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Harley Race, a professional wrestler who overcame serious injuries from a car accident to become a mainstay of the wrestling circuit, winning numerous individual and tag-team titles in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, died on Thursday. He was 76. The cause was lung cancer, the wrestling organization WWE said on …

A former nurse who triggered a £2m police investigation with false accusations about a VIP paedophile ring has been jailed for 18 years. A judge said Carl Beech had “deliberately, repeatedly and maliciously told lies to the police” by alleging he had been abused in the 70s and 80s by …

Manny Pacquiao may be dwindling, but the legendary Filipino is on the brink of yet more history as he meets Keith Thurman for the American’s WBA super world welterweight title on Saturday.  Thurman has been nursing injuries since staking a legitimate claim to the throne at 147 pounds after dispatching Danny …