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Tom Daly forced to compete in his pants after forgetting kit yet again

British diving hopeful Tom Daly has been forced to compete in a warm-up event wearing only his pants, after forgetting his kit for the 138th consecutive time.

‘I’m really disappointed with Tom. He keeps promising me that he knows where his kit is and will bring it next time, but then he turns up trunkless time and again, and is forced to compete in his pants,’ complained Daly’s manager.

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Posted: Jul 25th, 2012
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Ice-fall woman, 90, accused of diving by off-duty referee

‘Players these days go down at the slightest contact, so I gave her one of those looks and gestured to her to get up. There was no-one near her at the time. In my view it was a dive, pure and simple.’

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Posted: Feb 10th, 2012
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Outed ex-pro Robbie Savage calls for tolerance of football’s thespians

but soft, what goal from yonder route one ball breakethFootballing macho man Robbie Savage gave 110 per cent every game, but there was one thing he could never admit to, until his career was over. He was a thespian.

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Posted: Feb 3rd, 2012
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Tom Daley’s ‘World No.1′ tag ‘a bit misleading’, agrees public

'anyone can do three somersaults and half a twist with pike', say men who've drunk at least three pintsA group of experts at The Cap in Hand pub has concluded that success at diving shouldn’t be confused with being the world’s best at something people actually care about.

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Posted: Dec 18th, 2010
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