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• European Under-21 Championships 2015: Young England need to come of age quickly for Euro test

  16-06-2015 23:58
  
  “Enjoy the ball” was Gareth Southgate’s instruction over and again to his England Under-21s players at their quiet training ground on the outskirts of the Czech university city of Olomouc, and enjoy it they did. This level of junior football has not always been a happy experience for England teams of recent years and half the problem has been that English boys have looked so off the pace in the last two editions of this tournament.
  
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• Hull City in talks with Trabzonspor over potential deal for Nikica Jelavic... and Tigers striker could face 30 per cent drop in wages 

  16-06-2015 23:53 via
  
  Hull City striker Nikica Jelavic is in talks over a £3million move to Super Lig side Trabzonspor as the Tigers face a number of outgoings following their relegation from the Premier League.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2015: England use the phone to avoid going home as they prepare for vital clash with Colombia

  16-06-2015 23:45
  Mark Sampson, the England manager, has gone the extra mile – or, to be exact, his international opposition analyst David Gough has – in order to prepare for the vital Women’s World Cup group game against Colombia at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.
  
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• Rory McIlroy out to prove why he is world No 1 at US Open as tournament favourite embraces the crazy Chambers Bay course

  16-06-2015 23:36 via
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Rory McIlroy believes the US Open venue, Chambers Bay, has the ability to separate the wheat from the chaff - even if some are struggling to separate greens from fairways.
  
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• Aegon Championship 2015: Rafael Nadal runs out of gas but Andy Murray finds top gear at Queen's Club

  16-06-2015 23:32
  
  When Andy Murray went a break down to Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun in the first set of his opening match here at the Aegon Championships it would have been no surprise if tournament organisers had started reaching for the smelling salts. Having just witnessed Rafael Nadal fall at the first hurdle, beaten 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 by Alexandr Dolgopolov, the last thing anyone associated with the tournament wanted to see was the departure of its top seed and main attraction.
  
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• Manchester City eye up move for Fabian Delph in bid to fulfil Englishman quota

  16-06-2015 23:32 via
  
  Fabian Delph's form for Aston Villa has made Manchester City take notice as they seek English players to meet European requirements and those who can play in the middle of the field.
  
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• The Queen gives Frankel statue seal of royal approval as sculpture of five-time winner is unveiled at opening day of Ascot

  16-06-2015 23:31 via
  
  The most impressive new horse of the day did not move. A lot of straining heads — all in top hats or wide brims — jostled for a view of the Queen as a bronze statue of Frankel was unveiled.
  
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• Pointing out flaws in the Women's World Cup doesn't make you sexist... Men's football is allowed to be lousy. And when we have genuine equality, women's will, too

  16-06-2015 23:31 via
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: It’s not school sports day. It’s the pinnacle of the women’s game. So if it’s good, it’s good and if it’s bad, it’s bad. And there is nothing wicked in telling that truth.
  
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• Santi Cazorla: ‘After training, I’d practise my weaker foot for an hour and a half’

  16-06-2015 23:30
  
  Midfielder says improved mental toughness will increase Arsenal’s title chances and Jack Wilshere could benefit from playing in La LigaWhen it comes to transfer market tactics Arsène Wenger has become quite skilled at biding his time to pounce on established, highly technical La Liga players who suddenly find themselves on the open market.For each of the last three summers the Arsenal manager has recruited in this way. Picking up Alexis Sánchez from Barcelona during the 2014 Worl
  
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• VIDEO: GB's Belcher wins canoe silver

  16-06-2015 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lani Belcher claims a silver medal for Great Britain in the women's canoe sprint K1 5000m at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  
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• Moeen Ali must get more of a turn before England trust his Ashes spin | Mike Selvey

  16-06-2015 23:00
  
  England’s first-choice spinner was rested from the ODIs to get red ball overs under his belt but is not getting enough of them at WorcestershireThe groans and moans from the spectators were audible and predictable. Saeed Ajmal, for a time before the crackdown the premier spinner in the world, was bowling the final over before a second new ball became available to Worcestershire, and three times Warwickshire’s beefy, dangerous lower-order leftie Keith Barker belted him unceremoniously to the
  
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• Italy 0-1 Portugal: Eder strikes in Cristiano Ronaldo's absence and condemns Azzurri to unseeded 2018 World Cup qualifying spot

  16-06-2015 22:55 via
  
  Portugal needed Braga forward Eder to provide the winner against Italy on Tuesday night as Fernando Santos's side went into the friendly minus Cristiano Ronaldo.
  
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• Manchester City teen Angelino heading to New York sister club on loan for remainder of the MLS season

  16-06-2015 22:41 via
  
  Manchester City prospect Angelino is to join New York City on loan. The 18-year-old Spanish left-back will go to the fledgling Major League Soccer outfit until the end of the season.
  
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• Tiger Woods: ‘Swing changes show I’m still committed to winning majors’

  16-06-2015 22:38
  
  • ‘I’ve got to suck it up and do it,’ says Woods of changes before US Open
  • Woods has not won a major for seven years and is ranked 195thTiger Woods said his willingness to reconstruct his golf swing “in front of the world” is proof of a continued determination to win major championships.Woods is not regarded as a contender at this, the 115th US Open because of his poor form that was highlighted again in his last appearance. Ten days ago, on the Saturday of the Memorial Tournament
  
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• US Open 2015: 'MVP' Rory McIlroy ready to make a major impact at Chambers Bay

  16-06-2015 22:36
  
  Call me LeBron. Win or lose with the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James has indubitably been the man again in the NBA Finals that have gripped America. Similarly unassailable as golf’s No 1 player, Rory McIlroy happily accepted the association with basketball’s most valuable player, targeting a slam dunk of a fifth major at the US Open this week.
  
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• Aidan O’Brien gives son Joseph a pat on the back after training the 44th Royal Ascot winner of his career with Gleneagles

  16-06-2015 22:21 via
  
  Aidan O’Brien trained the 44th Royal Ascot winner of his career with Gleneagles in the St James’s Palace Stakes on Tuesday but immediately deflected all credit to eldest son Joseph.
  
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• Tottenham transfer news: Burnley fullback Kieran Trippier to have medical ahead of £3.5m move to Spurs

  16-06-2015 22:15
  
  The Burnley right-back Kieran Trippier will have a medical at Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday ahead of his £3.5m move to the London club.
  
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• Kieran Trippier to Tottenham: Burnley full-back to have medical ahead of £3.5m transfer to Spurs

  16-06-2015 22:15
  
  The Burnley right-back Kieran Trippier will have a medical at Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday ahead of his £3.5m move to the London club.
  
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• Fifa corruption: Swiss authorities set to reveal governing body's records seized in police raids

  16-06-2015 22:10
  
  Switzerland’s attorney general will on Wednesday reveal details of the investigation into money-laundering in the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups for the first time since the sensational dawn arrests in Zurich three weeks ago.
  
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• Geraint Thomas keeps up with the pack following fourth stage of Tour de Suisse 

  16-06-2015 22:07 via
  
  Great Britain's Geraint Thomas kept the pace as he was just nine seconds off the overall lead following the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse where he came home 28th on Tuesday. 
  
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• Kyrgyzstan 1-2 Australia: Mile Jedinak scores as Socceroos win opening World Cup 2018 qualifier 

  16-06-2015 21:59 via
  
  Captain Mile Jedinak scored in the second minute to set Asian champions Australia on their way to a 2-1 win over Kyrgyzstan in their opening qualifier for the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday.
  
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• McIlroy happy to escape major 'hype'

  16-06-2015 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy welcomes being away from the "hype and attention" of the Masters heading into the year's second major at the US Open.
  
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• Lancashire’s Ashwell Prince and Kyle Jarvis finish off Leicestershire

  16-06-2015 21:50
  
  • Leicestershire 207 and 119; Lancashire 483
  • Lancashire win by an innings and 157 runsThis time next year, Ashwell Prince could be sat at home in South Africa with his feet up as a retired man. It does not bear thinking about for Lancashire supporters, who have been treated to a particularly prolific two years of run making. On Tuesday he scored his fourth County Championship hundred of 2015 and is now on the verge of becoming the first man in this summer’s competition to pass 1,000 runs
  
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• Radamel Falcao to Chelsea: Blues take loan gamble on striker but Manchester United misfit's wages will be halved

  16-06-2015 21:44
  Chelsea are on the brink of taking a substantial gamble by securing Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan from Monaco, with the player accepting that he will need to take a huge cut in the £265,000-a-week wages which have made him one of Manchester United’s most expensive mistakes.
  
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• Chelsea transfer news: Blues take gamble on Radamel Falcao but Manchester United misfit's wages will be halved

  16-06-2015 21:44
  Chelsea are on the brink of taking a substantial gamble by securing Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan from Monaco, with the player accepting that he will need to take a huge cut in the £265,000-a-week wages which have made him one of Manchester United’s most expensive mistakes.
  
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• West Ham striker Andy Carroll hoping to be back for the new Premier League season

  16-06-2015 21:34 via
  
  Injured West Ham striker Andy Carroll is confident he can make a return to action for the start of next season after revealing he has recently resumed jogging as he recovers from a knee operation.
  
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• Durham build on Chris Rushworth’s spell to take charge against Sussex

  16-06-2015 21:28
  
  • Durham 301 & 168-6; Sussex 201In recent years this sublime ground has been accused of producing pitches unconducive to sublime cricket. Arundel had become a square that would help batsmen and turn bowlers to toast. As the nagging, seaming stalwarts Chris Rushworth and Steve Magoffin can attest, that has not been the case this time.It is Rushworth’s six for 49 for Durham – his finest figures of a season in which he has taken 52 wickets – that leaves his side, ahead by 268, close to
  
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• West Brom agree £1.5m fee with Wigan Athletic for James McClean 

  16-06-2015 21:23 via
  
  West Brom boss Tony Pulis looks set to make his first signing of the summer as the Baggies have agreed a £1.5m fee with Wigan Athletic for James McClean.
  
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• Rory McIlroy delighted with a US Open that requires a links game | Ewan Murray

  16-06-2015 21:19
  
  World No1 is happy to tee it up at Chambers Bay, a Seattle venue which he considers will require very European skillsRory McIlroy returns to the US Open with a tale of three majors. His Open Championship victory at Royal Liverpool last July is pertinent in respect of Chambers Bay, given it endorsed an ability to win on a links venue.In McIlroy’s view, this recently created Seattle property “plays more like a links than some links courses”. The following month, McIlroy endorsed his status a
  
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• VIDEO: Rory refreshed for US Open challenge

  16-06-2015 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy says he is glad not to be the centre of media attention as he prepares for the US Open at Chambers Bay.
  
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• Andy Murray quickly finds his feet to move past Lu Yen-hsun at Queen’s

  16-06-2015 21:11
  
  • Murray beats Taiwanese qualifier 6-4, 7-5 in first match on grass
  • Scot pleased with new footwear after serving 12 acesWhile drama spread elsewhere, Andy Murray moved with encouraging dexterity on his return to grass on Tuesday and progressed serenely into the second round at Queen’s. He saw the first set of Rafael Nadal’s shock defeat by Alexandr Dolgopolov, and reckoned it looked a tricky assignment for the Spaniard, before following him on to Centre Court to beat the Taiwanese qual
  
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• Maddock wins gold at European Games

  16-06-2015 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Charlie Maddock, 19, secures Great Britain's third medal in a day with taekwondo gold at the European Games in Baku.
  
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• Chelsea close to agreeing Radamel Falcao loan deal with Monaco as Manchester United flop eyes second chance in England

  16-06-2015 21:08 via
  
  Premier League champions Chelsea are close to finalising the signing of Radamel Falcao on a one-season £7million loan deal from Ligue 1 club Monaco.
  
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• Can England Under-21s win Euros?

  16-06-2015 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unbeaten in qualifying and with Premier League pedigree, Ian Dennis explains why England can go far in the Czech Republic.
  
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• Transfer News LATEST: Radamel Falcao, Paul Pogba, Petr Cech and more 

  16-06-2015 21:04 via
  
  Keep up to date with all the transfer news, rumours and gossip as Sportsmail's team of reporters brings you the latest concerning the big names from around Europe.
  
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• Rafael Nadal remains bullish about Wimbledon despite Queen’s failure

  16-06-2015 21:02
  
  • Former king Juan Carlos and José Mourinho see loss to Alexandr Dolgopolov
  • ‘I am playing better than before. I will keep going, keep practising,’ says NadalRafael Nadal, who won his first grass-court title at Queen’s in 2008, went out in the first round on Tuesday after an absence of four years but said the defeat had not dented his self‑belief for Wimbledon, which starts on Monday week. Related: Rafael Nadal beaten in first round by Alexandr Dolgopolov at Queen’sContinue readi
  
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• FBI investigating claims whether St Louis Cardinals baseball team hacked computers of the Houston Astros

  16-06-2015 20:59
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating claims that the St Louis Cardinals baseball team for hacking into the computers of the Houston Astros to steal closely guarded information about rivals players, it has been reported.
  
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• Ryan Tunnicliffe banned for two matches by The FA for derogatory Twitter post about Middlesbrough and Patrick Bamford

  16-06-2015 20:54 via
  
  Fulham's Ryan Tunnicliffe has been given a two-match ban by The Football Association after being charged with 'aggravated misconduct' for a tweet about Middlesbrough and striker Patrick Bamford.
  
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• VIDEO: Murray's five best shots in win over Lu

  16-06-2015 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch five of Andy Murray's best shots in his first-round victory over Yen-Hsun Lu at Queen's.
  
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• Alex Hales says England have won fans back with attacking display in ODI series with New Zealand

  16-06-2015 20:52 via
  
  England's attacking style has got the fans back on side according to opener Alex Hales. Eoin Morgan's side have scored 300 runs in each of their last three ODI games games against New Zealand.
  
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• Chelsea agree Radamel Falcao loan deal as Manchester United flop eyes second chance in Premier League

  16-06-2015 20:52 via
  
  Premier League champions Chelsea are close to finalising the signing of Radamel Falcao on a one-season £7million loan deal from Ligue 1 club Monaco.
  
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• Hockey World League: Sophie Bray doubles up for Great Britain as women close in on 2016 Olympic Games in Rio

  16-06-2015 20:52
  Two goals from the tournament’s leading scorer, Sophie Bray, extended Great Britain’s 100 per cent record at the World League Semi-Final with a 2-0 win over China.
  
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• Royal Ascot 2015: Ivawood already wears winner's Jersey for Richard Hannon and Richard Hughes

  16-06-2015 20:48
  
  It is rare indeed at Royal Ascot that both a trainer and jockey have shouted the name of the week’s good thing from the rooftops. But Richard Hannon and Richard Hughes have not been able to contain themselves as Ivawood drops back to seven furlongs for the Jersey Stakes after finishing third behind Gleneagles in both the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas over a mile.
  
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• Arturo Vidal arrives at training in red Ferrari after Juventus midfielder plays starring role for Chile against Mexico at Copa America

  16-06-2015 20:48 via
  
  After playing a leading role for Chile in their pulsating Copa America clash with Mexico on Monday night, Arturo Vidal arrived at training on Tuesday is transport fit for a star.
  
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• Royal Ascot 2015: Solow 'the boss' in charge for Queen Anne Stakes as Able Friend is unable to deliver

  16-06-2015 20:46
  
  It was the big fight that never was. Solow, the fabulous French grey, turned up fit and firing for the Queen Anne Stakes, the eagerly awaited opening showdown at Royal Ascot, but unfortunately Hong Kong’s champion Able Friend was effectively a no-show, trailing home with the also-rans without so much as laying a glove on Europe’s finest older miler.
  
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• Chelsea agree terms with Monaco for season-long Radamel Falcao loan

  16-06-2015 20:45
  
  • Chelsea agree £4m loan deal in principle with Monaco
  • Falcao will undergo extensive medical tests after Copa América dutyChelsea have agreed a financial package in principle with Monaco to secure Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan, in a move that could have an impact upon Loïc Rémy’s immediate future with the Premier League champions.Falcao, currently at the Copa América with Colombia, will make a swift return to English football following his disappointing loan s
  
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• Geraint Thomas nine seconds off lead in Tour de Suisse

  16-06-2015 20:31
  
  • Team Sky rider stays in fourth as Dutchman Tom Dumoulin retains lead
  • Australia’s Michael Matthews wins stage four for Orica-GreenEdgeGeraint Thomas was only nine seconds off the overall lead after finishing 28th on the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse .The 29-year-old Team Sky rider, who dropped two places in the general standings on Monday, held on to fourth spot after the 193.2km stage from Flims to Schwarzenbach, which was won by the Australian Michael Matthews, who rides for Oric
  
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• Aidan O’Brien wins St James’s Palace with Gleneagles at Royal Ascot

  16-06-2015 20:31
  
  • Trainer talks changing of guard after colt’s easy victory
  • Sussex Stakes next target for the dual Guineas winnerThe burst of speed and power that carried Gleneagles into the lead in the St James’s Palace Stakes here on Tuesday confirmed beyond doubt he is the best three-year-old miler in Europe, but one question still lingered after his victory. Was this Aidan O’Brien’s 44th Royal Ascot winner, or his son Joseph’s first?O’Brien Sr has always stressed the importance of the team
  
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• France centre Mathieu Bastareaud reveals he attempted suicide amid struggle with alcohol and depression

  16-06-2015 20:26 via
  
  France centre Mathieu Bastareaud has written that he attempted suicide six years ago and his struggles with depression and alcoholism in 'Head High: Confessions of an enfant terrible of rugby'.
  
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• Tottenham will watch Milos Veljkovic at Under 20s World Cup before deciding whether to loan defender out next season

  16-06-2015 20:26 via
  
  Tottenham will make a check on young defender Milos Veljkovic in Wednesday's World Cup Under 20s semi-final. The central defender will play for Serbia against Mali for a place in the final.
  
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