Olympics-Boxing-China steal show with golden double - Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China stole the limelight from the mighty Cubans by winning their first two Olympic boxing titles to deafening roars from a thrilled crowd on Sunday. Zou Shiming started the party by winning in unexpectedly easy fashion, his
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Romanian boxing official to resort to CAS - West Online
Romanian boxing federation president Rudel Obreja on Tuesday told AFP he would be resorting to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being accused of cheating in selection of judges. Obreja, also an AIBA vice-president, was suspended on
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Radio review - Guardian Unlimited
The Choice (Radio 4) for Richard McCann was a brutal, simple one: whether to take his life. But the decision was enveloped by cruel twists. It was to be made 22 years after his mother was murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper. There was, said McCann, "a
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Doña Ana gym gets young boxers off the ropes, into the ring - Las Cruces Sun-News
Alyssa Calderon, 14, left, Wisper Perez, 9, Sebastian Trujillo, 16, Matthew Saenz, 18, Chris Estrada, 21, Gabe Bencomo, 20, Justin Clark, 15, Joseph Saenz, 16, front left, and Joseph Guerra, 18, visit the new Doña Ana Village Boxing Club on
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World Boxing News - Secondsout.com
By Teddy Stenmark: According to several reliable sources The EBU-clash at middleweight between Finland’s Amin Asikainen and Khoren Gevor of Armenia could go ahead in Hesinki, Finland on October 24th. Asikainen of course fresh from an impressive
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Hunky Fred flexes for Men's Health competition - Staines Guardian
Hunky Fred Watkins has just been pipped to the post to become a cover model for a lifestyle magazine. The sexy student from Heatherfield Lane, Weybridge, missed out on the top prize in the Men’s Health Magazine’s Cover Model competition. The 21
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Boxing pioneer remembered at last - Guardian Unlimited
Fame is a fickle thing. Daniel Mendoza was the first Jewish-English champion boxer and the first to be presented to a reigning monarch. One of his epic bouts in July 1789 pushed the Storming of the Bastille off the front pages. But today the father
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Ex-boxing champion Scott Harrison jailed - Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Former WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison was jailed for eight months on Tuesday for assaulting his girlfriend and drink-driving. The 31-year-old boxer received a two-month sentence for attacking Stacy Gardener and a police
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Ex-boxing champion shot dead in row - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : Former British heavyweight boxing champion James Oyebola was shot in the neck in a nightclub after asking a group of men to stop smoking, a court heard on Tuesday. Prosecutor Jeremy Donne told the Old Bailey that the boxer died after the
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Boxing champ Oyebola shot dead in smoking dispute, Old Bailey told - Guardian Unlimited
A former British boxing champion was fatally shot after asking a group of men to stop smoking, the Old Bailey heard today. James Oyebola, 46, died four days after being shot at a club in Fulham Broadway, west London, in July last year. Oyebola was a
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