Nigeria launched their defence of the International Basketball Federation Women’s AfroBasket crown with an emphatic 69-35 victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kigali.

Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) caretaker chairman Musa Kida has blamed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) for the team's poor performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2021 Afrobasket Championship.

Cape Verde are through to the AfroBasket semi-finals for the first time since 2007 after a 79-71 win against Uganda in Kigali.

Angola beat the Democratic Republic of Congo 73-58 in Kigali to keep their AfroBasket campaign alive and eliminate the opposition.

Nigeria and the Ivory Coast have booked places in the AfroBasket knockout rounds with their second consecutive victories in Group C of the competition in Kigali - while Senegal have gone one better and are through to the quarter-finals.

Holders Tunisia started the defence of their International Basketball Federation AfroBasket title with a convincing 82-46 victory over Guinea in Group B at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda.

Tunisia have been crowned champions of AfroBasket 2017 following a thrilling final on home soil this evening.

Tunisia and Nigeria will meet in the final of AfroBasket 2017 after winning their semi-finals today. 

Defending champions Nigeria are safely through to the semi-finals of AfroBasket 2017 after defeating Cameroon this evening.

Record 11-time winners Angola booked their place in the AfroBasket quarter-finals but beating the Central African Republic in their final group match in Dakar.

Tunisia secured a place in the men's AfroBasket quarter-finals by earning their second victory of the group stage at the Salle Omnisport de Rades.

Nigeria began the defence of their men's AfroBasket title with a nervy win as competition got underway in Tunisia and Senegal today.

Nigeria will seek to defend their men's AfroBasket title when competition gets underway tomorrow in Tunisia and Senegal.

Nigeria are one win away from a first final appearance at the Women's AfroBasket in over a decade after thrashing Ivory Coast in Bamako today.

Angola has been selected to host this year’s International Basketball Federation (FIBA) AfroBasket following the withdrawal of the Republic of Congo due to "logistics issues".