Day: July 4, 2022

Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya Gets $1.8m For Defeating Jarred Cannonier

ADEOLA YUSUF

The win marks twelfth straight win for the 32 year-old in the middleweight division Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya retained his UFC middleweight title with a win via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) over his challenger, Jarred Cannonier in the UFC 276 bout which took place at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada this morning. The 32-year-old Nigerian was far superior to his opponent and easily retained his middleweight championship after dominating all five rounds. READ ALSO: Why We Moved 2023 Africa Cup of Nations To 2024 – CAF Money Rain As…

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Why We Moved 2023 Africa Cup of Nations To 2024 – CAF

Abibat Babalola

The next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Cote d’Ivoire in 2024, and not 2023, BBC reports Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Patrice Motsepe as saying on Sunday. The tournament was to be hosted in June-July 2023, which is the height of the rainy season in Ivory Coast. “We cannot take the risk,” the South African said in the Moroccan capital Rabat. With the World Cup in Qatar taking place in November and December this year, the decision has been taken to postpone the finals rather than…

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