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Bins by day, weights by might
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Joseph’s golden dream becoming reality
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T-Rex smashes American Ninja course
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Ali — A man set apart by power
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Charlesworth: A warning to sporting bodies
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Sharp-shooting Vixens dine out on lowly Mystics
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Fever down high-flying Swifts in thriller
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Eagle has soared after some hard lessons
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Rapist given lifelong swimming ban
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Pro surfers’ wild mid-contest party
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Did you hear the one about the Irish NFL player?
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‘I will sit that motherf***** on his arse’
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Ali remembered, the way he wanted
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LeBron James punked Steph Curry
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Cool insight into WWE’s strange tradition
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Taking a turn for the worse
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WWE’s secret plan to lure Ronda Rousey
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The fattest cats in sport lose their title
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Long jump champ freezes sperm over Zika fears
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’A pioneer, a true legend, and a hero’
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Shaquille O’Neal’s naked practice prank
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Allport caught in eye of storm at Cape Fear
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Mark Hunt tipped to topple Lesnar at UFC 200
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Michael Diamond’s desperate request
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Paralympians suit up for Rio assault
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Hunt: I’ll knock him back to WWE
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Buchanan to lead BMX Rio charge
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