A wry smile drifts across the face of Manny Osborne-Paradis when a reporter asks the 33-year-old speed skier if he has grown up. “I think I’ve been growing up slowly but surely every year,” he says, while breaking into laughter during an interview with CBC Sports at a downtown Toronto hotel. From his earliest days […]
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Fighting talk: Manny Pacquiao visits troops fighting for ISIS-besieged city (PHOTOS)
Philippines boxing hero-turned-senator Manny Pacquiao visited the country’s battle-weary troops fighting the ISIS-linked Islamist insurgency that has plagued Marawi City for over 10 weeks. Pacquiao visited Camp Ranao in the Southern Philippines at 9am local time Saturday for a security briefing with military officials wearing the unique camouflage of the Philippines Special Forces, who previously […]
Manny Pacquiao: Best snaps as Jeff Horn stuns world to seal WBO welterweight title
Manny Pacquiao was defeated by Jeff Horn in front of the former schoolteacher’s 50,000-strong hometown crowd in Brisbane. Horn, 29, lifted the WBO welterweight title after defeating Pacquiao by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. He came flying out of the blocks before Pacquiao fought back to weather the storm, but Horn had already done enough […]
Jeff Horn upsets Manny Pacquiao in controversial decision
Chris Hyde/Getty Images “The Battle of Brisbane” was supposed to be a walkover for Manny Pacquiao, a potential tune-up for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, but Jeff Horn — and the judges — had another idea. Horn came out swinging, literally, and announced his presence with authority. But after going toe to toe with Pacquiao for […]