Author: Nifemi Filani

[ad_1] UFC featherweight William Gomis had a scary weigh-in ahead of his UFC 301 fight against Jean Silva. On Friday morning in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the official weigh-ins were taking place and Gomis went up to the scale with his clothes on. He was struggling to get to the scale as he was walking very slowly and had to be helped off the scale. William Gomis wobbles to scale in hard-to-watch weigh-in However, to add to the uniqueness of it, Gomis weighed in at 143lbs, three pounds under the 146lbs limit for his featherweight scrap. After his weigh-in, the…

[ad_1] Kiera is presented with an AIPS recognition trophy by Emmanuel Fantaneanu, AIPS Executive Committee Special Olympics’ Kiera Byland was a highlight speaker at the International Sports Press Association’s Global Congress gathering taking place in Barcelona, Spain this week.Byland delivered a powerful address at the event which celebrated 100 years of the global sports media body. Challenging the 400 international sports journalists to overhaul their thinking when it came to inclusion in sport, Byland said it was time to introduce inclusive practices into the day to day running of media organizations.“100 years ago, people like me with intellectual and developmental…

[ad_1] by Francisco Salazar |  A lot is on the line tonight in a crossroads fight between junior lightweights. Former world title challenger Edward Vazquez will face Daniel Bailey at the Red Owl Boxing Arena in Houston, Texas. The eight-round bout will headline the BoxFest IX card that will stream live on DAZN (9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT). At Thursday’s weigh-in, Vazquez weighed in at the junior lightweight limit of 130 pounds. Bailey came in at 129.8 pounds. The winner of tonight’s Vazquez-Bailey fight could be in line to face other contenders in a very talent-rich weight class on bigger…

[ad_1] We’re at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Sharp has just finished sixth in the 800m final. She’s disappointed that she’s not won a medal, but she’s just run her fastest-ever race, so it’s complicated. Plus, her grandad is dying at home, so it’s emotional, too.The final is won by Semenya with Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi taking silver and Margaret Wambui of Kenya winning bronze. All three medallists were athletes with certain disorders of sexual development (DSD). Under the rules as they exist now, none of them would have been allowed to race.For Sharp, the problems started when she had…

[ad_1] The Los Angeles Clippers ruled out Kawhi Leonard for Game 6 against the Dallas Mavericks in their Western Conference first-round playoff series. The Clippers face elimination trailing 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Leonard scored 45 points in Game 6 in Dallas in the franchise’s 2021 first-round series. Los Angeles went on to win Game 7 at home over Dallas to advance to the second round. The six-time All-Star will miss his third straight game since playing limited minutes in Game 3 because of inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee. Kawhi Leonard is OUT for Game 6 tomorrow vs the…

[ad_1] With seven games to go, the Premier League title race is as close as it can get. Arsenal are on top but just on goal difference against Liverpool with Manchester City just a point behind. After losing out on the title, Arsenal are determined to end their two-decade trophy drought. The Gunners have managed to build a squad that has challenged for trophies on multiple fronts. The majority of the plaudits have gone on to the team’s attackers, such as Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Ødegaard and Leandro Trossard. However, the team’s defence has been as good,…

[ad_1] Official weigh-ins for UFC 301 take place Friday, and you can get all the results here. The weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Rio de Janeiro. The nearby Farmasi Arena hosts Saturday’s event (pay-per-view/ESPN/ESPN+). Among those weighing in are flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (27-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) and challenger Steve Erceg (12-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who meet in the main event. It’s official! Champion Alexandre Pantoja and challenger Steve Erceg have made weight for the #UFC301 main event title fight. Full results ➡️ https://t.co/98S650x0VC pic.twitter.com/RNCSsFOmlM — MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) May 3, 2024 The full UFC 301 weigh-in results…

[ad_1] SIX years ago, Boxing News ran a cover dominated by an image of a topless Saul “Canelo” Alvarez accompanied by the coverline “Lawless”, which essentially teased an in-depth investigation into the Mexican’s two failed performance-enhancing drug tests ahead of a planned fight against Gennady Golovkin on May 5, 2018. Fast-forward to today, meanwhile, and Alvarez finds himself again gracing the cover of Boxing News, only this time his behaviour – that is, his career – is celebrated as the coverline reads: “Far From Finished.” Indeed. Six years, you might argue, is a long time, and maybe by now it’s…

[ad_1] On the eve of the Bannister Miles event, one of Sir Roger Bannister’s children proudly talks about the great man’s legacy With the Bannister Miles event set to unfold on Monday, what would Sir Roger Bannister himself think of the modern athletics scene with its advances in technology together with the fact British men – Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman – have won the last two world 1500m titles? There are surely few people better to ask than Thurstan Bannister – one of Sir Roger’s four children and part of the organising team for the Bannister Miles meeting. “I…

[ad_1] The Detroit Pistons are considering former New York Knicks general manager Scott Perry for their President of Basketball Operations role, sources told Ian Begley of SNY. Perry, a Detroit native, worked in the Pistons’ front office under Joe Dumars during the team’s 2004 title season. The Pistons are also interested in Tim Connelly, Dennis Lindsey, and JJ Redick.  [ad_2]