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      From cardboard fans and skateboarding cholitas to mourning Kobe and Maradona.. the most memorable sport pictures of 2020

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      A PICTURE is worth a thousand words… but no one image could even come close to telling the full story of 2020.
      As the world was plunged into the biggest health and economic crisis of a generation, sport took it upon itself to reintroduce some form of normality.

      With spectators penned into their homes, iconic venues became vast, empty caverns where each star’s rallies and cries were heard like never before.
      Champions were still crowned but not all were of the traditional sort, with eSports heroes carrying the mantle like never before to satisfy the most basic fans’ urge – of having something to watch.
      But while kings and queens found their own way to mark their inevitable rise, legends were lost in the most heart-wrenching of ways.
      Here, SunSport takes you through our photos of the year.

      From the time before the world stopped… A packed Rod Laver Arena takes in January’s Australian Open semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Roger FedererCredit: AP:Associated Press

      Orange wildfire smoke hangs heavy over San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park home following California blazes in September – with no fans present to see itCredit: AP:Associated Press

      Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce and coach Andy Reid react to the NFL side’s first Super Bowl win for 50 years in FebruaryCredit: AP:Associated Press

      A scene from Ecuador’s annual Llama racing event in Los LlanganatesCredit: AP:Associated Press

      LA Lakers center Dwight Howard hangs off the basket after scoring for the eventual NBA championsCredit: AP:Associated Press

      NASCAR team owner Richard Petty puts an arm around Bubba Wallace, the sport’s only black driver, the day after he found a noose left in his garage at Talladega SuperspeedwayCredit: AP:Associated Press

      A Bolivian youngster dons a facemask while skating in indigenous clothing as part of the ‘Skate Imillas’ groupCredit: AP:Associated Press

      Just one of several memorials dedicated to the tragic passing of basketball legend Kobe Bryant in FebruaryCredit: AP:Associated Press

      LA Dodgers fans watch their team march to World Series supremacy from a drive-inCredit: AP:Associated Press

      A spectator peers over his balcony to watch Rayo Vallecano’s match with Albacete in Spain’s Segunda DivisionCredit: AP:Associated Press

      IndyCar racer Tony Kanaan practices on his sim setup with motorsport wiped out in the early months of the pandemic Credit: AP:Associated Press

      Lucas Hernandez takes the facemask guideline to a new level after Bayern Munich’s Champions League crowningCredit: AP:Associated Press

      A facemasked Rafa Nadal celebrates his French Open win in NovemberCredit: AP:Associated Press

      Athletic Club’s famous home San Mames – which translates as The Cathedral – watches on empty for a match with Real MadridCredit: AP:Associated Press

      Cardboard cutout fans are lined up for a New York Mets baseball gameCredit: AP:Associated Press

      The year that took so many from us took one more legend in its final weeks – as a fan in Buenos Aires mourns the passing of Diego MaradonaCredit: AP:Associated Press

      From Caroline Flack and Barbara Windsor to Sean Connery and Maradona – we bid a final farewell to those we lost in 2020 More

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      Horror moment NASCAR crew member is thrown into air after being ploughed into in pit lane at Talladega Superspeedway

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      WATCH the shock moment a NASCAR crew member is wiped out by a truck during a race at the famed Talladega Superspeedway.
      The mechanic is midway through a stop from his own team when a truck screeches out of the box behind, taking him out.

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      The NASCAR truck steams out of its box and clips the pit crew memberCredit: NASCAR

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      Dramatic headcam footage shows the mechanic hurtle through the airCredit: NASCAR

      Clipped by the rear of the hulking vehicle, he does incredibly well to bounce back up and recover to complete his own team’s tyre change.
      The NASCAR truck event at iconic Alabama circuit Talladega took place earlier this month.
      Headcam footage from the crew member shows how the dramatic moment unfolded.
      Local media name the mechanic as Kyle Warner, who was getting to work on No3 Jordan Anderson’s car in the pits.

      After changing the rear left, he busts around the back of the car to secure the other tyre.
      But Austin Hill’s imposing No16 truck comes hurtling out of its box just as he turns across the rear of his car.
      The footage, via Caters Clips, shows Warner taking a horrible smack on the floor and lying dazed for a second or two.
      However, he manages to hop back up and race around to complete a successful change of the right rear tyre.

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      The No16 truck skidded as it left its pit box, leading to the shocking sceneCredit: NASCAR

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      But the crunched mechanic quickly got back up to complete the jobCredit: NASCAR

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      Warner did lose time, naturally, but not in the way one might expect.
      Showing no signs of hurt himself, he quickly realises his wheel gun has become disconnected and reaches over to pull the wire back in.
      With hardly a few seconds lost, Warner completes the change for Anderson to race off to a sixth-placed finish, at which point fellow pit crew members are seen walking towards the beleaguered mechanic.
      His condition post-race is unknown.

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      Drivers in brutal trackside punch up over race collision as Nascar stars disappear from camera

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      NASCAR fans have witnessed the first post-pandemic tussle between drivers competing at the Xfinity Series.  Harrison Burton and Noah Gragson got into an ill-tempered spat on Friday after both drivers collided at the race in Kentucky. Harrison Burton and Noah Gragson got into a scuffle after their cars made contact during a NASCAR race in […] More

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      Watch horrific moment NASCAR pit-crew is RUN OVER and makes miracles escape during dramatic crash at Brickyard 400

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      A NASCAR pit-crew member was brutally run over during the Brickyard 400. Chaos erupted as there was a huge pile-up in pit lane at the Indianapolis motor Speedway. The pit-crew member was sandwiched between the two vehicles Pit-crew member Zach Price was ploughed down as he worked on his team-mate Ryan Blaney’s No12 car. He […] More