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• Mo Farah under fire after withdrawing from Birmingham Diamond League meeting as he dashes to US for crisis Alberto Salazar talks

  07-06-2015 23:50 via
  
  The crisis surrounding Mo Farah deepened on Sunday as he was accused of letting downfans after cancelling his planned appearance at the Birmingham Diamond League.
  
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• Karim Benzema will not leave Real Madrid for Old Trafford - his agent asks 'what would he do in Manchester?' 

  07-06-2015 23:50 via
  
  Karim Benzema's agent, Karim Djazri, has strongly refuted speculation that the France striker could be set to depart Real Madrid and sign for Manchester United.
  
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• VIDEO: Shorts won French Open - Wawrinka

  07-06-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stanislas Wawrinka jokes that his tennis shorts helped win his first French Open title after defeating Novak Djokovic in Roland Garros.
  
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• VIDEO: Winner Hamilton 'living his dream'

  07-06-2015 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes are enabling him to "live his dream" after winning the Canadian Grand Prix.
  
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• Chelsea captain John Terry rides the waves at speed as he relaxes on holiday in Greece

  07-06-2015 23:38 via
  
  John Terry had plenty of reasons to slide on his knees in celebration this season, but it seems the Chelsea captain still likes to practice them in the summer just in case.
  
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• Sam Turner's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, June 8

  07-06-2015 23:36 via
  
  Events didn’t pan out as connections would have liked for RED WARRIOR (Windsor, 7.20) at Newcastle last time but their gelding looked a slightly unlucky loser over course and distance.
  
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• VIDEO: Cool Hamilton coasts to Canada win

  07-06-2015 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton leads from lights to flag to beat Nico Rosberg to victory at the Canadian Grand Prix.
  
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• Roy Hodgson: Raheem Sterling must get 'thicker skin' to cope with fans' jibes

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ROY HODGSON believes Raheem Sterling will have to develop a "thicker skin" after the winger was subjected to more abuse during England's toothless friendly with the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Rep of Ireland 0 - England 0: Roy Hodgson struggles to find positives from drab display

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IN THE end, England's first return to Dublin in two decades was utterly incident-free. If that was to be welcomed off the pitch, on it, it was a source of regret.
  
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• Raheem Sterling will hope Slovenia offers an escape from the Liverpool boo boys

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RAHEEM STERLING may not have heard of Ljubljana but it might just prove something of a safe haven for him.
  
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• Mo Farah's Grand Prix no-show fails to get British athletics back on track

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ON THE road towards the Alexander Stadium, three posters of Mo Farah hung from lampposts to advertise the Sainsbury's Birmingham Grand Prix. But The Mo Show was actually The No Mo Show.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton puts Monaco behind him to grab fourth win in Canadian Grand Prix

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LEWIS HAMILTON put his Monaco mishap firmly behind him with a controlled pole to podium finish in the Canadian Grand Prix last night.
  
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• Home comforts can aid Andy Murray in closing gap

  07-06-2015 23:30
  
  A life on the road is what you sign up for when you become a professional tennis player, but there is still no place like home.
  
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• FIFA's Domenico Scala warns Russia and Qatar could still LOSE World Cup rights

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE man chosen to oversee FIFA's new elections has warned that Russia and Qatar could still lose the right to host the World Cup if any wrongdoing is found.
  
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• Bradley Wiggins breaks UCI Hour Record at Lee Valley Velopark

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AS A teenager, Sir Bradley Wiggins would regularly travel across London, from West to East, and ride happily around the battered old Eastway cycle circuit in Stratford.
  
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• Adam Gemili's world championship hopes go up in smoke with Grand Prix fall

  07-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ADAM GEMILI was shocked into a freak fall by the noise and flames of the pyrotechnics near the finish line at the Sainsbury's Birmingham Grand Prix yesterday, sparking a world championship injury scare.
  
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• France 3-4 Belgium: Marouane Fellaini nets first-half double and Eden Hazard scores penalty

  07-06-2015 23:24 via
  
  Didier Deschamps warned his players in the run up to his side's friendly against Belgium that they are 'not on vacation' but the likes of Bacary Sagna and Laurent Koscielny appeared to have their flip-flops on.
  
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• Shocking scenes in Chinese Super League as referee punches coach in clash between Guizhou Renhe and Shandong Luneng 

  07-06-2015 23:12 via
  
  Shandong Luneng's Brazilian coach Cuca suffered a savage attack from an official after tensions boiled over at the end of his side's Chinese Super League match against Guizhou Renhe.
  
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• VIDEO: Sasic hits first-half hat-trick

  07-06-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celia Sasic scores a first-half hat-trick for Germany against tournament debutants Ivory Coast at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.
  
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• VIDEO: It's groundhog day in Canada

  07-06-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A brave groundhog plays a risky game of chicken with F1 cars at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve during the Canadian Grand Prix.
  
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• Lord Sebastian Coe calls on Alberto Salazar to come out fighting amid drug scandal allegations involving Mo Farah's coach

  07-06-2015 22:56 via
  
  Lord Sebastian Coe, a friend of Alberto Salazar's for over three decades, has called on the athletics coach to defend himself against allegations of administering banned substances.
  
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• Barcelona agree deal with Sevilla to sign right winger Aleix Vidal for £7.5million 

  07-06-2015 22:42 via
  
  Barcelona have agreed a deal with Sevilla to sign versatile wide-man Aleix Vidal for £7.5million, plus performance related add-ons of up to £5m. Vidal is set to sign a five-year contract at the Nou Camp.
  
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• Canadian Grand Prix 2015: Lewis Hamilton wins with nerveless precision in Montreal to extend F1 lead

  07-06-2015 22:38
  
  Lewis Hamilton got over any disappointment he might have harboured after the Monaco Grand Prix with a perfect demonstration run in Canada where he beat team-mate Nico Rosberg. In doing so he surpassed Nigel Mansell’s record for the Briton with the most laps led. But though the Mercedes duo yet again made it look like a cakewalk as they headed  Williams’ Valtteri Bottas home by 40 seconds, theirs was a nip-and-tuck race.
  
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• Canadian Grand Prix 2015: Lewis Hamilton wins in Montreal to extend F1 lead

  07-06-2015 22:38
  
  Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his lead in the Formula One standings with his fourth victory of the year.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton bounces back from Monaco disappointment to win Canadian Grand Prix and extend Formula One championship lead

  07-06-2015 21:48 via
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY IN MONTREAL: Lewis Hamilton won his fourth Canadian Grand Prix to stretch his lead over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
  
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• Djokovic 'will win in Paris one day'

  07-06-2015 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stan Wawrinka backs Novak Djokovic to win the French Open one day after beating the Serb in the final at Roland Garros.
  
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• Russia 4-2 Belarus: Fabio Capello's side come from behind to claim friendly win

  07-06-2015 21:10 via
  
  Coach Fabio Capello's Russia came from behind to beat Belarus 4-2 in a friendly Sunday thanks to goals from two young newcomers.
  
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• Rafinha shows that it was just plane sailing for Barcelona in the Champions League final as the Brazilian uses selfie stick to capture unbelievable cockpit photo

  07-06-2015 20:45 via
  
  Barcelona's jubilant treble-winning superstars have left Berlin for Catalonia with the Champions League trophy in tow.
  
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• Neymar pays homage to his departing Barcelona 'brother and friend' Dani Alves after Champions League triumph

  07-06-2015 20:45 via
  
  Neymar is slowly coming back down to earth from cloud nine after his goal capped Barcelona's fifth European Cup against Juventus in Berlin last night, and he had kind words for Dani Alves.
  
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• Jack Grealish ponders his future on holiday in Dubai as potential international countries Republic of Ireland and England play out goalless friendly draw

  07-06-2015 20:45 via
  
  Jack Grealish seems to be putting Aston Villa's crushing 4-0 FA Cup final loss behind him as he holidays in Dubai with Villa teammate Gary Gardner.
  
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• England U20 1-2 USA: Young Lions suffer penalty heartbreak as Americans clinch third place at Toulon tournament  

  07-06-2015 20:45 via
  
  England's U20s side missed out on third place at the Toulon tournament, as they were beaten by two USA penalties either side of a Kortney Hause reply.
  
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• Barcelona stars shake off their post-Champions League final hangovers as they parade around their city on an open-top bus

  07-06-2015 20:45 via
  
  Barcelona's stars have shaken off their post-Champions League final hangovers to parade their new trophy in front of their exultant fans
  
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• Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain makes the most of England absence by soaking up the sun on holiday 

  07-06-2015 20:45 via
  
  Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain may have missed out on being involved with Englandbut appeared in good spirits as he shared an Instagram picture on his holiday on Sunday.
  
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• West Ham United striker Andy Carroll tries his hand at homemade pizza with heavily pregnant fiancee Billi Mucklow

  07-06-2015 20:42 via
  
  West Ham striker Andy Carroll proved a dab hand at pizza making as he relaxed in the sun with his pregnant fiancee Billi Mucklow with what seemed to be their own pizza oven in their garden.
  
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• Bradley Wiggins sets new hour record of 54.526km in London

  07-06-2015 20:38 via
  
  Sir Bradley Wiggins has broken the UCI Hour Record, recording a provisional distance of 54.526km at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London.
  
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• Floyd Mayweather honoured with 'The Best Ever' trophy by actor Robert De Niro during Spike TV's Guys Choice awards 2015

  07-06-2015 20:37 via
  
  Floyd Mayweather may have the perfect record in the ring - having won WBC, WBO and WBA welterweight titles - but he looked humbled after being honoured with 'The Best Ever' award.
  
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• Bradley Wiggins smashes hour record attempt at the Olympic Park velodrome

  07-06-2015 20:35
  
  Sir Bradley Wiggins smashed the UCI Hour Record by almost two kilometres.
  
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• American Pharoah completes Triple feat to crown a Classic weekend

  07-06-2015 20:23
  
  When American Pharoah duly won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday night, making all the running to become the first colt to gain that most achievable yet elusive of prizes, the US Triple Crown, since 1978, the sense of longing he assuaged was as nothing compared with the craving satisfied by Frankie Dettori in taking the Derby aboard Golden Horn.
  
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• Willie Thorne hopeful of full recovery after announcing he is battling prostate cancer 

  07-06-2015 20:22 via
  
  Former snooker player Willie Thorne has announced he is suffering from prostate cancer. He revealed it was discovered at an early stage and said he was hopeful of making a full recovery.
  
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• Peter Kennaugh claims opening stage win for Team Sky in the Criterium du Dauphine

  07-06-2015 20:22 via
  
  Team Sky rider Peter Kennaugh recorded a breakaway victory on stage one of the Criterium du Dauphine. The British national champions crossed the line at in three hours and six minutes.
  
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• Mo Farah criticised for pulling out of Birmingham race as rival Andy Vernon says he should have shown up for the fans 

  07-06-2015 20:22 via
  
  Mo Farah is facing criticism for abandoning Sunday's Birmingham Grand Prix and jetting back to the United States to seek answers from his coach Alberto Salazar over drug test allegations.
  
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• Epsom Derby victory was more satisfying than my Magnificent Seven at Ascot, insists Frankie Dettori following Golden Horn win

  07-06-2015 20:22 via
  
  An elated Frankie Dettori has said winning a second Investec Derby at Epsom on Saturday on Golden Horn gave him more satisfaction than his Magnificent Seven achievement at Ascot.
  
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• Alex Noren cruises to a second Nordea Masters title in PGA Sweden National to put injury woes firmly behind him in Malmo 

  07-06-2015 20:22 via
  
  Sweden's Alex Noren put last year's injury misery firmly behind him after cruising to his second Nordea Masters title at a windswept PGA Sweden National in Malmo. Noren finished 12 under par.
  
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• The aim for Andres Iniesta is a yet greater Barcelona

  07-06-2015 20:21
  
  Xavi Hernandez had the match ball stuffed up his shirt as he lifted the European Cup on Saturday night – the playmaker and his favourite possession inseparable to the end.
  
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• Adam Gemili’s sub-10 seconds run ends in agony as fireworks lead to injury

  07-06-2015 20:10
  
  In an explosive week for British athletics, some trackside pyrotechnics were blamed for a serious hamstring injury sustained by the British sprinter Adam Gemili.
  
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• ‘Drained’ Mo Farah returns to US as Birmingham fans vent fury

  07-06-2015 20:02
  
  The Birmingham Diamond League was supposed to be the Mo show, instead it was a no-show as Britain’s under-fire athlete flew back to the United States at the crack of dawn.
  
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• Tiger Woods says golf is 'lonely sport' after carding worst-ever round of career 

  07-06-2015 20:01 via
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON: Golf is supposed to be the game where its great champions fade away quietly butTiger Woods’s brutal humiliation could hardly have been more complete.
  
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• Jose Mourinho claims votes were altered in favour of Vicente del Bosque in 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year award

  07-06-2015 20:01 via
  
  Jose Mourinho has reiterated his belief that he may have been the victim of corruption when he finished second to Vicente del Bosque for the FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2012.
  
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• ITV risk row with FA following series of controversial Tweets in wake of England's draw with Ireland in Dublin

  07-06-2015 20:01 via
  
  ITV have risked a row with the FA after a series of tweets from their official account mocked England’s woeful performance in the 0-0 friendly draw with Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Adam Gemili breaks 10-second barrier for first time in Birmingham Grand Prix 100m... but Brit sprinter ends race in injury agony

  07-06-2015 20:01 via
  
  Adam Gemili was taken off the track in a wheelchair moments after becoming the sixth British man to break the 10-second barrier in a dramatic 100m final at the Birmingham Grand Prix.
  
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