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    Roger Federer: The making of a sports great

    Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola, Johan Cruyff

    25 years ago this match changed football

    There was a time when Barcelona fans did not expect success. To wallow in pessimism was the accepted norm. Trophies? Titles? They were for others, usually the reserve of the grandiose club of the capital, Real Madrid.

    The headache that ends careers

    It wasn't the way that Alistair Hargreaves expected to bow out -- after an innocuous clash of heads on the training ground.
    Khalida Popal

    Footballer who escaped the Taliban

    She's faced death threats, violence and depression, but the former captain of Afghanistan's women's football team Khalida Popal refuses to be silenced.
    AL AIN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MAY 15: A portrait of Manchester city owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan during the friendly match between Al Ain and Manchester City at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium on May 15, 2014 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

    Billionaire transforms club and city

    If Manchester City used to be the club boasting high-profile signings on provocative billboards, these days this northern English city's "noisy neighbor" is taking a more softly, softly approach.

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      Usain Bolt urges other athletes to save athletics

      By Aimee Lewis and Amanda Davies, CNN
      He is the undoubted superstar of athletics, a man who has transcended his sport and will be remembered as a great. But eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has warned that one individual cannot save his sport once he has retired.
      Christian Ahlmann and Codex One, seen here competing in 2012, are back in the top three of the Longines Global Champions Tour after their success in Berlin.

      Christian Ahlmann jumps to victory in Berlin

      By Danielle Rossingh, for CNN
      Germany's Christian Ahlmann clinched a big win on home soil when he took the first ever Berlin leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour against the world's top show jumpers.
      Alonso tested the Halo at last year's Singapore Grand Prix and says he is "happy with a halo or no halo."

      Alonso gives blessing to 'halo' safety system

      By Matthew Knight and Amanda Davies, CNN
      It has split opinion across the Formula One paddock -- and among motorsport fans -- but two-time world champion Fernando Alonso believes adopting the divisive "halo" cockpit safety system for the 2018 season is the right decision.