By Victor Kanayo
Following the exploits of Nigeria’s Women Basketball team at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, Rena Wakama has emerged the Best Coach.
Wakama was named the best by the world basketball body, FIBA on Sunday evening.
Her emergence followed exceptional leadership which propelled D’Tigress to an unprecedented quarter-final finish.
The win secured the ladies a ticket to the knockout phase, becoming the first African team in history, men or women, to play in the Olympic quarter-final.
Before reaching the last eight stage, D’Tigress beat number world No. 3 Australia in their opening group game at the tournament.
Also, the team stunned Canada, ranked number 5 globally.
Though the United States claimed the gold medal, Nigeria’s remarkable performance, guided by Coach Wakama, captured the world’s attention.
Wakama’s priceless accolade provides a silver lining to Team Nigeria’s overall performance in France, which ended without a medal across 12 sporting events.
Egypt is set to follow Morocco in hosting a global showpiece as they eye the hosting of the future Olympic Games.
Morocco, alongside Spain and Portugal, has secured the right to host the 2030 World Cup.
According to the update from Egypt, the Olympic committee in the country has concluded arrangements to bid for the 2036 Olympic Games.
The Egyptian government earlier completed a new stadium in the capital city of Cairo.
Cairo has seven international stadiums which will be presented for the hosting right of the ancient games.
