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‘Seeing Sylvester Stallone in Rocky when we were kids actually was the reason for us to start boxing in the first place,’ said Wladimir, ‘We are very excited to support this theatrical project.’

There has never been anyone like them in the history of boxing. Ukrainians Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are six-foot-six brothers in arms (big arms) and both heavyweight champions of the world. Their intense and complex interpersonal relationship is at the core of this film by German director Sebastian Dehnhart (“Stalingrad”, “Miracle at Bern”).

The stats are impressive – 8,000 filmmaking professionals from 70 nations involving over 400 films with more than $800 million in deals to be sealed over the next eight days. And they are all converging right in my backyard – Santa Monica, California. That averages out to about 30 new films every two hours – the majority of them world or U.S. premieres. It is the American Film Market, one of the biggest annual business gatherings of the independent motion picture production and distribution industry.

Ten individuals representing a wide range of skills were enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame this weekend in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Conducted every two years, the 10th annual World Dragon Boat Racing Championships with 2,000 athletes, 50 teams from 18 countries, participating came to a close yesterday after 6 days of competition at Seddon Channel in Tampa, Florida.

With reports that a new feature film about auto racing is in the works (Ron Howard reportedly set to direct a Formula One picture entitled Rush), one of the sport’s better feature films was released 40 years ago

A new documentary film about one of the great drivers in Formula One racing history, Brazil’s Ayrton Senna is now out in limited release including the Los Angeles Film Festival this week. The movie, which will go wider in August, takes you inside the sport with brilliant on-board cameras as well as the politics and rivalries that were part of the three-time world champion’s world.

Tribeca, in partnership with ESPN Films, has announced a summer sale offering for the first time a handful of independent sports films to over 40 million homes via VOD.

According to an Associated Press report, NBC, bidding against ESPN/ABC and Fox, has retained the U.S. Olympic television rights in a four-games deal through 2020 worth more than $4 billion.

Unser, Andretti, Foyt, Mears, Rutherford – it is a competition that conjures up the greats of motor racing as The Indy 500, one of America’s most iconic events, celebrates its centennial edition tomorrow.