Former Formula One champion Niki Lauda of Austria follows the first practice session of the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit, south of Manama April 19, 2013. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
(Reuters) - For as long as sport has been played, athletes have been retiring and making comebacks. Some do it for the money, some to complete unfinished business and others for the pure love of sport.
With American Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, about to make his return to the swimming pool, Reuters looks back at some of the most successful and least successful sporting comebacks.
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