Hull owner Assem Allam has confirmed the club will be formally renamed Hull City Tigers from the start of the new season.

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IRAQI security forces launched a high-profile crackdown targeting terrorists in Baghdad yesterday as insurgents hit back with suicide bombings and ambushes that killed at least 17 people.

Iraq’s two main Kurdish parties warned today they might leave the new government if the Shiite majority gains too much power.