Ahead of the cricket legend’s final match Thursday in his home city of Mumbai, TIME highlights the best moments in his career
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Top 10 Siblings in Sports
It’s not just about the Harbaughs, you know
Top 10 Everything: Sports
In 55 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months
Top 10 Most Hated Sports-Team Owners
Jeremy Lin’s exodus from New York has secured Knicks owner James Dolan in the annals of the least popular sports-team owners. Here are a few other big, bad sportsmen.
10 Things We’ve Learned About Soccer from Euro 2012
Some things are apparently worse than racism; the haunting of Cristiano Ronaldo; why England’s team is like Stoke City; and more
Top 15 Tennis Player Outbursts
These players like to make a racket.
Three’s Trouble: 11 Horses That Have Failed to Capture the Triple Crown
As I’ll Have Another vies for the first Triple Crown Saturday at the Belmont Stakes, TIME looks back at the 11 horses that have shot for similar stardom since the last Triple Crown winner in 1978 — and fallen just a few lengths short.
Eight Players to Watch at Euro 2012
The European Championships have always been known for making new stars.
The Top 10 European Championship Football Games
Counting down the greatest games in the history of the tournament.
Top 10 Worst Stadiums in the U.S.
The ailing, collapse-prone Metrodome in Minneapolis is long overdue for a replacement, and recent action by the Minnesota legislature could soon make that a reality. But before it’s gone, TIME takes a look at the worst sports …
Amar’e vs. the Fire Extinguisher: The Top 10 Silliest Off-the-Field Sports Injuries
After Amar’e Stoudemire smashed his hand through a fire extinguisher case following the New York Knicks’ loss to the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs, leaving him out of action for an untold number of games, TIME takes a …
Happy 100th Birthday Fenway Park! 25 Moments from an Historic Stadium
At 3 pm on Friday, April 20, Fenway Park will celebrate its 100th birthday, when the Boston Red Sox host the rival New York Yankees. To commemorate Fenway’s big day, Keeping Score looks back at the iconic stadium’s most …
London 2012: Seven Unique Venues for the Olympic Games
With the London Olympics just a little over 100 days away, TIME takes a look at some of the places that will become quite familiar once the games begin.