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• Why Sochi can't wait for the Russian GP

  27-04-2016 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tattoo festivals, Putin power lifting and poorly salmon... what goes on in Sochi as they wait for F1?
  
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• Russia tops doping in 2014, athletics has most cases

  27-04-2016 23:51
  MONTREAL (AP) — Russia was responsible for more doping violations than any other country in 2014, while track and field was the sport with the worst doping record over the year, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
  
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• Analysing Trump's big foreign policy address

  27-04-2016 23:50
  
  The overwhelming verdict for Trump on this key issue is: Must do Better.
  
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• Phils RHP Charlie Morton out for season with torn hamstring

  27-04-2016 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Charlie Morton is out for the season because of a torn left hamstring.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp urges Liverpool to not waste Borussia Dortmund comeback... and make it count against Villarreal in Europa League semi-final first leg

  27-04-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING IN Two weeks since Anfield's foundations rattled after one of Liverpool's most extraordinary nights and the buzz of beating Borussia Dortmund remains.
  
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• Former British No 1 Laura Robson suffers heavy defeat by fifth seed Timea Babos in Morocco

  27-04-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laura Robson's return from a wrist injury was cut short in the second round of the Rabat Open in Morocco on Wednesday. The 22-year-old went down 6-1, 6-2 to Timea Babos.
  
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• Shane Sutton quits as British cycling chief after bullying and sexism claims... and now mystery of missing £10,000 bikes adds to crisis

  27-04-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER: Shane Sutton resigned as British Cycling chief on Wednesday following allegations of bullying, sexism and claims that he referred to para-cyclists as ‘gimps’ and ‘wobblies’.
  
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• Leicester plot raid for Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Vilhena with Southampton also keen

  27-04-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester City are looking to sign Holland U21 midfielder Tonny Vilhena. Vilhenna has made 25 appearances this season and scored five goals. Southampton and Swansea are also keen.
  
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• No crisis, says British Cycling chief

  27-04-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British Cycling chief Ian Drake says his organisation is not in crisis, despite Shane Sutton's exit amid claims of sexism and discrimination.
  
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• Mamadou Sakho failed drugs test 'inexcusable' blasts Liverpool favourite Steve McManaman

  27-04-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mamadou Sakho can have no excuses for the ban he now faces for failing a drugs test, according to former Liverpool favourite Steve McManaman.
  
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• Chelsea U18 3-1 Manchester City U18 (agg: 4-2): Dujon Sterling, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori score as Blues retain FA Youth Cup

  27-04-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Chelsea have retained the FA Youth Cup for the third consecutive season following a 4-2 aggregate victory over Manchester City. 
  
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• Atletico Madrid 1-0 Bayern Munich: Saul Niguez strike hands the advantage to the hosts in Champions League semi-final first leg

  27-04-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE VICENTE CALDERON: Saul Niguez scored arguably the goal of the tournament and, as a result, Pep Guardiola has 90 minutes to avoid being a nearly man.
  
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• Manchester City's Champions League plea for help rejected as request to have game at Southampton brought forward is rebuffed

  27-04-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City made an initial enquiry about moving their fixture and were left in no doubt by the Premier League's football operations department that a formal appeal would be pointless.
  
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• Fury 'to leave Britain' after rematch

  27-04-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tyson Fury says he will move to the United States after his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, because he "is not accepted in Britain".
  
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• Who's going for gold? With 99 days to Rio 2016, Sportsmail looks at the stars of Team GB expected to light up the Olympics

  27-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We have rounded the final bend and are heading down the home straight in the countdown to the Olympics in Rio, with 99 days until the biggest sporting event on the planet starts in Brazil.
  
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• Edmund knocked out of Estoril Open

  27-04-2016 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British number three Kyle Edmund is beaten by Benoit Paire in the second round of the Estoril Open.
  
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• Goff, Wentz at ease on eve of NFL draft

  27-04-2016 23:24
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Jared Goff lobbed a few balls to a couple of lucky kids and practiced his coverage skills. Carson Wentz grinned as he sent a line of boys and girls through a footwork drill.
  
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• Lawyer: Author Jon Krakauer, public deserve to see records

  27-04-2016 23:11
  
  BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — "Into the Wild" author Jon Krakauer and the public deserve to know why the University of Montana reversed its decision in 2012 to expel a star quarterback who was accused of rape, an attorney for the writer told the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday.
  
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• Saul Niguez stuns Bayern Munich with superb solo goal... no wonder Manchester United wanted to sign him  

  27-04-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON: They were all trying to call Saul back in the 2013-14 season when, aged-19, Atletico Madrid had him out on loan at Rayo Vallecano.
  
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• Roberto Soldado: ‘What let me down at Tottenham was that my head wasn’t right’

  27-04-2016 23:00
  
  Former Spurs forward likely to line up for Villarreal against Liverpool in the Europa League semi-final with a reinvented game after two tough years at Spurs“I needed a change because my head was like this,” Roberto Soldado says, palms hovering an inch from his skull as if held there by some pulsating force field. He had been in London for two years but he could not stay any longer. He sought a release, “un respiro” he calls it, the chance to breathe, and Villarreal were
  
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• UFC president Dana White: 'I didn't prevent Conor from fighting at UFC 200'

  27-04-2016 22:54
  
  White says his decision to remove McGregor from the card was an ‘unpopular’ decision but a necessary one, after confirming Daniel Cormier-Jon Jones boutConor McGregor will not be fighting at UFC 200 after UFC president Dana White announced on Wednesday that Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones will headline the July showdown in Las Vegas.Cormier will fight Jones in a light heavyweight title unification bout – but McGregor has not been added to the bill. Continue reading...
  
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• Saul stunner gives Atletico advantage over Bayern

  27-04-2016 22:49
  By Richard Martin MADRID (Reuters) - A breathtaking individual goal from Saul Niguez gave Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in a tense Champions League semi-final, first leg on Wednesday. Atletico forward Fernando Torres was inches away from grabbing a late second when his shot hit the post, while Bayern’s David Alaba also hit the woodwork with a thumping drive. The result left Pep Guardiola’s Bayern side facing a huge task in Munich next week to avoid a third successive s
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Thursday, April 28

  27-04-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Thursday's meetings at Lingfield, Chelmsford City, Redcar and Sedgefield.
  
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• Saúl’s stunning strike gives Atlético Madrid the edge over Bayern Munich

  27-04-2016 22:48
  
  The road to Milan must go via Munich yet, but it was Atlético who emerged from Madrid in the lead, the scarves stretched across the stands at the Vicente Calderón as the club’s anthem rang out. A truly wonderful goal puts them in a position to complete a truly wonderful achievement. Related: Atlético Madrid v Bayern Munich: Champions League semi-final – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Steve Bell on the Hillsborough disaster – cartoon

  27-04-2016 22:44
  
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• UK Labour lawmaker suspended over anti-Israel comments - Alpena News

  27-04-2016 22:34
  UK Labour lawmaker suspended over anti-Israel comments
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  LONDON (AP) — Britain's main opposition Labour Party, which has faced growing criticism over perceived anti-Semitism in its ranks, suspended a lawmaker on Wednesday for making anti-Israel posts on social media before she was elected to Parliament.en meer »
  
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• Moeen Ali shines for Worcestershire as County Championship rivals are frustrated by snow

  27-04-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Continued cold and wet weather meant there was only one positive result in the third round of the County Championship, with Essex thrashing Northamptonshire in Division Two.
  
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• Stewart focuses on 'fun' after NASCAR fine, policy change

  27-04-2016 22:18
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tony Stewart kept his thoughts to himself after NASCAR beefed up the penalties for using fewer than five lug nuts on each wheel during a race.
  
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• Laura Robson out of Rabat Open after defeat to Hungary’s Timea Babos

  27-04-2016 22:13
  
  • British player defeated by No5 seed 6-1, 6-2 in second round
  • Robson’s first round win was her first in a WTA Tour event since 2013Laura Robson’s return from a wrist injury was cut short in the second round of the Rabat Open in Morocco on Wednesday.The 22-year-old British player had beaten the wild card Ghita Benhadi in her opening match to claim her first main draw win in a WTA Tour event since 2013. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia tops WADA's 2014 doping blacklist

  27-04-2016 22:03
  (Reuters) - Russia was the leading doping offender in global sport during 2014, followed by Italy and India, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Wednesday. Russia, whose participation in the Rio Olympics' athletics programme is in doubt due to a doping scandal, accounted for 148 of the 1,693 failed tests recorded, according to WADA's 2014 Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report. Italy (123), India (96), Belgium (91), France (91), Turkey (73), Australia (49), China (49), Brazil (46) and South Korea (
  
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• Moeen Ali ton guides Worcestershire to draw with Gloucestershire

  27-04-2016 21:58
  
  • Gloucestershire 380 & 382-7dec, drew with Worcestershire 411 & 210-4
  • Moeen Ali scored a 106-ball century and ended the final day on 136Moeen Ali hit a 106-ball century to guide Worcestershire to a draw against Gloucestershire on the final day of their Division Two County Championship match at Bristol.The England all-rounder came to the rescue with his side in trouble at 49 for three, chasing an unlikely 352 to win in 63 overs. He hit a fluent 136 not out, including four six
  
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• Tyson Fury a wrecking ball close to self-destruction in Klitschko buildup

  27-04-2016 21:52
  
  Fury keeps reaching for new lows, saying to Wladimir Klitschko: ‘Shame on you – you let a fat man beat you!’ Their rematch may be remembered for all the wrong reasonsThe fears that boxing’s joker-in-chief Tyson Fury was skating close to self-destruction were given stark and embarrassing substance when the world heavyweight champion was reunited with Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester on Wednesday. Not only was he unashamedly overweight just over two months from their hugely
  
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• Kindred must wait on Paralympic place

  27-04-2016 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sascha Kindred fails to make the Paralympic qualifying standard on the final day of the British Para-Swimming trials.
  
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• Carlingford Lough's fightback right on cue in the Punchestown Gold Cup

  27-04-2016 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carlingford Lough stormed home in Wednesday's Punchestown Gold Cup as the gale force which has been Cue Card this season blew out in fourth.
  
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• Newcastle fans refused extra tickets for match against relegated Aston Villa despite club having 13,000 empty seats 

  27-04-2016 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United have been refused extra tickets for their trip to Aston Villa - despite the relegated club having 13,000 empty seats. The Magpies travel to Villa Park next Saturday in the league.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp warns Liverpool: Villarreal are a real threat in Europa League

  27-04-2016 21:11
  
  • Momentum alone will not carry Liverpool through against Yellow Submarine
  • ‘We have to be prepared for our best game and that’s what we’ll try to do’Rousing recoveries against St Etienne, Olympiakos and Milan all led to European titles for Liverpool but Jürgen Klopp has claimed Borussia Dortmund will count for nothing unless his players deliver against Villarreal. “For a small city in Spain it is great what they have done,” he said. “The
  
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• Middlesbrough join host of Premier League clubs in the race to sign £12million-rated Gent striker Laurent Depoitre

  27-04-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough have joined the queue of clubs watching Gent striker Laurent Depoitre. The 27-year-old Belgian, who is valued at £12million, has just a year left on his contract.
  
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• England rugby sevens captain Tom Mitchell casts doubt on big names joining British Olympic squad at short notice

  27-04-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GB has been criticised for lagging behind other nations in preparing for the Games and lining up stars from the fifteen-a-side game who could make a difference at a global showpiece for the sport.
  
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• The Hillsborough verdict shatters the fantasy that class war doesn’t exist

  27-04-2016 20:43
  
  The ‘unlawful killing’ of the 96 football fans was a crime, committed in a very real conflict. The police, the establishment, parts of the press, they were all in it together Finally, 27 long years later, the cold class contempt that Hillsborough came to signify is laid out for all to see. Those who died did not die because they were “animals” or drinking too much or behaving badly. They were unlawfully killed. Their families did not grieve too much because they were from
  
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• British cycling team thrown into chaos by departure of Shane Sutton

  27-04-2016 20:31
  
  One hundred days from Rio Olympics, national cycling team finds itself without a key figure indelibly linked to its success over the last three GamesOne hundred days from Rio, Britain’s national cycling team has been thrown into chaos following the sudden resignation of its head, technical director Shane Sutton, as allegations of bullying and discrimination against women and Paralympians accumulated on Wednesday. The cycling team, which won more than 30 medals in both London and Beijing ac
  
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• Penguins vs. Capitals is more than just Crosby vs. Ovechkin

  27-04-2016 20:24
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin will be the headline of most stories about the Pittsburgh Penguins-Washington Capitals playoff series.
  
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• Svetlana Kuznetsova seals comeback win to reach Prague Open quarter-finals

  27-04-2016 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova had to come from behind to see off American Madison Brengle and reach the quarter-finals of the Prague Open on Wednesd
  
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• No easy route in Rabat for Timea Bacsinszky

  27-04-2016 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Top seed Timea Bacsinszky survived a second set scare to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Rabat Open in Morocco on Wednesday.The
  
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• '27 years of sleepless nights': thousands turn out for Hillsborough vigil

  27-04-2016 20:19
  
  Huge crowd gathers outside St George’s Hall in Liverpool for commemorative service a day after inquest verdictsThe families of Hillsborough victims have welcomed the suspension of the South Yorkshire police chief as tens of thousands gathered for a vigil to mark the 27-year struggle for justice.In a rousing speech on the steps of Liverpool’s St George’s Hall, Margaret Aspinall, one of the leading Hillsborough campaigners, told the 20,000-strong crowd: “It’s nice to
  
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• Goodell: NFL ready to move on from 'Deflategate'

  27-04-2016 20:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is ready to move on from "Deflategate."
  
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• Ian Bell’s Warwickshire lay down title marker with Yorkshire draw

  27-04-2016 20:15
  
  • Day four: Yorkshire 379 & 73-2d, drew with Warwickshire 443-9d
  • Tim Ambrose’s 61* and Rikki Clarke’s 51 help earn full batting pointsAfter seeing his side shade a weather-affected draw with Yorkshire, their third of the season to go top of the County Championship, Ian Bell declared it a message sent to the rest of the division that Warwickshire will challenge for the title this summer.With 117 overs in the match lost due to a combination of rain, snow and bad light,
  
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• Owen Farrell gets two-game ban but can play in Champions Cup final

  27-04-2016 20:07
  
  • Saracens fly-half banned for dangerous tackle on Wasps’ Dan Robson
  • ‘Farrell committed an act of foul play that warranted a red card’Owen Farrell has joined his England team-mate Joe Marler in receiving a two-week ban after being cited for foul play during a European semi-final.The Saracens fly-half Farrell was suspended after being cited for a dangerous tackle on the scrum-half Dan Robson during their victory against Wasps in last Saturday’s Champions Cup se
  
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• Watford yet to make a decision on manager Quique Sanchez Flores with discussions to be held at end of the season

  27-04-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Watford have made no decision on the future of manager Quique Sanchez Flores and will continue to hold in-depth discussions with the Spaniard, but not until the end of the season.
  
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• Graham Rowntree says he was 'very proud' of England Six Nations Grand Slam, despite being frustrated at not keeping coaching job

  27-04-2016 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Graham Rowntree hailed Eddie Jones' 'great job' in dragging England out of their post-World Cup mire, on his unveiling as Harlequins' new forwards coach for next season.
  
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• Wimbledon to conduct additional out-of-competition drug tests on players as part of increased anti-doping measures

  27-04-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Players competing at Wimbledon are set to be drug-tested more than ever before in the build-up to this year's tournament as organisers focus resources on out-of-competition testing.
  
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