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Real is famed for soccer, but it’s also a Hogwarts for hoops.

“Wi$h Li$t,” a wistful song that hits like a contented sigh, imagines a simple life of domesticity in a suburban house with a basketball hoop, children and peace.

“Got me drеaming ’bout a driveway with a basketball hoop” is a charming line, even coming from someone who probably could afford to build a replica of Madison Square Garden in her backyard.

Generally, he said, a top decision-maker would not meet with a potential contractor, who would typically have to go through “numerous hoops” to even request a meeting that may well be denied.

"To have jumped through all of those hoops and then have a tribunal award that never gets paid is frankly scandalous," said policy manager Emer Sheehy.