Rags To Riches: Boxing Great Manny Pacquiao Announces Retirement
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is officially hanging up his gloves. The eight-division world champion and Philippines senator on Wednesday announced his retirement from the ring. “As I hang up my boxing gloves, I would like to thank the whole world, especially the Filipino people for supporting Manny Pacquiao. Goodbye boxing,” the 42-year old said in […]
Sierra Leone International Alhassan Kamara Told To ‘Retire or Face Wheelchair’
A knee injury has forced Sierra Leone international Alhassan Kamara into retirement aged just 28, ending his hopes of playing at January’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The striker last played competitive football for IFK Varnamo, who he joined in March, against Brage in the Swedish second tier five months ago. He has been […]
Eddie Hearn: Anthony Joshua Wants A Rematch Following His Defeat To Oleksandr Usyk
Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has said the British boxer ‘will want’ an immediate rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after Joshua lost his world heavyweight titles in an agreed decision. Joshua was outboxed and lost his WBA, IBF, and WBO belts to Usyk at the Tottenham Stadium on Saturday night. AJ could not survive Usyk’s speed, […]
D’Tigress Wins Historic 3rd Consecutive Afrobasket Title
Nigeria’s women basketball team, D’Tigress, have cemented their status as Africa’s top basketball team with a comfortable 70-59 victory over Mali to lift their third successive Women’s Afrobasket title. Ify Ibekwe’s double-double and 15 points from Victoria Macaulay saw D’Tigress complete a hat-trick of FIBA Women’s Afrobasket titles on Sunday in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde. Nantes […]
Oleksandr Usyk Defeats Anthony Joshua To Claim World Heavyweight Title
Oleksandr Usyk is the new WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion of the world after, in a riveting display of skill and nerve, he outpointed Anthony Joshua to win a clear and unanimous decision. His commanding victory was not a shock because the unbeaten Ukrainian is a former undisputed world cruiserweight champion and, before the […]
UFC 266: Volkanovski Routs Ortega, Holds Featherweight Belt
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski held his belt with an uncontested choice of success over Brian Ortega (49-46, 50-45, and 50-44) at UFC 266 in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In what some consider the best fight of 2021, Volkanovski dissected Ortega for the whole of the session, however not without some challenges, The Atletic […]
Brazil Recall Eight Premier League Players For World Cup Qualifiers Despite UK ‘Red List’
Brazil have selected eight Premier League players for October’s World Cup qualifiers despite the country remaining on the UK’s travel red list. Last month most English clubs refused to release players called up by South American countries. Currently anyone travelling to Brazil from the UK must quarantine for 14 days when they arrive in the […]
In Usyk, Joshua Faces Toughest Opponent Of His Career, Victory Would Be His Greatest Yet
There was a mischievous moment this week when Oleksandr Usyk’s entourage found Anthony Joshua’s car and, while laughing, they inscribed in dust the challenger’s name onto the door. An unpleasant surprise for when the champion returned. It was a reminder that beyond the prestige and mutual admiration of this magnificent world heavyweight championship fight there […]
FIFA Calendar Reforms Destructive For Club Game, European Club Association Says
Fifa’s calendar revamp would “lead to a direct and destructive impact on the club game”, says the European Club Association. World football’s governing body has proposed a men’s World Cup every two years as part of an overhauled international match calendar (IMC). The ECA said the planned changes were “in direct and unilateral breach of […]
West Ham Bundle Man United Out Of EFL Cup
West Ham gained revenge for Sunday’s Premier League defeat against Manchester United by knocking their hosts out of the Carabao Cup at Old Trafford. Manuel Lanzini’s ninth-minute effort, his first goal in almost 12 months and only his second since May 2019, proved enough to take David Moyes’ men into the last 16. Not even […]
