1950 British Empire Games Press Articles

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) - When boxing champion Joe played street cricket with the kids

February 20, 2010 --

DAN O'NEILL'S eulogy of Joe Erskine brought back mixed memories of Joe ("Our most-loved boxer never forgot his roots", February...

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New Straits Times - Weightlifting pioneer Eng Thong dies

October 3, 2006 --

MALAYSIAN weightlifting great Koh Eng Thong (pic) died in Petaling Jaya yesterday. He was 86.

Eng Thong created waves in the Fourth...

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Arbroath Herald Guide and Gazette (Arbroath, Scotland), The - VIP guest at charity boxing night

June 30, 2006 -- THE ICONIC personality of the amateur boxing scene in the 1950s and '60s, Dick McTaggart, MBE, will be a VIP guest at the fourth annual charity...

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Evening News (Edinburgh, Scotland) - Household name's rise to TV fame

January 16, 2003 -- MATTHEW KELLY is one of light entertainment's most famous faces, the northern frontman for what he calls the "Rolls-Royce" of Saturday evening...

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Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland), The - Leader: Proud celebration of a unique global community

July 27, 2002 -- Byline: LEADER THE title of the Commonwealth Games has changed four times since the first competition in 1930, reflecting the demise of the...

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