Review of Rita Bullwinkel’s “Headshot” (Viking, 2024) Sat 17 Aug 2024 19:45 Last update on: Sat 17 Aug 2024 19:45 Illustration: Amreeta Lethe “> Illustration: Amreeta Lethe Intense in the present, Rita Bullwinkels Headshotlonglisted for this year’s Booker Prize, is a spectacularly intimate novel about boxing. It comes at a time when boxing, always the […]
By Alex Raskin Published: 19:30 CEST, 16 August 2024 | Updated: 19:33 CEST, August 16, 2024 World boxing champion Devin Haney was among a group of men caught attacking someone at the Orange County Fair, and the video went viral on social media. The reason for the dispute remains unclear, as do the identities of […]
Devin Haney has hinted at a possible fight in Saudi Arabia despite considering a break from boxing. The American star has not fought since his canceled fight against Ryan Garcia, in which he lost on points after being knocked down three times. 2 Haney was defeated by Garcia, but the result has since been overturned.Photo […]
JK Rowling was named in a cyberbullying lawsuit filed by Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. The 25-year-old boxer recently won gold at the Paris Olympics, but subsequently filed legal action against the Harry Potter author, Elon Musk and other public figures for making comments about her gender based on misinformation that surfaced online. “The lawsuit names […]
She took her duty seriously and would have risked her life for the people under her protection. The 56-year-old from Beijing comes from a family of police officers; her father served as a bodyguard to several Chinese politicians. According to her online resume, Bian was accepted into the People’s Police University of China in 1984 […]
PARIS (AP) — The newly founded umbrella organization fighting to keep boxing at the Olympic Games is facing a significant increase in membership. World Boxing expects to expand its membership base in the weeks following the conclusion of the turbulent Olympic Games in ParisPresident Boris Van Der Vorst told the Associated Press. The organization already […]
PARIS (AP) — Uzbekistan’s popular head boxing coach was resuscitated by two members of the British training staff on Thursday after an apparent cardiac arrest after winning his team’s first gold medal in the Olympic Games in Parisconfirmed his fighters on Saturday evening. The Uzbek team won five gold medals – more than any other […]
This live blog is provided free of charge to our readers as a public service. Please support SCMP’s journalism by subscribe. Download our app to get faster notifications and 14 days of unlimited access. It feels like we’ve been talking about a landslide Chinese diving victory since the start of the Paris Olympics many moons […]
