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LONDON (Reuters) – The UCI Track Champions League will culminate in this weekend’s double-header in London after the final round scheduled for Israel on Dec. 11 was cancelled because of the new Omnicron coronavirus variant. It is the second round of the new competition to be cancelled, after a Paris leg was also scrapped for …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The estimated range of England’s COVID-19 weekly reproduction “R” number is between 0.9 and 1.1, lower than last week, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday. An R number between 0.9 and 1.1 means that for every 10 people infected, they will on average infect between 9 and 11 other people. …

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(Reuters) – The Football Association (FA) CEO Mark Bullingham apologised to fans on Friday for the “terrible experience” during the European Championship final between England and Italy at Wembley, after an independent review said it was a “near miss” of fatalities. The July 11 final, won by Italy in a penalty shootout, was marred by …

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By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani has floated a possible compromise solution in the row over the proposal for a biennial World Cup which has divided the global governing body. Canadian Montagliani, who is president of CONCACAF which governs the game in North and Central America and the Caribbean, is a …

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(Reuters) – England fast bowler Stuart Broad said he is “buzzing” to play at the Gabba in the first test of the Ashes series against Australia and is looking forward to the challenge of competing in front of a partisan crowd. The Gabba, which hosts the first of five tests between the teams starting Dec. …

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