Nigeria’s senior national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have been urged to make the country proud at the 2024 Olympic Games which starts officially on Friday in Paris France.

The management of Zenith Bank Plc, sponsors of the annual national women’s basketball league, made the  clarion call at the weekend in Lagos.

Nigeria secured a place for the games after participating in a qualifying tournament which was held in Antwerp, Belgium. D’ Tigress played in Group B against Germany, Australia, and host nation Belgium. In Paris, D’Tigress will play their opening game against Australia on July 29, before facing the host nation France on August 1 followed by a match against Canada three days later on August 4.

The Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Adaora Umeoji, said the outfit expected the women basketball team to perform well at the Games.