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An everyday tale of adultery, greed, racism, foreign mercenaries and dodgy geezers
SIMON HEFFER: This spectacle is all far more exciting than football, and doesn’t seem yet to have attracted a massive following of mindless hooligans.
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Ruck and Maul: English referee gets cold shoulder again amid a lot of hot air in Paris
For the second time in a week the English referee Dave Pearson was the centre of controversy, although last night when he called off France v Ireland 10 minutes before kick-off, with 80,000 inside Stade de France, it was a calamity not of his making.
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Soccer fans scammed into trip
A large group of South African fans, who paid thousands of rand to travel to England to watch arch-rivals Manchester United and Liverpool play at Old Trafford on Saturday, have had their hopes dashed.
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Fans will still have their day in the sun despite Twenty20 boom - CA
THE Big Bash final in Perth was sold out in record time, but the fact that there are still tickets available for Friday's ODI should not be interpreted as a sign of a dwindling interest in the 50-over format, says Cricket Australia.
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RFU's new landmark deal with O2 will make them £18m and help ease Twickenham losses
The Rugby Football Union's new four-year deal with sponsors O2 is worth around £18million to the governing body.
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Brad Barritt's ready for the next step after taking giant stride
Brad Barritt craved the chance to prove he was more than just a solid Premiership centre and after just one cap he heads into Saturday's clash with Italy in Rome as the key man in England's reshaped midfield.
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London 2012 Olympics tickets will be printed in US and flown to Britain
The decision to hand the deal to the 'Wild West' town of Fort Smith, in Arkansas, was branded 'a kick in the guts to British firms' and flies in the face of London's pledge to be 'the greenest Games ever'.
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Sportsday Live - Monday 16 January
Sportsday Live on the BBC Sport website featuring reaction from the Australian Open, the latest football transfer news plus more.
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So much for the green Olympic Games: Tickets will be printed in the U.S. and flown to Britain
The decision to hand the deal to the 'Wild West' town of Fort Smith, in Arkansas, was branded 'a kick in the guts to British firms' and flies in the face of London's pledge to be 'the greenest Games ever'.
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£20,000 fine for hotels who use touts
Hotels have been threatened with £20,000 fines amid fears staff will source black-market Olympic tickets during the Games.
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