It’s been a fantastic couple of weeks for that most traditional of sporting contests – Test cricket. First we had South Africa’s men battle back to pull off a thrilling run chase against Australia to claim the World Test Championship at Lord’s. Then, nine days later, England’s men rallied impressively to defeat India at Headingley …
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There were some great races at the British Athletics Championships, with Olympic places on the line, but one of last weekend’s standout images was of an athlete who failed to make the plane for Tokyo. On the Friday night, quadruple Olympic champion Mo Farah made one final attempt at securing the 10,000m qualifying time of …
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