Juan Manuel Marquez unanimously defended his WBC Super featherweight title against Rocky Juarez. The champion out boxed the small and slow Juarez in their 12 round fights. Marquez showed his true form against Juarez who looked lethargic in every round as shown by the judges score cards. The Mexican fighter who promised to defeat the […]
Arsenal Vs Manchester (Clash of the Titans)
The Clash of the Titans: At about 12: 45pm Nigeria Time, Arsenal FC and Manchester Utd will go head-to-head at the Emirates Stadium with the country eager to see how the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Eboue and Emmanuel Adebayor measure up to Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani, in what promises to be an […]
Unstopable and indomitable Gunners
William Gallas insists that Arsenal’s title rivals will be "afraid" of them after their dominant display at Anfield. The Gunners captain believes his team proved that they are genuine title challengers after coming from an early goal behind to draw 1-1 against Liverpool. Although the draw ends Arsenal’s 12-match winning streak, it helped them regain […]
The last of the Mexicans
Juan Manuel Marquez will be facing Rocky Juarez this coming November 3, 2007. The fight is a must win for Marquez because he is after the million dollar marketability of flamboyant Filipino boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. The WBC Super-featherweight champion Marquez is “up on his ears” and the focus is on his opponent comes fight […]
A Nigerian Boxer Rules The World
Nigeria’s Samuel Okon Peter has made history as the first Nigerian and African to become the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, though on interim capacity and defend it. He became an interim World Heavyweight champion following the aborted fight between him and the Russian title holder, Oleg Maskaev, owing to Oleg’s injury claims. The Akwa-Ibom State […]
Shyam Benegal’s Manthan — An Elegy to Cooperatives
When Shyam Benegal was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke award recently, my mind went back to one of the first films of Shyam Benegal’s that I had seen – Manthan. It was probably also the first so called Art Film that I had seen and possibly the only film ever to be sponsored by Indian […]