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• Lampard is the right man for Roman: New Chelsea boss can talk the talk... but can he walk the walk?

  04-07-2019 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW: Frank Lampard, who has just one year of experience behind him, could be considered fortunate to get this chance. Then again, Chelsea need him just as much as he needs them.
  
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• Bullish Frank Lampard lifts Chelsea mood but knows he will get no favours | Dominic Fifield

  04-07-2019 23:59
  Former midfielder returns as manager with the express aim of making the club more competitive in the leagueThe buzzword was realism, a theme maintained whether Frank Lampard was raising the new Chelsea shirt to the pop of the flashbulbs in a cluttered suite high in Stamford Bridge’s west stand, or had retired to the directors’ lounge for a marginally more intimate assessment of what awaits as the club’s head coach. And yet, even with the star player sold and a transfer ban bloc
  
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• Chelsea need a change of mindset as Lampard must be given time to manage in confidence

  04-07-2019 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN - COMMENT: He played with authority for 13 years at Stamford Bridge, but will Lampard be allowed to manage with the same confidence? If he is, it will be a break from tradition.
  
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• Locker room: Simona Halep will be pushed to the limit against Victoria Azarenka

  04-07-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No 7 seed Simona Halep will be pushed to the limit in what looks like the match of the day against Victoria Azarenka. The battle of former world No 1s is the second match on Centre Court. 
  
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• Frank Lampard insists playing honours count for nothing as Chelsea manager

  04-07-2019 23:44
  • Lampard returns to club where he played for 13 seasons
  • ‘I should be judged on what I do going forward’ he saysFrank Lampard has insisted his glittering playing career with Chelsea will count for nothing as he sets about the daunting task of bridging the chasm to Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League as the club’s new head coach. Related: Bullish Frank Lampard lifts Chelsea mood but knows he will get no favours | Dominic FifieldContinue reading...
  
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• Andy Murray revels in Wimbledon return

  04-07-2019 23:44
  Murray and Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Ugo Humbert and Marius Copil in four sets at the All England Club.
  
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• Jill Scott seeks consolation after ‘shattering’ US defeat in World Cup

  04-07-2019 23:30
  Jill Scott fell asleep during Holland’s extra-time win over England’s third-place World Cup play-off opponents Sweden – but only because she had not slept at all the night before.
  
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• England’s Jill Scott says defeat to USA led to a sleepless night for the team

  04-07-2019 23:30
  • Midfielder aims for third-place play-off win
  • Scott: ‘If we beat Sweden I’ll get the medal framed’Jill Scott said she and her England teammates endured a sleepless night after Tuesday’s agonising semi-final defeat to the USA but added they are now determined to beat Sweden in Saturday’s third-place play-off.It is something of a deja vu moment for the veteran midfielder, who collected a bronze medal in Canada four years ago. “You feel lower than a
  
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• England fans face shut-out for World Cup semi-final

  04-07-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: As few as 10 Barmy Army members are expected as England face yet another away-day on home soil for the nation's biggest one-day cricket match in 27 years.
  
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• André Gomes happy at Everton as he admits pressure got to him at Barcelona

  04-07-2019 23:30
  • ‘It was the pressure and expectation I put on myself,’ he says
  • Gomes claims decision to turn loan into £22m move was easyAndré Gomes has said he wants to lead Everton’s attempt to challenge the top six having regained the confidence and enjoyment that he lost at Barcelona. Related: Gianluigi Buffon returns to Juventus in ‘confirmation that life is incredible’Continue reading...
  
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• Nick Kyrgios’s unusual pre-match pub prep ends in defeat to Rafael Nadal

  04-07-2019 23:09
  Kyrgios went to the Dog & Fox the night before his game against the Spaniard but it did not give him the lift he neededThe Dog & Fox is used to being at the heart of things during Wimbledon fortnight. According to a blackboard outside the front door, it goes through 225 kegs of beer and two tons of strawberries each tournament. But the pub has received even more attention than usual this week after Nick Kyrgios popped in for a drink. Related: Rafael Nadal riled by Nick Kyrgios but sees h
  
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• Manchester United want Harry Maguire to be their Mr Reliable… there are few better candidates

  04-07-2019 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: It is testament to the sort of character Harry Maguire possesses that shortly before his England debut, Gareth Southgate had to remind him, he did belong at international level.
  
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• Andy Murray back to winning ways at Wimbledon in doubles with Herbert

  04-07-2019 23:02
  • Briton and Frenchman beat Copil/Humbert in four sets
  • Hip injury has sidelined Murray for several monthsThe frenzied Pimm’s-laced cries of “Come on Andy”. The masses on Murray Mound with hearts in their mouths – and on their sleeves. The boisterous late-night atmosphere under lights. And, after an early wobble, Andy Murray waving to the crowd and pumping his fists in triumph. Related: Rafael Nadal riled by Nick Kyrgios but sees him off despite underarm aceCon
  
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• Marler named in England's World Cup training squad after retirement U-turn

  04-07-2019 23:01
  Eddie Jones - “Happy to accept Joe’s change of mind”Danny Cipriani named in squad but Dan Robson misses outEngland have unveiled their official Rugby World Cup jersey but the debate continues over exactly who will wear the new shirt in Japan. Eddie Jones says three places in his 31-man squad, to be finalised on 12 August, are still up for grabs and 38 players have been invited to attend the latest camp in Teddington, starting on Sunday.The most striking name on the long list is
  
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• Jon Jones dismisses huge power of Thiago Santos ahead of UFC 239 main event title showdown

  04-07-2019 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jon Jones has backed himself to avoid the seismic power heading his way from Thiago Santos at UFC 239. The American faces the latest challenger to his light-heavyweight throne on Saturday night.
  
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• Andy Murray returns to Wimbledon in style alongside Pierre-Hugues Herbert

  04-07-2019 22:43
  Murray and Herbert recovered from losing the first set to beat Ugo Humbert and Marius Copil.
  
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• Ex-Man United boss Jose Mourinho cheers on world No 69 Joao Sousa

  04-07-2019 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT WIMBLEDON: SWhy did the former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Man United manager choose to watch Sousa? One, they're both Portuguese. And two, they share the same agent.
  
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• Heather Knight Column: England's confidence will be surging

  04-07-2019 22:35
  It is a great sign for England that in their last two must-win games they have completely smashed them.
  
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• Andy Murray and Pierre-Hugues Herbert advance to second round of men's doubles at Wimbledon

  04-07-2019 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY ON COURT ONE: It was like old times, but it wasn't. Sir Andy Murray was on a show court at twilight and the crowd were hollering him on his way.
  
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• WIMBLEDON 2019: Live score and action from day four with Nadal, Konta, Federer and more

  04-07-2019 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's another exciting day of action at Wimbledon - and Sportsmail is once again on hand to guide you through everything. Day four includes the likes of Rafael Nadal, Jo Konta and Andy Murray!
  
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• Tammy Beaumont hits maiden Ashes ton but Australia too strong for England

  04-07-2019 22:20
  • England 217, Australia 218-6
  • Australia go 4-0 up on points in multi-format seriesTen years and four days: that’s how long it had been since an England player last hit a women’s ODI century against Australia. That impossibly long drought was finally broken at Leicester by Tammy Beaumont, who hit her maiden Ashes hundred in a gloriously confident display. Related: Afghanistan and Ikram give West Indies fright but still end up winlessContinue reading...
  
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• Power Play: Afghanistan narrowly miss out on sole World Cup win

  04-07-2019 22:18
  Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon digest the day's action from the dead rubber as Afghanistan took on the West Indies.
  
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• ‘I was going for him’: Kyrgios beaten by Nadal but unapologetic for fiery clash

  04-07-2019 22:02
  • Spaniard wins 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 after weeks-long war of words
  • Australian aims shot straight at Nadal and does not apologiseNick Kyrgios discovered on Thursday evening that you provoke a champion at your peril as Rafael Nadal husbanded his controlled fury over four engrossing sets to grind down an opponent who had taunted him beforehand as a bad loser and whose tongue later let him down like rarely before.In a staggering admission, Kyrgios said he deliberately hit a ball at Nadal i
  
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• Arjen Robben retires at 35 after conceding injuries have taken toll

  04-07-2019 21:37
  • ‘I’m no longer 16 with no idea what injuries can do to you’
  • Dutchman won 12 titles, including eight at Bayern MunichArjen Robben has retired from football aged 35 following a trophy-laden career at club level and having earned 96 caps for his country, which included playing in a World Cup final. Related: Transfer window 2019 – every summer deal from Europe's top five leaguesContinue reading...
  
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• Angelique Kerber’s title defence ends but Serena Williams rallies to victory

  04-07-2019 21:23
  • Defending champion loses 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to Lauren Davis
  • Serena Williams wins 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 against Kaja JuvanIt is well over two decades since any woman other than Serena Williams and Venus Williams successfully defended the women’s title at Wimbledon. Angelique Kerber, who won here in such style 12 months ago, will not be joining them after she was ousted 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 by the American Lauren Davis in the second round. Related: Harriet Dart overcomes doubles snub to join Konta
  
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• Trevor Bayliss desperate to bow out with a bang as coach by helping England rule the world

  04-07-2019 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is easy to forget Andrew Strauss sprang a surprise when he plumped for Trevor Bayliss ahead of Tom Moody and Jason Gillespie four years ago as the coach to lead England.
  
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• Tennis badboy Nick Kyrgios starts his match against Nadal

  04-07-2019 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old was spotted at the Dog & Fox Pub in Wimbledon last night until around 11pm just hours ahead of today's game.
  
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• If English women’s football is to catch the USA’s, schools will be key

  04-07-2019 21:00
  There is a gulf in funding for girls’ and women’s football between the two countries but the FA plans to narrow it“The last Fifa World Cup was a remarkable achievement but we are setting an even more ambitious target for 2023. To achieve this we will be working tirelessly with the clubs in the FA Women’s Super League to create a vision for the women’s game that is mutually supportive and will be the envy of the world.”That was the Football Association’s
  
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• Ruthless Ashleigh Barty and Sloane Stephens stand in the way of British contingent

  04-07-2019 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: Standing in the way of the home charge in the women's singles is a pair of Grand Slam champions in ruthless form. World No 1 Barty will play Harriet Dart.
  
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• Wimbledon 2019 LIVE: Andy Murray doubles latest, Rafa Nadal vs Nick Kyrgios plus scores and results

  04-07-2019 20:47
  Follow the latest updates live from day four at Wimbledon where Andy Murray will return for the first time since 2017, while Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams are also in action on a bumper day at SW19.Murray will be in doubles action alongside Pierre-Hugues Herbert in what is his first match at Wimbledon in two years, having also announced that he will unite with Williams to compete in the mixed doubles later in the tournament. A court has not been set for Murray’s return, w
  
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• England qualify for the semi-finals … plus panto catches - The Spin podcast

  04-07-2019 20:47
  Emma John is joined by TMS commentator Daniel Norcross, author Marcus Berkmann and actor Prasanna Puwanarajah to discuss England’s progress to the World Cup semi-finals. Plus they pick their favourite theatrical moments from the competition and catch-up on an interesting week of County Championship action Continue reading...
  
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• Manchester City £63m signing Rodri hails new side for usurping Manchester United in English football

  04-07-2019 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rodri claimed Manchester City have changed the landscape of English football as the club's record signing outlined the reasons for teaming up with Pep Guardiola.
  
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• Dimension Data's head of performance was TWICE over-ruled in Tour de France selection process

  04-07-2019 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earlier this week news broke that Dimension Data's team principal, Doug Ryder, ignored the recommendation by performance boss Rolf Aldag to include Cavendish in line-up.
  
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• PSG confirm signing of free agent Ander Herrera

  04-07-2019 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed the signing of former Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera. The French side announced the signing on social media. He will earn £300,000 per week.
  
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• Wimbledon 2019: Rafael Nadal overcomes Nick Kyrgios in four-sets to win fiery clash

  04-07-2019 20:21
  Rafael Nadal emerged victorious against Nick Kyrgios but the bad feeling between the two showed no signs of easing after a spicy second-round contest at Wimbledon.The two have been locked in a war of words over the last few weeks, with Kyrgios trading insults with Nadal and his uncle Toni and that threatened to spill out on to Centre Court in the Spaniard’s 6-3 3-6 7-6 (5) 7-6 (3) win.There were the customary underarm serves and constant chatter with the umpire, but there was almost a flas
  
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• Harriet Dart overcomes doubles snub to join Konta in Wimbledon third round

  04-07-2019 20:14
  • World No 182 Dart beats Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1
  • Dart was dropped as Jay Clarke’s mixed doubles partner by textHarriet Dart is doing just fine on her own. The 22-year-old Londoner does not have to linger on the irritation of being ditched as Jay Clarke’s mixed doubles partner after a cathartic 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1 win over Beatriz Haddad Maia continued her fine run in the women’s singles and set up a third-round match with Ashleigh Barty, the French Open
  
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• Wimbledon diary: Murray media in overdrive and Mourinho’s musings

  04-07-2019 20:13
  Harriet Dart is looking forward, Dan Evans may be unlucky to eat his words and José Mourinho has an opinionAfter being comprehensively dispatched from the singles by Roger Federer on Thursday, Jay Clarke still has his mixed doubles date with Cori Gauff to come. But the shine has come off that a little after it was revealed he ditched his previous partner, Harriet Dart, by text. Having herself progressed to the third round of the singles, Dart had the chance to share her view of the affair
  
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• Worn-down West Ham to sell disruptive Marko Arnautovic for €25m to China

  04-07-2019 20:09
  • Furious Manuel Pellegrini tells board to let Austrian leave
  • Club believe keeping forward would hurt squad moraleWest Ham have decided to cut their losses on Marko Arnautovic and sell him for €25m (£22.4m) to a Chinese Super League club, believed to be Shanghai SIPG, after Manuel Pellegrini told the board to let the Austrian forward leave. Related: Arjen Robben retires at 35 after conceding injuries have taken tollContinue reading...
  
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• Afghanistan and Ikram give West Indies fright but still end up winless

  04-07-2019 20:07
  • West Indies 311-6; Afghanistan 288
  • Chris Gayle bows out of World Cup cricket on a winning noteThis was the first dead match of the tournament and it was really quite lively. In front of a healthy crowd the two sides at the basement of the league table battled away vigorously. In the end West Indies prevailed by 23 runs to make it two wins from nine World Cup matches. Thus one could conclude that the old order was re-established but for the fact that Afghanistan had won three of the
  
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• Serena Williams fights back to dispatch world No 133 Kaja Juvan and reach Wimbledon third round

  04-07-2019 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATTHEW LAMBERT ON COURT ONE: Before the fun and games of the mixed doubles, Serena Williams dealt with the serious business of keeping herself in the tournament.
  
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• Majak Daw's return: the best story the AFL has to tell in 2019 | Craig Little

  04-07-2019 20:00
  The North Melbourne midfielder’s recovery from a bridge fall is a reminder of sport’s true power to healEmpathy, from the Greek empatheia – em (into) and pathos (feeling) – is a kind of travel. “It suggests you enter another person’s pain as you’d enter another country, through immigration and customs, border crossing by way of query,” writes Leslie Jamison in The Empathy Exams.But how do you enter the world of Majak Daw, a man who comes from a pla
  
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• Caleb Ewan: ‘I will be pinching myself on the Tour de France start line’ | Kieran Pender

  04-07-2019 20:00
  After several false dawns, the Australian sprinting prodigy will finally make his Tour debutWhen Caleb Ewan takes to the Tour de France start line on Saturday, he will wonder what might have been. He may only be 24, but the Australian has coveted a start since he was a precocious teenager, eager to prove himself at this grandest of Grand Tours.Ewan collected his first Grand Tour win in 2015, sprinting to victory on an early stage of the Vuelta a España. Two years later he secured success
  
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• Women's Ashes: Katherine Brunt injures ankle celebrating Meg Lanning wicket

  04-07-2019 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  England bowler Katherine Brunt injures her ankle as she celebrates taking the wicket of Australia captain Meg Lanning.
  
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• Emotional Dan Evans beats Basilashvili to reach Wimbledon third round

  04-07-2019 19:44
  • British No 3 defeats No 18 seed 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
  • Emotional Evans says: ‘I won’t be resting on that win’The emotion poured out of Dan Evans after his quest for redemption continued with a commanding 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (2) victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili, the No 18 seed.Evans is back at Wimbledon for the first time since serving a one-year ban for testing positive for cocaine in 2017 and the British No 3 let the tears roll down his cheeks after reaching the third roun
  
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• Barcelona warned by Atletico Madrid over Antoine Griezmann release clause

  04-07-2019 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has warned Barcelona there will be 'consequences' if they are found to have signed a pre-contract agreement with Antoine Griezmann last March.
  
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• Liam Plunkett calls on Sky to make Cricket World Cup final free-to-air

  04-07-2019 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A peak audience of 11.73 million tuned in to the BBC's live coverage of the semi-final of the women's football World Cup on Tuesday, when England lost to the USA. Average figure was 8.8 million.
  
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• Froome’s absence gives Tour riders reason to believe in their chances | Jeremy Whittle

  04-07-2019 19:38
  Egan Bernal is strongly fancied as is defending champion Geraint Thomas but plenty of others – even the French – are hopefulFor the first time since he made his debut in July 2012, the Tour de France rolls away from Saturday’s Grand Départ without Chris Froome. Already, in the brasseries and cafes around the Grand Place in central Brussels, where this year’s Tour’s teams were presented to the public in warm evening sunshine, the talk is of who will fill the v
  
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• New film 'The Edge' charts dramatic rise of England's cricket team

  04-07-2019 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When you play football or rugby, you have 10 or more team-mates out there with you in solidarity. When you walk out to bat, though there is a colleague at other end, you're on your own.
  
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• Centre back Axel Tuanzebe set to sign new contract at Manchester United today

  04-07-2019 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to give Tuanzebe his chance to claim a place in Manchester United's first team and will take the 21-year old on the club's pre season tour this Sunday.
  
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• Liam Plunkett wants Cricket World Cup final on free-to-air television

  04-07-2019 18:59
  • England bowler wants ‘as many people to watch it as possible’
  • Sky viewing figures dwarfed by football’s Women’s World CupLiam Plunkett has thrown his support behind the Cricket World Cup final being screened on a free-to-air platform should England get that far, saying the players want as many people watching as possible.Eoin Morgan’s one-day team booked a place in the semi-finals for the first time since 1992 with a dominant 119-run victory over New Z
  
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