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• Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham (3-5 on pens)

  23-07-2015 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Ham scrape through to the Europa League third qualifying round after beating Maltese side Birkirkara on penalties.
  
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• Hull 12-48 Wigan: Buoyant Warriors run in eight tries to draw level with leaders Leeds

  23-07-2015 23:54 via
  
  Wigan will enter the Super 8s in buoyant mood after ending the regular 23-game Super League campaign with a resounding 48-12 win over Hull at the KC Stadium.
  
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• Jose Mourinho: Kevin de Bruyne couldn't cope in a competitive squad at Chelsea... I have no regrets about letting him go

  23-07-2015 23:49 via
  
  ROP DRAPER IN NEW YORK: Jose Mourinho says that Chelsea have no regrets about allowing Manchester City’s £50m target Kevin de Bruyne leave, stating he did not have the right mentality.
  
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• Jordan Henderson still feeling the pain of Liverpool's humiliation at Stoke: I'll never get over that 6-1 shocker 

  23-07-2015 23:49 via
  
  DOMINIC KING IN KUALA LUMPUR: This is an important moment for Jordan Henderson. It is tradition for Liverpool’s captain to address the state of the nation on a summer tour.
  
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• BBC don't understand how important big events are... their final day coverage of The Open shows an ambivalence towards sport

  23-07-2015 23:34 via
  
  JEFF POWELL: Only the BBC would have waited six hours before starting coverage of the climactic day until after lunch, thus putting such trivialities as Bargain Hunt before its duty to bring drama.
  
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• Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham United AET (1-1 agg, 3-5 pens): Europa League dream still alive (just) as James Tomkins sees red and stuttering 10 men need penalties to avoid embarrassing defeat

  23-07-2015 23:34 via
  
  LUKE AUGUSTUS IN MALTA: It was almost the ultimate humiliation, but West Ham bailed themselves out late, late in the day to retain an interest in the Europa League.
  
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• Arsene Wenger could sign almost anyone he wants... there is more than £200m in the bank but I'm glad he didn't buy Raheem Sterling, says Arsenal director Lord Harris

  23-07-2015 23:32 via
  
  NIK SIMON EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal director Lord Harris has backed Arsene Wenger to break the club transfer record on a new centre forward, revealing there is more than £200million in the bank.
  
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• David de Gea told to play against Barcelona as Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal gets tough on Real Madrid target

  23-07-2015 23:30 via
  
  IAN LADYMAN IN SAN FRANCISCO: Louis Van Gaal has told unsettled goalkeeper David de Gea he wants him to play against Barcelona on Saturday and prepare for the new season.
  
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• Louis van Gaal expects David de Gea to return from injury and face Barcelona

  23-07-2015 23:30
  
  • Manchester United goalkeeper needs to play to prove his fitness
  • Spanish international’s future at Old Trafford remains unclearLouis van Gaal expects David de Gea to play for Manchester United against Barcelona on Saturday after the goalkeeper’s absence because of injury in the opening matches of the summer tour of America.With only two more warm-up games until the start of the season the manager needs De Gea to find his match rhythm before Tottenham Hotspur’s visit to Old Trafford
  
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• Ben Ainslie and his sea monster! Inside the £1m rocket ship which carries British hopes in the America's Cup

  23-07-2015 23:22 via
  
  Sir Ben Ainslie will lead his Land Rover BAR team at the America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth. Sportsmail looks at the technology and the people behind these incredible machines.
  
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• Aberdeen 2-2 HNK (agg 5-2): Dons resist Rijeka fightback to book place in third qualifying round of the Europa League

  23-07-2015 23:21 via
  
  Derek McInnes' side now face a round trip of nearly 10,000 miles to play Kairat Almaty in the third qualifying round of the Europa League following their victory against HNK Rijeka.
  
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• Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham United Europa League LIVE: Penalties to be contested as Hammers toil in Malta

  23-07-2015 23:21 via
  
  West Ham United's quest to reach the main stage of this season's Europa League continues on Thursday when they face Birkirkara in the second qualifying round. Follow live here.
  
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• Hull 12-48 Wigan | Super League match report

  23-07-2015 23:06
  
  • Hull 12-48 WiganThe Hull KR chairman, Neil Hudgell, admitted last week that if they were to finish six points behind the top four heading into the impending Super 8s in two weeks’ time it would be a “slow, painful death” until the end of the season. As it turned out, Hudgell’s Hull KR will be playing in the Qualifiers after finishing in Super League’s bottom four following the first 23 rounds, with rivals Hull FC ironically the side facing that slow death he feared.And six days on
  
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• Former Liverpool and Leeds winger Harry Kewell appointed Watford Under 21 coach

  23-07-2015 23:01 via
  
  Former Leeds and Liverpool winger Harry Kewell has been appointed as Under 21 coach by Premier League new boys Watford.
  
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• Tour de France: stage 18 – in pictures

  23-07-2015 23:00
  
  The most dramatic images from the 186.5km stage from Gap to Saint-Jean-de-MaurienneRead William Fotheringham’s report from stage 18Continue reading...
  
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• Jules Bianchi in our thoughts but it’s business as usual, says Jenson Button

  23-07-2015 23:00
  
  • First F1 race weekend since Frenchman’s death is at Hungarian Grand Prix
  • Safety has improved and racing must go on, says McLaren’s ButtonThe mood was unsurprisingly downbeat at the Hungaroring when Formula One gathered for the first time at a race meeting since the death of Jules Bianchi, and understandably so – the driver was the first to have died as a result of a racing incident since Ayrton Senna in 1994. Related: Lewis Hamilton among mourners at Jules Bianchi’s funeral in Ni
  
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• Robson and Bedene both suffer defeat

  23-07-2015 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Laura Robson and British number two Aljaz Bedene lose in the second round of their respective tournaments.
  
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• Feyenoord 0-3 Southampton: Ronald Koeman's side make it three from three on Holland tour as Juanmi caps off easy win

  23-07-2015 22:55 via
  
  On a day of reunions, Southampton signed off their mini-tour of Holland with a 3-0 win over the club from which manager Ronald Koeman joined them, Feyenoord.
  
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• Hull FC 12-48 Wigan Warriors

  23-07-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wigan give their Super League top two hopes a lift by ending the regular season with a 48-12 victory away to Hull FC.
  
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• Linfield 1-3 Spartak Trnava

  23-07-2015 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Linfield go down 5-2 on aggregate to Spartak Trnava in their Europa League tie, after losing 3-1 at Windsor Park.
  
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• Astra Giurgiu 0-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (1-0 agg): Scots Europa League dream withers after stalemate

  23-07-2015 22:47 via
  
  ALASDAIR FRASER: Inverness Caledonian Thistle's great Europa League adventure withered and died in the fearsome heat of Romania’s border country on Thursday night.
  
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• Wayne Rooney reveals plans to go into coaching once playing days are over 

  23-07-2015 22:44 via
  
  Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has revealed he hopes to one day go into coaching after he hangs up his boots. The Red Devils striker turns 30 in October.
  
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• Australians ooze class but Michael Clarke’s batting woes continue

  23-07-2015 22:44
  
  • Australians 413-9 v Derbyshire
  • David Warner and Shaun Marsh each hit 101 before retiring outThe Australians purred at the top and sputtered in the middle on the first day of their outing against Derbyshire. You could predict the toss would bring few surprises, given the Australians warmed up with throw-downs in centre-wicket nets while Derbyshire bowlers pelted balls down an adjacent strip. David Warner and Shaun Marsh carried that same sense of net-session ease to the middle, as both op
  
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• Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham United Europa League LIVE score: Extra time to be played as 10-man Hammers labour in Malta

  23-07-2015 22:44 via
  
  West Ham United's quest to reach the main stage of this season's Europa League continues on Thursday when they face Birkirkara in the second qualifying round. Follow live here.
  
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• Aberdeen 2-2 Rijeka (agg 5-2)

  23-07-2015 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aberdeen come back from two goals down to record a comfortable aggregate victory over Rijeka in the Europa League.
  
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• UK swimming and diving unveils 2015-16 schedule - WLKY Louisville

  23-07-2015 22:35
  UK swimming and diving unveils 2015-16 schedule
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  LEXINGTON, Ky. —After a record-breaking 2014-15 season, the Kentucky swimming and diving team will look to back it up against some of the nation's most elite competition. As the 2015-16 schedule is unveiled, it once again features a grueling test to ...en meer »
  
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• Richard Hughes seeking fitting finale with Eagle Top in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes

  23-07-2015 22:12 via
  
  Retiring champion jockey Richard Hughes believes has been handed a massive opportunity to sign-off his riding career in style after being booked for Eagle Top on Saturday.
  
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• Commonwealth Games: Glasgow legacy is cashed in as residents move into athletes' village

  23-07-2015 22:10
  
  Ann Allan has lived in the east end of Glasgow for almost all of her life, but her new house is a bit different to the others – not least because a year ago, an elite athlete was probably sleeping in her living room. In March, the 74-year-old became one of the first residents of the Athletes’ Village, which it is hoped will become one of the most lasting legacies of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  
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• Thomas praises 'super' Tour fans

  23-07-2015 22:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas happy with fans after Team Sky maintain Chris Froome's lead in the Tour de France
  
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• Astra Giurgiu 0-0 Inverness (agg 1-0)

  23-07-2015 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Inverness Caley Thistle's first European campaign ends at the first hurdle as they are held to a draw by Astra.
  
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• Bristol City supporters club to boycott Hillsborough over ‘unreasonable’ prices

  23-07-2015 21:51
  
  • Fans group board boycotting Sheffield Wednesday game over pricing
  • City fans will have to pay £39 at Hillsborough, but Reading game is only £25The board of Bristol City’s Supporters Club & Trust will not attend the Championship opener at Sheffield Wednesday in protest at ticket pricing for the game.Bristol City fans are being charged £39 to see their club’s return to the Championship at Hillsborough on 8 August, a charge they have described as “astronomical”. Continue
  
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• Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham United Europa League LIVE score: James Tomkins sent off as Hammers are pegged back in Malta

  23-07-2015 21:48 via
  
  West Ham United's quest to reach the main stage of this season's Europa League continues on Thursday when they face Birkirkara in the second qualifying round. Follow live here.
  
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• America's Cup World Series: Personal rivalries rising to the surface ahead of inaugural event

  23-07-2015 21:46
  
  Personal rivalries are rising quickly to the surface ahead of the inaugural America’s Cup World Series. Having collaborated in the successful defence by Oracle Team USA in San Francisco in 2013, Australian skipper Jimmy Spithill is happy to twist the tail of Sir Ben Ainslie now that he is skipper of British challenger Land Rover BAR.
  
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• America's Cup 2017: Sir Ben Ainslie - Olympian charts course for Great Britain to challenge for trophy

  23-07-2015 21:46
  
  It crashes, it bangs, it sets up a banshee scream of wind noise, and it has an ooh-aah factor which stops old ladies walking their dogs on the Portsmouth shore to watch a weird and wonderful man-made contraption skimming at high speed across the water. They are not watching graceful sailing, they are captivated by the image of paceful sailing. Peaceful it ain’t.
  
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• Williams consider Button for Bottas

  23-07-2015 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British driver Jenson Button is a potential target for Williams next season if they lose Finland's Valtteri Bottas to Ferrari.
  
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• England fans forced to fork out £315 for Twickenham World Cup tickets

  23-07-2015 21:37 via
  
  England fans will have to pay up to £315 a ticket on Monday when 15,000 extra seats are released for the Rugby World Cup Pool A matches against Fiji, Wales and Australia at Twickenham.
  
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• Newtown AFC 1-3 FC Copenhagen (agg 1-5)

  23-07-2015 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marvin Pourie scores twice as FC Copenhagen knock Welsh club Newtown out of the Europa League.
  
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• Tour de France 2015: Women's road races are struggling for status - and survival

  23-07-2015 21:30
  
  This year's Tour de France ends on Sunday, and all eyes will be on the scores of elite male cyclists pedalling their way up the Champs Elysée. It's the most prestigious race in the cycling calendar, yet you don't have to look very far to find an obvious disparity: where are all the women?
  
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• Usain Bolt confident he can win Anniversary Games 100m

  23-07-2015 21:29
  
  Jamaican superstar has run 100m only once this year but says he has worked hard on his starting in training before London meetingWhen Usain Bolt sashayed into a cramped and overcrowded London hotel room on Thursday to face the world’s media, he blinked at the barrage of flashbulbs before uttering one word under his breath: “Wow”. On Friday night, when the Jamaican returns to the Olympic Stadium for the Anniversary Games, he intends to elicit exactly the same reaction from the near-capacity
  
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• Barcelona fined over £20,000 after fans displayed pro-Catalan flags during Champions League final victory

  23-07-2015 21:26 via
  
  UEFA have fined Barcelona 30,000 euros (£21,000)  after fans displayed pro-Catalan independence flags at last month's Champions League final in Berlin.
  
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• Crystal Palace sign Alex McCarthy from Queens Park Rangers on four-year deal

  23-07-2015 21:25
  
  • McCarthy is Alan Pardew’s third summer signing
  • Under-21 international joins for undisclosed feeCrystal Palace have completed the signing of the goalkeeper Alex McCarthy from Queens Park Rangers on a four-year deal. The 25-year-old, who moved to QPR from Reading in August last year and made three appearances in the top flight, joins for an undisclosed fee.“When I first heard about Palace’s interest I was excited because I really wanted to be back in the Premier League,” the former
  
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• Laura Robson crashes out in Canada after three-set tussle with Ellie Halbauer

  23-07-2015 21:21 via
  
  Laura Robson slipped to defeat in the second round of the Challenger Banque Nationale De Granby tournament in Canada - losing in three sets to Ellie Halbauer.
  
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• Sky Sports reveals most-watched teams in each UK region - including Stoke-on-Trent - Stoke Sentinel

  23-07-2015 21:17
  
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  Sky Sports reveals most-watched teams in each UK region - including Stoke-on-Trent
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  RANKED: Sky Sports has revealed the most-watched teams in each region of the UK - according to a study they carried out. Sky Sports reveals most-watched teams in each UK region - including Stoke-on-Tre... X. Share Tweet Share Pin It Email. Copy link to ...
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• Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham United Europa League LIVE score: Fabrizio Miccoli levels tie as Hammers struggle in Malta

  23-07-2015 21:03 via
  
  West Ham United's quest to reach the main stage of this season's Europa League continues on Thursday when they face Birkirkara in the second qualifying round. Follow live here.
  
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• Hole-in-one helps Hoey to opening 65

  23-07-2015 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Hoey posts a hole-in-one on his way to an opening round of five-under-par 65 at the European Masters in Switzerland.
  
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• Birkirkara 0-0 West Ham United Europa League LIVE score: Kevin Nolan skippers Hammers in Malta for qualifying tie

  23-07-2015 20:49 via
  
  West Ham United's quest to reach the main stage of this season's Europa League continues on Thursday when they face Birkirkara in the second qualifying round. Follow live here.
  
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• Oman reach 2016 World T20 finals with victory over Namibia

  23-07-2015 20:36
  
  • Namibia 148-9; Oman 150-5 (Oman win by five wickets)
  • Oman reach T20 finals for the first timeOman, who play in World Cricket League Division Five, have qualified for the ICC World Twenty20, in 2016 in India, after defeating Namibia by five wickets. Oman, who began their qualification campaign with a defeat to Kenya, went on to beat the Netherlands and Afghanistan before qualifying by chasing Namibia’s 148 for nine. They finished on 150 for five in the fourth and final qualifying play-o
  
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• Bolt unsure of fitness for London

  23-07-2015 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Usain Bolt says he is unsure how his pelvic injury will cope with possibly running two races at Friday's Anniversary Games.
  
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• VIDEO: Team Sky riding strong - Thomas

  23-07-2015 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Geraint Thomas says Team Sky are "riding strong" as team-mate Chris Froome remained unscathed by a second day of climbs in the Alps.
  
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• Michael Clarke's poor run goes on but Shaun Marsh and David Warner hit centuries for Australia in third Test warm-up

  23-07-2015 20:18 via
  
  Michael Clarke's poor fom continued as the Australia skipper was dismissed for 16 by teenage Derbyshire seamer Will Davis, who was making his first-class debut on Thursday.
  
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