2020 Tokyo Olympics: D'Tigers Coach Stranded In The USA

2020 Tokyo Olympics: D'Tigers Coach Stranded In The USA By Niyi Busari The newly apointed Assistant Coach of D'Tigers, Odaudu Ogoh could not join the team in Japan as he is presently stranded in the United States of America, BSNSports.com.ng reports. BSN Sports gathered that the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) was under pressure to include his name to the coaching crew after eight American coaches are attached to the team without a Nigerian. A source revealed who pleaded anonymity revealed to BSN Sports that Ogoh was invited to the United States of America where he was expected to join the team to the Olympics. Ogoh who was the assistant to Alex Nwora when the former coach was in charge of the D'Tigers, before he was replaced by Mike Brown could not travel with the African champions to Japan. Before his recent appointment, no Nigerian coach was part of the eight coaches that were in Kigali as assistant coaches to Brown and in the USA where D'Tigers were camped ahead of the 2020 Olympcs. [caption id="attachment_51571" align="aligncenter" width="720"] The assistant coaches of D'Tigers[/caption] When reached and asked why he could not make it to the Olympics, Coach Ogoh failed to respond even when he confirmed receipt of our messages. A reliable source close to the Camp of D'Tigers also revealed that tags were collected from Federation's Secretaries and handed to the eight American coaches for them to gain entrance into the Games Village and match venues in Tokyo. Reacting, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Sports, John Joshua Akanji said he couldn't comment on whether or not tags were retrieved from Federation's Secretaries and handed to the 8 Basketball coaches because he is not in Japan.