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• I'm sorry Mo Farah, there are no excuses for missing two drugs tests

  19-06-2015 23:59 via
  
  DALEY THOMPSON: Who misses two drugs tests? Two? I know it must be a real pain to have to give your whereabouts for an hour every day but it’s your job. It’s simple: it’s your life, your career. Everything.
  
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• Moeen Ali the all-rounder takes Worcestershire top in T20 Blast

  19-06-2015 23:53
  
  • England man takes three for 28, then hits rapid 65 to beat Derbyshire
  • Darren Stevens scores blistering 90 as Kent overpower SurreyEngland’s Moeen Ali led Worcestershire to the top of the NatWest T20 Blast North Group with three wickets and a half-century in a comfortable victory over Derbyshire at Worcester.Moeen’s three for 28 helped restrict the visitors to 136 for seven and he then smashed 65 off 28 balls, including four sixes and eight fours, as his side won with more than seven
  
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• Jason Day collapses during second round of US Open at Chambers Bay

  19-06-2015 23:49 via
  
  Jason Day had a dramatic end to his US Open round as he collapsed on the ninth and required assistance before finishing the hole.
  
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• Graeme Swann: England batsmen must tame Australia attacker Nathan Lyon 

  19-06-2015 23:41 via
  
  Graeme Swann has played down suggestions that Australia will bulldoze England this summer — and says Alastair Cook’s side must attack off-spinner Nathan Lyon, the tourists’ ‘weakest link’.
  
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• Wigan 19-12 Salford | Super League match report

  19-06-2015 23:39
  
  • Wigan 19-12 Salford
  • Contested scores from Liam Farrell and Dan Sarginson peg back SalfordWigan scored two controversial second-half tries as they recovered from 12-0 down to snatch a 19-12 victory over Salford in the Super League. Also aided by seven points from Matty Smith, Wigan’s victory takes them within a point of league leaders St Helens. Related: Hull KR 36-10 Warrington | Super League match reportContinue reading...
  
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• England head coach Stuart Lancaster looks forward to 'massive challenge' as England confirm three-test series away in Australia

  19-06-2015 23:35 via
  
  Australia will host England in a three-test series with matches in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney during next year's June international break, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said on Friday.
  
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• Laura Robson ready for Eastbourne comeback after hitting with Caroline Wozniacki

  19-06-2015 23:34 via
  
  Caroline Wozniacki welcomed Laura Robson back into the tennis fold on Friday ahead of the Briton’s scheduled comeback on Saturday afternoon at Eastbourne.
  
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• FIFA hit by fresh corruption claims as Japan are accused of paying South American federation £950,000 for 2002 World Cup vote

  19-06-2015 23:31 via
  
  The 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea was dragged into the FIFA corruption scandal on Friday, while fresh claims were made about vote collusion in the 2018 and 2022 elections.
  
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• Harry Kane: England’s opening European U-21 defeat no cause for panic

  19-06-2015 23:30
  
  • U20 World Cup disappointment in 2013 motivates Tottenham forward
  • Sweden next up and Spurs player says, ‘We know what we have to do’Two years is a long time in football. In the summer of 2013, on the back of two undistinguished and largely unheralded loan spells at Leicester and Norwich, Harry Kane was England’s main striker in the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey. Now he is once again leading the line for his country in an international youth tournament but this time, here at the Europ
  
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• Nicola Adams sets up quarter-final grudge match after comfortable win in Baku

  19-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA ADAMS made a successful return to major competition yesterday, setting up a grudge match against the only woman to beat the Olympic champion over the past three years.
  
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• Never have, never will! Mo Farah fights back over performance-enhancing drugs scandal

  19-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MO FARAH yesterday insisted he has never taken drugs – and never will – as he hit back against the storm growing around him.
  
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• Harry Kane eager to shoulder burden of spearheading England Under-21 attack

  19-06-2015 23:30
  
  It is a measure of just how famous Harry Kane has become in the past nine months that the travelling fans in the Czech Republic from Sweden, whom England play at the European  Under-21s Championship tomorrow, already have a song about him.
  
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• Jason Day’s participation at US Open in doubt after collapsing at 9th hole

  19-06-2015 23:26
  
  • Day collapses from vertigo-like symptoms at end of his second round
  • Australian eventually cards a round of 70Unfortunately one of the abiding images of the 115th US Open will not involve holed putts or a trophy presentation. Jason Day’s sudden collapse on the 9th fairway at Chambers Bay as he edged towards completion of round two cast a long shadow over an otherwise invigorating day of US Open golf. At one end of the event Jordan Spieth endorsed his willingness to win back-to-back majo
  
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• Robin van Persie told he must improve in training as Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has doubts over striker's fitness 

  19-06-2015 23:23 via
  
  Robin van Persie has been told he must adapt better to Louis van Gaal’s rigorous Manchester United training methods if he is to have a successful future at Old Trafford.
  
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• Phil Jagielka signs one-year contact extension to keep Everton skipper at Goodison Park until 2018 

  19-06-2015 23:07 via
  
  Phil Jagielka has signed a one-year extension to his contract at Everton which will keep the 32-year-old defender at Goodison Park until the summer of 2018.
  
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• Karl Oyston's offensive text messages revealed as FA release Blackpool chairman's abusive rant

  19-06-2015 23:06 via
  
  The Football Association has disclosed the content of the offensive text messages Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston sent a supporter that caused him to be banned from the game for six weeks.
  
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• Royal Ascot Day Five Tips: Brazen Beau worth a peep to fly Aussie flag in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes

  19-06-2015 23:05 via
  
  The Aussie cricketers have arrived on our shores to defend the Ashes and fellow antipodeans BRAZEN BEAU (Ascot, 4.20) and Wandjina will be bidding to knock their rivals for six.
  
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• Sir Bradley Wiggins to race on the road in RideLondon-Surrey Classic in August

  19-06-2015 22:38 via
  
  Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced he plans to return to the roads for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic on August 2. Wiggins broke the UCI World Hour Record earlier this month.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton is 'the only superstar in Formula One', says Mercedes chief Toto Wolff

  19-06-2015 22:00
  
  The tussle everyone in Formula One is talking about is set to take another turn tomorrow at the Austrian Grand Prix as Britain’s Lewis Hamilton squares up on track against his arch-rival and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
  
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• Alex Scott: Being dropped for the Mexico game was a big test of my smiley personality

  19-06-2015 22:00
  
  No one ever really talks about emotions and football in the same sentence. Maybe it is because football is such a male-dominated sport and talking about emotions is not the done thing. But when you are in a squad of 23 women it can get emotional.
  
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• Dynamo Moscow hit with season-long European ban after breaking FFP rules  

  19-06-2015 21:48 via
  
  UEFA have excludedDynamo Moscow from European competition for a season after the Russian outfit broke financial fair play rules.
  
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• Sepp Blatter’s contradictory comments on Fifa reform bemuse Uefa

  19-06-2015 21:39
  
  • Outgoing Fifa president calls for more spots on executive committee
  • Blatter had earlier said the size of the committee ‘must be reduced’Fresh hostilities between Uefa and Fifa have broken out after senior European officials accused Sepp Blatter of having lost the plot after he openly contradicted himself over promised reforms.In the speech in which he promised to stand down amid the worst crisis in Fifa’s history Blatter, its outgoing president, said the size of the governing body�
  
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• FA guru Dan Ashworth on his quest to land the 2022 World Cup: 'If Denmark and Greece can win tournaments, England can too'

  19-06-2015 21:25 via
  
  MATT LAWTON: Greg Dyke has set England the target of winning the 2022 World Cup, and Dan Ashworth is the man tasked with achieving it. Sportsmail spoke to him at St George's Park.
  
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• VIDEO: Murray's best shots against Muller

  19-06-2015 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We look back at Andy Murray's five best shots against Gilles Muller as he progresses to the Queen's semi finals.
  
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• Andy Murray beats Gilles Müller to reach last four of Aegon Championships

  19-06-2015 20:59
  
  • British No1 wins 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in quarter-finals at Queen’s
  • Murray will face winner of match between Viktor Troicki and John IsnerAndy Murray shrugged off an apparent left thigh niggle to rally for a testing three-set victory over Gilles Müller in the Aegon Championships quarter-finals.Murray struggled early on with his strapped-up thigh, and was flummoxed in that same stage by the craft and guile of Müller’s serve, but rallied for a 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 triumph. Conti
  
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• Daniel Ricciardo hopeful new power unit will spark Red Bull's F1 season into life 

  19-06-2015 20:46 via
  
  Daniel Ricciardo hopes a new power unit will finally spark a turnaround in fortunes for the ailing Red Bull team, following owner Dietrich Mateschitz's latest outburst against engine supplier Renault.
  
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• Gilles Simon overcomes Milos Raonic to book semi-final clash against Kevin Anderson at Queen's

  19-06-2015 20:40 via
  
  Gilles Simon reached his third semi-final of the year by eliminating third-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 at Queen's Club on Friday.
  
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• Andy Murray has to put up a fight to overcome Gilles Muller fright

  19-06-2015 20:30
  
  Andy Murray is still on course to win the Aegon Championships for a fourth time but the Scot had to survive a barrage of big serving from Gilles Müller before securing his place in the semi-finals.
  
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• Simona Halep beaten by Kristina Mladenovic as seeds fall in Birmingham

  19-06-2015 20:29
  
  • Frenchwoman to face Karolina Pliskova in semi-finals
  • Germany’s Sabine Lisicki and Angelique Kerber to meet in other matchSimona Halep, the top seed, was the latest casualty to fall at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham as she was beaten 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) by France’s Kristina Mladenovic in the quarter-finals.Halep, who reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year and was aiming to win a fourth singles title of the year, had no answer to the world No43 despite taking the first set. Th
  
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• Royal Ascot 2015: Ervedya’s extra gear helps Soumillon foil Found and Ryan Moore

  19-06-2015 20:15
  
  That Ryan Moore would hold the modern-day record of Royal Ascot winners in a week was a statistic waiting to happen once the jockey most rate as the best in the business drew level on eight with Lester Piggott and Pat Eddery after day three. He duly eased ahead when Aloft made it nine in Friday’s finale, the Queen’s Vase.
  
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• Laura Robson handed a tough return to action against Daria Gavrilova

  19-06-2015 20:12
  
  If Laura Robson’s strategy in taking a wild card into qualifying for next week’s Aegon International at Eastbourne was to avoid some of the more dangerous potential opponents, the former British No 1 might have hoped for an easier draw.
  
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• Andy Murray secures semi-final spot at Queen's following hard-fought victory over world No 48 Gilles Muller

  19-06-2015 20:10 via
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT QUEEN'S: Gilles Muller nearly staged a major upset at London's Queen's Club on Friday, but Andy Murray showed enough composure to secure a 3-6 7-6 6-4 victory.
  
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• Angel di Maria: Winning the Champions League with Real Madrid was the greatest moment of my career, but I'd trade it for a title with Argentina 

  19-06-2015 20:08 via
  
  Manchester United forward Angel di Maria says he would swap all his club medals, including his Champions League victory with Real Madrid in 2014, for one major trophy with Argentina.
  
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• Tiger Woods looks like a lost soul and it's tough to watch, says his ex-coach Butch Harmon

  19-06-2015 20:04 via
  
  Watching Tiger Woods now is akin to seeing Roger Federer unable to hit the ball over the net at Wimbledon, according to the 14-time major winner's former coach Butch Harmon.
  
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• Jockey Ryan Moore claims record ninth winner at Royal Ascot on board the Aidan O'Brien-trained Aloft in the Queen's Vase

  19-06-2015 20:01 via
  
  Forget Royal Ascot. The 2015 meeting will forever remembered as Ryan Ascot after Aloft's half-length victory in the concluding Queen's Vase on Friday. But he had to dash off to Newmarket.
  
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• Manchester City transfer news: City could still suffer if Uefa relax FFP merely to suit new owners

  19-06-2015 20:01
  
  Manchester City’s hopes that a relaxation on Uefa Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules will give them huge freedom to spend may be frustrated, amid suggestions that clubs with new owners will be the main winners from the overhaul.
  
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• Andy Murray beats Gilles Müller in three sets at Queen's – as it happened!

  19-06-2015 19:56
  
  The big serving Gilles Muller won the opening set but Andy Murray responded well to reach Saturday’s semi-finals 6.56pm BST That’s all from me. Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your Friday! 6.55pm BST Murray wins the first two points, each one resulting in a more triumphant fistpump, and although Muller pulls it back to 30-15 the Scot produces another delightful drop shot to earn two match points. He only requires one and after a nervous opening set, the three-times champion is into
  
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• Kristina Mladenovic downs top seed Simona Halep to book Birmingham semi-final against Karolina Pliskova

  19-06-2015 19:47 via
  
  France's Kristina Mladenovic stunned Simona Halep with a final-set comeback to knock out the top seed at the Aegon Classic Birmingham
  
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• Rain washes out second T20 clash

  19-06-2015 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ireland's second Twenty20 international against Scotland was abandoned without a ball bowled due to persistent rain.Play was scheduled to
  
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• Best hails Ireland squad depth

  19-06-2015 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ireland will not make the same mistakes of previous Rugby World Cup tournaments, according to their former prop Simon Best.Joe Schmidt's s
  
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• Novak Djokovic rests while others play prior to Wimbledon test

  19-06-2015 19:40
  
  Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova know a thing or two about winning Wimbledon, which is probably why neither defending champion has changed their preparations as they head into this year’s tournament, starting in nine days’ time.
  
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• Hull raid Canterbury Bulldogs for former New Zealand Test forward Frank Pritchard

  19-06-2015 19:37 via
  
  Hull have signed former New Zealand Test forward Frank Pritchard from Canterbury Bulldogs for 2016. The 31-year-old back-rower has agreed a two-year deal with the Black and Whites.
  
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• Mark Cavendish: As a father I take more risks to win

  19-06-2015 19:36
  
  It is exactly two weeks until Utrecht, the Netherlands’ road and rail hub, briefly becomes the centre of the world, when the finest cyclists in the world meet for the Grand Depart of the 102nd Tour de France.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton: 'Only next title is important not Michael Schumacher's record'

  19-06-2015 19:33
  
  Lewis Hamilton leaned back, breathed out and said a single word: “Jeez.” He had just been informed that fellow British world champion Nigel Mansell believes that if the Mercedes star keeps going at his current rate, he could beat Michael Schumacher’s seven Formula One titles.
  
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• Dan Hardy column: Joanna Jedrzejczyk faces Jessica Penne in first female main event

  19-06-2015 19:27
  
  The Octagon has touched down in the beautiful city of Berlin as the UFC prepares for another European Fight Night. Athletes and corner teams are arriving from all around the globe, representing countries such as Japan, Australia, the USA and a multitude of European MMA hotspots.
  
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• Women's World Cup: Lazy comparisons with more famous men is an insult to women in any sport

  19-06-2015 19:19
  
  Aged just 17 when she broke the Siege of Orléans in 1429, it is little wonder that Joan of Arc has come to be known as the Norman Whiteside of The Hundred Years War.
  
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• Thomas stays second in Swiss Tour

  19-06-2015 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Welshman Geraint Thomas remains in second place overall in the Tour of Switzerland with two stages remaining.
  
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• Baku European Games 2015: Nicola Adams feels ‘10 times better’ after latest gold quest starts with impressive win

  19-06-2015 19:04
  Nicola Adams showed no signs of ring rust as she made light work of her opening-round opponent at the European Games on Friday.
  
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• Shane “Shakey” Byrne makes strong start to weekend at Snetterton

  19-06-2015 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Shane “Shakey” Byrne scorched inside the Snetterton lap record to warn the rivals to his MCE Insurance British Superbike crown that he is back in business after what by his standards has been a difficult start to the campaign.
  
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• US Open 2015: The hole Tiger Woods finds himself in just keeps getting deeper and deeper

  19-06-2015 18:56
  
  No one tops it on the range, not even Tiger Woods. In the post-apocalypse of the morning after Woods was calm itself, chatting to caddie Joe LaCava about the game last night, or something like that.
  
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