Blessing Oborududu: Meet Nigeria’s first wrestler to win silver in Olympics

Blessing Oborududu won Olympic Games’ silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg, the first won by a Nigerian wrestler in history. The 32-year-old won the Tokyo 2020 silver medal on Tuesday in her third appearance at the Olympics since 2012 in London. Oborududu is a 10-time African champion Oborududu announced herself to the wrestling world in 2007 when she was …

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European Football Records £3.4bn Revenue Fall 

European football is “beginning to see the scale” of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic after a £3.4bn fall in revenue in 2019-20, according to finance company Deloitte. Overall revenue fell to £22.1bn, with most European leagues halting in March 2020 before resuming without fans. It is the first reduction since the global financial crisis of 2008-09. Deloitte’s Dan …

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Jose Mourinho defends Premier League record

Jose Mourinho has defended his recent record in the Premier League by claiming what is considered “a disaster for me” other coaches “never achieve”. The 58-year-old was sacked by Tottenham last season after he took the club to the League Cup final. On Thursday he spoke at a news conference to mark the start of his role as head coach …

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Cristiano Ronaldo tops Instagram rich list for first time

Cristiano Ronaldo has topped Instagram’s rich list as the celebrity thought to be able to charge more than anyone else for a sponsored post. The Juventus forward can charge advertisers $1.6m (£1.2m) per post on his account, according to social media marketing firm Hopper HQ. Former Real Madrid star Ronaldo knocked wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson off the top spot. …

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England End 55-year Wait for Knockout Win Over Germany

England struck twice late on to end a 55-year wait for a knockout tie victory over Germany amid scenes of huge tension and elation at Wembley to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals. Gareth Southgate’s side battled hard to earn the statement victory that has so often eluded England, and it was their talisman of this tournament, Raheem Sterling, who made …

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Alexander Povetkin: Former world heavyweight champion retires

Former world heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin says he is retiring from boxing because he needs time to fully recover from coronavirus. “I’m no longer young. I have decided to end my career,” said the Russian, 41. Povetkin was WBC interim heavyweight champion until he was stopped by Briton Dillian Whyte in a rematch in March. It was the third defeat of …

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Christian Eriksen: Denmark midfielder suffered cardiac arrest, says team doctor

Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest when he collapsed in Denmark’s Euro 2020 match against Finland, said Danish team doctor Morten Boesen. Earlier, officials said the midfielder was stable in hospital and had sent his greetings to his national team-mates. Eriksen collapsed shortly before half-time in Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland on Saturday. “He was gone. We did …

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Israel Adesanya beats Marvin Vettori to retain middleweight title

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya cruised to victory over Marvin Vettori as he retained his undisputed 185-pound title in the main event of UFC 263 in Glendale, Arizona. The pair had previously met, when Adesanya claimed a split-decision victory over Vettori in April 2018 in the Nigerian-born Kiwi’s second UFC bout. But in Saturday night’s rematch Adesanya, 31, showed his …

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Lukaku Scores Brace, Pays Tribute to Eriksen

Romelu Lukaku paid tribute to his Inter Milan team-mate Christian Eriksen after scoring against Russia to help world number one side Belgium start Euro 2020 with a win. Denmark midfielder Eriksen collapsed on the pitch earlier on Saturday in the Group B game with Finland and received emergency treatment on the field. There was some doubt as to whether Belgium’s …

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