Tyson Fury gave Anthony Joshua some schooling on how to deal with underdogs as he made light work of Tom Schwarz with a second round TKO victory at the MGM Arena, Las Vegas.
Nigeria don fall yakata three places go 45th position for the latest rankings wey the International Federation of Association Football (Fifa) bin release.
Dis announcement shock many people as the Super Eagles bin move up go four places for the rankings for April.
Super Eagles don play friend friend gbege against Zimbabwe as part of their preparation for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)but e end for goalless draw for inside Asaba.
The Super Eagles dey among the African teams wey drop very low for the latest rankings, dem join Guinea, DR Congo, Lesotho and Seychelles as the African teams wey get the biggest drop for the standings.
Even with the drop dem still remain the third best team for Africa behind Senegal wey be number one for Africa and 22 for world and Tunisia wey be 2nd for world and 25 for world.
Morocco na 47, DR Congo 49, Ghana 50, Cameroon 51, Egypt 58, Burkina Faso 59 and Mali 62 come make up the other top 10 teams for the continent.
The next Fifa ranking go come out for July 25 and Nigeria go dey hope to improve ontop the rankings with their performance for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Nigeria dey Group B of the tournament with Guinea, Burundi and Madagascar.
Scotland dey face big task to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup as dem lose their second 2-1 game give Japan dis Friday.
Tori say Real Madrid don kolobi Japanese teenager Takefusa Kubo as dem describe am as one of the most promising ogbonge young players for world.
The Japanese midfielder go join Real Madrid Castilla wey be the club reserve team.
Kubo wey be 18 years dey international duty with Japan for the Copa America and e make im international debut on June 9 against El Salvador.E don play 13 times for FC Tokyo for 2019, kolobing four goals.
Aproko from Spain say Madrid go pay Japanese top-flight side FC Tokyo 2m euros (£1.78m) for the smallie player.Kubo bin dey Barcelona book from the ages of nine go reach 13 but return home when dem find the Spanish club guility of youth transfer breaches, come collect akpako transfer ban.
Accoding to yarn wey dey, Madrid bin offer the small boy five-year contract wey dey worth 1m euros (£890,000) a year.
Dem say Kubo na attacking midfielder wey get excellent technique and great vision for the game”.
Organisers tok say dem don invite Caster Semenya to come run for the 800m for Sunday Diamond League Meeting for Rabat.
D’Tigers and Portland Trail Blazers player Al-Farouq Aminu believes that FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 will be anything but an uncharted territory for Nigeria.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has sent invites to athletes and coaches for its National Open Trials for the 12th All African Games scheduled to take place in Rabat, Morocco this year.
The trials would take place at the Mainbowl of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja from June 24th to 27th.
In a letter signed by the Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Elijah Adamu to States, Clubs, Institutions, the Military, and Para-Military, it read: “You are to forward entries of your eligible athletes to ngr@mf.iaaf.org or reach out to the Athletics body on or before midnight of 21st June, 2019.
“Payment of affiliation fees for 2019 is one of the conditions for participation in this National Open Trials. Therefore all interested are advised to settle all outstanding arrears.”
Meanwhile, Making of Champions Track Club will be organising its second edition of the MOC Grand Prix at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos this weekend.
More than 200 athletes have already indicated their interest to compete at the Grand Prix, which will feature 28 Track and Field events.
Nigerian athletes are expected to use this competition as an opportunity to qualify for the forthcoming African Games and even the World Championships in Doha.
The likes of Enoch Adegoke, Queen Obisesan, Orukpe Erayokan and Emmanuel Arowolo have already registered for the competition.
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