As D’Tigress battle in Lyon for a spot within the 2026 FIBA Ladies’s Basketball World Cup, they acquired a strong morale increase from residence.

Whereas the staff ready for his or her remaining Group A conflict in opposition to Germany, authorities officers arrived handy over bodily proof of the nation’s gratitude: home paperwork and nationwide honors.

Captain Amy Okonkwo, who has led the staff by a dominant run together with their 2025 AfroBasket triumph in Côte d’Ivoire, expressed that the gesture “means the world” to the gamers, remodeling the strain of worldwide competitors right into a celebration of their devoted service to the inexperienced and white.