Boxing
7 hours ago
Apart from showing boxing fans why he is the best pound-for-pound fighter on the scene currently, lightweight star, Emmanuel ‘Ability’ Abimbola, also wants to pocket the Mojisola Memorial Ogunsanya trophy and the N1 million cash prize for the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 31.
4 days ago
Nigeria’s Efe Ajagba on Saturday night defeated Italy’s Guido Vianello at the American Bank Centre, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., to strengthen his case for a world heavyweight title shot.
13 Apr
‘The Silent Roller’ Efe Ajagba is quietly building a good resume, writes boxingscene.com.
13 Apr
Flyweight boxer, Sikiru ‘Isho’ Ogunyaju, has taken a jibe at the current national flyweight champion, Sifon ‘Best’ Iwatt, saying his title win was a fluke.
10 Apr
Rio 2016 Olympics quarterfinalist, Efe Ajagba, at last, has a chance to remind the world of his potential when he meets Guido Vianello in a heavyweight challenge bout this weekend.
31 Mar
Flykite Productions, organisers of GOtv Boxing Night have announced that the 31st edition of the premier boxing event will hold on May 1.
27 Mar
British-Nigerian fighter, Lawrence Okolie, who recently announced a move up in weights, has disclosed linking up with a new trainer that nobody would have predicted, reports boxing-social.com.
25 Mar
After a successful outing at the just-concluded 13th African Games in Ghana, the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has turned its attention to the Paris 2024 Olympics qualifier scheduled for Thailand in May.
21 Mar
Campbell Hatton believes Anthony Joshua is back to his best and would beat Tyson Fury inhis current form, reports talksport.com. AJ putsup a scintillating display knocking Francis Ngannou ...
19 Mar
Boxing icons, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, are being lined up for a two-fight deal.
The two British rivals have not yet met in the ring despite being two of the most dominant boxers in the heavyweight division over the past decade.
18 Mar
Nigerian athletes and officials at the boxing event of the ongoing African Games in Ghana were, yesterday, forced to protest the reversal of Yakubu Ibrahim’s victory over Morocco’s Barbari Hamza.
15 Mar
Organisers of Yucateco Boxing League Season 2 have disclosed that the second edition of the championship would feature teams from such notable boxing countries as South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire...
11 Mar
Buoyed by his display against Francis Ngannou, whom he knocked out in the second round of their world heavyweight boxing bout on Friday, Anthony Joshua has offered to fight WBC champion, Tyson Fury, even in his garden.
Sport
7 hours ago
The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) has provided an opportunity for Heartland of Owerri to fight to save their season by lifting the ban, albeit provisionally, on Dan Anyiam Stadium.
7 hours ago
Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, says he must show his Arsenal side “support and love” after Bayern Munich knocked them out of the Champions League, reports BBC.
8 hours ago
Nigerian Boxing Federation (NBF) President, Gen. Kenneth Minimah (Rtd), the country’s first world boxing champion...
8 hours ago
The National Institute for Sports (NIS), Lagos and the Adamawa State government have started a five-day capacity training workshop for coaches, sports administrators and games masters, as well as Physical and Health Education teachers in the North East state .
1 day ago
Bayer Leverkusen's Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, has been nominated for the 2023/24 Bundesliga Team of the Season. Bundesliga announced the nominees on their X handles on Thursday, 18 April l, 2024. Boniface is one of eight Leverkusen players, which includes former Arsenal midfielder, Granit Xhaka, that were shortlised. He, alongside Harry Kane of Bayern Munich…
1 day ago
Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to use the "pain" of the Champions League quarter-final exit against Bayern Munich to fuel their Premier League title bid.
1 day ago
At 58, Brazilian football legend Romario has quite a resume: World Cup winner, senator, president of his favourite club, America of Rio de Janeiro. Now, 15 years after hanging up his boots, the iconic striker has decided to add another entry to his CV, coming out of retirement to rejoin America as a player. The…
1 day ago
The 23rd Senior African Athletics Championship scheduled for Douala, Cameroon in June, may offer Nigerian relay teams and some individual athletes the opportunity to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
1 day ago
Nigerian budding footballers, who want to combine their sport career with education, now have the opportunity as English Championship side, Coventry City Football Club, has provided that chance for the skilful lads.