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Uncapped Notts spinner Patterson-White earns England Test call-up for South Africa

28-year-old rewarded for county performances Bashir to tour with Lions along with seamer Carse The uncapped Nottinghamshire ­spinner Liam Patterson-White has been rewarded for his most ­productive County Championship season with a call-up to England’s squad for their first red-ball assignment of the winter, the three Tests against South Africa that start next month in Johannesburg. The potential importance of spin bowling in South Africa was demonstrated in their recent home series against Australia, which the hosts won to reach No 1 in the International Cricket Council rankings and in which t

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WSL talking points: Tullis-Joyce takes charge and is Shaw the perfect striker?

The City forward hit a WSL hat-trick for the ninth time while Eva Olid’s United have found defensive stability Not only did Khadija “Bunny” Shaw score a record-extending ninth WSL hat-trick, she scored a “perfect hat-trick” for the fourth time in the competition, something nobody else has managed more than once. Against West Ham the Jamaica striker opened the scoring with her left foot, headed home her second off the underside of the crossbar and tucked in her third with her right foot late on. It helped her side towards a 5-0 win that opened up a two-point gap at the top of the table and stre

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Football comes together across Spain to honour Jesús de Miguel: ‘We’ve seen how fragile life is’

Across La Liga and beyond this weekend, footballers took to the field knowing it could have been them In the final few minutes before stepping into the arena once more, heading out for his 199th Osasuna match on Saturday evening, the man who has scored more first division goals than anyone in their history stopped his teammates for a moment and told them what it meant to wear the shirt. “This is very important,” Ante Budimir began as the dressing room, their sanctuary, fell silent around him. “We don’t have this shirt today for the sake of it. He was not chosen, and nor are we. It could have h

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Trump’s pathetic Dana White gambit could not mask his midterm humiliation | Howard Bryant

Trump has long relied on sports to project strength and fuel his culture wars. But after a crushing midterm defeat, even his UFC ally cannot distract from the political fallout In the wake of being destroyed in the midterm elections, it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump did something outrageous in an attempt to misdirect public attention away from his catastrophic losses. Before the midterms, published reports suggested the possibility of apocalypse, global or domestic – a nuclear strike on Iran, martial law to suspend last week’s elections, the invalidation of individual races, su

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Racing must seize its chance as new commission tackles UK betting laws

The 2005 Gambling Act has been described as ‘analogue’ in a digital age and review will be crucial for funding model The prospect of a new Gambling Act, with significant implications for racing’s funding model via betting, moved a step closer on Monday. A new commission that includes experts from the fields of economics, law, public policy, health and sport will initiate an “independent, evidence-based assessment of the existing [legal] framework [around gambling] and consider whether further reform, including potential new primary legislation, may be required.” The Gambling Policy Commission

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