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Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner
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England had Lionel Messi under control … until one decisive and subtle shift
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Local hero Tommy Fleetwood treads familiar ground at Royal Birkdale
Born and bred in Southport, the golfer used to have to sneak on the course’s hallowed turf as a kid, but now ‘Tommy Lad’
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