HOW many sportspeople can say they truly had the fairytale end to their career?
French footballing legend Zinedine Zidane was famously red-carded on his final professional appearance when losing the 2006 World Cup Final on penalties, Sir Alex Ferguson couldn’t secure a win in his last game over Manchester United and even Usain Bolt’s last World Championships in 2017 saw him exit without a finals win. He actually pulled up in his farewell 4×100m relay decider.


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