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Articles by Benjamin Markovits

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The boys of summer

  • 21 August 2006

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

Do the decent thing

  • 07 August 2006

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

Injuring time

  • 24 July 2006

The first thing a sportsman learns is how to hurt others

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 - 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 - 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 - 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

Sport - Benjamin Markovits

  • 30 January 2006

Overheard on a bus, two boys show how football talk can also be a touching proof of friendship

Sport - Benjamin Markovits can't get worked up about darts

  • 23 January 2006

Darts is competitive sport pared down to its essentials, but without much to cheer for

Sport - Benjamin Markovits suffers for his triumph

  • 16 January 2006

It's the suffering that gives us the right to claim a victory when it comes

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