Author: Nifemi Filani

[ad_1] Chris Padilla overcame a stacked deck at UFC Vegas 91. The debuting lightweight signed up to fight James Llontop on just five days’ notice and went on to score a first-round submission Saturday in Las Vegas. Padilla was a 3-to-1 underdog on most books and he was facing an opponent that missed weight by half a pound. Watch Padilla’s impressive choke-out below. Padilla’s strategy was clear from the start: Match Llontop in the striking and look for openings for takedowns. Sure enough, Padilla managed to use his wrestling to put Padilla on his back multiple times, and his non-stop…

[ad_1] Patrizio Oliva was an outstanding amateur, winning gold at the Olympics in 1980. Later, as a professional, he claimed the WBA junior welterweight title. One of seven children, Oliva was born in Naples, Italy, on January 28, 1959. Boxing was a part of his life from a young age. “Very difficult. I come from poverty,” Oliva told The Ring about his early years. “I started [boxing] at 8 years old because before me, my brother Mario was a boxer and Italian champion and was part of the national team. He was supposed to participate in the 1972 Munich Olympics,…

[ad_1] British sprinter easily defeats top-class 200m field as Megan Keith runs UK under-23 5000m record at same meeting The long trip to China paid off for British duo Daryll Neita and Megan Keith as they posted great early-season results. Competing in Suzhou, just outside Shanghai, on Saturday (April 27) at the second Diamond League of the 2024 season, Neita ran 22.62 (0.2) to beat a field that included world 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States and European 200m gold medallist Mujinga Kambundji of Switzerland. Keith, meanwhile, clocked a 13-second PB of 14:43.24 to finish eighth in a…

[ad_1] Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has suffered a strained Achilles. He’s in a walking boot and may miss Game 4 of the Bucks first round series against the Indiana Pacers. Lillard has been playing through Achilles soreness for several weeks. He re-aggravated the injury in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game. He finished the overtime loss but was spotted limping at several different points. Following the game, Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Lillard had an Achilles injury, but he didn’t know the extent at that time. The Pacers took a 2-1 series lead with the victory on Friday night.…

[ad_1] Joel Piroe and Crysencio Summerville were spotted in a heated argument during Leeds United’s devastating 4-0 defeat on Friday night.Daniel Farke’s side has seen their chances of automatic promotion take an unexpected hit as Ipswich Town now has the opportunity to race past them into second spot.With only one game left to play in the Championship this season, barring some kind of miracle, it looks like Leeds will have to fight through the playoffs to get back up to the Premier League.Many had them favourites to secure a victory against 17th-place QPR but doubt crept in after only eight minutes…

[ad_1] With his immediate fighting future less than clear off the back of his one-sided first round knockout win over Jamahal Hill this month, Alex Pereira has claimed if he had his pick of landing pads next, the Brazilian would fight in his home-from-home at Madison Square Garden at the end of the year at UFC 308. Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion, turned in his first successful defense of his light heavyweight crown at UFC 300 earlier this month, landing a devastating first round knockout win over former champion, Hill in the pair’s grudge fight. And linked with a…

[ad_1] International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says he has “full confidence” in the World Anti-Doping Agency after 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance. [ad_2]

[ad_1] RYAN GARCIA shocked a lot of the boxing world, me included, last Saturday night (April 20). Most thought he’d lose comfortably and maybe even get stopped by Devin Haney going on the pair’s previous performances. It was certainly Garcia’s biggest win of his career and one of his best displays. During the fight Garcia’s power was too much for Haney to deal with. Haney did outbox Garcia for periods, but when caught cleanly he couldn’t take the shots. A big talking point going into the fight was Garcia’s inability to make the championship limit of 140lbs coming in three…

[ad_1] Australia’s Torrie Lewis holds off world 100m champion Sha-Carri Richardson to win a thrilling 200m at the Diamond League in Xiamen. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic has scored 976 points across his six-year playoff career, the third most of all time through 30 postseason games in NBA history. Michael Jordan still leads the list with 1,091 points in 30 playoff games from 1984-85 through 1988-89, followed by Wilt Chamberlain (1,061 points in 30 games from 1959-60 to 1963-64). In Dallas’ 96-93 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2 of its 2023 first-round playoff series, Doncic recorded 32 points, six rebounds, and nine assists in 45 minutes of action. With two games in this series, Luka Dončić has now…