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Finally, channel dealing with English sport (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lacrosse

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'sport' is the definition.
(lacrosse is a kind of sport)

'finally channel dealing with english' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'dealing with' becomes 'across' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
The last letter of 'channel' is 'l'.
'l'+'across'+'e'='LACROSSE'

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(Other definitions for lacrosse that I've seen before include "Game played with nets on sticks" , "Ball game using netted stick" , "Game played with a netted stick" , "Score's uncertain after the Spanish" , "Like thirteen of the other clues in the French" .)

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