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England midfielder David Batty vowed to have "nothing to do with the football industry" after retirement. As his former clubs Newcastle and Leeds prepare to meet, BBC Sport asks: what happened to him?

England midfielder David Batty vowed to have "nothing to do with the football industry" after retirement. As his former clubs Newcastle and Leeds prepare to meet, BBC Sport asks: what happened to him?

England midfielder David Batty vowed to have "nothing to do with the football industry" after retirement. As his former clubs Newcastle and Leeds prepare to meet, BBC Sport asks: what happened to him?

Chinese researchers have developed a revolutionary form of hybrid rice that can replicate itself through seeds that are clones, faithfully preserving high-yield traits generation after generation. The team says its breakthrough could transform global agriculture by dismantling the biggest barrier to hybrid rice production: the need for farmers to buy expensive new hybrid seeds every season. As hundreds of millions of people around the world face acute food insecurity, hybrid rice has promised...

The state of play as Scarlets chase knockout rugby in the Champions Cup and Cardiff, Dragons and Ospreys bid to progress in the Challenge Cup.

The state of play as Scarlets chase knockout rugby in the Champions Cup and Cardiff, Dragons and Ospreys bid to progress in the Challenge Cup.

Authorities Tuesday publicly identified a 31-year-old man who was fatally shot by an unidentified assailant last week outside a South Bay tavern.

Will Jacks' "Stupidity" leads to a two-ball duck and frustration in the Test Match Special commentary box as the batter holes out to leave England on 219-5 on day four of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Will Jacks' "Stupidity" leads to a two-ball duck and frustration in the Test Match Special commentary box as the batter holes out to leave England on 219-5 on day four of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Will Jacks' "stupidity" leads to a two-ball duck and frustration in the Test Match Special commentary box as the batter holes out to leave England on 219-5 on day four of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Will Jacks' "stupidity" leads to a two-ball duck and frustration in the Test Match Special commentary box as the batter holes out to leave England on 219-5 on day four of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Will Jacks' "stupidity" leads to a two-ball duck and frustration in the Test Match Special commentary box as the batter holes out to leave England on 219-5 on day four of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.