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Former World Boxing Champion Mayweather is dead.

Former world boxing champion, Roger Mayweather, is dead. The 58-year-old uncle and trainer to Floyd Mayweather, passed on after battling with poor health. Floyd Mayweather stated after the news of his death as follows: “My uncle was one of the most important people in my life inside and outside of the ring. “Roger was a great champion and one of …

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Worldwide Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 6500. (See Details)

Coronavirus global death toll reached 6,501 Monday morning, with Italy accounting for 1,809. More than 50 percent of the 3,199 deaths recorded till date in China, where the virus began late in 2019. The number of cases also ballooned, 169,360 in 157 countries in the world. More people have now died of the virus outside of China, than in China …

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FIFA postpones South American World Cup qualifiers over coronavirus

World football governing body FIFA has postponed South American qualifying matches for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. This was after a request from the region’s football federation amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus. FIFA said in a letter to the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), which the federation tweeted, that it would seek to reschedule the 10 matches. They …

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Daniel Sturridge Handed Worldwide Football Ban, Fined £150,0009.(See Why Here)

The former Liverpool striker, Daniel Sturridge, who terminated his contract with Turkish side Trabzonspor earlier on Monday, was handed a two-week ban and a £75,000 fine in July after a regulatory commission ruled that he had provided his brother with “inside information” over a bet regarding his possible transfer to Sevilla. The FA considered the decision to be too lenient …

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World Bank To Decide Nigeria’s Loan Request Tomorrow.

Sources at the World bank’s headquarters in Washington DC, United States of America, revealed that the Executive Board of the bank will determine whether to approve the loan or otherwise. Barring any change of plan, the World Bank will, tomorrow, deliberate on the loan request by Nigeria, said to be slightly above $1 billion. It was gathered that the original …

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World’s Largest Smartphone Trade Fair Cancelled Due To Coronavirus.

The World’s largest smartphone trade fair, “Mobile World Congress (MWC)” annual convention where smartphone makers from around the world come to showcase their products was scheduled to take place in Barcelona on Feb. 24 but was canceled due to fears surrounding the viral coronavirus. In a statement to Bloomberg, CEO of MWC organizer GSMA John Hoffman said that it would …

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