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Juventus, giants of Italian and world football, were relegated to the second division last summer after a match-fixing scandal. Ed Vulliamy spends a week with the team as they battle for promotion in unfamiliar, dilapidated stadiums.
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Cricket
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Paradise postponed
As the ragga music blared and the tills rang at the open-air bars in Rodney Bay, Jason Cowley bumped into New Zealand and England cricketers intent on a good night out. Then the World Cup darkened into tragedy.
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The golden years
He captained his country, delighted crowds with his elegance and flamboyance, and was England's highest run scorer. Yet David Gower still can't shake off his reputation as an underachiever. Francis Wheen takes on the critics
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Bob Woolmer, 1948-2007
A tribute to the Pakistan coach, who died last month in the Caribbean.
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Golf
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American beauty
On the eve of the 71st US Masters, David Owen, who has enjoyed unrivalled behind-the-scenes access at the Augusta club, tells the story of the tournament's strange history, its troubled early years and how it became golf's most alluring prize.
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Football
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A health cheque for Henry
Noreena Hertz, an economist better known for her work to reduce Third World debt, aims to persuade every Premiership footballer - all 556 of them - to donate a day's wages to a hardship fund for nurses.
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Bullfighting
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'The Muslim Matador'
Mehdi Savalli is French, an Arab and just 20. He defies bullfighting tradition and the purists object to his theatrical style yet he is already a sensation of the ring. Jason Burke met the sport's controversial new hero.
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Triumph and despair: Gail Devers
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'A girl said I looked like a monster'
Her hair fell out, her skin hung off her face and then, when she began radiation therapy for a thyroid disease, the American sprinter was told she might lose her feet. Within two years she was back and winning Olympic gold.
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Regulars
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Counting the cost
Most major sports events across the globe - including the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean - are being ruined by all-powerful corporate sponsors and excessive regulation, says Jason Cowley.
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April's Ten
Unforgettable TV adverts.
Last month's Ten
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Notebook
Stories of the month: in-field, off-field, left-field.
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Letters
A tale of two kings, Irish rovers and the great exhibition.
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Fashion watch
Polly Vernon: Technically, it should be impossible to look bad in skiwear.
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Ten questions for ... Steve Davis
The six-time world snooker champion on Chas 'n' Dave, 'Hurricane' Higgins and why it pays to be interesting.
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On the nose
Bets of the month...
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This sporting life
Alex Clark on sports in the arts.
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Reviews
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007
Nick Greenslade on Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007.
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Get your round in
Will Buckley on Golf's Best Short Stories.
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December 2007