Author: Sunday Ngara
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight inside the squared circle again, but this time in an exhibition match. Pacquiao hinted to the new event during an in-ring statement as a guest of the Rizin Fighting Federation’s New Year’s Eve event in Saitama, Japan, more than eight years after their highly awaited battle in Las Vegas. “I’m sorry for the last time that we promised that I was going to fight this year, like Sakakibara-san (Rizin chief executive officer Nobuyuki Sakakibara) explained,” Pacquiao said in a statement. “[In 2024], I hope to see you in…
LANDOVER, MARYLAND — Christian McCaffrey said that a right-calf strain that injured him late in the third quarter of the 49ers’ 27-10 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday will not jeopardise his postseason availability. “I have no idea what happened. “It was nothing major,” McCaffrey remarked. “I was just having a hard time for a little bit just pushing off, and for precautionary reasons, they said, ‘You’d be better to just rest it.'” McCaffrey will almost certainly sit out the regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Rams and then use the wild-card bye week to rest. “He was moving…
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh simply wanted to dance. Harbaugh had plenty of reasons to be happy after his Ravens defeated the Miami Dolphins 56-19 on Sunday, winning the top seed in the AFC and home-field advantage in the postseason while also virtually claiming the title of greatest club in the NFL. Harbaugh not only joined in on the Ravens’ locker room celebration, which morphed into a dance party, but he utterly dominated the show. Check out the humorous video of Ravens coach John Harbaugh showing off his dance moves to the amusement of his teammates, courtesy of the team’s…
While his former coach Ron Dennis begins the new year with the joy of a knighthood, Lewis Hamilton begins it wondering if he would ever be able to claim the prize he craves the most: an eighth world title to conclude the most illustrious career in Formula One history. The sport’s manufacturers are closed for the holidays. Nothing is known about the relative speed of the teams’ progress over the winter, a mystery that will only be revealed when pre-season testing begins in Bahrain. What is certain is that this is a crucial year for Lewis and Mercedes. He will…
A veteran F1 team boss has commended Fred Vasseur’s attitude to his first year as Scuderia Ferrari’s president. Vasseur took lead Ferrari’s Formula One team in January 2023, succeeding Mattia Binotto, who was fired after a disappointing 2022 season. The former Alfa Romeo/Sauber team head had to take over a squad that had built a reputation for a lack of strategic clarity, and veteran F1 team founder Giancarlo Minardi has appraised Vasseur’s progress over the last year. Giancarlo Minardi: Now comes the good stuff. Minardi was asked to evaluate Vasseur’s first year in command of the Gestione Sportiva in an…
Pep Guardiola has revealed what he told his Manchester City players during halftime of their victory over Sheffield United. City returned to winning ways at the Etihad Stadium yesterday after blowing a 2-0 lead against Crystal Palace in their previous home fixture, which ended in a 2-2 draw. After finishing 2023 with another win and a clean sheet, City manager Pep Guardiola revealed some behind-the-scenes facts regarding what was spoken in the dressing room when his team was 1-0 up over United at the halfway point of yesterday’s encounter. Guardiola gives a halftime team talk to the Manchester City players.…
Collin Sexton scored 22 points and Keyonte George added 21 as the Utah Jazz defeated the Miami Heat 117-109 on Saturday in Salt Lake City. Miami’s four-game winning streak was halted thanks to a big game from Bam Adebayo. He finished with 28 points, 16 rebounds, three assists, three thefts, and three blocks. Tyler Herro finished with 25 points, six rebounds, and six assists. In the fourth quarter, George scored 12 points. The youngster hit a career-high tying five 3-pointers to help the Jazz extend their winning streak to seven games in a row. Former Miami player Kelly Olynyk contributed…
Brock Purdy admitted to aiming for the home run ball down big Christmas night, proving that you can’t win them all. The quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers is coming off his worst game in his young NFL career. Purdy threw four interceptions against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 16, the most by any 49ers quarterback since Colin Kaepernick in 2015. Worse, they occurred before the ten-minute mark of the third quarter. The signal-caller, on the other hand, recognises his errors and accepts the national media’s criticism. Purdy is completely aware of the footage and plans to analyse it as…
Zay Flowers of the Baltimore Ravens missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday but is scheduled to play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. The rookie receiver returned to practice on Friday, but he was limited. Flowers is expected to play, according to Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report, after receiving nine passes for 72 yards and a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers. He was targeted 13 times by quarterback Lamar Jackson, with no other Ravens player receiving more than four attempts. Flowers has the most receiving yards (752), targets (105), and receptions (74) on the team. Mark Andrews, the squad’s…
The Buffalo Bills have activated defensive tackle DaQuan Jones from the injured reserve list after he missed nine games with a torn pectoral muscle that necessitated surgery earlier in the season. “I’m excited, put a lot of work in to get to this point and I’m just happy that my body was able to heal as quickly as it did,” Jones told reporters on Friday. “I’ve had no issues in practice and and I pushed it pretty well in everything I did…. I’m confidence in my ability to play at a high level.” In addition, the Bills have signed OL…