AT 3.41pm on a sunny English afternoon, a small patch of mown grass in Lancashire was the centre of the sporting world.
The Tour de France cyclists race on towards Paris, the world's athletes stretch in preparation for the Olympics, but the curious phenomenon that is hitting a small ball with a stick dominates Planet Sport. Most specifically, a tall black man made some grass near a Lancashire railway line the object of unwavering attention for the world's television cameras.
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