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Double take
You don’t knock over the world’s best batsman every day, much less get him twice with one delivery. For Zoe Goss, who represented the Australian women’s team in 12 Tests, the Bradman Foundation charity match in 1994 was her wildest cricket *dream come true’. She had Brian Lara both caught behind and stumped off […]

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Ginger Magician Steve Davis, the former snooker champion, was called the *Ginger Magician’, and in this video he shows why. Davis’s lack of emotion while playing competitive snooker belied a delightful sense of humour – here, he uncorks a cunning trick-shot, having described it to the audience before-hand. Watch the sequence as it unfolds or […]

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Rope-a-dope
The eighth round of *The Rumble in the Jungle’, the heavyweight boxing title match between champion George Foreman and challenger Muhammad Ali. Having absorbed all Foreman could dish out by leaning on the ropes (a tactic he dubbed *rope-a-dope’), Ali saw his moment. He caught an exhausted Foreman with two perfectly timed straight rights, a […]

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Michael Jordan was called “His Airness” in his prime for his earth defying stunts on the basketball court. In a sport where 38 is considered old age, Jordan made yet another comeback in 2002. Competing after a three-year lay-off, Jordan amazed critics and followers alike. In fact, the star hoopster was carrying an injury. It’s […]

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At his peak, Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula One World champion, never ceased to surprise. He was the master of all he surveyed. When Schumi puts his mind to anything, he always came out on top. Watch the *Machine Man’ run, dodge and weave his way to score goals in an exhibition football match. As […]

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