Boxing
17 Dec
West African Boxing Union (WABU) super featherweight champion, Taiwo ‘Gentle Boy’ Olowu, has expressed confidence ahead of his clash with Jafaru ‘Armor Tanka’ Suleiman at GOtv Boxing Night 32, scheduled for December 26 at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.
8 Dec
Nigerian-born David Adeleye delivered a knockout-of-the-year contender, demolishing Solly Dacres with a devastating left hook just 80 seconds into the fight. Fresh off a stoppage loss to Fabio Wardley two months ago, Adeleye returned to West London and unleashed the fight-ending blow, stunning the towering Brummie with the only significant shot of the opening round.…
7 Dec
Explosive featherweight boxer Jafaru ‘Armor Tanka’ Suleiman has declared that his aim is to floor his opponent, Taiwo ‘Gentle Boy’ Olowu at GOtv Boxing Night 32.
3 Dec
The WBC will sanction Zhilei Zhang versus Agit Kabayel for an interim heavyweight title, with former world champion, Anthony Joshua, meeting the winner for the belt, reports Sky Sports.
1 Dec
Devin Booker scored 27 points and Kevin Durant added 21 to lead the Phoenix Suns over Golden State 113-105 on Saturday, stretching the Warriors' NBA losing streak to four games. With Bradley Beal out for calf injury management and Jusuf Nurkic sidelined by a quad bruise, the host Suns (11-8) still dominated as Tyus Jones…
29 Nov
Nigeria’s brightest world heavyweight boxing prospect, Efe Ajagba, now has the chance to stake his claim to Daniel Dubois’ world title following the order by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) that he should battle Congo’s Martin Bakole for a chance to fight for the ultimate crown.
15 Nov
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson slapped opponent Jake Paul as the two men faced off for the final time on Thursday ahead of their
15 Nov
The UFC 310 pay-per-view (PPV) event is less than a month away and still does not have a five-round main event after current welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad, withdrew from the Las Vegas fight card to recover from a nasty infection, writes mmamania.com.
11 Nov
The Balmoral Group, through its sports entertainment subsidiary, Game Rush, recently sponsored a four-day “Pro Boxing Judges/Ring Referee Course,” in partnership with the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C).
11 Nov
The World Boxing Federation (WBF) President, Howard Goldberg, are among top global boxing dignitaries that have confirmed their presence in Port Harcourt when Taiwo Agbaje battles with Loren Japhet of Tanzania
25 Oct
Dubois, the IBF heavyweight champion, knocked out Joshua at Wembley Stadium, in September. It was a crushing defeat, but a potential rematch in February has been laid out as an option for AJ.
21 Oct
The Lineal MMA UFC World Champion, Francis Ngannou took on the PFL Champion Renan Ferreira in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A battle of two towering knockout strikers. The Cameroonian Ngannou took down Brazil’s Ferreira and knocked him out using ground
Sport
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Ms Khadijat Omotayo, the Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Constituency Affairs, says that the president is running a non-partisan and all-inclusive administration. Omotayo said this during a townhall with some critical stakeholders on Saturday in Jos. She said that the townhall aimed at getting feedbacks from the stakeholders in the state on government’s…
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Bayer Leverkusen dropped eight points behind league leaders Bayern Munich with a scoreless draw at Wolfsburg on Saturday. Bayern's 3-0 win over Werder Bremen on Friday, their seventh straight league win, upped the ante on Xabi Alonso's defending champions, who host the leaders next Saturday. Alonso named a weakened starting lineup with Florian Wirtz, Patrik…
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Manchester City needed a late winner from substitute Kevin De Bruyne to beat Leyton Orient 2-1 and reach the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday after the third-tier side threatened to shock the Premier League champions. Jamie Donley's audacious long-range effort that came back off the bar and rebounded in off City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega…
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Pep Guardiola denied Friday that Manchester City spent big in January in case the club are hit with a transfer embargo for alleged Premier
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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored his first Paris Saint-Germain goal and in-form Ousmane Dembele bagged a brace as the Ligue 1 leaders eased
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The Lagos State government has concluded plans with Circuits of Africa to develop a premier Formula l-standard race track in the state. This initiative aims to position Nigeria at the forefront of global motorsport events while driving economic growth
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Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has assured sports stakeholders that his government will continue to intervene to get the sector’s critical infrastructure in good shape as part of its sports development efforts.
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Clearwater Farms, a prominent equestrian business, is set to make its Lagos debut at the 2025 Lagos International Polo Tournament, underscoring its ambition to expand Nigeria’s equestrian landscape.
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United Kingdom-based sports recycling charity, Lord’s Taverners has donated sports kits and equipment worth over N30million to Community Sport and educational Development (CSED) Initiative.