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• Libya's UN-backed government sails into Tripoli

  30-03-2016 23:57
  
  Members of Presidential Council arrive in Libyan capital by sea, defying opposition warnings to not move there.
  
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• Roy Hodgson ponders shock John Terry recall as England boss admits defensive issue ahead of Euro 2016

  30-03-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The England manager recognises he does not have a centre half with a preference for playing on the left side of a central pair and accepts the Chelsea captain, 35, would be ‘a valid’ option.
  
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• Film documenting Jamie Vardy's rise to Premier League and England international will not start rolling until after Euro 2016 as film-makers dream of the fairytale ending

  30-03-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY LAURIE WHITWELL: Filming for the Hollywood movie about Jamie Vardy's remarkable life will not take place until after Euro 2016, Sportsmail can reveal. Producers are hoping for perfect ending.
  
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• Jo Konta left to rue missed opportunities as British No 1 bows out of Miami Open after quarter-final defeat by Victoria Azarenka 

  30-03-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN MIAMI: A place in the top twenty beckons for Jo Konta sometime this spring, but she will regret the missed chances that ruined her hopes ofreaching the Miami Open semi-finals.
  
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• 17% of MLS players think their best team would finish between fifth and ninth in Premier League

  30-03-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey of 123 players in Major League Soccer has revealed what they really think about their league - nearly a fifth say their best team would finish between fifth and ninth in the Premier League.
  
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• England must stick with John Stones but a shock recall for John Terry ahead of Euro 2016 can take heat off the Everton starlet

  30-03-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: First thing on Wednesday and a former England international now working as a coach expressed concern in a text message that the media were being too hard on John Stones.
  
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• Arsenal lining up £35million deal to secure Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Granit Xhaka 

  30-03-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: Arsenal are working on a staggering £35million deal to secure the services ofBorussia Monchengladbach defensive midfielder Granit Xhaka next season.
  
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• Tottenham attacker Erik Lamela in talks to commit his long-term future to the club

  30-03-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Erik Lamela is poised to complete a successful turnaround in his Tottenham career by penning a new long-term deal. Talks over fresh terms are underway with the White Hart Lane club.
  
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• Gary Neville is no longer the smartest guy in the room as Valencia sack manager after four miserable months

  30-03-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: It will have come as a great surprise to Gary Neville to be sacked by Valencia. Sadly, it won’t have come as a great surprise to anybody else.
  
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• Hell for leather cricket can take England all the way in World T20 final on Sunday 

  30-03-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: That was England’s most complete performance of this tournament so far. And it just goes to show what can happen when you pick the right players with the right attitude.
  
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• Brazil sports minister resigns - presidency

  30-03-2016 23:33
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Sports Minister George Hilton has stepped down and Ricardo Leyser will replace him on an interim basis, the presidency said in a statement on Wednesday. Hilton's departure came just five months before the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. It followed the decision last week of his Brazilian Republican Party (PRB) to break from President Dilma Rousseff's ruling coalition. Leyser is a senior official in the sports ministry who has been managing Olympic preparations. (Re
  
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• Peaty wants lifetime bans for cheats

  30-03-2016 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World champion Adam Peaty wants to see a lifetime ban given to athletes who deliberately take restricted substances.
  
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• Thierry Henry may be last of 'fast-trackers' following probe into coaching licences 

  30-03-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: The FA of Wales are bringing in new processes around their coaching courses following complaints that Thierry Henry and other football celebrities were being fast-tracked.
  
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• Valencia line up Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini to replace sacked Gary Neville

  30-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: Valencia will do their utmost to lure Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the season. They have identified the Manchester City boss as the man to replace Gary Neville.
  
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• Gary Neville was sacked by Valencia before helping England to their win over Germany

  30-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON: England's 3-2 win over Germany last Saturday gave everyone in Roy Hodgson’s squad a lift but no one more than Gary Neville, who already knew he had been fired by Valencia.
  
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• Gary Neville has been asked to return to Sky Sports as a pundit but will weigh up his options

  30-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: Sky have asked Gary Neville to return to their ranks but the sacked Valencia manager will stay in Spain for the time being to consider his options. He will decide after Euro 2016.
  
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• David Haye has pledged to donate £50,000 to Nick Blackwell as heavyweight helps stricken fighter begin life outside the ring 

  30-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: When Nick Blackwell is brought out of his induced coma he will awake to the promise from David Haye of at least £50,000 to help him begin life after boxing.
  
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• Factbox - European Solheim Cup captain Annika Sorenstam

  30-03-2016 23:13
  Factbox on Annika Sorenstam after the Swede was appointed Europe's captain for the 2017 matches against United States in the Solheim Cup, the women's equivalent of the Ryder Cup team event: * Sorenstam's appointment as successor to compatriot Carin Koch was a unanimous decision by nine-strong panel. * Sorenstam has featured in 11 Solheim Cups, eight as a player, three as a vice-captain. * She won 24 points as a player and holds several Solheim Cup records for Europe including the joint most matc
  
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• Leicester title may spark big changes - Forest heroes

  30-03-2016 23:12
  By Mike Collett NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Leicester City's surge towards a first top-flight crown may spark a major power shift in England, according to players from the 1978 Nottingham Forest team that produced a similarly unexpected title triumph. It is 38 years since Frank Clark, Garry Birtles, John McGovern and Archie Gemmill were involved in Forest's remarkable transformation. Having scraped promotion to the old first division in third place, they stunned the football world by winning
  
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• APNewsBreak: Jose Reyes' domestic abuse case to be dropped

  30-03-2016 23:10
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Maui prosecutors are moving to dismiss a domestic abuse charge against suspended Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes because his wife isn't cooperating.
  
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• James Haskell: I felt like England’s ‘dirty secret’ before Eddie Jones arrived 

  30-03-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS: James Haskell may have won a Grand Slam but the Waspsflanker says it is only since Eddie Jones took over as coach that he’s stopped feeling like England’s ‘dirty secret’.
  
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• 3-time Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel retires

  30-03-2016 22:42
  
  From match races at bush tracks in Cajun country to three Kentucky Derby wins to induction into racing's Hall of Fame, no jockey worked harder than Calvin Borel.
  
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• Konta beaten in Miami quarter-finals

  30-03-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British number one Johanna Konta is beaten in the Miami Open quarter-finals by an in-form Victoria Azarenka.
  
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• George Washington and Valparaiso set to meet for NIT title

  30-03-2016 22:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A few weeks back, Mike Lonergan's buddy sent him a basketball net. The message was pure motivation: cut one down in March.
  
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• Defending champion Jordan Spieth: 2016 Masters will be hardest in living memory

  30-03-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defending champion Jordan Spieth believes next week’s Masters will be the hardest to win in living memory because of of the depth of the field and the sheer quality of the golf being played in the run up.
  
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• What motivated F1 drivers' open letter?

  30-03-2016 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Before the second race of 2016 in Bahrain, BBC Sport asks what motivated the GPDA to pen an open letter to F1's bosses.
  
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• 'Two Englands: Perfect and headless'

  30-03-2016 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's men put in a complete performance to win their World T20 semi-final, but the women threw theirs away, says Jonathan Agnew.
  
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• Lakers dismayed Russell's video of Young became public

  30-03-2016 22:11
  
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Lakers coach Byron Scott is "disappointed" that an unflattering video of Nick Young apparently taken by rookie teammate D'Angelo Russell became public.
  
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• I learnt valuable lessons from last season, says Bale

  30-03-2016 22:03
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Gareth Bale learnt valuable lessons from his disappointing Real Madrid campaign last season, he said on Wednesday. The Wales forward enjoyed a dream first season at the Bernabeu after a world record 85.3 million pounds ($122.67 million) move from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013, scoring in the finals of the Champions League and King's Cup as Real won the double. Bale struggled to kick on during a difficult second term, attracting boos from some supporters and cr
  
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• Gareth Bale claims Real Madrid are still in the title race ahead of huge Barcelona clash

  30-03-2016 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Bale believes Real Madrid can still wrestle the La Liga title from Barcelona's grasp. Ahead of Saturday's El Clasico at the Nou Camp, Real trail Barca by 10 points with Atletico Madrid in between.
  
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• Southend 3-1 Sheff Utd: Match Report

  30-03-2016 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Southend see off Sheffield United at Roots HallSouthend reignited their quest for a Sky Bet League One play-off place by effectively endin
  
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• Morgan hails 'amazing turnaround'

  30-03-2016 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Eoin Morgan praises their "tireless work" after they went from World Cup flops to World T20 finalists.
  
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• 'It's been a battle, I'm moving forward'

  30-03-2016 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He was once one of horse racing's highest-rated riders, but Denis O'Regan has a point to prove after a forgettable Cheltenham.
  
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• Analysis - Fearless England get it right on the night

  30-03-2016 21:31
  By Ed Osmond LONDON (Reuters) - England continued their rebirth, after plumbing the depths in a dismal 50-over World Cup campaign last year, by destroying New Zealand on Wednesday to reach the World Twenty20 final. By virtue of picking the correct players, Eoin Morgan's team beat a New Zealand side, which won all four matches in the group stage, by seven wickets with nearly three overs to spare to set up a final against hosts India or West Indies on Sunday. England simply got it right on the day
  
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• Eddie Jones changed the environment at England when he arrived... we had more fun and a few beers, says Mako Vunipola  

  30-03-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saracens loosehead Mako Vunipola has hailed the influence of head coach Eddie Jones on team morale after England secured their first Grand Slam in 13 years earlier this month.
  
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• We were 20 to 25 runs short, says Kiwi skipper Williamson

  30-03-2016 21:18
  By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said his team were 20 to 25 runs short when they slipped to a seven-wicket defeat in Wednesday's World Twenty20 semi-final against England. England, by contrast, were defeated by West Indies in their opening game before securing wins over South Africa, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Colin Munro (46) gave New Zealand a strong start, powering them to 89 for one at the halfway stage before Eoin Morgan's side took control wit
  
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• WI v India will be 'David and Goliath'

  30-03-2016 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies captain Darren Sammy says his side will be David to India's Goliath during their semi-final clash.
  
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• Licence to thrill is key for England, says Roy

  30-03-2016 21:00
  By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - England's players are reaping the benefits of being given a licence to thrill, said Jason Roy following the World Twenty20 semi-final victory by seven wickets against New Zealand on Wednesday. After the bowlers restricted the Kiwis to a below-par 153 for eight, Roy's belligerent 78 helped the 2010 champions romp home with 17 balls to spare. England's new-found aggression was evident in the way Eoin Morgan's side began and ended their run chase at the Fe
  
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• Manchester City defender Martin Demichelis charged by FA over 12 betting breaches

  30-03-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Demichelis has been charged by the FA for betting on football matches earlier this year. The Manchester City defender is alleged to have committed 12 breaches of FA Rule E8.
  
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• New skipper Sorenstam to 'handle things differently'

  30-03-2016 20:48
  By Tony Jimenez LONDON (Reuters) - New European Solheim Cup captain Annika Sorenstam has promised to handle things differently if there is a repeat of the unsavoury incident that marred last year's defeat by the United States. Tempers flared on the final day of the women's equivalent of the Ryder Cup in Germany six months ago when European player Suzann Pettersen refused to concede a 16-inch putt to Alison Lee and the American picked her ball up on the 17th green. "It will be handled differently
  
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• Jason Roy powers England into World T20 final with Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan leading brilliant fightback against New Zealand

  30-03-2016 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH IN DELHI: England are through to the final of the World Twenty20 after pulverising New Zealand by seven wickets at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Jason Roy was in scintillating form.
  
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• Analysis - Seven-nil Barca drubbing began Neville's demise

  30-03-2016 20:45
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Gary Neville's appointment as Valencia coach in December stunned the world of football but his sacking on Wednesday was easier to predict, the only surprise being that it did not come sooner. The former England and Manchester United defender was handed the job out of the blue, taking his first assignment as a head coach after having spent several years as a respected pundit for Sky Sports television. The calls for Neville's dismissal began on Feb. 3 after
  
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• Gary Neville was the latest England Euro 96 player to become a manager when he took over at Valencia. After his ill-fated spell, Sportsmail asks... how did the rest fare?

  30-03-2016 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville became the latest member of the England Euro 96 squad to move into management when he took over at Valencia last December, but has been sacked after just four months in charge.
  
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• Fancy owning 50-1 Grand National runner Black Thunder? Paul Nicholls to sell nine-year-old two days before £1m Aintree race

  30-03-2016 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chance to own a Crabbie’s Grand National runner will be open to the highest bidder after champion trainer Paul Nicholls confirmed Black Thunder will be put for auction.
  
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• Eoin Morgan is delighted with England's emphatic World T20 win over New Zealand

  30-03-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England captain Eoin Morgan hailed a near-perfect performance from his side as they smashed their way to the World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket win against New Zealand.
  
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• Crystal Palace confirm signing of Margate striker Freddie Ladapo following youngster's impressive trial with Eagles

  30-03-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Freddie Ladapo has completed his move from non-League to the Premier League after signing for Crystal Palace. The former Margate striker signed for the club on a two-and-a half year deal.
  
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• Ex-Newcastle boss Alan Pardew accused of giving 'untrue' evidence in Jonas Gutierrez discrimination case against old employers

  30-03-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A tribunal considering ex-Newcastle midfielder Jonas Gutierrez's claim he suffered discrimination at the hands of his old employer has heard an allegation Alan Pardew gave 'untrue' evidence.
  
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• Johanna Konta's Miami Open run is over

  30-03-2016 19:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Great Britain's Johanna Konta is out of the Miami Open after defeat to Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals.Konta, who last week reached
  
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• England power into World T20 final

  30-03-2016 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jason Roy hits 78 and Ben Stokes takes 3-26 as England beat New Zealand by seven wickets to reach the World Twenty20 final.
  
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• Roy helps England beat New Zealand to enter WT20 final

  30-03-2016 19:32
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Opener Jason Roy smashed a quick-fire 78 as England beat New Zealand by seven wickets on Wednesday to reach the final of the World Twenty20 in convincing style.
  
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