A coroner has returned an open verdict into the inquest into the death of Irish boxer Darren Sutherland today, confirmed the cause of death as hanging.

A boxing promoter said he had no idea why Irish boxer Darren Sutherland would have been frightened of him, an inquest has heard.

IT was a Shakespearean tragedy on a canvas and a Saturday night.

ANDY MURRAY not only wants to win tonight’s Irish lightweight title fight with Oisin ‘Gael Force’ Fagan when they headline the Yanjing Fight Night at the National Stadium in Dublin – he wants to do it with style.

HAD Andrew Murray taken the medical advice offered him, he would never have donned a pair of boxing gloves. But, do date, he has won three national senior titles as an amateur and, as a professional, holds the Irish light welterweight belt.

THEY may have spent the last three months winding each other up, pouring scorn on their rival’s talents and rubbishing each other’s prospects for success in tonight’s WBC welterweight title fight but if there is one thing that both the Mayweather and Hatton camps agree on, it is that boxing is once again back in the big time.

PROMOTER Frank Warren has urged Joe Calzaghe to establish himself as an all-time global great, starting with tomorrow night’s WBO and IBF super-middleweight title defence against Sakio Bika.

DUAL All-Ireland winner Teddy McCarthy, yesterday embarked on an eight-week quest that will end in a boxing ring at the Citywest Hotel, where Ireland’s first White Collar Boxing Show will be staged on November 4.

AMIR KHAN will step up his professional career in September after his stunning debut victory over David Bailey in Bolton on Saturday night.

Frank Warren yesterday hailed Joe Calzaghe as the greatest British super-middleweight of the modern era and lamented the Welshman’s failure to meet fallen great Roy Jones Jr.

JOE CALZAGHE’S frustration at failing to secure meaningful matches at super-middleweight is likely to prompt him to move up a division in the new year.

Pint-sized pop star Kylie Minogue’s bra tonight went under the hammer for £2,400 during a charity auction of stars’ saucy underwear.

Kylie Minogue went without her bra today – after she donated it to a charity auction of stars’ saucy underwear.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson or Tony Blackburn were tonight set to be crowned King or Queen of the jungle in the celebrity survivor show that has gripped the nation.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson admitted today that she had sent Darren Day a saucy message on ITV1’s celebrity survivor show.

The celebrity contestants toughing it out on ITV1’s jungle gameshow were today anxiously waiting to see who would be next to be voted out of the Australian camp.

The eight celebrity survivors were being whittled down to seven today with the result of the first public vote.

Viewers of ITV1’s celebrity survivor show will today find out whether vegetarian psychic Uri Geller rose to the challenge of eating a feast of creepy-crawlies.

Comedian Rhona Cameron has been chosen to be “buried alive” today in the Australian jungle as part of the latest challenge on ITV1’s celebrity survivor show.

Big Brother might have ended a few weeks ago but those missing their daily dose of voyeuristic television will rejoice in ITV’s new celebrity version of Survivor, the catchily-titled I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Former boxing world champion Nigel Benn was today preparing to face a tank of snakes to win the latest challenge in ITV’s celebrity outback gameshow.

Celebrity Survivor stars today made life hard for themselves on the first day of their wilderness adventure by polishing off almost their entire allowance of food in just two hours.

Eight famous faces were braving the perils of the jungle today in the new celebrity version of Survivor.

Nigel Benn has shaved off his dreadlocks in preparation to appear on the celebrity edition of Survivor.

Eight celebrities are to swap their lavish lifestyles for a campsite in the Australian outback in a new interactive television charity show.

Ricky Hatton intends to get Eamonn Magee out of the way as quickly as possible on Saturday night in order to avert his eyes to other sporting matters.

The boxing world turned out in force for the Royal Premiere of Ali - the life and times of heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali.

Belfast’s Brian Magee will go into the biggest fight of his life tonight with high praise ringing in his ears from the last great super-middleweight to emerge from Ireland.

Manchester City’s Maine Road stadium is emerging as the likely stage for local boy Ricky Hatton’s much-awaited clash with Belfast battler Eamonn Magee.