Big appetites need big whetting. So what better way to stoke the idea of matching boxers against mixed martial arts practitioners than by pitting the ring's consensus heavyweight champion against the ...

Torkwase NyiekaaThe House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed support for veteran Nigerian boxer, Bash Ali’s long-running quest to stage a Guinness World Record championship fight, while firmly ...

For Manny Pacquiao, Saturday night's mega-event, 'The Dream Match' against Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas, means much more to him than any other fight. For the fiercely patriotic Pacquiao, known as the ...

With a high school wrestling background and an unbeaten pro kickboxing career that netted him two world titles, Chris Algieri’s next step in combat sports appeared to be an obvious one – mixed martial ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A punch crunches into the side of Daniella Muleketsi’s face. She grimaces at the sting of it and the crowd holds its breath in fear for their homegrown boxing hope. It is the ...

'rendered': 'The House of Representatives on Wednesday advised veteran Nigerian boxer, Bash Ali, to pursue private funding initiatives for his long-awaited Guinness World Record Boxing Championship, ...

(Reuters) - Nineteen-year-old Lydia Nantale makes her way home from work through the squalor of the Katanga Slum in central Kampala, Uganda's capital. But there's only time for a quick change of ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 26 (Reuters) - After a four-wicket haul in front of a record Melbourne Cricket Ground and Australia's top score on a tough pitch, little wonder Michael Neser found day one of his maiden ...

Maddison Van Der Mark, U.S. Army Veteran and student at Rutgers University, poses for a photograph inside a boxing ring at New Jersey Give a Kid a Dream at Gleason's Gym Jersey Shore in Long Branch on ...

Something about the way he ran up those stairs changed his life. It’s difficult for Anye Robinson to put a finger on why it happened the way it did, outside of the obvious. That neither the swimming ...