Anthony Joshua Knocks Out Povetkin To Retain Heavyweight Crown
Anthony Joshua, once again held his own against a formidable challenger, Alexander Povetkin, to retain his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium, London. Povetkin On The Assault The WBA mandatory challenger came at Joshua more prepared than the thousands at Wembley would have thought, handing the champ deadly mid […]
Golden Moments in Sports: Nigeria’s First AYG Volleyball Title
Since the inception of the Africa Youth Games (AYG) in 2003, team Nigeria had not been able to pick the Volleyball Boys title despite their Herculean feats at every edition of the tournament. Nigeria, however, would come close on many occasions; time after time the team saw their efforts struck over the bar — denied […]
Golden Moments In Sports: Rio 2016 Olympics – D’Tigers Defeated Croatia
Who would have thought Africa’s Champions would pull a tournament upset and defeat Croatia to win their first match of the Rio 2016 Olympics, but they did —more-so in grand style. Surprise The Croatians had won two of their previous three games, and to the rest of the world it was only natural that the […]
Cowries Defeat Gosar to Retain Lagos Men’s Rugby League Title
Cowries RFC defeated Gosar RFC over the weekend at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere to retain the Lagos Men’s Rugby league title. Both sides had a rather lacklustre start with both teams fighting hard to get on the front foot. Minutes later, Cowries RFC had the game in their control as team […]
Nigeria’s Unbelievable Triumph over Ivory Coast; Qualify for AFCON Semis
By Arinze Ude Nigeria’s Super Eagles booked their fifth semi-final spot in seven Nations Cup appearances on Sunday when they defied all odds to outplay and outrun their Ivorian counterparts. Keshi’s men went into the game as underdogs against an Ivorian side that has been hailed as the Golden generation of Ivorian football. The Nigerians […]