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Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 — Toronto’s Harry ...

It may surprise some given Team GB's relative lack of success until this century, but athletics leads the way with 19 winners. Among those are athletes who delivered more recent golden moments, such ...

A host of figures from the world of sport died in 2025. Here, we remember some of those sporting names. Tiger Bech: The ...

A no-brainer. This was the year of the Dodgers. Everything else in the Los Angeles sports world fades into the ...

1981 — Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali’s 61st and last fight; loses to Trevor Berbick by unanimous decision in 10 rounds at Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas.

The Spurs are too fast for the Lakers, who fail to reach the semifinals of the NBA Cup with a quarterfinal loss.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died in February, their passing initially shrouded in mystery.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died in February, their passing initially shrouded in mystery.

The most impactful deaths in 2025 from the pope to Ozzy Osbourne and Charlie Kirk - Here are impactful deaths from around the ...

Today in History for Dec. 26: In 1776, the British suffered a major defeat in the "Battle of Trenton" during the Revolutionary War.

Dec. 9 1934 — The New York Giants wins the NFL championship by beating the Chicago Bears 30-13 in the famous “Sneakers Game.” With the temperature at 9 degrees and the Polo Grounds field a sheet of ...