Undisputed boxing world champion Claressa Shields secured her second victory in MMA after a split decision win over Kelsey De Santis in Riyadh. The fight made history as the first professional MMA bout in Saudi Arabia featuring two women. Shields, a three-weight world champion in boxing, was visibly emotionally when she was confirmed the winner….
Renan Ferreira stopped a Bellator clean sweep over PFL’s best fighters by beating Ryan Bader in the champion v champion event in Saudi Arabia. Bellator were 5-0 ahead on a largely one-sided main card before heavyweight Ferreira’s crushing right hand floored his rival champion inside 21 seconds. Ferreira’s win means he is likely to fight Francis…
Chelsea Manager Mauricio Pochettino has asked the club’s fans not to judge him on “winning titles” His comments come ahead if the final of the Carabao cup, as the Blues target their first domestic trophy for six years. Chelsea’s last domestic silverware was the 2018 FA Cup, although they have since won four international honours….
China’s Zhang Anda defeated Englishman Mark Selby to qualify for the final of the Players Championship. He withstood a comeback from Mark Selby to win 6-5 and set up a final against Mark Allen. Zhang opened with a 129 break and added others of 80, 69 and 84 to take a 4-0 lead in Telford.Selby…
England’s Harry Kane says Bayern Munich “will never give up” after scoring a stoppage-time winner against RB Leipzig to get the German giants back to winning ways. Kane placed in a brilliant strike late on after also opening the scoring with a left-footed finish, before Benjamin Sesko scored for Leipzig. The win was their first…
Donald Trump is one step closer to the Republican presidential nomination after a massive win over Nikki Haley in South Carolina. The former president won his primary opponent’s home state by a 20-point margin, his fourth consecutive victory. Mr Trump made no mention of his rival as he celebrated, setting his sights instead on the…
Patience Key on Saturday emerged Governorship candidate of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, after winning the party’s primary election Key was adopted by the party members and delegates in the primary election that took place at the PRP secretariat in Benin, and witnessed by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In her acceptance speech,…
Fresh crisis has hit the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the election of the party’s candidate for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Dennis Idahosa, the first runner-up in the just concluded primary election, has rejected the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the party’s gubernatorial candidate. Other governorship aspirants which include…
The Federal Government has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will visit Qatar on March 2 and 3, 2024. This was contained in a statement by spokesperson of Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Francisca Omayuli She, however, kept mum on whether Qatar declined a meeting with President Tinubu. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms the forthcoming…
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress to shelve their proposed nationwide protest. On February 16, the NLC announced a nationwide protest scheduled for February 27 and 28, in response to the economic challenges facing the country. This decision followed the conclusion of a 14-day ultimatum issued to…
