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Getty Images Chuck Wepner photographed in his native Bayonne in 2006 https://www.bbc.com/sport/64392108 ​ 26 January 2023 Ben Wyatt BBC Sport in New Jersey The 83-year-old Chuck Wepner stands 6ft 5in tall , with broad shoulders and heavily knuckled hands; bone calluses serve as reminders of a life spent punching.  His vocation as a fighter scarred other parts of his body, too.  "I was a big bleeder. I had 328 stitches in my career. My nose was broken nine times in 16 years . And, uh, it never fazed me, you know?" Wepner tells BBC Sport, with a shrug.  In fact, so likely was his face to suffer injury in the ring that he eventually adopted the nickname others gave him as an insult.  The Bayonne Bleeder - Bayonne being the New Jersey town that Wepner still calls home - was a fighter who lived up to his billing.  So maybe it was fitting that the most famous bout of his career came soaked in claret. " Tony Perez was the referee for my fight with Muhammad Ali ," r...

Image source, BBC SportImage caption,  Kevin Keegan is arguably the most  beloved figure in Newcastle United's history for his deeds as player and manager https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c20z4d87vp3o By  Phil McNulty Chief football writer Published 20 July 2026 Kevin Keegan, who has died aged 75 , was one of football's most charismatic and influential figures in a career of many chapters that took him from superstar player to elite manager. While some may remember him best for his ill-fated reign as England manager, he will rightly be much more celebrated as a world-class player at Liverpool and Hamburg, captaining England, and shining latterly at Southampton and Newcastle United , before becoming arguably the most beloved figure in the Tyneside club's history. Keegan revived Newcastle 's fortunes as a player before carrying the Geordie nation with him on a thrilling ride as manager, first by taking the club back into the top flight, then delivering a magni...

Seimila dipendenti, un miliardo di spettatori/ascoltatori in tutto il mondo, niente pubblicità.  Il “caso Panorama-Trump” manda in crisi la tv britannica, all’ombra di Farage LEONARDO CLAUSI Il Manifesto - Mercoledì 12 novembre 2025 Pagina 16 È l’equivalente giudiziario di un film peplum tipo Ercole sfida Sansone , o di un blockbuster come Alien contro Predator , ma c’è poco da ridere: “Donald Trump contro la BBC” è surrealisticamente vero. Breve riassunto. Lunedì, dopo una settimana di rivelazioni sul Daily Telegraph , le due massime cariche esecutive dell’emittente britannica, il direttore generale Tim Davie e l’ad di BBC News Deborah Turness si dimettono in seguito a dirompenti accuse di parzialità (il famigerato bias ) mossegli dal suddetto quotidiano, che strilla da anni contro il mite liberalismo dell’azienda visto come comunismo rivoluzionario . Accuse, ahiloro, impeccabilmente sostanziate. In un episodio dell’illustre programma di approfondimento Panorama dal titolo "Trum...

Getty Images https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckke5522r23o Robert Redford, who has died at the age of 89 , appeared in more than 50 Hollywood films , won an Oscar as a director, and became a champion of independent film-makers, founding the annual Sundance Film Festival to showcase their work. Success meant he could pick and choose his projects, with many chiming with his politically liberal views. And he campaigned on environmental issues and for the rights of Native Americans. His all-American good looks couldn't be ignored: Redford was once described as "a chunk of Mount Rushmore levered into stonewashed denims". Another critic said he had "a fluid physical grace and an inner radiance that sometimes makes it seem as if he's lit from within". But overall, Redford thought his beauty was more of a hindrance than a help to his career - and said karma had brought tragedy in his family life to punish him for his physical good fortune. Film world pays tribute...

GETTY IMAGES Chelsea poached Ngumoha from Arsenal but then lost him to Liverpool in 2024 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cgjye1144l2o Nizaar Kinsella Football reporter BBC - 26 August 2025 810 Comments From the age of eight to 16, Rio Ngumoha was a Blue. A Chelsea Blue. But there is no doubting it now - the forward is a Red after scoring Liverpool's last-minute winner away at Newcastle. All the talk going into Monday's game was about whether Liverpool might sign Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, who remains in exile, after a £110m bid was rejected earlier this month .  But Ngumoha was the post-match headliner. And this follows the pattern of his fledgling career to date. In academy circles Ngumoha has been the talk of English football for the last five years or so having excelled in Chelsea's Cobham academy.  Last September he left Stamford Bridge in shock as Liverpool wrestled him away from Chelsea. On Friday he turns 17 and will sign his first professional con...