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• Napoli back with the Rangers, who are back in playoffs

  06-10-2015 23:58
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chants of "Nap-o-li!, Nap-o-li!" echo in Texas just like 2011 all over again.
  
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• England head coach Stuart Lancaster insists,‘It doesn’t bother me if review is public’ after disastrous World Cup exit

  06-10-2015 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stuart Lancaster has urged his RFU employers to conduct a swift review of England’s failed World Cup campaign and confirmed that he would be happy for the findings to be published.
  
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• Fiji grab first World Cup win, Uruguay first tries

  06-10-2015 23:53
  
  Fiji finished their World Cup with their first victory, proving too powerful in a 47-15 win in Pool A over courageous Uruguay who, much to the delight of their entire team, grabbed their first tries of the tournament. Fiji, dealt a tough hand at the World Cup with only spirited defeats by England, Australia and Wales to their name, dominated at the scrum with second row Leone Nakarawa and fullback Kini Murimurivalu scoring the pick of the tries.
  
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• Fiji, Romania win, South Africa eye last eight

  06-10-2015 23:52
  
  By Padraic Halpin LONDON (Reuters) - Fiji and Romania recorded their first victories of the World Cup on Tuesday as teams began to bid farewell to the tournament and those remaining prepared for a weekend that will decide the quarter-final line-ups. Hosts England rang the changes for their final game, a dead rubber against Uruguay, and the debate over Stuart Lancaster's future continued with another seasoned coach stating his interest in a role that has yet to become available. The final three l
  
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• Gordon thinks new tire changer can give inside information

  06-10-2015 23:49
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Gordon believes his new front tire changer can improve his pit crew and give Hendrick Motorsports some inside information on the competition.
  
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• England coach Stuart Lancaster ignites his fightback, claiming the future is still bright, despite sorry home World Cup exit

  06-10-2015 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three days after all his best-laid plans turned to dust against Australia, Stuart Lancaster claimed he was still in the same ‘dark place’ but appeared to have located a few precious shafts of light.
  
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• Ferguson: If Ryan Giggs retired earlier, he’d be United’s manager by now

  06-10-2015 23:42
  
  Fergie says Giggs could have taken over from him, had he stopped playing earlier.
  
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• Germany great Mueller suffering from Alzheimers - Bayern

  06-10-2015 23:39
  
  Former Germany and Bayern Munich striker Gerd Mueller, who is the Bundesliga's all-time top scorer, is suffering from Alzheimers, his club said on Tuesday. Nicknamed "Der Bomber" for his scoring prowess, Mueller, a 1974 World Cup and 1972 European Championship winner, who also won three consecutive European Cups with Bayern, has been suffering from the disease since early this year. "For some time now Gerd Mueller has unfortunately been ill," Bayern said in a statement ahead of Mueller's 70th bi
  
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• Australia snub England's Pennyhill Park training base in favour of The Lensbury 

  06-10-2015 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australia have rubbed salt into English wounds by snubbing the opportunity to move into their Pennyhill Park base. Sportsmail understands Australia have first refusal on all training centres.
  
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• Hornets: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to have surgery on shoulder

  06-10-2015 23:36
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford plans to spend the rest of the preseason looking at different combinations while trying to adapt to the loss of forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to a right shoulder injury.
  
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• Cork management vacancies remain but County Board ‘hope to have something in the next few days’

  06-10-2015 23:33
  
  No white smoke from tonight’s meeting on Leeside.
  
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• Roy Keane insists he would still be Sunderland manager without interference of Ellis Short

  06-10-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Republic of Ireland assistant Roy Keane says he would still be in charge of Sunderland without the interference of owner Ellis Short and admits he is not surprised Dick Advocaat has quit the club.
  
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• Ian Poulter targets victory at British Masters as he hopes to give boost to poorly mum  

  06-10-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Proud host Ian Poulter is hoping to give his mum the perfect pick-me-up with a first victory in almost three years at the relaunched British Masters, which starts on Thursday over his home course at Woburn.
  
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• David de Gea and Santi Cazorla lead the way as Premier League stars light up Spain training, but Sergio Ramos out with injury

  06-10-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sergio Ramos has been ruled out of Spain's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Luxembourg and Ukraine, but the European champions should still reach the tournament in the coming week.
  
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• The way Gareth Bale has inspired a nation… surely Ryan Giggs has a twinge of regret?

  06-10-2015 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: When Ryan Giggs sees what Gareth Bale is about to achieve with Wales, does he ever think he could have dedicated just a little more of himself to international football?
  
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• Stones out of Euro 2016 qualifiers with injury

  06-10-2015 23:21
  
  England defender John Stones has been ruled out of their final two Euro 2016 qualifiers through injury, the FA said in a statement on Tuesday. Everton's Stones, who sat out Sunday's Merseyside Derby against Liverpool with a knee injury, will miss the games against Estonia at Wembley on Friday and in Lithuania on Monday. England are already guaranteed top spot in Group E and will finish the qualifying competition with a 100 percent record if they win their remaining two games.
  
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• ‘It’s f****** horrible’ – Jamie Cudmore says it as it is after agonising defeat

  06-10-2015 23:15
  
  Cudmore was pretty blunt when asked what the mood was like in the Canadian dressing room.
  
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• Fiji 47-15 Uruguay: Pacific Islanders pick up win in final game but underdogs score first Rugby World Cup tries for 12 years

  06-10-2015 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fiji ended a difficult Rugby World Cup with a convincing, bonus-point win over Pool A minnows Uruguay in Milton Keynes, but the South Americans did manage their World Cup tries since 2003.
  
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• Marlins president says he regrets moving GM into dugout

  06-10-2015 23:03
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins President David Samson says he regrets moving general manager Dan Jennings into the dugout, and the franchise has begun its latest managerial search with a new approach.
  
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• McGregor calls another one right as Dillashaw parts ways with Faber’s Team Alpha Male

  06-10-2015 23:02
  
  “I just sense disloyalty.”
  
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• England stalwart Casey Stoney awarded MBE in honour of her dedication to sport

  06-10-2015 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal defender Casey Stoney has been made an MBE at Buckingham Palace courtesy of her illustrious career, which included 122 caps for the former England captain.
  
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• Fiji turned on the style to pick up their first win of the World Cup

  06-10-2015 22:55
  
  Fiji ran in some stunning scores in the six-try win
  
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• Formula One could be sold this year - Ecclestone

  06-10-2015 22:48
  
  Formula One could have new owners by the end of the year with three parties currently interested, the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Tuesday. "Our shareholders at the moment are basically in such a position where they have to lose some of their shares, or all of them, shortly," the 84-year-old Briton told a Camp Beckenbauer Global Summit in Kitzbuehel, Austria, in a telephone interview. CVC Capital Partners are currently the controlling shareholders with a 35.5 percent stak
  
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• Robert Lewandowski expects Scotland to pay him plenty of attention as Poland train ahead of crunch Euro 2016 qualifier

  06-10-2015 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poland striker Robert Lewandowski believes his hot streak for Bayern Munich will ensure Scotland's defenders will be all over him at Hampden Park on Thursday night.
  
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• West Ham midfielder Morgan Amalfitano leaves club by mutual consent 

  06-10-2015 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Morgan Amalfitano has left West Ham by mutual consent. The 30-year-old signed a new two-year deal back in March, but fell out with manager Slaven Bilic during pre-season.
  
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• Hitchcock going to more aggressive attack for Blues

  06-10-2015 22:33
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — After three straight first-round playoff exits, the St. Louis Blues have learned to temper expectations.
  
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• Lewis Moody hits out at England selection in Twitter spat with James Haskell ahead of Rugby World Cup clash with Uruguay 

  06-10-2015 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former England captain Lewis Moody hit out at Stuart Lancaster's ageing back row, after the coach named an experienced side for their Rugby World Cup dead rubber against Uruguay.
  
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• Robin van Persie risks wrath of Fenerbahce fans and predicts Turkey will drop points to help Holland

  06-10-2015 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holland striker Robin van Persie has risked the wrath of Fenerbahce fans and believes Turkey will drop points in their last two Euro 2106 qualifiers giving the Dutch the chance of a playoff spot.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Wednesday, October 7

  06-10-2015 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his guide to the hottest selections from Wednesday's races at Ludlow, Kempton, Nottingham and Towcester.
  
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• Clubs seek legal advice after insolvent race management company leaves them high and dry

  06-10-2015 22:15
  
  Precision Timing were one of the leading race management firms in the country and supplied services to more than 160 events annually.
  
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• Veteran German striker to miss Thursday’s clash with Ireland

  06-10-2015 22:13
  
  Lukas Podolski won’t line out at the Aviva.
  
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• Aaron Hernandez lawyers ask for search warrant to be tossed

  06-10-2015 22:13
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez asked a judge Tuesday to invalidate a search warrant that led police to seize a vehicle that prosecutors say Hernandez was driving when he fatally shot two men in 2012.
  
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• Small beer after Romania comeback kings sink Italy

  06-10-2015 22:06
  
  By Nick Mulvenney LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - Romania coach Lynn Howells will allow his players some beer to toast the biggest comeback in Rugby World Cup history, but it will only be a couple given their fourth Pool D match is only a few days away. The Oaks delighted their passionate supporters when they rallied from 15-0 down early in the second half to beat Canada 17-15 on Tuesday, centre Florin Vlaicu curling the winning penalty through the posts in the 77th minute. "I don't think it was
  
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• Is Formula 1 losing its soul?

  06-10-2015 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Formula 1's obsession with money and growth could come at the expense of its rich history, writes BBC F1 analyst Allan McNish.
  
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• De Bruyne to be given lead role for Belgium

  06-10-2015 22:00
  
  Belgium will change their formation for Saturday’s Euro 2016 qualifier away to minnows Andorra in order to hand Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne a playmaker role, coach Marc Wilmots said on Tuesday. Belgium will book their place in next year's finals in France with victory over Andorra in what is expected to be a routine assignment. Wilmots said he would set his side up differently to normal and dispense with a defensive midfielder, putting De Bruyne behind the attack, supported by two ot
  
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• Veteran German striker to miss Thursday’s crunch clash with Ireland

  06-10-2015 21:55
  
  Lukas Podolski won’t line out at the Aviva.
  
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• Stars add title experience behind high-scoring Seguin, Benn

  06-10-2015 21:53
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dallas will try to convert a second straight promising offseason into a trip to the playoffs, something the disappointing team couldn't do last season because of a slow start and another slump triggered by a key injury.
  
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• Louisville campus police reviewing escort allegations

  06-10-2015 21:44
  
  Louisville campus police now say they are reviewing allegations that a former men's basketball staffer hired escorts to dance and have sex with recruits and players in a dormitory.
  
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• Analysis: SOB’s lack of reward and the rest of Ireland’s rucks against Italy

  06-10-2015 21:35
  
  We’ve taken a look at every single ruck Ireland were involved in against the Italians last weekend.
  
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• Sheik Joaan Al Thani snaps up new £800,000 colt following Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe defeat 

  06-10-2015 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sheik Joaan Al Thani, owner of defeated Arc favourite Treve, snapped up a prize yearling colt sired by Frankel  to a bid of almost £800,000 placed on his behalf by trainer John Gosden.
  
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• Samoan Tuilagi suspended for five weeks

  06-10-2015 21:08
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Samoa winger Alesana Tuilagi has been suspended for five weeks for an act of foul play during the Rugby World Cup game against Japan, organisers said on Tuesday. Tuilagi struck Japan's Harumichi Tatekawa with his knee in the second minute of the Pool B match on Saturday. He denied the act of foul play but was found guilty by the citing commissioner and will miss Samoa’s last match against Scotland at St James' Park on Saturday. Samoa cannot reach the quarter-finals. (Rep
  
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• South American qualifiers start without elite quintet

  06-10-2015 21:05
  
  Five of South America's leading players will be missing when the continent's 2018 World Cup qualifiers kick off this week. Argentina's Lionel Messi and Colombia's James Rodriguez are injured, while Brazil's Neymar and Uruguay's Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani are suspended.
  
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• Royals head into postseason with newfound expectations

  06-10-2015 20:59
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals were just happy to be invited to the party last year, ending a 29-year postseason drought before squeaking through a dramatic wild-card game against the Athletics.
  
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• Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney doubtful for England's Euro 2016 qualifier against Estonia as John Stones pulls out 

  06-10-2015 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England captain Wayne Rooney sat out Roy Hodgson's training session at St George's Park on Tuesday with Danny Ings, called up for the first time, and Jonjo Shelvey, all struggling with injuries.
  
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• ‘That belief didn’t disappear with the Japan defeat’ – Habana proud of how Springboks bounced back

  06-10-2015 20:51
  
  Habana isn’t thinking about breaking the World Cup try record.
  
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• Canada 15-17 Romania: Mihai Macovei inspires remarkable comeback as tier two nations produce Rugby World Cup classic

  06-10-2015 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canada let a 15-point lead slip to miss out on a win that would have rounded off a positive Rugby World Cup campaign, instead handing Romania their first victory of the competition.
  
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• New-look Chicago Blackhawks aiming for historic title

  06-10-2015 20:48
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — When it was all over — all the days with the Stanley Cup, the trades, the free-agent departures — the core of the Chicago Blackhawks just shrugged and went back to work.
  
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• Novak Djokovic and brother Djordje team up to earn first ever doubles win at China Open

  06-10-2015 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Djokovic brothers chest-bumped and high-fived their way to a 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (6/8), 10-5 victory over the China-New Zealand pairing of Gong Mao-Xin and Michael Venus.
  
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• Newmarket to honour Clive Brittain at Dubai Future Champions Festival with legendary trainer set for end of season retirement  

  06-10-2015 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newmarket will mark the outstanding contribution made to racing by Clive Brittain with a special presentation at Saturday’s Dubai Future Champions Day. Brittain will retire at the end of the Flat season.
  
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• Lukas Podolski out of Germany's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Ireland and Georgia

  06-10-2015 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Winger Lukas Podolski has been ruled out of Germany's crucial Euro 2016 qualifiers against the Republic of Ireland and Georgia over the next few days after picking up an ankle injury.
  
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