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Saturday, kick-off 14:30 TwickenhamEngland are on an 11-match winning run with 10 coming under Eddie Jones. After their commanding victory over South Africa, they will head into Saturdays game with Fiji full of confidence and optimistic they will add another victory to their ever-increasing tally. But underestimate Fiji at your peril.The Islanders are a wonderful side and capable of causing an upset if they get their set piece right and find some momentum heading forward. The likes of Nemani Nadolo and Leone Nakarawa can cause all sorts of difficulty and a much-changed England will need to be on their game if they are to achieve the margin of victory expected. It should be a thrilling, high-tempo match at Twickenham where all off-field talk of money and financial imbalance will be put to one side for 80, hopefully thrilling, minutes.Team newsEngland make five changes -- four personnel and one positional -- with Teimana Harrison, Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph and Alex Goode starting while Elliot Daly shifts to the wing. Charlie Ewels could make his debut from the bench where he is joined by Nathan Hughes.Fiji name a team packed with experience with Akapusi Qera skippering a side with Nemani Nadolo, Albert Vulivuli, Josh Matavesi, Campese Maafu and Leone Nakarawa all featuring.England: Alex Goode, Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly, George Ford, Ben Youngs; Mako Vunipola, Dylan Hartley (captain), Dan Cole, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Chris Robshaw, Teimana Harrison, Billy Vunipola. Replacements: Jamie George, Joe Marler, Kyle Sinckler, Charlie Ewels, Nathan Hughes, Danny Care, Ben Teo, Henry SladeFiji:?Metui Talebula, Benito Masilevu, Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Albert Vulivuli, Nemani Nadolo, Josh Matavesi, Seru Vularika, Campese Maafu, Sunia Koto, Manasa Saulo, Api Ratuniyawara, Leone Nakarawa, Dominiko Waqaniburotu, Peceli Yato, Akapusi Qera. Replacements: Tuapati Talemaitoga, Peni Ravai, Leeroy Atalifo, Nemia Soqeta, Naulia Dawai, Eremasi Radrodro, Nikola Matawalu, Kini Murimurivalu.Key head-to-headCourtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury will have their work cut out against the brilliant Leone Nakarawa in the Fiji second-row. He is one of their standout players and will look to disrupt Englands usually rock solid lineout. If Fiji can get any sort of ascendancy in the set piece then they will upset Englands tempo and game plan and get them a foothold in the match.Key stats*England and Fiji have played each other six times - England have won each match by an average score of 41-16.*Rory Underwood has the best record for an Englishman against Fiji - he has scored an impressive eight tries in three Tests against the Islanders.*Jonny Wilkinsons 23-point haul against Fiji in 1999 is the best return by a player in matches between the two sides.WeatherIts going to be a chilly seven degrees when the game kicks off but playing conditions are likely to be perfect.PredictionEngland are on an 11-game winning streak with 10 coming under Jones. They are likely to add another victory on Saturday but will be run close in the first half, eventually winning by about 15-20 points. Adidas Nmd r2 Damske . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. 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NEW YORK -- Baseball owners and players have ratified the sports new five-year collective bargaining agreement, extending their labor peace to 26 years through 2021.The sides announced their approvals Wednesday, a day after holding votes in separate telephone meetings.This agreement allows us to build on the positive momentum from last season and promote a generation of young players, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.After eight work stoppages from 1972 to 1995, the sides have negotiated deals without a strike or lockout in 2002, 2006, 2011 and this year. The new deal expires Dec. 1, 2021.Teams voted 29-1 to approve, and Tampa Bay Rays managing general partner Stuart Sternberg was the lone dissenting vote, a person familiar with that meeting told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the vote breakdown was not announced.While Sternberg declined to comment on the vote, he did express his views on the deal.I am thankful for the hard work, leadership, and spirit of compromise that were essential to this agreement coming together, he said in an email to the AP. However, twice a decade, the bargaining process provides an opportunity to address the extraordinary and widening competitive gap that exists on-field between higher and lower revenue clubs.dddddddddddd. I feel that opportunity was missed here.The union said its executive board unanimously ratified the Basic Agreement, Benefit Plan Agreement, Joint Drug Agreement and Joint Policy on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse.Former All-Star first baseman Tony Clark led the unions negotiations for the first time. He took over as executive director of the MLB Players Association after the death of Michael Weiner in November 2013.The players involvement during negotiations was both essential and unprecedented, and todays unanimous vote was the culmination of those efforts, Clark said in a statement. This was a team effort from beginning to end.Negotiators reached an agreement Nov. 30 in Irving, Texas, about three hours before the expiration of the previous contract.The deal raises the luxury tax thresholds, increases some of the tax rates, imposes a hard cap on signing bonuses for international amateurs and bans smokeless tobacco for players who do not already have major league service.It also eliminates the provision that gave World Series home-field advantage to the All-Star winner and bans rookie hazing that includes costumes as women. ' ' '