Tag: Boxers
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Paris 2024: Two Nigerian boxers arrive Olympic village ahead of opening ceremony
Two Nigerian boxers, Cynthia Ogunsemilore and Adams Olaore have arrived Paris, France, for the 2024 Olympic Games which will begin on Friday July, 26.
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Top 5 boxers Nigeria has ever produced
Boxing is one of the most popular sports in the world, featuring 17 weight categories and around 20,000 active professional boxers. It’s a respected sport among Nigerians, and we admit, however painfully, that many of us eagerly anticipated our dear Anthony Joshua to trump Usyk and get his much-needed revenge.
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2 Kenyan boxers granted Tokyo Olympics slots
Kenyan boxers Elizabeth Akinyi and Elly Ochola are the latest entrants to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games, the IOC Boxing Task Force announced on Friday. The Boxing Task Force (BTF) confirmed to National Olympics Committee-Kenya (NOCK) that the two boxers were given a quota place to the Games through the BTF Rankings. Akinyi and Ochola,…
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Man docked for allegedly stealing 2 boxers from ShopRite
A 32-year-old man, Olayinka Adeyemi, who allegedly stole two male boxers’ valued N1,500 from the Alausa branch of ShopRite Supermarkets, on Friday appeared at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendant, also a cleaner, of No.12, Unity Road, Aboru near Ipaja, Lagos State , is being tried for conspiracy, stealing and unlawful possession of…
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Man bags two-year jail term for stealing boxers
A Magistrate Court in Isolo has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Tobechukwu Anyanwu, to two years imprisonment for stealing 34 pieces of boxers. Anyanwu had on Monday, November 25, 2019 stolen 34 pieces of boxers valued N30,600 at the rate of N900 each from Globus Supermarket, Ago-Palace Way, Isolo LCDA and was caught by the security…