Dricus du Plessis entered South Africa’s history book by becoming the country’s first UFC champion with a split decision victory over American Sean Strickland in their middleweight title fight in Toronto at UFC 297. Du Plessis beat Strickland, who had won the belt from Israel Adesanya in September, 48-47, 48-47, 47-48 for his seventh straight…
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has called for tougher sanctions such as forfeiting games against teams whose fans commit racist abuse It follows incidents which he described as “totally abhorrent” at Udinese and Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. AC Milan’s win at Udinese was briefly suspended after alleged racist abuse from home fans towards Milan goalkeeper Mike…
Top seed Novak Djokovic moved into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a ruthless thrashing of French 20th seed Adrian Mannarino. Djokovic, chasing a record 25th Grand Slam title, claimed a dominant 6-0 6-0 6-3 win in one hour and 44 minutes. The 36-year-old will face 12th seed Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals after the American…
Natasha Jonas retained her IBF welterweight title with a close split-decision win over at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena. Both women enjoyed success in a terrific back-and-forth, all-action encounter, in a result which will divide opinion. The scorecards read 96-94, 96-95 to Jonas, with one judge scoring it 97-93 to Mayer. Perhaps it was home advantage…
Arsenal got their Premier League title challenge back on track by thrashing struggling Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium 5-0 The Gunners’ fight at the top had faltered towards the end of last year as they lost three of their past five Premier League games. But, after heading off to Dubai for a week-long winter break,…
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse rejoined his squad on Saturday after spending a night in hospital in Ivory Coast, where the Lions of Teranga are defending their Africa Cup of Nations title. Senegalese Football Federation president Augustin Senghor said Cisse had suffered from “a small gastric infection” on Thursday that “left him a bit tired”. Despite…
Former Manchester United Player Bebe is using the Africa Cup of Nations to showcase his pedigree as an expert free-kick taker and a talisman for a Cape Verde side who are the surprise package of the tournament so far. On Friday, his incredible dead-ball strike from 40 metres set the Atlantic Ocean island nation on…
Hamza Rafia’s first-half strike gave Tunisia their first point at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations courtesy of a draw against Mali. Mali had gone ahead through Lassine Sinayoko’s goal and are on the brink of reaching the last 16. Kamory Doumbia almost restored the Eagles’ lead six minutes after the break, stabbing a shot…
Tanzania Football Federation has sacked its National team coach Adel Amrouche following an eight-match ban and a $10, 000 fine by the Confederation of Africa Football The Algerian was handed the ban because of his comment after their 3-0 thrashing by Morocco in their first match. In a statement released by the Tanzania Football Federation…
Anglo came out on top by the odd goal in a five goal thriller against Mauritania to close in on a last 16 spot Gelson Dala struck twice as Angola defeated Mauritania 3-2 in an entertaining Africa Cup of Nations clash on Saturday. Dala gave Angola the lead on the half hour in Bouake when…
