Harry Partch was born in Oakland, California. His parents had been Presbyterian missionaries in China who endured the Boxer Rebellion. Two years after his birth, they moved to Arizona to homestead ...

Last November, Fiji boxer Ubayd Haider died more than two weeks after collapsing at the end of a super featherweight title fight against Australia-based Chinese boxer Runqi Zhou. In July ...

The Algerian boxer who found herself in the middle of a bitter divide about gender in sports during the Paris Olympics has ...

The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year, despite sweeping government efforts to encourage young people to tie the knot and have babies to halt demographic ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 from brain injuries sustained in a fight, his promoter announced on Saturday. “It is with complete devastation that we have to announce that ...

Image: John Cooney has died at the age of 28 Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney, 28, was stopped in the ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after suffering a brain injury in a championship fight, his promoters have said. The 28-year-old from Belfast was taken to intensive care after he lost to ...

Galway boxer John Cooney had surgery on his brain following his defeat in Belfast a week ago Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast. The death of the 28-year-old ...

Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is ready to return to action with six potential opponents lined up for his next fight, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn, The PUNCH reports.

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