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E ddy Merckx won the Tour de France ...

At first it’s hard to imagine a 12-year-old Thierry Boutsen sneaking the keys to his mother’s Fiat 600 for a joyride, such is the Belgian’s calm, pragmatic demeanour. With an earnest smile and a lithe

THIS IS THE THIRD OF A THREE-PART SERIES MARKING THE SILVER JUBILEE OF THE 2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS

At one end of Telstar’s BUKO Stadion, there sit two scoreboards. One is electronic, and typical of most stadiums. The other is a massive structure with fishing baskets attached on each side, to corres

‘We are interrupting this news bulletin to go straight to the European Athletics Championships in Belgrade where the final of the 5,000 metres is in its last stages.” With these words, I – and the res

A sunny Saturday at Oulton Park for the historic racing Gold Cup offered a little slice of bliss. Forgetting to apply suncream certainly wasn’t a problem the last time my dad was here, on a streaming