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• Rebounding Beltran's 1st-inning HR leads Yanks over Mets 5-0

  19-09-2015 23:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Beltran heard the critics and vowed he was not finished.
  
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• 6 reasons why you’re always picking up injuries

  19-09-2015 23:59
  
  Let’s get to the route of all those knocks and niggles.
  
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• France 32-10 Italy RWC: Frederic Michalak kicks 19 points in Rugby World Cup 2015 victory

  19-09-2015 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY AT TWICKENHAM: France did not look like the team of the last few years, and not only because they wore red rather than blue. Red for warning.
  
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• Eibar 0-2 Atletico Madrid: Fernando Torres and Angel Correa on target as Diego Simeone's side move second in La Liga 

  19-09-2015 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Angel Correa and Fernando Torres scored the goals in a hard-fought 2-0 victory for Atletico Madrid away to Eibar. The introduction of the pair in the second half changed the game.
  
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• Lockie starts, No. 12 Oregon rolls over Georgia State 61-28

  19-09-2015 23:50
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jeff Lockie made his first start for No. 12 Oregon a winning one, throwing for 228 yards and two touchdowns in a 61-28 victory over Georgia State on Saturday.
  
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• Leitch lauded for courageous match-winning gamble

  19-09-2015 23:48
  
  By Mark Gleeson BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - A gamble by captain Michael Leitch to go for broke when a last-minute penalty would have handed Japan a more than credible draw against fancied South Africa will go down as one of the most audacious decisions in Rugby World Cup history. Trailing by three points and with the end of the game only seconds away, Leitch opted for a scrum rather than the straightforward shot at goal that would surely have levelled the score at 32-32 and was rewarded with t
  
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• Brighton bears witness to the bravest of Blossoms

  19-09-2015 23:48
  
  Japan, those bravest of Brave Blossoms, put twice champions South Africa to the sword 34-32, in a manner which rocked world rugby to its core. Laughing as she left the stadium, she said: "I'm here with my South African friends, but... how good were 'they'?" She was right. "I love Japan," grinned one local, who gave his name as Matt.
  
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• Andy Murray 'must summon up one last effort' as he looks to help Great Britain into Davis Cup final on Sunday

  19-09-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray will play the crucial match of Great Britain's Davis Cup semi-final against Australia after he and his brother Jamie put the hosts 2-1 ahead on Saturday.
  
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• Japan win against South Africa was 'one of the greatest Rugby World Cup wins in history!' Eddie Jones hails historic victory 

  19-09-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON IN BRIGHTON: Eddie Jones said his Japan side had thrown their World Cup pool ‘wide open’ after winning what he described as ‘one of the greatest World Cup games ever.'
  
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• Southampton identify Daley Blind as weak link in Manchester United defence ahead of St Mary's clash

  19-09-2015 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronald Koeman says Southampton will target defender Daley Blind when they face Manchester United at St Mary’s in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday.
  
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• Too much TMO leads to paralysis by analysis...referees must retain authority or the game risks descending into farce

  19-09-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: We need to get back to some basics over the use of the Television Match Official following the opening game at Twickenham.
  
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• Twins' mistakes lead to Angels' 4-3 win in 12 innings

  19-09-2015 23:41
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kole Calhoun's liner eluded shortstop Eduardo Escobar's glove in the 12th inning, allowing Dan Robertson to score the go-ahead run from third, and the Los Angeles Angels held on to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 to gain ground in the AL wild-card race.
  
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• Jon Walters’ goal wasn’t enough for Stoke to beat high flying Leicester today

  19-09-2015 23:41
  
  Second-half goals from Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy cancelled out earlier strikes.
  
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• England will not rise to Warren Gatland's mind games, insists Billy Vunipola ahead of Wales clash

  19-09-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billy Vunipola says England will ignore any attempts by notorious wind-up merchant Warren Gatland to play mind games ahead of Saturday’s eagerly anticipated clash.
  
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• Manchester United have lost that fear factor...Louis van Gaal must inject some flair into his ailing side at once

  19-09-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: No-one truly fears playing Manchester United at the moment. Not PSV Eindhoven, not Swansea City and nor should Southampton after beating them last season.
  
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• Stuart Lancaster is relieved to be over the first hurdle as he eyes a triumph that would better 2003... England's World Cup win over Fiji takes them one step closer to history

  19-09-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Stuart Lancaster stood in a cavernous room beneath one of the stands at Twickenham. Everything was still in order. Nothing was out of place.
  
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• Sam Burgess is winning the battle of hearts and minds and is a real contender to start England's next Rugby World Cup match

  19-09-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: When Sam Burgess arrived in Bath with a fractured eye socket and no rugby union experience, only a handful believed the former league star could make the World Cup grade in time.
  
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• Diego Costa deserves a three-match ban... Mike Dean showed his naivety in not sending him off, slams Arsene Wenger

  19-09-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsene Wenger urged the FA to serve a three-match ban on Diego Costaand hit out at ‘naïve’ referee Mike Dean after the Chelsea striker was pivotal in their 2-0 win over Arsenal.
  
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• Manchester United boss aims to leave lasting legacy after confirming he'll leave next year

  19-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LOUIS VAN GAAL has confirmed that next season will be his last as Manchester United manager - but aims to leave a lasting legacy.
  
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• Man City 1 - West Ham 2: Sakho deals hammer blow to City as De Bruyne gets off the mark

  19-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IT turns out there are some things money can’t buy. Like three points against West Ham.
  
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• Gary McAllister admits he's in firing line as pressure mounts on Liverpool boss

  19-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  UNDER FIRE Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers is hoping Gary McAllister’s second coming on Merseyside has the same effect as his first.
  
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• Exclusive: Psg ready to offer Jose Mourinho escape route from Chelsea at end of the season

  19-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PARIS ST GERMAIN are ready to offer Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho an escape route from Stamford Bridge at the end of the season.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers: Under pressure Liverpool manager has to prove himself again

  19-09-2015 23:30
  
  Shortly before the end of last season Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool’s manager, was asked whether he was sure he would remain manager of the club. Rodgers replied that he was “150 per cent” certain his position was secure.
  
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• Arsenal boss calls for Chelsea's Diego Costa to be banned after 'unacceptable' behaviour

  19-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger dubbed Chelsea hit man Diego Costa the unacceptable face of football and called upon the FA to ban the Spanish international.
  
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• France vs Italy Rugby World Cup 2015 player ratings: Louis Picamoles stars for Les Blues but Yoann Huget injury sours win

  19-09-2015 23:21
  Veteran fly-half Frederic Michalak starred with the boot to get France off to a winning start in Pool D of the Rugby World Cup as Les Blues eased to a 32-10 victory over Six Nations rivals Italy, but it came at a cost.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton struggles in Singapore Grand Prix qualifying as Mercedes deny tyre pressure conspiracy

  19-09-2015 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT MORLIDGE IN SINGAPORE: Toto Wolff couldn’t have been more forthright when responding to claims that Mercedes’ drastic slump in Singapore could have anything to do to with Pirelli
  
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• Michalak steers France past Italy in World Cup opener

  19-09-2015 23:17
  
  By Rex Gowar LONDON (Reuters) - Flyhalf Frederic Michalak kicked 19 points and laid on the first try with a smart grubber as France beat Italy 32-10 in their opening Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Twickenham on Saturday. France scored two tries through prop Rabah Slimani and replacement forward Nicolas Mas to one for Italy wing Giovanbattista Venditti. The French might have had a try in the first half but were denied for a knock-on which it took referee Craig Joubert two consultations with the
  
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• UEFA-led doping study reveals many conspicuous results - ARD

  19-09-2015 23:14
  
  A doping study commissioned by the European football body UEFA has revealed a higher than expected rate of conspicuous levels of testosterone that in some cases could potentially point towards doping, German broadcaster ARD said on Saturday. The broadcaster said that along with the British Sunday Times newspaper it had seen the study conducted by 12 European anti-doping labs where more than 4,000 urine samples from about 900 top footballers between 2008 and 2013, mainly from the European leagues
  
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• France vs Italy RWC 2015 match report: Les Blues answer Ireland's challenge to see of Azzurri but fears over Yoann Huget injury

  19-09-2015 23:08
  Four years ago, France were at odds with their coach and, at times, with themselves, yet they conspired to reach the World Cup final against the hosts, New Zealand. Here, despite the best efforts of their supporters to turn Twickenham into the Stade de France, they were equally out of sorts for long periods but the goal-kicking of Freddie Michalak and the solidity of their world-class No 8, Louis Picamoles, gave them an edge which Italy never looked like blunting.
  
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• Japan beat South Africa 34-32! Springboks fall to humiliating Rugby World Cup defeat by Brave Blossoms

  19-09-2015 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON AT BRIGHTON COMMUNITY STADIUM: South Africa got their World Cup campaign off to a disappointing start after losing to tournament outsiders Japan 34-32.
  
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• England forwards know they must improve from Fiji Rugby World Cup 2015 showing

  19-09-2015 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England's frustrated forwards will spend this week attempting to fix their misfiring scrum following another alarmingly disjointed performance against Fiji.
  
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• Solheim Cup 2015: Emotions spilling over as golfers vie for upper hand

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  Charley Hull, who else, detonating birdies and the team captains scenting the early-morning air with cordite, yes it was another explosive day at the Solheim Cup.
  
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• Samoa vs USA RWC 2015: Samoan power to hit US

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  Samoa’s quest to get out of the pool phase and into the quarter-finals will be under scrutiny when they take on United States in Pool B on Sunday.
  
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• RWC 2015: Warren Gatland plays safe against Uruguayans

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  Signs on overhead gantries advise motorists heading along the M4 into Wales to “plan ahead” for the next few weeks, as the impact of World Cup traffic on the already crowded motorway is likely to be huge.
  
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• RWC 2015: New Zealand plan for quarter-final

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  Meeting Argentina at Wembley Stadium this afternoon is no “gimme” fixture for New Zealand as they open their defence of the World Cup – but All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen is not about to kid anyone that his team are in the toughest pool.
  
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• RWC 2015 - Neil Back column: England must target Welsh flankers

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  England need to play better against Wales next Saturday night to get a second win. I was at Twickenham on Friday to see the win over Fiji and it was concerning how lateral England were. In the first half we were under pressure at the scrum and breakdown. Wales and the following week’s opponents, Australia, will be buoyed by that.
  
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• RWC 2015: England pack make light of sloppy start - Hugh Godwin

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  Stuart Lancaster’s last rallying cry before the World Cup began under Twickenham’s Friday-night lights included a definition of what it means to be English, a thorny subject that commentators from Martin Amis and Douglas Adams to Will Self and Jeremy Clarkson have taken a stab at.
  
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• Morgan Schneiderlin still has a lot to prove at Manchester United, says Louis van Gaal

  19-09-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Morgan Schneiderlin returns to Southampton with Louis van Gaal reminding him there is a difference between being a proven Premier League performer and a proper Manchester United player.
  
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• Louis van Gaal: I'm building a team for the next Manchester United boss

  19-09-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The costly failures of Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao convinced Louis van Gaal to build a new team — even if he will not be at Old Trafford to reap the benefits.
  
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• Davis Cup 2015: Andy Murray and brother Jamie put Britain on the brink

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  For Andy and Jamie Murray, not to mention their Glaswegian captain Leon Smith, it surely cannot get much better than this. In front of 8,000 fans who all but blew the roof off the Emirates Arena with their raucous support, the Murrays put Britain within one win of a first appearance in the Davis Cup final for 37 years with a stunning victory in the doubles here yesterday.
  
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• Ashes 2015 review: Memories of a golden summer of cricket

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  Lord’s was under a state of siege. The game seemed to be in meltdown. England had clumsily sacked the coach and controversially ended the international career, again, of their most illustrious player.
  
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• As it happened: France v Italy, Rugby World Cup

  19-09-2015 22:57
  
  We were following all the action from Twickenham.
  
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• Chase newcomers won't change how they approach title races

  19-09-2015 22:56
  
  JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — When the green flag drops on the opening round of NASCAR's playoffs, Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard will be racing for a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the first time in their careers.
  
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• France 32 - Italy 10: World Cup TMO problems flare up again as Michalak boots Bleus to win

  19-09-2015 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FREDERIC MICHALAK booted France to a dogged victory over old foes Italy in their opening Pool D game of the Rugby World Cup.
  
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• Mel Reid puts tragedy behind her with sparkling display for Europe at Solheim Cup

  19-09-2015 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON: Even the hardest American heart would surely not have begrudged the sight of Mel Reid bathed in the broadest of smiles as she celebrated her 28th birthday in style.
  
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• Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini admits David Silva's injury was no excuse for West Ham defeat

  19-09-2015 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manuel Pellegrini was forced into a late reshuffle when David Silva, Manchester City's outstanding player this season, succumbed to injury in the warm-up.
  
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• UEFA confident doping is small-scale in European football

  19-09-2015 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  European football's governing body UEFA has insisted the number of players taking performance-enhancing drugs is very low in response to allegati
  
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• Naomi Broady's Canadian dream comes to an end in Quebec

  19-09-2015 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Briton Naomi Broady's dream of claiming her first WTA title is over after she lost 6-4 6-2 to 18-year-old Jelena Ostapenko in the Coupe Banque Na
  
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• Mayfield sets record; No. 16 Oklahoma beats Tulsa 52-38

  19-09-2015 22:17
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield threw for 487 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another 85 yards and two scores to power No. 16 Oklahoma over Tulsa 52-38 on Saturday in a game that totaled nearly 1,400 yards of offense.
  
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• Japan stun Boks to go top of the shocks

  19-09-2015 22:09
  
  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - When it comes to shocks in international rugby it is a relative term, with New Zealand losing to finalists France in two memorable World Cup games and Wales upset by Fiji in a shoot-out for a quarter-final slot in 2007 among the most notable. Wales's home defeat by Western Samoa in Cardiff in 1991 is generally regarded, until Saturday when Japan stunned South Africa, as the biggest upset in the eight tournaments to date, but as time has passed and people reco
  
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