Palmer says that leads to regular screaming matches between bands and venue managers.

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Mendoza is working long hours, but is making time for regular tennis matches and weekends with his wife and four young children.

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Throughout 2013, the best players on the planet will compete in the League of Legends Championship Series, a professional gaming league with teams from North America and Europe, featuring multiple regular season matches each week, and HD streaming broadcasts available globally for free.

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The clocks that count down rather than up and the use of penalty kicks to decide regular season matches may be gone, but MLS still insists on using a draft to allocate a good number of domestic players amongst its teams and a playoff system to decide its eventual champion.

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Major League Soccer's 17th season features 19 clubs each playing 34 regular-season matches.

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Chance to Shine programme runs regular cricket coaching and competitive matches in 4, 000 primary schools and secondary schools in England.

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"It's so good to be playing Davis Cup matches again - better than regular tournaments, " he said.

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For some, true life change requires a completely new environment for at least a month, with strangers bombarding them with cutting criticism, dietary changes, and regular meetings replete with meltdowns, screaming matches, and reconciliations.

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