Author: Brila

After the switch of opponent, change in tactics, big weight gain and several sessions walking through hordes of fans kissing babies, it is time for Anthony Joshua to strip and fight. Joshua defends his world heavyweight belts against Carlos Takam, who is either the luckiest or the unluckiest man in boxing, in Cardiff on Saturday night in front of 78,000 in a fight increasingly being condemned as a mismatch. Takam took the fight at short notice, is a long way short of peak, but an equal distance from being the sacrificial lamb of some perverted narratives. Takam received a hefty…

Tiger Woods has pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion programme to settle a charge of driving under the influence. The terms of the agreement require Tiger Woods to spend a year on probation and undergo regular drugs tests, according to the Associated Press. In May the star golfer was found passed out in his car in Jupiter, Florida early in the morning and was subsequently arrested. A police report said officers awoke the slumbering Tiger Woods and found him to be “confused” and exhibiting “extremely slow and slurred speech”. At the time Woods was recovering…

Former Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers, Coventry city goal poacher, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has joined the world heavyweight champion in the gym, is he on the verge of dumping the soccer boots for boxing gloves?

Players of protesting Taraba FC and Taraba Queens have alleged that they were assaulted by Policemen during a peaceful protest on Wednesday.

Harry Kane has been ruled out of Tottenham’s match at Manchester United on Saturday with a minor hamstring strain sustained against Liverpool last weekend.

Anthony Joshua will attempt to unify the heavyweight titles and become the undisputed champion of the world in 2018, with promoter Eddie Hearn planning on three contests next year.

Super Eagles B coach Salisu Yusuf has stated that Argentina is a beatable side as the November glamour game against the Nigeria national team approaches. 

Roger Federer breezed past Benoit Paire in Basel to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.

Anthony Joshua has come in lighter and leaner and with “the mindset of a challenger”, ahead of the defense of his two world heavyweight title belts against Carlos Takam in Cardiff on Saturday.