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Wednesday 05 March 1997 00:02 GMT
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American football

Victor Muhammad will be lining up for the London Monarchs when they open this year's World League against Frankfurt next month. The running back played in 1991 and 1992 using the name Victor Ebubedike and then for the 1995 and 1996 seasons as Victor X Ebubedike. "When you are in the Nation of Islam, the X is an interim stage before you are able to change your name. I have now earned and received my Muhammad," he explained.

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