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Football
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Chelsea manager José Mourinho gives his first major interview.
Bobby Robson on his protege
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'I had sent off Roy Keane for the third time. Then the death threats began.'
The celebrated referee David Elleray recalls the red card that made him fear for his life - and wear a false beard in public.
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Why America hates football
Michael Mandelbaum, the best-selling author of The Meaning of Sport explains.
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First and last
Tim Howard, Manchester United goalkeeper.
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Rowing
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Hell and highwater
A year ago, they were the best in the world and tipped for another gold. Then it all began to go wrong. Jon Henderson spent 12 months with rowers Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell as they prepared for the Olympics.
Sit down you're rocking the boat...
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Tennis
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It'll all end in tears...
Last month he took his second successive men's singles title at Wimbledon and cried on court - again. Roger Federer talks candidly to Tim Adams about fame, his temper, the pain he felt at the death of his coach and why he will always live in Switzerland.
More than just the cuckoo clock...
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The Olympics
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True Olympians
Despite the drug scandals and excess there are still athletes who embody the Olympic spirit. So meet the Afghan sprinter who had to hide from the Taliban, the Brazilian gymnast from the ghetto and the Ecuadorean walker who made a 459km pilgrimage after his first gold medal.
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What became of British athletics?
From the 1924 Olympics that inspired Chariots of Fire to the duels between Coe and Ovett, track and field gripped the nation. But where are today's champions? Kevin Mitchell and Jamie Jackson investigate what has gone wrong and what can be done to reverse the decline.
Athletics gold medals: 1896-2000
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You only swim when you're winning
The Sydney Olympics were a disaster for Britain's swimmers . But now, inspired by fanatical Australian coach Bill Sweetenham and his unorthodox training regime, they are serious contenders again. Tim Adams talks to him.
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The most corrupt race ever
The 1988 Olympic 100 metres final was one of the most dramatic races in the history of the Games. Ben Johnson may have failed a drugs test and been stripped of his gold medal but, as Lee Honeyball writes, he was not the only guilty athlete on that famous afternoon in Seoul.
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Regulars
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Editorial
Tales of the tabloids
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The ten oddest former Olympic events
Tug of war | Live pigeon shooting | Motor boating | Club swinging | Solo synchronised swimming | Tumbling | Rope climb | Long jump for horses
Rationale
Last month's 10
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Close encounters with heroes and has-beens
I day I met Ron Atkinson.
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Sporting shorts
People, places, oddities.
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Philip Cornwall's wonderful world of sport
What's in a name?
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OSM's sporting plaques
2. Palms Cafe, London.
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Letters
Letter of the month: lost and found | In defence of England | Chair person | Frank assessment | Class apart | Boxing clever | Tangled Webb | Address rehearsal | Truly, madly, deeply | The bright stuff | Don't look back
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On the nose
Bets of the month.
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Numbers game
Sporting statistics.
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December 2007