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• Joe Hart quashes claims that joining Manchester City is detrimental for Englishmen with international dreams

  20-07-2015 23:55 via
  
  Joe Hart has dismissed fears that joining Manchester City could be a backward step for England’s top players after his club spent more than £60million on homegrown talent this summer.
  
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• Football agents stun FIFA with legal threat demanding answers

  20-07-2015 23:55 via
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Football agents have waded into the FIFA corruption controversy by demanding answers about how Zurich washed their hands of the middle men.
  
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• Sepp Blatter showered with fake money at FIFA press conference... a befitting embarrassment for a farcical tenure    

  20-07-2015 23:39 via
  
  CHARLES SALE: Lame duck FIFA president Sepp Blatter opened the way for Michael Platini to succeed him at the head of world football during yet another farcical pantomime show in Zurich.
  
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• Aston Villa weigh up loan move for Emmanuel Adebayor as club prepare for life after Christian Benteke   

  20-07-2015 23:36 via
  
  Aston Villa are discussing the possibility of a loan deal for Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor, as the club prepare for life without Liverpool-bound Christian Benteke.
  
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• Frankie Dettori gets Golden opportunity with a maximum of 10 rivals at Ascot in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes

  20-07-2015 23:30 via
  
  Golden Horn faces a maximum of 10 rivals in Saturday’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. The John Gosden-trained Derby and Eclipse Stakes winner is a 1-2 favourite to win.
  
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• Sam Turner's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, July 21

  20-07-2015 23:30 via
  
  Sportmail's racing expert Sam Turner picks out the top selections for Monday's races at Musselburgh, Ffos Las, Chelmsford City and Wetherby.
  
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• Pele leaves Sao Paulo hospital less than a week after undergoing back surgery

  20-07-2015 23:26 via
  
  Pele has been released from a Brazilian hospital after successfully undergoing back surgery. He has left less than a week after undergoing a procedure for nerve root decompression.
  
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• Dustin Johnson's deja vu, Anthony Wall's wonder shot and Adam Scott's howler...all the latest from The Open 2015 Tee Room

  20-07-2015 23:15 via
  
  After five days at St Andrews, Zach Johnson was crowned 2015 Open Champion. Here, Sportsmail's CHRIS CUTMORE brings you his final Tee Room report from the course.
  
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• Johnson 'humbled' by Open victory

  20-07-2015 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  America's Zach Johnson is "honoured" and "humbled" to win his first Open Championship after winning at St Andrews.
  
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• Nemanja Matic: I hope Petr Cech does not do for Arsenal what he did for Chelsea for 11 years

  20-07-2015 23:00
  
  Nemanja Matic has become the first Chelsea player to express his disappointment that veteran keeper Petr Cech was sold to rivals Arsenal.
  
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• Jules Bianchi: Crash was the end for Marussia, says owner Andrei Cheglakov

  20-07-2015 23:00
  
  Andrei Cheglakov, the Russian tycoon who owned the Marussia Formula One team, pulled out of the sport as he could not bear to continue following the accident involving his driver Jules Bianchi, who died on Friday, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Chris Froome hits out at 'former dopers' in French press as he retains overall lead at Tour de France with Ruben Plaza takes maiden win at stage 16 in Row

  20-07-2015 22:51 via
  
  MATT LAWTON IN GAP: The war of words between Chris Froome and the French media intensified on Monday night when the leader of the Tour de France hit out at doping accusations on French TV.
  
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• Zach Johnson feeling 'blessed and honoured' to be Open champion following three-man play-off win at St Andrews

  20-07-2015 22:27 via
  
  Zach Johnson admits he feels 'blessed' to be the 2015 Open champion after beating Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a play-off at St Andrews.
  
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• Zach Johnson triumphs in Open play-off

  20-07-2015 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American Zach Johnson claims his second major title with victory in a three-man play-off in the 144th Open Championship.
  
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• Queens Park Rangers land Tjaronn Chery from Dutch side Groningen for £2.25m

  20-07-2015 22:24 via
  
  Queens Park Rangers have completed the signing of highly-rated 27-year-old Dutch midfielder Tjaronn Chery from Eredivisie side Groningen
  
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• VIDEO: How Johnson won The Open

  20-07-2015 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport looks at Zach Johnson's fantastic round on Monday as he secured The 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews.
  
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• Which former Liverpool defender wants his old fans to know how much he loves them?

  20-07-2015 21:56 via
  
  He may have left Liverpool over seven years ago, and represented five other clubs during a 19-year career so far, but this Norwegian has gone under the artist's chair for the club he holds dearest.
  
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• Fifa taskforce to address corruption

  20-07-2015 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifa will set up an 11-strong taskforce to clean up football's world governing body, while a new president will be elected in February.
  
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• Ferrari & Rolex part of Webb bail

  20-07-2015 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Ferrari and five Rolexes are some items former Fifa vice-president Jeffrey Webb has provided to secure his release on bail.
  
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• Open GOLF 2015 LEADERBOARD: Zach Johnson wins Claret jug after three-man play-off

  20-07-2015 21:39 via
  
  Welcome to our live coverage of the 144th Open Championship at St Andrews - the Home of Golf. Follow all the action live as it happens with JOE STRANGE.
  
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• VIDEO: Emotional Johnson on 'humbling' win

  20-07-2015 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  USA's Zach Johnson says it feels "surreal" and "humbling" after winning the 144th Open Championship following a three-man play-off.
  
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• Open 2015: Jordan Spieth one of many to let chance slip away

  20-07-2015 21:31
  
  Jordan Spieth was a day late and a shot short. The Masters and US Open champion was playing against a crowded leaderboard and history. Out of the former, only the three play-off participants could better him.
  
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• Open 2015: Paul Dunne fails to live the dream but still delights the locals

  20-07-2015 21:27
  
  While the world of sport was asking “Paul who?”, nobody at Greystones Golf Club here on Monday was the least surprised by Paul Dunne’s audacious bid to become the Open’s first amateur winner since 1930.
  
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• Manchester United shirts to be given away with every two tickets sold for the San Jose Earthquakes clash at the Avaya Stadium

  20-07-2015 21:26 via
  
  San Jose Earthquakes are offering free Manchester United shirts to fans who buy tickets for Tuesday night's clash with Louis van Gaal's tourists. Tickets remain on sale for the match in Berkeley.
  
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• Kevin Pietersen hits out at 'ridiculous' exclusion from England Ashes squad

  20-07-2015 21:26 via
  
  Kevin Pietersen has hit out at England's hierarchy in a series of angry tweets, labelling his exclusion from the Three Lions' Ashes squad as 'ridiculous'.
  
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• VIDEO: The moment Johnson won The Open

  20-07-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the moment Zach Johnson wins The Open after Louis Oosthuizen misses a putt on the final play-off hole.
  
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• Zach Johnson holds his nerve to defeat Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in play-off to win The Open at St Andrews

  20-07-2015 21:04 via
  
  CHRIS CUTMORE AT ST ANDREWS: Zach Johnson was crowned 2015 Open champion after defeating Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a three-way play-off at St Andrews.
  
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• Maccabi Haifa 1-0 Norwich City: Canaries suffer first pre-season defeat as Alon Turgeman rifles home the winner 

  20-07-2015 21:02 via
  
  Norwich City fell to their first defeat of pre-season, 1-0 away to Maccabi Haifa as part of their tour of Austria. Israeli striker Alon Turgeman scored the only goal of the game in the 39th minute.
  
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• Oosthuizen stays positive

  20-07-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Five years after winning the Open at St Andrews, Louis Oosthuizen suffered major play-off heartbreak for the second time in his career. T
  
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• Zach Johnson wins The Open 2015: American beats Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in three-man play-off to win his second major

  20-07-2015 21:01
  Zach Johnson has won The 144th Open Championship after beating Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a three-man play-off for the Claret Jug.
  
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• The Open 2015: Zach Johnson beats Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in three-man play-off to win his second major

  20-07-2015 21:01
  Zach was not the Johnson any envisaged holding the Claret Jug. After five days and 76 holes the wiry grinder from Iowa proved the value of an iron psyche over prodigious strength. As big Dustin faded increasingly from view at the business end of the tournament, the lesser Johnson advanced by stealth before emerging into the arch lights on the final afternoon to win the Open Championship.
  
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• Engulfed in a cloud of readies: Sepp Blatter and Fifa given ultimate pay-off by Lee Nelson

  20-07-2015 21:00
  
  There is just something about bank notes flung up into the air, drifting slowly down to earth, that feels like the movies. Whether it is Leonardo Di Caprio in The Wolf of Wall Street or Floyd Mayweather in a Los Angeles strip club, or - admittedly further down the scale - that bit of The Crystal Maze when contestants had to grab swirling eddies of fake notes. There is nothing quite like it to express excess, greed, wild abandon or just the fact you’re having a damn good time.
  
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• Irish pair miss out at St Andrews

  20-07-2015 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Padraig Harrington and amateur Paul Dunne see their Open challenge fizzle out in the final round at St Andrews.
  
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• Take That show their support for England's bid for Rugby World Cup glory

  20-07-2015 20:56 via
  
  England's bid for Rugby World Cup glory has been given a lift by pop superstars Take That. Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen will join 14,500 fans at an official send off on September 9.
  
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• Leicester chief executive defends Nigel Pearson sacking, insists Claudio Ranieri will 'lead Foxes into the next chapter'

  20-07-2015 20:53
  Leicester City chief executive Susan Whelan has defended the decision to sack Nigel Pearson and recruit former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri: Leicester chief executive defends decision to sack Nigel Pearson

  20-07-2015 20:53
  
  Leicester City chief executive Susan Whelan has defended the decision to sack Nigel Pearson and recruit former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri.
  
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• Bedene enjoys winning start

  20-07-2015 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Britain's Aljaz Bedene claimed a straight-sets victory over Mate Delic in the first round of the Vegeta Croatia Open in Umag.The 26-year-o
  
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• Taylor career-best boosts Test hopes

  20-07-2015 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Taylor hits a career-best 291 for Notts against Sussex to boost his hopes of an England Test recall.
  
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• Tour de France 2015: Chris Froome takes a swipe at the persistent doping questions

  20-07-2015 20:25
  
  Tour de France leader Chris Froome protested yesterday at the level of scrutiny and questioning he has endured compared with previous race winners after a stage in which team-mate Geraint Thomas escaped serious injury in a major downhill crash.
  
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• Fifa 16: Alex Morgan joins Lionel Messi to be game's first ever female cover star

  20-07-2015 20:21
  
  Fifa 16 will have its first ever female cover star, for the first game in the series to feature women’s football.
  
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• Fifa 16: Alex Morgan joins Lionel Messi to be game's ever female cover star

  20-07-2015 20:21
  
  Fifa 16 will have its first ever female cover star, for the first game in the series to feature women’s football.
  
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• Pietersen: England exile is silly

  20-07-2015 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kevin Pietersen has once again lamented his continued exile from the England team in the wake of their crushing 405-run defeat in the second Ashe
  
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• Wakefield continue signing spree as Bill Tupou joins club from Canberra Raiders

  20-07-2015 20:14 via
  
  Wakefield have continued their late-season signing spree with the recruitment of Canberra threequarter Bill Tupou. The 25-year-old Tongan centre or winger began his career at New Zealand Warriors.
  
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• Manchester United shirts to be given away with every ticket sold for the San Jose Earthquakes clash

  20-07-2015 20:11 via
  
  San Jose Earthquakes are offering free Manchester United shirts to fans who buy tickets for Tuesday night's clash with Louis van Gaal's tourists. Tickets remain on sale for the match in Berkeley.
  
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• Bolton doubt for Ashes opener

  20-07-2015 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia opener Nicole Bolton is a doubt for Tuesday's Women's Ashes opener after she suffered concussion during training.
  
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• Bears on verge of win over Somerset

  20-07-2015 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Hain's century and four wickets from Jeetan Patel take Warwickshire close to a home victory over Somerset.
  
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• Silver Medal joy for Niebrugge

  20-07-2015 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Amateur Jordan Niebrugge made it an United States double at the 144th Open Championship after walking away with the Silver Medal. The 21-
  
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• Geraint Thomas dramatically crashes head first into telegraph pole on stage 16 of the Tour de France

  20-07-2015 20:01 via
  
  Britain's Team Sky cyclist Geraint Thomas was able to laugh off a dramatic crash which saw him clatter into a telegraph pole on the final descent of the Tour de France's 16th stage.
  
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• Open 2015 LIVE GOLF LEADERBOARD: Marc Leishman, Zach Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen fight for Claret Jug

  20-07-2015 19:58 via
  
  Welcome to our live coverage of the 144th Open Championship at St Andrews - the Home of Golf. Follow all the action live as it happens with JOE STRANGE.
  
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• Rangers add Tavernier and Waghorn

  20-07-2015 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rangers sign full-back James Tavernier and striker Martyn Waghorn from Wigan for an undisclosed fee.
  
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