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Shop talk

Say what you like about sport, it sets tongues wagging. Before consigning the 2019 sporting year to the archives, herewith a review of the pronouncements – apposite, unintentionally revealing and unaccountable – that captured moments and caught our attention.

▪ “I didn’t change his life. I didn’t hit a shot.”

American professional golfer David Berganio Jr, who withdrew from the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit after an airline misdirected his clubs. “I’m 50,” he said later. “I know some kid behind me was wanting to get in and I didn’t want to take up a spot.”

That kid

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