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Chandigarh, Aug 22 : The Haryana government on Saturday announced the launch of a scheme wherein a financial incentive of Rs 5 lakh in advance would be given to players who qualify for the Olympics and Paralympic Games.
On the request of the Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Sandeep Singh, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar approved the scheme that aims to benefit players preparing for the Olympics in 2021.
Expressing his gratitude, the Sports Minister said that earlier the players were given an incentive of Rs 15 lakh once they had participated in the Olympics and Paralympic Games whereas they needed the money while preparing for the international competitions.
Hence, the scheme was devised to give Rs 5 lakh as advance to each participant and the remaining amount once they returned from these competitions.
The Minister said that the Haryana government will bring many other schemes to help sportspersons before the Olympics.
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On the request of the Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Sandeep Singh, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar approved the scheme that aims to benefit players preparing for the Olympics in 2021.
Expressing his gratitude, the Sports Minister said that earlier the players were given an incentive of Rs 15 lakh once they had participated in the Olympics and Paralympic Games whereas they needed the money while preparing for the international competitions.
Hence, the scheme was devised to give Rs 5 lakh as advance to each participant and the remaining amount once they returned from these competitions.
The Minister said that the Haryana government will bring many other schemes to help sportspersons before the Olympics.
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New Delhi, Aug 17 : Indian boxer Sarita Devi and her husband Thoiba Singh have tested positive for coronavirus.
In an interview with IANS, Sarita's husband Thoiba said, "Sarita and me were tested Covid positive today.
We will go to the COVID centre now, since home quarantine is not allowed here. Till this very moment there are no COVID symptoms to us."
"I have informed all the people who came in contact with us in the last one week, to isolate themselves immediately and get tested," he added.
The National Boxing Camp is on at Patiala but Sarita is not part of it.
At present, she is training at her home in Manipur.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday confirmed that all six hockey players, including captain Manpreet Singh, will be discharged from the S.S.
Sparsh Multi-Speciality Hospital in Bengaluru after having tested negative for Covid-19.
The National Hockey Camp is slated to start from August 19 in Bengaluru.
However, these six players will not be allowed to attend it. Rather they would be kept under observation for a few days in isolation, sources said.
On Sunday, Cyclist Triyasha Paul, who is a part of the National Cycling Camp which is scheduled to begin at Indira Gandhi National Stadium in New Delhi also tested positive for coronavirus.
She had arrived at the Camp on August 12 and undertook a mandatory Covid-19 test upon arrival as per the Sports Authority of India's regulations.
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In an interview with IANS, Sarita's husband Thoiba said, "Sarita and me were tested Covid positive today.
We will go to the COVID centre now, since home quarantine is not allowed here. Till this very moment there are no COVID symptoms to us."
"I have informed all the people who came in contact with us in the last one week, to isolate themselves immediately and get tested," he added.
The National Boxing Camp is on at Patiala but Sarita is not part of it.
At present, she is training at her home in Manipur.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday confirmed that all six hockey players, including captain Manpreet Singh, will be discharged from the S.S.
Sparsh Multi-Speciality Hospital in Bengaluru after having tested negative for Covid-19.
The National Hockey Camp is slated to start from August 19 in Bengaluru.
However, these six players will not be allowed to attend it. Rather they would be kept under observation for a few days in isolation, sources said.
On Sunday, Cyclist Triyasha Paul, who is a part of the National Cycling Camp which is scheduled to begin at Indira Gandhi National Stadium in New Delhi also tested positive for coronavirus.
She had arrived at the Camp on August 12 and undertook a mandatory Covid-19 test upon arrival as per the Sports Authority of India's regulations.
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Chandigarh, Aug 9 : The Punjab Cricket Association has decided to name its upcoming stadium near here after the last ruler of erstwhile Patiala state, late Maharaja Yadavindra Singh, who had played a Test match for India in 1934.
A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by association president Rajinder Gupta.
The erstwhile ruler is the father of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
The PCA has also started renovating its existing Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium in Mohali by upgrading its infrastructure.
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A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by association president Rajinder Gupta.
The erstwhile ruler is the father of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
The PCA has also started renovating its existing Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium in Mohali by upgrading its infrastructure.
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Chandigarh, July 17 : A day after a trial court in Punjab sent the prime suspect in the fake Sri Lankan cricket league to judicial custody along with two others for recently hosting a fake Sri Lankan T20 league near Chandigarh, it on Friday granted six-week interim bail to Ravinder Dandiwal, who is also allegedly involved in international tennis match-fixing.
His counsel R.S.
Sarao secured the bail from the court of Judicial Magistrate Ankita Gupta in Kharar in Mohali district on the plea that neither Dandiwal's name figures in the first information report (FIR) nor any circumstantial evidence was recovered by the police.
Also, there was no direct complaint against Dandiwal for his involvement in the crime.
The court also granted six-week interim bail to another accused Durgesh, who was arrested last week from Delhi.
Both were sent to judicial custody on Thursday after their five-day police remand ended.
Simultaneously, both sought bail and the court reserved its decision for Friday.
Durgesh had allegedly supplied high-resolution cameras for live streaming of the matches of the fake Sri Lanka T-20 league.
Dandiwal, who is on the radar of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is facing charges of hosting a cricket match of the Uva T20 league on June 29 that was aired in Sri Lanka through YouTube.
A BCCI team last week reached Mohali near here to question Dandiwal.
Earlier, the police informed the court that they received a fact-finding report from the BCCI regarding the fake league.
The cricket match, comprising small-time players largely from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, was played at a cricket academy in Sawara village, some 15 km from the state capital.
The police have identified 22 players who had played in the fake cricket league and questioned them.
The players were wearing face masks, ostensibly to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and had donned numbered jerseys.
"Ravinder Dandiwal has been arrested and we have been probing his role in this racket," Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Singh Chahal had told the media soon after his arrest.
Earlier, the police had arrested Raju and Pankaj, who had booked the cricket ground of the Strokers Cricket Association for Rs 33,000 from June 29 to July 5 and had formed four teams for the league.
In a press statement, the SSP had said that a case in this regard was registered on July 2 under sections 420, 120B and other sections of the Indian Penal Code related to betting at Sadar Police Station in Kharar against Pankaj and others.
Pankaj, with his accomplice, had booked the ground and formed four teams for the tournament which they were planning to hold from June 29 to July 5.
"The said league was held in Sawara village but was shown as being held in Sri Lanka and relayed on various social media apps such as fancode APP, Diamond, Sky, Lotus, Tenbet, Spin, Punjab Exchange, for the purpose of earning huge amounts of money through betting," the police statement had said.
The Punjab police had also said that further investigation in the case led to the arrest of Dandiwal.
"It was also revealed that he organised such fraudulent tournaments for many years in Mohali, Amritsar and Bhopal after forming a club named Cricket Club of India (CCI) in 2009.
He also had links with various other big fishes in the world of betting."
The Sri Lankan cricket board had already denied their involvement in the tournament.
Dandiwal is known in the Chandigarh cricket circuit, and has been reportedly organising private leagues not recognised by the BCCI.
The BCCI ACU chief had earlier told IANS that some two-three years back, Dandiwal had wanted to hold a league in India which they were able to disrupt.
"He is focussed more on outside the country than in India," Singh had said.
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His counsel R.S.
Sarao secured the bail from the court of Judicial Magistrate Ankita Gupta in Kharar in Mohali district on the plea that neither Dandiwal's name figures in the first information report (FIR) nor any circumstantial evidence was recovered by the police.
Also, there was no direct complaint against Dandiwal for his involvement in the crime.
The court also granted six-week interim bail to another accused Durgesh, who was arrested last week from Delhi.
Both were sent to judicial custody on Thursday after their five-day police remand ended.
Simultaneously, both sought bail and the court reserved its decision for Friday.
Durgesh had allegedly supplied high-resolution cameras for live streaming of the matches of the fake Sri Lanka T-20 league.
Dandiwal, who is on the radar of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is facing charges of hosting a cricket match of the Uva T20 league on June 29 that was aired in Sri Lanka through YouTube.
A BCCI team last week reached Mohali near here to question Dandiwal.
Earlier, the police informed the court that they received a fact-finding report from the BCCI regarding the fake league.
The cricket match, comprising small-time players largely from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, was played at a cricket academy in Sawara village, some 15 km from the state capital.
The police have identified 22 players who had played in the fake cricket league and questioned them.
The players were wearing face masks, ostensibly to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and had donned numbered jerseys.
"Ravinder Dandiwal has been arrested and we have been probing his role in this racket," Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Singh Chahal had told the media soon after his arrest.
Earlier, the police had arrested Raju and Pankaj, who had booked the cricket ground of the Strokers Cricket Association for Rs 33,000 from June 29 to July 5 and had formed four teams for the league.
In a press statement, the SSP had said that a case in this regard was registered on July 2 under sections 420, 120B and other sections of the Indian Penal Code related to betting at Sadar Police Station in Kharar against Pankaj and others.
Pankaj, with his accomplice, had booked the ground and formed four teams for the tournament which they were planning to hold from June 29 to July 5.
"The said league was held in Sawara village but was shown as being held in Sri Lanka and relayed on various social media apps such as fancode APP, Diamond, Sky, Lotus, Tenbet, Spin, Punjab Exchange, for the purpose of earning huge amounts of money through betting," the police statement had said.
The Punjab police had also said that further investigation in the case led to the arrest of Dandiwal.
"It was also revealed that he organised such fraudulent tournaments for many years in Mohali, Amritsar and Bhopal after forming a club named Cricket Club of India (CCI) in 2009.
He also had links with various other big fishes in the world of betting."
The Sri Lankan cricket board had already denied their involvement in the tournament.
Dandiwal is known in the Chandigarh cricket circuit, and has been reportedly organising private leagues not recognised by the BCCI.
The BCCI ACU chief had earlier told IANS that some two-three years back, Dandiwal had wanted to hold a league in India which they were able to disrupt.
"He is focussed more on outside the country than in India," Singh had said.
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Kolkata, July 16 : BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday was forced to go into home quarantine after his elder brother and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Joint Secretary Snehasish Ganguly tested positive for Covid-19.
Snehasish has been admitted to the Belle Vue Clinic here after his Covid report returned positive, a CAB source said.
"His report came positive today.
He's been admitted to the Belle Vue Hospital," the source told IANS.
"See, they live in the same house.
As per protocol, he will have to be in home quarantine for a stipulated period," another source close to the Ganguly family said.
Snehasish was moved to their ancestral house, where Sourav is based, in Behala after his wife and in-laws at his Mominpur residence tested positive for the deadly virus.
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Snehasish has been admitted to the Belle Vue Clinic here after his Covid report returned positive, a CAB source said.
"His report came positive today.
He's been admitted to the Belle Vue Hospital," the source told IANS.
"See, they live in the same house.
As per protocol, he will have to be in home quarantine for a stipulated period," another source close to the Ganguly family said.
Snehasish was moved to their ancestral house, where Sourav is based, in Behala after his wife and in-laws at his Mominpur residence tested positive for the deadly virus.
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Chandigarh, July 5 : Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday inaugurated the state's first multi-storeyed sports complex in Sirsa.
Chautala said the sports complex -- built at a cost of of Rs 3 crore -- would provide the best sports facilities to the youth to inspire them to participate and excel in different sports events.
He said it would be his endeavour to get constructed such complexes in other districts too.
He also announced Rs 25 lakh from his voluntary funds for the Sirsa Club.
Later, Chautala told the media said that the state government was fully conscious to contain the spread of COVID-19 and had executed many effective decisions during the lockdown in public interest.
Antibody tests have been initiated in three districts and soon the facility would be extended to other remaining districts of Haryana, he added.
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Chautala said the sports complex -- built at a cost of of Rs 3 crore -- would provide the best sports facilities to the youth to inspire them to participate and excel in different sports events.
He said it would be his endeavour to get constructed such complexes in other districts too.
He also announced Rs 25 lakh from his voluntary funds for the Sirsa Club.
Later, Chautala told the media said that the state government was fully conscious to contain the spread of COVID-19 and had executed many effective decisions during the lockdown in public interest.
Antibody tests have been initiated in three districts and soon the facility would be extended to other remaining districts of Haryana, he added.
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Chennai, June 25 : Chennai Police has seized former Test cricketer Robin Singh's car for defying Covid-induced lockdown curbs.
Speaking to IANS, a police official said that Singh was coming from the East Coast Road (ECR) on Saturday morning.
On checking it was found he neither had the e-pass nor any valid reason-like emergency-to travel in his car.
"He was very polite and didn't put on any airs.
We seized his vehicle for violating the lockdown rules," the police official said.
According to the police official, Singh might have travelled in his car perhaps for more than two kilometre from his residence.
Chennai had come under total lockdown for 12-days starting June 19.
Prior to the total lockdown Chennai Police Commissioner A.K.Viswanathan had urged the citizens to do their shopping for essential items within two kilometre radius from their homes and without using their vehicles.
Viswanathan also warned of severe police action on those who violate the lockdown orders.
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Speaking to IANS, a police official said that Singh was coming from the East Coast Road (ECR) on Saturday morning.
On checking it was found he neither had the e-pass nor any valid reason-like emergency-to travel in his car.
"He was very polite and didn't put on any airs.
We seized his vehicle for violating the lockdown rules," the police official said.
According to the police official, Singh might have travelled in his car perhaps for more than two kilometre from his residence.
Chennai had come under total lockdown for 12-days starting June 19.
Prior to the total lockdown Chennai Police Commissioner A.K.Viswanathan had urged the citizens to do their shopping for essential items within two kilometre radius from their homes and without using their vehicles.
Viswanathan also warned of severe police action on those who violate the lockdown orders.
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New Delhi, June 21 : Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and a number of other sports stars on Sunday extended their heartfelt wishes on the occasion of Father's Day.
The 'Master Blaster' wrote on social media that he always remembers his father Ramesh Tendulkar's advice of being a good person.
"I shall always remember your invaluable advice to 'Strive to be a good person first'.
Thank you for everything. #HappyFathersDay!" Tendulkar tweeted.
Former India captain and current head coach Ravi Shastri tweeted a photo of his father.
"My first Hero, my first Inspiration - My Dad #FathersDay," he said along with the pic in the tweet.
Indian hockey captain Rani Rampal also paid tribute to her father.
"I can never thank you enough for everything you have done for me! I love you papa. Happy Father's Day! You'll always be my first true motivation. #HappyFathersDay," she said in her tweet along with a selfie with her father.
Former badminton World no.1 Saina Nehwal tweeted: "Best papa in the world ..#HappyFathersDay2020 @NHarvir" along with images with her father.
Veteran all-rounder Yusuf Pathan tweeted a photo of his sons with his father.
"Ayaan and Riyaan with Abba. I am lucky to have such a kind, caring, awesome father. This picture makes this Father's day more special for me. Happy Father's Day. #FathersDay," he said in his tweet.
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The 'Master Blaster' wrote on social media that he always remembers his father Ramesh Tendulkar's advice of being a good person.
"I shall always remember your invaluable advice to 'Strive to be a good person first'.
Thank you for everything. #HappyFathersDay!" Tendulkar tweeted.
Former India captain and current head coach Ravi Shastri tweeted a photo of his father.
"My first Hero, my first Inspiration - My Dad #FathersDay," he said along with the pic in the tweet.
Indian hockey captain Rani Rampal also paid tribute to her father.
"I can never thank you enough for everything you have done for me! I love you papa. Happy Father's Day! You'll always be my first true motivation. #HappyFathersDay," she said in her tweet along with a selfie with her father.
Former badminton World no.1 Saina Nehwal tweeted: "Best papa in the world ..#HappyFathersDay2020 @NHarvir" along with images with her father.
Veteran all-rounder Yusuf Pathan tweeted a photo of his sons with his father.
"Ayaan and Riyaan with Abba. I am lucky to have such a kind, caring, awesome father. This picture makes this Father's day more special for me. Happy Father's Day. #FathersDay," he said in his tweet.
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Thiruvananthapuram, June 20 : Two pro-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organisations -- the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), Kerala and the Centre for Policy and Development Studies (CPDS) on Saturday expressed their displeasure against the statement by BCCI Joint Secretary Jayesh George that the cash rich cricket board will continue with the sponsorship of a Chinese company.
VIVO is the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League.
George is a former president of the Kerala Cricket Association and had expressed his opinion in the media, here, that it would be a loss for the BCCI to snap ties with the Chinese company as it would invite penal action.
SJM Kerala Convenor Ranjit Karthikeyan and the CPDS Director Rajeev said that while the country is fighting against the Chinese after the killing of twenty brave Indian soldiers, the irresponsible statement by a person like George was highly deplorable and anti-national.
"Does George have any mandate to speak on behalf of the BCCI in the media," asked the two office bearers and added that the BCCI owes an explanation and they will take this up at the highest level in the Government of India."
Taking to Twitter, BCCI wrote: "Taking note of the border skirmish that resulted in the martyrdom of our brave jawans, the IPL Governing Council has convened a meeting next week to review IPL's various sponsorship deals."
Twenty Indian Army men, including officers, were killed in an unprecedented violent clash with Chinese People's Liberation Army troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15.
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VIVO is the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League.
George is a former president of the Kerala Cricket Association and had expressed his opinion in the media, here, that it would be a loss for the BCCI to snap ties with the Chinese company as it would invite penal action.
SJM Kerala Convenor Ranjit Karthikeyan and the CPDS Director Rajeev said that while the country is fighting against the Chinese after the killing of twenty brave Indian soldiers, the irresponsible statement by a person like George was highly deplorable and anti-national.
"Does George have any mandate to speak on behalf of the BCCI in the media," asked the two office bearers and added that the BCCI owes an explanation and they will take this up at the highest level in the Government of India."
Taking to Twitter, BCCI wrote: "Taking note of the border skirmish that resulted in the martyrdom of our brave jawans, the IPL Governing Council has convened a meeting next week to review IPL's various sponsorship deals."
Twenty Indian Army men, including officers, were killed in an unprecedented violent clash with Chinese People's Liberation Army troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15.
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Ranchi, June 15 : A day after Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajputs untimely demise in Mumbai, two city cricketers and a former coach of Indian cricketer MS Dhoni on Monday recalled their meetings with the deceased actor who had played the lead in the Dhoni biopic.
Nagendra Misra, a cricketer employed with the railways in Ranchi, told IANS that when
Sushant visited the Jharkhand capital in 2016 for the shooting of 'MS Dhoni: An Untold Story', he imbibed the essence of the city.
Misra said Sushant was affable and easily mixed up with them all.
The actor visited the lanes and bylanes of Ranchi, apart from the stadiums and cricket grounds associated with the former Indian skipper Dhoni even before he began to shoot for the eponymous movie.
He said that he had got the chance to bowl to Sushant during the shooting of the movie and that they all became close friends and spent a lot of time together.
The railways official said that Sushant kept visiting Ranchi and other places to know many facets of Dhoni's personality, language and lifestyle and talked to the cricketer's coach and friends to prepare for the role which brought him accolades from his admirers when the movie was released.
He said that it was due to the hard work and passion that Sushant put in the role that the movie audience accepted him in the role.
Even the people of Ranchi saw Dhoni in the role so ably played by Sushant on screen.
Sandeepan Bhattacharya, who also got to know Sushant as part of the state's Under-19 cricket team during that time, said that Sushant used to visit the cricket stadium in the city to learn the finer points of Dhoni's batting and try to play accordingly.
"Sushant made a lot of efforts to master Dhoni's helicopter shot," he said.
Sushant also met Dhoni's coach in Ranchi, KR Banerjee, many times and learnt the technique to hit the helicopter shot.
Reminiscing about the late actor, Banerjee said that Dhoni's friends had brought the Bollywood actor to his house to get the two to meet.
He recalled that during their first meeting, Sushant had touched his feet even as Banerjee did not know much about the Hindi movie world.
Banerjee also recalled that they met quite a few times before the movie shooting started, during which Sushant asked him more about various aspects of Dhoni's life.
Banerjee said that it was not easy to play the role of a successful international cricketer on screen, but Sushant did a wonderful job.
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Nagendra Misra, a cricketer employed with the railways in Ranchi, told IANS that when
Sushant visited the Jharkhand capital in 2016 for the shooting of 'MS Dhoni: An Untold Story', he imbibed the essence of the city.
Misra said Sushant was affable and easily mixed up with them all.
The actor visited the lanes and bylanes of Ranchi, apart from the stadiums and cricket grounds associated with the former Indian skipper Dhoni even before he began to shoot for the eponymous movie.
He said that he had got the chance to bowl to Sushant during the shooting of the movie and that they all became close friends and spent a lot of time together.
The railways official said that Sushant kept visiting Ranchi and other places to know many facets of Dhoni's personality, language and lifestyle and talked to the cricketer's coach and friends to prepare for the role which brought him accolades from his admirers when the movie was released.
He said that it was due to the hard work and passion that Sushant put in the role that the movie audience accepted him in the role.
Even the people of Ranchi saw Dhoni in the role so ably played by Sushant on screen.
Sandeepan Bhattacharya, who also got to know Sushant as part of the state's Under-19 cricket team during that time, said that Sushant used to visit the cricket stadium in the city to learn the finer points of Dhoni's batting and try to play accordingly.
"Sushant made a lot of efforts to master Dhoni's helicopter shot," he said.
Sushant also met Dhoni's coach in Ranchi, KR Banerjee, many times and learnt the technique to hit the helicopter shot.
Reminiscing about the late actor, Banerjee said that Dhoni's friends had brought the Bollywood actor to his house to get the two to meet.
He recalled that during their first meeting, Sushant had touched his feet even as Banerjee did not know much about the Hindi movie world.
Banerjee also recalled that they met quite a few times before the movie shooting started, during which Sushant asked him more about various aspects of Dhoni's life.
Banerjee said that it was not easy to play the role of a successful international cricketer on screen, but Sushant did a wonderful job.
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