The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BASEBALL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BASEBALL
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The straight part
We know that "Babe’s smashed everything in this sport" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case babe’s smashed everything in this sport = baseball.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BASEBALL mean?
BASEBALL noun- A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
- The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
- A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.