Sporting Life

A sporting Sunday of heartbreak and heroics

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"Kids, don't take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy."

This is the wry tweet from Jimmy Neesham, New Zealand cricketer, whose team lost agonisingly to England in the World Cup final in London. Across town, maybe Roger Federer, who lost 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 13-12 (7-3) at Wimbledon, shook his head in rueful agreement.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 16, 2019, with the headline A sporting Sunday of heartbreak and heroics. Subscribe