Cuba says goodbye to boxing great Teofilo Stevenson

Cuba said goodbye on Tuesday to heavyweight boxing great Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals and became a symbol of communist pride when he refused to fight for money. A day after......

Cuban boxing great Teofilo Stevenson dead

Cuban heavyweight boxing great Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals but turned down a chance to fight Muhammad Ali for $5 million, has died of a heart attack at the age of 60, Cuban......

Olympic Legends: Teofilo Stevenson

For more than a quarter of a century one question has been put repeatedly to Cuban heavyweight boxer Teofilo Stevenson."Why didn't you accept all those million-dollar offers to turn professional?"......

PHOTOS: The leading modern Olympians

The leading 12 Olympic athletes since the Games were revived in 1896. Paavo Nurmi (Finland, 1897-1973) Nurmi, the greatest of the "Flying Finns" who revolutionised distance running, was a......

Cubans still the ring masters

Their rivals had wishfully predicted a decline but the Cubans remain the masters of the Olympic ring.With nine of their boxers still in the tournament before Tuesday's action and five already......