Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua has blasted Deontay Wilder for his flimsy excuses for his sloppy defeat in the hands of Tyson Fury. Wilder was beaten mercilessly by Fury in their rematch in February as he suffered his first professional defeat and The Bronze Bomber (Wilder) came up with several laughable explanations for the loss,…
Belgium defeated England 2-0, the third place in FIFA Russia 2018. England’s World Cup campaign ended in a very disappointing manner as they were beaten by Belgium 2-0 in the third-place play-off in St Petersburg, Saturday yesterday. The Gareth Southgate’s side delivered the Three Lions’ best showing at the tournament since 1990 but finished with…
Google has created a doodle of the late former Nigeria national football team coach, Stephen Keshi, on its opening page on Tuesday to celebrate what he would have been at 56. Google said the doodle was to recognise the legacy of the former coach and captain of the Super Eagles who died on June 7,…
The federal government of Nigeria on Tuesday redeemed the promise to reward D’Tigress for winning the 2017 Afrobasket in Mali. According to Nneka Anibeze, media adviser to Sports Minister Solomon Dalung, each player got N1m while the five coaches got N500,000 each. Dalung said sport in Nigeria was moving to greater heights through the support…
In what many analysts said may be a dress rehearsal for Nigeria’s performance in next year’s World Cup in Russia, the Super Eagles stunned football superpowers Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly played in Russia. The Super Eagles came from behind, 0 – 2, to hand over a memorable defeat to the Messi-less Argentines. Arsenal’s…
The World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, has promised to visit the birthplace of his parents, Sagamu in Ogun State soon. Joshua, whose father and mother hail Sagamu, defended his IBF and WBA titles on Saturday against Cameroonian Carlos Takam at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff. The family of the 28-year-old, World heavyweight boxing champion and the Sagamu…
Ogun State government on Monday said it would facilitate a proposed visit of the World boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, to Nigeria when he is ready. The government said the heavyweight boxer had expressed intention to visit the country and home state, Ogun. This was disclosed by the Secretary to the State government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, while…
Culled from Punch A former Olympic medallist and sports enthusiast, Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo, MON, speaks to BUKOLA BAKARE of Punch on her career, foundation, marriage, and other related matters What are some of the things that keep you busy these days? I currently run the Falilat Ogunkoya Sports Foundation; so, I am quite preoccupied with that.…
Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has commended boxing superstar, Anthony Joshua, for successfully defending his IBF heavyweight title on Saturday. British-born Joshua, whose father is a native of Sagamu in Ogun State, defeated Carlos Takam in the 10th round of their bout at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, UK. Governor Amosun, in a statement by the Commissioner…
The new superstar of British boxing, Nigerian born Anthony Joshua retained his WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at a packed Principality Stadium in Cardiff last night with a tenth round stoppage win over Carlos Takam. A late replacement for the injured Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, Takam had a decent record 35-1 record and he showed remarkable…
