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2004 in Review
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Andrew Flintoff's thrilling displays for England with bat and ball make him our Man of the Year. Opening our review of 2004, he talks exclusively to Stephen Moss about family, his cricket and how his girlfriend turned his life around.
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Armchair theatre
Andrew Motion, the Poet Laureate, on a year when all he could do was sit and marvel.
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From clown to frown
Chelsea changed managers - and a team was transformed, writes Simon Garfield.
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He'll learn. (He always does)
Robert Yates says the much maligned Wayne Rooney is not just a natural talent but a willing and able student of the game.
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The 12-month hangover
Alison Kervin on the internal battles that led Clive Woodward to walk away from England.
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Mounting drama
From dawn raids to Derby glory, Kieren Fallon won't forget this year. By Lee Honeyball.
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The Russians are coming
No grand slams for the Williams sisters and all change on the women's tour. By Tim Adams.
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The nobody who became somebody
Kevin Mitchell on the night a boy from Brixton withstood the threat of Mike Tyson to become a title contender.
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What they said in 2004 ...
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2004 in numbers
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Editorial
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Recollections
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Quick and the dead
In the first of an occasional series in which authors reflect on a moment from their sporting lives, the distinguished South African novelist and critic Dan Jacobson recalls his schooldays and a fast bowler who terrorised pupils and teachers alike.
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Cold warriors
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She's behind you
How did Anni Friesinger become Germany's most celebrated female athlete? Well, for a start, there was the Olympic feud with fellow speed skater Claudia Pechstein that gripped a nation. And now neither woman can resist undressing for the camera. Luke Harding, in Berlin, met the stars from East and West whose battles mirror their country's hidden divisions.
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Feuding females
Tonya Harding v Nancy Kerrigan | Natalie Tauziat V Amelie Mauresmo | Gabriela Szabo V Violeta Beclea-Szekely
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Golf
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Swing of confidence
Jason Cowley on how the mysterious Fijian Vijay Singh became the world's best player.
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The venue
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Madison Square Garden
Celebrating 125 years of boxing at the home of the champions. By Kevin Mitchell.
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Heroes & villains: Chris Bonington
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Reach for the sky
Whened Douglas was a young climber, the posh, bearded mountaineer was, to him, one of the old guard. Only later did he learn to respect a true great
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The 10
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Worst sports stars in an acting role
Buster Crabbe | Carl Lewis | Vera Ralston | Hulk Hogan | Ken Norton | OJ Simpson | Althea Gibson | Henry Cooper | Ally McCoist | Mick The Miller
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Last month's 10
Fergie's ten dodgiest keepers
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Field sports special
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In for a hound ...
With foxhunting to be banned from February, Roger Scruton, one of Britain's leading philosophers, argues passionately that hunting and fishing are rooted in respect and deep love for animals and should be celebrated as the only true sports
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Regulars
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Triumph and despair: Dave Jones
'When people say you're innocent until proven guilty, they're wrong. You're guilty until you prove your innocence': the former Wolves manager on the allegations of child abuse that saw him arrested and out of a job.
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The sports column
Sue Thearle: The events of November 2003 will always be special for me. The start of the month saw the birth of my first child and the end of it produced a moment of rare English sporting ecstasy.
Second thoughts: Marathon madness
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First and last
Jimmy White, snooker player
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Letters
Rebel, rebel | Outrageous: the response | Remove the label | Please sir, I want some more | League of its own
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Close encounters with heroes and has-beens
The day I met: Jamie Redknapp
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Numbers game
Sporting statistics
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On the nose
Bets of the month by Lee Honeyball.
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Philip Cornwall's wonderful world of sport*
Zimbabwe's Egyptian-born star Greek spinner
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Book of the month
On my Knees by Stephen Jones
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Quote of the month
Diego Maradona
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December 2007