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Spectator sport

Roger Alton’s highlights from a magical year in sport

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

We don’t half take a lot for granted. We may look up to the Aussies, kowtow to the Americans and look on in awe at the Chinese, but we’re not doing too badly ourselves. To judge from the papers, we’re a nation of fatties who when not pigging out on Pringles on the sofa are waddling down the high street looking for drugs.

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