Froch and Kessler will face off in the ring at the 02 on Saturday

The pair meet in a hugely anticipated world super-middleweight title rematch

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Natasha Jonas whose journey to London 2012 was made into a film

Boxing: Q&A with Team GB's Natasha Jonas

Despite losing out in yesterday's quarter-finals Natasha Jonas has played an important part in the Games, with her journey to London 2012 being made into a film.

Nicola Adams guaranteed Great Britain's first women's boxing medal

Boxing: Nicola Adams relishing semi-final battle with India's five-time world champion Mary Kom

Nicola Adams is relishing her semi-final battle with India's five-time world champion Mary Kom tomorrow after making history as the first British woman to guarantee an Olympic boxing medal.

Freddie Evans, left, in action against Egidijus Kavaliauska

Boxing: No quarter given as young Welsh fighters aim at history

The Welsh pair of Andrew Selby at flyweight and welterweight Fred Evans get their chance to become the first Welsh boxers since Ralph Evans in 1972 to win Olympic medals when they fight in today's quarter-finals.

George Leech: Stuntman and actor best known for his work on the Bond films franchise

The resourceful stunt arranger and performer George Leech epitomised the phrase "unsung hero of the film business".

Wrestling: Hamid Soryan wins Iran's first Greco-Roman gold

Hamid Soryan hoped he had put a smile on the faces of the Iranian people after he finally delivered the country their first Greco-Roman gold this evening.

Wrestling: Team GB's Olga Butkevych relying on home support for inspiration

Britain's Ukraine-born wrestler Olga Butkevych hopes the home crowd get behind her when she takes to the mat at the Olympics next week.

Inside Lines: You can't bank on Eubank the 'plonker'

The column that runs rings round the rest

New releases 04/08/2012: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, London: the Modern Babylon, A Simple Life, Sound of My Voice, Undefeatedm The Flowers of War, Eames: the Architect & the Painter, Leave It on the Floor and Truth or Dare

Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  Dog Days (U)

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Dir. David Bowers
Starring Zachary Gordon,  Robert Capron, 94mins

Another episodic series of misfortunes and indignities befall Greg Heffley, the fairly charmless hero of these adaptations of Jeff Kinney’s children’s novels. He  embarrasses himself in  front of his teenage crush;  has to join his father in a  Civil War battle re-enactment; loses his trunks in the swimming pool, and so on.

Olympic Shorts: A medal – and a reunion with her mother

Liam O'Brien, Lewis Smith

Fred Evans (right) takes the fight to Egidijus Kavaliauskas

Boxing: Grinning Evans gains revenge over Lithuanian

Fred Evans started slowly and finished at a furious pace against a backdrop of deafening noise to gain revenge over Lithuania's Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the welterweight division.

Gemma Gibbons picks up her silver in the judo

Judo: Tears of joy for Gibbons as unlikely medal lifts British team

Unfancied Londoner storms to final and takes silver to stave off threats of funding cuts

Rising star Anthony Joshua

Boxing: Former heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis predicts big things for Team GB's Anthony Joshua

British boxing legend Lennox Lewis has tipped Anthony Joshua to be a future champion after watching the super‑heavyweight win his first fight of London 2012.

Young Brits Anthony Joshua, Tom Stalker and Luke Campbell have been inspired by Harrison

New generation of Team GB boxers 'owe everything' to Audley Harrison

Fraudley, Audrey, Audinary, A-Farce. Audley Harrison has garnered more insults than titles and, 12 years on from his heroic triumph at the ­Olympics, the man with the grand plan to go on to become king of the professional ring is now reduced to providing fodder for younger pretenders.

August 1, 2012: Team GB’s Winston Gordon defeating Canada’s Alexandre Emond to move into the last 16 of the -90kg judo

Judo: Team GB veteran Winston Gordon provides Judo lift before losing to Russian

Veteran Winston Gordon lit up North Arena 2 with an ippon win over Alexandre Emond of Canada in the first round of the under-90kgs at ExCeL.

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