Football
Manchester derby decided by a stoppage-time header
Ninety-four minutes of deadlock broke with one delivery from the left, and the title race tightened again.
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Basketball
Chicago run of nine ends in an overtime the numbers said they should win
A 62 percent win-probability with 40 seconds left, and a rebound that went the other way.
Football
Brazil rebuild around a front three nobody predicted
A generation raised on futsal courts in Rio is being trusted with the national shirt eighteen months out from the World Cup.
Motorsport
Monaco qualifying rewrites the grid in the final ninety seconds
Two tenths separated the top five, and track evolution punished anyone who ran early.
Tennis
Melbourne semi-final goes the distance in 38 degree heat
Three hours and fifty-one minutes, two medical timeouts, and a tiebreak that will be replayed for years.
Cricket
Mumbai chase two runs off the final ball to steal the series
A yorker missed by centimetres, and a stadium that had already started leaving turned back.
Rugby
Auckland forwards set the terms in the wet
Eleven scrums, nine won against the head or with penalty advantage. The backline barely touched the ball.
Swimming
Paris relay record falls in the heats, not the final
A B-team lineup swam faster than the standing mark and then rested for two days.