A fresh-faced Diego Maradona during Argentinas 3-1 defeat against England at Wembley in 1980. Photograph: Allsport, UK/Allsport

1) This Saturday night is a busy one in the world of boxing. In Brooklyn, Adrian Broner faces Mikey Garcia; heres Steve Farhood analysing the former, and heres the latters final workout before the fight. Meanwhile, in Belfast, Carl Frampton returns from the first loss of his career against Andrs Gutirrez. Heres the Jackal opening up to Showtimes Mark Kriegel and heres an interview with babyfaced 24-1-0, 20 kayo Gutirrez.

2) If youre missing the Tour de France then why not re-live it with our World Cup-style montage. Oh, and heres a nun descending like a boss.

3) Competition time. Spot the odd one out: Messi, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Inamoto. Give up? Well, here they all are before they were stars along with various others, one of them a young Roberto Carlos with hair. And here are Buffon, Neymar, Xavi and more. A fresh-faced Maradona made a big impression on the 1979 World Youth Tournament, tormenting defences and scoring a tidy free-kick in the final to wrap up the Argentinas triumph.

4) Michael Phelps tested his speed in the water against a great white shark (sort of) last week, which got us thinking about ridiculous human versus beast match-ups, all of which are ethically contentious at best and none of which we condone. Heres South African rugby flyer Bryan Habana taking on a cheetah, gymnast Marshall Erwin attempting to out-hang an orangutan, legendary eater Takeru Kobayashi racing a massive bear through a plate of hot dogs, and who can forget the former Olympic 200m champion Shawn Crawford out-sprinting a giraffe (only to be put in his place moments later by a zebra).

5) The evolution of BMX racing, from way back when to now:

1) A message from Fred Trueman to congratulate Dennis Lillee at passing 300 wickets and breaking the world record. Recorded in a pub in Yorkshire. Fred manages to make his message to Dennis all about himself.

2) In the one-off Test match this week in Colombo between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, Zimbabwes Tarisai Musakanda combined with Malcolm Waller for a spectacular run out of Dilruwan Perera. One of the stars of Englands Cricket World Cup win was Sarah Taylor, on her return to the side following a year out of the game. Heres her world-class stumping to dismiss Trisha Chetty, and here she is at her best with a catch a few years ago against Australia.

3) Ultimate frisbee action: Michael Matthis from the Austin Sol putting on the afterburners for 70 odd metres to catch the disc in the end zone in the American Ultimate Disc League:

4) Helen Dornidens incredible 2008 600m race.

5) And finally, rugby leagues Rob Burrow announced his retirement this week. Heres a great Grand Final try and here he is in a catchweight contest.

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