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Unstoppable force

or more than a decade Christine Sinclair was Canada’s best footballer; for several years she was probably the best in the world. At the 2015 Women’s World Cup in her home nation, her face stared out of magazines and newspapers, video games, postage stamps and television screens, and down from giant billboards. In her stellar career she has won over 300 caps for her country and scored 190 international goals, a tally which put her top of the all-time scoring charts –

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