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• Doping crisis: Russia and Kenya reject drugs claims as a smear campaign

  02-08-2015 23:59
  
  Russia and Kenya, the two nations implicated most seriously in the latest doping allegations to rock the athletics world, have both hit back over the claims.
  
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• Steven Finn became unstoppable in the third Test at Edgbaston...and it was all to do with a change in his bowling technique

  02-08-2015 23:42 via
  
  When Steven Finn was sent home from Australia in January 2014, Ashes match figures of eight for 117 seemed a long way off. Sportsmail's Bob Treasure looks at where it went right at Edgbaston.
  
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• Michael Clarke is a strong guy... but even the toughest captains need all the support they can get from the dressing room

  02-08-2015 23:31 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE by BRENDON McCULLUM: I feel for Michael Clarke right now. Captaincy can be tough, and so can slumps in your batting form, but it's now where he must really earn his crust.
  
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• AFL: five things we learned from round 18 | Kathryn Kernohan

  02-08-2015 23:30
  
  Backing for Adam Goodes, Hawks beaten at their own game, a selection error by the Magpies, Tom Lynch makes his mark, and the Bulldogs can do some damage Related: SCG the focal point on day of widespread support for Adam GoodesContinue reading...
  
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• Sam Turner's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, August 3 

  02-08-2015 23:30 via
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Sam Turner brings his best selections from Friday's races at Ripon, Carlisle, Windsor and Nottingham.
  
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• Inbee Park secures seventh major title with British Open triumph at Turnberry 

  02-08-2015 23:30 via
  
  South Korea's Inbee Park hailed the greatest day of her life after claiming a seventh major title with a brilliant final round in the Ricoh Women's British Open at Turnberry.
  
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• James Guy proves fighting spirit is in his blood to claim first World Championship medal

  02-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JAMES GUY's boxing granddad inspired the Briton to a first World Championship medal after a gutsy display in the men's 400 metres freestyle at the world championships in Kazan last night.
  
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• RideLondon 2015: Cyclist dies while climbing highest hill in Surrey during sportive

  02-08-2015 23:21
  A 55-year-old cyclist collapsed and died while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 event on 2 August.
  
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• Prudential RideLondon 2015: Cyclist dies while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during sportive

  02-08-2015 23:21
  
  A 55-year-old cyclist collapsed and died while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 event on 2 August.
  
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• Prudential RideLondon 2015: Cyclist dies while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during race

  02-08-2015 23:21
  
  A 55-year-old cyclist collapsed and died while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 event on 2 August.
  
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• VIDEO: The incomparable Sir Peter O'Sullevan

  02-08-2015 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport's Clare Balding remembers the life and career of former BBC horse racing commentator Sir Peter O'Sullevan, who has died aged 97.
  
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• Ashes 2015: England can break the sequence despite loss of Jimmy Anderson

  02-08-2015 23:16
  
  In a series of swinging fortunes, England will be wary of an Australia comeback in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge as they close in on regaining the AshesSo in the aftermath of their comprehensive win at Edgbaston, England have that elusive thing called momentum going into the fourth Test at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday. Or do they? They had plenty of momentum after the victory in Cardiff too, and look what happened at Lord’s. Then the momentum was with Australia after that, and much good
  
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• Gunners gain early upper hand after beating Chelsea in Community Shield

  02-08-2015 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Arsene Wenger finally secured victory over Jose Mourinho as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's first-half goal was enough to give Arsenal a 1-0 win aga
  
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• England endured a brutal World Cup training camp in America and now it's decision time for Stuart Lancaster... who will survive the chop? 

  02-08-2015 23:11 via
  
  CHRIS FOY: England's players reconvened at their Surrey HQ on Sunday night after a few days off, ready to hurl themselves into a make-or-break week of pre-World Cup training. The next cull is looming.
  
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• John Isner beats Marcos Baghdatis to win third-straight Atlanta Open title

  02-08-2015 22:59
  
  Top seed wins 6-3, 6-3Bob and Mike Bryan win doubles titles
  John Isner won the Atlanta Open for the third straight year, beating Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday at Atlantic Station.The top-seeded former University of Georgia star has reached the final in Atlanta in five of the past six years and is 20-3 in the event. He has 10 ATP Tour titles. Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea’s Emma Hayes keeps FA Cup final winners focused on more trophies

  02-08-2015 22:59
  
  • Chelsea Ladies still in hunt for three more competitions
  • Manager Emma Hayes says she is relishing the pressureThis was a big occasion for women’s football: the first FA Cup final to take place at Wembley, where a warm afternoon added to the sense that here was a game basking in its moment. Beforehand, players from Chelsea and Notts County had talked about how special it would be to finally walk on to that turf in front of a record crowd to compete for a trophy that neither side had won
  
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• Sammy Jo Bell admits she had to discover her inner steel in order to crack male-dominated racing

  02-08-2015 22:25 via
  
  Don’t be fooled by the sweet smile and infectious giggle — Sammy Jo Bell insists no-one pushes her around on the racecourse. Bell's new confidence has brought 21 winners for her so far this year.
  
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• Angel di Maria arrives in Qatar to have Paris Saint-Germain medical on Monday ahead of £44.4m move from Manchester United

  02-08-2015 22:17 via
  
  Angel di Maria has arrived inDoha, Qatar ahead of his medical on Monday to finalise his £44.4million transfer from Manchester United to Paris Saint-Germain.
  
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• Minichiello queries lack of action

  02-08-2015 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jessica Ennis-Hill's coach Toni Minichiello asks why the IAAF did not act on data appearing to expose widespread doping in athletics.
  
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• Rio triathlon overshadowed by doping and virus fears

  02-08-2015 22:07
  
  Competitors taking part in Olympic qualifier oblivious to revelations about industrial-scale doping in international sport, and fears over water quality remain
  In the biggest test yet of preparations for the 2016 Games, hundreds of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls swam, cycled and ran under the limpid blue skies of Copacabana over the weekend, but the glorious scenes were partly overshadowed by fears about water quality and new revelations of industrial-scale doping in international sport.The tri
  
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• Wayne Rooney makes his Everton return in Duncan Ferguson testimonial

  02-08-2015 21:55
  
  • Rooney, who left Everton in 2004, makes brief appearance as a substitute
  • Forward received warm reception after coming on in 2-1 defeat to VillarrealEleven years after departing for Manchester United, Wayne Rooney pulled on an Everton shirt again to make a brief appearance at Goodison Park, as the hosts lost 2-1 to Villarreal in Duncan Ferguson’s testimonial.Rooney wore No18 – his original squad number at Everton – and replaced former Manchester United team-mate Tom Cleverley with 1
  
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• Brandon Boykin clarifies comment about Chip Kelly and ‘men of our culture’

  02-08-2015 21:49
  
  Cornerback says Eagles head coach is not racistWas traded to Steelers at weekend
  Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Brandon Boykin has clarified comments that suggested the Philadelphia Eagles head coach, Chip Kelly, has a problem with black players. Boykin, who joined the Steelers from the Eagles on Saturday, had said that Kelly is “uncomfortable around grown men of our culture.”
  The comments were particularly pertinent after another former Eagle, LeSean McCoy, implied earlier this year that Ke
  
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• South African police to reopen inquiry into death of ex Somerset captain Peter Roebuck nearly four years after Cape Town hotel fall

  02-08-2015 21:38 via
  
  The inquiry into death of cricket writer and former Somerset captain Peter Roebuck is set to be reopened almost four years after he fell from the sixth-floor window of a Cape Town hotel room.
  
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• Kiradech Aphibarnrat holds on to claim Paul Lawrie Matchplay title and £122,000 prize money with victory over Robert Karlsson

  02-08-2015 21:36 via
  
  Kiradech Aphibarnrat held his nerve to win his second European Tour title of the year on Sunday, beating Robert Karlsson in a hard-fought final of the inaugural Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay.
  
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• Jean-Pierre Drucker pips Britain’s Ben Swift in London-Surrey Classic

  02-08-2015 21:35
  
  • Luxembourg rider wins sprint finish in the Mall to clinch title
  • Second year running Team Sky rider Swift has been edged out at the endBen Swift endured another near miss on The Mall as Luxembourg’s Jean-Pierre Drucker beat the 27-year-old Briton in a four-way sprint to claim the RideLondon-Surrey Classic in blazing sunshine on Sunday.Team Sky’s lead rider, who was pipped on the line by a fellow Sheffield-born rider Adam Blythe in horrendous conditions last year, joined an eight-man b
  
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• World Aquatics Championships 2015: week one – in pictures

  02-08-2015 21:34
  
  We select the best photos from the opening week of the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia Continue reading...
  
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• Tom Daley takes 10-metre platform bronze at World Championships to add to mixed team gold despite error on second dive

  02-08-2015 21:25 via
  
  Tom Daley recovered from a poor second dive to take the bronze medal in the 10-metre platform at the Kazan 2015 World Championships. Daley already secured mixed team gold.
  
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• Lokomotiv held by city rivals

  02-08-2015 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lokomotiv Moscow's 100 per cent start to the Russian Premier League season ended on Sunday as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by city rivals D
  
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• Arsenal overcame big hurdle - Wenger

  02-08-2015 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes his players overcame a big psychological hurdle by beating Chelsea in the Community Shield.
  
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• Christian Benteke shows why Liverpool paid £32.5m for him with wonder volley

  02-08-2015 21:07
  
  • Brendan Rodgers: ‘You won’t see too many better goals ’
  • Benteke scores on debut in Liverpool’s 2-1 win at SwindonIt was one of those moments that makes you either stand up from your chair or fall back into it, and for Christian Benteke the perfect way to mark his first appearance for Liverpool. Shortly after half-time, and finding himself just outside Swindon’s area, the striker collected a pass on his chest and with the ball in mid air, thundered a right-foot volley into the t
  
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• Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho throws his Community Shield runners-up medal to a young Arsenal fan after defeat at Wembley

  02-08-2015 21:07 via
  
  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho handed a young Arsenal fan a unique memento of their Community Shield victory as the Blues boss threw his runners-up medal into the stands.
  
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• VIDEO: Sjostrom sets new 100m butterfly record

  02-08-2015 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom sets a world record in the 100m butterfly, clocking a time of 55.74 seconds to beat the previous best by 0.24 seconds.
  
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• Daley wins World 10m bronze in Kazan

  02-08-2015 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Daley finishes third as China's Qiu Bo wins the men's 10m platform at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.
  
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• VIDEO: Drucker wins thrilling Mall sprint

  02-08-2015 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jean-Pierre Drucker wins a thrilling sprint at the London-Surrey Classic as Team Sky's Ben Swift finishes third.
  
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• Jose Mourinho admits being in the dark over fitness of star striker Diego Costa ahead of the new Premier League season

  02-08-2015 20:39 via
  
  Jose Mourinho admits he is concerned by star striker Diego Costa's fitness ahead of the new season. Recurring hamstring problems ruled the Spain international out of the FA Community Shield defeat.
  
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• VIDEO: Women's Open: Best shots of day four

  02-08-2015 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport looks at the best shots from the final day's play in the Women' Open at Turnberry, Scotland.
  
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• Duncan Ferguson hails Wayne Rooney after Manchester United ace dons Everton shirt for Goodison Park testimonial

  02-08-2015 20:38 via
  
  Duncan Ferguson praised Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney for returning to Everton to play in his testimonial 11 years after his former team-mate left Goodison Park for Old Trafford.
  
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• Jack Wilshere will be fit for Premier League opener against West Ham, says Arsene Wenger... but cautious Arsenal likely to not risk midfielder at Emirates

  02-08-2015 20:38 via
  
  Arsene Wenger is confident Jack Wilshere will be fit for next Sunday's season-opener against West Ham. But Sportsmail understands cautious Arsenal won't take any chances with the midfielder.
  
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• VIDEO: Daley takes bronze in 10m final

  02-08-2015 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Daley wins his second medal of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships with bronze in the men's 10m platform event.
  
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• 2015 Community Shield: Arsenal v Chelsea - in pictures

  02-08-2015 20:27
  
  We round up the best photos as Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in the 2015 Community Shield at Wembley, thanks to a first half goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Arsenal overcome Chelsea 'hurdle'

  02-08-2015 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits beating Chelsea had become "a bit of a hurdle " for his players, after the Gunners defeated Jose Mourinho's Blues 1-0 in the Community Shield.
  
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• Andy Murray pays visit to the White House ahead of ATP Citi Open appearance in Washington on Monday

  02-08-2015 20:19 via
  
  Following a few weeks of well-earned rest, Andy Murray returns to action on the American hard courts in Washington this week with the world No 3 taking in a visit to the White House on Saturday.
  
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• VIDEO: Park beats Ko to Women's Open title

  02-08-2015 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World number one Inbee Park beats fellow Korean Ko Jin-young by three shots to win the Women's British Open at Turnberry, Scotland.
  
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• Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger continue bitter feud as Chelsea manager claims Arsenal boss ignored the chance to shake his hand

  02-08-2015 20:00
  Jose Mourinho’s toxic relationship with Arsene Wenger took another twist when the Chelsea manager accused his counterpart of ignoring the chance to shake his hand at the end of a game which saw Arsenal win through Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s goal.
  
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• Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho continue bitter feud as Chelsea manager claims Arsenal boss ignored chance to shake his hand

  02-08-2015 20:00
  Jose Mourinho’s toxic relationship with Arsene Wenger took another twist when the Chelsea manager accused his counterpart of ignoring the chance to shake his hand at the end of a game which saw Arsenal win through Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s goal.
  
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• Stoke City 0-3 Porto: Potters lose their second match in two days in Cologne Cup 

  02-08-2015 19:58 via
  
  Stoke City lost their final pre-season match in Cologne on Sunday afternoon against Champions League quarter-finalists Porto. ThePremier League side were comprehensively beaten.
  
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• Glamorgan pitch deemed unsafe as Hampshire match is abandoned  

  02-08-2015 19:56 via
  
  The Royal London One-Day Cup match between Glamorgan and Hampshire was abandoned on Sunday after umpires deemed the pitch at the SWALEC Stadium was unsafe.
  
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• Craig Ervine hits stunning century as Zimbabwe claim win against New Zealand

  02-08-2015 19:56 via
  
  Craig Ervine scored his maiden one-day international century to guide Zimbabwe to a stunning seven-wicket victory over World Cup finalists New Zealand in the first ODI at Harare.
  
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• Raheem Sterling leaves nightclub with jumper over his head

  02-08-2015 19:55 via
  
  Raheem Sterling looked for a low key escape after he visited a Manchester nightspot on Sunday morning. 
  
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• Rangers 3-0 Peterhead: Mark Warburton's side storm to victory at Ibrox to secure second round spot in Scottish League Cup

  02-08-2015 19:54 via
  
  Rangers boss Mark Warburton marked his competitive bow at Ibrox with a 3-0 victory over Peterhead in the first round of the Scottish League Cup.
  
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