{"id":80309,"date":"2024-07-29T15:32:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:44:54","slug":"paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball","title":{"rendered":"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Monday, July 29<\/p>\n

Group B<\/p>\n

Nigeria 75-62 Australia<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 victory against world number three Australia in their opening Paris 2024 Olympics fixture of the women\u2019s basketball event held at Stade Pierre Mauroy.<\/p>\n

It was the D\u2019Tigress\u2019s first win at the Olympics in 20 years.<\/p>\n

Ezinne Kalu was Nigeria\u2019s standout performer in the encounter, scoring 19 points and adding 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.<\/p>\n

Rena Wakama\u2019s side trailed by eight points in the first quarter of the keenly contested game. The Nigerians, however, rallied to lead 41-28 at halftime.<\/p>\n

Australia again fought back and reduced the gap to just four points by the end of the third quarter but Nigeria stood up to the challenge and claimed a famous 75-62 victory at the end of the day.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Tigress return to action on Saturday, August 1, when they take on host nation France.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Monday, July 29 Group B Nigeria 75-62 Australia Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 victory against world number three Australia in their opening Paris 2024 Olympics fixture of the women\u2019s basketball event held at Stade Pierre Mauroy. It was the D\u2019Tigress\u2019s first win at the Olympics in 20 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":80308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[5737,5781,758],"class_list":["post-80309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-olympics","tag-paris-2024","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nParis 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Monday, July 29 Group B Nigeria 75-62 Australia Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 vic ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monday, July 29 Group B Nigeria 75-62 Australia Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 vic ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-29T15:32:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-29T15:44:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-29T15:32:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-29T15:44:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Olympics\",\"Paris 2024\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball\",\"name\":\"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-29T15:32:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-29T15:44:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Monday, July 29 Group B Nigeria 75-62 Australia Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 vic ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":666,\"caption\":\"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball - Rwanda","description":"Monday, July 29 Group B Nigeria 75-62 Australia Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 vic ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball","og_description":"Monday, July 29 Group B Nigeria 75-62 Australia Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 vic ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2024-07-29T15:32:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-29T15:44:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":666,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball","datePublished":"2024-07-29T15:32:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-29T15:44:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball"},"wordCount":170,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg","keywords":["Olympics","Paris 2024","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball","name":"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-29T15:32:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-29T15:44:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Monday, July 29 Group B Nigeria 75-62 Australia Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress on Monday, July 29, recorded a stunning 75-62 vic ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1722255268.261843.jpg","width":1000,"height":666,"caption":"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/paris-2024-nigeria-topple-australia-in-women-basketball#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Paris 2024: Nigeria topple Australia in women basketball"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}