u201cThis victory will undoubtedly boost the morale of the entire Team Nigeria, and I am confident that it will lead to more successes in the days to come. Let us all rally behind our athletes as they continue to strive for greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has showered praises on the Nigerian Women\u2019s basketball team, D\u2019Tigress for their outstanding performance as Nigeria defeated Australia 75-62 in a thrilling encounter on Monday morning. The win marks Team Nigeria\u2019s first win at this year\u2019s Olympics taking place in Paris, France. D\u2019Tigress displayed remarkable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[1136,843],"class_list":["post-40968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-paris-olympics","tag-sports-minister"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40988,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40968\/revisions\/40988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}