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Diarmaid Ferriter: Muhammad Ali v Éamon de Valera - the bout that never was
- Opinion
- June 11, 2016, 00:29
Following the death of Muhammad Ali there was no shortage of lists of memorable quotes from him and about him. There was one quote that did not make(...)

Muhammad Ali’s life was freighted with sub text and narrative. So were his fights. There was rarely anything straightforward about them, always someth(...)

Tipping point: Muhammad Ali could be all too human at times
- Other Sports
- June 6, 2016, 06:30
It isn’t one of Muhammad Ali’s most famous quotes but it might be the wisest: “The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 3(...)
The life of Muhammad Ali
- Editorial
- June 6, 2016, 00:00
Greatness in sport is rightly measured by supreme ability and success at its highest level. The best teams and athletes carve their place in sporting (...)

My 12-year-old son has a Muhammad Ali poster on his bedroom wall. It is the black-and-white image of Ali gloved up and in white shorts looming over th(...)

Muhammad Ali - the facts * Ali’s great-grandfather Abe Grady was Irish. He emigrated from the Turnpike Road, Ennis, Co Clare, to the US in the 1(...)

Muhammad Ali: his greatest quotes
- Sport
- June 4, 2016
Muhammad Ali was famous for his quotes. Here are some of his best. - “Hey Floyd — I seen you! Someday I’m gonna whup you! Don’t you forget, I am the (...)

Muhammad Ali is dead at 74
- US
- June 4, 2016
Muhammad Ali, the three-time heavyweight champion, who was one of the best known and loved sportsmen of the 20th century has died at a hospital in Pho(...)

Rumble in the Jungle: 40 years on from Muhammad Ali’s crowning glory
- Other Sports
- October 30, 2014, 15:38
When Muhammad Ali rumbled in the jungle with George Foreman exactly 40 years ago on Thursday, they were safely distant from the dying embers of a con(...)

Ali and me: struck dumb by the presence of genius
- People
- February 25, 2014, 01:00
I can’t remember a time when Muhammad Ali didn’t mean the world to me. The man, who introduced himself to the planet by beating Sonny Liston 50 years (...)