Monday, 19 August 2019

1985 Ashes: Wayne Phillips

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Nothing could separate the teams going into the fifth Test of the six-match 1985 Ashes series at Edgbaston. England’s win at Headingley had...
Wednesday, 17 July 2019

1987 World Athletics Championships: Fatima Whitbread

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Before 1986, major championships had not been kind to Fatima Whitbread. Defeated with the final javelin throw of the 1983 World Championshi...
Tuesday, 2 July 2019

1987 Wimbledon: Boris Becker v Peter Doohan

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Before 1987, the only pain Boris Becker had suffered at Wimbledon was during his third-round match against Bill Scanlon. Stretchered off co...
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Wednesday, 5 June 2019

1983 French Open: Jo Durie

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The past is indeed a foreign country. Before Johanna Konta’s exploits, the last British woman to reach a French Open semi-final was Jo Duri...
Tuesday, 21 May 2019

1984 UEFA Cup: Tony Parks

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Sport has a habit of creating heroes from the ranks of the previously unknown. In football, one such example was the tale of Nigel Spink. A...
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Thursday, 9 May 2019

1983 Cricket World Cup: Kapil Dev turns the tide

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Kapil Dev wasn’t quite walking into the last chance saloon as he made his way to the middle of the Nevill Ground at Tunbridge Wells on S...
Friday, 3 May 2019

1987/88: Celtic's glorious centenary season

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The relationship involving Billy McNeill and Celtic Football Club was always destined to be a marriage made in heaven. The captain of the L...