Sport’s over: fits horribly and dies (6,2)
I believe the answer is:
snuffs it
'dies' is the definition.
(snuffing it is a kind of dying)
'sport's over fits horribly' is the wordplay.
'sport's' becomes 'funs' ('fun' can be a synonym of 'sport').
'over' says the letters should be written backwards.
'horribly' is an anagram indicator.
'funs' written backwards gives 'snuf'.
'fits' anagrammed gives 'fsit'.
'snuf'+'fsit'='SNUFFS IT'
'and' acts as a link.
(Another definition for snuffs it that I've seen is " Dies (slang)".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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