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	Cassius Clay Becomes Champion by The Ovi Team 25th February, 1964; Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston when Liston retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami to become Heavyweight Champion of the World.
	Volleyball by The Ovi Team On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players.
	Nurmi breaks two world records by The Ovi Team January 6th 1925; Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi steps up to the starting line in New York's Madison Square Garden in his first U.S. appearance. Anticipation for the moment had been building steadily since...

	Pele's 1,000th by The Ovi Team November 19th 1969; Brazilian soccer great Pele scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium. It was a major milestone in an illustrious career...
	The Shaman of Football: Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool FC by Dr. Binoy Kampmark You cannot bottle him, export him or use him as a precedent for anything. His calm, even tempered disposition is the stuff of bafflement and bemusement, and yet, after his tenure at one of Europe's most known football clubs
	The Woes of Luka Modric: Croatia, Nationalism and Football by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Juraj Vrdoljak of Telesport was convinced. "I think half the population didn't show up to work on the morning after the win against England."
	Now is the Time to Bring Major League Baseball to San Juan by George Cassidy Payne Any narrative that portrays Puerto Rico as a poor, battered, and inept Commonwealth has never met someone from Puerto Rico.
	The Temptations of Ball Tampering: Steve Smith's Australian Team in South Africa by Dr. Binoy Kampmark There was an audacity about it, carried out with amateurish callowness. As it turned out Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft, besieged and vulnerable, had been egged on by Australian cricket captain Steve Smith...
	Djokovic, Tennis and Player's Unions by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Novak Djokovic, on returning to competitive tennis at the Australian Open, caused something of a a stir that a revolt in the game was brewing. Was it about ball boys or girls, or his smooth unblemished victory against the unfortunate Donald Young?
	Neutral Athletes: Russia, Drugs and the Olympics by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Being a moralist in the Olympics doesn't carry you very far. Turn one way, and there are enterprising drug cheats; turn another, there are wads of cash in envelopes finding their inexorable way to an official's accounts.
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