Squad of athletes are tamely beaten (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

relay team

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'squad of athletes' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'are tamely beaten' is the wordplay.
'beaten' is an anagram indicator (letters beaten up or destroyed).
'are'+'tamely'='aretamely'
'aretamely' anagrammed gives 'RELAY TEAM'.

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