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The Fazilka Falcons captain turned a record price tag into runs, sixes and match-defining performances.
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Five thousand to one: the season that has not been repeated and probably cannot be
Leicester City were quoted at 5,000-1 to win the Premier League in August 2015. They finished ten points clear, and the conditions that allowed it closed almost immediately.
Thirteen hundred wickets between them, and a partnership built on being different
James Anderson and Stuart Broad shared a new ball for over a decade. The reason it worked was that almost nothing about how they bowled was the same.
Two ways to win the same points: Alcaraz, Sinner and a rivalry of opposites
One plays with variety and improvisation, the other with the flattest ball-striking on tour. What makes the match-up worth watching is that neither style is beating the other.
The seven years at Dortmund that changed how Europe defends
Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund won two Bundesliga titles with a wage bill a fraction of Bayern's, using an idea that is now taught everywhere.
Fifth to first in one wet lap at Donington, in the wrong car
Ayrton Senna passed four cars on the opening lap of the 1993 European Grand Prix in changing conditions, and won by more than a minute in a car that was not the quickest.
The IPL is now a broadcast business that happens to stage cricket
Media rights, not gate receipts or merchandise, are what the league sells. Everything about the calendar and the format follows from that.
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Thirteen hundred wickets between them, and a partnership built on being different
James Anderson and Stuart Broad shared a new ball for over a decade. The reason it worked was that almost nothing about how they bowled was the same.
Six overs decide more T20 matches than the last six, and the market knows it
Fielding restrictions make the powerplay the only phase where a batter is guaranteed space. Sides have finally started paying for players who can use it.
Three-nil at half time in Istanbul, and six minutes that ended a Milan era
Milan led the 2005 Champions League final 3-0 at the interval and lost it on penalties. The side that had been the best in Europe for three years never quite recovered its authority.
The treble that was built in midfield, not in front of goal
Manchester City won the league, the FA Cup and the Champions League in 2023. The tactical decision that made it possible was moving a full back into the centre.
Ten matches, no sets dropped: the qualifier who won a major
Emma Raducanu came through three qualifying rounds and seven in the main draw at the 2021 US Open without losing a set. Nobody had done it before.
The return, not the serve: what actually built twenty-four majors
Novak Djokovic's record is usually explained by flexibility and defence. The numbers point somewhere less romantic — the second-serve return.
1:59:40 in Vienna, and why it was never going to be a world record
Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon distance in under two hours in October 2019. The conditions that made it possible are exactly the ones that disqualified it.
402 three-pointers in a season, and the shot chart that emptied the mid-range
Golden State went 73-9 in 2015-16 and Stephen Curry became the first unanimous MVP. The arithmetic he demonstrated has since reshaped every roster in the league.