British Boxer Anthony Joshua and Tyson Furry are expected to meet this summer – in June or July – to determine the division’s first undisputed ruler since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
The fight will likely be held in the Middle East with Saudi Arabia in pole position having hosted Joshua’s rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr in 2019 and being favoured by the Nigerian born Briton.
Manchester City has continued to fire at all cylinders as they equaled Arsenal’s Premier League record after defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 at the Etihad on Tuesday night.
Pep Guardiola’s men extended their winning run to 21 games in all competitions in the win against the Midlands side.
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They broke the deadlock through an own goal by Leander Dendoncker, which means have not trailed for a single minute in any of their last 19 Premier League matches, equalling Arsenal’s record set between December 1998 and May 1999.
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Former Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu has reportedly been arrested by Spanish police for his involvement in the ‘Barcagate’ smear campaign scandal during his time as their club president.
Bartomeu is one of four people to have been arrested so far, with Barcelona’s CEO Oscar Grau and head of legal services Roman Gomez Ponti two of those. Jaume Masferrer, who acted as an adviser to Bartomeu, is the other.
On Monday morning, Spanish police entered Barcelona’s Nou Camp stadium in a search and seize operation. Bartomeu was arrested at home.
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Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich has given his nod to Chelsea’s pursuit of Dortmund’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland as the Blues look to steal a march on their Premier League rivals.
Speculation over Haaland’s future was reignited earlier this month following another exceptional Champions League display for Dortmund, followed up by some stunning Bundesliga goals.
His agent Mino Raiola recently revealed four clubs in England would be able to sign the 20-year-old – with Chelsea expected to be one of them.
The Russian billionaire, who spent more than £200million last summer, has …
The 30-year-old has made 433 appearances for the Red Devils since arriving from Atletico Madrid in 2011 and has remained the club’s first-choice stopper this term despite Dean Henderson’s return from a successful loan spell at Sheffield United.
A recent report claimed that United would allow either Henderson or De Gea to depart this summer as head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not currently comfortable with the situation.
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The Northern States Governors Forum on Friday condemned another attack on Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State where 317 schoolgirls were abducted declaring that enough is enough!.
The governors voiced their displeasure in a statement by the chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong.
Lalong said the ugly trend was no longer unacceptable and that strong measures must be taken to put an end to it before it escalated into a monster that would consume educational pursuit and national aspirations.
Commenting further Lalong said the development, which is coming is coming just as the abduction …
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a late dramatic winner to help Arsenal edge past Benfica into the last 16 of the Europa League.
In a ‘home‘ leg played at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, because of Covid-19 restrictions, Aubameyang opened the scoring to give the Gunners a 2-1 aggregate lead.
Diogo Goncalves leveled for Benfica just before the break with a superb free-kick after Dani Ceballos had needlessly fouled Julian Weigl.
The Spanish midfielder compounded that error after the interval with a poor defensive header that saw Rafa Silva race clear to put the visitors in front.
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is set to commence serious talks over a potential takeover at Arsenal in the nearest future.
Dangote, whose media reputation may have been tainted following his recent personal affairs with his mistresses came public, has made no secret in the past of his desire to buy out Stan Kroenke at Arsenal and become the owner at the Emirates Stadium.
In June 2015, Dangote admitted he was interested in buying Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith’s 15.9% stake in 2011, which were eventually purchased by Stan Kroenke.
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Olivier Giroud was the saviour again for Chelsea as his spectacular overhead kick gave the blues an outstanding victory against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 first leg in Bucharest.
Giroud’s superb goal not only delivered the much-needed win and a vital away goal but it also ensured that Chelsea’s unbeaten run under new manager Thomas Tuchel’s wasn’t tampered with. The win has now put Chelsea in pole position to reach the quarter-finals.
A game played in Romania instead of Spain because of Covid-19 restrictions, Giroud demonstrated athleticism and technique to send an acrobatic effort beyond Atletico keeper …
Former Barcelona striker, Luis Suarez has revealed that the most disappointing aspect of his departure from his former employers was that the club said he was ‘too old’ to perform at the highest level.
Recall that Suarez left Barca for Atletico last September, in a transfer Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi described as ‘crazy’, and since then he has gone a long way to prove to the club that they were hasty in their actions by firing his new team to the top of the La Liga standings.
However, the 34-year-old Uruguayan is happy in his new abode, despite admitting it …
According to various media reports, Osimhen lost consciousness briefly towards the end of the game.
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The Nigeria international was quickly evacuated on a stretcher in the 90th minute after his head hit the ground following a duel with Cristian Romero.
The 22-year-old however regained consciousness during the trip to the hospital.
Osimhen returned to the pitch at the end of January
The Reds are heading into this fixture on a positive note, as they grabbed a crucial triumph against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg.
The reigning champions have been going through a rough patch for quite a while now, and they are well aware of the fact that from now on, they need to be steady enough for the remaining games to ensure their spot
