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The Joy of Six: Glenn Maxwell’s greatest innings for Australia

From the miracle of Mumbai, gamechanging centuries and a rare Test ton, here are half a dozen of the Big Show’s most destructive knocks Glenn Maxwell has bowed out from international cricket leaving behind a trail of destruction razed by his most blistering innings and unconventional shots. Yet for all the outrageous highlights and gamechanging knocks, the 38-year-old’s legacy is tainted by an unshakeable feeling that he remained an unfulfilled talent. The Big Show was denied a farewell appearance for Australia when overlooked for their T20 squad to face England this month before bringing the

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Scrum mechanics and a Gatland cameo: behind the scenes with the Nations Championship’s 13th team

Tough does not remotely cover the job of the world’s best rugby referees and the lengths to which they go to navigate the sport’s labyrinthine laws The 13th team participating at the Nations Championship this month are an intriguing bunch. If you didn’t know much about rugby and had wandered into a first-floor conference room at a hotel near Windsor on Monday you might almost have mistaken them for a gathering of airline pilots from nearby Heathrow. Slim, intelligent, studious … you’d trust them to stay calm on the flight deck. Stick them in matchday kit, however, and the world’s top rugby uni

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24-year-old woman dies after collapsing in final stages of New York City Marathon

Father says Rachel Apa died from rhabdomyolysis Runner was former college athlete in ‘perfect shape’ A 24-year-old woman died after collapsing during the final stages of Sunday’s New York City Marathon, her father has said. Rachel Apa’s father, Steve Apa, told the New York Times his daughter was in Central Park, two miles from the end of the race, when she collapsed. It was Rachel’s first marathon and she was running as part of the Parkinson’s Champions team in honor of her late grandfather, who suffered from the disease. Continue reading...

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