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August 2003
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Premiership 2003 preview
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Up Pompey
Hooligans, unbridled passion - and no executive boxes. Portsmouth are a reminder of how football used to be and that's no bad thing, say Ed Vulliamy and Brian Oliver in this special report.
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King Eric the second
In Cameroon, Eric Djemba-Djemba is known as 'little Cantona'. But is Manchester United's new boy a hero in the making?
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The little champion
Chelsea fan Simon Garfield on why Gianfranco Zola made him believe that a £40 ticket was good value.
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Sir Jack Hayward
The Wolves chairman hopes his club can do a Birmingham rather than a Bradford in their first season in the Premiership.
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Welcome to the Premiership 2003
Jason Cowley looks forward to the new season.
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A night at the Playboy Mansion
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Fight for your right to party
Hollywood stars, bunny girls and title fight boxing in the back yard: it's a tough life at the Playboy Mansion. Duncan Campbell watches Britain's latest boxing sensation slug it out in the unlikely setting of Hugh Hefner's pleasure dome.
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More interviews and features
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Was Hansie Cronje murdered?
Since his death, the tainted star of South African cricket has become an icon in a country that refuses to accept his faults. But another theory is emerging: that his plane crash was no accident. Daniel Murt reports from South Africa.
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High, wide and Hansen
Abandoned by her parents, Ashia Hansen's life has been defined by turmoil. As she prepares for this month's world athletics championships, Britain's triple-jump hope speaks to Rachel Cooke.
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Murder most fowl
New laws are driving cockfighting in America further underground. Jonathan Green enters the secret world of the 'cockers' and finds rage, resilience and too many sharpened knives.
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Blood and thunder
Benn blazed and Eubank posed, but no one dared to fight the Bomber. Kevin Mitchell recalls a golden era for British boxing.
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Greens in the genes
Timothy O'Grady finally beat his father at golf when the old man was 63. Years later, after a round with Arnold Palmer, he reflected on the game's allure and found that Palmer too was awed by only one man - his own father.
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Triumph and despair
A knee injury ended Malcolm Macdonald's prolific football career. Here he reveals how he coped with life after football - and how he turned to alcohol when the pain in his knee became unbearable.
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The OSM 10
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The 10...
...most spectacular dismissals.
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Last month's 10
Last month Graeme Thomson nominated the 10 Worst Spectator Sports. Here's what you thought.
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Backflick
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First and last
David Coulthard, racing driver.
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My team
Ardal O'Hanlon on Leeds United.
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How to...
...scale an E10.
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British world champions
No 5: Dougie Lampkin, trials biking.
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Book of the month
Le Tour: A history of the Tour de France by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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Now and then
The magic sponge.
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