MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 1 (UPI) -- Former junior lightweight boxing champion Alexis Arguello has died from a gunshot wound to the chest at his Nicaraguan home, the La Prensa newspaper said.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 1 (UPI) -- The mayor of the Nicaraguan capital Managua was found dead Wednesday from an apparent gunshot wound to the heart.
LONDON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Nikolay Davydenko, ranked No. 6 in the world, was cleared in an investigation into betting patterns on a match in which he lost to a lower-ranked opponent.
AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, July 14 (UPI) -- No. 7-seeded Martin Vassallo Arguello notched a straight-set victory Monday in first-round play of the Dutch Open in the Netherlands.
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The recent unsupervised dorm boxing match death of a student at a New York university has led to scrutiny of underground boxing at the University at Albany.
SOPOT, Poland, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Former champion Tommy Robredo advanced to the semifinals of the Orange Prokom Open Friday amid match-fixing concerns in the world of tennis.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Ukrainian boxer Vitaly Klitschko, the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, is retiring due to an injury and calling off his upcoming fight with Hasim Rahman.
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Andre Ward made sure the United States would win at least one boxing medal at the Olympics Tuesday with a quarterfinal victory.
LAS VEGAS, April 9 (UPI) -- With the long-dominant Lennox Lewis off the heavyweight boxing scene, the Klitschko brothers of Ukraine are taking shots at Lewis' legacy.
LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of British shoppers snapped up bargains Friday as a record number of big-name stores threw open their doors on Boxing Day.
