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    IN THE NEWS BUT NOT FOR SPORT

    Dec 31, 2021 4 minutes
    BY KIM ABRAHAMS

    THEY ’RE athletes at the top of their game – fit, fabulously talented and super famous.

    But in 2021 they didn’t make headlines only for the sports they’ve mastered.

    Controversy and drama were the order of the day in a year when achievement took a back seat to personal issues.

    NAOMI OSAKA

    Everyone from Boris Becker to Martina Navratilova had something to say when Osaka refused to attend post-match press conferences at the French Open in May. Facing a room full of world media was detrimental to her mental health and heightened her anxiety, she said.

    “The truth is I’ve suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018

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