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Players Who Carried Underdog Nations at Major Tournaments
Players Who Carried Underdog Nations at Major Tournaments
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In common: Asamoah Gyan
Every major tournament has a team nobody expected to see in the second week, and usually one player whose performances made the run believable. This list collects those players from men's and...
Sports
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Archers Who Excelled When the Pressure Was Highest
Archers Who Excelled When the Pressure Was Highest
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Archery looks calm on television, but an Olympic final is decided by a few millimetres, a ticking clock and sometimes a single arrow in a shoot-off. These are the archers whose records hold up...
Sports
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Olympic Weightlifters with Extraordinary Competitive Consistency
Olympic Weightlifters with Extraordinary Competitive Consistency
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Weightlifting rewards the lifter who makes their attempts count: three tries in the snatch, three in the clean and jerk, and a total that decides the medals. This list picks lifters who did that...
Sports
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Rowers with Remarkable Careers Across Boat Classes
Rowers with Remarkable Careers Across Boat Classes
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Rowing has two techniques and many boats. Scullers hold an oar in each hand, in singles, doubles and quads; sweep rowers hold one oar with both hands, in pairs, fours and eights, and need a...
Sports
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Entrepreneurs Who Built Across African Markets
Entrepreneurs Who Built Across African Markets
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On a similar theme
Africa is 54 countries with separate currencies, regulators, languages and road networks, and opening an office in a new capital is not the same as building a business there. This list follows...
Business
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South American Footballers with Legendary Domestic Careers
South American Footballers with Legendary Domestic Careers
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European coverage tends to judge South American players by what they did after crossing the Atlantic. This list looks the other way: players whose greatest years, and in many cases whole careers...
Sports
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Asian Footballers Who Opened New Career Paths
Asian Footballers Who Opened New Career Paths
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Before a scout takes a chance on a player from a new country, someone usually has to show that the move can work. These Asian footballers, men and women, made documented breakthroughs: the first...
Sports
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Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
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Playing somewhere once is easy to overstate. Each of these footballers took sustained responsibility in two distinct roles and made a useful skill travel between them. Some moved permanently...
Sports
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Football Cult Heroes Beyond the Superclubs
Football Cult Heroes Beyond the Superclubs
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Some footballers matter most at one ground. These are players whose skill, service or shared moments of struggle made them part of a club's identity, even when the wider game looked elsewhere. The...
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Footballers Who Returned Home and Made a Difference
Footballers Who Returned Home and Made a Difference
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Plenty of famous players go home for a lap of honour. These ones went back to a home club or league and changed something: a title, a promotion, a continental trophy, a relegation avoided or a...
Sports
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Strikers with Exceptional Off-the-Ball Movement
Strikers with Exceptional Off-the-Ball Movement
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The finish is often the last part of the skill. These forwards create openings by losing a marker, choosing the right moment to accelerate, dropping away from the defence or making room for a...
Sports
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One-Club Footballers with Remarkable Careers
One-Club Footballers with Remarkable Careers
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A single badge can contain very different football lives: serial champions, players who stayed through relegation, and careers ended early by injury. This selection covers retired players whose...
Sports
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Full-Backs Who Became Their Team's Creative Engine
Full-Backs Who Became Their Team's Creative Engine
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Some teams create their best openings through players listed in defence. These 20 full-backs supplied width, combinations, crosses or an extra presence in midfield that shaped how their sides...
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International Basketball Stars Beyond the NBA
International Basketball Stars Beyond the NBA
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Some of basketball's greatest careers were built in Belgrade, Athens, Madrid, São Paulo and Melbourne rather than in the NBA. This list judges them on what they actually won: EuroLeague titles...
Sports
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Defensive Midfielders Who Made Great Teams Possible
Defensive Midfielders Who Made Great Teams Possible
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Great attacking teams still need players who notice the danger behind the attack. These 25 midfielders helped successful sides by protecting space, recovering possession and making the next pass...
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