Hare also predicts that 20-year-old Joe Ford will provide competition for the two first-team fly-halves at Franklin's Gardens this season.

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Wieber, who didn't qualify for the individual all-around competition because Olympic rules limit the entrants to two per team, said it was a team win.

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Paul McGinley's men require just two points in the closing singles to retain the trophy at the biennial team competition.

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The team is due to play two Tests in Sri Lanka and a one-day competition, also involving India.

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"Whatever happens this has been a very good season, " reflected Hodgson, who when he was in charge at Inter Milan saw his team lose on penalties to Schalke 04 in the two-legged final of the competition's former incarnation - the Uefa Cup - in 1997.

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However, two goals proved enough for a City team who will be one of the favourites to win this competition.

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The win hands Zhang her fourth gold medal over two Olympics, after success in the women's singles and doubles in Athens and team and singles competition in Beijing, equally the great Deng Yaping's gold medal haul.

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