Muhammad Ali's 1974 WBC heavyweight championship boxing belt and a handwritten letter about his conversion to Islam are among items that will hit the auction block in September, in the biggest such sale since Ali's death in June. Heritage Auctions said on Friday that the auction will include the trunks Ali wore for his "Rumble in the Jungle" victory ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, in the US to attend the funeral of African American boxing legend Muhammad Ali. A funeral vehicle embarked on a route through Louisville that would carry Ali's body past landmarks such as his boyhood home on the West End, traditionally an African-American section of town, and the Muhammad ...

Three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali pays tribute to the Father of the Islamic Revolution late Imam Khomeini at his mausoleum in southern Tehran in this May 5, 1993 photo. Muhammad Ali succumed to death on June 4 at the age of 74 after 32 years of fighting with Parkinson's syndrome.    ...

For those of us d'un certain age the above title sums up Muhammed Ali. Unusually this eloquence was not coined by the Champion of all Champions but by Drew "Bundini" Brown one of Ali's corner-men (unwelcomed by coach Angelo Dundee) a hyper-ventilating fluffer who's task was to pump Ali up for the battles in the ring and out of it. As somuch commentary ...

Tehran, June 5, IRNA Eqbal Shakeri, a member of Tehran city council suggested on Sunday that a street in the Iranian capital be renamed after the late world boxing legend Muhammad Ali Clay. Muhammad Ali Clay was the symbol of resistance to racism and US imperialistic policies in the Vietnam War, Shakeri said, speaking at a Tehran city council meeting....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said those mourning Muhammad Ali must remember the boxers deep Muslim faith. Ive been all over this country and Im talking to Muslim people who say, You know, Bernie, our kids are now afraid, he said during a press conference in Los Angeles on Saturday. I say to those people, one of the great American ...

Tehran, June 5, IRNA Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Muhammad Ali, the legendary American boxer, was a pioneer in racial equality who stood up for blacks' rights. Hossein Jaberi Ansari expressed condolences over death of Muhammad Ali on June 4. 'He was not only a famous champion in the area of boxing, but also a 'Pahlevan' (hero) which ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali, an icon of the 20th Century whose fame transcended the sport during a remarkable career that spanned three decades, has died, his family said. The beloved 74-year-old sports hero, who had been battling Parkinson's disease for decades, passed away on Friday in a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona,...

Ali condemns Islamic jihadists in 132-word statement on Wednesday Heavyweight champ calls on political leaders to promote understanding Muhammad Ali hit out against Islamic extremists and Donald Trumps plan to bar Muslims from entering the United States on Wednesday. I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) Newly declassified documents show NSA spied on the civil rights icon, boxer Muhammad Ali and other Vietnam war critics The National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States eavesdropped on civil rights icon Martin Luther King and heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali as well as other leading critics of the Vietnam War in a secret ...