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• McCaffrey leads No. 9 Stanford past Colorado 42-10

  07-11-2015 23:56
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Christian McCaffrey is a dynamic runner, returner and receiver.
  
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• Alleged extortion to hide dopers abhorrent - Coe

  07-11-2015 23:55
  
  IAAF president Sebastian Coe called alleged bribery within athletics "abhorrent" on Saturday after claims that predecessor Lamine Diack received over one million euros ($1.09 million) to cover up doping violations. "That people in our sport have allegedly extorted money from athletes guilty of doping violations is abhorrent," said Coe in a statement sent to Reuters and Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. Coe, who was elected president in August, also denied again that the governing body of athleti
  
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• Sport is a side issue in the chance to change the lives of Brazilian people... so can Rio 2016 offer REAL Olympic legacy?

  07-11-2015 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Rio 2016 is just nine months away and concerns about the readiness of its venues are starting to subside. It is a golden chance to change lives in Brazil.
  
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• Sam Burgess may have been in talks to quit rugby union before World Cup 

  07-11-2015 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS: The wheels of Sam Burgess’s move back to rugby league could have been set in motion before their disastrous World Cup campaign.
  
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• England 2-9 New Zealand: Shaun Kenny-Dowall crosses for crucial try as Kiwis grind out victory at the Olympic Stadium 

  07-11-2015 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Zealand outplayed England at the Olympic Stadium to keep the three-match Test series alive with an attritional 9-2 victory.
  
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• Mesut Ozil reveals the reasons behind his turnaround in form

  07-11-2015 23:48
  
  Arsenal face Tottenham in Sunday’s north London derby.
  
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• High-flying Heracles thwarted by late equaliser

  07-11-2015 23:37
  
  AMSTERDAM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Heracles Almelo missed a chance to go second in the Dutch league after conceding a last-gasp equaliser to draw 1-1 at PEC Zwolle on Saturday. It was the first draw of the season for Heracles who took the lead through Wout Weghorst after 17 minutes but were then stunned by Stef Nijland's leveller five minutes into stoppage time. Heracles are third with 25 points from 12 matches, level with Feyenoord and three behind Ajax Amsterdam who meet in a top of the table clash
  
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• New documents show payments to private accounts linked to FIFA voters as Germany chased 2006 World Cup votes

  07-11-2015 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Secret paperwork obtained by The Mail on Sunday appears to contradict the assertion of a senior German 2006 World Cup official that no bribes were paid to land the tournament.
  
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• Arsene Wenger says he will know at Christmas if Arsenal are title contenders as he looks to bounce back from Bayern defeat

  07-11-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 5-1 defeat at Bayern Munich on Wednesday night might have been Arsene Wenger’s worst ever in the Champions League with Arsenal but there have been plenty of other setbacks.
  
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• Vonn needs thumb stitches because of her fighting dogs

  07-11-2015 23:32
  
  Lindsey Vonn was bitten by the injury bug again. This time, really bitten.
  
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• Paul Scholes insists 'It's better than the Champions League' after Salford's City maiden FA Cup first round victory

  07-11-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s probably better than the Champions League. It’s like when I watched Oldham in the FA Cup.’ And from Manchester United great Paul Scholes there is no higher praise than that.
  
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• FC United of Manchester expecting record crowd as they prepare for FA Cup first round tie with Chesterfield on Monday night

  07-11-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As one of the founders of FC United of Manchester in 2005, Andy Walsh received plenty of criticism from his fellow Manchester United fans for 'deserting' Old Trafford in protest at The Glazer family.
  
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• Remi Garde will not raid Ligue 1 for new players as Aston Villa boss insists 'there are enough French players in the team'

  07-11-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Remi Garde has ruled out a plunge into Ligue 1 for reinforcements at Aston Villa during the January transfer window. Villa signed four players from France in the summer with mixed success.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini: I am not afraid of leaving big-money Manchester City stars out

  07-11-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has appeared more ruthless and single-minded this season, and acknowledges he doesn't have a problem leaving out expensive signings.
  
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• England boss Roy Hodgson is at mercy of Premier League clubs over winter gathering 

  07-11-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson will ask Premier League clubs whether he can have an England squad meeting in the winter months when there is no international football.
  
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• MotoGP 2015 Valencia Grand Prix: Where to watch race live and qualifying review

  07-11-2015 23:27
  
  Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo was the fastest during the qualifying session of the 2015 Valencia Grand Prix. The Spaniard took pole for the final race of this season on 8 November, Sunday.
  
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• Kizer throws for 5 TDs, No. 8 Notre Dame tops Pitt 42-30

  07-11-2015 23:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brian Kelly isn't ready to start politicking. The Notre Dame coach figures it's far too early to get caught up in the endless debate of "who's in, who's out" of the College Football Playoff.
  
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• Chelsea players still behind Mourinho, says Begovic

  07-11-2015 23:20
  
  By Ian Chadband LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Chelsea's players are still fully behind Jose Mourinho, said goalkeeper Asmir Begovic after Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Stoke City plunged the manager's future with the Premier League champions into fresh doubt. Mourinho was banned from watching at Stoke's Britannia Stadium by the FA after making abusive comments to referee Jon Moss at West Ham United last month.
  
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• No. 11 Florida beats pesky Vanderbilt 9-7, clinches SEC East

  07-11-2015 23:12
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Jim McElwain shook his head and chuckled as he joked about possibly getting arrested leaving the stadium.
  
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• Chelsea dismiss 'nonsence' Diego Costa stamp claim after Stoke steward reports striker to referee after game 

  07-11-2015 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea's season took another bizarre turn as a Stoke steward's claim that Diego Costa stamped on him was refuted as 'utter nonsense' and then resolved.
  
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• Did Jose Mourinho break the rules? Photos show device on Chelsea bench that could have been used for communication with Blues boss

  07-11-2015 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho appeared to defy Football Association rules by communicating with Chelsea assistants Steve Holland and Rui Faria during their seventh defeat of the season.
  
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• IAAF chief Coe says corruption claims 'abhorrent'

  07-11-2015 23:03
  
  IAAF president Sebastian Coe has described as "abhorrent" allegations that people in the sport have extorted money from competitors guilty of doping violations. "That people in our sport have allegedly extorted money from athletes guilty of doping violations is abhorrent," said Coe in a statement on Saturday in his first response to the latest crisis to hit the sport. Coe's comments came after French authorities this week placed former IAAF president Lamine Diack under formal investigation on su
  
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• Voting set to open in Myanmar's historic election

  07-11-2015 23:00
  
  Around 30 million voters will pick among 6,065 candidates in country's first openly-contested polls in 25 years.
  
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• Louis van Gaal: Manchester United fans don't need to tell me that we need to attack and score... my mother knows that and my grandmother knows that

  07-11-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal claimed the club's fans should think about what they chant after his side struggled to a 2-0 win against West Brom on Saturday.
  
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• Gemma O’Connor is named Camogie Players’ Player of the Year

  07-11-2015 22:58
  
  The Cork defender was dominant this year.
  
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• Stoke City 1-0 Chelsea: Blues suffer SEVENTH Premier League defeat as Marko Arnautovic heaps pressure on Jose Mourinho

  07-11-2015 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT THE BRITANNIA: And so it goes on. The season from hell for Chelsea twists and turns ever downwards. Defeats follows defeat and nothing they can do seems to make a difference.
  
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• Russian rejects charges in athletics corruption row

  07-11-2015 22:51
  
  A former Russian athletics chief on Saturday rejected allegations that his federation worked with top officials from the global IAAF federation to try to blackmail athletes in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics. The charges were the latest involving the Olympics showcase sport, which scrapped its year-end gala on Friday after French officials began investigating the former president of athletics' ruling body for corruption. It is the second global sporting federation to face allegations of corrupti
  
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• Notre Dame's C.J. Prosise injured in win over Pitt

  07-11-2015 22:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Notre Dame senior running back C.J. Prosise left Saturday's win over Pittsburgh in the first half with a neck and shoulder injury and did not return.
  
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• New UK sports strategy aims to attract physically inactive people to support roles - The Independent

  07-11-2015 22:28
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  New UK sports strategy aims to attract physically inactive people to support roles
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  Britain's first sports strategy in 13 years will aim to get physically inactive people involved in support roles, such as preparing pitches, and help disaffected young people by highlighting initiatives such as police running football clubs. A New ...
  

• Hogan, McCaffrey lead No. 9 Stanford past Colorado 42-10

  07-11-2015 22:22
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Kevin Hogan threw two touchdown passes and ran for another Saturday in leading ninth-ranked Stanford past Colorado 42-10 and into the Cardinal history books.
  
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• West Ham boss Slaven Bilic hopeful injured duo Dimitri Payet and Enner Valencia will be available for Tottenham clash

  07-11-2015 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is facing an anxious wait over injuries to Dimitri Payet and Enner Valencia. The forwards picked up ankle injuries - both from hefty Everton tackles on Saturday.
  
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• Jose Mourinho's time must almost be up... even in a warm hotel room he will be starting to feel the cold

  07-11-2015 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: This Chelsea match was still about Jose Mourinho, of course, even though he was the man who wasn't there. It was about him precisely because he was the man who wasn't there.
  
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• Chelsea crisis after defeat in Mourinho's absence

  07-11-2015 21:59
  
  By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho's future at Chelsea was pushed further under the spotlight on Saturday when the manager, absent through a stadium ban, may have watched in solitary misery as the champions lost yet again at Stoke City. On a day when Jamie Vardy kept his amazing scoring exploits going for Leicester City to help Claudio Ranieri's side join Manchester City and Arsenal on 25 points at the top of the Premier League, the latest crisis for Mourinho still eclipsed all els
  
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• Chase-leading Gordon knows there could be Texas desperation

  07-11-2015 21:51
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jeff Gordon knows there could be some desperate drivers in Texas on Sunday trying to get what he already has — one of the four spots to race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in the season finale.
  
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• Leicester's Vardy has Van Nistelrooy record in sight

  07-11-2015 21:47
  
  (Reuters) - Leicester City's Jamie Vardy has his sights on Ruud van Nistelrooy's record of scoring in 10 consecutive Premier League matches after closing in on the landmark by netting for a ninth straight match on Saturday. The England striker was again the toast of the King Power Stadium as he converted a second-half penalty in the 2-1 home win against Watford in front of his adoring fans. It gives him the chance of equalling Van Nistelrooy's mark in his next match at Newcastle United and opens
  
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• Mark Hughes delighted as Stoke shock Chelsea again

  07-11-2015 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stoke boss Mark Hughes praised the hard work his players had produced once again after they outwitted Chelsea for the second time in the space of
  
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• Rob Baxter says Exeter are well on course after beating Leicester

  07-11-2015 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Exeter coach Rob Baxter believeshis side can look forward to the coming weeks with optimism after beating fellow t
  
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• Exeter 19-6 Leicester: Gareth Steenson stars as Chiefs tame Tigers at Sandy Park 

  07-11-2015 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exeter moved into second place in the Aviva Premiership table as Gavin Steenson scored all their points in a 19-6 victory over Leicester at Sandy Park.
  
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• Record-chasing Djokovic to face Murray in Paris final

  07-11-2015 21:29
  
  Serb top-seed could become first man to win six Masters title; Murray will move to second in rankings if he wins.
  
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• Man Utd win but Chelsea suffer seventh league defeat

  07-11-2015 21:13
  
  West Brom beaten 2-0 at Old Trafford; Leicester go joint-top but Chelsea's nightmare continues.
  
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• Stud fee at $200K for Triple Crown champ American Pharoah

  07-11-2015 21:01
  
  Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will stand at stud for $200,000, among the highest prices for a horse in his first year as a stallion.
  
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• Chelsea refute Stoke steward's Diego Costa allegation.

  07-11-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chelsea have described as 'utter nonsense' a claim from a Stoke steward that Diego Costa stamped on his foot. Stoke have confirmed that a
  
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• Gareth Steenson’s one-man show assures Exeter victory over Leicester

  07-11-2015 20:56
  
  • Exeter 19-6 Leicester
  The domestic season is still young but the evidence that Exeter will be serious Premiership challengers is mounting. On this occasion it was the Chiefs’ defence that caught the eye, their collective commitment driving a frustrated Leicester side to distraction. The hosts now sit second in the table and will take some shifting. Related: Bath blossom without Sam Burgess in emphatic win at London IrishContinue reading...
  
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• Mississippi State, high school mourning after fatal wreck

  07-11-2015 20:54
  
  Two schools are in mourning after a father and son who both played football at Mississippi State and Pascagoula High School were killed in a highway crash while heading to a game.
  
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• Stoke 1-0 Chelsea PLAYER RATINGS: Xherdan Shaqiri pulls the strings from midfield... but Baba Rahman gets unravelled

  07-11-2015 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT THE BRITANNIA STADIUM: Jose Mourinho wasn't in attendance, but Chelsea's abysmal title defence lurched to another low with a 1-0 defeat by Stoke. Here, we rate the players...
  
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• Ibrahimovic double blast inspires five-goal PSG

  07-11-2015 20:48
  
  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck twice as Paris St Germain made up for their midweek Champions League defeat by crushing Toulouse 5-0 to stretch their Ligue 1 lead to 13 points on Saturday. The capital side went down 1-0 at Real Madrid on Tuesday but against lesser opposition they turned their chances into goals and now have 35 points from 13 games. Angel Di Maria netted after six minutes.
  
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• West Ham boss Slaven Bilic rues Romelu Lukaku as striker earns Everton a draw

  07-11-2015 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Slaven Bilic was left to curse one moment of Romelu Lukaku magic after the Everton striker continued his remarkable scoring record against West H
  
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• Swansea manager Garry Monk expresses concern after Norwich edge victory

  07-11-2015 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Garry Monk has revealed his 'concern' after Swansea's 1-0 Premier League defeat at Norwich extended their disappointing run.Jonny Howson's
  
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• Louis van Gaal urges fans to form own opinions about his Manchester United team

  07-11-2015 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Louis van Gaal called on Manchester United fans to make their own opinions about their football team, rather than be influenced by critics like
  
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• Europe on the mind of Southampton boss Ronald Koeman after Sunderland win

  07-11-2015 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is targetting a return to European football after seeing his team extend its unbeaten run to eight games at lowly
  
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