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Athletics star: Tebogo PIC: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Letsile Tebogo and world number one tennis player, Carlos Alcaraz were born worlds apart, but despite their different backgrounds, the two share similarities as they aim to leave an indelible mark on sport, notes Staff MQONDISI DUBE

Tebogo was born in Kanye, a village with a population of 48,000 as per the 2022 Population and Housing Census, while Alcaraz is from a village, El Palmar, Spain, which is home to around 24,000 people.

The two were born just a month apart, with Alcaraz the oldest. The Spaniard was born on May 5, 2003, while Tebogo’s birth date is June 7, 2003.

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