OPINION
The world around us moves so fast that there's very little time to appreciate the years gone by.
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Especially when it comes to sports.
Every year in Australia once the football season ends, cricket is upon us and once that ends, it's back to football before we know it.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has more or less put an indefinite halt to all sports around the world, which has left fans with very little to watch come the weekend.
However, emerging out of the woodwork are replays of some of the world's most historic sporting moments.
Australian rules fan are currently in the midst of a postponed season, and as it looks, any chance of a proper premiership this year are slim at best.
Now, as we are all in isolation looking for things to do, is the best time to reflect on your favourite sport and on the moments which make the game as great as it is.
One that I can recall quite clearly, I was only 15 at the time, and nor did I barrack for either of the teams, but it was a moment in Australian sport that is hard to forget.
Leo Barry's last-minute mark in the 2005 grand final to help secure the end of the Swans' premiership drought of more than 70 years.
Even at a local level there is one moment that will live on for many years to come, the 2012 BFNL football grand final between Gisborne and Golden Square.
An after the siren kick by Gisborne's Rod Sharp could have handed the club another premiership.
However, the kick fell just short and it was Golden Square who lifted the Bendigo Advertiser premiership cup.
But what I have been embracing the most as of late are replays of historic Formula One and golf victories.
During the past two weeks I have found solace in reliving some of the sports' greatest moments, there's nothing like a replay of a race in Monaco during the 1980s.
I have also watched Tiger Woods secure his first major victory at the 1997 Masters, doing so at 18-under par, a score only equaled since by Jordan Spieth in 2015.
Then there was watching Australia's own Greg "The Shark" Norman win his first major at the 1986 Open Championship at Turnberry.
It's moments such as these which have made me appreciate sports history more than ever.
Because let's face it, in regards to sport, all we have at the moment is history, as the future is not clear.
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