With the 2024 coming to a close after unprecedented levels of sporting action and excellence, Afrosport nominates its Male Athlete of the Year from the Nigerian, African and global category. Nigerian: Ademola Lookman The 2023-24 season was written in the stars for Lookman after he helped Atalanta win their first European title by scoring a first half hat-trick against a Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League...
Lovers of boxing were served with some of the biggest fights in the sport with amazing bouts in 2024. Some of the noteworthy moments include undisputed bouts in both the heavyweight and light-heavyweight categories, an exhibition fight between an MMA star and a two-time heavyweight champion, as well as an all-British affair at Wembley. With an array of impeccable fights on display this year, Afrosport takes...
The 2024 sport calendar year offered so many unbelievable moments that made it a truly remarkable and memorable one. It would be almost impossible to list everything as it might not be exhausted so Afrosport ranks the top 10 sporting moments of the year. 1.) Tebogo wins Africa's Olympic spring gold Letsile Tebogo was no doubt a fast sprinter but coming up again Noah Lyles at the...
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision on Saturday to retain his unified heavyweight world titles in their rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Usyk, who handed Fury his first career defeat after a split decision in May, outscored the Brit once again inside the Kingdom Arena to retain his WBA (Super), WBC, and WBO heavyweight titles. All three judges scored the fight 116-112...
The much-talked about all-British IBF heavyweight world title bout between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois at London’s Wembley Stadium ended with the latter retaining his title with a knockout victory on Saturday. Dubois, 27, dropped Joshua multiple times but the most potent one came in the fifth round, which ended the fight as he roared to victory in front of 96,000 cheering fans at the iconic...
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