An attempt by the Nigeria-born Isreal Adesanya to become a double champion in the UFC became futile on early Sunday morning. Jan Blachowicz beat the recently undefeated Adesanya by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45, 49-45) to retain his light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 259. Adesanya, who is the UFC middleweight champion, was attempting to become just the fifth fighter in the history of the championship to win the title back-to-back. The loss...

ABAKALIKI — The Ebonyi Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, Charles Akpuenika has hailed Gov. David Umahi’s pronouncement on the eventual formation of the state’s new football teams. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Umahi while declaring open the on-going state’s #EndSARS youth summit, announced that the process of forming both male and female teams would begin from the end of March 2021. Akpuenika in an interview with NAN on Saturday in Abakaliki,...