In an exclusive extract from Ben Dirs' new book, we head back to 1990, the build-up to the fight and the televised signing of the contract that left the show's host in a sweat and Nigel Benn ready to ...

Close of play: Day 1: Day 2: West Indies 1st innings NS Asgarali b Jepson 4 GS Sobers not out 219 CL Walcott c Clay b Smales 115 EdeC Weekes lbw b Dooland 68 OG Smith not out 67 Extras (b 3, lb 13) 16 ...

West Indies in England, 1957 Yorkshire v West Indians Horton Park Avenue, Bradford 14,15,16 August 1957 (3-day match) Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled Toss: Umpires: Close of Play: Day 1: ...

Jackie Stewart won the season-opening Monaco Grand Prix, driving a two-litre V-8 BRM, with three quarters of a minute to spare over the Ferrari of Lorenzo Bandini. It was an attritional afternoon with ...

Close of play: Day 1: Day 2: West Indies 1st innings AG Ganteaume lbw b Wardle 29 BH Pairaudeau b Platt 2 GS Sobers b Wardle 56 EdeC Weekes c Wilson b Illingworth 1 RB Kanhai lbw b Close 39 OG Smith b ...

Close of play: Day 1: Day 2: West Indies 1st innings NS Asgarali c Murray b Moss 12 BH Pairaudeau b Moss 11 CL Walcott c Sheppard b Tyson 117 EdeC Weekes c Cowdrey b Moss 30 FMM Worrell c Insole b ...

The iconic fights' iconic fight. The Rumble in the Jungle. The night Muhammad Ali slew the ogres' ogre when people expected him to be chewed up and spat out. His comeback after three years away had ...

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Formula One (the formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must comply and was originally and briefly known as Formula A) can trace its roots back to the earliest ...

1901 The first use of the words grand prix to describe a race, the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. 1904 The formation of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association ...

From the first days of motor racing, drivers have lived close to the edge. Thanks to marked improvements in safety standards, the number seriously injured and killed competing in the sport has ...

The biggest drug story in Olympic history. The biggest fish they ever caught. After his bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1984 Games (August 4), Canada's Ben Johnson decided he needed some extra ...