Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, extended their remarkable reign on the continent by defeating Mali 78-64 in the final of the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Championship , claiming their fifth consecutive title and seventh overall.

The victory, recorded on Sunday night at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, also marked their 29th straight win in the competition-an unbeaten streak that dates back to 2017.

No team has ever won five consecutive titles like D'Tigress

Though Nigeria trailed 21-26 at the end of the first quarter, they showed calm and class in equal measure.

Mali had come into the final looking to avenge previous losses and began the game with high intensity, led by t...