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Sprinting into retirement

Former Olympic and world 100m champion Maurice Greene has announced his retirement.

The 'Kansas Cannonball' hangs up his spikes with an impressive array of Olympic and World titles to his name, not to mention the two world records he is still owner of.

Niggling injuries have been cited as the reason for releasing himself from the pressures of the track, but the current state of world athletics could not have been too difficult to walk away from.

A sport polluted with drug cheats and doping investigations – the glamour of the games will need to be carefully polished to recapture the imagination of the public who now read more pages on bans than races.

Greene was never found guilty of any drug involvement but the sudden explosion in his performances from 2000 and his muscular tight frame led many to suspect some sort of 'juice' was involved.

Lets be clear he has never been guilty of drug taking but are we sure there is anyone clean in successful 100m sprinting?

A 33 year old winning a gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing with no drug shadow hanging over him would have been unlikely. The Marion Jones admission and guilt shook the sport and the next big bust is just around the corner. With medals now being stripped retrospectively were the Olympics just a risk too far?

Whether or not you like to believe in the honesty and integrity of your favourite athletes it is clear that athletics and 100m sprinting in particular is swimming in very murky waters. I heard it recently compared to dvd piracy or illegal music downloading, and this is a frightening proposition.

Maurice Greene leaves for us a legacy of success and a hole in the theatre of sprinting. The sport leaves Maurice Greene with wealth beyond his imagination but a question mark at the end of his name.

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Muttiah Muralitharan

So at last Muttiah Muralitharan finally passes Shane Warne's record of the highest test wicket taker of all time.

But still the question remains is he better than the Australian? Well Australians don't think so that's for sure. But lets face it, there's a pretty simple answer to the question. Yes.

If there's one sport that can rely on the stats to prove a point then it's cricket. The Sri Lankan has not only taken more wickets, he's done it in fewer matches and at a better average than Warne - and he's still playing.

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By the way the unenviable honour of being Murali's 710th victim fell on England's Paul Collingwood who ironically enough was fooled by an off-spinner that the bowler admitted afterwards so supposed to turn in completely the opposite direction! Oh well no one's perfect.

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McClaren's finally gone...and good riddance

No-one wanted Steve McLaren in the first place. He'd been average at Boro and but was suddenly good enough to manage England??? Last night was the worst night in English football for a very long time and it wouldn't have happened if we'd gone for Martin O'Neill or waited for Phil Scolari last summer. Lets hope someone can persuade Jose Mourinho to come and save us. Doubt it.

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