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Cristiano Ronaldo makes $123m move to Juventus
Five-time World Player of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Italian champions, Juventus, in a deal worth $123m, according to media reports. Spanish football giants Real Madrid confirmed the sale of the Portuguese forward to the Italian Serie A side in one of the most spectacular transfers in the…
Read More »Aiteo commends Super Eagles performance at Russia 2018
Aiteo Group, the Official Optimum Partner of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), has given a thumb up to the players and officials of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the efforts put into their performances at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Aiteo who gave the commendation in a…
Read More »Atlantic Hall flags-off 2.5b naira ultra-modern sports complex construction
Atlantic Hall has commenced the construction of the biggest sports complex in any school in Nigeria with the aim of promoting grassroots sports and early talent discovery. The institution, which is one of the leading co-educational secondary schools in Nigeria kicked off the construction with a tree planting exercise at…
Read More »Boxer gets posthumous pardon more than 100 years after
First black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, has been granted a posthumous pardon more than 100 years after. President Donald Trump said the pardon was necessary after many feel Johnson’s case was a racially motivated injustice. Trump was joined by boxer Lennox Lewis and actor Sylvester Stallone as he announced the…
Read More »Willie Monroe eyes Saunders payback for loss
Former two-time world title challenger Willie Monroe Jr. (22-3, 6 KOs) says he’s gunning for a rematch with WBO middleweight champion after his 12 round unanimous decision loss to him last year in September in a fight that took place in London, UK. Monroe, 31, says he didn’t like the…
Read More »Anthony Joshua eyes fourth world title, calls Wilder to step up
IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) has set his eyes on the WBC heavyweight title currently held by Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). Joshua, unified the WBO crown with his IBF/WBA heavyweight titles last Saturday, at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, after defeated former champion, Joseph…
Read More »Povetkin floors David Price in fifth-round knockout
David Price missed out on a major upset as he was knocked out by former world WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin at the Principality Stadium. The Liverpool fighter, 34, was knocked out in the fifth round by the Russian – who has twice failed drug tests. Povetkin, 38, floored him…
Read More »Whyte stops Browne, calls out Wilder
Dillian Whyte took care of business in his path to a world title shot in sending Lucas Browne down to a crushing defeat on Saturday night at the O2 Arena. Whyte landed a left hook with everything on it that flattened the 38-year-old Browne (25-1, 22 KOs). The WBC didn’t…
Read More »Dillian Whyte to lace gloves against Lucas Browne on Mar. 24
Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (22-1, 16 KOs) will be taking a risky fight next Saturday night against former WBA World heavyweight champion Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne (25-0, 22 KOs) on the 24th of March at the O2 Arena in London, England. This fight could make or break the 29-year-old…
Read More »Joshua keeps mum on Wilder fight, focuses on Parker
IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says WBC champion Deontay Wilder is welcome to attend his March 31 fight against WBO champion Joseph Parker, but he’s not all that interested in hyping their fight afterwards. Joshua sees it as a waste of time to begin getting boxing fans interested in his…
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