_Introduction: Hakan Şükür, Turkey’s greatest ever striker. 2002 World Cup bronze medalist, scored the fastest goal in World Cup history—11…
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_Introduction: Barbra Banda, Zambian women’s football striker. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she scored a hat-trick against China—Zambia’s first Olympic…
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_Introduction: Matthias Sindelar, Austria’s greatest footballer, soul of the 1930s “Wunderteam.” After the Anschluss in 1938, the Nazis demanded he…
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July 1912, Stockholm. The Fifth Olympiad. Marguerite Broquedis walked onto the grass tennis court and did something that, in that…
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_Introduction: Dambadarjaagiin Baatar, Mongolian long-distance runner. In 1962, he won a marathon on the Gobi Desert border between China and…
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In 1977, an American boxing promoter flew to Havana. He brought a contract. It read five million dollars—five million in…
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June 1983, Nantes, France. European Basketball Championship final. Italy versus Spain. In the second half, the Italian team pushed the…
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November 1956, Melbourne. Olympic women’s basketball group stage. Hungary versus the Soviet Union. Before the game, Maria Toth was called…
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The English Channel Swimming Association keeps a register of every successful crossing since Matthew Webb first made it in 1875.…
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