Lee Purdy will add his name to a long and distinguished list of British boxers who travelled to most points of the globe for world-title fights knowing that they were massive underdogs.

Heavyweight grinds his way towards a title fight while Cleverly shines with win for the purists

Victories for the British pair tonight will bring career-defining contests within touching distance

Win a bottle of wine

Some of the biggest (and oldest) stars in the music industry clubbed together last night to stage a Madison Square Gardens concert for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The grounbreaking cable channel is celebrating four decades of making great TV. So, what were they up to before The Sopranos and Co? Tim Walker finds out

British boybands One Direction and The Wanted have taken the US – and the pages of The New Yorker – by storm. Tim Walker charts their stateside success

Anybody still think a substandard one-day series with Australia in June was a good idea?

"I couldn't ask for a better gig. The music is fantastic, the bass lines are classic, and Elton is a gem..."

Former world heavyweight champion Michael Dokes, 54, has died after losing his battle with liver cancer.

Tapia was crazy, but he could still fight when he made his York Hall debut

Accused of appropriating rap music, Yauch likened it to the Rolling Stones playing the Blues

Should we be jealous of Rory McIlroy, multi-millionaire golfer, reigning US Open champion and – as of Sunday – the planet's number one player? Probably not.

The moppy-haired boy from Belfast always thought he would be world No 1. Now expect him to dominate the game for decades, writes James Corrigan in Miami