Boxing
21 Sep
Daniel Dubois’ social team has dropped a clanger ahead of Saturday clash with Anthony Joshua.‘Triple D’ is set to defend his IBF heavyweight title for the first time on Saturday night as he squares off against Joshua in front of 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.
20 Sep
Although the general expectation is an Anthony Joshua victory over Daniel Dubois in their WBC World Heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium, tomorrow, some boxing experts rate the 27-year-old Dubois as a dangerous customer capable of knocking out the British-Nigerian fighter, reports inews.co.uk.
19 Sep
In a stunning display of dexterity, perseverance, and grit, Team Lagos has swept all four gold medals in the boxing competition at the 2024 National Youth Games.
17 Sep
The organisers of Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois are facing a second setback - just two days after Liam Smith withdrew from his undercard bout with Josh Kelly, reports manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
9 Sep
It appears that Anthony Joshua’s camp is already making plans for beyond the Daniel Dubois fight, with rumours of a fight with rival Tyson Fury abounding, reports express.co.uk.
1 Sep
Former BBNaija star and two-time Nigerian high jump champion, Mike Edwards, began his boxing career on a strong note after defeating Jake Cornish in his first boxing fight. The fight went all rounds at the Dublin Arena, but Edwards won by unanimous decision from the judges. Edwards participated in the Misfits Boxing Cruiserweight division, which…
27 Aug
Nojim Maiyegun, the first Nigerian to win an Olympics medal when he got a light middleweight boxing bronze at the Japan 1964 Games, is dead.
25 Aug
Former world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather outmatched John Gotti III, the grandson of the late New York crime boss, in an exhibition fight Saturday that left the Mexico City crowd unimpressed. READ ALSO:Organisers list 48 bouts as Yucateco Boxing League week 2 begins Mayweather, 47, retired from boxing in 2017, unbeaten in…
8 Aug 2024
World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not having a policy to deal with the current controversy over gender eligibility in Olympic boxing, reports insidethegames.biz. “It’s simple: have a policy,” he said.
5 Aug 2024
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Thomas Bach, has defended boxers Imane Khelif of Algeria, and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan amid controversy over their gender, stating that they both met the “clear definition of a woman” and underlined that “we are not going to engage in a politically motivated culture war.”
1 Aug 2024
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's 46-second victory at the Paris Olympics on Thursday sparked a furious row over gender eligibility rules, with Harry Potter author JK Rowling saying the Games were "forever tarnished". Distraught Italian boxer Angela Carini, showing signs of physical pain, shrugged off attempts by Khelif to shake her hand afterwards, collapsing to her…
31 Jul 2024
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has directed the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) to evacuate women’s 60kg boxer, Cynthia Ogunsemilore, from the Games’ Village immediately.
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.