Boxer Delicious Orie: ‘I wouldn’t go to the Olympics if I didn’t think I would win a gold medal’

In the run-up to Paris, the amateur boxer tells Donald McRae about his friendship with Anthony Joshua and how, in another life, he may have been on the Russia-Ukraine war frontlines

Inside the Olympic medal factories: how Team GB are shaping up in key sports

Big names eye gold in athletics and swimming while Britain hope to improve on their rowing showing from Tokyo

24 for Paris 2024: must-watch Olympians who will light up the Games

Our writers pick six GB athletes, six Australians, six Americans and six from around the world who have stories well worth following

Not just Chariots of Fire: the forgotten heroes of 1924 Paris Olympics

Swimmer Lucy Morton overcame a car crash and boxer Harry Mallin’s golden double was unmatched for 92 years

Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wants to open care home for retired boxers

Boxer says ex-fighters suffer poor health and that he hopes to help them as part of his sports legacy

Ryan Garcia suspended one year as Devin Haney win ruled no-contest

Ryan Garcia’s upset of Devin Haney has been overturned by New York’s athletic commission after the star boxer tested positive for the PED ostarine

Australia’s Liam Paro shocks the world to seize super lightweight title

Liam Paro upset Subriel Matias to win the IBF super lightweight title, taking an unexpected but unanimous points victory in Puerto Rico.

Gervonta Davis knocks out Frank Martin to retain WBA lightweight championship – as it happened

Round-by-round report: Gervonta Davis defended his WBA lightweight title with an eighth-round knockout of Frank Martin. Bryan Graham was watching

The death of Ardi Ndembo: was a fatal boxing fight preventable?

The father of two stepped into a ring in April for the last bout of his life. There are pressing questions about the events leading to his death

Accidental champion Deontay Wilder was the American dream misunderstood

The Alabaman who started boxing at 21 to pay for his daughter’s medical care went further than anyone could have imagined. Too few people appreciated what he brought to the table

The unlikeliest sporting superfans, from 1976

Why did a City typist travel miles to follow her favourite wrestlers, what was it about Muhammad Ali that Peter O’Toole liked quite so very much?