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  P.V. Sindhu: India’s Sporting Darling

  April 8, 2020

  Virtually all of the richest female athletes on the planet are tennis players. A rare exception is India’s top badminton champion P.V. Sindhu. Andy Fry, from Sports Business International magazine, finds out ...

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  Shooting Stars: The Evolution of the Modern Striker

  April 8, 2020

  In soccer, no player received more analysis, more praise, more criticism than the centre forward, aka the striker. With Europe’s top men’s national teams forced to wait a year for the next ...

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  Unsung Heroes: The Sherpas of Everest

  October 23, 2019

  Every year, Sherpa climbing guides help hundreds of mountaineers up Everest. And most years Sherpas are among those who die in the process. Dominic Bliss salutes these unsung heroes. No one knows ...

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  Born to Run: Why Do East Africans Dominate Long Distance Running Events?

  April 8, 2020

  Why do East Africans so totally dominate long-distance running events? Adharananad Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, spent six months living in Kenya’s Rift Valley in an attempt to find out. ...

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  Speed Queen: How Denise Mueller-Korenek Became the Fastest Cyclist on Earth

  March 13, 2019

  “I was like a ping-pong ball being pushed left and right, doing everything to stay upright. It was a terrifying situation. If I’d fallen off, it’s anybody’s guess what would have happened. ...

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  Green & Pleasant Land: 11 of the Most Beautiful and Quintessentially English Cricket Grounds

  May 11, 2019

  In honour of England’s remarkable Cricket World Cup win, Brian Levison (author of Remarkable Cricket Grounds) selects his First XI of the quirkiest, most beautiful and quintessentially English cricket grounds. Lynton & ...