Three-time EU Elite champion David Oliver Joyce realised a lifetime ambition when qualifying for Rio 2016 on the final day of the European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun, Turkey yesterday.

Matthew Macklin faces a third world title bid in Connecticut tonight. John Riordan spoke to him in New York City this week.

ANDY LEE rescued the fight — if not his entire career — when he floored Scotland’s Craig McEwan with a ferocious left hand to the head less than a minute into the final round of their 10-round middleweight fight at the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Superstar Whitney Houston and fallen R&B singer Bobby Brown's 14-year marriage is reportedly on the rocks, with the couple planning to divorce.

Irish cruiserweight Mark Clancy has scored another win in Connecticut.