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• Liam and Naomi Broady, who hail from Fred Perry's home town of Stockport, are to make a rare brother/sister double appearance at Wimbledon this year

  27-06-2015 23:52 via
  
  Liam and Naomi Broady were brought up in Stockport, a mile from where Fred Perry was born, and will become the first British siblings to play in the men’s and women’s singles for 37 years
  
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• Kevin Pietersen barbs felt like I was being punched in face and not being able to punch back, says Matt Prior 

  27-06-2015 23:52 via
  
  Former England wicket-keeper Matt Prior has compared Kevin Pietersen’s bitter personal attack to being “repeatedly punched”.
  
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• Andy Murray raring to go with psychiatrist on board to help him prepare for Wimbledon pressure

  27-06-2015 23:50 via
  
  OLIVER HOLT AT WIMBLEDON: When he finished his interviews on Saturday, Andy Murray climbed a flight of stairs and walked out on the Players’ Lawn, a terrace covered with artificial turf.
  
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• Brazil 1-0 Paraguay Copa America 2015 LIVE: Roberto Firmino looking to fire his side into semi-finals in Neymar's absence 

  27-06-2015 23:49 via
  
  Liverpool's new signing Roberto Firmino will hope to step into the shoes of Brazil captain Neymar and lead his team to a semi-final with arch-rivals Argentina. Join JONNY SINGER for all the action.
  
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• David de Gea may be forced to see out the final year of his contract as Real Madrid refuse to pay £20million for the stopper 

  27-06-2015 23:43 via
  
  Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea may be forced to see out the final year of his contract at Old Trafford with Real Madrid refusing to meet the Old Trafford club's £20million asking price.
  
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• Andy Murray hails Amelie Mauresmo's support as Brit bids for more Wimbledon glory

  27-06-2015 23:43 via
  
  Andy Murray will arrive at Wimbledon in perfect shape for a crack at a second title, and desperate for a stress-free ride to glory — for the sake of his coach Amelie Mauresmo.
  
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• Brazil 0-0 Paraguay Copa America 2015 LIVE: Roberto Firmino looking to fire his side into semi-finals in Neymar's absence 

  27-06-2015 23:40 via
  
  Liverpool's new signing Roberto Firmino will hope to step into the shoes of Brazil captain Neymar and lead his team to a semi-final with arch-rivals Argentina. Join JONNY SINGER for all the action.
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard battling to win mind games ahead of Wimbledon following career collapse since last year's final defeat

  27-06-2015 23:39 via
  
  Eugenie Bouchard is trying to think less. Harder than it sounds; try not to think about something and it instantly pops into your head. But neurosis, she believes, is behind her disastrous form.
  
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• Mitchell Johnson issues Ashes warning: I'll get England running scared again

  27-06-2015 23:37 via
  
  It was 18 months ago but Mitchell Johnson can still vividly recall the panicked look on the faces of England’s batsmen as they walked out to face him during the last Ashes series.
  
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• Chelsea ponder move for £15m-rated Anderlecht striker Aleksandar Mitrovic   

  27-06-2015 23:36 via
  
  Chelsea are considering whether to step into the race for Anderlecht striker Aleksandar Mitrovic. Swansea and Newcastle have both been rebuffed in approaches for the 20-year-old.
  
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• Liverpool set to miss out on Carlos Bacca as Sevilla striker agrees AC Milan transfer

  27-06-2015 23:36 via
  
  Sevilla striker Carlos Bacca looks set to snub Liverpool and join AC Milan after his agent revealed he has agreed terms at the San Siro. The 28-year-old has a £21.2m release clause.
  
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• Steve Bruce: I'm surprised I haven't got the sack....Hull City boss admits he feared for his job but is confident he can bounce back 

  27-06-2015 23:32 via
  
  Steve Bruce spent five hours on a Portuguese golf course on Saturday, in temperatures of almost 100 degrees, raising money for a charity endorsed by the late Sir Bobby Robson.
  
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• Morgan Schneiderlin poised to seal £25m Manchester United switch as Arsenal pull out of running for Southampton midfielder

  27-06-2015 23:31 via
  
  Morgan Schneiderlin is set to sign a four-year deal in a £25million move to Manchester United after Arsenal pulled out of the race for the Southampton midfielder.
  
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• Rafael Nadal fired up for Wimbledon as bullish Spaniard vows to regain place in tennis elite four   

  27-06-2015 23:31 via
  
  The tenth seed answered the questions politely and matter-of-factly on Saturday. The tenth seed pointed out that he won his first tournament on grass for five years a couple of weeks ago in Stuttgart.
  
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• Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova rivalry has grown into a mutual respect as pair eye semi-final showdown at Wimbledon

  27-06-2015 23:31 via
  
  The contrast in atmosphere between Saturday and the equivalent day two years ago in the main interview room at Wimbledon could hardly have been greater.
  
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• Sam Groth gears up for Wimbledon as rocket man eyes tournament's record fastest serve

  27-06-2015 23:30 via
  
  The rocket man Sam Groth with the fastest serve in world tennis is coming into Wimbledon in the form of his life. He recorded the world record serve of 163.4mph at the Busan Open in 2012.
  
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• Jenson Button admits McLaren ‘won’t be on the podium this year’

  27-06-2015 23:30
  
  • McLaren ninth out of 10 in F1 constructors’ championship
  • ‘We’re giving everything. We’re not just waiting for it to get good’Jenson Button has revealed the full depth of McLaren’s frustrations by stating: “We won’t be on the podium this year.” Button has been an unflagging cheerleader as his team have turned in some dire performances this season but as he prepares for next Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone the former world champion admitted that neither he no
  
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• Plastic Brits? I'd take them over toxic Brits like Richard Kilty all day 

  27-06-2015 23:24 via
  
  OLIVER HOLT: Zharnel Hughes has held a British passport since he was born. It seems particularly curmudgeonly to label him a Plastic Brit. But Richard Kilty grew particularly irate when he addressed the subject...
  
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• Serena set after Nicklaus court help

  27-06-2015 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serena Williams reveals she has been using the grass courts of golf great Jack Nicklaus as she looks for a sixth Wimbledon title.
  
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• Denmark 1-4 Sweden: European Under-21 Championship semi-final

  27-06-2015 23:13
  
  • Denmark 1-4 Sweden
  • Bech 63; Guidetti 23pen, Tibbling 26, Quailson 83, Hiljemark 90Sweden will face Portugal in the European Under-21 Championship final after Hakan Ericson’s side produced perhaps their best performance of the tournament to sweep aside much-fancied Denmark in this Scandinavian derby in Prague.The former Manchester City striker John Guidetti scored one and created another to help take Sweden into their first final in this competition since 1992. There they will take on P
  
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• England’s Stuart Broad puts up his Dukes as he relishes villainous role

  27-06-2015 23:00
  
  Fast bowler reveals his weapon of choice and says an Australian lifting the Ashes urn would be a beautiful sight (as long as its Trevor Bayliss)If any England player can relax and speak freely before an Ashes series these days, it is probably Stuart Broad. The fast bowler, who heads into his fifth red-ball encounter with Australia, knows that in the eyes of opposition supporters he is now irreversibly cast as the villain – the non-walking, talking embodiment of the dastardly pom.Be it those se
  
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• Alberto Salazar inquiry: Mo Farah set to be questioned by Usada

  27-06-2015 23:00
  
  • Olympic champion might be interviewed as part of investigation
  • Treniere Moser reveals officials have spoken to her in past weekThe prospect of Mo Farah being questioned by the US Anti-Doping Agency appeared to move closer after Treniere Moser, his fellow Nike Oregon Project athlete, revealed that Usada officials had spoken to her in the past week.Usada has been monitoring Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar and his training partner Galen Rupp for at least two years, but Moser’s revelations
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: John McEnroe calls on organisers to silence court mikes

  27-06-2015 23:00
  
  It is doubtful whether his employers over the next fortnight at the BBC would agree, but John McEnroe believes the use of on-court microphones is unfair on players, whose bad language can be broadcast worldwide.
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Andy Murray minded to be champion once again

  27-06-2015 23:00
  
  There are certain situations you can prepare for, but as Andy Murray waited to go on Centre Court before his historic victory in the Wimbledon final two years ago, nerves got to him. “Forty minutes before I went on the court I didn’t know what was happening to my body, what was going on,” Murray recalled last week. “I was so nervous. I had felt absolutely fine in the morning. So when that came, I was like, ‘Why was I not feeling that way two hours ago? What’s going on?’”
  
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• Ashes 2015: Stuart Broad on why sledging is not going to beat Australia this summer

  27-06-2015 23:00
  
   
  
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• Sweden v Denmark: European Under-21 Championship - live!

  27-06-2015 22:50
  
  Live updates as the Scandinavian rivals meet in PragueSend your emails to [email protected] or tweet @nickmiller799.50pm BST 90 mins + 2: Weird one, as Viktor Fischer is introduced for Bech, with precisely two minutes to pull something out of the bag.9.49pm BST 90 mins + 1: Bech with a late throw of the old dice, shooting low at the near post which it clips and goes wide. Continue reading...
  
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• US trials: Justin Gatlin eases up on bend but wins easily in 200m qualifier

  27-06-2015 22:49
  
  • Sprinter eases up on bend but still runs 19.92sec
  • Gatlin intends to run both 100m and 200m at world championshipsJustin Gatlin appeared to be jogging for much of his first appearance at the US trials, yet still breezed under the 20sec barrier in qualifying for Sunday’s 200m final. Gatlin, who automatically qualifies for the 100m at the World Championships by virtue of topping the Diamond League standings in 2014, went out hard in lane eight but eased up at the bend, coasting home in 19
  
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• Brazil vs Paraguay Copa America 2015 LIVE: Roberto Firmino looking to fire his side into semi-finals in Neymar's absence 

  27-06-2015 22:34 via
  
  Liverpool's new signing Roberto Firmino will hope to step into the shoes of Brazil captain Neymar and lead his team to a semi-final with arch-rivals Argentina. Join JONNY SINGER for all the action.
  
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• England fifth at World Championships

  27-06-2015 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England defeat the Republic of Ireland 2-0 to secure a fifth-place finish at the Cerebral Palsy World Championships.
  
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• Laura Robson doesn't fear defeat at Wimbledon because just playing feels like a victory after long injury lay-off

  27-06-2015 22:32 via
  
  MIKE DICKSON: Even in the midst of the heavy beating she took in her comeback match at Eastbourne last weekend, Laura Robson found a degree of solace.
  
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• England must suffer to succeed at World Cup, insists captain Chris Robshaw 

  27-06-2015 22:18 via
  
  Chris Robshaw has warned his England team-mates they must suffer together to stand a chance of hitting the fitness targets Stuart Lancaster says they need to win the World Cup.
  
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• Chris Froome backed by the Brit pack as Team Sky target second Tour title

  27-06-2015 22:15 via
  
  Chris Froome will try to win his second Tour de France backed by a team with a strong British flavour when the race starts in Utrecht, Holland, on Saturday.
  
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• Denis Istomin wins Aegon Open as Uzbek beats Sam Querrey in Nottingham final

  27-06-2015 22:15 via
  
  Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin claimed his first ATP World Tour title with a tight win over Sam Querrey at the Aegon Open in Nottingham.
  
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• Jack Hobbs claims rare British win in Irish Derby at the Curragh

  27-06-2015 22:13 via
  
  Jack Hobbs ended a drought stretching back to 1993 for British challengers when easily winning the 150th running Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday night.
  
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• Environmentally friendly Formula E to wine and dine executives from tobacco company

  27-06-2015 22:03 via
  
  Formula E, the new motor racing series that prides itself on its green credentials, has invited executives from the Philip Morris tobacco company to the season finale in London this weekend.
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Judy Murray eager to leave junior girls legacy

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  The focus may be on Andy Murray over the next fortnight, but tennis fans know the huge debt they owe to his mum, Judy, who has produced not one but two Wimbledon champions (elder son Jamie won the mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic in 2007). Judy coached both her sons when they were young and is Great Britain’s Fed Cup captain, but is also developing the grass-roots game with independent initiatives.
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Roger Federer feels more prepared than ever as he goes looking for eighth title at SW19

  27-06-2015 21:44
  
  Roger Federer has won only one Grand Slam tournament in the last five years but the seven-times All England Club champion was in confident mood here. Federer said he had never had a better preparation for Wimbledon and believed he was playing better than he was 12 months ago, when he lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.
  
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• New York Islanders draft Andong Song as first Chinese NHL player

  27-06-2015 21:42
  
  Defenseman, 18, taken 172nd in NHL DraftIslanders owned by Shanghai-born Charles B WangFor the first time, a Chinese player has been selected in the NHL draft.Andong Song was chosen by the New York Islanders with the No172 pick in the draft on Saturday.Continue reading...
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Nick Bollettieri - You can see the doubt in Rafa Nadal's face these days

  27-06-2015 21:40
  
  For years I always used to see the same expression when I looked at Rafa Nadal’s face. It was hard to detect any emotions. He wore a look that simply said to his opponent: “I’ve got you, buddy. You ain’t goin’ nowhere.”
  
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• Ashes 2015: Crowds can fan the flames for series triumph, claims Stuart Broad

  27-06-2015 21:34
  
  England intend to harness the renewed fervour of their supporters to regain the Ashes. With the series against Australia starting in 10 days in Cardiff, a mood of optimism is suddenly sweeping the nation after the thrillingly entertaining tour by New Zealand.
  
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• Aegon International 2015: Unseeded Belinda Bencic claims first senior title with stylish win over Agnieszka Radwanska

  27-06-2015 21:30
  
  Belinda Bencic won the first senior title of her career by beating Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 4-6 6-0 in the Aegon International at Eastbourne. The Swiss 18-year-old is mentored by former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis, who was watching from courtside, and whom Bencic thanked after her win.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo hits out at 'absolutely false' reports that he wants to leave Real Madrid and says he is 'very happy' to stay 

  27-06-2015 21:29 via
  
  World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has broken several months of near-silence to rebuff media reports he is unhappy at Real Madrid and might be seeking an exit.
  
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• Brazil’s manager Carlos Dunga apologises for ‘racist’ comments

  27-06-2015 21:28
  
  • Dunga says: ‘I think I am an Afro-descendant because I get hit so much’
  • Dunga was talking about criticism of his World Cup-winning teamThe Brazil coach, Carlos Dunga, has apologised after his comments about people of African descent provoked a barrage of criticism before the team’s Copa América quarter-final against Paraguay on Saturday night.Dunga was asked to compare the pressure on his team in Chile with that of the side he captained to win the 1994 World Cup, Brazil’s
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Eugenie Bouchard at pains to revive a dire season at SW19

  27-06-2015 21:23
  
  Six months ago, sitting in a room beneath the Perth Arena in Western Australia not long after she had beaten Serena Williams  6-2 6-1 in the season-opening Hopman Cup, Eugenie Bouchard was adamant.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo denies transfer rumours: ‘I am happy at Real Madrid’

  27-06-2015 21:23
  
  • Ronaldo rejects reports he has fallen out with Florentino Pérez
  • ‘I would like the false reports to stop and to be left in peace’Cristiano Ronaldo has broken several months of near-silence to rebuff reports that he is unhappy at Real Madrid and might be seeking a move.The Portugal forward has barely made any public statements since he gruffly told reporters after the Champions League defeat by Schalke 04 in March that he would not speak to the media until the end of the season. Conti
  
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• Australia vs Kent Day 3 match report: Marsh and Johnson on top in selection duels

  27-06-2015 21:12
  
  Well before the Australian slip cordon took their mark shortly after lunch on day two, a good two paces further back than their Kent counterparts, it was clear this was to be a Canterbury tale of two very different teams. The imposing total of 507, set by Australia, had set the tone. Here was arguably the best Test team in the world against an eager yet inexperienced Kent side at the bottom of the County Championship Second Division.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Steve Smith has an English mother and a British passport, but there is no doubt whose side the world's best batsman will be on this summer

  27-06-2015 21:05
  Steve Smith was doing more than simply preparing for the Ashes when he pitched up with the touring side to play Kent at Canterbury last week – he was renewing acquaintances. It was here, in the summer of 2007, that an 18-year-old Smith played a single game for Kent Second XI before attracting the attention of Surrey, who offered him a contract that could have turned the career of the world’s No 1 batsman on its head.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Steve Smith has a n English mother and a British passport, but there is no doubt whose side the world's best batsman will be on this summer

  27-06-2015 21:05
  Steve Smith was doing more than simply preparing for the Ashes when he pitched up with the touring side to play Kent at Canterbury last week – he was renewing acquaintances. It was here, in the summer of 2007, that an 18-year-old Smith played a single game for Kent Second XI before attracting the attention of Surrey, who offered him a contract that could have turned the career of the world’s No 1 batsman on its head.
  
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• Sébastien Buemi dominates Formula E race in Battersea Park

  27-06-2015 21:02
  
  The cars may have sounded like volatile washing machines but the electric racing car event in London proved the sport has a futureThere will be some who dismiss the first international motor racing event to be held in London for 43 years, since the last meeting at Crystal Palace in 1972, as the sport returning with a whimper rather than a bang, but that would be to do Saturday’s all-electric Formula E race a disservice. The battery-powered cars admittedly make very little noise but that they a
  
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• Tour de France 2015: Yates twins ready for coming of age with Orica

  27-06-2015 21:00
  
  The most precocious British talents to break through since Mark Cavendish are unlikely to place high in the overall standings but are a pair to watch closelyEarlier this year, the story goes, Sir Dave Brailsford was watching the time-trial stage of a World Tour race on television, witnessed one of the 22-year-old Yates brothers riding out of his skin to a high overall placing and muttered something like: “Ouch, we should have signed that one.” For Brailsford, head of a team which aims to sho
  
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