MICHAEL Conlan exorcised the ghosts of Olympics past as he slammed the door shut on the saga with Vladimir Nikitin at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. The Belfast man scored a wide points decision (100-90, 99-91, 98-92) to retain his WBO and WBA Inter-Continental belts, paving the way for what now looks like a […]
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Conlan satisfies his Nikitin craving with comprehensive win
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Repeat or the ultimate revenge?
NOTHING PERSONAL – just business. That’s the final word from MIchael Conlan as he readies for battle in Madison Square Garden at 9pm tonight (2am Irish time, live on Eir Sport) against Vladimir Nikitin. The story of the Olympic Games in Rio when Nikitin was awarded a hotly-disputed win over Conlan has be relayed ad […]
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Conlan invoking the spirit of Rocky ahead of showdown with his own Russian nemesis
MICHAEL Conlan says he will invoke the spirit of Rocky 4 ahead of tomorrow’s showdown with old foe Vladimir Nikitin (live on Eir Sport, 2am Sunday). The famed movie saw Sylvester Stallone’s character travel to Russia to take on a goliath-like character Ivan Drago and with that in mind, Conlan rocked up in fight week […]
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Pic of the Day, Thursday, December 12
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Capture the Christmas magic with Peter Pan
THE Lyric Theatre foyer was packed with Christmas jumpers, palpable excitement – and that was just the adults as we all gathered for the Saturday matinee of Peter Pan. The classic and beloved story of JM Barrie’s boy who never grew up, his band of merry Lost Boys, Wendy and her brothers Michael, John and […]
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Voters go to polls for Westminster election
POLLING stations have opened across the North in the General Election. 102 candidates are competing for 18 Westminster seats. Polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 10pm with results expected to be finalised early on Friday morning. A total of 1,293,971 people are eligible to vote across the north. North Belfast is expected […]
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