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Joshua Vs Ngannou, Who Wins?

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2024

By Kunle Awosiyan Undoubtedly, Anthony Joshua is winning the fight against Francis Ngannou in Riyadh in March. This bout is strictly about the purse, which will not in any way remove the spectacle, size and class of names that will attend the show. Riyadh is the new boxing theatre. The

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AFCON: Watching Eagles With Blind Eyes

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2024

By Kunle Awosiyan. That Supersports will not broadcast African Cup of Nation, AFCON 2023 to be hosted by Ivory Coast, speaks volumes of how low football business has sunk in Africa. It is a news I received with mixed feelings with the fact that it will save me the emotion of following the Super Eagles […]

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Joshua’s Prayers: IBF or Undisputed?

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2023

By Kunle Awosiyan Anthony Joshua may fight for belt next year and win to become three-time heavyweight champion of the world. No matter the outcome of the undisputed contest between his compatriot, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, there will be a vacant IBF belt Joshua can fight for. The British-Nigerian former unified champion has done […]

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Tinubu salutes excellence of Nigerian women as he hosts Super Falcon star Asisat Oshoala

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2023

President Bola Tinubu and the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, hosted Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons striker and 2023 CAF Women’s Player of the Year, in Lagos, on Thursday. President Tinubu and the First Lady had congratulated the Barcelona Femeni star on winning the best African female footballer of the year for the sixth time. The […]

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How Day of Reckoning Favoured Joshua, Dubois, Parker

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2023

By Kunle Awosiyan I once wrote that Saudi Arabia is fast becoming the new boxing theatre and it proved it on December 23 with some great fights. Tagged the Day of Reckoning, three of the night’s fights ended spectacularly with the British pugilists, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois rekindling the image of the game. This […]

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Nigerian footballers shine at 2023 CAF football awards

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2023

Nigerian footballers in both male categories outshined others at this year’s CAF football awards (see full list) 2023 Men’s Player of the Year – Victor Osimhen (Nigeria)2023 Women’s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)2023 Men’s Coach of the Year – Walid Regragui (Morocco)2023 Women’s Coach of the Year – Desiree Ellis (South