** Shares of sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion rise 2% at 121p
** Stock among top pct gainers on FTSE 100 index
** Co proposes to buy American athletic-fashion retailer Hibbett for about $1.08 bln
** Says enlarged group would have combined revenues of about 4.7 bln pounds ($5.80 bln) in North America
** Shares down ~29% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 0.8105 pounds)
(Reporting by Anchal Rana in Bengaluru)
((Anchal.Rana@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9915609050;))
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