Simon Barnes

Simon Barnes’s diary: A sportswriter is never without a big subject (unless it’s golf)

I’ve seen Roger Federer, Fu Mingxia, Michael Johnson, Dancing Brave, Ayrton Senna, Katarina Witt and Malcolm Marshall

All the golfers in the world or half an hour with Lucinda Green? It's a no-brainer. [Getty Images]
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