In an exclusive extract from Ben Dirs' new book, we head back to 1990, the build-up to the fight and the televised signing of the contract that left the show's host in a sweat and Nigel Benn ready to ...

Close of play: Day 1: Day 2: West Indies 1st innings NS Asgarali b Jepson 4 GS Sobers not out 219 CL Walcott c Clay b Smales 115 EdeC Weekes lbw b Dooland 68 OG Smith not out 67 Extras (b 3, lb 13) 16 ...

Close of play: Day 1: Day 2: West Indies 1st innings AG Ganteaume lbw b Wardle 29 BH Pairaudeau b Platt 2 GS Sobers b Wardle 56 EdeC Weekes c Wilson b Illingworth 1 RB Kanhai lbw b Close 39 OG Smith b ...

Close of play: Day 1: Day 2: West Indies 1st innings NS Asgarali c Murray b Moss 12 BH Pairaudeau b Moss 11 CL Walcott c Sheppard b Tyson 117 EdeC Weekes c Cowdrey b Moss 30 FMM Worrell c Insole b ...

The iconic fights' iconic fight. The Rumble in the Jungle. The night Muhammad Ali slew the ogres' ogre when people expected him to be chewed up and spat out. His comeback after three years away had ...

Formula One (the formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must comply and was originally and briefly known as Formula A) can trace its roots back to the earliest ...

Denis Law, christened the 'King of Old Trafford' after scoring 236 goals in 11 years after joining Manchester United in 1962, also played his part in sending his former club down to the Second ...

1901 The first use of the words grand prix to describe a race, the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. 1904 The formation of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association ...

From the first days of motor racing, drivers have lived close to the edge. Thanks to marked improvements in safety standards, the number seriously injured and killed competing in the sport has ...

Choose your difficulty level: Easy, Medium, or Hard. Put the pieces together as fast as possible. Click "Show Edges" to show only the outside edges. Click the small image of the photo to bring up a ...

After a year off, the nomadic European Grand Prix returned in the familiar setting of Germany's Nurburgring. Although Juan Manuel Fangio won the race, the weekend was overshadowed by the death of ...

West Indians innings: 308 (Sobers 101, Goddard 60, Kanhai 58; van Staay 4-78, Leeftink 4-35) Netherlands innings: 123 (W van Manen 30; Atkinson 6-54) ...