Sport is often defined by mistakes — fumbled catches, missed penalties, duffed putts — but what about its moments of perfection?
Every game has its own version of nirvana in which, put simply, a performance could not be improved. Some may define a match or earn a medal, others may simply be brilliant individual achievements, regardless of whether they were in a winning cause.
But what constitutes the best? We asked a group of our writers to nominate their favourites — but feel free to suggest your own in the comments.
Football: A perfect hat-trick
In Germany, for a hat-trick — scoring three goals in the same game — to be considered ‘genuine’,
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