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John Terry has matured to become the best defender in England and an inspirational leader for Chelsea. He talks exclusively to Simon Garfield about fatherhood, tabloid intrusions, gambling and World Cup fever.
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Tennis
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Give them a break
British tennis continues to struggle and no home player has won a grand slam for 30 years. We have talented youngsters, such as the Ren sisters, but, as Mark Honigsbaum reports, the system too often fails them and it will take more than money to alter generations of entrenched attitudes.
The next generation
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'Bulimia crushes your self-esteem. It took me five years to get help'
The pioneering tennis star Zina Garrison spun into a vortex of food addictions and depression following her mother's death. Then, by pure chance, she saw a TV show that saved her life ...
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Mountaineering
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Special report
In 1959, Cesare Maestri scaled a forbidding Patagonian peak in what was hailed as 'the greatest climbing feat of all time'. The trouble is, his partner died on the way down and, in a sport where honesty and trust are crucial, no one else could verify his tale.
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Olympics 2012
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Not in my manor
Will Self in this personal polemic, decides that the Olympics will 'represent a drain on our purses, a waste of our time and a new nadir in our national prestige'.
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Horse racing
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He's never run a race, so why pay $16m for him?
Nicholas Clee reveals that the world-record price paid for The Green Monkey has as much to do with power struggles, ego and the stud farm as it does with big-race glory and prize money.
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Boxing
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The last hurrah for the hitman
Jason Zinoman spent two days with one of the greats of boxing, Thomas Hearns, in his home city of Detroit and discovered why he is still haunted by his two most famous defeats.
Five still fighting at forty
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Regulars
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May's ten
Dodgy accents
Last month's ten
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Editor's letter
Time, gentlemen
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Letters
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Heroes & villains
Jocky Wilson
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Anatomy of ...
Simon Jones
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On being ...
Gail Emms
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Notebook
In the news
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Frozen in time
7 March 1973
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Book of the month
Once in a Lifetime
Other books
DVDs
Videogame
One to watch
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First & last
Jonah Lomu
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On the nose
Bets of the month
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December 2007