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How Moyross made Keith Earls, a beautiful tribute to a late colleague and the week's best sportswriting
The Irish running rivalry fuelled by hate, Limerick's magical summer and the week's best sportswriting
A search for one's family, the Oh-So-Close Men and the week's best sportswriting
Limerick's 'biggest let-down', a powerful story of struggle and survival and more of the week's best sportswriting
Ronnie the Rocket, 200-pound roomies and Pele the fraud: It’s the week’s best sportswriting
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Slow-mo replays, place-kicking and the World Cup; the week’s best sportswriting
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Place-kicking, Disneyland and statistics; the week’s best sportswriting
Diana Ross, NFL in LA and the All Blacks; the week’s best sportswriting
A portrait of Suarez, Roche's nemesis and the Williams sisters; the week’s best sportswriting