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• Women's World Cup 2015 - England 2-1 Colombia: Karen Carney and Fara Williams on target as Lionesses seal round of 16 place

  17-06-2015 23:59 via
  
  Karen Carney hated football so much four years ago she could not drag herself out of her car for training — but in the Women’s World Cup the Birmingham City striker has been on full throttle.
  
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• England vs New Zealand match report: Eoin Morgan cuts loose as hosts find right formula

  17-06-2015 23:55
  
  This is becoming silly. England, set an apparently daunting target of 350 runs to win, made them with delightful, dismissive ease with seven wickets and 36 balls to spare.
  
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• BBC want to hand prime asset Clare Balding a starring role at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 

  17-06-2015 23:54 via
  
  CHARLES SALE: There are going to be high-profile casualties because of BBC Sport’s enduring love affair with Clare Balding when it comes to next year’s Olympic Games in Brazil.
  
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• Germany U21 1-1 Serbia U21: Liverpool's Emre Can rescues favourites with super strike in Prague

  17-06-2015 23:51 via
  
  Liverpool midfielder Emre Can scored a sensational equaliser as 10-man Germany were held to a draw in their opening Group A encounter on Wednesday night.
  
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• Jones wins European taekwondo gold

  17-06-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic champion Jade Jones claims gold in the final of the -57kg class of taekwondo at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  
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• Andy Murray is only THIRD favourite for Wimbledon, says Stan Wawrinka after Queen's exit

  17-06-2015 23:34 via
  
  French Open champion Stan Wawrinka believes that Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are above Andy Murray in the pecking order for this year's Wimbledon Championships.
  
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• England keep ODI series against New Zealand alive

  17-06-2015 23:34 via
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT TRENT BRIDGE: England have taken their one day international series to the final day after drawing level 2-2with New Zealandon day four at Trent Bridge
  
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• Royal Ascot Day Three Tips: Forgotten Rules faced with Force to be reckoned with

  17-06-2015 23:30 via
  
  Britain's top tipster Sam Turner gives you the best bets for day three of Royal Ascot, featuring all the latest on the hopefuls for Thursday's Gold Cup.
  
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• Jack Butland confident of successful end to long apprenticeship in England's ranks

  17-06-2015 23:30
  
  When Jack Butland goes over his summers spent with the junior England teams, he realises that it has been eight years – going back to when he was 14 – since he last had a summer like any normal teenager, when the days are long and there is nothing much to do but while away the hours.
  
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• European Under-21 Championship 2015: Confident Harry Kane can fire us to glory, claims Gareth Southgate

  17-06-2015 23:30
  
  The last nine months of Harry Kane’s career might have been one of the most unforgettable breakthrough seasons of any English footballer in recent years but his Under-21s manager Gareth Southgate urged the striker to go one better and win their European Championship with England.
  
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• Euorpean Under-21 Championships 215: Jack Butland confident of successful end to long apprenticeship in England's ranks

  17-06-2015 23:30
  
  When Jack Butland goes over his summers spent with the junior England teams, he realises that it has been eight years – going back to when he was 14 – since he last had a summer like any normal teenager, when the days are long and there is nothing much to do but while away the hours.
  
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• Lightning & terrorism among risks

  17-06-2015 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cricketers face "critical risk" from lightning, mental illness and terrorism, as well as being hit by the ball, says a new report.
  
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• Sevilla agree deal with Chelsea to sign Gael Kakuta as out-of-contract winger aims to resurrect career at Europa League winners

  17-06-2015 23:12 via
  
  Sevilla have agreed a deal with Premier League champions Chelsea to sign out-of-contract winger Gael Kakuta. The 23-year-old will arrive in Seville on Thursday to undergo a medical.
  
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• Germany U21s 1-1 Serbia U21s

  17-06-2015 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tournament favourites Germany are held to a 1-1 draw by Serbia on the first day of the European Under-21 Championship.
  
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• Mo Farah missed two drug tests before London Olympics, putting 2012 double gold at risk 

  17-06-2015 23:02 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT LAWTON: Mo Farah missed two drugs tests a year before London 2012, Sportsmail can reveal. The two missed tests put his participation at the Olympics at risk.
  
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• England not troubled - Warburton

  17-06-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales captain Sam Warburton says World Cup rivals England will cope without disciplined absentees Manu Tuilagi and Dylan Hartley.
  
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• England win with record run chase

  17-06-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England smash the record for their highest ever one-day run chase to beat New Zealand and level the series at 2-2.
  
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• England 2-0 Colombia Women's World Cup 2015 LIVE score: Mark Sampson's Three Lionesses aim to book place in last 16

  17-06-2015 22:47 via
  
  England will be hoping to confirm their spot in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup by claiming all three points against current Group F leaders Colombia. Join ANTHONY HAY for all the action.
  
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• Mo Farah back on track but coach Alberto Salazar faces new doping allegations

  17-06-2015 22:44
  
  Mo Farah will return to action at the Herculis meeting in Monaco next month in his first race since doping allegations emerged against his coach Alberto Salazar and training partner Galen Rupp.
  
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• England keep ODI series against New Zelanad alive

  17-06-2015 22:39 via
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT TRENT BRIDGE: England have taken their one day international series to the final day after drawing level 2-2with New Zealandon day four at Trent Bridge
  
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• Aegon Classic 2015: Eugenie Bouchard at a loss over her dismal form after latest crushing defeat

  17-06-2015 22:37
  
  Any hopes Eugenie Bouchard might have had that a return to grass would revive her flagging fortunes were dashed for the second tournament in succession. Having lost to Yaroslava Shvedova in her first grass-court match of the year in ’s-Hertogenbosch last week, Bouchard fell at her first hurdle in the Aegon Classic in Edgbaston when she was beaten 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 by France’s Kristina Mladenovic.
  
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• Royal Ascot 2015: Battling Eagle finally soars to victory in Prince Of Wales's Stakes

  17-06-2015 22:33
  
  Dermot Weld has been winning races at Royal Ascot since 1973, but few of his 17 victories have given him as much pleasure as Free Eagle’s triumph in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.
  
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• VIDEO: O'Sullivan refused to fix a match

  17-06-2015 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five-time world snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan says he was once offered money to throw a snooker match.
  
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• Frankie Dettori claims 50th Royal Ascot win with victory on Osaila in the Sandringham Handicap

  17-06-2015 22:22 via
  
  Frankie Dettori, one of racing’s great theatricals, won his 50th Royal Ascot race in the most dramatic manner possible – on the last stride of the last race of an afternoon that will live long in the memory.
  
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• England 1-0 Colombia Women's World Cup 2015 LIVE score: Mark Sampson's Three Lionesses aim to book place in last 16

  17-06-2015 22:22 via
  
  England will be hoping to confirm their spot in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup by claiming all three points against current Group F leaders Colombia. Join ANTHONY HAY for all the action.
  
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• Lizzie Armitstead withdraws from Aviva Woman's Tour after nasty collision with photographers leaves her in hospital

  17-06-2015 22:17 via
  
  Lizzie Armitstead has suffered a crash moments after winning the first stage of the Women's Tour in Aldeburgh. Video footage showed Armitstead tumbling to the ground while celebrating.
  
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• VIDEO: France score after just 35 seconds

  17-06-2015 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marie Laure Delie scores for France after just 35 seconds in their final Group F match against Mexico at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Ottawa.
  
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• Lisicki sets new world mark for aces

  17-06-2015 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sabine Lisicki sets a world record for aces in a women's singles match by firing 27 in a second-round win in Birmingham.
  
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• Armitstead out of Tour after crash

  17-06-2015 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Lizzie Armitstead is out of the Women's Tour after crashing seconds following her victory in the first stage.
  
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• 'Carefree' England find sweet spot

  17-06-2015 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England captain Eoin Morgan has credited his resurgence in form to the "carefree attitude" in the dressing room after playing a starring role in
  
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• England vs Colombia Women's World Cup 2015 LIVE score: Mark Sampson's Three Lionesses aim to book place in last 16

  17-06-2015 21:41 via
  
  England will be hoping to confirm their spot in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup by claiming all three points against current Group F leaders Colombia. Join ANTHONY HAY for all the action.
  
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• Hull KR rule out signing Chris Sandow following Terry Campese injury blow

  17-06-2015 21:23 via
  
  Hull KR have stepped up their search for a new half-back following the loss of Terry Campese but coach Chris Chester says they will not be bringing in Parramatta's Chris Sandow.
  
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• Wawrinka knocked out at Queen's

  17-06-2015 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French Open champion Stan Wawrinka is beaten in straight sets at Queen's by South African Kevin Anderson.
  
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• Olympic champion Jade Jones claims gold at European Games in Baku as she aims to 'become a legend' in taekwondo

  17-06-2015 21:08 via
  
  Jade Jones blazed back from her World Championship heartache to grab Great Britain's third gold medal at the European Games in Baku on Wednesday night.
  
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• VIDEO: We're here to win Euros - Butland

  17-06-2015 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England Under-21 captain Jack Butland is confident that England will be a success at the European Under-21 Championship and states that they "fear no one".
  
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• Warburton: Depleted England to cope

  17-06-2015 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wales captain Sam Warburton says group rivals England will not be affected by their troubled World Cup build-up.England have been rocked b
  
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• Stephen Bywater and Peter Ramage lined up for Indian Super League

  17-06-2015 20:50 via
  
  India's Super League is becoming the newest frontier for out-of-contract footballers in England with former Premier League campaigners Stephen Bywater and Peter Ramage lined up.
  
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• Former UCI president considers suing cycling's governing body after allegations of colluding with cheat Lance Armstrong

  17-06-2015 20:49 via
  
  Hein Verbruggen, the former president of the International Cycling Union, is considering legal action against the organisation following an 'unfair' report into doping by the CIRC.
  
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• Leicester City sack James Pearson, Tom Hopper and Adam Smith over Bangkok orgy

  17-06-2015 20:41 via
  
  Leicester have sacked three players — including boss Nigel Pearson’s son — after a video emerged of them taking part in an orgy in Bangkok in which a local woman was racially abused.
  
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• England U21 v Portugal U21

  17-06-2015 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England Under-21s defender John Stones could miss the first two games of the European Championship with a head injury.
  
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• Andy Murray needs 'aggressive' game plan to net Wimbledon again, says Tim Henman

  17-06-2015 20:39 via
  
  Andy Murray must exploit all his qualities to reach the 'proactive, aggressive' grass court tennis that can guide him to another Wimbledon title, according to Tim Henman.
  
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• John Stones will miss opening two games of England's U21 European Championship campaign due to concussion

  17-06-2015 20:33 via
  
  John Stones will miss England's opening two games at Euro 2015 after suffering concussion in a training ground accident. The Everton defender was hurt when clashing his head during training.
  
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• VIDEO: Chile midfielder Vidal crashes Ferrari

  17-06-2015 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Juventus and Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal has been released from police custody after his arrest for crashing his car, allegedly while drunk.
  
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• Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote keen on Arsenal takeover as Nigerian claims he will have 'enough resources to pay what they are asking for'

  17-06-2015 20:25 via
  
  Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has re-iterated his hopes of one day buying Arsenal. The Nigerian has an estimated fortune of some £12.2billion.
  
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• Czech Republic U21 1-2 Denmark U21: Pione Sisto notches late winner as hosts lose in tournament's opening game

  17-06-2015 20:20 via
  
  Pione Sisto broke Czech Republic hearts as he came off the bench to score the winner for Denmark U21's in the opening match of the European U21 Championship.
  
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• Stones out of Euro opener

  17-06-2015 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Gareth Southgate has been forced into a defensive rethink after John Stones was ruled out of England Under-21s' first two European Championship
  
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• Sex tape trio sacked by Leicester

  17-06-2015 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester sack three players who took part in a racist sex tape, including manager Nigel Pearson's son James.
  
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• Michelin submits bid to become F1 tyre supplier from 2017 with 18-inch wheels

  17-06-2015 20:02 via
  
  Michelin has signalled its intent to return to Formula One after submitting its proposal to become the sport's official tyre supplier from 2017.
  
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• Federer through to Halle third round

  17-06-2015 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World number two Roger Federer reaches the last eight of the Gerry Weber Open with a 6-3 7-5 win over Ernests Gulbis.
  
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• Carlos Tevez tells Juventus he wants to head back to Argentina with Boca Juniors

  17-06-2015 19:41 via
  
  Carlos Tevez has one year left on contract and Boca must now come to an agreement with the Italian champions or decide to wait another year until he is a free agent.
  
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