Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles says “there is no room for racism in any sport” after a video went viral on social media of a black girl not being given a medal at an Irish gymnastics event ceremony. The incident occurred at a GymSTART event in Dublin in March 2022 when a line of children were awarded medals but the black girl did not receive one. However, a video of the incident has emerged in recent days …
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Undefeated Heavyweight boxing champion, Tyson Fury has announced the birth of his 7th child with his wife, Paris Fury. The pair welcomed their 7th child, a boy, on Monday, September 18. The baby joins six siblings, Venezuela, 14, Prince John James 10, Prince Tyson Fury II, five, Valencia Amber, four, Prince Adonis Amaziah, three, and one-year-old Athena. Boxing icon, Tyson 35, and his wife of 15 years, Paris, 33, say the baby arrived at 2.29am weighing 6lb 13oz. He …
Tosin Amusan is a wonder to behold on the tracks. She dashes like lightning, dusting her peers and wiping past records like tabular rasa. Her appearance in any competition almost always means that the other competitors are destined to watch her back as she sprints to the finish line to breast the champion’s tape. Amusan, the World, Commonwealth and African Champion in the 100m hurdles doubles as a brand ambassador for Globacom. She is the star of a new television …
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 …
Oleksandr Usyk is the new heavyweight world champion after securing victory over Anthony Joshua in London, United Kingdom on Saturday night, September 25. The undefeated Ukrainian upset the odds that were largely in Joshua’s favour and has now taken Joshua’s IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles having conquered the the cruiserweight division. Usyk was handed the win after beating Joshua with a tactically planned out game plan that took Joshua by surprise. The three judges scored …
British pole dancing champion, Jess Leanne Norris has died suddenly at the age of 27 after posting that she was finding the Coronavirus lockdown ‘so hard’. Norris, from Bolton in Lancashire, was a two-time winner of Miss Pole Dance UK. The details of how Ms. Norris died have not been revealed, but last year she launched a fundraising drive in aid of mental health charities. The news of her death comes two months after she shared an emotional …