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Eurovision songs for 2020 contest are NOT eligible to compete in next year's show

The songs that were entered into this year's Eurovision Song Contest will not be eligible in 2021, the event's producers confirmed on Friday.




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ABBA triumph over Oasis and One Direction on list of the bands that fans most want to see reunited 

Swedish pop group Abba (pictured) are the band fans most want to see reunited and playing live again after they split in 1982 following their rise to worldwide fame in 1974.




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Bucks Fizz to reunite for virtual performance after Eurovision Song Contest was axed

The eighties pop group - now renamed The Fizz - were poised for a return to the stage that helped turn them into household names when the long-running annual event kicked off in Rotterdam.




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The Next Economic War Will Be Fought Via Currencies: Prabal Basu Roy

In an interaction with Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld, Director and Advisor to Chairman of Corporate Boards, Prabal Basu Roy discusses about the global market condition, China’s strategy and the Indian economic scenario post Covid-19




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Most Business Leaders Lack Courage, Don't Know What To Do Now: Adarsh Gupta, Liberty Enterprises

This is the time when the business leaders will have to maintain their mental balance, and will have to come out of this with a solution, believes Adarsh Gupta of Liberty Enterprises




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Determine To Redefine The Growth Model Amidst This Economic Crisis By Pushing Manufacturing & Trading Units: Gujarat CM, Vijay Rupani

BW Businessworld’s Manish Kumar Jha in a special edition on States' measures & economic policies for Covid-19, spoke with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani over the phone. Issues ranging from labour to MSME and export amid the hope for flattening the Covid-19 curve, he is talking his way forward for an economic recovery.




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RBI’s 3 Month Loan Moratorium: Is It A Boon To The Borrowers?

As soon as India’s central bank took this call on 27th March, many banks commenced the rollout of this fiscal measure even though they are not obligated to enforce this proposal.




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Financial System Must Be A Special Focus As It Delivers Credit To All Sectors: Principal Economic Adviser, Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser to the prime minister of India speaks with BW Businessworld’s Manish Kumar Jha on such issues in the time of the pandemic that is not only wrecked up human lives but the very core of economic activity.




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The Total Stimulus Package By The GOI Is Just 0.7% Of The GDP Against 12% To 20% Of Other Countries: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

BW Businessworld’s Manish Kumar Jha in a special edition on States' measures & economic policies for Covid-19, spoke with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the phone. That fact that Kerala boosts of India’s finest public healthcare system & emerges the best state as per Health Index Report, prepared it to respond to pandemic proactively. Along, the critical steps like early health advisory and measures for welfare funds set out a positive message by Kerala’s leadership and to other states to emulate its model of health care & governance. But state has precarious fiscal deficit which is now targeted at Rs 29,295 crore (3% of GSDP) for 2020-21. CM tells all.




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Build Immunity Package To Fight COVID-19

While taking precautions, we can all work on boosting our immunity with vitamin C and easily available ayurvedic herbs




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BRIAN VINER: It's a kind of magic as Michael Caine's eccentric furball will delight children

BRIAN VINER: A new film that families can enjoy together is a precious commodity at the moment, rather like a bumper pack of loo rolls.




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A hair-raising adventure through musical snobbery: BRIAN VINER reviews Trolls World Tour 

BRIAN VINER: There's no snobbery quite like music snobbery. Dare to profess an admiration for the work of Phil Collins or Bono and in some circles you will be treated like a guttersnipe.




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Something strange is brewing in Brazil... and it's not coffee: BRIAN VINER reviews Bacurau

The pick of this week's homestreaming options is a pair of foreign-language films. The strange but compelling Bacurau, plunging us into the hinterlands of Brazil.




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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Take That are to relight their fire... with big screen version of their stage musical

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The big screen version of Take That musical The Band is being actively developed during the lockdown, with 'high calibre' film stars being sought to appear in it.




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A naive recruit, a bullying boss and a tale of seedy, office politics: BRIAN VINER on The Assistant

Brian Viner reviews The Assistant, a film broaching the subject of sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, then moves onto a lighter documentary with Diana Kennedy: ­Nothing Fancy.




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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Will Jodie Comer show us her sweet side by playing Miss Honey in Matilda? 

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Matilda The Musical - starring Ralph Fiennes as bullying, hammer-throwing headmistress Agatha Trunchbull - has become a top priority film for Hollywood.




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BRIAN VINER reviews dystopian future films which will go out of fashion after Covid-19

BRIAN VINER: From what I hear, film producers, along with book publishers, are currently telling writers not to bother pitching stories about dystopian futures or horrible hidden predators.




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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Sidney Flanigan is swept into the limelight from her janitor job to star in new film

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Flanigan, a singer-songwriter who plays the fiddle and acoustic guitar in a folk-punk band, had been working at a deli when she was offered an audition by Hittman.




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Myleene Klass teases a glimpse of her bra in semi-sheer top paired with cargo pants

Myleene Klass looked stunning as she headed to the Global Radio studios in London on Friday.




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Steven Brown goes from chump to champ after winning the Portugal Masters

A week that began with Steven Brown in a near-hopeless position with regard to retaining his European Tour privileges concluded with a maiden victory at the Portugal Masters.




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Rory McIlroy claims a one-point lead going into the final stage of WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai

Rory McIlory (right) goes into the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai with a one-point lead after a third successive five-under round of 67 to overtake Matthew Fitzpatrick (left).




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Rory McIlroy wins WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai after overcoming American Xander Schauffele

Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy sank a two-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole to win the WGC-HSBC Champions in a playoff with American Xander Schauffele in Shanghai on Sunday..




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Is Brooks Koepka really built to last like his hard-headed rival?

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Brooks Koepka ought to be more careful when it comes to his airy dismissal of a rivalry with Rory McIlroy. It hasn't ended well for Rory's other rivals.




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Steven Brown basks in his fantastic Portugal Masters victory which SAVED his European Tour place

DEREK LAWRENSON IN TURKEY: Englishman Steven Brown thought he'd be a bag of nerves by now, but he is rightly soaking in the praise and plaudits following his victory in the Portugal Masters.




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Hatton enjoys late rally before wrist op as Rose and Willett make strong starts at the Turkish Open

Tyrrell Hatton puts his disappointing season down to a hangover from the highs of the Ryder Cup and a balky putter.




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Eddie Pepperell disqualified from Turkish Airlines Open for RUNNING OUT OF GOLF BALLS

DEREK LAWRENSON IN ANTALYA: Around about the time he was due to complete his third round in the Turkish Airlines Open on Saturday, Eddie Pepperell was back at his hotel.




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Major champion Francesco Molinari still bears scars of his Masters meltdown at Augusta

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: The best golfer of last year says he needs to wait until the end of the season to work out why this campaign has not gone to plan.




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Rory McIlroy's hopes for Race to Dubai glory rest on Bernd Wiesberger at the Nedbank Challenge 

Rory McIlroy will cut an agitated figure as he waits on Bernd Wiesberger final-round showing at the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa to see if he still has any chance of winning the Race to Dubai.




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Tommy Fleetwood wins Nedbank Gold Challenge in Sun City after play-off win against Marcus Kinhult 

Tommy Fleetwood has won the Nedbank Golf Challenge after beating Marcus Kinhult via a play-off in Sun City. Fleetwood looked out of it going into the final round six shots behind but pulled it off.




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Scotland's Bob MacIntyre on course to win rookie of the year award

Bob MacIntyre and Kurt Kitayama stand 11th and 12th respectively in the Race to Dubai, just 91 points separating them, with the prize awarded following the final event in the Middle East this week.




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Sky Sports deal shuts BBC out of showing any of the Masters from 2020

Sky Sports will be the only place to watch live coverage of the Masters next year after a new deal blocked the BBC out. The new deal ends a recent agreement whereby the BBC showed two rounds.




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Rory McIlroy holds no regrets over Race to Dubai position ahead of DP World Tour Championship

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: Befitting a man who has won more world ranking points than any other this season, Rory McIlroy has no regrets that he's not in position to claim the Race to Dubai.




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Sky Sports winning exclusive live coverage of the Masters is a devastating loss for the BBC

COMMENT: Even though it was expected, it did not lessen the sadness. The final two rounds of the Masters represented the final frontier as far as live coverage of golf on the BBC was concerned.




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Brooks Koepka pulls out of Presidents Cup due to his knee injury 

Brooks Koepka is the No 1 player in the world and was the leading qualifier for the Presidents Cup, which will be played between December 12 and 15 at Royal Melbourne in Australia.




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Tommy Fleetwood ramps up mind games ahead of Dubai showdown with Bernd Wiesberger

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: Two years ago, the Englishman put in a jittery performance when he was the frontrunner and was almost caught by Justin Rose




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McIlroy and big guns fire in the opening round of the World Tour Championship

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: The first day at the season finale DP World Tour Championship was about as far removed from a humdrum opening round as it would be possible to find.




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Rory McIlroy bounces back to climb to within two strokes of leaders John Rahm and Mike Lorenzo-Vera

Rory McIlroy bounced back from a disappointing performance on Friday to come to within two strokes of leaders John Rahm and McIlroy, who is chasing a third victory at the DP World Tour Championship.




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Jon Rahm dreaming of becoming second Spaniard after Seve Ballesteros to win Race to Dubai

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: You have to go back to the great Seve Ballesteros in 1991 and the sixth of his victories in the season-long race, to find the last time a Spaniard won.




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Jon Rahm lands £3.9million payday after victory at DP World Tour Championship secures Race to Dubai

After 47 tournaments and hundreds of thousands of shots, one fearless stroke on the 18th hole decided everything between Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood.




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Sportsmail winds up the golf season by picking Woods' Masters triumph as the stand-out performance

DEREK LAWRENSON 2019 REVIEW: As a farewell column for 2019, let's reflect on another momentous season and hand out some accolades to the best and worst moments in 2019.




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10 years ago today, Tiger Woods' world came crashing down. This is how his double life was exposed.

It is a decade since a spectacular fall from grace exploded into life with a sensational sequence of events, starting with a car crash in a quiet, gated community in Florida during Thanksgiving.




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Patrick Reed leads Hero World Challenge with Tiger Woods six shots back

Patrick Reed held the outright lead after the second round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Thursday while tournament host Tiger Woods is six back.




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McIlroy snubs $2.5m appearance fee by joining Woods in turning down offer to play in Saudi Arabia

Rory McIlroy has ruled out playing in Saudi Arabia next month, saying he has no interest in contesting the tournament that has offered lavish appearance fees to attract many of the world's top players.




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International Team retain two-point lead as Team USA stage late fightback in Presidents Cup

Leishman and Ancer staged a remarkable rally Saturday in foursomes, going from five down with eight holes to play to earn a most unlikely halve against Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler .




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Tiger Woods backs Kessler Karain after Patrick Reed's caddie was thrown out of Presidents Cup

Tiger Woods has accused Australian golf fans of crossing a line after Patrick Reed's caddie was thrown out of the Presidents Cup in disgrace.




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Team USA come from behind to win Presidents Cup after dominating in the singles on the final day

The International team had held the edge going into the final day at Royal Melbourne with a 10-8 lead, but victory in the singles for Patrick Reed 4&2 over Pan Cheng-tsung put the US in front.




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Tiger Woods' win at the Masters was the most remarkable story of redemption ever

In the second of our series looking at the greatest moments of a memorable sporting year, we go back to that magical April day at Augusta, and one of the most incredible major victories in history.




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OLIVER HOLT: Tiger Woods' Masters win was a victory for self-belief, for perseverance, for greatness

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Five years ago, when I was already plenty old enough to know better, I went to Orlando to chronicle the end of Tiger Woods' career.




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Where will Tiger Woods break the PGA Tour record and can Rory McIlroy end his major drought?

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Next week the game's big guns return and another campaign gets under way. Here are eight talking points sure to fill the season with intrigue…




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English prodigy Josh Hill, 15, warms up for European Tour debut by beating world No 1 Brooks Koepka

DEREK LAWRENSON IN ABU DHABI: What were you doing at the age of 15? Josh Hill, taking a break from his GCSE studies, warmed up for his European Tour debut by taking on Brooks Koepka.