Galatasaray v Fenerbahce: Turkish Tremendous Cup closing in Saudi Arabia postponed

The match at Al-Awwal Stadium was called off after the scheduled kick-off time

The Turkish Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce in Saudi Arabia was postponed because of a disagreement between the clubs and the host nation’s authorities.

The match was scheduled to kick off at 17.45 GMT but, with thousands of fans inside Riyadh’s Al-Awwal Stadium, it was called off at 19:00.

The Turkish Football Federation and the clubs blamed “problems in organising” the match after authorities refused banners referring to the revered father of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Galatasaray and Fenerbahce were expected to arrive for the showpiece between Turkey’s league champions and cup winners with banners bearing Ataturk’s words “Peace at home, peace in the world”, which the Saudi authorities would not allow.

The players were also not allowed on to the pitch wearing T-shirts bearing Ataturk’s image.

Ataturk launched a programme of revolutionary social and political reform to modernise…

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Australia v Pakistan: Pat Cummins & Nathan Lyon give hosts edge in second Take a look at

Pakistan’s hopes of a first Test match victory in Australia since 1995 faded as Pat Cummins took three key wickets on the second day in Melbourne

Second Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground (day two of five):

Australia 318 (96.5 overs): Labuschagne 63; Jamal 3-64

Pakistan 194-6 (55 overs): Shafique 62; Cummins 3-37, Lyon 2-48

Pakistan trail Australia by 124 runs

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Pakistan trail Australia by 124 runs after Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon took key wickets for the hosts on day two of the second Test in Melbourne.

Cummins removed Abdullah Shafique for 62 before dismissing Babar Azam and Agha Salman cheaply, while Lyon’s spin saw off Imam-ul-Haq and Shan Masood.

The visitors ended the day on 194-6, with Mohammad Rizwan unbeaten on 29.

Marnus Labuschagne earlier helped guide Australia to 318 in their first innings with his 17th Test half-century.

Pakistan at one point were 124-1 in response and Australia captain Cummins said: “They obviously batted quite well.

“But it was good at the end to get a few…

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Australia v Pakistan: Hosts finish opening day of second Check on 187-3

The boot of Australia opener Usman Khawaja, with the names of his daughters Ayla and Aisha written on the side

Second Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground (day one of five):

Australia 187-3 (66 overs): Labuschagne 44 not out, Khawaja 42, Warner 38

Pakistan: Yet to bat

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Australia ended a rain-affected opening day of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan in Melbourne on 187-3.

Marnus Labuschagne was 44 not out and Travis Head unbeaten on 10 as the hosts try to seal a series victory.

David Warner made 38 and Usman Khawaja 42, while Steve Smith fell for 26.

Khawaja had his daughters’ names on his shoes, after the International Cricket Council (ICC) charged him for wearing a black armband in support of civilians in Gaza during the first Test.

The 37-year-old was denied permission to have a sticker showing a black dove holding an olive branch on his bat and shoes during the second Test.

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Sushi with Schumacher: Ex-F1 chef on catering for sport’s massive names

Former F1 chef Dave Freeman pours champagne over Jenson Button following his World Championship win in 2009

Any chef will tell you it is an extremely stressful job, so imagine catering for some of the biggest names in sport and taking your kitchen to a different country nearly every week.

For about 20 years, that was the life of Dave Freeman, an ex-Formula 1 chef who now owns a golf course in Norfolk.

During his distinguished career, he looked after the culinary needs of some of the world’s top drivers, working for Tyrrell, Jordan, BAR, Force India, Brawn, McLaren, Red Bull and Toro Rosso.

Dave, 59, served for 13 years in the Army – good training, he says, “because you’ve got to think on your feet”.

But promotion took him away from his job as a general chef, and by around 1997 he was no longer enjoying Army life.

“My brother’s friend catered for the Williams-Renault factory so he needed chefs to come and help,” he remembers.

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South Africa defeat India by an innings and 32 runs in first Take a look at match at Centurion

Virat Kohli was the last wicket to fall as India were bowled out for their fifth-lowest total against South Africa

India 245 (Rahul 101; Rabada 5-59) & 131 (Kohli 76; Burger 4-33)

South Africa 408 (Elgar 185, Jansen 84*; Bumrah 4-65)

South Africa win by an innings and 32 runs

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Virat Kohli’s defiant 76 failed to save India from being thrashed by an innings and 32 runs by South Africa in the first Test at Centurion.

India lost seven second-innings wickets in the evening session as they were bowled out for just 131 in 34.1 overs.

Kohli and Shubman Gill (26) were the only India batters into double figures as Nandre Burger (4-33) and Marco Jansen (3-36) did the damage.

The second and final Test starts on 3 January at Newlands in Cape Town.

India captain Rohit Sharma said his side’s performance after a defeat inside three days was “not good enough” and they “failed” to “come together collectively”.

“Guys have come here before, we understand what to expect from the conditions. Every individual…

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Australia v Pakistan: Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith assist hosts to 241-run lead on day three

Steve Smith fell for 50 to Shaheen Afridi from the last ball of the day, with Australia 241 ahead

Australia 318 (96.5 overs) & 187-6 (62.3 overs): Marsh 96, Smith 50; Hamza 3-27

Pakistan 264 (73.5 overs): Shafique 62; Cummins 5-48

Australia lead Pakistan by 241 runs

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Australia took control of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne to end day three with a lead of 241 runs over Pakistan.

The hosts were in trouble when they slipped to 16-4, for a lead of just 70, before Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith’s crucial fifth-wicket stand of 153.

Marsh scored 96 from 130 balls and Smith fell to the last ball of the day for 50 as Australia finished on 187-6.

Smith’s dismissal gave Pakistan hope, but they were left to rue Abdullah Shafique’s drop of Marsh on 20.

Pakistan started the day on 194-6, still 124 runs behind Australia’s first-innings score, but Mohammad Rizwan’s 42, and contributions of 33 not out and 21 from Aamer Jamal and Shaheen Afridi respectively, reduced their deficit to just 54.

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Winter at Wimbledon – Contained in the Slam that by no means sleeps

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Today, it is just Little Nicky on The Hill.

In seven months or so, it will be teeming with spectators, sunbathing, sipping and soaking up Wimbledon’s atmosphere and giant-screen action.

But now, as autumn turns towards winter, they are gone. The screen is too. And Little Nicky – as the All England Club groundstaff have dubbed their small GPS-guided robotic mower – is alone, trundling up and down the slope, trimming back any new growth.

Little Nicky is not the only difference. Wimbledon has one of sport and summer’s most recognisable palettes; sun-bleached whites, electric blue skies, two-tone lawn green and the occasional pop of scarlet strawberry.

In the drizzle and gloom, with the courts stripped back to bare postage stamps of turf and the seats hooded in tarpaulin, it is a more muted colour scheme. Ivy, that blends into the background in the summer, takes centre…

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Anesu Mushangwe: How Adelaide Strikers spinner used lemons to turn into a cricket star

Anesu Mushangwe (right) helped Adelaide Strikers to become back-to-back Women’s Big Bash League winners in December

Anesu Mushangwe is used to encountering obstacles.

On her way to becoming the first Zimbabwean to win the Women’s Big Bash League in Australia, the bowler overcame a tough upbringing, missed her first opportunity to tour because she could not afford a passport and found herself out of contention for selection for years because of a lack of paperwork.

So the absence of a cricket ball was never likely to stop her from blossoming.

As a 14-year-old, Mushangwe had skipped athletics lessons in the Zimbabwean town of Chitungwiza to pursue her love of the sport.

Some of her earliest casual sessions involved sitting on a veranda with a friend who could not walk, learning from scratch how to catch and throw with skill.

“He would show me what to do and how to do things,” leg-spinner Mushangwe, now 27, told Stumped on the BBC World Service.

“We were using lemons because we didn’t have…

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Australia v Pakistan: Pat Cummins & Nathan Lyon give hosts edge in second Take a look at

Pakistan’s hopes of a first Test match victory in Australia since 1995 faded as Pat Cummins took three key wickets on the second day in Melbourne

Second Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground (day two of five):

Australia 318 (96.5 overs): Labuschagne 63; Jamal 3-64

Pakistan 194-6 (55 overs): Shafique 62; Cummins 3-37, Lyon 2-48

Pakistan trail Australia by 124 runs

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Pakistan trail Australia by 124 runs after Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon took key wickets for the hosts on day two of the second Test in Melbourne.

Cummins removed Abdullah Shafique for 62 before dismissing Babar Azam and Agha Salman cheaply, while Lyon’s spin saw off Imam-ul-Haq and Shan Masood.

The visitors ended the day on 194-6, with Mohammad Rizwan unbeaten on 29.

Marnus Labuschagne earlier helped guide Australia to 318 in their first innings with his 17th Test half-century.

Pakistan at one point were 124-1 in response and Australia captain Cummins said: “They obviously batted quite well.

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Man Utd 3-2 Aston Villa: Rasmus Hojlund fires United to comeback win over Villa

Rasmus Hojlund joined Manchester United for £64m last summer, a fee which could rise to £72m with add-ons

Rasmus Hojlund scored his first Premier League goal as Manchester United fought back from two goals down to record a sensational victory in a thrilling Boxing Day encounter with Aston Villa at Old Trafford.

In United’s first game since Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 25% purchase of the club, and with future director and current Ineos head of sport Sir Dave Brailsford in the directors’ box, Erik ten Hag’s side produced one of those ‘back-from-the-dead’ endings for which they are so famed.

After John McGinn and Leander Dendoncker had given Villa a deserved half-time advantage, United rallied after the interval and refused to let their heads drop even after Alejandro Garnacho had a goal disallowed by VAR for a marginal offside decision.

It was the 19-year-old Argentine who led the fightback, scoring twice in a game for the first time in his career to turn the game on its head.

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India register their first ladies’s Take a look at win over Australia with eight-wicket victory in Mumbai

Smriti Mandhana hit the winning runs for India with a four off Australia’s Jess Jonassen

Australia 219 (McGrath 50; Vastrakar 4-53) & 261 (McGrath 73; Rana 4-63)

India 406 (Rodrigues 73, Sharma 78; Gardner 4-100) & 75-2 (Mandhana 38*)

India win by eight wickets

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India secured their first Test win over Australia with an eight-wicket victory in a one-off match in Mumbai.

Australia began the final day with five second innings wickets in hand and a lead of 46 but India ruthlessly dismissed the tourists for 261.

India then chased down a modest target of 75 shortly after lunch thanks to Smriti Mandhana’s unbeaten 38.

“It’s the reward for all the hard work we have done for so many years,” said India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.

“It’s reward for the hard work and patience. We just wanted to play positive cricket.”

India’s win is their first in 11 women’s Tests against Australia, who are ranked number one in the world in the format, since the sides first played in 1977.

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Sam Allison: Why has it taken 15 years for one more black Premier League ref?

Sam Allison was promoted to the Football League in 2020 and was moved up to the Championship earlier this year

On 26 December, Sam Allison will become the first black referee to take charge of a Premier League match in 15 years as Sheffield United face Luton Town.

For semi-professional referee Ashley Hickson-Lovence, the appointment is “tinged with a bit of sadness” as he feels it is something that “should be happening more regularly”.

“I think it’s a huge achievement, but there’s still a long way to go,” Hickson-Lovence tells BBC Sport.

Former firefighter Allison, 42, was appointed to the fixture by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), which has set itself targets of increasing the diversity of match officials across the footballing pyramid.

The governing body wants an increase of 1,000 women referees and 1,000 black or Asian referees at all levels of football in three years.

Allison’s appointment is the first step towards their goal – but why has it taken 15 years?

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Home costs to fall and rents to rise in 2024, forecasts counsel

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Manchester United: Sir Jim Ratcliffe agrees deal to purchase 25% stake for about £1.25bn

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s deal is expected to see significant funds used to upgrade the club’s training ground and Old Trafford stadium

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has agreed to buy a 25% stake worth about £1.25bn in Manchester United.

As part of the deal, Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group will take control of the club’s football operations.

Ratcliffe, 71, will also provide $300m (£236m) for future investment into the club’s Old Trafford stadium.

The announcement comes 13 months after the club’s owners, the Glazer family, stated they were considering selling to “explore strategic alternatives”.

The American family bought the club for £790m in 2005.

The only other publicly declared bidder, Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, withdrew his offer to buy 100% of the club in October.

United have struggled on the pitch this season and have not won the Premier League since 2013, while there have been regular protests against the Glazer ownership.

Manchester-born Ratcliffe is chairman…

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European Tremendous League: Followers and golf equipment may be satisfied to again new plans, says organiser

We won’t stop ESL, but football is not for sale

Fans and clubs can be convinced to back new plans for a breakaway European competition, says the head of the organisation behind the new proposal.

In 2021, 12 teams signed up to the breakaway European Super League (ESL) designed to rival Uefa competitions.

On Thursday, the European Court of Justice ruled that banning clubs from joining the league was unlawful and the revamped ESL was outlined hours later.

However, Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin mocked the new proposals.

Speaking in a news conference on Thursday, Ceferin said “football is not for sale” and that he looked forward to watching a two-team tournament.

“We will not try to stop them. They can create whatever they want,” he added.

The new proposal – put forward by A22, the organisation which backed the o riginal ESL – is for a league system which would include 64 men’s clubs and 32 women’s clubs.

A22 chief executive Bernd Reichart told BBC Sport the proposals had “evolved” from…

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Tom Curran: Sydney Sixers and England all-rounder’s enchantment towards BBL ban dismissed

Tom Curran joined the Sydney Sixers in 2018

England and Sydney Sixers all-rounder Tom Curran has lost his appeal against a four-match ban for intimidating an umpire in Australia’s Big Bash League.

The 28-year-old was charged over an incident on 11 December before a game against Hobart Hurricanes.

Cricket Australia (CA) found that Curran was involved in a disagreement with an umpire during the warm-up.

“Umpires are part of the lifeblood of cricket,” said Alistair Dobson, CA’s BBL general manager.

“It is essential they are respected and appreciated by players at all levels of the game.

“We acknowledge the remorse Tom’s shown following the appeal and look forward to seeing him back in Sixers colours.

“Tom has been a long-time contributor to the BBL and is a clear fan-favourite and someone we hope will continue to play an integral role in the competition moving forward.”

In the build-up to the match, the fourth umpire – who is tasked with supervising the pitch – asked Curran not to run on…

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Electrical vehicles: Caernarfon has no charging factors at Christmas

But as in the case of Caernarfon – the statistics only tell part of the story.

Gwynedd as a county sits in the top five places for charging points in Wales – at 124 per 100,000 – well above the likes of Birmingham (44 charging spots per 100,000) or Manchester (just 33 per 100,000 in the city itself).

But of 145 actual charging points stretching across the two Senedd seats that make up Gwynedd – Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionydd – just 39 are in the Arfon constituency, which includes Caernarfon and the university city of Bangor.

Bangor itself fairs relatively poorly – with just one fast charger available on a retail park for the entire city.

And again, at one major supermarket chain in the city, its charging points have not worked for well over a year.

The local authority, Cyngor Gwynedd, has pledged to improve the public charging position – with so much of its geography geared towards tourism and the visitor economy, including much of the Eryri national park, also known as Snowdonia.

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Rebecca Welch officiates Fulham v Burnley to turn out to be Premier League’s first girl referee

Rebecca Welch also refereed at the Women’s World Cup this summer

Rebecca Welch made history on Saturday when she became the first woman to referee a Premier League fixture.

The 40-year-old took charge of Fulham’s match against Burnley at Craven Cottage, which kicked off at 15:00 GMT.

Welch became a referee in 2010 when she combined it with a job in the NHS, before becoming a full-time official in 2019.

In January, Welch became the first woman to referee a men’s fixture in the Championship.

She returned to Craven Cottage a month on from serving as the fourth official during Fulham’s 1-0 Premier League defeat by Manchester United.

Welch was the first woman to take charge of an FA Cup third-round tie in 2022 after being added to the EFL’s national list for men’s football, which oversees both League One and League Two fixtures.

The referee, who hails from Washington in Tyne and Wear, has been a leading light for English officials in the Women’s Super League.

Her work has been recognised on the…

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West Indies v England: Hosts win deciding fifth T20 to safe 3-2 sequence win

England lost both white-ball series to West Indies to follow a group-stage exit at the World Cup in November

England 132 (19.3 overs): Salt 38 (22); Motie 3-24

West Indies 133-6 (19.2 overs): Hope 43* (43); Topley 2-17, Rashid 2-21

West Indies won by four wickets and won series 3-2

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England lost the fifth and deciding T20 against West Indies by four wickets in Trinidad to suffer a 3-2 series defeat.

After being put in to bat, England struggled for fluency at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy and were bowled out for 132 off 19.3 overs.

Sam Curran gave England a chance with a brilliant penultimate over, taking a wicket and conceding two runs, to leave the hosts needing nine from the last.

But Shai Hope’s mighty six sealed victory with four balls to spare.

England fought well with the ball, Reece Topley impressing with 2-17 and Adil Rashid taking 2-21, but Hope’s crucial run-a-ball 43 not out proved the difference.

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Usman Khawaja charged over black armband in assist of Gaza

Usman Khawaja scored 41 and 90 as Australia won the first Test by 360 runs

Australia opener Usman Khawaja has been charged by the International Cricket Council for wearing a black armband in support of civilians in Gaza during the first Test against Pakistan.

Khawaja did not wear shoes bearing the words “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human right” in Perth, as he had in training.

The ICC deemed him in breach of its clothing and equipment regulations.

Khawaja is free to play in the second Test, starting on 26 December.

However, he faces further sanctions if he wears an armband again or makes an on-field statement in support of Palestinians without the permission of the ICC and Cricket Australia.

At least 20,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been reported killed since Israel began bombing the territory in the wake of Hamas’ 7 October attacks, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.

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Nick Gubbins: Hampshire hand new contract to batter

Nick Gubbins has scored more than 1,700 runs in the County Championship over the past two seasons

Hampshire batter Nick Gubbins has signed a new contract with the club.

The former Middlesex left-hander has scored more than 1,700 Championship runs across the past two seasons.

He also captained the One-Day Cup side to the 2022 semi-final, before losing last season’s final to Leicestershire.

Gubbins told the club website: “Our current squad excites me and I firmly believe we will be challenging for all trophies in the next few years, which I cannot wait to be a part of.”

Top-order batter Gubbins – who turns 30 on New Year’s Eve – originally moved to the Ageas Bowl on loan in 2021 before a permanent switch from Lord’s the following season.

He added: “I am thrilled to have extended my contract. It is such a fantastic club and place to play my cricket.”

Giles White, Hampshire director of cricket, said: “Nick has been outstanding for us since his arrival. He is a player of quality…

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Nottingham Forest: Nuno Espirito Santo replaces Steve Cooper as supervisor

Nuno Espirito Santo spent four years as manager of Wolves and led the club to the quarter-finals of the Europa League in 2020

Nottingham Forest have appointed Nuno Espirito Santo on a two-and-a-half-year contract to replace Steve Cooper.

Cooper was sacked on Tuesday after two years, with Forest having lost five of their past six league games and sitting 17th in the table.

Former Wolves and Tottenham manager Nuno was sacked by Saudi Pro-League club Al-Ittihad in November.

The 49-year-old’s first match in charge will be Saturday’s home Premier League game against Bournemouth.

Nuno spent four years at Wolves, guiding the club to promotion from the Championship in his first season before consecutive seventh-placed finishes in the Premier League, while they also reached the Europa League quarter-finals.

The former goalkeeper left Molineux in the summer of 2021 to join Spurs, but was sacked after less than four months in charge after a run of five defeats in seven games.

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Playing: Premier League and different sporting our bodies urged to chop pitchside betting adverts

A pitchside betting advert at Fulham’s Craven Cottage

The Premier League and other sports governing bodies “should commit to cutting the volume” of gambling adverts on pitchside hoardings in stadiums, says an influential group of MPs.

In a new report, the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee said a reduction was needed “to shield children from exposure” to betting companies’ logos.

The parliamentary group’s chair, Dame Caroline Dinenage, said that “more should be done…[over] what often seems like a bombardment of advertising branding at football and other sporting events”.

During the 2022-23 season, eight Premier League clubs had gambling companies on the front of their shirts, in deals worth an estimated £60m per year.

In April 2023, Premier League clubs reached a groundbreaking agreement to withdraw gambling sponsorships on the front of match shirts by the end of the 2025-26 season.

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Luton’s deserted match at Bournemouth to be replayed in full

Luton’s players applaud the crowd after their match at Bournemouth is abandoned after their captain Tom Lockyer collapsed on the pitch

Luton Town’s Premier League match at Bournemouth, abandoned after their captain Tom Lockyer collapsed on the pitch, will be replayed in full.

Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest during Saturday’s game, with both teams taken off as he received treatment on the field. He was responsive as he was carried off on a stretcher.

The game stood at 1-1 when it was abandoned in the 59th minute.

A Premier League statement said it will be rescheduled for later in the season.

Following his collapse, Lockyer was taken to hospital, where he has had tests and scans.

The Premier League statement added: “The decision to abandon the match in the 59th minute was made collectively between the match officials, players, managers from both clubs and the Premier League.

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