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English stories: Sports fiction

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Inside a badminton hall, a young player in a red shirt and his adult female partner in a yellow shirt stand on the same side of a net, leaving space between them. A white feathered shuttle hangs above the court, with opponents beyond the net.

B118 minFree

The Space Beside Me

Rafi hopes to impress a badminton coach before tomorrow's team trial. His partner borrows his spare racket for an evening of doubles, but his strongest shots keep leaving her no room to play.

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A teenage runner holds a red sign with a white right-pointing arrow at a park fork. An open green gate leads left to race tables; other runners go uphill towards a football field on the right.

A214 minFree

Sports fiction

The Race Beyond the Gate

Mina hopes to win a cup in the park race. When a fallen arrow leads runners through a short gate, she must decide what to do about the people still coming behind her.

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