Month: July 2017
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What to expect at Goliath: an interview with Will Kassouf
How many times have you heard about “the fight of the century”, “a miracle” or an “unbelievable performance” during a relatively forgettable sporting event? Hyperbole like this seamlessly rolls from the tongues of sports commentators as effortlessly as taking a breath.
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Eubank Jr to slay King Arthur slowly
Sometimes, you don’t need to have seen a boxer fight to know what style they bring to the ring. This is certainly true of Arthur Abraham, Chris Eubank Jr’s opponent at the SSE Arena this weekend. With his balding head, hooded brows, cold, hard stare and neck the size of a well-established tree trunk, the […]
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Vegas Baby!
The first time I went to Las Vegas was in July 1994. I stayed at the Flamingo (then the Flamingo Hilton). This was one of the first Vegas casinos opened by Bugsy Siegel in 1946. Almost opposite the Flamingo stands the Bellagio, one of my favourites and where I got married at the end of […]
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Both Ferrari and Mercedes should be suited to the Red Bull Ring
The championship fight between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel took a dark turn in round eight at Baku, in Azerbaijan, with the Ferrari driver accused of purposefully colliding with Hamilton. Vettel justified his actions by accusing his main rival of ‘brake testing’ – deliberately breaking very hard and, in turn, forcing him to take evasive […]