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• Dramatic Bayern leave it late to beat Juve for last eight spot

  16-03-2016 23:59
  Bayern Munich staged a sensational comeback, scoring twice in extra time after battling back from two goals down to beat Juventus 4-2 on Wednesday and march into the Champions League last eight with a 6-4 aggregate victory. Thiago Alcantara drilled in after 108 minutes and Kingsley Coman curled in their fourth goal as Bayern, who needed a 90th-minute equaliser from Thomas Mueller to force extra time, finished stronger to keep up their treble hopes. In a reverse of the first leg when Juve came ba
  
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• PGA of America scrubs Grand Slam of Golf

  16-03-2016 23:56
  (Reuters) - The elite PGA Grand Slam of Golf, which brings together the winners of the season's four majors, will be discontinued, the PGA of America said on Wednesday. The 36-hole stroke-play event, launched in 1979, ultimately proved too difficult to fit in the busy golf landscape and was also proving difficult to attract fans, TV viewership and media interest, according to the PGA of America. Last year's Grand Slam of Golf was due to be played at a Donald Trump-owned course but was scrapped a
  
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• Manchester City sweat on defensive duo Nicolas Otamendi and Vincent Kompany's absence as crucial derby looms 

  16-03-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City hope that Nicolas Otamendi will recover from injury in time for Sunday’s Manchester derby as they await the outcome of scans on their captain Vincent Kompany.
  
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• Former champion jockey John Francome remains loyal to turn down ITV's 2017 offer

  16-03-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ITV, who quickly targeted Francome for their new team when interviews were being scheduled to fill all other slots, have not given up hope. An ITV source said: ‘The lines are still open.’
  
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• Football League urges its second tier teams to match Premier League example and cut away ticket prices next season

  16-03-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD: The Football League have challenged their clubs to match the top flight by cutting ticket prices for away fans next season. The Premier League has introduced a £30 cap.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton in hot water over bike selfie as Kiwi trip turns into a PR disaster

  16-03-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY IN MELBOURNE: Lewis Hamilton has been investigated by police in New Zealand as his ‘holiday’ in the country turned into a public relations disaster.
  
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• Cheltenham Festival 2016 tips: Thistlecrack can join the party, while Vautour is head and shoulders above his rivals

  16-03-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It will be difficult to recreate or emulate the raw emotion and romance of Wednesday's action but But the Ryanair World Hurdle offers a greatopportunity for Colin Tizzard and Thistlecrack.
  
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• Jaap Stam targeting dream return to Manchester United as former defender sets about launching his managerial career

  16-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: Jaap Stam has set his sights on a coaching return to Manchester United after telling Ajax he will leave this summer. Stam currently coaches Ajax's Under 21s.
  
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• Flintham to try and uphold family honour for big brother and 2015 Gold Cup winner Coneygree who is recovering from leg injury

  16-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Big brother Coneygree may be absent from the Festival but his feisty, younger sibling Flintham will try to uphold family honour today.
  
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• Britain's Lynsey Sharp insists banned Russian athletes must remain absent from competing until after Rio Olympic games

  16-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lynsey Sharp has called for the blanket ban on Russian athletes competing internationally to remain in place until after the Rio Olympics.
  
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• West Ham U21 3-2 Liverpool U21 (AET): Stephen Hendrie hits stunning extra-time winner as Martin Skrtel is sent off

  16-03-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT RUSH GREEN: The Hammers’ Under 21 side fought from behind to overcome Liverpool in extra time – helped by the sending off of Martin Skrtel.
  
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• British rider Danny Kent relishing return to Moto2 after claiming Moto3 world title

  16-03-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danny Kent insists he has learned from his mistakes during his previous Moto2 adventure as he prepares to return to action off the back of a world championship winning year.
  
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• NFL remarks on football-brain link come before court ruling

  16-03-2016 23:06
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL's sudden acknowledgement of a link between football and brain disease comes as a U.S. appeals court prepares to rule on the fairness of a likely $1 billion settlement that excludes future CTE diagnoses.
  
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• England's Marler in the clear on two counts

  16-03-2016 22:20
  England prop Joe Marler avoided punishment on two counts on Wednesday after allegedly striking one opponent and verbally abusing another during the Six Nations victory over Wales. A disciplinary committee found that Marler did hit Welsh prop Rob Evans early in the game on Saturday but decided not to sanction him. "The disciplinary committee found that the offending would not have warranted a red card and so imposed no sanction," it said in a statement.
  
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• Bradley takes 'way different' approach for Pacquiao bout

  16-03-2016 22:19
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American Timothy Bradley says he will rely on a "way different" strategy built on a highly detailed game plan when he defends his WBO welterweight title against Filipino Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas next month. The two boxers will be meeting for a third time, Bradley having controversially beaten Pacquiao when they first met in 2012 but the Filipino gained revenge in their 2014 re-match by scoring a unanimous decision win. Two-division world champion
  
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• Infielder Ruben Tejada released by New York Mets

  16-03-2016 22:11
  
  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Infielder Ruben Tejada was released Wednesday by the New York Mets, who decided he was superfluous.
  
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• Spartans, Badgers, Shockers among most NCAA tourney-tested

  16-03-2016 22:05
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The arenas tend to be larger for the NCAA Tournament. The media spotlight is brighter. Tensions rise with seasons on the line.
  
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• Footballer Sorry For Urinating Into Beer Glass

  16-03-2016 22:03
  
  A professional footballer photographed urinating into a glass at the Cheltenham Festival has apologised for his "silly mistake". MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers told Sky Sports News he had "let the club down massively" and felt "embarrassed". As a punishment, Carruthers has been fined two weeks' wages by MK Dons and suspended from Saturday's match against Brighton.
  
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• Kasich's dilemma: Drop out or hang on?

  16-03-2016 21:43
  
  Ohio governor managed to win his home state but faces a tough road ahead in the battle for presidential nomination.
  
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• Cheltenham Festival punters left stunned on day of spectacular falls as reigning leading jockey Ruby Walsh and Balthazar King suffer high speed tumbles but remarkably escape unscathed

  16-03-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Horse racing is certainly not a sport for the faint-hearted and that was on full display at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday as a series of spectacular falls added to the drama on Ladies Day.
  
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• Sizzling Ha Na Jang feeling heat in South Korea

  16-03-2016 20:58
  PHOENIX (AP) — Ha Na Jang is off to a sizzling start with two victories in the first five events of the LPGA Tour season. She's feeling some heat, too, that has nothing to do with the high temperatures in the Valley of the Sun.
  
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• Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel admits, 'Tottenham are finding their own style and not trying to imitate anything else' ahead of Europa League second leg

  16-03-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Borussia Dortmund head coach Thomas Tuchel believes success is just around the corner for Tottenham Hotspur no matter what the outcome of Thursday's Europa League tie.
  
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• Arsenal monitoring Chile starlet Marcelo Allende after midfielder had two-week trial with north Londoners

  16-03-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old midfielder had been playing for Alexis Sanchez’s first club Cobreloa but was recently transferred to Sports Santa Cruz and Arsenal sent scouts to watch him in action.
  
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• Yale blocks out captain's dismissal heading to NCAA tourney

  16-03-2016 20:19
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — There's no question that Yale has had to deal with some tough off the court issues on their way to the NCAA Tournament following the expulsion last month of captain Jack Montague because of a sexual assault allegation.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp leads his players out at Old Trafford as admits that Liverpool 'know how to play' Manchester United

  16-03-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has expressed his delight at leading his team out at Old Trafford on Wednesday, the night before his side take on Manchester United.
  
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• Shocking scenes at Cheltenham as horses and riders go tumbling after favourite Balthazar King falls at a fence and top jockey Ruby Walsh is unseated 

  16-03-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Horse racing is certainly not a sport for the faint-hearted and that was on full display at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday.
  
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• Barcelona vs Arsenal UEFA Champions League LIVE score: All the latest

  16-03-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's close to 'save our season' time at Arsenal as they travel to Barcelona hoping to keep their UEFA Champions League hopes alive at the Nou Camp in their last-16 tie. Follow the action here.
  
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• West Indies talisman Gayle dismantles England with historic display in World T20 defeat

  16-03-2016 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH IN MUMBAI: England had posted a respectable 182-6, however it was all about batsman Chris Gayle who swatted away the England bowling attack with a rapid century in Mumbai.
  
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• Bayern Munich vs Juventus Champions League LIVE score

  16-03-2016 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two European heavyweights collide once more on Wednesday when Bayern Munich entertain Juventus in the second leg of this season's Champions League last-16 encounter.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp leads his players out at Old Trafford as admits that he 'enjoys to breathe the stadium the night before a game'

  16-03-2016 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has expressed his delight at leading his team out at Old Trafford on Wednesday, the night before his side take on Manchester United.
  
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• England's Marler avoids sanction for striking

  16-03-2016 20:01
  England prop Joe Marler will not be punished for striking an opponent during the Six Nations victory over Wales, tournament organisers said on Wednesday. A disciplinary committee found that he did hit Welsh prop Rob Evans early in the game on Saturday but decided not to sanction him. "The disciplinary committee found that the offending would not have warranted a red card and so imposed no sanction," it said in a statement.
  
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• Vladimir Putin calls on Russia to improve efforts against doping

  16-03-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Putin's comments in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday come as Russia reels from revelations that athletes including Maria Sharapova tested positive for meldonium.
  
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• Warren Gatland apologises for referring to Joe Marler's 'gipsy boy' jibe at Samson Lee during England against Wales as banter

  16-03-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marler is still waiting to discover if his verbal abuse of Wales tighthead Lee during last Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash is to result in any punishment from disciplinary chiefs, despite an apology.
  
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• Donald Trump knocks out Marco Rubio in Florida

  16-03-2016 19:48
  
  As businessman strengthens lead, Hillary Clinton looks to sweep five Democratic primaries against Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Gayle storm blows England away in Mumbai

  16-03-2016 19:45
  
  By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - Chris Gayle smashed the first hundred of the sixth World Twenty20 to underline his reputation as cricket's most destructive batsman and power West Indies to a six-wicket win over England in their Super 10 match on Wednesday. The tall left-handed opener made a mockery of a steep 183-run target in the Group One match, carrying West Indies to victory with 11 balls to spare on a hot and humid evening at the Wankhede Stadium. Gayle's century was his second in the
  
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• Bullish Steyn ready to lead South Africa World Twenty20 bid

  16-03-2016 19:44
  March 16 (Reuters) – - South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has sounded a warning to batsmen at the World Twenty20 in India as he prepares to get his side’s campaign off to a positive start against England in Mumbai on Friday. Steyn recently returned to the South Africa side after an injury-plagued season that he says has only increase his resolve to help his side to an elusive major one-day trophy. Following a 2-0 home Twenty20 series victory over England last month, the South Africa
  
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• Michael Carrick warns Manchester United youngsters to always be ready following first-team breakthroughs  

  16-03-2016 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Carrick has told Manchester United's rising stars to always be prepared now that they have made their first team breakthrough. Carrick has been impressed by Marcus Rashford.
  
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• Everton name Robert Elstone and Alexander Ryazantsev on board of directors following investment from Farhad Moshiri

  16-03-2016 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iranian billionaire Farhad Moshiri completed his purchase of 49.9 per cent of shares in the club last week after a lengthy search for a new investor by chairman Bill Kenwright.
  
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• Browns sign linebacker Demario Davis, release Karlos Dansby

  16-03-2016 19:38
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns have finally jumped into the free agency pool with both cleats.
  
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• High five: NCAA women's bracket has distinct Florida flavor

  16-03-2016 19:35
  IT has been a season of firsts for women's college basketball teams Florida, and the roll will continue in the NCAA Tournament.
  
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• Bracket Breakdown: What could happen in women's NCAA Tourney

  16-03-2016 19:32
  
  It doesn't take a lot of skill to pick UConn to win a fourth consecutive national championship.
  
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