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I also saw the All Blacks win against the Proteas at the Goodwood Showgrounds. My rugby world seemed complete in that season and my cricket world went to another level when Garth le Roux singled me out to sign my bat on his return from being the biggest star in the Kerry Packer World Series in Australia.

Charlie Weir was my guy when it came to boxing and I was crushed when Joseph Hali knocked him out at the Good Hope Centre. I experienced every range of emotion in the return fight when it looked like the Silver Assassin was going to be knocked out again, only for him to recover and win by a knockout.My dad was an avid reader of newspapers, in particular the sports section. I was of that rare breed of eight-year olds who loved reading newspapers. I still do today.

This past week the eight-year-old in me buzzed with the return to Old Trafford of Ronaldo. A disclaimer: Liverpool is my team and Lionel Messi is the master when it comes to the Messi v Ronaldo debate. goal, United lost in the Champions League. Once again, sport had proved a leveller, humbling of ego and crushing of expectation when consideration was not given to anything but victory.I experienced that, as a fan and a writer, when Novak Djokovic lost in straight sets in the US Open final. Djokovic, a match away from a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam, was in my mind never going to lose. I settled in at 10pm on Sunday evening and a few hours later simply felt stunned.

It didn’t, but there was still the escape of a late rally from the Springboks and a one-point win when the world champions led by 26-25 on 79 minutes and 40 seconds. Yet, here he was, having already kicked six penalties and a conversion from seven attempts, about to beat the world champions with the last kick of the game.

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