44 minutes ago Oleksandr Usyk issues 'blind' response to complaints about Tyson Fury win

The Ukrainian picked up his second win in a row against Tyson Fury on Saturday, but has hit out at one individual following concerns about the scorecards

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75 minutes ago The tunnel hidden deep underground that links two ancient north Wales communities

Bangor and Bethesda were linked by a railway in the late 19th and 20th centuries

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1 hour ago Oleksandr Usyk settles Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua debate once and for all

The Ukrainian heavyweight king weighed in on the topic after he defeated the 'Gypsy King' for the second time in his career in Riyadh on Saturday night

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1 hour ago Syria has been liberated from Russia and Iran – but outsiders still threaten its new freedom | Robin Yassin

After the fall of the Assad regime, the country now faces challenges from Turkey, Israel and the enmity of the westRobin Yassin-Kassab is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and English editor of the Isis Prisons MuseumThe liberation of Syria was long hoped for, but unexpected. Over the past weeks, Syrians have experienced the full range of human emotions, with the exception of boredom. On the first two Assad-free Fridays, millions of celebrants swelled the streets to chant and sing and speak formerly forbidden truths. There was a huge presence of women, who had been less visible during the years of war. Relatives are meeting again and assuaging their pain as hundreds of thousands return from the camps of exile.At the same time, millions are having to accept at last that their loved ones have been tortured to death. It now appears that most of the 130,000 lost in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons (a bare minimum figure) are dead. Dozens of mass graves have already be...

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2 hours ago Usyk stakes claim as best man in boxing after making Fury eat his words | Donald McRae

Boxing is full of unsavoury people but it also produces extraordinary men. The Ukrainian champion is one of themAs Oleksandr Usyk walked towards us just after three in the morning, resplendent in his purple tracksuit while carrying Eeyore under his arm, his promoter let slip a gentle cry: “Here he comes, the best man in boxing ”Alex Krassyuk is not a traditional boxing promoter, being a much more understated man than most of his contemporaries in this riotous old business. But his pride was understandable in the immediate aftermath of Usyk’s decisive second straight defeat of Tyson Fury. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Oleksandr Usyk appears to take dig at Tyson Fury over wife Paris in post

The Ukrainian defeated the 'Gypsy King' for a second time on Saturday night and appeared to take a slight swipe at the Brit in his post-fight speech

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3 hours ago Moment Ukrainian kamikaze drone sets off 'doomsday' explosion at Russian oil depot amid 'massive' attack on Putin's war machine

The Steel Horse facility supplies Vladimir Putin 's armed forces, but also links to the Druzhba pipeline which sends Russian oil to Europe.

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3 hours ago Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths tensions between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte

Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population

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3 hours ago Ukrainian drones hit a Russian fuel depot for the second time this month

Ukrainian drones have struck a major Russian oil terminal for the second time in just over a week, according to the Russian local governor, as part of a “massive” cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow's military

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3 hours ago Lennox Lewis hijacks Frank Warren's furious interview and makes Fury vs Usyk retirement claim

Lennox Lewis gave his verdict on Tyson Fury’s second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk as promoter Frank Warren ranted about the judges, who awarded a unanimous decision to the Ukrainian

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