The home-based Eagles are inspired to maintain the winning momentum of Nigeria’s national teams that was ignited by the Super Falcons and then taken to a second level by D’Tigress.
Sports247 reports that, while the Falcons recently won another continental trophy in football, D’Tigress had theirs in basketball, but both sides are female squads.
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The Falcons clinched the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for a record extending 10th time, while D’Tigress won an unprecedented fifth straight title at the African Women’s Senior Basketball Championship and seventh overall.
Both historic victories came just a week apart and were duly rewarded heavily by the federal government, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu first doled out $100,000 plus houses and national award of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) for the Falcons, then gave the same largesse to D’Tigress on Monday in Abuja.
The successes and rewards are now being cited as motivational factors that will propel the home-based Eagles to a first ever conquest of the Championship of African Nations (CHAN), which is currently being co-hosted by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
Heading into their first game of the competition dubbed CHAN 2024, home-based Eagles’ captain, Junior Nduka admitted that they are impressed by the Falcons and D’Tigress’ feats, then added that he and his colleagues have to keep the momentum going.
“Our women’s football team won WAFCON and our women’s basketball team have claimed the (AfroBasket) title – a remarkable achievement for the country. We aim to build on this momentum,” Nduka affirmed.
The Remo Stars FC of Ikenne defender and his colleagues will now aim to set sail on a winning note when they take on CHAN defending champions, Senegal this Tuesday.
They will then seek to get closer to Nigeria’s first ever CHAN title by defeating Sudan on Sunday and Congo in their last group match of this competition, which is meant only for footballers playing for clubs within their native countries.
