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As young stars take over sport, the old try and resist
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This is the time of (clockwise from top left) Kylian Mbappe, 22, Emma Raducanu, 18, Giannis Antetokounmpo, 26, and Max Verstappen, 23.
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His hips are 78 years old but Mick Jagger can still dance. Keith Richards is a 77-year-old grandad but can still play a mean guitar. On Sunday, undaunted by age, their legendary group started its No Filter tour across America. These old stones keep rolling on.
Musicians rarely retire and writers stay for a lifetime, but sport is a crueller land. You can't just hang around, you get overtaken, dropped and gradually forgotten.
