Our favourite things this week: the best sports journalism from around the web
Every Wednesday we'll be rounding up our favourite writing, galleries and features from around the world wide web. Photograph: Max Oppenheim/Getty Welcome to the first…
Is trash-talking ruining boxing?
David Haye is a master of selling fights, but his reliance on insults reflects well on no one. Photograph: John Gichigi/Getty Images Habitually mined as…
Larry Olubamiwo’s hasty return to boxing gives singing canaries bad name | Sean Ingle
York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London, where Larry Olubamiwo is scheduled for a return from his ban. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian …
The gifs that keep on giving: KOs, German football and grandstanding
Thanks for all your suggestions on last week's blog. Here are a few highlights from this week.Bad Chad DawsonMore Queensberry Rules than Queensland.Tough luckAn…
Nicola Adams: ‘It’s nice to see so many girls involved in the sport I love’
Nicola Adams says an appearance on Family Fortunes alongside her mother was a highlight in an amazing year. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images You are unlikely…
Who are the biggest underachievers in boxing?
Chad Dawson is knocked out by Adonis Stevenson in round one of their WBC light-heavyweight bout in Montreal on Saturday. Photograph: Graham Hughes/AP Underachievement is…

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