Boxing - A COMBAT sport in which two people wearing protective gloves throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring. Mixed martial arts (MMA) - A full-contact COMBAT sport that allows both striking...

Conor McGregor has vowed to knockout undefeated Floyd Mayweather "inside four rounds" of their August 26 mega bout in Las Vegas. The fighters faced off last night for the first time at a press conference in Los Angeles to kick...

At age 37, Venus Williams is still owning her space on center court of the All England club. At a time it seemed she wouldn't even reach the second week, after she broke down in tears during an interview...

*Silverstone declares £7.6m loss which threatens future of formula one’s oldest race *BRDC bosses are set to activate a break clause in their contract this weekend *Pressures mount on Liberty Media to save Silverstone future Formula 1 goes to Northamptonshire this weekend...

In what has become a series of drama in the Basketball Federation, the Tijani Umar led faction of the NBBF have called 22 players to camp. This is in preparation for the 2017 FIBA Women Afrobasket Championship set to...

Britain's Johanna Konta battled to a thrilling three-set victory over 2nd seed Simona Halep to become the first British woman to reach Wimbledon's singles semi-final since Virginia Wade in 1978. 7th seed Konta came back from a set down and two...

15-time major champion and 2nd seed, Rafael Nadal, failed to reach the quarter-finals as he crashes out to an epic 5-set defeat by 16th seed Gilles Muller. The Spaniard's fight back from two set down wasn't enough to stop Luxembourg's...

President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Daniel Igali says preparations for the 2017 World Wrestling Championships which takes place in Paris, France next month, are on track. Igali disclosed that the Wrestlers have started preliminary training in their respective...

As predicted by The Paddock, Valterri Bottas won the 31st edition of the Austrian Grand Prix and extended the constructors’ championship lead for Mercedes. It was a supremely dominant performance by the Mercedes’ driver to claim only his second...

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare ran 10.99 seconds, her first sub-11 seconds 100 meters time in almost 2 years to finish in third place behind Netherlands Dafne Schpipers(10.97) and Elaine Thompson(10.94) of Jamaica at the London IAAF Diamond League meeting on...