2014: the sporting year in pictures
From Robin van Persie to Mo Farah, a collection of the best images from the year in sport
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Nordic combined: the Winter Olympics sport that bars womenIn The Spotlight Female athletes excluded from participation in demanding double-discipline events at Milano-Cortina
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The price of sporting gloryFeature The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off this week. Will Italy regret playing host?
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The 'secretive and strange' battle for the most powerful role in sportUnder The Radar Sebastian Coe among the contenders as the International Olympic Committee gathers to choose its next president
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