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• Champions League Final 2015: Barcelona look to give Xavi perfect send-off with win over Juventus

  02-06-2015 23:57
  
  Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta says that the team’s determination to complete the treble on Saturday with victory over Juventus in the Champions League final is rooted in a desire to give club legend Xavi Hernandez the perfect send-off.
  
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• South Africa head coach Russell Domingo signs new two-year contract

  02-06-2015 23:57 via
  
  South Africa have extended the contract of head coach Russell Domingo by two years and appointed Charl Langeveldt as bowling coach.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers' job safe for now but Liverpool owners plan for improvement

  02-06-2015 23:52
  
  The Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, has been given the responsibility to restore the club’s fortunes next season after agreeing a substantial new plan which the owners are satisfied can re-establish Champions League status.
  
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• Sir Bradley Wiggins attempting to break the prestigious UCI Hour Record and wants cycling's elite to 'add more kudos' to it

  02-06-2015 23:45 via
  
  Sir Bradley Wiggins has challenged cycling's elite to 'add more kudos' to the Hour Record by clamouring to depose him if he sets a new mark on Sunday.
  
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• Chelsea earned a record £99m in prize money for Premier League title success

  02-06-2015 23:37 via
  
  NICK HARRIS: Chelsea’s Premier League title success earned them £99m in total prize money according to official figures - the most ever earned by a single club in one season from central funds.
  
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• Neil McDonald appointed Blackpool manager on rolling one-year contract

  02-06-2015 23:28
  
  • McDonald was West Ham’s assistant manager under Sam Allardyce
  • New manager says: ‘I’ve got to try to stabilise it first of all’Blackpool have turned to Neil McDonald to reverse their slide down the leagues. The club, who will play in League One next season, have handed Sam Allardyce’s former No2 a rolling one-year deal as manager.The 49-year-old has also been on the staff at Preston, Bolton Wanderers, Crystal Palace and Leeds United. He succeeds Lee Clark, who walked away from B
  
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• Sepp Blatter and the scandal which has surrounded FIFA since December 2010

  02-06-2015 23:07 via
  
  Sepp Blatter's resignation from his role as FIFA president comes following years of scandal which has engulfed world's football governing body during his 17-year reign.
  
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• Sepp Blatter quits: World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald's react to outgoing Fifa president's resignation

  02-06-2015 23:01
  Coca Cola, one of the major sponsors of the Fifa World Cup, has welcomed Sepp Blatter’s resignation, which has come amid a widening corruption scandal.
  
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• Sepp Blatter quits as Fifa president: World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald's react to resignation

  02-06-2015 23:01
  Coca Cola, one of the major sponsors of the Fifa World Cup, has welcomed Sepp Blatter’s resignation, which has come amid a widening corruption scandal.
  
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• French Open: Andy Murray aims to play dictator against David Ferrer

  02-06-2015 23:00
  
  • Murray confident but has never beaten Spaniard on clay
  • Warmer weather could help Murray in quarter-finalAndy Murray and Novak Djokovic have much in common from adjacent birthdays to a spirit-sapping defensive game. The most important similarity between them right now, however, is the lack of a French Open title and, after four of seven matches, it is the world No1 who looks more likely to leave Paris smiling on Sunday.Djokovic is approaching such a pitch of excellence that even those smi
  
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• England hockey under-21 star James Gall seriously injured in fall

  02-06-2015 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FAMILY and friends were rallying to the bedside cause of England Under-21 hockey player James Gall, who was seriously injured in a 12-foot fall on Saturday morning.
  
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• Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president – live updates

  02-06-2015 22:53
  
  Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president after 17 years in roleWhy has Blatter quit? A timeline of key events and revelationsIncredulity, indignation … and a lot of laughs: the internet reactionEmail [email protected]. Tweet @timmyhilleh 9.53pm BST The New York Times is also reporting that Sepp Blatter is under investigation.The Times story says “law enforcement officials confirmed that [Blatter] was a focus of a federal corruption investigation.” 9.32pm BST My colleague Tom Lutz has
  
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• The end of Sepp Blatter's tenure at Fifa: what happens now?

  02-06-2015 22:06
  
  Sepp Blatter’s resignation has sparked a number of questions, including what happens to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups
  Why has Sepp Blatter resigned?Just four days after putting himself forward for re-election as president of Fifa despite the multiple arrests and US Department of Justice indictment of senior officials two days earlier, Blatter’s resignation is a shock. The closest he came in his resignation speech to citing a reason was to say his re-election was “not supported by everybody�
  
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• Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein and Michel Platini emerge as favourites to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president

  02-06-2015 21:58 via
  
  Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein and UEFA President Michel Platini have emerged as the early front runners to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president.
  
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• Blatter quitting 'brilliant' - Dyke

  02-06-2015 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sepp Blatter's resignation is great news and long overdue, says Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.
  
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• Lancashire’s James Faulkner relishes his century against Surrey

  02-06-2015 21:33
  
  • Surrey 448; Lancashire 342-8
  • Faulkner and Jordan Clark put on seventh-wicket stand of 183James Faulkner has maintained a strict diet of Twenty20 and one-day cricket in recent times, with the Australian all-rounder making only a dozen first-class appearances, including a solitary Test, in the last two years. His most recent assignments have included a successful World Cup campaign on home soil and time at the Indian Premier League. For the next three months his focus is very much on red-b
  
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• Coke welcomes Blatter resignation

  02-06-2015 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifa sponsor Coke welcomes Sepp Blatter's decision to resign as president, describing it as "a positive step" for football.
  
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• Problems England must fix for Ashes

  02-06-2015 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England need to improve their catching and find a solution to their spin problem to beat Australia, says Jonathan Agnew.
  
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• Mercedes' pit stop blunder that cost Lewis Hamilton victory in the Monaco Grand Prix blown out of proportion, says Paddy Lowe

  02-06-2015 21:31 via
  
  Mercedes technical chief Paddy Lowe believes the strategic error which cost Lewis Hamilton victory in Monaco needs to be 'put into perspective' and that his team for getting most tough decisions right.
  
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• Carlo Ancelotti rejects chance of sealing AC Milan return as the former Real Madrid boss claims he 'needs some rest'

  02-06-2015 21:31 via
  
  Carlo Ancelotti has revealed he has rejected the chance of returning to Serie A giants AC Milan as he wants to take a sabbatical after being sacked by Real Madrid .
  
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• Australia take part in their final nets session ahead of the first Test series match against the West Indies for the Frank Worrell Trophy

  02-06-2015 21:31 via
  
  Australia's stars looked in top form as they continue their preparations for the opening Test match against the West Indies for the Frank Worrell Trophy.
  
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• Sepp Blatter to quit as Fifa president

  02-06-2015 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sepp Blatter is to resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal after 17 years in charge.
  
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• Stan Wawrinka blows Roger Federer away as gale brings courtside drama

  02-06-2015 21:29
  
  • Wawrinka puts out world No2 Federer 6-4, 6-3, 7-6
  • Fans injured as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3While Stan Wawrinka was blowing Roger Federer away in straight sets on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the gale that whipped through the French Open on day 10 came perilously close to doing the same job on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Court Philippe Chatrier. Related: French Open: play suspended after metal panel falls on crowdContinue reading...
  
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• Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president after 17 years in role

  02-06-2015 21:28
  
  • Successor will be chosen at extraordinary general meeting of Fifa
  • Blatter to stay until next president is elected between December and MarchRelated: Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president – live updates Sepp Blatter has dramatically quit as Fifa president, just days after he was defiant in re-election for a fifth term and sparking a flurry of speculation over the future of world football and the fate of the next two World Cups in Russia and Qatar. Related: Sepp Blatter resigns as Fif
  
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• David Gill to stay in FIFA vice-president role after Sepp Blatter resignation

  02-06-2015 21:25 via
  
  FA vice-chairman David Gill will 'reconsider' his vow to step down from the role of FIFA vice-president after Sepp Blatterannounced his resignation four days into his new term as president.
  
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• Vincent Kompany calls for more to follow through the FIFA exit door... all the reaction as Sepp Blatter quits as president

  02-06-2015 21:18 via
  
  Read all the reaction from the football world after Sepp Blatter sensationally announced on Tuesday that he is to quit as FIFA president amid the bribery scandal.
  
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• Sepp Blatter transcript: Read the FIFA president's resignation statement in full

  02-06-2015 21:18 via
  
  FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced he aims to stand down from his role after 17-year's in charge of the world football organisation. Here is the full statement from the 79-year-old.
  
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• David Gill set to stay in FIFA vice-president role despite vow to quit after resignation of Sepp Blatter leaves him to 'reconsider'

  02-06-2015 21:18 via
  
  FA vice-chairman David Gill will 'reconsider' his vow to step down from the role of FIFA vice-president after Sepp Blatterannounced his resignation four days into his new term as president.
  
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• Overhaul for parachute payments

  02-06-2015 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Promoted clubs who are relegated after just a single year in the Premier League will no longer benefit from full parachute payments from the 2016
  
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• Blues scoop ?99million TV jackpot

  02-06-2015 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chelsea were awarded almost £99million last season by the Premier League as they claimed the title for the first time in five years. Aroun
  
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• Fan injured in scoreboard incident

  02-06-2015 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A spectator is taken to hospital after a piece of the scoreboard falls on to him in strong winds at the French Open.
  
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• Unai Emery set for talks with West Ham this week

  02-06-2015 21:12 via
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: West Ham will hold talks with Unai Emery this week as they go head-to-head with Napoli to land Sevilla’s Europa League-winning manager.
  
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• Super League clubs set for fourth marquee player vote after three initial rejections

  02-06-2015 21:12 via
  
  Clubs are to be asked for a fourth time to give the go-ahead to introduce marquee players into Super League. The proposal, initially brought by the Salford owner, has been rejected three times.
  
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• Fifa presidency: who will take over from Sepp Blatter?

  02-06-2015 21:11
  
  Sepp Blatter announced that he will resign as Fifa president on Tuesday but who will take over as the most powerful person in world football?The current Fifa general secretary, and Blatter’s longtime fixer, would have been among the favourites to replace him before the events of the last week. The Frenchman, who started working for Fifa in 2003, was released by the organisation from his role as marketing director in 2006 after being found guilty of lying to MasterCard and Visa but returned 10
  
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• Ancelotti turns down AC Milan offer

  02-06-2015 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carlo Ancelotti rejects an offer from AC Milan to return as manager, saying he wants a break after being sacked by Real Madrid.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resignation: The beginning of Fifa's long road to reform?

  02-06-2015 21:09
  
  If the dawn raid of Zurich’s Baur au Lac Hotel marked the beginning of the end for Fifa’s mafia family, Sepp Blatter’s quiet shuffling off the Zurich stage in his favoured ankle boots and through a heavy door away from his nemeses in the media should have been the points at which the credits roll.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resignation: Is this the beginning of Fifa's long road to reform?

  02-06-2015 21:09
  
  If the dawn raid of Zurich’s Baur au Lac Hotel marked the beginning of the end for Fifa’s mafia family, Sepp Blatter’s quiet shuffling off the Zurich stage in his favoured ankle boots and through a heavy door away from his nemeses in the media should have been the points at which the credits roll.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resigns: Prince Ali of Jordan says quitting was the 'right move' for outgoing Fifa president

  02-06-2015 21:08
  Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Sepp Blatter’s only opponent in Fifa’s recent presidential election, has called the beleaguered leader’s resignation “the right move” amid a widening corruption scandal engulfing the organisation.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resignation: 'Smoking gun' led Fifa president to quit, claims FA chairman Greg Dyke

  02-06-2015 21:07
  
  The FA chairman Greg Dyke believes there must be a “smoking gun” that forced Sepp Blatter’s shock resignation as Fifa president just four days after the 79-year-old was re-elected for a fifth term.
  
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• Amir Khan says he is 'close' to deal for long-awaited super-fight with Floyd Mayweather

  02-06-2015 21:05
  
  Amir Khan is convinced he is less than two weeks away from landing his long-awaited super-fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
  
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• Gary Ballance and Joe Root had torrid Tests against New Zealand but Alastair Cook provides a glimmer of hope for England

  02-06-2015 21:04 via
  
  THE TOP SPIN - LAWRENCE BOOTH: Gary Ballance’s struggles at No 3 in this series – he managed 36 runs in four innings – were almost exclusively the work of Trent Boult.
  
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• BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Joe Root didn't really mean England would go for their 455-run target against New Zealand... we've all said things before in interviews we regret

  02-06-2015 21:04 via
  
  DAVID LLOYD: Some folk were moaning about the wind and the cold at Headingley on Tuesday, but they don’t know they’re born!
  
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• England Under-21 head coach Gareth Southgate names 23-man party for European Championship in Czech Republic

  02-06-2015 21:04 via
  
  England Under-21 head coach Gareth Southgate has challenged his players to make the leap into Roy Hodgson's senior squad after naming his 23-man party for this month's European Championship.
  
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• Derby County keen on signing Aston Villa star Andreas Weimann after forward told he can find another club by Tim Sherwood

  02-06-2015 21:02 via
  
  Andreas Weimann is a firm transfer target for Derby County as the Championship club begins to rebuild for another tilt at promotion. Tim Sherwood told the forward he is free to leave the club.
  
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• England crumble under pressure and still lack personality but encouraging signs, too, for Alastair Cook's side after positive New Zealand level two-Test series

  02-06-2015 21:02 via
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Forty years ago on Tuesday, a county championship game in Buxton between Derbyshire and Lancashire was wiped out by snow. No such luck for England at Headingley.
  
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• Ireland's Ed Joyce hits record 229

  02-06-2015 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ed Joyce sets a record for the highest score by an Ireland player with 229 not out against the United Arab Emirates.
  
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• Federer knocked out of French Open

  02-06-2015 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roger Federer goes out of the French Open quarter-final while Jo-Wilfried Tsonga keeps French hopes of a home win alive.
  
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• England made the same old mistakes to blow lead against New Zealand, they were in control but now must regroup for the Ashes 

  02-06-2015 20:54 via
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: You must address mistakes when they keep happening and England will have to look at themselves and say 'hang on, we've done it again' after this defeat.
  
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• Michael Ballack: ‘Barcelona’s front three are a little bit like divas’

  02-06-2015 20:54
  
  The former Germany captain talks about the pressures of playing in a Champions League final, Chelsea’s chances of doing better in Europe next season and why Pep Guardiola is the right man for Bayern MunichIs it a foregone conclusion that Barcelona are going to win the Champions League final?Not at all. We’ve seen a few finals of late where an outsider has been pitted against a favourite, and this is the same even though Juventus are a big name, a club with a huge tradition, and a massively e
  
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