Afrobasket Championship: Nigeria 98-59 Uganda

D’Tigers continued their good run, thrashing debutants Uganda 98-59 in their second game played on Friday in the AfroBasket 2015 holding at the Salle Omnisport de Rades, Tunisia. Nigeria started the tournament beating the Central African Republic 88-63 on Wednesday.

Chamberlain Oguchi and Al-Farouq Aminu were in fine form as D’Tigers took the lead from the first quarter, which ended 27-16. The Nigerians continued to dominate the game in the second quarter, which ended 48-30 in their favour.

The Nigerian side, coached by William Voigt, started the second half on a high, scoring 32 points to Uganga’s 11 to end the third quarter 80-41. They scored 18 more points in the fourth quarter to complete the trouncing.

GAY ACT: Uganda's former Coach arrested for defiling a young boy

Former Uganda national team coach Chris Mubiru has been arrested in Kampala for allegedly having anal sex with a young player and he is expected to be put before trial for sodomy.
Mubiru, the former head coach of the country’s soccer team called the Cranes, is being held in a police station awaiting trial over charges of gay sex. Read more after the cut.....