IT has been almost two and a half years since Carl Frampton marched to the ring at the SSE – then Odyssey – Arena, but on Saturday night ‘The Jackal’ returns to his spiritual home aiming to banish the memory of his WBA featherweight title loss to Leo Santa Cruz in Las Vegas back in […]
Archive | July, 2017
Frampton has Gut the tools to bounce back in style
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‘Quiet Man’ Ward keen to make a statement
HE is known as ‘The Quiet Man’, but Steven Ward intends to use his opportunity on the undercard at the SSE Arena tomorrow night to get tongues wagging about his potential. The 27 year-old former Monkstown amateur takes on Croatia’s Josip Perkovic (4-2-1) over six rounds at light-heavyweight in what is his fifth pro fight. A […]
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Crocker determined to repay Frampton’s faith
HEARING one of your sporting heroes describe you as “one of the best kids in the country” is a huge motivator and Lewis Crocker wants to prove his credentials as a top prospect when he takes on durable Pole, Sylwester Walczak – a former opponent of Tyrone McKenna – in his third pro contest this […]
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‘Wigsters’ are now best salon in north
A LOCAL hairdressers has been crowned Best Hair Salon in the north, a year on from winning a similar award for West Belfast. Wigs & Wags, based in the Upper Springfield, has been in business for six years. The salon won ‘Best Hair Salon 2016’ in the first ever Best of The West Awards. “Last […]
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Uniform grant U-turn is welcomed
THE PROPOSAL to cut £3m to the school uniform grant for low-income families has been reversed after representatives slammed the decision as ‘an attack on the working class’. The Department of Education had instructed the Education Authority (EA) to reduce the cost of the scheme by £3m saying it was facing major financial pressures. An […]
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Sinn Féin cancels meeting with Israeli politicians
Sinn Féin has announced it is pulling out of a planned meeting with representatives of an Israeli political party in the wake of recent killings in Jerusalem. Members of the Likud party – headed by current Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu – are in Belfast this week for talks with political parties. But West Belfast […]
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