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Fergie's final challenge

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Control. Summing up Sir Alex Ferguson’s success at Manchester United on the day his retirement was announced, Gary Neville kept coming back to one word. Control.

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Sport's Premier League Awards

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Perri Shakes-Drayton: all shook up

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The home Olympics was meant to hold special significance for 400m hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton. Born and raised in east London, the then 23-year-old was considered a medal prospect leading up to the Games, and set a personal best of 53.77s in a Diamond League event just before the eyes of the world turned to London.

That put her second in the world rankings, made her the second-fastest British woman of all time over that distance, and seemed to justify the praise from those expecting her to be standing on the podium in her home town.

Opinion: Flats on Friday

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Choose your spot wisely

The Heineken Cup final is a huge occasion and one that, for any real sports fan, cannot be missed. It’s an event that warrants some bona fide preparation.

My dog will be bunged into the neighbour’s hallway, Mrs F will be – as part of a reciprocal deal involving some ghastly pillow-fight night with her mates – elsewhere, and will take the infant noise machines with her. I will assume the position, flanked by enough snacks and fluids to keep a Gloucester Old Spot alive for a month.

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Opinion: Bill Borrows

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It's like this…

There is some debate about whether former Primer Minister Harold Wilson actually said “a week is a long time in politics” or “48 hours is a long-time in politics”. Either way, politics has nothing on the Premier League.

This time last week (as I write, not as you read – Tuesday, if you must know), all was well with the world. Sure, Manchester United had won the title, but City were odds-on favourites to win the FA Cup and I had a ticket for Wembley. Bag another trophy and then look forward to next season.

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2013: Your sporting calendar

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The only guide you'll need to the year ahead

So, 2012 was pretty damn good, wasn't it? We wouldn't want to be the year that has to follow that on the sporting fields of the world. Over to you, 2013...