"I have been a team-mate with Lewis before so that wouldn't be a problem, " said the Williams driver, who partnered the Briton in go-karts as a teenager.

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Johnson will consult footballers who once played for him, and have since been a team-mate of the potential signing, to find out about their character.

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Obama might have paid Biden the same compliment if his running mate hadn't already told supporters that Hillary Clinton would have been a better choice.

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Pienaar made no mistake after Nokwe's try, which was controversially awarded despite the winger running on to a ball that looked to have been knocked on by team-mate Ashley Johnson.

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Best known for such hits as West End Girls, It's a Sin and Go West, Tennant and his band-mate Chris Lowe have recently been combining their pop careers with theatrical forays.

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With McArthur set to visit Wigan with a view to a summer move to join former team-mate James McCarthy, Accies fans will have been encouraged by the performances of substitutes Kyle Wilkie and Ali Crawford.

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The link-up means Redding and his new team-mate Mika Kallio have already been able to test next year's bike and in a sign of the team's respect for Redding he was involved in the process.

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Defoe had been due to have the operation last Thursday but the German specialist who recently performed a similar operation on team-mate Alan Hutton was unavailable until next week.

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