Aged 15, Elsidita Selaj began hitting the boxing gym every day after school, begging to be trained in a sport considered the domain of men in a country with strict gender roles AFP / Gent SHKULLAKU At ...

Kristian Prenga has warned Anthony Joshua that he has picked the wrong heavyweight for his comeback fight with the Albanian vowing to scupper Joshua’s preparations for a meeting with Tyson Fury.

Florian Marku knows a thing or two about starting a new life. He was just eight years old when his parents opted to up sticks and move away from war-torn Albania and cross the border to Greece. “It ...

At age 15, Elsidita Selaj decided she wanted to box. Through sheer stubbornness she has succeeded, breaking down her family's resistance and sexist attitudes to become Albania's first -- and only -- ...