James DeGale won Great Britain’s 19th gold at the Beijing Games with a 16-14 win over Cuba’s Emilio Correa Bayeaux in a bad-tempered middleweight final.
In the quarter finals he beat a former Olympic gold medallist from Athens (Bakhtiyar Artayev) and in the semi-final once again beat the Irishman Darren Sutherland (prior to this latest meeting [...]

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Britain’s James DeGale (75kg) has beaten Ireland’s Darren John Sutherland in the men’s middleweight boxing to go through to the final. He will fight Cuba’s Emilio Correa Bayeaux for a chance to win Britain another gold medal.
James DeGale and Darren John Sutherland have fought six times in the last four years, and Sutherland had won [...]

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Bryan Clay is leading after the first two events in the mens decathlon. Clay jumped 7.78 metres in the long jump and completed the 100m in 10.44 seconds to put him ahead early on. The decathlon is possibly one of the most demanding events in the Olympic Track and Field competition. Traditionally, the title of [...]

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