Israel Adesanya on Saturday reclaims his middleweight title from Alex Peirera with a spectacular knockout during the UFC 287 in Miami, Florida.
Peirera had previously beaten Adesanya three times, which makes this victory revenge.
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The FIFA global ranking for February has slipped Nigeria to 36th position dropping the team by one point as they formerly held the 35th position.
In the African ranking, the Super Eagles ranks the fifth best country as Senegal retains the No.1 spot,...
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MERTENS, SABALENKA SECOND-SEEDED WIN WOMEN’S DOUBLE TITLE IN THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN – MARY ABAZUO REPORTS
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Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka, second-seed, defeated Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to win their second Grand Slam trophy as a team at the Australian Open.
The 22-year-old Sabalenka who intends to focus more on the singles dominated winning the duo 6-2, 6-3.
Nigeria's boxers have expressed their acerbating towards their elusive attempt in partaking in the 2021 World Olympics Boxing Qualifying Tournament in June in Paris which was cancelled due to COVID-19 worries.
The Worldwide boxers are to compete for 52 places in the Tokyo...
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OKAGBARE RECOGNIZED BY GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD, BEATS USAIN BOLT’S RECORD – By Mary Abazuo
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Guinness Book of World Records has recognised Nigerian athlete to attend the Athletics Diamonds Meetings 67 times.
The athlete on Wednesday shared her news on her verified Instagram account."A dream made a reality through God's grace and determination", she wrote"Look what finally came...
The 20th National Sports Festival has again been postponed to April 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic and the lack of funds needed for the event.The postponement of the festival which was planned to hold from February 14 to 28 in Benin, Edo State was decided at...
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LAPORTA: I WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP MESSI IN BARCA, HE GENERATES A THIRD OF BARCA’S FUNDS – By Mary Abazuo
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Former Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, in an interview with "RAC 1" last weekend noted that he will do everything to retain Lionel Messi as he spawns one-third of Barca's income.
Joan Laporta, who is seeking to regain his presidency post has noted that...
Chelsea Football Club today sacked Frank Lampard after a run of activities, leaving them decimated.In a statement released by the club, their decision was very difficult but was what the club presently needed.
"We are grateful to Frank for what he achieved in...
Liverpool FC
had remained undefeated in its first 27 league games until yesterday when
Watford stopped its unbeaten record. It won 26 and drew one. This defeat has
stopped their goal of breaking Arsenal’s 49 unbeaten record in the history of
the Premiership.
The feat for
Watford...
An engrossing Champions League group stage comes to a
conclusion this week, with all of Europe’s biggest sides in action.
While half of the Round of 16 teams have already
booked their places in the knockout stages, eight of the spots in the next
round are still...