Chan regularly gets calls from boat agents asking to see if he'd rent out his berth on a short-term monthly basis, but he tells them to sail elsewhere.

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He doesn't rule out seeking a berth in the 2016 Games in Rio, when he would be 39.

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Condor Ferries, which sails from Dorset to the Channel Islands, is currently leaving from Poole because the Weymouth berth is out of action.

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Mears and Northampton's Dylan Hartley will fight it out for the hooking berth, Matt Stevens and Phil Vickery at tight-head prop, with the other on the bench, given that Andrew Sheridan is a shoo-in at loose-head prop.

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Fulham's Bobby Zamora and West Ham's Carlton Cole both missed out on a striking berth, with Sunderland's 25-goal frontman Bent, Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe of Spurs joining Villa's Emile Heskey and prolific Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney.

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Through Sunday, they were just two points out of the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff berth, and about 13% of all NHL games have been decided by shootout since the league instituted it in 2005.

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New York earned a wild-card berth with a pitching staff that included Joba Chamberlain, who struck out 34 batters in 24 innings that season.

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The downside is the unfairness of gutting out 162 games only to have to win a one game showdown against a lesser team to secure a wild card berth.

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