Nigel Mansell made perhaps the biggest cock-up of his career on the final lap of the Canadian Grand Prix. He had dominated the race in the Williams and as he came on the long back straight he started ...

The iconic fights' iconic fight. The Rumble in the Jungle. The night Muhammad Ali slew the ogres' ogre when people expected him to be chewed up and spat out. His comeback after three years away had ...

Visit ESPN F1 for a brief overview of the history of the Formula 1 World Championship; from 1930s - present.

From the first days of motor racing, drivers have lived close to the edge. Thanks to marked improvements in safety standards, the number seriously injured and killed competing in the sport has ...

1901 The first use of the words grand prix to describe a race, the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. 1904 The formation of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association ...

Sport and controversy go together hand in hand. But rarely can an attempt to abuse the system have involved such serious stakes, namely the personal safety of a driver. Given that and the high-profile ...

We've looked around for some of the momentous excuses sporting stars have used to either defend their lacklustre performances or to get out of a holesports Top Tens ...

France have recalled scrum-half Morgan Parra ahead of their Test with Samoa at the Stade de France on Saturday. The Clermont Auvergne half-back comes back into the side in place of Maxime Machenaud ...

One of the great cheats in Olympic history, Boris Onishchenko, won Britain a gold medal. Consider his case for a second. In the modern pentathlon, he was world individual champion in 1971 before being ...

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Ireland and Fiji go head-to-head at the RDS for the first time on Saturday, with the Islanders' two previous visits having taken place at the old Lansdowne Road.

These two sides have met just twice before with Samoa winning both Pacific Rugby Cup encounters. Their first meeting came in 1999 where the South Sea Islanders were victorious 27-20 at Apia Park. They ...