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Roman's empire
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Billonaire Roman Abramovich's capture of Chelsea was the sensation of the season. Here, Simon Garfield offers a true fan's view of a momentous 12 months.
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Motor racing
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Mirror, signal, manoeuvre
Is Formula One ready for its first female star? Matt Rendell travelled to São Paulo to meet Bia who, at the age of 19, is tipped to join the ranks of her country's greats - Senna, Piquet, Barrichello. She has already beaten the boys from Brazil at their own game. Now she's ready to take on the world.
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Cricket
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Cricket and the joy of decks
Novelist Steve Jacobi paid £6,000 to travel on a luxury liner with sporting celebrities and assorted eccentrics as it cruised the Caribbean during the recent Test series. In between early-morning power walks with Richie Benaud and late-night piano lessons from Richard Stilgoe, he even managed to watch Lara make history. But could he escape the infamous Barmy Army?
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Retired stars
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When the music stops - Part 1
The silence that greets the end of a sporting life is, for many, the greatest challenge they will ever face. The old routine is lost. The body sags. The drive is gone. The days are long. The phone does not ring. That is when the trouble begins... Six recently retired stars talk about the difficulty of adapting to ordinary life
When the music stops - Part 2
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The sports column
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Why I dread a summer of sport
Michael Henderson
Second thoughts: Football's finest historians
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The OSM 10
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The ten most irritating traits
Jonny Wilkinson's cupped hands | Tim Henman's fist | Tony Meo's finger | Paul Gascoigne's nervous tic | Sergio Garcia's re-grip | Paula Radcliffe's nodding head | Alex Ferguson's involuntary header | Dave Whitcombe's flickering tongue | Monica Sele's grunt | Chris Tavare's walkabout
Last month's 10
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Rationale
This month's 10 was selected by Gavin Newsham. Here he justifies his choice.
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Regulars
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Triumph and despair
His tantrums made him famous - but bad temper is no basis for bringing up six children. John McEnroe tells how being a dad taught him to control his anger.
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My obsession
Michael Schumacher on climbing.
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A letter from ... New York
Ali biographer Thomas Hauser can play chess ... just. Could he trade pawns with Lennox Lewis - and win?
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Letters
Letter of the mont | 50 sporting things you must do before you die: your responses | Local heroes | Cresta wrong | Tale of two cities | University challenged | Bowled over | ZZ really is top
Editorial
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Calendar
May
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Backflick
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First and last
Paula Jane Radcliffe was born in Northwich, Cheshire, in 1973. After establishing herself as one of the world's best 5,000m and 10,000m runners, she stepped up in distance and set world records in the Boston Marathon then the 2003 London Marathon.
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How does it feel to ... be knocked out by Mike Tyson
Julius Francis lasted two rounds.
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Book of the month
The Man Who Hated Football by Will Buckley
Also out this month: 3:59.4, The Quest to Break the 4 Minute Mile
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Numbers game
Air force hawks | Half-time mass | Goat relief | Golden fingers
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The month in a minute
Tag Heuer | Virtual Caddy
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Literal truth number 40
Tony Martin
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On the nose
Bets of the month by Lee Honeyball.
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December 2007