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Pat Rafter wins The US Open
How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997
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Zamalek Stadium Disaster
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International football's biggest ever beating
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Women's Marathon Agony
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F1's only six-wheeled winner
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The plasterer who fought a boxing legend
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