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Books
Heroic unhappiness
02 January 2012
Books
Touched by time
23 April 2009

Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín
Viking, 256pp, £17.99

North America
A new global game?
15 January 2009

Obama and Sport

Sport
The boys of summer
21 August 2006

My friend and I dressed and ran out on to the glittering court

Sport
Do the decent thing
07 August 2006

Why back an underdog, asks Benjamin Markovits, if you know it's hopeless?

Sport
Injuring time
24 July 2006

The first thing a sportsman learns is how to hurt others

Sport
Sport - Benjamin Markovits learns to lose
05 June 2006

There is an art to being a good loser, but master it too well and you're lost

Sport
Sport - Benjamin Markovits wants a record to stand
29 May 2006

At 41, Barry Bonds is stretching towards a last great record. Most people want him to fail

Sport
Sport - Benjamin Markovits misses a hoop
22 May 2006

A missed hoop, a scuffed shot . . . It's all too painful, the moment that can never be rerun

Sport
Sport - Benjamin Markovits wants sports on Newsnight Review
06 February 2006

As with artists, the success of most athletes comes from their skill in ringing the changes

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