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The Sport Matrix: Friday 12 July 2013
Friday 12 July 2013
Ecstatic No 11 Agar smashes 98 to rescue Australia
Boxing: David Haye and Tyson Fury will meet on September 28 at the Manchester Arena
Thursday 11 July 2013
British heavyweights will meet with a world title shot waiting for the winner
The Sport Matrix: Tuesday 09 July 2013
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Cook admits to first Test nerves –and excitement
Twice Bitten – The Untold Story of Holyfield-Tyson II, by George Willis
Sunday 09 June 2013
Whoever said that history is written by the victors can't have been watching the Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 28 July 1997.
Steve Bunce on Boxing: Floyd Mayweather back in business his way, 'the Money way'
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Floyd 'Money' Mayweather is officially the highest-paid sportsman in the world having earned $85m during an eight-month period ending in May last year.
Rebecca Tyrrel: 'By 2020, the hope is that Britain will have a politician named Street Downing'
Saturday 27 April 2013
Who knew that there is a member of the US House of Representatives by the name of David Camp who may yet pioneer an exciting variation on the idea of "nominative determinism", or "cognomen syndrome" as Tom Stoppard coined it in his play Jumpers.
James Lawton: Been there, got the T-shirt... beware the Anfield myopia over the Luis Suarez bite
Thursday 25 April 2013
Forget the 'Inner Chimp' theory, Luis Suarez's behaviour is incorrigible
Mike Tyson backs Luis Suarez: 'He bit someone, it happens'
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Liverpool striker bit the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at the weekend
The Sport Matrix: Tuesday 23 April 2013
Tuesday 23 April 2013
United take 20th league title as Villa are swept aside
Carl 'The Truth' Williams: Boxer who fought Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Carl Williams was so nearly in the right place at the right time in both his fights for the heavyweight championship of the world. "The Truth", as people who knew him liked to call him, lost on points over the ancient distance of 15 rounds to Larry Holmes in 1985. The ringside experts and fans in Reno that night overwhelmingly believed Holmes had lost for the first time in 48 fights, but the judges denied Williams. Holmes lost for the first time in his next fight.
Boxing: David Haye set to unveil comeback plans
Wednesday 27 March 2013
The former undisputed cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight champion has not fought since stopping domestic rival Dereck Chisora i
Bunce on Boxing: Ricky Hatton on brink of promotion win with Sergey Rabchenko in post-fight career
Monday 25 March 2013
It is always a good week for British boxing when two real stars either get back in the ring or announce a return to the ring.
Kevin Garside: Tyson Fury should note that Muhammad Ali's poetry embroidered his genius in the ring
Monday 25 March 2013
The Way I See It: It is for us to give credit where it's due, Tyson, not for you to claim it
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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