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Stokell in 'voluntary' ban after medication error

Ireland cricketer Rebecca Stokell says she will "fully accept" responsibility for an inadvertent breach of reporting requirements regarding the use of prescription medication and has begun a "voluntary suspension".

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England’s exit from Rugby League World Cup was a disaster years in the making | Aaron Bower

English rugby league needs systemic change and national side must be a higher priority after early exit “England have gone backwards over the last eight to 10 years.” Damning words about the state of English rugby league, from an Australia head coach, no less. But what should be most troubling for anyone with any sort of power within the sport is that these comments are not recent: they were made by the then Kangaroos coach Ricky Stuart, almost two decades ago. Stuart was speaking after England’s men were beaten in the semi-finals of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but, as the national team he

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International

बीजेपी की काउंटर-पॉलिटिक्स: विपक्ष की रैलियों और एसआईआर विवाद का जवाब कैसे दे रही है बीजेपी - BBC News हिंदी

विपक्षी गठबंधन 'वोट चोरी' का आरोप लगाते हुए मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त ज्ञानेश कुमार के इस्तीफ़े की मांग कर रहा है, लेकिन बीजेपी का कहना है विपक्ष के आरोप बेबुनियाद हैं और वह संसद में बहस से बच रहा है.

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Finance

Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’

‘Giving Lara Croft pistols meant we could show off her acrobatics. And when she goes to Peru, we threw in a T rex!’ I joined Core Design in the summer of 1994 and met Toby Gard, who showed me his concept sketches for Tomb Raider. He’d already come up with the title and drawn a mock-up box cover with a woman holding two pistols. Continue reading...

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