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English rugby union club, based in Leicester
Leicester Tigers are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in PREM Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
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Archaic term for Arabs and later for all Muslims
The term "Saracen" was commonly used in medieval Europe to refer to a person who lived in or near what the ancient Romans knew as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. Its original meaning in Greek and Latin is not known with certainty. By the early medieval period, it had come to be associated with the Arabian tribes. Following the rise of Islam, which occurred in Arabia, the word's definition evolved to refer not only to Arabs, but to Muslims taken generally as well.
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Leicester Tigers and Saracens kicked off their 2026/27 PREM campaigns with a heavyweight clash at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.