From the All Blacks to the ‘Bullet’, via boxing, basketball and more, we celebrate electrifying pre-match moments Boxing is synonymous with showpiece entrances but while fighters today utilise thrones, fireworks, Read more

Ericka Abram reflects on her remarkable childhood as a 1970s revolutionary Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, Guardian Documentaries has released a short film about the life Read more

The great heavyweight champion took his religion seriously and became lifelong friends with Muhammad Ali George Foreman died on 21 March at the much-too-young age of 76. His aura of Read more

Boxing champion who won two world heavyweight titles, decades apart, and took on Muhammad Ali in the Rumble in the Jungle To be classed as a great heavyweight boxer it Read more

In 1991, ridicule preceded a first title fight in 17 years: ‘Fat Foreman, fat purse, fat cats and thin credibility.’ But even in defeat the veteran proved a winner The Read more

At the 1968 Olympics, Foreman’s flag-waving was seen as deference if not betrayal. But the reaction to it reveals the limited ways we allow Black athletes to express themselves When Read more

By forming a new governing body, World Boxing, the Dutchman prevented the sport being banished by the IOC “It feels like such a sweet week and of course I’m very Read more

Former heavyweight champion was always more complex and interesting than his contrasting personae suggested Boxing seems a smaller and darker world now. George Foreman has gone and, with his death, Read more

Ex-cop outpoints Aussie Nicolson for featherweight title Brown served as officer in Washington DC and Florida Former police officer Tiara Brown became WBC world featherweight champion by beating Skye Nicolson Read more

George Foreman, the legendary heavyweight boxer, has died at the age of 76, his family has announced in an Instagram post on his account. Foreman, best remembered for his bout Read more