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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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Age limit for National Lottery scratchcards and online instant win games could be raised to 16

Culture minister Mims Davies said she was launching a consultation on whether the existing age limit of 16 for all UK National Lottery games should be raised for some or all games and products.




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Labour suspends councillor from party 'after she shared anti-Semitic Facebook posts'

Lyn Boyd, who was elected to Durham County Council by 919 votes in 2017, was reported to the Labour Party on February 2 over a whole host of material allegedly shared on her Facebook timeline.




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Mitt Romney: Marco Rubio Being 'Thoroughly Vetted' for Vice President

Grassroots Republicans were livid that Rubio, 40, one of his party’s rising stars and its most prominent Latino voice, was being passed over without a serious look.




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Marco Rubio's plane makes safe emergency landing as he misses Iowa rally for possible presidential running mate Mitt Romney

Florida Senator Marco Rubio had to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a sensor went off on his private jet that indicated electrical problems.




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Coronavirus US: Andrew Cuomo attacks Mitch McConnell over funds

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ripped into Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, accusing him of 'political rhetoric and personal vitriol' in resisting federal bailout funds for states.




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Mitt Romney slams Donald Trump's pandemic response saying he is 'not the smartest guy in the room'

Mitt Romney made a series of thinly-veiled digs at President Trump's leadership amid the pandemic when speaking on the Georgetown Politics Forum Tuesday.




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Athletics news: Asher-Smith is forced to settle for second best in 100m at Anniversary Games 

KIERAN GILL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: For Dina Asher-Smith, finishing second on Sunday to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce served as a reality check ahead of her assault on Doha.




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Dina Asher-Smith steps up World Championship preparations with strong performance at Diamond League

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BIRMINGHAM: Dina Asher-Smith cannot quite beat Shaunae Miller-Uibo across 200m. The good news, is the Bahamian will not contest the distance at the World Championships.




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'Bottler' Ojie Edoburun and Dina Asher-Smith enjoy success at the British Championships 

It takes a fair effort to upstage Dina Asher-Smith, but Ojie Edoburun managed it with a combination of his deeds and words at the British Championships on Saturday.




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Dina Asher-Smith runs fastest 200m of the season to finish second behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo

Dina Asher-Smith ran her fastest 200 metres of the season to finish second behind brilliant Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich.




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Dina Asher-Smith raises World Championships hope after winning 100m gold in Diamond League final 

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BRUSSELS: Her time of 10.88sec was a season's best, but more impressive was that she blitzed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the double Olympic champion from Jamaica.




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Asher-Smith ready for endurance test as she launches three-pronged attack at the World Championships

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Some 36 years have passed since Kathy Smallwood-Cook became the last British woman to win a global medal at 100m or 200m.




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Dina Asher-Smith breaks the British record to claim 100m silver

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Asher-Smith became the first British woman to win an individual World Championships sprint medal in 36 years as she claimed silver in the 100m final on Sunday.




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Asher-Smith the favourite for 200m title after her rivals drop out at the World Championships

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: One by one the women most capable of keeping Dina Asher-Smith from a 200metres world title fell or faltered on Monday.




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Dina Asher-Smith sets fastest time in 200m semi-finals at World Championships

Dina Asher-Smith underlined her favourite tag by powering through to the 200m final at the World Championships. The 23-year-old clocked 21.16 seconds.




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Dina Asher-Smith WINS 200m World Athletics gold for Britain in front of another sparse crowd in Doha

Dina Asher-Smith, 23, clinched a historic gold medal after powering to 200m victory at the World Championships.




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Dina Asher-Smith wins gold in Doha

Dina Asher-Smith became the fastest British woman over 200 metres when she won Gold in Doha last night. She powered home in 21.88 seconds before hugging her mother in the stands.




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World Athletics Championships: Asher-Smith wins women's 200m

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Out of the sandstorm of a quite miserable World Championships came a magnificent ray of red, white and blue light.




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World Athletics Championships: Asher-Smith sets sights on Olympic gold

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: The Brit obliterated the field to win in a national record 21.88sec - a full 0.34sec clear of USA sprinter Brittany Brown and third-placed Mujinga Kambundji.




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Dina Asher-Smith's ruthless streak revealed by ex-British sprint star Darren Campbell

To Darren Campbell, the smile is the giveaway. To many on the outside it typifies the perceived wisdom that Asher-Smith fits that girl-next-door mould, but it represents something else.




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Asher-Smith wins third medal at World Championships as Great Britain claim 4x100m silver in Doha 

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Another night of history for Dina Asher-Smith . The distinctions in her career are piling up and so are the medals.




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Dina Asher-Smith's triple medal joy

Dina Asher-Smith claimed a historic hat-trick at the World Championships with a silver in the 4x100m last night in Doha. She is now the first British athlete to win three medals at the same Championships.




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Focus turns to Tokyo 2020 for Dina Asher-Smith as sprinter enjoys prolific week in Doha

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: While there were no obvious signs earlier this year of her resenting the attention that came from her Berlin wins, there tends to come a point when it is burdensome.




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Dina Asher-Smith showered in golden confetti as Team GB arrive from Doha World Championships

The sprinter and her team-mates touched down from their BA flight in London Heathrow on Monday morning after their stint in Qatar, who are set to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022.




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Dina Asher-Smith hits the jackpot as star athletes set to cash in at Olympics

The earning potential of Team GB stars could dramatically increase before Tokyo 2020 if the British Olympic Association gets approval to relax 'stifling' sponsorship rules.




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Greta Thunberg and Dina Asher-Smith lead the BBC's list of 100 most inspiring women

The BBC list features women from several fields, including climate change activist Greta Thunberg, British athletics star Dina Asher-Smith and US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.




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Dina Asher-Smith supports new athletics union on back of unpopular IAAF Diamond League reforms 

Double Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor launched the Athletics Association in the wake of the IAAF's reforms to the Diamond League circuit - a decision that has been met by anger.




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Ben Stokes and Dina Asher-Smith nominated for 2019 Sports Personality of the Year

England cricket hero Ben Stokes, football ace Raheem Sterling and athletics star Dina Asher-Smith lead the nominees for the 2019 Sports Personality of the Year award.




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Dina Asher-Smith displays her athletic physique in a neon green gown at sports bash

The Olympic hopeful, 24, looked sensational in a neon green gown as she attended the red carpet in London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday, following the news of her nomination.




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Dina Asher-Smith wants to use new-found fame to help change the face of Athletics

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Dina Asher-Smith is talking about change. About greater expectations.About that point where you're known on a faraway island.




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Golden girls Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson on top of the world!

GREAT SPORTING MOMENTS OF 2019: In the fourth in our series of the greatest moments of the sporting year, we recall those two nights when two Brits claimed World Championship gold...




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British world champion sprinter Dina Asher-Smith has a Barbie doll made in her

British world champion sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, 24, from London, said she felt 'honoured' to have had a Barbie doll created in her likeness, complete with Union flag, running kit and gold jewelry.




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Olympic sprinter Dina Asher Smith stuns in glittering ballgown for striking cover shoot

Dina Asher Smith stars on the front cover of this month's British GQ as she discusses breaking records and how she is training during lockdown.




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Coronavirus: 10 countries commit to WHO's SOLIDARITY trial

The WHO announced its new 'SOLIDARITY trial' to compare the effects of different drugs on coronavirus. Eight countries have committed to the trial so far, but the US is not one of them.




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Pistorius admits being 'haunted' by 'dark side' in e-mail never shown during murder trial

Oscar Pistorius admitted he was ‘haunted’ by his ‘dark side’ in an email. The email is printed in full in a new book written by the mother of one of his former lovers, Sammy Taylor.




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Reeva Steenkamp's parents admit accepting £6,300 payments from Oscar Pistorius

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp will not pursue a civil claim against Oscar Pistorius for killing their daughter and will pay back around £6,300 that the athlete gave them in monthly instalments.




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Craig Brown reviews Right Or Wrong: The Memoir Of Lord Bell: Wages of spin: Did legendary adman Tom Bell really swear in front of Mrs Thatcher and why does he admit he worked for Pinochet, but not Oscar Pistorius?

The anomaly at the heart of Right Or Wrong: The Memoir Of Lord Bell: half the time, Bell is bragging about preferring lying to telling the truth. The other half, he is standing on his high horse. 




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Michelle Obama admits it was 'emotional' to drop youngest daughter Sasha off at college

The former first lady, 55, spoke about her family and career in a new interview. She said she tried to make it 'feel as normal as possible' when moving Sasha, 18, into the University of Michigan.




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Brad Pitt admits that his personal life is a 'disaster'

The subject came up when Maron asked Brad if tabloid attention has waned over the years. He said. When the host pushed he said: 'Because of my disaster of a personal life, probably.'




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Barcelona submit £153m offer for Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar

The Spanish champions are also discussing the possibility of players going in the opposite direction for the Paris St Germain star with Ousmane Dembele among those to be mentioned.




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Ricky Hatton admits he could have got 'more out of myself performance-wise' but has no regrets

The four-time world champion eventually retired back in November 2012 after his loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, holding an overall record of 45 wins and three defeats from 48 bouts.




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Jess Phillips suspends one of her key aides for posting 'offensive' antisemitic tweets 

Labour's Jess Phillips was forced to suspend her key aide Salma Hamid (pictured) on Friday for posting 'offensive' tweets including a description of Israel as a 'murderer', between 2014 and 2016.




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IAIN DUNCAN SMITH: We must stop kow-towing to these despots

IAIN DUNCAN SMITH: Covid-19 has swept across the world like a medieval plague from China and in its wake it has created one of the greatest health scares in modern history.




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LORD BLUNKETT: I still fear the power of zealots who tolerated antisemitism

LORD BLUNKETT: The brutal truth is that, removing the influence of those who joined Labour only to destroy it, like the organisers of Momentum, will require more than benign indifference.




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Report into anti-Semitism in the Labour party says some members were borderline neo-Nazis

The internal report found that Jeremy Corbyn did little to help discipline offenders of anti-Semitism in the UK's Labour Party until two years ago.




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CDC says people on HIV meds cannot transmit the virus

Until now, the CDC has refused to say for certain that people who take HIV drugs are not a danger to society. But in a letter published last week, the agency changed its stance.




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No longer a felony to knowingly transmit HIV in California

A new bill was signed into law on Friday, making the knowing transmission of HIV to a partner a misdemeanor crime, rather than a felony. The law is meant to destigmatize HIV.




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Man admits to infecting his gay ex-lover with HIV

Martin Jaksic, 30, has been undergoing medical treatment in Melbourne and entered his guilty plea during a brief appearance at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday.




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International AIDS Conference 2018: All you need to know about the summit in Amsterdam 

Prince Harry is expected to attend the International AIDS Conference 2018 in Amsterdam and will join advocates from his charity Sentebale to raise awareness of the problems teenagers face.