. The days when the world heavyweight title was routinely feted as the ‘richest prize in sport’ may be long gone, drifted east in its increasingly fragmented forms before coagulating as the sole preserve of a pair of precipitous Ukrainian brothers who swat all-comers with nonchalant ease. But the chance to fight for the same […]
HomeYour search for "staniforth" return 3 results
-
-
Mick McManus: A ‘subversive renegade’ in era of Haystacks, Kendo and King Kong Kirk
. To anyone growing up in Britain in the 1970s, they were larger than life sporting heroes and heels, household names, stars of our TV screens. Big Daddy. Giants Haystacks. The legendary – and masked – Kendo Nagasaki. And Mick “The Man You Love to Hate” McManus, who was famous throughout Europe and who died yesterday, aged […]
by admin -
‘To look into Amy Williams’ Arctic-blue eyes was to ridicule the notion that winter sports athletes are less deserving of the title ‘Olympian’ than their summer counterparts’
. Still pining for a festival of sport after the London Olympics and Paralympics lit up the summer? Pine no more. The next Olympics begin in 500 days – in Sochi, Russia, from 7 February 2014. MARK STANIFORTH, left, ardent admirer of all things Winter Games, explains why it’s a big deal, and why there […]
by admin
