I wanted to finish Edwards before KO – Usman At UFC 278, Kamaru Usman lost his welterweight title to Leon Edwards by a last-minute knockout when he was up 3-1. In the fifth round, Englishman Edwards knocked him out with a high kick and prevented him from defending the welterweight title for the sixth time. However, Usman has now explained why such a knockout and defeat occurred, and according to him, it happened because he was chasing the finish. Kamaru told TMZ …
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Gabriel Atones With Winner To Keep Arsenal Perfect Gabriel made amends for a dreadful error by scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory at home to Fulham on Saturday as Arsenal won their fourth straight game to start the Premier League season. Aleksandar Mitrovic punished a mistake by Gabriel to give Fulham a surprise lead on 56 minutes, but Martin Odegaard equalised with a deflected effort just past the hour. Gabriel bundled in after a scramble at a corner with …
Nigeria’s D’Tigers lost to Ivory Coast at the 2022 FIBA World Cup African Qualifiers on Friday night at the 3,500-capacity Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan, and put their qualification hopes for next year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup in question. Friday’s clash was the third between both teams in recent times. D’Tigres lost 66-78 to Ivory Cost after an imposing performance from Vefessa Fofana who led the game in scoring with 25 points while D’Tigres’ Josh Okogie recorded 23 …
Ukraine on Tuesday launched its new football season despite Russia’s ongoing invasion, in an apparent attempt to give a morale boost to the war-ravaged nation. In the first match of the Ukrainian Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk drew 0-0 with Metalist 1925 from Kharkiv at the Olympiysky stadium in Kyiv. In an emotional pre-match ceremony, the players of both teams and the referees entered the pitch wrapped in Ukrainian flags and unfurled a banner that read “We are of the same …
Arsenal and Côte d’Ivoire striker, Nicolas Pepe has joined French Ligue 1 club, OGC Nice on a season-long loan deal. Pepe is the latest Arsenal player to go on loan following in the foot steps of Nuno Tavares, Pablo Mari and Folarin Balogun. The arrival of Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City and the presence of Saka on the wings meant it was always gonna be tough for Pepe to play consistently this season hence the club’s decision to send him …
Tobi Amusan Sets New Commonwealth Record: Tobi Amusan clocked 12.30 seconds to set a new commonwealth record after winning the 100 meters hurdles gold in the United Kingdom. “Honestly, I believe in my abilities but I was not expecting a world record at these championships. “The goal is always just to execute well and get the win. So the world record is a bonus. I knew I had it in me but I could not believe it when I saw …