ALL Sydney residents have been urged to don a mask to help save Christmas as a mandatory local lockdown appears imminent on the northern beaches to halt a rapidly ballooning coronavirus cluster.

TECH billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes still remembers the day he was cut from the high school basketball team — ending his dream of playing professionally.

IT WAS the extravagant $6.5m renovation plan that was too much for even well-heeled Mosman.

ALMOST a decade on from his doomed comeback, Ian Thorpe has finally revealed what everyone in Australian sport already suspected — he quit swimming way too young because he never got the proper help he needed to cope with the enormous pressure he was under.

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ALL Sydney residents have been urged to don a mask to help save Christmas as a mandatory local lockdown appears imminent on the northern beaches to halt a rapidly ballooning coronavirus cluster.

TECH billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes still remembers the day he was cut from the high school basketball team — ending his dream of playing professionally.

IT WAS the extravagant $6.5m renovation plan that was too much for even well-heeled Mosman.

ALMOST a decade on from his doomed comeback, Ian Thorpe has finally revealed what everyone in Australian sport already suspected — he quit swimming way too young because he never got the proper help he needed to cope with the enormous pressure he was under.

For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au

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