The mere remnants of what once made George Foreman a fearsome heavyweight champion were enough to call in question Evander Holyfield’s right to be considered a worthy holder of the title. Let there be no doubt about the comprehensiveness of the beating Holyfield inflicted on his 42-year-old challenger over 12 rounds at the Atlantic City … Read more
This week president Donald Trump convened a prayer meeting in the Oval Office. Gathered around the Resolute desk, constructed from the timbers of a British naval vessel, a series of pastors laid their hands on the president’s thinning hair and prayed for his success. The only other item on the desk? The enormous intricate bauble … Read more
It is the sort of buzzy production that was once a staple of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tennessee Williams’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,” with its Oscar-nominated lead man, Paul Mescal, has people clamoring for tickets to BAM’s production this month. The excitement recalls a period when the performing arts center consistently drew crowds to … Read more
Oscar Piastri won the Chinese Grand Prix with a dominant run from pole position for McLaren, once again demonstrating the team have a fearsomely quick car in the second race of the new season. He secured a comfortable one-two, with his teammate Lando Norris in second. George Russell was third for Mercedes but 11 seconds … Read more
A Friday night Twitter transfer rumour frenzy is picking up steam. This is the way of things but particularly so on international weeks when the digital cottage industries built around big clubs is extra desperate for something, anything to feed on. Eight times zones behind, the man whose name and face is all over timelines … Read more
The deception begins before he has even received the ball. As Ezri Konsa steps forward, Jude Bellingham leans towards his marker, Ylber Ramadani, and intimates he wants the pass in behind. Ramadani steps across to cover. On this, Bellingham immediately switches direction and takes two quick paces towards Konsa. The pass comes, as it was … Read more
“It feels like such a sweet week and of course I’m very happy and proud,” Boris van der Vorst says as, in his role as the president and one of the founders of World Boxing, he takes a rare break to reflect on a mighty achievement. Just over two years ago, boxing had been struck … Read more
When a teenager from Texas named George Foreman waved a tiny American flag in the boxing ring after winning Olympic gold in 1968, he had little awareness of the political minefield beneath his size 15 feet. The moment, captured by television cameras for an audience of millions during one of the most volatile periods in … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Lap 7/56: Only Lance Stroll, Ollie Bearman, Liam Lawson and Gabriel Bortoleto – the latter who’s just had a spin-out and is dead last – are using the harder tyres, so could be going for a one-stop policy. The rest are … Read more
Tereza Vanišová scored three goals in a 10-minute span of the second and third quarters, leading the Ottawa Charge to a 5-2 victory over the New York Sirens on Saturday. Vanišová’s hat trick overshadowed a historic goal by New York’s Abby Roque, who scored the first Michigan in PWHL history. Roque had control of the … Read more