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Pakistan spinner Noman Ali rushed to hospital and ruled out of Test series in Australia

Veteran ‘stable and doing fine’ after surgery for appendicitisInjury and illness have struck Pakistan ahead of Boxing Day Test Pakistan have been hit by a second series-ending withdrawal in as many days, with spinner Noman Ali suffering from appendicitis. Ali, who didn’t play in the first Test, will miss the rest of Pakistan’s series in […]

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Buddies and Honest Men: Scotland claim prize in nicknames World Cup

Historic and evocative alternative monikers can be found across the globe, but the best are north of Hadrian’s Wall Last month the two of us laid out the finest gems in our four-year-old collection of the sporting world’s most priceless team nicknames, and opened them to Guardian readers’ inspection. Then the messages began arriving to

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The Ian Wright Line: why TfL need look no further for train route’s new name | Barney Ronay

The Overground arc from Crystal Palace to Highbury takes in the key staging posts in a cherished football legend’s career London transport can be a sensitive topic for discussion. This is because despite the fact it remains laughably overpriced and scandalously overcrowded, it’s still nowhere near as bad as transport in the north, where the

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