Seven of the Most Dangerous Sporting Venues in the World

The England cricket team began their tour of Bangladesh this week with two notable absentees drawing more headlines than the travelling team. Eoin Morgan, the limited-overs captain, and opening batsman Alex Hales both ruled themselves out of the tour due to concerns over security. Their fears are not unfounded. Terrorism has twice struck south Asian cricket in recent years. In 2009, […]

Team GB Boxing at the Rio Olympics: Looking back and thinking ahead

After 27 sessions across 16 days featuring 286 boxer from 76 nations, the curtain has finally been drawn on the Rio 2016 Olympics Boxing Tournament. Team GB returned from Rio with mixed results, with the joy of some surprising successes dampened by some disappointing defeats. Home advantage is inordinately influential in the subjectively scored sport of boxing, so the team were never likely […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Honourable Mentions

Zhanibek Alimkhanuly Rarely has a Kazakhstani Olympic victory left Zhanibek Alimkhanuly dejected. As a child, Alimkhanuly had trained alongside his compatriot Kamran Shakhsuvarly. But in the Rio middleweight quarterfinal, they were in opposite sides of the ring. Shakhsuvarly had been granted Azerbaijani citizenship in 2013, and he won a contentious decision against Alimkhanuly for his new nation. #Rio2016 #OlympicGamesMen's 75kg – Zhanibek ALIMKHANULY #KAZ WP 3:0 vs […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Hasanboy Dusmatov

Before Rio, Uzbekistan hadn’t won a gold medal since Sydney 2000. But the central Asian nation is an emerging powerhouse in the sport. At the 2016 Games, Uzbekistan topped the medal table for boxing, with three golds, two silvers and two bronzes. Hasanboy Dusmatov was the man who broke their gold medal medal duck. #Rio2016 #OlympicGames FINALSMen's 49 kg […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Michael Conlan

Michael Conlan provided one of the most enduring images of the 2016 Games, but it not in the manner he had hoped for. The Irish fighter entered Rio as one of the favourites for gold in the red-hot bantamweight division and one of his country’s highest hopes for a medal. Irish boxer Michael Conlan gives the finger to judges Read more at: https://t.co/q4wN1wMC74 pic.twitter.com/QwE8elLJza […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Shakur Stevenson

After the 2012 London Olympics, USA amateur boxing in the USA looked dead and buried. For the first time in history, the men’s team left the Olympics without a single medal. Four years later, it was reborn at Rio. Shakur Stevenson is the man who brought it back to life. USA boxer Shakur Stevenson just missed […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Robeisy Ramírez

Robeisy Ramírez could become the most successful boxer in Olympic history. At 22, he already owns gold medals at two different weight divisions. By 30, he could have five of them. Even if he defected tomorrow, his triumph at Rio puts him in the pantheon of Cuban greats. Enhorabuena Robeisy RAMIREZ #CUB doble campeón Olímpico!!👊👊👊#Boxeo #AIBA […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Daniyar Yeleussinov

Kazakhstan has an extraordinary Olympic record at welterweight. The medal won by Daniyar Yeleussinov was the fourth consecutive gold won at the weight by the nation following the previous victories of Bakhtiyar Artayev, Bakhyt Sarsekbayev and Serik Sapiyev. Boxer Yeleussinov Wins Kazakhstan’s Third Gold at Riohttps://t.co/ExOCRy5YKH#Kazakhstan pic.twitter.com/r2pPoTbQoT — The Astana Times (@TheAstanaTimes) August 19, 2016 Yeleussinov, 25, is the […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Julio César La Cruz

Adilbek Niyazmbetov must want a voodoo doll of Julio César La Cruz. Niyazmbetov is one of the greatest amateur boxers in the world. He earned silver medals at the World Championships in both 2011 and 2013, and silver again at the Rio Olympics. Each time, he was beaten to gold by La Cruz. #Rio2016 #OlympicGames FINALSMen's 81kg – Julio LA CRUZ #CUB WP […]

The best boxing prospects from the 2016 Rio Olympics: Joshua Buatsi

Joshua Buatsi entered the Olympic Games as a green amateur expected to make a quick exit. He left Rio three weeks later a bronze medalist, and the hottest prospect in British boxing. Two years ago he wasn't even on the GB team. Now he's an Olympic medalist. This is where hard work gets you. pic.twitter.com/XaufizV9Oa — […]