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Standard man Colin Lynes set for Prizefighter showdown

27.10.09

Former Evening Standard printer Colin Lynes will hope to write his own headlines by winning the next edition of Barry Hearn's Prizefighter series, which is set to held at Olympia in December... more

Sporting Miscellanies

26.10.09

What is it with the most austere of our sporting heroes and musical theatre?... more

Sports chief kills himself as missing trader loses Ł13m

21.10.09

Basketball manager hanged himself after investments linked to a London financier left him Ł12million in debt... more

Controversial financier Levene quits Orient

20.10.09

Nicholas Levene, the City financier who allegedly owes millions of pounds to investors, has quit the board of Leyton Orient Football Club. ... more

Barry's heavies are lightweight but it will still be a thrilling show

02.10.09

Prizefighter is a novelty night, a pantomime in a way, but it’s also going to be brilliant to watch... more

Dreamer Audley Harrison eyes the ultimate prize as he takes one final gamble

30.09.09

Audley Harrison's reputation may be shot but he still says he can win the world title as he embarks on Prizefighter series... more

Dean Francis will quit the ring if he fails to land Ł25,000 prize

19.05.09

For Dean Francis, the Prizefighter tournament at Earls Court will be a case of all or nothing... more

Football talk

12.02.09

Football: How a broken fax machine almost scuppered Arsenal's Arshavin deal ... more

Brentford are planning to extend their Rhodes loan

02.02.09

Brentford manager Andy Scott wants to extend the loan of Jordan Rhodes after the Ipswich striker's hat-trick in the 3-1 win at Shrewsbury... more

Hearn in talks with Becks' pal to sell Orient

30.01.09

Leyton Orient owner and chairman Barry Hearn has confirmed he is in talks over the sale of the League One club... more

Football talk

29.01.09

West Ham's ban on selling players to Tottenham has coincided with an outbreak of transfer gloating emanating from White Hart Lane... more

Holloway's in the running for Orient job

21.01.09

Ian Holloway has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Martin Ling as Leyton Orient manager... more

Axing Ling is hardest thing I've had to do, admits Hearn

19.01.09

Leyton Orient aim to appoint a new manager within a fortnight after Martin Ling was shown the exit door at Brisbane Road... more

Sport

08.10.08

Sport in general has received a major morale boost with Britain's unexpected success at the Beijing Olympics. Already the excitement is building towards the London 2012 Games. ... more

Ling's long reign over the Orient

07.10.08

Football: The O's boss, now the sixth-longest serving league manager, has turned life around at Brisbane Boad in his five-year tenure... more

Foreign threat to English game

04.09.08

Football: England begin their World Cup qualifying campaign on Saturday against Andorra with the game at a crossroads in this country... more

Olympic stadium set to host rugby league team

15.05.08

Division Two side London Skolars are in talks to move in from 2015 as part of their bid to join the Super League... more

Tyson v Holyfield: a freak show but we'd all watch it

29.02.08

Onto this dark and gruesome world, shards of magic dust all too rarely descend to leaven the gloom and give us reason to do what Churchill knew as "keep buggering on". So it is that news emerges of preliminary discussions about the most gloriously demented bout in even boxing's history.... more