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KEY POINTS:

BASKETBALL

NBA

Dallas 104 Atlanta 97, Chicago 92 Indiana 90, Detroit 121 Milwaukee 95, N.O./Oklahoma City 106 Houston 94, Minnesota 94 Portland 93, Sacramento 107 Phoenix 100, Denver 105 Cleveland 93, San Antonio 120 Seattle 79, LA Lakers 115 Golden State 113.

* * *

BOWLS

(Pakuranga)

Sir Lloyd Elsmore Shield triples: S. Andrews (Taranaki) 32 + 19 1, M. Naisy (Pakuranga) 31 + 17 2, P. Puschman (St Heliers) 30 + 14 3.

Plate: C. Cater (Mairangi Bay) 35 + 16 1, R. Ellery (St Heliers) 34 + 12 2, J. Whitelaw (Henderson) 3.

Consolation: C. Major (Onehunga) 38 + 1 1, T. Klavich (Rawhiti) 44 + 30 2, R. Pemberton 40 + 32 3.

* * *

CRICKET

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

(Hamilton)

CANTERBURY

First innings 443-9 dec

Second innings 249-6 dec

NORTHERN DISTRICTS

First innings 319

Second innings

BJ Watling lbw b Hiini 4
B. Wilson b Ellis 43
A. Evans not out 104
H. Marshall not out 80
Extras (13lb, 4b, 5nb, 5w) 27
- - Total (for 2 wkts, 87 overs) 258

Fall: 1/28, 2/109.

Bowling: Burtt 12-1-37-0 (2nb), Bennett 21-2-81-0 (3nb, 1w), Hiini 10-6-12-1, Harris 12-1-30-0, Anderson 3-0-17-0, Astle 18-4-38-0, Ellis 6-1-9-1, Robertson 5-1-17-0.

Result: Match drawn.

ND win on first innings, win championship title.

WORLD CUP

BANGLADESH v BERMUDA

(Port Of Spain, Trinidad)

(Match reduced to 21 overs per side)

BERMUDA

S. Outerbridge c Rafique b Mortaza 0
O. Pitcher c Bashar b Saqibul 22
D. Borden c Bashar b Mortaza 2
D. Hemp c Ahmed b Rasel 0
I. Romaine lbw b Razzak 11
D. Minors c Tamim b Razzak 23
L. Cann b Saqibul 16
J. Tucker c Tamim b Rafique 9
K. Hurdle b Razzak 0
S. Mukuddem not out 0
Extras (5lb, 2nb, 4w) 11
- - Total (for 9 wkts, 21 overs) 94

Fall: 1/2, 2/8, 3/11, 4/35, 5/52, 6/73, 7/86, 8/94, 9/94.

Bowling: Mortaza 4-0-8-2 (1nb, 2w), Rasel 5-0-14-1 (1nb, 1w), Razzak 4-0-20-3 (1w), Rafique 4-0-18-1, Hasan 3-0-12-2, Ahmed 1-0-17-0.

BANGLADESH (revised target 96)

T. Iqbal c Hurdle b Mukuddem 1
S. Nafees c Tucker b Mukuddem 12
A. Ahmed lbw b Mukuddem 7
S. Hasan not out 26
M. Ashraful not out 29
Extras (4b, 3nb, 14w) 21
- - Total (for 3 wkts, 17.3 overs) 96

Fall: 1/6, 2/30, 3/37.

Bowling: Hurdle 4-0-25-0 (3nb, 7w), Mukuddem 5-1-19-3 (4w), Tucker 3-0-14-0, Leverock 3.3-0-19-0, Borden 2-0-15-0 (3w).

Result: Bangladesh won by seven wickets

* * *

CUE SPORTS

AUCKLAND WOMENS SNOOKER

(ACBS Clubrooms, Royal Oak)

Final: R. Belmont bt Yan Yan 2/0.

Highest Break: R. Belmont 56.

* * *

GOLF

AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY

(New South Wales Golf Club)

Final round, par 70, (Australian unless stated.-

276: A. Dodt 66 70 68 72, S. Arnold 70 68 66 72 (Dodt won on fourth playoff hole).

277: L. Saltman (Scotland) 73 65 68 71.

278: J. Roach 70 69 68 71, R. Bezuidenhout 77 63 71 67, S. Henry (Scotland) 71 69 69 69.

280: D. Horsey (England) 66 74 66 74.

281: J. Gill (NZ) 70 68 72 71, D. Nisbet 70 70 74 67.

Also:

287: D. Lee (NZ) 72 69 70 76, T. Ropiha (NZ) 67 73 72 75.

(Gill, Lee and Ropiha all qualified in top-32 for matchplay starting today).

EPGA MADEIRA OPEN

(Santo Da Serra, Portugal)

Final round. -

270: D. Vancsik (Argentina) 68 66 68 68.

277: S. Luna (Spain) 69 67 72 69, D. Frost (South Africa) 72 65 72 68.

279: C. Cevaer (France) 70 65 72 72, E. Little (Scotland) 73 66 69 71, M. Vibe-Hastrup (Denmark) 68 70 68 73.

280: A. Noren (Sweden) 72 66 72 70, S. Nash (Australia) 70 69 71 70, G. Bourdy (France) 74 67 68 71.

Also:

286: S. Alker (NZ) 72 71 70 73.

LPGA SAFEWAY INTERNATIONAL

(Superstition Mountain, Arizona)

Final round (US unless noted). -

270: L. Ochoa (Mexico) 69 64 69 68.

272: S. Pettersen (Norway) 69 68 69 66.

278: L. Diaz 70 71 70 67, J. Jang (Korea) 68 70 68 72.

279: S. Gustafson (Sweden) 75 66 69 69, C. Matthew (GB) 68 68 74 69.

280: Jee Young Lee (Korea) 73 70 70 67.

281: Shi Hyun Ahn (Korea) 72 68 68 73, A. Sorenstam (Sweden) 73 68 69 71.

282: P. Creamer 74 68 70 70, Hee Won Han (Korea) 70 70 71 71, R. Hetherington (Australia) 71 71 70 70, Mi Hyun Kim (Korea) 69 72 74 67.

283: L. Davies (GB) 73 71 70 69, M. Pressel 72 71 72 68.

WGC-CA CHAMPIONSHIP

(Miami)

Fianl round (US unless noted). -

278: T. Woods 71 66 68 73.

280: B. Wetterich 72 70 67 71.

282: R. Allenby (Australia) 67 74 74 67, G. Ogilvy (Australia) 72 69 71 70, S. Garcia (Spain) 71 70 71 70.

283: N. Fasth (Sweden) 72 70 70 71, A. Baddeley (Australia) 69 71 71 72, N. O'Hern (Australia) 72 72 66 73.

284: Z. Johnson 72 68 73 71, P. Casey (GB) 76 70 66 72.

285: R. Karlsson (Sweden) 74 74 68 69, T. Bjorn (Denmark) 68 72 71 74, E. Els (South Africa) 70 70 71 74, T. Pernice 71 70 70 74, V. Singh (Fiji) 74 68 69 74.

Also:

306: M. Campbell (NZ) 77 76 78 75.

EMERALD HOTELS POVERTY BAY PRO-AM

Final scores (leaders).-

134: D. Holloway (68 66)

137: J. Geary (70 67).

138: R. Lee (66 72).

139: M. Purser (70 69).

140: J. Carmichael (72 68).

141: G. Millin (73 68).

142: M. Wheelhouse (70 72).

143: B. Clark (73 70), A. Tait (72 71).

144: T. Christie (71 73), M. Hendry (74 70), B. Shilton (72 72).

WOMEN'S A PENNANTS

(Auckland Golf Club)

Section 1: Auckland 16 Titirangi 4, Remuera 13 Onewhero 7, The Grange 14 v Maungakiekie 6.

Points: Auckland 23, Remuera 29, Onewhero 20, The Grange 20, Titirangi 18, Maungakiekie 10.

BUSINESS WOMEN'S SECTION B

(Aviation)

Clarks Beach 56 Manukau 52, The Grange 56Akarana 51, Titirangi 59 Onewhero 49.

Points: The Grange 115, Onewhero 110, Titirangi 108, Manukau 103, Akarana 98, Aviation 56, Clarks Beach 56.

* * *

ICE HOCKEY

NHL

NY Rangers 2 NY Islanders 1 (OT), Pittsburgh 5 Boston 0, Calgary 3 Chicago 2, Columbus 4 St Louis 1, Colorado 5 Vancouver 4 (SO).

* **

INDOOR BOWLS

AUCKLAND CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION

Executive fours: M. Ellis, D. Darwin, C. Smythe, B. Cooper (Owairaka) 1, S. Niven, R. McQuoid, M. Sowerby, J. McQuoid (St John Vianney) 2.

* * *

LEAGUE

SUPER LEAGUE

Bradford 22 Catalans Dragons 29, Huddersfield 16 Salford 18, Hull 20 Wigan 30, Leeds 28 Harlequins 16, St Helens 42 Hull 14, Wakefield 30 Warrington 24.

* * *

MOTORSPORT

MEXICO A1 GRAND PRIX

Feature race: O. Jarvis (Britain) 1hr 07min 37.362sec 1, J. Summerton (US) 1:07:38.052 2, A. Zaugg (South Africa) 1:07:47.418 3, E. Toccacelo (Italy) 1:07:51.449 4, A. Yoong (Malaysia) 1:07:56.633 5, J. Reid (NZ) 1:07:59.003 6, A. Parente (Portugal) 1:08:00.771 7, I. Dyk (Australia) 1:08:11.430 8, C. Vietori s (Germany) 1:08:12.673 9, Ho-Pin Tun g (China) 1:08:13.604 10.

Sprint race: A. Yoong ( Malaysia) 17min 44.563 sec 1, O. Jarvis (GB) 17:46.701 2, I. Dyk (Australia) 17:50.909 3, A. Zaugg (South Africa) 17:53.786 4, J. Summerton (US) 17:54.0 5, Ho-Pin Tung (China) 17:56.596 6, E. Toccacelo ( Italy) 17:57.660 7, A. Mikola (Indonesia) 17:58.795 8, R. Van Der Zande (Netherlands) 17:59.318 9, M. Fassler (Switzerland) 18:00.263 10.

Also:

J. Reid (NZ) 18:59.660 16.

After nine rounds: Germany 101pts 1, New Zealand 74 2, Britain 61 3, France 57 4, Malaysia 50 5, Switzerland 45 6, Netherlands 43 7, Italy 36 8, Mexico 35 9, United States 35 10, Canada 28 11, Czech Republic 26 13, Australia 25 13, South Africa 24 14, China 21 16, Portugal 10 17, Brazil 9 18, India 6 19, Singapore 3 20, Ireland 2 21, Indonesia 1 22, Pakistan 1 23.

SPANISH GRAND PRIX

(Jerez)

MotoGP: V. Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 45min 53.340 sec 1, D. Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 45:54.586 2, C. Edwards (US) Yamaha 45:56.041 3, T. Elias (Spain) Honda 45:57.691 4, C. Stoner (Australia) Ducati 45:58.333 5.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: V. Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 45 1, C. Stoner (Australia) Ducati 36 2, D. Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 36 3, C. Edwards (US) Yamaha 26 4, M. Melandri (Italy) Honda 19 5, N. Hayden (US) Honda 17 6, C. Vermeulen (Australia) Suzuki 16 7, T. Elias (Spain) Honda 15 8, J. Hopkins (US) Suzuki 13 9, A. Barros (Brazil) Ducati 12 10, S. Nakano (Japan) Honda 12 11, C. Checa (Spain) Honda 10 12, A. Hofmann (Germany) Ducati 5 13, L. Capirossi (Italy) Ducati 4 14, O. Jacque (France) Kawasaki 4 15, R. de Puniet (France) Kawasaki 3 16, K. Roberts Jr. (US) KR212V 3 17, M. Tamada (Japan) Yamaha 2 18, S. Guintoli (France) Yamaha 2 19.

250cc: J. Lorenzo (Spain) Aprilia 45:35.846 1, A. Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 45:36.064 2, A. Dovizioso (Italy) Honda 45:36.324 3, A. de Angelis (San Marino) Aprilia 45:44.002 4, A. Debon (Spain) Aprilia 45:50.593 5.

125cc: G. Talmacsi (Hungary) Aprilia 41:52.149 1, L. Pesek (Czech Republic) Derbi 41:52.163 2, H. Faubel (Spain) Aprilia 41:57.869 3, P. Espargaro (Spain) Aprilia 41:58.638 4, S. Gadea (Spain) Aprilia 41:59.016 5.

MOTOCROSS

INDIANAPOLIS SUPERCROSS LITES

East Coast indoor series

Leading results: R. Dungey (US, Suzuki) 1, B. Townley (NZ, Kawasaki) 2, B. Jesseman (US, Yamaha) 3.

Championship standings: R. Morais 96 points 1, B. Townley 86 2, D. Lange 84 3, B. Jesseman 74 4, M. Alessi 71 5.

* * *

MOUNTAINBIKING

OCEANIA CHAMPS

(Thredbo, NSW)

Downhill (course 3.75km)

Elite women: J. Makgill (NZ) 7min 10.19sec 1, T. Hannah (Australia) 7:18.23 2, S. Hagen (NZ) 7:20.45 3.

Elite men: S. Hill (Australia) 6:14.39 1, N. Rennie (Australia) 6:16.78 2, J. Rando (Australia) 6:21.12 3.

Under-19 men: W. Rischbieth (Australia) 6:32.43 1, J. Maltman (Australia) (equal second place) 6:33.79 2, M. Scoles (NZ) (equal second place) 6:33.79 2, T. Patton (Australia) 6:40.09.

Under-19 women: C. Buchanan (Australia) 7:55.79 1, H. Kernohan-Smith (NZ) 8:09.30 2, K. Hughes (Australia) 8:22.38 3.

Olympic cross country

Elite women's (5 lap course): R. Joseph (NZ) 1, T. Thomas (Australia) 2, K. Boyd (NZ) 3.

Under-23 men's: (6 lap course): C. Avery (NZ) 1, D. McConnell (Australia) 2, L. Norris (Australia) 3.

* * *

RUGBY

WORLD CUP SCHEDULE

September 7

Pool D: France v Argentina at Stade de France, Paris.

September 8

Pool C: New Zealand v Italy in Marseille.

Pool B: Australia v Japan in Lyon.

Pool A: England v United States in Lens.

September 9

Pool B: Wales v Canada in Nantes.

Pool A: South Africa v Samoa at the Parc des Princes, Paris.

Pool C: Scotland v Portugal in Saint-Etienne.

Pool D: Ireland v Namibia in Bordeaux.

September 11

Pool D: Argentina v Georgia in Lyon.

September 12

Pool A: United States v Tonga in Montpellier.

Pool B: Japan v Fiji in Toulouse.

Pool C: Italy v Romania in Marseille.

September 14

Pool A: England v South Africa at Stade de France, Paris.

September 15

Pool C: New Zealand v Portugal in Lyon.

Pool B: Wales v Australia in Cardiff.

Pool D: Ireland v Georgia in Bordeaux.

September 16

Pool B: Fiji v Canada in Cardiff.

Pool A: Samoa v Tonga in Montpellier.

Pool D: France v Namibia in Toulouse.

September 18

Pool C: Scotland v Romania in Edinburgh.

September 19

Pool C: Italy v Portugal at the Parc des Princes, Paris.

September 20

Pool B: Wales v Japan in Cardiff.

September 21

Pool D: France v Ireland, at Stade de France, Paris.

September 22

Pool A: South Africa v Tonga in Lens.

Pool A: England v Samoa in Nantes.

Pool D: Argentina v Namibia in Marseille.

September 23

Pool B: Australia v Fiji in Montpellier.

Pool C: Scotland v New Zealand in Edinburgh.

September 25

Pool B: Canada v Japan in Bordeaux.

Pool C: Romania v Portugal in Toulouse.

September 26

Pool D: Georgia v Namibia in Lens.

Pool A: Samoa v United States in Saint-Etienne.

September 28

Pool A: England v Tonga at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

September 29

Pool C: New Zealand v Romania in Toulouse.

Pool C: Scotland v Italy in Saint-Etienne.

Pool B: Australia v Canada in Bordeaux.

Pool B: Wales v Fiji in Nantes.

September 30

Pool D: France v Georgia in Marseille.

Pool D: Ireland v Argentina at the Parc des Princes, Paris.

Pool A: South Africa v United States in Montpellier.

October 6

Quarterfinal 1: 1st Pool B v 2nd Pool A in Marseille.

Quarterfinal 2: 1st Pool C v 2nd Pool D in Cardiff.

October 7

Quarterfinal 3: 1st Pool A v 2nd Pool B in Marseille.

Quarterfinal 4: 1st Pool D v 2nd Pool C at Stade de France, Paris.

October 13

Semifinal 1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 at Stade de France, Paris.

October 14

Semifinal 2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 at Stade de France, Paris.

October 19

Third place play-off at the Parc des Princes, Paris.

October 20:

Final at Stade de France, Paris.

ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP

Bristol 31 Northampton 19, Gloucester 24 Newcastle 18, London Irish 7 Saracens 22.

* * *

SWIMMING

WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Melbourne)

First night finals

NZ results, day 1 heats (time and overall placing)

100m backstroke: H. McLean 1min 01.94sec, 12; L. Coster 1:03.58, 33.

200m freestyle: A. McMillan 1:51.10 37; M. Jack 1:51.45, 41.

100m breaststroke: A. Carey 1:10.30, 21.

100m backstroke: C. Gibson 57.40, 34.

Men

400 freestyle: Park Tae-hwan (South Korea) 3:44.30 1, O. Mellouli (Tunisia) 3:45.12 2, G. Hackett (Australia) 3:45.43 3. 50m butterfly

Semifinal one: R. Schoeman (South Africa) 23.18 1, A. Subirats (Venezuela) 23.59 2, L. Frolander (Sweden) 23.82 3, L. Ferns (South Africa) 23.99 4, J. Andkjaer (Denmark) 23.99 5, M. Rajakyla (Finland) 24.10 6, R. Pini (Papua New Guinea) 24.10 7, J. Godec (Slovenia) 24.26 8.

Semifinal two: I. Crocker (US) 23.42 1, S. Breus (Ukraine) 23.53 2, P. Mankoc (Slovenia) 23.91 3, M. Cavic (Serbia) 23.94 4, R. Takayasu (Japan) 24.03 5, A. Serdinov (Ukraine) 24.12 6, O. Arnarson (Israel) 24.34 7, M. Welsh (Australia) 24.41 8.

100m breaststroke

Semifinal one: A. Oen (Norway) 1:00.69 1, B. Rickard (Australia) 1:00.87 2, J. Gibson (GB) 1:01.24 3, S. Usher (US) 1:01.24 4, G. Titenis (Lithuania) 1:01.48 5, R. Sludnov (Russia) 1:01.50 6, C. Van Der Burgh (South Africa) 1:01.80 7, A. Terrin (Italy) 1:01.87 8.

Semifinal two: K. Kitajima (Japan) 1:00.05 1, B. Hansen (US) 1:00.13 2, V. Dymo (Ukraine) 1:00.88 3, O. Lisogor (Ukraine) 1:00.89 4, M. Alexandrov (Bulgaria) 1:01.08 5, D. Komornikov (Russia) 1:01.11 6, C. Cook (GB) 1:01.28 7, H. Duboscq (France) 1:01.93 8.

400m freestyle relay: US 3:12.72 1, Italy 3:14.04 2, France 3:14.68 3.

Women

400m freestyle: L. Manaudou (France) 4:02.61 1, O. Jedrzejczak (Poland) 4:04.23 2, A. Shibata (Japan) 4:05.19 3.

100m butterfly

Semifinal one: I. Dekker (Netherlands) 57.82 1, N. Coughlin (US) 58.11 2, Z. Yafei (China) 58.20 3, A. Popchanka (France) 58.49 4, L. Tao (Singapore) 59.07 5, A. Buschschulte (Germany) 59.12 6, N. Sutyagina (Russia) 59.17 7, D. Samulski (Germany) 59.35 8.

Semifinal two: J. Schipper (Australia) 57.57 1, L. Lenton (Australia) 57.78 2, R. Komisarz (US) 58.39 3, Yanwei Xu (China) 58.82 4, I. Bespalova (Russia) 59.10 5, S. Isakovic (Slovenia) 59.16 6, M. Downing (Canada) 59.61 7, K-L. Shaw (South Africa) 1:00.50 8.

200 individual medley

Semifinal one: K. Coventry (Zimbabwe) 2:12.50 1, W. Myers (US),2:13.69 2, S. Reese (Australia) 2:14.10 3, A. Kitagawa (Japan) 2:15.79 4, O. Shulgina (Russia) 2:16.07 5, K. Hosszu (Hungary) 2:16.12 6, S. de Ronchi (France) 2:16.89 7, A. Klinar (Slovenia) 2:17.69 8.

Semifinal two: K. Hoff (US) 2:11.75 1, S. Rice (Australia) 2:12.54 2, J. Hjorth-Hansen (Denmark) 2:13.14 3, J. Wilkinson (Canada) 2:14.94 4, G. Bardach (Argentina) 2:15.08 5, N. Hetzer (Germany) 2:15.69 6, E. Verraszto Hungary 2:16.26 7, C. Hye-ra (South Korea) 2:17.10 8.

400 freestyle relay: Australia 3:35.48 1, US 3:35.68 2, Netherlands 3:36.81 3.

* * *

TENNIS

SONY ERICSSON OPEN

(Miami)

Men

2nd round: F. Mayer (Germany) bt F. Verdasco (Spain) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, A. Delic (US) bt J. Acasuso (Argentina) 6-0 6-3, 6-T. Robredo (Spain) bt K. Kim (US) 6-2 6-4, 4-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt S. Greul (Germany) 6-4 6-0, N. Almagro (Spain) bt P. Starace (Italy) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3, R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt G. Gaudio (Argentina) 6-3 6-2, F. Santoro (France) bt C. Moya (Spain) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.

3rd round: 2-R. Nadal (Spain) bt O. Rochus (Belgium) by walkover, left foot injury, A. Murray (Britain) bt R. Kendrick (US) 6-3 6-1, F. Lopez (Spain) bt F. Serra (France) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, N. Djokovic (Serbia) bt M. Llodra (France) 6-4 6-1, 3-A. Roddick (US) bt G. Simon (France) 6-4 6-4, P-H. Mathieu (France) bt 5-F. Gonzalez (Chile) 6-3 7-6 (8-6), D. Ferrer (Spain) bt S. Bolleli (Italy) 7-6 (7-0) 6-2, J. M. Del Potro (Argentina) bt M.l Youzhny (Russia) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4.

Women

3rd round: Li Na (China) bt K. Srebotnik (Slovenia) 6-0 6-1, D. Safina (Russia) bt A. Sugiyama (Japan) 6-4 3-6 6-1 , A. Chakvetadze (Russia) bt T. Golovin (France) 6-1 6-3, 4-K. Clijsters (Belgium) bt S. Stosur (Australia) 6-4 6-2, 6-N. Petrova (Russia) bt E. Byvhkova (Russia) 6-1 6-1, A. Radwanska (Poland) bt 5-M. Hingis (Switzerland) 4-6 6-3 6-2, V. Dushevina (Russia) bt K. Kanepi (Estonia) 6-1 6-1, M. Santangelo (Italy) bt 7-J. Jankovic (Serbia) 2-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4, 1-J. Henin (Belgium) bt V. Razzano (France) 6-2 2-6 7-6 (7-5), S. Peer (Israel) bt J. Vakulenko (Ukraine) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5, 18-V. Zvonareva (Russia) bt 16-D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-4, 1-M. Sharapova (Russia) bt V. Williams (US) 2-6 6-2 7-5, 8-N. Vaidisova (Czech Republic) bt V. Azarenka (Belarus) 6-3 6-3, 3-S. Kuznetsova (Russia) bt J. Kostanic Tosic (Croatia) 6-4 6-2, T. Garbin (Italy) bt Y. Shvedova (Russia) 4-6 6-3 6-3.

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