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Israel Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz start the fight off by trying to identify what kind of range they could compete at and maintained calm.
Israel Adesanya moved up in weight from the middleweight category to light heavyweight for the fight against Jan Blachowicz.
The ‘Last Stylebender’ in a very calm mood walked into the octagon to a piece of slow music but there will be nothing slow about the first round.
Lightweight champion Blachowich is in black shorts.
Adesanya is about four pounds lesser than the championship weight.
In the other main cards, Amanda Nunes defeated Meagan Anderson while Jamaican Aljamain Sterling won the UFC bantamweight from Petr Yan.
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Athletes top priority for COVID-19 vaccine – NOC
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Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Olabanji Oladapo, says Nigerian athletes who have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be given special consideration when the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine begins.
The Olympics, which was pushed back by a year due to the outbreak of COVID-19, will begin on July 23, though there are growing concerns it might be canceled again due to the pandemic.
Nigeria on Tuesday received the first batch of 3.94m doses of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India.
On Monday, Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, while modalities were in place on the distribution of the vaccines.
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Several Nigerian players continued their scoring form over the weekend, while others watched as their teams fumbled across the European leagues.
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Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho both played 90 minutes for Leicester City but could only watch as Arsenal came from behind to grab a deserved 3-1 win over the UEFA Champions League hopefuls in the English Premier League on Sunday. The Foxes had gone ahead early in the encounter but the ruthless Gunners grabbed the maximum points at the King Power Stadium.
VAR adjudged Ndidi had blocked Nicolas Pepe’s shot in the box with an outstretched arm and handed the Gunners a penalty, which Alexandre Lacazette converted for the visitors second goal of the match.
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Bayelsa Queens’ Juliet Sunday is confident they can win the 2020/21 Nigeria Women’s Football League.
The Gloryland Girls are currently top of the women’s league, a point ahead of perennial winners Rivers Angels, after six league games and are billed to face Abia Angels in a match-day seven fixture on Wednesday (today).
Bayelsa have recorded the best league record this season winning five games with just one loss, while second-place Rivers Angels are the only team in the league yet to taste defeat, with four wins and two draws.
However, Sunday is confident that with the quality in the team, their chances of winning the NWFL are high.