{"id":691626,"date":"2019-08-26T07:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T07:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">Team Nigeria's female basketball team on Sunday defeated Mali 21-20 in a in a breathtaking encounter to win the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"35\">Mali led 2"},"modified":"2019-08-26T07:13:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T07:13:21","slug":"nigeria-2019-african-games-nigeria-wins-gold-medals-in-basketball-badminton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/26\/nigeria-2019-african-games-nigeria-wins-gold-medals-in-basketball-badminton\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: 2019 African Games &#8211; Nigeria Wins Gold Medals in Basketball, Badminton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">Team Nigeria&#8217;s female basketball team on Sunday defeated Mali 21-20 in a in a breathtaking encounter to win the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"35\">Mali led 20-18 and needed a point to win the coveted gold medal, but Ifunanya Ijeh got 3 successive points to hand Nigeria the hard earned victory that sent the country&#8217;s delegation into wild jubilation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES in Morocco after her heroic performance, Ijeh said she had always believed that she and her teammates will end up as the champions.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"50\">&#8220;Yes the game was tough but I always knew we will win because God is with us. I am so happy that all the hard work paid off and we have something great to show for our efforts, our next target is the Olympic Games,&#8221; the elated basketball star stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">There was also a happy ending for the men&#8217;s team in the basketball event even though they had narrowly missed out on playing in the final<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">In the bronze medal match also against Mali, the Nigerian lads dug deep to edge the tie 20-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">Earlier in the day, Nigeria also picked a gold medal in the Badminton team event after overpowering Algeria in the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"50\">There were also more medals for Nigeria in the weightlifting event where Augustina Nwaokolo missed out on a silver medal by 1kg in women&#8217;s 49kg. 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