Author: Joan Igbava

Claressa Maria Shields is an American professional boxer, at 17-years-old, Shields became the first US woman to ever win a gold medal in boxing at the 2012 London Olympics, and officially became the youngest Olympic boxing champion since 1924 .  

Seven-year-old Thiago Torres lives and breathes football and he has overcome adversity to put on a Barcelona shirt. A love he has had since he was three years old, staying up to watch Barcelona play, also a burning desire to play football “I would love to meet Messi and one day be like him”.

Sunday’s fixture lived up to the drama that unfolded when Steven Gerrard’s slip allowed in Demba Ba for the opening goal in the dying seconds of the first half, something Liverpool’s full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold recalls vividly as he stood on the Anfield touchline as a ballboy that day.

Nigeria-born New Zealander Adesanya produced a performance to remember as he defeated American Gastelum and capture the interim UFC middleweight title after their thrilling battle went to the scorecards.

Chris Smalling a patron of education charity Football Beyond Borders, which supports disadvantaged young people in the UK, says the impact of losing his father at the age of five and growing up with little money has been a motivating factor.

Goals from Aaron Ramsey and Lucas Torreira put the Gunners in control at home against Napoli.

As proceedings continue at the Tombim Abuja open, Nigeria Number 1, Sylvester Emmanuel, the only Nigerian player who was contesting for a spot in the quarterfinals, retired due to a wrist injury against Zimbabwe’s Benjamin Lock while trailing 0-6, 0-3 in their second-round encounter on Thursday.

Shooting guard Dwyane Wade, one of the NBA’s greatest legends said farewell in the final home appearance in front of Miami Heat’s supporters as the game ended in victory as they beat Philadelphia 76ers 122-99, and various players across the league have written homages including Former US president Barack Obama.

Tara Moore who pulled off the greatest comeback in modern tennis, as she faced a match point while losing 6-0, 5-0 to Jessika Ponchet but managed to come back to win the match at the ITF World Tour event in Sunderland, has said her win is a result of her fighting spirit.

Conor McGregor has revealed on Twitter that he suffered from a broken foot before his loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018, but he did not let that broken foothold him back.