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Rafa Nadal on the US Open list

By Marcos Menocal Pareja

The Spanish champion is on the list for the tournament he has won four times. He has missed three of the last four editions due to injury. Nadal will be in Paris in 2024. It is not out of the question that he will play in the US Open on 26 August. He has a protected ranking of ninth, which allows him to play at Flushing Meadows.

Nadal vs. Borg in 2024?

By Marcos Menocal Pareja

Fate has decreed that the Roland Garros champions, with 20 titles between them, will meet in Bastad. There is only one twist to the tale: The 38-year-old Spaniard will play 21-year-old Leo Borg, the son of the legendary Bjorn Borg, who is now 68. The draw was a pleasant surprise.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.