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Organisers of the year's first Grand Slam tournament announced the 'Million Dollar One Point Slam' on Tuesday, which will pit 10 amateur players against 22 professionals.

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Pete Andrews, head of sport at Channel 4, said the broadcaster was "thrilled to have secured the rights to one of the most iconic amateur sports events in the British calendar".

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In “The Thursday Murder Club’s” fifth outing, the Coopers Chase retirement community’s amateur sleuths are in a lull after their last case.

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There is no conclusive evidence for either of these theories - but that hasn't stopped amateur and professional historians from digging into them.

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It is a very different scenario now to when England last won the World Cup in 2014, where an entirely amateur side beat Canada in Dublin before going back to their daily lives shortly after.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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