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      <description>Hatton cards a closing 66 to reach 15 under (273) and win the DP World Tour Championship. McIlroy finishes solo second at 10 under (278), holding off Chacarra by 125 points for his eighth Harry Vardon Trophy.</description>
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      <description>NBA Saturday scores: Heat rout Pistons 137-117 despite Cunningham&apos;s 33. Depleted Cavaliers defeat Mavericks 127-117 behind Proctor&apos;s maiden triple-double.</description>
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      <description>NFL Munich Game live: Detroit Lions lead New England Patriots 21-3 in second half. St. Brown, TeSlaa, and Gibbs score TDs; Maye sidelined with ankle injury. Game in progress.</description>
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      <description>Round 3 complete: Hatton 207 (-9) leads Perez 208 (-8) and Lindberg 210 (-6). McIlroy (72) and Chacarra (68) share fourth at 211 (-5) ahead of Sunday&apos;s finale.</description>
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      <description>Frida Maanum&apos;s 22nd-minute opener and Caroline Graham Hansen&apos;s 59th-minute equaliser finish 1-1. England beat Croatia 2-1, Italy 3-1 France, Spain 2-0 Czechia.</description>
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      <description>Alexander Zverev draws Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar in Turin while Carlos Alcaraz meets Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli and Frances Tiafoe.</description>
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      <description>Joost Luiten carded 67 (-5) to lead Jacob Skov Olesen (68) by one in Dubai, while Rory McIlroy shot 69 (-3, T3) to gain three strokes on Eugenio Chacarra (72, T28).</description>
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      <description>Next week&apos;s Round 21 Las Vegas GP carries fierce top-six stakes: just 33 points divide Verstappen (279) from Norris (246), while Red Bull holds a 17-point edge over McLaren.</description>
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