Chief executive of The League Against Cruel Sports, Joe Duckworth, said Friday's meeting had "sent out a very clear, strong and positive message that many organisations and individuals are united in making sure that this barbaric act is not allowed to proceed".

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Goodell, speaking at a meeting with sports editors at the NFL's headquarters in New York, said the in-game experience is still a better experience than staying home.

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The prince is also shown in Sunday night's programme meeting TV chef Jamie Oliver during a visit to Carshalton Boys Sports College, south London, where he revealed his favourite food at school was "Marmite on fried bread".

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Sir Roger returned to Oxford University's Iffley Road sports ground, the scene of his 1954 triumph, for a restaging of the original meeting.

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