02The Over Yuvraj Singh Hit Six Sixes
Five balls had disappeared. Stuart Broad still had to run in once more.
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The Last Lap That Split Formula One
Five laps remained. Lewis Hamilton led the race and, with it, the world championship. Max Verstappen was second, but five lapped cars sat between them. Then race control moved those five cars, restarted the race for one final lap and placed Verstappen's fresh soft tyres directly behind Hamilton's old hard tyres.
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03The Comeback Nobody Thought Tiger Woods Could Make
Three leading players attacked the flag at Augusta National's twelfth hole. Their balls found the water.
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04The Tennis Match That Refused to End
Rafael Nadal had already stood one point from winning Wimbledon. Roger Federer saved himself. Then he did it again.
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05The Two Minutes That Won Manchester United the Treble
At ninety minutes, Manchester United had almost everything except the one trophy that could complete the impossible.
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06The Injury That Nearly Ended Ronaldo — Then He Won the World Cup
Rivaldo shot from outside the penalty area. Oliver Kahn, the outstanding goalkeeper of the 2002 World Cup, moved behind the ball and failed to hold it.
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07The Five Minutes Maradona Became a Villain and a God
Against England in 1986, Diego Maradona scored one goal that should never have counted and another that seemed impossible. Together they created football’s most uncomfortable portrait of genius.
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08The World Cup Final That Made Messi Immortal
Lionel Messi had already completed almost every footballing argument. Against France in Lusail, Argentina still had to win a final that appeared finished three separate times.
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09The Underarm Ball That Changed Cricket Forever
New Zealand needed six from the last ball at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia captain Greg Chappell ordered his brother Trevor to roll it along the pitch, securing victory and creating a sporting scandal that still defines the trans-Tasman rivalry.
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10The World Cup Match That Forced Football to Change
Algeria produced one of the great World Cup shocks, yet a final group match between West Germany and Austria exposed a scheduling flaw that allowed two neighbours to advance together. The outrage in Gijón changed how the tournament was organised.
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11The Night Istanbul Refused to End
At half-time in Istanbul, Liverpool were not trying to win the Champions League final. First, they had to find a way to make the second half respectable.
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12The 100-Metre Final That Destroyed a Champion
Ben Johnson did not lean desperately for the line. He raised his right arm before he reached it.
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13Zidane’s Final Match Ended With a Headbutt
Zinedine Zidane’s final walk as a professional footballer took him past the World Cup trophy.
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14The Day Brazil Lost Seven-One at Home
Brazil were losing two-nil in a World Cup semifinal at home. Six minutes and forty seconds later, they were five-nil down.
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15The Mystery of Ronaldo Before the 1998 World Cup Final
The first version of Brazil’s team sheet for the 1998 World Cup final contained an astonishing absence. Ronaldo, the most feared young forward on the planet, was not in the starting eleven.
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16The Summer Football Finally Came Home
When Chloe Kelly forced the ball over the line in the 110th minute of the Women’s Euro 2022 final, England moved ahead of Germany. The goal also carried decades of frustration, expectation and delayed progress with it.
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17The Year Football Forgot What Was Possible
Football calls many things impossible. Leicester City spent the 2015–16 season exposing how casually the word is used.
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18Formula One’s Most Calculated Crash
Nelson Piquet Junior hit the wall at Turn Seventeen on lap thirteen of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
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19Seven Minutes That Broke Paris
Barcelona entered the second leg against Paris Saint-Germain requiring a result that no team had previously achieved in the European Cup or Champions League: overturning a four-goal first-leg deficit.
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20The Night Sachin Tendulkar Settled the Score
In nineteen ninety-eight, Sachin Tendulkar was not simply a famous cricketer.
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21The Corner Barcelona Never Saw Coming
Liverpool did not begin the second leg against Barcelona with a realistic route to the Champions League final. They began it with a requirement that sounded like fantasy.
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22The Night Kohli Refused to Lose
There are innings built on freedom, when the pitch is true, the required rate is comfortable and every attacking option appears available. Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 82 against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was not one of them.
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23Redemption Day
For 29 years, India against Pakistan at a men’s World Cup had followed one unbroken rule: India always won.
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24Calcutta’s Miracle
Eden Gardens is to India, what Lords is to England. A stadium filled with stories and history, none more memorable than those 5 glorious days in 2001.
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25A generation’s calling
This is the moment: it’s Archer to Guptill. Two to win. Guptill’s going to push for two. They’ve got to go. It’s … the throw’s got to go to the keeper’s end!
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26Kohli the Chaser
Consecutive ducks for the first time in his international career, 1-0 down in the series, a home world cup later in the year, doubts over his captaincy. One can only imagine the immense pressure Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian cricket team was under going into the 2nd Paytm T20 international at the Narendra Modi International Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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- 01Sep 5, 2026 · 10 min readThe Last Lap That Split Formula One↗
- 02Sep 4, 2026 · 10 min readThe Over Yuvraj Singh Hit Six Sixes↗
- 03Sep 3, 2026 · 10 min readThe Comeback Nobody Thought Tiger Woods Could Make↗
- 04Sep 2, 2026 · 9 min readThe Tennis Match That Refused to End↗
- 05Sep 1, 2026 · 12 min readThe Two Minutes That Won Manchester United the Treble↗
- 06Aug 31, 2026 · 9 min readThe Injury That Nearly Ended Ronaldo — Then He Won the World Cup↗
- 07Aug 30, 2026 · 9 min readThe Five Minutes Maradona Became a Villain and a God↗
- 08Aug 29, 2026 · 10 min readThe World Cup Final That Made Messi Immortal↗
- 09Aug 28, 2026 · 8 min readThe Underarm Ball That Changed Cricket Forever↗
- 010Aug 27, 2026 · 8 min readThe World Cup Match That Forced Football to Change↗
- 011Aug 26, 2026 · 12 min readThe Night Istanbul Refused to End↗
- 012Aug 25, 2026 · 13 min readThe 100-Metre Final That Destroyed a Champion↗
- 013Aug 24, 2026 · 12 min readZidane’s Final Match Ended With a Headbutt↗
- 014Aug 23, 2026 · 11 min readThe Day Brazil Lost Seven-One at Home↗
- 015Aug 22, 2026 · 11 min readThe Mystery of Ronaldo Before the 1998 World Cup Final↗
- 016Aug 21, 2026 · 13 min readThe Summer Football Finally Came Home↗
- 017Aug 20, 2026 · 13 min readThe Year Football Forgot What Was Possible↗
- 018Aug 19, 2026 · 12 min readFormula One’s Most Calculated Crash↗
- 019Aug 18, 2026 · 15 min readSeven Minutes That Broke Paris↗
- 020Aug 15, 2026 · 24 min readThe Night Sachin Tendulkar Settled the Score↗
- 021Aug 12, 2026 · 6 min readThe Corner Barcelona Never Saw Coming↗
- 022Aug 11, 2026 · 5 min readThe Night Kohli Refused to Lose↗
- 023Oct 28, 2021 · 5 min readRedemption Day↗
- 024Jul 20, 2021 · 2 min readCalcutta’s Miracle↗
- 025Jul 20, 2021 · 2 min readA generation’s calling↗
- 026Jul 20, 2021 · 2 min readKohli the Chaser↗
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