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No love lost: Andre Agassi and Boris Becker at the 1990 US Open. Photograph: Getty Images Norman Mailer reckoned that, as big fights loomed, great boxers "begin to have inner lives like Hemingway or Dostoevsky, Tolstoy or Faulkner, Joyce or Melville". Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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I reckon it takes some courage for a sportsperson to admit to the use of banned drugs when playing a major tournament, but there appears to be more than a just hint of chicanery in Andre Agassi's recent confession that has sent the tennis world into... Full Article at DNA India
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HOCKENHEIM, GERMANY - OCTOBER 25: Former German tennis professional enters a Mercedes sports car before the final run of the DTM 2009 German Touring Car Championship at the Hockenheim race track on October 25, 2009 in Hockenheim, Germany. View Photo »
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I like the guy, I want that to be clear. I think he’s a character and he was a great competitor. We had some close matches. He’s become a great man. He’s a great father, and he has put a lot of time and money into his community in Las Vegas. But his revelations are bound to change how people see him
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Andre Agassi has harmed the sport of tennis with his crystal meth drug use confession, German rival Boris Becker said. "He is only doing harm to tennis," Becker told the website of the Sport Bild weekly on Tuesday. Full Article at SuperSport
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Seeger Lemberger ‘R’ 2007 Baden, Germany The property is in Leimen, near Heidelberg..and the main claim to fame of the town is that Boris Becker was born here….which gives me the chance to tell my favourite Becker ’story’. Full Article at Food and Wine Blog
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In a year when we’ve seen rugby stars faking blood injuries and Formula One drivers being ordered to smash into walls during races, I thought I’d reached a blissful state of non-tremens sporting delirium where absolutely nothing could possibly shock me... Full Article at Daily Mail - UK
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Boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko from the Ukraine, left, and former German tennis star Boris Becker, right are seen prior to the charity soccer match "Klitschko and friends meets Becker and friends" in Mannheim, Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 200... View Photo »
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Boris Becker overcomes a second-set charge from John McEnroe—and his famed on-court antics—to defeat the three-time Wimbledon in the semifinals of the Paris Open.
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Once asked who would win a tennis match between his son Jaden, whose mother is Steffi Graf, and his greatest rival Pete Sampras's son Christian, he remarked: "I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favou r. Full Article at Edinburgh Daily News
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Only a few weeks ago he was bowing and blowing kisses at a ceremony in New York, telling a rapturous crowd: “I missed you.” Andre Agassi, revered as an elder statesman of tennis, was one of four sportsmen being honoured as “athletes who give something... Full Article at Times Online
About Boris Becker
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Boris Franz Becker (born November 22, 1967, in Leimen, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. Full Article
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Boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko from the Ukraine, left, and former German tennis star Boris Becker, right are seen prior to the charity soccer match "Klitschko and friends meets Becker and friends" in Mannheim, Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, for the benefit of the Laureus...
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BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 11: Noah Becker, son of Boris Becker and Barbara Becker arrives for the Barbara Becker and Arne Quinze wedding at Tegel airport on September 11, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
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I like the guy, I want that to be clear. I think he’s a character and he was a great competitor. We had some close matches. He’s become a great man. He’s a great father, and he has put a lot of time and money into his community in Las Vegas. But his revelations are bound to change how people see him
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Boris Becker overcomes a second-set charge from John McEnroe—and his famed on-court antics—to defeat the three-time Wimbledon in the semifinals of the Paris Open.
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It actually happened on the stairs between the bathrooms [at Nobu in London] so there was no broom cupboard.
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Wladimir Klitschko and Boris Becker are both huge football fans and they're really pleased to see that Germany will once again be hosting a World Cup
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You can’t become a chess grand master unless you spend 10,000 hours on practice ... The tennis prodigy who starts playing at six is playing in Wimbledon at 16 or 17 [like] Boris Becker. The classical musician who starts playing the violin at four is debuting at Carnegie Hall at 15 or so.
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