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Fernando Alonso reaffirms McLaren commitment through to 2017

Fernando Alonso has reaffirmed his intention to stay at McLaren for the duration of his contract, which runs until 2017. Alonso’s angry radio outbursts at the Japanese Grand Prix, where he label…

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Bikes: Debutant Price closes on landmark, Coma retains lead

When Gennady Golovkin came to the United States in 2012, largely unknown despite owning a middleweight world title, he and Tom Loeffler. It sounded far-fetched as they met with various network executi…

F1 heads to the United States Grand Prix in a worrying state

Last year the race was run with 18 cars, the smallest grid since the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix, following the collapse of Caterham and Marussia. Three-car teams and customer cars dominated. This time aro…

Lewis Hamilton on Instagram, his rivalry with Nico Rosberg and his new love for F1

As you might expect of a man on the verge of his third Formula One title, Lewis Hamilton is in a good mood. Fresh from a trip to Miami and a brief stop in New York to walk his dogs. As invited guests …

Antonio Tarver tested positive for synthetic testosterone, a banned substance

Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver tested positive for synthetic testosterone, a banned substance, in a drug test before his heavyweight draw with Steve Cunningham. “I have no idea…

While the mate was getting the hammer, Ahab, without speaking, was slowly rubbing the gold piece against the skirts of his jacket.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez stops Brian Viloria, retains flyweight title

Flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez strengthened his claim as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world with his one-sided, ninth-round destruction of former unified titleh…

Few young fighters flash as much talent, technique and composure as Garcia, who methodically mows down all opposition, even scoring knockouts as he began to step up to the level of contender. He has real power (28 knockouts in 34 wins), having jumped from featherweight to junior lightweight and stopping Rocky Martínez in 2013 – something nobody had done before, and Martínez had faced some hard punchers. Right now, he's getting a big push from Top Rank, who keep mentioning him as a future opponent for Pacquiao.

Andrzej Fonfara defeats Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision

Murphy set a major league record with homers in six straight postseason games, snapping a tie with Carlos Beltran, who homered in five straight games during the 2004 postseason with the Houston Astros…

You worry about his work habits, whether he's really a welterweight after that loss to Marcos Maidana and if he'll be in jail at any point in 2014, but until proven otherwise, he's one of the biggest ratings attractions in boxing. Half of his viewers want to watch him get beaten up, and maybe they'll not tune in to such a degree now that he has been. But if he avenges the loss to Maidana, he'll have restored some of his lustre as one of the brighter young talents in the sport.

The 30 young boxers on the rise in 2015

These are good days for fighters aged over 30, so much so that even some of boxing’s up-and-comers, such as Gennady Golovkin and light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, are into their third…