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MARTIN SAMUEL: South Africa are totally demoralised... the last three Tests have become a mismatch 

MARTIN SAMUEL IN JOHANNESBURG: At 3.49pm local time, Ben Stokes clobbered an off-side ball from Dwaine Pretorius through midwicket for four




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Moeen Ali to return from Test exile after making himself available for England tour of Sri Lanka

Worcestershire off-spinner Moeen Ali revealed on Sunday that he misses playing for England ahead of talks with coach Chris Silverwood and captain Joe Root this week.




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James Anderson ready to declare himself fit for two-Test tour of Sri Lanka

James Anderson is ready to declare himself fit for the two-Test tour of Sri Lanka next month, although the decision on whether he goes on the trip is for the selectors to make.




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Adil Rashid rules himself out of contention for England's Test series in Sri Lanka

Adil Rashid has ruled himself out of contention for the Test tour of Sri Lanka to leave England with a paucity of spin options for next month's two-match series.




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England beat South Africa by two wickets to level ODI series at 1-1

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: England chased down a target of 257 to defeat South Africa by two wickets and square the one-day international series at 1-1.




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Moeen Ali is targeting a summer Test return for England and wants to prove himself

RICHARD GIBSON IN PRETORIA: Moeen Ali says he still has a strong desire to prove himself as a Test player after targeting a return to the England team this summer.




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Jos Buttler believes England's composure allows them to chase down any score

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: The successful 223-run pursuit at Centurion which settled the Twenty20 series versus South Africa was the second biggest in their history.




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Sir Alastair Cook believes England are right to back under-fire Jos Buttler

The 29-year-old endured a difficult winter in red-ball cricket, with a top score of 43 in five matches across series in New Zealand and South Africa.




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Pat Brown admits he's unlikely to earn a spot in England's T20 World Cup squad

EXCLUSIVE BY KISHAN VAGHELA: Pat Brown maybe hasn't been in professional cricket long enough to look retrospectively at what he has already achieved with ball in hand.




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MARTIN SAMUEL COLUMN: Juventus chief Andrea Agnelli is a self-serving, protectionist snake

CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Andrea Agnelli has lucked out by birth into control of Juventus. And from this position of enormous good fortune, he wants to destroy the greatest club competition in the world.




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England cricket ban autographs and selfies with fans to stay away due to coronavirus in Sri Lanka

PAUL NEWMAN IN COLOMBO: England have banned autographs and selfies on their Sri Lankan tour and have asked supportersto keep their distance due to coronavirus.




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Grand National and The Boat Race both CANCELLED, Football suspended, and the Olympics are in doubt

The spread of coronavirus has brought the world of sport to its knees after multiple multi-million pound tournaments were postponed or cancelled as the death toll continues to rise.




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SPORTS AGENDA: Liverpool's Jordan Henderson takes the lead on NHS relief fund

SPORTS AGENDA: Liverpool's Jordan Henderson has admirably taken the lead in football over coronavirus, suggesting a fund be set up to help the NHS during the crisis.




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England 'aim to play West Indies series in July but domestic season set to be cancelled'

England are hopeful of returning to international action on July 8 for a three-Test series against West Indies behind closed doors following the coronavirus pandemic.




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Lottery winner will spend the money looking after his severely autistic brother 

The movie buff from Peterborough, who studied Video and Film at university in Dundalk, in Ireland, said he hopes the money will help improve the life of his 23-year-old brother, Robert.




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Convicted paedophile wins role in television advert for Euromillions lottery jackpot

Simon Jones, 40, from Cardiff, appears grinning in the new wedding-themed commercial alongside other guests that was aired on Monday to advertise the £69million Euromillions jackpot.




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National Lottery winner conned his way to £2.5million on fake ticket using Camelot insider

Edward Putman, (pictured filming members of the press outside court today) 54, of Hertfordshire, claimed the jackpot on 28 August 2009 - just 10 days before his ticket from 11 March was due to expire.




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Camelot insider 'told ex-partner he was facing up to 15 years in prison for National Lottery fraud'

Giles Knibbs (pictured) who worked at Camelot in Watford, told his ex-partner John Coleyshaw that Edward Putman had not paid him his agreed share of the fraudulent winnings.




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Binky Felstead and Una Healy enjoy night off from parenting duties at the National Lottery Awards

The former Made In Chelsea star, 29, and the singer, 38, attended the National Lottery Awards 2019 at London's BBC Television Centre on Tuesday evening.




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Britons spending record amounts on lotto tickets as operator Camelot reports best-ever results

Both ticket sales and returns to good causes have risen, according to half-yearly results for the National Lottery. Prizes to players increased by 13.4 per cent - a total of £2.2 billion.




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National Lottery winner celebrates £3m jackpot win with a boob job after buying ones for sisters

Sarah Cockings (pictured), 36, who lives in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, with her partner and three children, won £3,045,705 on April 30, 2005, when she was just 21.




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UK Sport chief Liz Nicholl stepping down after 17 years at the elite funding agency

Liz Nicholl is stepping down as the chief executive of UK Sport after 19 years at the agency... during which she helped Team GB go from 36th to second in the Olympic medals table




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National Lottery announces £600m fund to help projects hit by coronavirus

The National Lottery has announced a slew of campaigns for organisations all over the UK hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with a £600 million fund set-up to help.




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Jordanian MP who called Israel 'Jewish cancer' welcomed by Labour shadow minister for peace

Yahya Al-Saud (pictured), who is notorious for praising terrorism in Palestine, was greeted at Portcullis House by Labour frontbencher Fabian Hamilton.




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AOC says Palestinians 'have no choice but to riot' against Israel

AOC, who serves as US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, made the comments during an appearance on hip-hop program 'Ebro in the Morning'.




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Yassmin Abdel-Magied says she moved to London because nowhere else is safe

The controversial writer and broadcaster announced her decision to leave Australia for the UK during September 2017 after receiving an onslaught of criticism for a controversial post.




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New label you'll love: Mochi

Celebrating the art of embroidery, Mochi was established in 2013 by Ayah Tabari to support stitching communities across the world.




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D-Day veteran who was honoured for helping to liberate French families in WWII dies aged 94

Daniel Lyons (pictured) from the Isle of Wight who was one of the last surviving Normandy landing veterans, passed away at the age of 94.




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Jeopardy! sparks outrage for ruling that Jesus Christ's Bethlehem birthplace is in Israel

Jeopardy! is being slammed by critics after Friday's episode ruled that the birth place of Jesus Christ is in Israel not Palestine.




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Jeopardy! apologizes for ruling that Israel - not Palestine - is the birthplace of Jesus

The long-running game show put the mistake down to 'human error in post-production' after the episode sparked backlash online, particularly from Palestinian advocacy organisations.




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World War II veteran who died alone with no next of kin farewelled by strangers in Brisbane

Brian Stanley William Fortune, 95, fought in Palestine in 1944-45 as a member of the Durham Light Infantry, but nothing else is known about his service.




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Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied says she should 'stay off Twitter' alluding to THAT Anzac Day post 

Ms Abdel-Magied left Australia in 2017 after being heavily criticised over an April 25 tweet where she used the phrase 'lest we forget' to make a political point.




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Florida Senator Marco Rubio's staffer Michael Brennan 'rolled his wife up in a carpet and beat her'

Michael Brennan, a regional director for Florida Senator Marco Rubio, resigned following the battery arrest after allegedly beating his wife on Friday night.




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Marco Rubio rallies Republicans at Iowa fundraiser, fueling rumors he has his eye on a run in 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) spoke on Saturday at Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's (left) birthday party in Altoona, Iowa, an annual Republican fundraiser in the early nominating state.




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Marco Rubio raises $100k by selling 3,100 water bottles after State of the Union gaffe

Marco Rubio couldn't have planned to cause a viral sensation around his water bottle when he gave last week's response to the State of the Union, but now that it's happening he's capitalizing on the moment.




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'I'll take Marco Rubio with a 2-point spread': One Las Vegas lawmaker wants to legalize gambling on ELECTIONS

Democratic state senator Tick Segerblom says overseas odds makers are horning in on Sin City's action, so he's ready to open the door to congressional crap shoots and presidential parlays.




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Marco Rubio blasts Obama for not telling Congress of Bowe Bergdahl terror trade

Obama didn't notify members of Congress about the trade until it was happening, but the deal, involving the U.S., Qatar and the Taliban, likely took weeks to engineer.




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Marco Rubio told to cancel his Yom Kippur fundraiser because of Hitler art

Republican White House hopeful Marco Rubio is facing demands to call off a fundraiser at the Highland Park, TX, home of developer Harlan Crow because of its collection of Nazi memorabilia.




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Religious right crowd erupts in boos when Trump attacks Marco Rubio as a 'clown' and says 'nobody's weaker' on immigration – but he saves the day by holding up his Bible and defending CHRISTMAS

'You have this clown, Marco Rubio. I've been so nice to him!' Trump said, as boos swallowed the room. He also hammered the truant lawmaker for his record of absences in the Senate.




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Marco Rubio blasts Vladimir Putin and vows to assist Ukraine if he's elected president

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Friday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'a gangster and a thug,' and vowed to take a hard line against him if he reaches the Oval Office.




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Marco Rubio's campaign releases two years of American Express statements

As Marco Rubio's stock rises among Republican primary voters, the Florida senator is trying to show that his finances are clean as a whistle. Yesterday Rubio released two years of American Express bills.




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Marco Rubio calls MSNBC's Joe Scarborough elitist

Marco Rubio's campaign says the candidate's latest ad has struck a chord with American voters and that's why 'elitist members of the media' like MSNBC's Joe Scarborough aren't liking it.




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How Marco Rubio helped his drug-dealing brother-in-law get a real estate licence

While serving in the Florida House of Representatives in 2002, Rubio wrote to regulators on statehouse stationary recommending brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia for a real estate licence.




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Marco Rubio mocks Sean Penn for 'fawning' over El Chapo in 10,000-word article

The Republican presidential hopeful applauded Mexican marines for detaining the fugitive cartel leader, but he mocked Penn's involvement in the bizarre stitch-up.




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Marco Rubio's stacked heels revealed - $135 from Florsheim

Some have called it boot-gate, others boot-ghazi, but Marco Rubio thinks the brouhaha over a pair of heeled boots he sported on Sunday is just silly. Though he finally revealed the retailer.




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Marco Rubio wears some well-heeled boots to campaign in New Hampshire 

Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio donned a pair of fashion-forward black boots in New Hampshire Sunday and they made the Florida senator look well-heeled in more ways than one.




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Marco Rubio may bring out the man heels if he exceeds expectations in Iowa

Marco Rubio plans to stand head and shoulders above the competition – that is, if he does well tomorrow night in Iowa. Rubio told folks hey might be seeing those infamous black high-heeled booties.




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Marco Rubio tells Florida Christians to show more compassion toward the gay community

While maintaining his position against same-sex marriage, Sen. Marco Rubio used a speech before a group of Christians to speak of the perils of intolerance toward the gay community.




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Marco Rubio calls Obama's statement on Fidel Castro's death 'pathetic'

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has hit out at President Barack Obama for not taking a more hard-line stance in his statement on former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's death.




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'Fake news! Marco is an excellent hugger' says Ivanka

Ivanka Trump is hitting back with her own jokes after social media exploded following the awkward hug she exchanged with Marco Rubio Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill.