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Stokes named in Ashes squad despite minor hand fracture

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The AshesVenue: Australia Dates: 23 November - 7 JanuaryCoverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary on the BBC Sport websiteEngland have included vice-captain Ben Stokes in their 16-man Ashes Test squad despite his arrest on Monday.The all-rounder, 26, has a minor fracture in his right hand but is expected to be fit enough to take a full part in the five-Test tour.Hampshire batsman James Vince and Yorkshire's Gary Ballance are recalled, but Essex's Tom Westley misses out. Uncapped Somerset seamer Craig Overton, 23, is preferred to Mark Wood, who remains troubled by an ankle injury.Stokes was held on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after an incident outside a night...

Girl with 3D printed hand wants to throw first pitch at every MLB park

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Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball teams are lining up to let 7-year-old Hailey Dawson throw out a first pitch at their games.Dawson has a rare disease called Poland Syndrome and was born without three fingers. She had a 3D printed hand, which works with fishing line.Hailey has already thrown out the first pitch for the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles. She wants to throw out the first pitch at every MLB ballpark.On Thursday, something really special happened. Teams responded quickly to her wish, asking her to come to their games and take the mound. Bleacher Report posted a link to a video featuring Dawson, which the teams responded to in droves.Those teams included: the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians...

Taylor Swift's bodyguard: 'His hand went under her skirt'

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Taylor Swift's ex-bodyguard has backed her sex assault claims by testifying that he saw a radio DJ reach under her skirt at a 2013 concert.Greg Dent told a Colorado court he "did not see his hand touch her physically", but "saw his hand under her skirt". Swift, 27, is suing ex-radio DJ David Mueller, 55, for allegedly groping her after she agreed to pose for a photo with him and his girlfriend.Mr Mueller sued the star for $ 3m (£2.3m), claiming she cost him his job. Ms Swift countersued a month later for the symbolic amount of $ 1, and has described the groping incident as "completely intentional".The alleged assault is said to have occurred in 2013 during a Denver stopover on the singer's Red tour. Mr Mueller, then a host on the top-rated radio station KYGO, had been invited to meet her b...