Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Cape Town Stadium which was constructed to host the 2020 FIFA World Cup semi-final is set to undergo a major upgrade to host a world title United Fighting Championship (UFC) fight

©- - 07 october 2024 - 12:42:48 - thread (233 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first ever refugee athlete guaranteed to receive an Olympic medal – the colour yet to be determined – following a dominant quarter-final boxing match at the Paris Games on Sunday

©- - 05 august 2024 - 18:52:59 - thread (609 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Erratic judges are to blame for Kenya boxers' below par performance at the recent 2020 Olympics Qualifier in Dakar, Senegal, a technical official said Saturday

©- - 07 march 2020 - 18:03:54 - thread (320 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya registered its first boxer to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics late Wednesday in Dakar, Senegal, when Nick Okoth outpointed Ugandan opponent Isaac Masembe in a featherweight bout at the Africa Zone Olympic Qualifier

©- - 27 february 2020 - 13:56:44 - thread (122 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament to be held from 20-29 February 2020 in Dakar, Senegal, has attracted 221 pugilists, 164 boys and 57 girls from 39 African countries

©- - 18 february 2020 - 16:01:47 - thread (131 words)


Nanyuki, Kenya (PANA) - Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) on Friday named a 13-member national team to the forthcoming Africa Olympic qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal, scheduled for 20-29 February

©- - 14 february 2020 - 10:40:37 - thread (190 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The organizing committee of the boxing Olympics Qualification Tournament (OQT) for Africa for the Tokyo Olympics Games next year was inaugurated here on Friday

©- - 27 december 2019 - 21:23:19 - thread (210 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)  - Tanzania’s Hussein Mwakinyo on Friday night beat Arnel Tinampay of the Philippines on points in an entertaining international no-title bout in Dar es Salaam

©- - 30 november 2019 - 11:44:10 - thread (235 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s upcoming professional boxer, Hassan Mwakinyo, is set to take to the ring on Friday to fight Arnel Tinampay from Philippines in an international non-title bout in Dar es Salaam

©- - 28 november 2019 - 14:56:28 - thread (220 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The International Olympic Committee has officially stripped the International Boxing Association (AIBA) of its Olympic status

©- - 27 june 2019 - 12:35:24 - thread (363 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Five Burundian boxers, held for two weeks in Gabon for an unpaid hotel bill at the end of  Zone III boxing tournament (from 12 to 17 May), are expected in Bujumbura on Thursday after settling the bill, according to the guarantees given by the Burundi’s Ministry of Sports and that of Finance, on public radio on Wednesday

©- - 05 june 2019 - 15:30:39 - thread (269 words)



Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Eleven Burundian officials and boxers are being held back in a hotel in Libreville, Gabon, for an unpaid bill of US$ 4,680, after they participated in the African Zone III men's and women's Championships from 12 to 17 May, reported Burundian state radio, quoting a member of the delegation

©- - 20 may 2019 - 18:39:53 - thread (217 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boxing risks being thrown out of the Olympics unless the sport’s ruling body addresses “grave” concerns regarding its governance, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board said on Wednesday
©- - 04 october 2018 - 14:10:22 - thread (395 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With the National Boxing League now out of the way, Kenya embarks on preparations for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, with next week's trials in Nairobi
©- - 07 december 2017 - 11:03:58 - thread (281 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's local media reports say that boxing hero Prince Amartey, ailing and neglected, is virtually dying on his feet as he waits in yet another promise from the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) to rehabilitate him
©- - 19 july 2017 - 07:32:31 - thread (207 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s prospective world boxing Champion, Isaac Dogbe, says he cannot afford to lose a World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight world title eliminator against Argentine Javier Nicolas Chacon on Saturday because "My dream of becoming a world champion is dependent on this clash with Chacon
©- - 19 july 2017 - 07:24:11 - thread (280 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Bola Tinubu, Nigerian politician and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday failed to show up for the widely-publicised "charity" boxing bout against former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield of the US, designed to mark Lagos State's 50th anniversary celebrations
©- - 27 may 2017 - 05:54:57 - thread (365 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boxers from five African countries are in Nairobi for Saturday's Making a Champion (MAC) series non-title contests
©- - 16 february 2017 - 14:22:50 - thread (312 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three Kenyan boxers - Benson Gicharu, Rayton Okwiri and Peter Mungai - have punched their way into the boxing event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games next month
©- - 11 july 2016 - 13:20:31 - thread (191 words)


New York, US (PANA) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday mourned boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, who died on Friday in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ US, following a respiratory ailment
©- - 04 june 2016 - 16:55:20 - thread (737 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Boxing Muhammad Ali is dead, US media reported on Friday night, quoting family sources
©- - 04 june 2016 - 06:18:31 - thread (143 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Ghana's professional boxer and former world champion Joseph ''King Kong' Agbeko returned to the ring for the first time in over 13 months to defeat Juanito Rubillar by a fourth round Technical Knock Out on Saturday in Texas, US
©- - 31 may 2015 - 23:17:19 - thread (108 words)


Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao hinted on Sunday that he lost his championship fight against American Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night (early Sunday in Africa) due to a shoulder injury he was nursing before the fight in Las Vegas, US
©- - 03 may 2015 - 11:31:16 - thread (377 words)


Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Unbeaten American Floyd 'Money' Mayweather jnr won a 12-round unanimous decision against Filipino Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao on Saturday night (early Sunday in Africa) in the richest fight in boxing history
©- - 03 may 2015 - 06:18:11 - thread (258 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ghana's boxer Osumanu Adama, who is currently preparing in the US for the biggest fight of his life, a title fight against unbeaten Kazakh fighter Gennady Golovkin 1 Feb
©- - 30 december 2013 - 14:08:33 - thread (358 words)


London, UK (PANA) - Edith Ogoke, the last Team Nigeria boxer standing, finally bowed to superior skill Monday when she was outpointed 18-8 by World number two ranked amateur middleweight fighter, Nadezhda Torlopova of Russia, in their quarter final encounter at the London Olympic Games
©- - 06 august 2012 - 17:34:43 - thread (270 words)


London, UK (PANA) - With the two Nigerian male boxers, Muideen Akanji and Lukmon Lawal, eliminated in the early stages of the ongoing Olympic Games in London, Nigeria's medal hope in that event now rests on female middleweight boxer, Edith Ogoke
©- - 04 august 2012 - 18:17:12 - thread (127 words)