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• Andy Murray reveals the secret to his rise to world No1... staying grounded and taking baby steps

  12-11-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: There was a time, a few weeks after his daughter Sophia was born in February, when people wondered whether having a child would be the death of Andy Murray as a tennis player.
  
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• Mayfield leads Oklahoma past Baylor; Bears lose Russell

  12-11-2016 23:50
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield might have played his way back into the Heisman Trophy conversation.
  
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• Wayne Rooney has fought back from the brink at Manchester United... he kept his head up, did not sulk and dug in to revive his career

  12-11-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE KEEGAN - SPECIAL REPORT: Home team dressing room, Old Trafford, 12.15pm, Saturday 24 September.All eyes are on Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
  
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• England and Scotland await their fate over poppy row after defying FIFA on Armistice Day

  12-11-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The English and Scottish FAs defied FIFA, after the governing body said the wearing of poppies falls under the ban on commercial, personal, political or religious messages.
  
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• Belotti scores twice as Italy make light work of Liechtenstein

  12-11-2016 23:39
  Andrea Belotti scored twice as Italy made light work of Liechtenstein in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday, scoring four first-half goals on the way to a 4-0 win. Ciro Immobile and Antonio Candreva were also on target as Italy stayed level with Spain at the top of European Group G. Both teams have 10 points from four games although Spain lead on goal difference. Italy were quick off the mark when Alessio Romagnoli headed down a corner and Belotti turned the ball in from close range in the 11
  
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• Dennis fighting McLaren move - Ecclestone

  12-11-2016 23:35
  By Alan Baldwin SAO PAULO (Reuters) - McLaren chief executive Ron Dennis is fighting a move by other shareholders to force him out, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday. Ecclestone told Reuters at the Brazilian Grand Prix that he feared the 69-year-old Briton, whose team are the sport's second most successful despite not having won a race for four years, may have lost the battle already. "There was a court case yesterday where he wanted to overturn what had happened and he lost
  
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• Nick Saban: I voted with an absentee ballot

  12-11-2016 23:31
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban says he forgot about Election Day, not about voting.
  
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• Gareth Southgate insists England job would not scare him

  12-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER: There is a clamour for Southgate to get the job permanently after the 3-0 win against Scotland at Wembley on Friday night and senior figures at the FA want to appoint him.
  
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• Pep Guardiola's indulgence may not be the right path for John Stones... I'm starting to fear defender isn't learning

  12-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: John Stones may only be 22 but he now has to decide whether he wants to be something really special or end up being a defender with whom managers eventually lose patience.
  
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• Jose Mourinho looks sour and glum... the Manchester United manager's aura is crumbling as his rivals steal ground on him in the Premier League

  12-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: The body language of Jurgen Klopp radiates enthusiasm. Intensity, sure, but enthusiasm more than anything. Chelsea's Antonio Conte is the same. As is Pep Guardiola.
  
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• Gareth Southgate set for England job but the work has only just begun |Owen Gibson

  12-11-2016 23:30
  
  The 3-0 win over Scotland should land Southgate the permanent role but the patchy display at Wembley underlined age-old problems of style and deliveryIt was a victory that in many ways embodies the early days of the England reign of the man who has accidentally landed in the hot seat. Well meaning but hesitant. Full of good intentions but, as yet, far from wholly convincing. A curate’s egg that contained flashes of promise but plenty of familiar failings and nagging questions. Enough of th
  
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• Gareth Southgate is man with a plan: His principles are sound and he should get the England job after Spain game

  12-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: When the Spain game is over, the FA should offer Southgate the job and hope he accepts it. He is an intelligent man and a committed coach with defined ideas of how he wants to play.
  
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• Eric Dier: England’s midfield mainstay with a foreign footballing brain

  12-11-2016 23:30
  
  The Tottenham midfielder has become a key cog for club and country in the past 12 months and, despite growing up in Portugal, allegiances always lay hereThe names trip off Eric Dier’s tongue. The list begins with Rui Patrício and Adrien Silva, both still stalwarts at Sporting, and Cédric Soares, now an opponent in the Premier League at Southampton. Then there are his fellow academy graduates William Carvalho and João Mário, who recently moved to Internazionale.
  
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• England were 'nowhere near good enough' in win over South Africa, says Eddie Jones

  12-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AT TWICKENHAM: The man who became the first England coach to win his first 10 Tests was unhappy with the attack in particular, even though his side scored four tries.
  
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• FA plucks Gareth Southgate for England job from a bare cupboard | Daniel Taylor

  12-11-2016 23:29
  
  The nagging feeling is that Gareth Southgate will become permanent England manager because of the paucity of the list of candidatesOn the face of it, nobody should be surprised the Football Association, on the rebound after the brief, unhappy dalliance with Sam Allardyce, was so attracted to the idea of Gareth Southgate from the outset and always thought of him, personality-wise, as a trouble-free appointment.If Allardyce was a brick through the window of the FA establishment, Southgate was the
  
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• Nigeria top World Cup qualification group after sinking Algeria

  12-11-2016 23:27
  By Mark Gleeson POLOKWANE, South Africa (Reuters) - Victor Moses scored twice and John Obi Mikel added the other as Nigeria went four points clear in World Cup qualification with a 3-1 home win over Algeria in Uyo on Saturday. Burkina Faso and Uganda are also top of their respective groups after success on Saturday but Senegal, among the favourites to qualify for Russia 2018, suffered a setback under controversial circumstances in South Africa. Nigeria won a second match in Group B, after an awa
  
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• Aduriz becomes Spain's oldest scorer in Macedonia rout

  12-11-2016 23:26
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Aritz Aduriz became the oldest man to score for Spain in an international, netting the final goal in their 4-0 victory over Macedonia in the World Cup qualifying Group G match on Saturday. At 35 years and 275 days, the Athletic Bilbao striker was 50 days older than the previous record holder Jose Maria Pena, who had set the mark in 1930 when scoring against Portugal. Spain had to overcome resistance from a dogged Macedonia side before running out easy winn
  
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• Wales 1-1 Serbia: Aleksandar Mitrovic heads home late equaliser after Gareth Bale's fine strike as Chris Coleman's side are made to pay for missed chances

  12-11-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL IN CARDIFF: Less than 60 seconds separated two moments that will come to define this game, an agonising result inevitably reopening old wounds for Wales.
  
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• Aduriz becomes Spain's oldest scorer in Macdeonia rout

  12-11-2016 23:18
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Aritz Aduriz became the oldest man to score for Spain in an international, netting the final goal in their 4-0 victory over Macedonia in the World Cup qualifying Group G match on Saturday. At 35 years and 275 days, the Athletic Bilbao striker was 50 days older than the previous record holder Jose Maria Pena, who had set the mark in 1930 when scoring against Portugal. Spain had to overcome resistance from a dogged Macedonia side before running out easy winn
  
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• From Wolves to the World Cup... Julen Lopetegui had one foot in the door at Molineux but is now attempting to revive a stuttering Spain side

  12-11-2016 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON: Wolves or the World Cup? It's not a common dilemma among coaches but Julen Lopetegui had one foot in the door at Molineux this summer, but now finds himself leading Spain.
  
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• Ukraine up to second spot with 1-0 win over Finland

  12-11-2016 23:09
  By Igor Nitsak ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's Artem Kravets struck midway through the first half to secure a 1-0 win over Finland in their Group I World Cup qualifier as they moved up to second place on Saturday. Ukraine stay two points behind leaders Croatia who have 10 after a 2-0 win over a visiting Iceland side stuck on seven. Kravets had rattled the post with a header after just four minutes but soon made amends for his miss when he slotted home a close range effort at the far post 2
  
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• No. 11 West Virginia gets huge Big 12 win at Texas 24-20

  12-11-2016 23:04
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kennedy McKoy ran for two touchdowns and No. 11 West Virginia's defense withstood a final pass attempt into the end zone to earn a tough 24-20 win over Texas on Saturday that kept alive the Mountaineers' Big 12 championship hopes.
  
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• England leading northern hemisphere resurgence

  12-11-2016 23:04
  By Neil Robinson LONDON (Reuters) - The first full weekend of 2016 autumn internationals reinforced rugby's emerging world order as the northern hemisphere teams continued to close the gap on their southern rivals. Leading the way on Saturday were England who scored the 10th straight win of coach Eddie Jones' tenure, 37-21 against South Africa, while Scotland again served notice of their class by agonisingly losing to Australia by a single point for the second time in a year. Wales recovered fro
  
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• Belotti scores twice as Italy made light work of Liechtenstein

  12-11-2016 23:02
  Andrea Belotti scored twice as Italy made light work of Liechtenstein in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday, scoring four first-half goals on the way to a 4-0 win. Ciro Immobile and Antonio Candreva were also on target as Italy stayed level with Spain at the top of European Group G. Both teams have 10 points from four games although Spain lead on goal difference. Italy were quick off the mark when Alessio Romagnoli headed down a corner and Belotti turned the ball in from close range in the 11
  
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• Late Mitrovic header earns Serbia 1-1 draw in Wales

  12-11-2016 23:00
  An 85th-minute header by striker Aleksandar Mitrovic gave Serbia a 1-1 draw against Wales after Gareth Bale had given the home side a first-half lead in a pulsating World Cup Group D qualifier on Saturday. The result left Serbia second in the section on eight points from four games, two behind leaders Ireland who were 1-0 winners in Austria. Wales are third on six points while fourth-placed Austria have four.
  
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• Andy Murray says era of tennis’s big four could be over

  12-11-2016 23:00
  
  For the first time since 2001 neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal will compete in the ATP World Tour Finals and Murray says we will soon know ‘whether it’s done and that era is past’Andy Murray finally voiced the unthinkable when he said on Saturday that the Big Four, the elite club which he will captain for as long as he can hold Novak Djokovic at bay, could be without its founding members, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, within 12 months.“I think next year will be in
  
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• Spain 4-0 Macedonia: Nacho Monreal strike helps hosts towards comfortable win to maintain control of Group G

  12-11-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spain maintained top spot in their World Cup qualifying group after a late second half blitz helped Julen Lopetegui's side ease to a 4-0 victory over Macedonia in Granada.
  
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• Straight back to Compton: Venus and Serena Williams go home

  12-11-2016 22:55
  
  COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Venus and Serena Williams have returned to their childhood California hometown for the first time since their half-sister was killed there in 2003 to have tennis courts dedicated in their honor.
  
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• Wales held to damaging Serbia draw after late Aleksandar Mitrovic goal

  12-11-2016 22:54
  
  It was one of those nights when the woodwork made all the difference. With five minutes remaining the width of the post denied Gareth Bale a second goal that would have put this crucial game to bed and less than 60 seconds later the Serbia bench exploded with joy after Aleksandar Mitrovic, the Newcastle United striker, scored via the upright at the other end.Wales were crestfallen, disappointment written all over their faces at the final whistle after two precious points slipped through their fi
  
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• Mayfield leads No. 9 Oklahoma past No. 25 Baylor 45-24

  12-11-2016 22:50
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score to help No. 9 Oklahoma defeat No. 25 Baylor 45-24 on Saturday.
  
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• Liechtenstein 0-4 Italy: Andrea Belotti grabs a brace as the Azzurri cruise to easy victory

  12-11-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italy didn't even break a sweat as they cruised to a 4-0 victory over Liechtenstein in their World Cup 2018 qualifier.
  
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• After the All Blacks feast, Ireland devour Canada

  12-11-2016 22:33
  (Reuters) - Ireland received a hero's welcome from 50,000 Dublin fans following their historic defeat of the All Blacks and then celebrated with a hard-fought and entertaining 52-21 win over Canada at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. Irish coach Joe Schmidt opted to rest all the players who began the All Blacks game with a view to next weekend's feverishly-anticipated rematch and witnessed a mixture of enterprise and errors from a side that featured three debutants in the starting XV. After Keith
  
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• Yaya Toure and Sadio Mane make the BBC African Footballer of the Year shortlist alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Andre Ayew

  12-11-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Premier League is fortunate to be graced by some of the finest African footballers from the, and this week the BBC have released their official shortlist, with a few surprise inclusions.
  
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• Mercedes boss plays down Verstappen phone call

  12-11-2016 22:04
  By Alan Baldwin SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Max Verstappen says he will take the fight to Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix and cannot be expected to do otherwise, despite Mercedes boss Toto Wolff ringing the Dutch teenager's father to discuss the situation. "I am racing for Red Bull, not Mercedes." Verstappen spoke after Red Bull bosses stirred up a storm over a telephone conversation between Wolff and Jos Verstappen ahead of what is a potential Formula One title decide
  
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• Injuries take gloss off emphatic France win

  12-11-2016 22:01
  France's emphatic 52-8 victory over Samoa on Saturday came at a cost as they suffered several injuries ahead of tough encounters against Australia and New Zealand later this month. Flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc will miss the remainder of the November series after sustaining a forearm fracture while prop Jefferson Poirot, number eight Loann Goujon and flanker Kevin Gourdon were also hurt. "It's the big black mark of the evening," said France coach Guy Noves who took over from Philippe Saint-Andre af
  
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• Garcia upsets Kvitova as France draw level in final

  12-11-2016 21:40
  Caroline Garcia stunned Petra Kvitova 7-6(6) 6-3 to pull France level at 1-1 with champions Czech Republic in the Fed Cup final after Karolina Pliskova won an epic first singles earlier on Saturday. Garcia produced an aggressive performance to down Kvitova and the Czech threatened a comeback in the second set but the Frenchwoman was too hot and closed it out on her second match point. World number six Pliskova had overcome Kristina Mladenovic's stubborn resistance to put the visitors ahead with
  
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• Putin keeps Chechen leader onside with award of Russia friendly

  12-11-2016 21:36
  By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's soccer match against Romania on Tuesday is likely to arouse little interest abroad - though the venue may raise a few eyebrows. The friendly will be staged in the capital of the Chechen Republic, Grozny, the site of two brutal wars in the 1990s and still considered too much of a security risk to host games in the 2018 World Cup. "Putin has massively backed Chechnya both financially and politically.
  
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• Hurts leads No. 1 Alabama's 51-3 rout of Mississippi State

  12-11-2016 21:32
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Hurts passed for career highs of 347 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 100 yards in less than three quarters in No. 1 Alabama's 51-3 rout of Mississippi State on Saturday.
  
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• Baylor QB Russell suffers severe ankle injury vs. Oklahoma

  12-11-2016 21:26
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Baylor quarterback Seth Russell has suffered a severe left ankle dislocation during Saturday's game against No. 9 Oklahoma.
  
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• Second-string Ireland side see off Canada in Dublin

  12-11-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ireland's second-string saw off Canada 52-21 but most likely failed to sway boss Joe Schmidt's selection for the New Zealand rematch next weekend.
  
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• Nervy Wales made to work hard for narrow Pumas win

  12-11-2016 21:21
  Wales recovered from last weekend’s loss to Australia with a 24-20 victory over Argentina in an bruising test match at Cardiff's Principality stadium on Saturday. Tries by wing Liam Williams and scrumhalf Gareth Davies, who both missed the Australia match, were cancelled out by touchdowns for Pumas centre Juan Martin Hernandez and scrumhalf Martin Landajo, with 14 points from the boot of Leigh Halfpenny giving the home side the advantage.
  
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• Wales 24-20 Argentina: Home side survive real scare by the Pumas to ease pressure on coach Rob Howley

  12-11-2016 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON IN CARDIFF: Rob Howley's CV to take over from Warren Gatland in 2019 remains in the WRU's in-tray. The stand-in coach was in desperate need of a result and escaped with a victory.
  
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• France smash Samoa but lose injured Trinh-Duc

  12-11-2016 21:13
  France performed a demolition job on Samoa on Saturday, scoring seven tries in a 52-8 romp, but they lost flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc to an injury that will keep him out for the rest of the November series. Les Bleus, who thrashed Argentina 27-0 in their previous outing in June, dominated a disappointing Samoa side to boost morale ahead of the tougher home games to come against Australia and New Zealand on Nov. 19 and 26 respectively. Wing Virimi Vakatawa bagged three tries and Charles Ollivon, Y
  
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• Rob Howley proud of Wales response after tough week

  12-11-2016 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rob Howley hailed his players after Wales put "a tough week" behind them by beating Argentina at the Principality Stadium.Wales recorded the
  
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• Caroline Garcia beats Petra Kvitova to keep France's Fed Cup final hopes alive

  12-11-2016 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Caroline Garcia upset Petra Kvitova to draw France level at 1-1 with the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup final after Karolina Pliskova had won an epi
  
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• England under Eddie Jones: What a difference a year makes

  12-11-2016 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport takes a look at the positive influence Eddie Jones has had over the England since being appointed head coach in November 2015.
  
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• Caroline Garcia keeps France's Fed Cup dream alive after Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova wins marathon match

  12-11-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caroline Garcia ensured a suspenseful second day in the Fed Cup final by downing Petra Kvitova 7-6 (6), 6-3 to draw France level with defending champions Czech Republic at 1-1.
  
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• Republic winger James McClean: Roy Keane would've killed me if I'd missed target

  12-11-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  James McClean fired the Republic of Ireland to a precious World Cup qualifying victory in Austria to spare himself a showdown with Roy Keane.
  
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• Garcia puts France back on track in Fed Cup final

  12-11-2016 20:52
  
  STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Caroline Garcia ensured a suspenseful second day in the Fed Cup final by downing two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 7-6 (6) 6-3 to draw France level with the defending champion Czech Republic 1-1.
  
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• France 52-8 Samoa: Hosts cruise to victory with seven tries but are hit by injury blow as Francois Trinh-Duc suffers suspected fractured forearm

  12-11-2016 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  France performed a demolition job on Samoa on Saturday, scoring seven tries in a 52-8 romp, but they lost flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc to an injur.
  
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