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Basketball: Paucity of funds threaten Nigeria’s World Cup campaign

Nigeria is at the risk of becoming the first country ever to qualify for the FIBA World Cup and fail to show up for the competition.

“I cannot tell you exactly when the team is leaving for China, the basketball federation has been doing a lot for this team. We started this elimination over a year ago and now going to two years and the federation has been funding the trips for each window. He took time out to appreciate the Musa Kida led NBBF board for their selfless sacrifice throughout the qualifiers as he appealed to the President, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and save the country from global embarrassment.

 

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