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• Burnley sign Ireland's Brady for club record fee

  31-01-2017 22:42
  
  Brady, 25, agreed a 3-1/2 year contract to move from Norwich City to Turf Moor, with the option of a further year.
  
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• Ben Barba's rugby move a plus: Heighington

  31-01-2017 22:41
  
  Cronulla forward Chris Heighington has welcomed suspended teammate Ben Barba's reported move to French rugby side Toulon.
  
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• England's Itoje set for flanker role against France

  31-01-2017 22:40
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Maro Itoje looks set to step into England's blindside flanker void after being named on Tuesday alongside three locks in a 25-man squad for their Six Nations opener against France at Twickenham on Saturday.
  
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• Trump's immigration orders hit with new legal challenges

  31-01-2017 22:34
  
  Legal challenges to President Donald Trump's first moves to restrict the flow of people into the United States spread on Tuesday as Massachusetts and San Francisco sued to challenge two of his early executive orders.
  
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• Wade set to miss second trans-Tasman ODI

  31-01-2017 22:32
  
  Matthew Wade is still nursing a back injury, meaning he is likely to miss the second chapter of Australia's ODI series against New Zealand.
  
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• Super Bowl security tight amid Trump order

  31-01-2017 22:20
  At least 5000 police will be present at the Super Bowl final with protesters expected to continue their demonstrations against US President Donald Trump.
  
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• Xenophon to fight for ABC shortwave radio

  31-01-2017 22:16
  
  Crossbench senator Nick Xenophon plans on introducing legislation to parliament seeking to have the ABC's shortwave radio service reinstated.
  
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• WOA seek formal decision on travel bans

  31-01-2017 22:02
  The World Olympians Association has called for an urgent clarification on US President Donald Trump's immigration order.
  
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• 'Fake job' scandal deepens for France's Fillon

  31-01-2017 21:58
  
  A scandal surrounding French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon deepened on Tuesday with allegations that he obtained jobs for his children as well as his wife that paid around one million euros.
  
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• Deutsche Bank to stop financing new coal projects

  31-01-2017 21:51
  
  The announcement follows commitments made at the 2016 Paris climate conference.
  
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• Dream win coming closer, says Egypt boss Cuper

  31-01-2017 20:26
  
  LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Egypt made a slow start on their return to the African Nations Cup after a seven-year absence, but have reached the semi-finals without conceding and are getting stronger as the tournament progresses.
  
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• West Indian Russell banned over whereabouts violation

  31-01-2017 20:24
  
  KINGSTON (Reuters) - West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell was banned on Tuesday for one year for a doping whereabouts rule violation.
  
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• Transfer rules back in the spotlight after Diarra case

  31-01-2017 20:23
  The international transfer system, which processes hundreds of millions of dollars each year in player sales and has existed in its current form since 2001, is overseen by FIFA, soccer's world governing body.
  
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• UFC boss expects vanquished Rousey to quit

  31-01-2017 20:17
  
  UFC president Dana White doesn't think fight fans will see Ronda Rousey in the Octagon again.
  
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• Real Madrid's Lucas Silva joins Cruzeiro on 18-month loan

  31-01-2017 19:59
  
  MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid midfielder Lucas Silva has rejoined former club Cruzeiro on an 18-month loan deal, the Spanish side announced on Tuesday.
  
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• Trump to honour Australian refugee deal: Spicer

  31-01-2017 19:58
  
  Refugees held on Nauru and Manus Islam will undergo extreme vetting, White House spokesman Sean Spicer says.
  
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• Burkina Faso coach Duarte has Mourinho on call

  31-01-2017 19:57
  
  LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's coach Paulo Duarte will draw confidence from a call from mentor Jose Mourinho on the eve of Wednesday's African Nations Cup semi-final against Egypt, he said on Tuesday.
  
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• United's big guns will return against Hull says Mourinho

  31-01-2017 19:45
  
  Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, midfielder Paul Pogba, goalkeeper David de Gea and fullback Antonio Valencia are all likely to return after sitting out the FA Cup fourth-round victory over second-tier Wigan Athletic on Sunday.
  
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• IAAF's Davies banned after cash payment cover-up

  31-01-2017 19:42
  LONDON (Reuters) - Nick Davies, former chief of staff to IAAF president Sebastian Coe, has been expelled from athletics' governing body after he admitted taking payments to help cover up Russian doping and then misleading the ethics investigation into the issue.
  
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• Gold Coast wife killer was on bail

  31-01-2017 19:32
  
  A man who killed his wife in a murder-suicide on the Gold Coast had been on bail for an earlier assault despite police pleas.
  
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• Burnley bring Westwood back to the Premier League

  31-01-2017 18:22
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Midfielder Ashley Westwood sealed his return to the Premier League on Tuesday with Burnley signing the 26-year-old from Championship (second tier) Aston Villa.
  
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• Coe email raises doping questions

  31-01-2017 18:16
  An email by IAAF president Sebastian Coe, apparently showing he knew of Russian doping, has raised the question of whether he misled a parliamentary committee.
  
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• Paul Ryan defends Trump immigration order

  31-01-2017 18:03
  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has defended US President Donald Trump's immigration order.
  
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• Root wants DRS for T20 internationals

  31-01-2017 17:50
  England batsman Joe Root has called for the International Cricket Council to make DRS available in Twenty20 internationals.
  
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• Windies star Russell hit with doping ban

  31-01-2017 17:33
  West Indies and Sydney Thunder allrounder Andre Russell has been banned for 12 months after breaking a doping whereabouts violation.
  
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• Writs to be issued for WA state election

  31-01-2017 17:31
  WA parliament will enter caretaker mode and political campaigning will hit full throttle after the writs are issued for the March 11 state election.
  
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• Workers miss out due high business tax: PM

  31-01-2017 17:31
  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will tell the National Press Club average workers will be $750 a year better off if the business tax rate is 25 per cent.
  
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• PM tried to wash hands of Trump ban: Labor

  31-01-2017 17:31
  Labor has accused the prime minister of trying to wash his hands of Donald Trump's immigration ban.
  
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• Turnbull Liberal donation to be disclosed

  31-01-2017 17:30
  Just how much Malcolm Turnbull gave to the Liberals to prop up its federal election campaign will become known on Wednesday.
  
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• Childcare, power bills on Turnbull agenda

  31-01-2017 17:30
  The prime minister will set out the government's priorities for the year in a televised speech in Canberra.
  
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• Sexton ruled out of Six Nations opener

  31-01-2017 15:50
  Ireland five-eighth Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of the Six Nations opener against Scotland
  
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• Travel ban will hurt US - Khan to Trump

  31-01-2017 15:40
  London's mayor, Sadiq Khan is ready to tell Donald Trump just what he thinks of his immigration policy and the words won't be kind.
  
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• Barca will not hold back at Atletico Madrid

  31-01-2017 15:36
  
  BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has promised that his team will not hold back when they visit Atletico Madrid for the first leg of their King's Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
  
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• Ireland flyhalf Sexton ruled out of Scotland opener

  31-01-2017 15:33
  
  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of their opening Six Nations game against Scotland after feeling tightness in his injured calf on his return to training on Tuesday, the Irish Rugby Football Union said.
  
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• Opener Mukund back in India squad for Bangladesh test

  31-01-2017 15:30
  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Opener Abhinav Mukund was recalled to India's test squad for next week's one-off match against Bangladesh, more than five years after playing his last match for the side.
  
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• Coe denies misleading doping committee

  31-01-2017 15:07
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The head of world athletics Sebastian Coe has denied that he misled a British Parliamentary committee investigating doping in sport when he appeared before it last December.
  
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• Garcia lets persistent fan be his caddy

  31-01-2017 14:57
  A golf fan's seven-month Twitter campaign to be Sergio Garcia's caddy has succeeded with the Spaniard finally agreeing to to let him carry his bag for a day.
  
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• Ovarian cancer: The facts

  31-01-2017 14:05
  If you have persisting symptoms, persist with seeing a doctor in order to catch ovarian cancer as early as possible.
  
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• 'Most significant' PBS listing in 30 years

  31-01-2017 14:05
  The quality of life for hundreds of women with advanced ovarian cancer is set to improve with an effective new drug treatment listed on the PBS.
  
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• Trump visit months away, says May

  31-01-2017 14:00
  United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May says Donald Trumpo's visit to Britain is many months away.
  
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• Russia's Olympic bobsleigh champion Trunenkov banned for four years

  31-01-2017 13:10
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian Olympic bobsleigh champion Dmitriy Trunenkov has been banned from his sport for four years after violating anti-doping rules, Russia's anti-doping agency (RUSADA) said on Tuesday.
  
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• Hull sign defender Ranocchia on loan from Inter Milan

  31-01-2017 13:07
  Ranocchia, who has 21 caps for Italy, will ease the defensive problems at Hull who have been left short of options in after Curtis Davies injured his hamstring during Sunday's 4-1 FA Cup defeat at second-tier Fulham.
  
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• Soccer-Sevilla sign Montoya, extend N'Zonzi's contract

  31-01-2017 12:26
  The 23-year-old Argentine has agreed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the La Liga club.
  
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• Toulon claim Barba's switching codes

  31-01-2017 12:25
  
  French rugby club Toulon have announced that banned NRL premiership-winning fullback Ben Barba will play for them for the rest of the Top 14 season.
  
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• Forward Jese joins Las Palmas on loan from PSG

  31-01-2017 12:15
  
  MADRID (Reuters) - Paris St Germain forward Jese Rodriguez has taken a substantial pay cut to join his home club Las Palmas on loan for the rest of the season.
  
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• Iran warns US not to 'create new tensions' over missiles, Russia backs Tehran

  31-01-2017 11:46
  
  Russia on Tuesday said that a reported ballistic missile test by Iran does not contravene a United Nations resolution.
  
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• La Liga to introduce video referees from 2018

  31-01-2017 11:39
  
  MADRID (Reuters) - Video referees are expected to be used in Spanish soccer by the 2018-19 season when they are fully approved by FIFA, La Liga president Javier Tebas has said.
  
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• Exclusive - Green Paris bid pledges to slash carbon emissions

  31-01-2017 11:20
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - The Paris 2024 Olympics bid committee is proposing a strong eco-friendly plan that will slash carbon emissions by more than half compared to the last two Games in London and Rio.
  
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• Brazilian Pato joins China's Tianjin Quanjian

  31-01-2017 11:03
  
  Pato, named the best young player in Europe in 2009, signed for AC Milan before his 18th birthday for 26 million euros ($27.2 million) but never fulfilled his potential.
  
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• Leverkusen sign Jamaican teenager Bailey from Genk

  31-01-2017 10:51
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen have signed 19-year-old Jamaican winger Leon Bailey from Belgium's Racing Genk on a contract to 2022, the German club said on Tuesday.
  
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