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Manny Pacquiao has been beaten on his return to the ring after a two-year absence after Cuba's Yordenis Ugas caused an upset to win by unanimous decision and retain his WBA (super) welterweight title on Saturday night.  Ugas was only drafted in on 10 August for the Las Vegas fight to replace the injured Errol Spence Jr. It was Pacquiao's first bout since beating Keith Thurman for the WBA welterweight title in July 2019.   "I don't know," said Pacquiao, 42, when asked if it was his final fight. "I need to relax and make a decision."   The eight-division world champion, who now has a record of 62 wins, eight defeats, and two draws, added: "That's boxing.   "I had a hard time in the ring making adjustments. My legs were tight. I'm sorry I lost tonight, but I did my best." Ugas dominated with his jab and clean punching to win on all three cards - 115-113, 116-112, and 116-112 - at the T-Mobile Arena. "I'm ver...

Former UK prime minister, Tony Blair has blasted US president, Joe Biden’s ‘imbecilic’ decision to leave Afghanistan. According to Tony Blair the US' military exit was not in the West or Afghanistan’s interest.   Blair who took the UK to war in the country 20 years ago, called the pull out ‘tragic, dangerous and unnecessary’, adding that the move had ‘every Jihadist group round the world cheering’. In a 2,700 word article on the threat of ‘radical Islam’, Blair said there will be a reversal of gains made during the occupation, with the Taliban reasserting itself across most of the country in recent days. As the clock runs down on the August 31 deadline, he said Britain has a ‘moral obligation’ to stay until ‘all those who need to be are evacuated’.   He then issued a stark warning to current UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the manner of the US’s handling of the exit indicated that the UK could be relegated from the top division of international powers,...

A 200-level student in the Department of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Taraba State University, Jalingo, has died in the hostel. The student identified as Patience Thomas, was said to have died at Zenith Hostel in the early hours of Sunday, August 22, after complaining of catarrh and headache.  "She was having catarrh yesterday. Then woke up around 2am in the night and was complaining of headache. Her roommates started praying for her but then she gave up the ghost." One Goodness Emmanuel said.  Meanwhile, the Dean of Students Affairs of the institution, Prof. Dr. Rebecca Irany, has paid a condolence to the female hostel.