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27th June 2024 Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has withdrawn from the Jamaican trials due to an Achilles injury. With this injury, he will not defend her 100m and 200m titles at the Paris Games in August. The Jamaican, who will celebrate her 32nd birthday on Friday, is one of the greatest sprinters of […]

Olympique de Marseille’s pursuit of Leicester’s Wilfred Ndidi, 27, has taken a significant hit, according to a report by La Provence. It had been earlier reported that Marseille had made contact with the Nigerian midfielder who is coming to the end of his contract in England. However, as reported by the Marseille-based outlet, there are

26th June 2024 Oleksandr Usyk has confirmed he will vacate his IBF title just weeks after he became undisputed world heavyweight champion. The Ukrainian, 37, became the first heavyweight to hold the IBF, WBO, WBA and WBC belts when he beat Tyson Fury in a split decision in Saudi Arabia last month. With Usyk now

26th June 2024 Liverpool are preparing to bid £50.7 million for Atalanta star Ademola Lookman as they aim to strengthen their attack this summer, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 26-year-old has revived his career at Atalanta under the guidance of Gian Piero Gasperini, following a period of inconsistency at Everton, Fulham, RB Leipzig, and Leicester

26th June 2024 Nigerian chess queen Deborah Quickpen is awed by her meteoric rise in the game and thrilled to represent the country at the upcoming World Chess Olympiad in Hungary alongside her coach and mentor, Bomo Kigigha. Quickpen, who is currently representing Nigeria in the Girls 12 at the Chess World Cup in Georgia,

France appear almost certain to reach the last 16 at Euro 2024 but they are hoping to have Kylian Mbappe back, and rediscover their goal-scoring touch, when they face Poland in their final group game on Tuesday. One of the leading favourites coming into the tournament, France have four points from two matches in Group

I 24th June 2024 British heavyweight Anthony Joshua says it would not be a “wise decision” for his son to follow in his footsteps and become a professional boxer. The two-time former unified world heavyweight champion told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs he would much prefer if his son, Joseph Joshua, known as JJ,

22nd June 2024 Former WBC cruiserweight champion Toney Bellew has predicted that the bout between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will be over inside two rounds. The potential heavyweight fight is known to be in talks for September 21 at Wembley Stadium as part of the Riyadh Season Card being planned by Saudi boxing chiefs.

21st June 2024 Italian football legend Roberto Baggio has been hospitalised after being attacked by armed robbers who stormed his home. The intruders locked his family up while they watched last night’s Euro 2024 match between Italy and Spain. According to Daily Mail Sports, Baggio, 57, was at his home in Altavilla Vicentina, a small

21st June 2024 Denmark’s male footballers have refused a salary increase for playing for the national side to gain their female counterparts equal basic pay, the players’ union said on Friday. “The men’s team chose not to ask for a salary increase … to improve the conditions of the women’s team,” union spokesperson Magnus Hviid