Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has heaped plaudits on the D’Tigress following the team’s remarkable victory over Canada.
Rena Wakama’s side sealed a place in the quarter-finals of the women’s basketball event following a hard-earned 79-70 victory over world number five Canada.
D’Tigress are the first African team, male or female, to reach the quarter-finals of Olympic basketball.
Troost-Ekong took to social media to celebrate the team’s historic feat.
“Amazing achievement, let’s go all the way!” he wrote on X.
The African champions will hope to go a step further by making it to the semi-finals.
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