IBF and Ring cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia will fight replacement opponent #10 IBF-ranked David Nyika on January 8th in a Matchroom-promoted card at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, in Broadbeach. Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that Nyika will be Opetaia’s opponent. The 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Nyika (10-0, 9 KOs) will replace #1 IBF Huseyin Cinkara…
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This week, Yang Tengbo was identified as the 50-year-old Chinese businessman and alleged spy banned from the UK. It has triggered questions on an issue multiple UK governments have grappled with – the UK’s relationship with China. As the UK’s chancellor prepares to visit China in the new year, the BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins,…
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Karwai Tang/WireImage; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Matty Healy is not impressed with what Azealia Banks has to say about one of his friends. In December 2024, The 1975 frontman found himself defending Charli XCX after Banks criticized her appearance. “Charli used to be soooo pretty. Ugh,” the rapper wrote via X on December 3 alongside a…
Looks like boxing’s funeral can wait! Netflix hosted not one but two high-profile brawls on November 15, headlined by Jake Paul vs. the legendary Mike Tyson and co-headlined by Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor. The result? A whopping 1.43 million new subscribers, according to data firm Antenna. That little number (or big, depending on your…
Steve Mensch Paras Griffin/Getty Images Steve Mensch, who was the president and manager of general operations for Tyler Perry Studios, died in a plane crash on Friday, December 6. He was 62. “We are incredibly saddened by the passing of our dear friend, Steve Mensch,” a spokesperson for Tyler Perry Studios told NBC News in…
BBC It was a defining moment of the fall of the Syrian regime – rebels freeing inmates from the country’s most notorious prison. A week on, four men speak to the BBC about the elation of their release, and the years of horror that preceded it. Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture The prisoners…
Nick Ball Will defend his WBA featherweight title against the recently knocked-out non-contender TJ Doheny on March 15th at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. It’s unclear how the WBA would allow this mismatch to occur because Doheny isn’t ranked in the top 15 and is coming off a knockout loss. Ball (21-0-1, 20…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s industrial output quickened slightly in November, while retail sales disappointed, keeping pressure on Beijing to ramp up stimulus for a fragile economy as it braces for more U.S. trade tariffs under a second Trump administration. The mixed set of data underlines the challenges facing Chinese leaders heading into 2025 when trade…
