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Isaac Quaynor.

What Crows captain should have done to silence fans who booed victim of homophobic slur

What were Adelaide fans thinking when they heckled Collingwood’s Isaac Quaynor, the victim of Izak Rankine’s homophobic slurs?

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Muhammed Ali, right, launches an attack on Bugner in Las Vegas 1973.

Boxer ‘Aussie Joe’ Bugner, who fought Ali and Frazier, dies aged 75

Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Bugner was born in Hungary and made his name in Britain. But he only felt accepted in Australia, living more than half his life on the Gold Coast and fighting under the name “Aussie Joe”.

  • Glenn Moore
Foreman in 1974.

I interviewed George Foreman three times. This was the most surprising thing about him

The former heavyweight champ was a compelling character, who spoke in depth about the Rumble in the Jungle and his lasting friendship with his conqueror, Muhammad Ali.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Boxing great George Foreman in 2013.

American boxing legend George Foreman dead at 76

American George Foreman, one of the great second acts in sports who reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title after coming out of retirement, has died at the age of 76.

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Roger Federer was an elegant, dominant force in tennis.

‘Grit greater than gift’: How Federer made hard work look easy

Roger Federer was always cool on court, but no one saw the hard work he put in to look that way.

  • Peter FitzSimons
(Clockwise from left) Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and Oleksandr Usyk.

Who is the greatest? Ranking boxing’s undisputed heavyweight champions

Oleksandr Usyk is the undisputed world heavyweight champion after beating Tyson Fury. But how does he rate against Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and George Foreman?

  • Gareth A Davies
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Brain scans for future AFL players are on the league’s agenda.

Why boxing has a better record on concussions than the footy codes

The football codes, on the other hand, continue to deny scientific findings and to promote full contact versions of their sports for young children.

Michael Parkinson’s greatest TV moments.

‘Not as dumb as you look’ : Michael Parkinson’s greatest TV moments

While guests were also in for a lively grilling, Parkinson never made them feel they were being interrogated.

  • Rob Harris
Nico Ali Walsh and Nikita Tszyu.

Tszyu v Ali: Famous boxing families could clash in Australia

Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Nico Ali Walsh, has expressed interest in coming to Australia to fight Nikita Tszyu.

  • Adrian Proszenko
Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley and Australian international cricketer Pat Cummins.

Get used to climate campaigns intruding on your sport

Socially conscious sportspeople are using their platform to speak out about the urgent threat of climate change.

  • Nick O'Malley and Daniel Brettig