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• Jamie Vardy: I moved my wedding in case Roy Hodgson gives me a call for Euro 2016 

  10-11-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jamie Vardy watched the last European Championship on holiday in Zante. Now he has his eyes on firing England to glory in France.
  
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• From Joe Root to Babe Ruth... England fly in power-hitting baseball expert to work with Eoin Morgan's one-day side

  10-11-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England are flying a power-hitting specialist to United Arab Emirates on Wednesday to further develop their revitalised one-day cricket and work with the likes of Eoin Morgan and Joe Root.
  
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• France to wind down Central African mission after elections

  10-11-2015 23:45
  
  France will resume withdrawing its troops from Central African Republic following elections intended to restore democratic rule following more than two years of inter-religious violence, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday. Paris sent soldiers to its former colony in late 2013 in an attempt to stem the bloodshed, which began after the mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power earlier in the year provoking a backlash from Christian anti-balaka militias. France began withdraw
  
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• How Sportsmail found the home of the lab rats at the Anti-Doping Centre in Moscow

  10-11-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL STEWART IN MOSCOW: Lights were on in the Anti-Doping Centre in Moscow on Tuesday even after it was named as a headquarters of cheating in world sport.
  
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• Swimming has global doping problem on same scale as athletics, warn top coaches

  10-11-2015 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Swimming has a global doping crisis on the same scale as athletics, leading coaches have warned. Russia currently has 27 swimmers serving doping bans.
  
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• Missouri players didn't recognize how much power they had

  10-11-2015 23:34
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri receiver J'Mon Moore decided to visit the protesters who had built a tent city on Carnahan Quad, demanding that the university pay attention to their complaints about racism.
  
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• ‘I’m prepared to die in there and I’m prepared to kill in there’, says Conor McGregor

  10-11-2015 23:34
  
  The Notorious gave an in-depth interview to Beyond The Octagon.
  
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• British youngster Luke Simkiss continues to play on amid Sharm El Sheikh terror scare

  10-11-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: While most Brits are being evacuated from Sharm El Sheikh, one teenager is staying out there on his own to pursue his dream of being a tennis professional.
  
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• Arsenal proposal that FA Cup final teams deserve more Wembley tickets is opposed

  10-11-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: The campaign led by FA Cup holders Arsenal for more tickets to be allocated to fans of the finalists is being resisted by the amateur game, who would lose some of their seats.
  
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• James Ward-Prowse takes hope from Eric Dier and Dele Alli that England Under 21s promotion is close

  10-11-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under 21 captain James Ward-Prowse is taking inspiration from Tottenham pair Eric Dier and Dele Alli that his dream of playing for the England senior side is coming closer to being realised.
  
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• Injured Tevez out of Argentina World Cup qualifiers

  10-11-2015 23:30
  
  BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina striker Carlos Tevez has pulled out of their squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Brazil on Thursday and Colombia next Tuesday, the Argentine FA said on Tuesday. Tevez, who helped Boca Juniors win the Argentine first division championship and Copa Argentina knockout competition this month, joins Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta and Ezequiel Garay on coach Gerardo Martino’s injury list. “The national team suffers another withdrawal:
  
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• Drug tester had to escape from Russian heavies by climbing from window as they looked to conceal state doping programme

  10-11-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: One of the most shocking parts of WADA's report into Russian athletics concerns a drug tester who tried to deliver samples to testing headquarters in Switzerland.
  
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• Cardinals' Lance Lynn has Tommy John surgery

  10-11-2015 23:27
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals right-hander Lance Lynn had surprise Tommy John surgery Tuesday and will be sidelined all of next season.
  
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• Before protests, U. of Missouri saw decades of race tension

  10-11-2015 23:08
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — This week's events at the University of Missouri seemed to unfold rapidly, with little warning. But some students, faculty and alumni say the protests and sudden resignation of the president and chancellor are the culmination of years of racial tension on the state's flagship campus.
  
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• Sam Burgess arrives back in Australia as he completes dream rugby league return to South Sydney Rabbitohs: 'I love this club'

  10-11-2015 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Burgess touched down in Australia on Tuesday night as the 26-year-old completed a U-turn by returning to rugby league after an ill-fated spell with union side Bath.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Wednesday, November 11

  10-11-2015 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Wednesday's races at Exeter, Bangor, Kempton and Ayr.
  
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• Diack resigns as athletics foundation president

  10-11-2015 22:46
  
  (Reuters) - Former global athletics chief Lamine Diack, who is under investigation in France on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering, has resigned as president of the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), the IAAF said on Tuesday. The foundation is a Monaco-based charity best known for its work with the year-end world athletics gala in Monte Carlo. Prince Albert II of Monaco is honorary president of the foundation and Diack had been its president.
  
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• Ex-Dallas RB Joseph Randle gets 4-game suspension from NFL

  10-11-2015 22:43
  
  IRVING, Texas (AP) — Running back Joseph Randle was suspended four games by the NFL under the league's personal conduct policy Tuesday, one week after he was released by the Dallas Cowboys.
  
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• Police: Rockies' Reyes arrested after argument with wife

  10-11-2015 22:28
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was arrested after an argument with his wife that police said turned physical at a resort in Hawaii.
  
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• Dutch, Belgian FA might sue FIFA over 2018 World Cup

  10-11-2015 22:08
  
  Suspended FIFA president Blatter had revealed that Russia was chosen as hosts before the bidding process begun.
  
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• 6 reasons why motorists (and everyone else) hate cyclists

  10-11-2015 22:07
  
  We recently outlined what annoys cyclists. Now we turn the tables.
  
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• Brazil Grand Prix preview

  10-11-2015 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why did a rhino win office? How bad is the traffic? Find out in our guide to the Brazilian Grand Prix.
  
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• The Latest: Diack resigns as head of athletics foundation

  10-11-2015 22:00
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest from the IAAF investigation (all time local):
  
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• Dante says he's happy at Wolfsburg after identity mix-up sees him linked to Chelsea 

  10-11-2015 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolfsburg and Brazil defender Dante has been forced to explain that he's happy in the Bundesliga after a bizarre case of mistaken identity up saw him linked with a transfer to Chelsea.
  
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• Dutch, Belgians seek advice on whether to sue FIFA

  10-11-2015 21:53
  
  Netherlands and Belgium have sought legal advice over whether to seek compensation for the cost of their abortive World Cup bid after discovering the choice of Russia for the 2018 finals was pre-planned. The Dutch and Belgian FAs announced on Tuesday they have contacted a legal firm after suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said two weeks ago that soccer's world governing body agreed Russia would be hosts long before the completion of the bidding process. Blatter made the disclosure in an inte
  
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• How to make simple and tasty energy bars without needing an oven

  10-11-2015 21:38
  
  You don’t need to be Nigella to perfect this recipe.
  
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• Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia gives thumbs up from hospital bed after undergoing foot operation

  10-11-2015 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Valencia has given the thumbs up from his hospital bed after undergoing a foot operation. The winger picked up the foot injury in the goalless Manchester derby last month.
  
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• Doping scandal: Focus on Kenya and Ethiopia says Russian whistleblower

  10-11-2015 21:27
  
  The Russian sports agent and whistleblower who catalysed a global probe into corruption in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Russian athletics has said that the scope of the investigation should be widened. Andrey Baranov has said that the inquiry should include countries like Kenya and Ethiopia, whose testing is "very limited". "It is wrong just to be focusing on Russia," Baranov said.
  
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• Spain stars David Silva, Diego Costa and Iker Casillas model new kit for Euro 2016  

  10-11-2015 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spain have revealed their new kit ahead of the European Championship finals in France next year. La Roja have won the last two tournaments in 2008 and 2012 and have varied the design slightly.
  
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• France international Anthony Martial snaps a selfie with some fans as they train ahead of their clashes with Germany and England

  10-11-2015 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Martial has been working hard on the training ground in recent days - but the Manchester United striker did find some time to snap a selfie with a lucky spectator on Tuesday.
  
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• Chris Cairns' lawyer denies asking Lou Vincent to lie for him in court

  10-11-2015 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ex-New Zealand captain Chris Cairns' lawyer has denied asking his former team-mate Lou Vincent to lie for him in court. ndrew Fitch-Holland allegedly approached Mr Vincent for a false witness statement
  
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• Costa important for Spain, coach Del Bosque says

  10-11-2015 21:08
  
  Spain coach Vicente del Bosque believes Diego Costa has an important role to play for the European champions despite the Brazil-born forward's slow start on the international stage and his slump in form for club Chelsea. After Costa chose La Roja over his native Brazil last year, he was expected to reproduce the form that made him one of the most feared strikers in Europe during his stint at Atletico Madrid and his first season in England. Playing for Spain, he has often appeared lost, toiling u
  
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• Bony, Kalou out of Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifiers

  10-11-2015 21:04
  
  ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Wilfred Bony and Salomon Kalou have both withdrawn from Ivory Coast’s squad for their two-legged World Cup qualifier against Liberia, the Ivorian Football Federation said on Tuesday. The strikers are joined on the sidelines by Thomas Toure, leaving the African champions with threadbare attacking resources. They play the first leg away in Monrovia on Friday and host the return in Abidjan next Tuesday. The Ivorian federation said Bony hurt his hamstring at the weekend pla
  
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• West Indies reinstate Simmons as coach after public apology

  10-11-2015 21:03
  
  (Reuters) - West Indies have reinstated Phil Simmons as head coach of their senior squads after he apologised for criticising team selection. Simmons was suspended in September for questioning the continued omissions of all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, saying he was not getting "the best 50-over ODI squad". Eldine Baptiste took over for the tour of Sri Lanka which concludes with a Twenty20 match on Wednesday.
  
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• Maracana to host Olympic football finals, FIFA says

  10-11-2015 21:01
  
  The men's and women's Olympic football finals will be played at the Maracana stadium, FIFA announced on Tuesday. The opening game will be a women's group match on Aug. 3 at the Olympic Stadium in host city Rio de Janeiro, FIFA added. The opening men's match will be on Aug. 4 in Brasilia, the most expensive stadium built for the 2014 World Cup but little used since because no big teams play in the city.
  
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• Russia shuts Moscow lab after doping report - Russian anti-doping chief

  10-11-2015 20:57
  
  A Moscow laboratory used for doping tests has stopped operating after its accreditation was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, Nikita Kamaev, said on Tuesday. Kamaev, responding to allegations of widespread doping among Russian athletes, urged commentators to distinguish between the laboratory and Russia's anti-doping agency, which he said was acting "in full compliance with the demands of the WADA codex".
  
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• Wladimir Klitschko admits he thinks Tyson Fury is 'bipolar' and 'has mental issues' after his opponent's rant on homosexuality, abortion, paedophilia and devil worshipping

  10-11-2015 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL IN AUSTRIA: Wladimir Klitschko now believes Tyson Fury is bipolar. The multiple world heavyweight champion defends his titles against the Mancunian in Dusseldorf in November.
  
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• Spain gear up for international friendlies against England and Belgium but Sergio Ramos injury forces manager Vicente del Bosque to reshuffle his squad 

  10-11-2015 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spain players were put through their paces in training ahead of the first of a friendly double header against England on Friday. La Roja then play Belgium on Tuesday next week.
  
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• Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia doing 'well' after foot operation

  10-11-2015 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia has undergone an operation on a foot injury he suffered in last month's derby, the club have confirmed.
  
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• Blackburn sack manager Gary Bowyer with former Aston Villa and Norwich boss Paul Lambert lined up to replace him

  10-11-2015 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert is the strong favourite to replace Blackburn boss Gary Bowyer who became the first casualty of the last international week of the year.
  
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• ‘The first day, he told me he wanted me to be his main man’

  10-11-2015 20:01
  
  Daryl Murphy brushes off Mick McCarthy ‘banter’ and hails his club manager’s influence.
  
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• Jim Brown? Clemson players didn't know ex-Syracuse star

  10-11-2015 19:57
  
  CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney waited all season for Syracuse week so he could name Tigers long snapper Jim Brown a captain and pay homage to the great Orange and Pro Football Hall of Fame runner of the same name.
  
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• Liverpool star James Milner ruled out of England friendlies with Spain and France

  10-11-2015 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FA have confirmed that James Milner has been ruled out of England's upcoming international friendlies with Spain and France..Roy Hodgson will not call up a replacement.
  
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• Last chance saloon! Final batch of tickets for Ireland’s date with destiny on sale

  10-11-2015 19:45
  
  You better get your skates on.
  
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• Lamine Diack provisionally suspended by IOC as an honorary member

  10-11-2015 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former IAAF president Lamine Diack has been provisionally suspended as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee. The 82-year-old is being investigated by French police.
  
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• Hatem Ben Arfa slams Newcastle 'hell', claiming he was 'humiliated' by Alan Pardew before eventually escaping to Nice

  10-11-2015 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Newcastle midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa has spoken of his 'hell' on Tyneside as his career in English football drew to a close - before reinventing himself with Ligue 1 club Nice.
  
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• Stewart AP preseason All-American for third straight year

  10-11-2015 19:32
  
  UConn's Breanna Stewart has been selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team for the third straight year, joining an elite group.
  
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• Roy Keane blasts Ireland player withdrawals for Euro 2016 qualifier: 'It's ironic that they all seem to get ruled out for 10-14 days'

  10-11-2015 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Keane has hit out at bosses ruling out injured players for up to a fortnight during international breaks. His comments came as Ireland awaited news on five players for their Euro 2016 qualifier.
  
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• IOC wants immediate action taken against alleged Olympic doping cheats, coaches and officials

  10-11-2015 19:31
  
  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it has asked the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to carry out disciplinary measures against those accused of doping in Wada's shocking report. The IOC has called for immediate action to be taken against "all coaches and officials who have participated in the Olympic Games and are accused of doping in the report", it said in an official statement published on 19 November. The report from an independent World Anti-Do
  
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• Andy Murray balancing ATP World Tour Finals with upcoming Davis Cup final

  10-11-2015 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray is performing a delicate balancing act as he prepares for a clay court Davis Cup final and the ATP World Tour Finals on an indoor hard court at the O2 Arena.
  
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