Boxing promoter Bob Arum, 88, has revealed he is taking no extra precautions to guard against the coronavirus whilst crediting his longstanding good health to smoking marijuana.

THE STORY THAT ROCKED BOXING: Martin Carefoot could not provide evidence that he had boars on his farm, so why was he part of Tyson Fury's defence against recent doping allegations?

COMMENT: How very apt for these difficult times that Tyson Fury appears to be washing his hands of a problem. We are still waiting for a convincing explanation about recent doping allegations.

Wilder and Fury are set to meet for a third time at some point this year after the Gypsy King produced a stunning performance in Las Vegas to take the American's WBC crown.

Before turning to boxing, Dillian Whyte had a 20-1 kickboxing record and won his only MMA match inside 12 seconds. He is now interested in getting inside the UFC ring with one of its top heavyweights.

Boxing legend George Foreman has backed Deontay Wilder to 'easily' regain his heavyweight belts when he takes on Tyson Fury again.

The American was battered from pillar to post as he surrendered his WBC world heavyweight title in Las Vegas after his cornerman Mark Breland threw in the towel in the seventh round.

Deontay Wilder suffered his first professional career defeat when his cornerman Mark Breland threw in the towel in the seventh round of his rematch with Tyson Fury in February.

After the pair fought to a controversial draw in 2018, the Gypsy King won February's Las Vegas rematch in style, knocking Wilder down twice on his way to a seventh round stoppage.

The Top Rank founder has promoted both men during his career and he still promotes Fury in America, which led him to becoming WBC heavyweight champion by dethroning Deontay Wilder.

JEFF POWELL IN LAS VEGAS: Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder stand at a dead heat in the predictions by boxing royalty gathered here to see which of them will thunder to victory.

Actor Michael J. Fox warmed up a crowd of Pete Buttigieg supporters in Las Vegas Friday night, saying that when he met the 38-year-old gay war veteran he felt the same way he did with Obama.

President Donald Trump said he doesn't wan't Russia or any country to interfere to help his campaign, as he accused Rep. Adam Schiff of leaking about a classified security briefing.

Biden hailed his friendship with one-time segregationist Hollings while saying he would win the Africa-American vote and the South Carolina primary, where he is just four points ahead.

Some fans of country legend Garth Brooks were outraged when he wore a 'Sanders' jersey to a Detroit, Michigan, concert, but mistook the homage to NFL great Barry Sanders for Bernie Sanders

President Trump floated that the Democratic primary was being rigged against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Joe Biden.

James Carville, who advised President Bill Clinton, told Bernie Sanders to stop 'lollgagging around' after the Vermont senator failed to carry key primary states on Super Tuesday.

Joe Biden holds a 13-point lead over Bernie in new Reuters / Ipsos national poll, as the two candidates take their presidential nomination fight to two key midwest battlegrounds.

Bernie Sanders was among a number of American leaders targeted by the Russians as they tried to push out 'information-propaganda' in the late 1980s.

Jesse Jackson, the legendary civil rights leader and presidential candidate, endorsed Bernie Sanders on Sunday as the Vermont senator fights back against Joe Biden. 

Hillary Clinton said Bernie Sanders was not the 'strongest nominee' for Democrats to take on President Donald Trump this fall but she stopped short of endorsing Joe Biden.

With six new states voting this Tuesday, Bernie Sanders needs some good news out of one of them to grab some of the momentum back from Joe Biden.

Joe Biden celebrated his crushing victory over Bernie Sanders in Michigan - and in Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho too - by thanking him for running and hinting it was time for him to quit.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (seen with Senator Bernie Sanders in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Sunday) was reportedly upset by the Sanders campaign touting an endorsement from Joe Rogan (inset).

Tulsi Gabbard announced Thursday that she was suspending her presidential campaign and would support Joe Biden - leaving just Biden and Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic race.

Senator Bernie Sanders' (left) fiercest backers are furious the Democratic Party over its silence in the face of sexual assault allegations made by Tara Reade (top right) against Joe Biden (bottom right).

Footage shows a 40-year-old man being led away from the scene of a suspected double murder where two mothers were killed. Both women, aged 43 and 52, lived in Moseley, Birmingham.

The Commonwealth Games have moved to tackle a potential scheduling nightmare around Birmingham 2022 after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed until 2021.

Photos emerged on social media of a white Range Rover, as well as one of a man resembling Grealish. Police are investigating reports that a Range Rover smasheds into parked cars.

The 24-year-old midfielder took to social media on Monday evening to say sorry for his behaviour after pictures of him in a Birmingham suburb emerged online.

Built in around ten days, the Nightingale hospital in London will have 4,000 beds for coronavirus patients. Similar hospitals are being installed in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.

The monarchy's official Twitter account paid tribute to the military who have been on 15-hour shifts as they transform the ExCel convention centre into a 4,000 bed hospital for coronavirus patients.

The NHS Nightingale Hospital in Birmingham will initially have 500 beds to treat coronavirus patients, with the capacity for 2,000. A conference centre at UWE Bristol is also being constructed into a hospital.

Prince William, 37, officially opened Birmingham Nightingale hospital today - before personally recognising the hard-working staff who had made the project a reality.

The NHS Nightingale Hospital North West at the Manchester Central Convention Centre has already started treating coronavirus patients from the region after being completed this week.

Hooded attackers are seen running across the street in Handsworth brandishing weapons and appearing to fire them at a group of males who then seek refuge in DFC Chicken.

The physio who was first on the scene after Martin Taylor's leg-breaking challenge on former Arsenal forward Eduardo has recalled the shocking scenes that dramatically change the Croat's career.

People were finally able to pay their respects at cemeteries across Birmingham after the council eased restrictions on graveyards. Mourners can now visit during a two-hour window.

The temporary hospital, which was built in eight days and opened on April 10. But West Midlands mayor Andy Street admitted it has 'not needed to be used'.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is planning to reopen key areas of the NHS for routine care - including cancer treatment starting from today - and 13,000 people could move to the UK Nightintgales.

Doctor Ali Shah, 40, from Birmingham, (pictured left) drove at the victim and knocked him off his feet with his wing mirror when he 'saw red'. He drove off without checking if the elderly man was injured.

Joe Biden on Wednesday mocked his recent spat of gaffes - including his miscounting of a story about awarding a medal to a soldier in Afghanistan - in an interview with Stephen Colbert.

Forty others were injured in the Wednesday night air strike conducted by the Afghan security forces, with U.S. air support, in the Nangarhar province.

Australia's most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has rejected allegations aired in a Nine Network report that he had been involved in a war crime.

PIERS MORGAN: Amid the spat between WAGs Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy one thing is clear - how can anyone think posting online to one person or 367 is going to ensure their privacy?

Joe Biden down played his age at Tuesday's Democratic debate as he baffled viewers with a series of gaffes and caught himself before he claimed he ended Roe vs. Wade.

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Images from a New England Journal of Medicine case report reveal, step-by-step, the transplant process that gave 'Ray,' a veteran, a new penis and scrotum.

On Wednesday, Rear Adm. Collin Green made his intentions clear at a staff meeting Monday that he wants to remove Gallagher's Trident pin, which designates him as a SEAL.

'The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's Trident Pin,' Trump tweeted. 'This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!'

Sergeant Randy Date was baffled when he received a scathing review for a course taught by a black colleague at Colchester's Military Corrective Training Centre in Essex.