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• Tunsil tries to tamp down furor regarding his draft freefall

  29-04-2016 23:55
  
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Laremy Tunsil kept repeating the same answer to questions about his freefall in the NFL draft, the social media hacking that cost him millions and the investigation he stirred at Ole Miss.
  
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• Roberto Martinez speaks to Jamie Carragher: You can't manage a club and think 'I've got to win or I am losing my job'

  29-04-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE - JAMIE CARRAGHER: It has been a season of disappointment and frustration for Everton and Roberto Martinez has found himself coming under fire from supporters. 
  
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• Lee Chung-yong launches attack on Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew

  29-04-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alan Pardew returns to St James’ Park on Saturday braced for a hostile reception but has been left stunned by astonishing criticism from a member of his own squad.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp hits back at his critics over Daniel Sturridge Europa snub

  29-04-2016 23:54
  
  • Manager says he has no regrets over leaving striker on bench
  • Liverpool went down 1-0 to Villarreal in semi-finalJürgen Klopp has said he has no regrets about leaving Daniel Sturridge on the bench for their Europa League semi-final defeat in Villarreal and says he would do the same again.The striker, who has scored four goals in his last five matches, was an unused substitute in Spain on Thursday as Liverpool went down to a stoppage-time winner from Adrián López i
  
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• Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 Rennes: French champions equal record for most points in a season as Zlatan Ibrahimovic nets double

  29-04-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as French champions Paris Saint-Germain beat Rennes 4-0 on Friday night to equal its record points tally for a season with three games remaining.
  
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• The clock is ticking on Marcus Townend's riding bid... but he he can see a chink of light at the end of the Newmarket tunnel

  29-04-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cars and music. Racing people love them for analogies when talking about the horses they race. It is, of course, key to get a decent tune out of your mount and find a decent rhythm.
  
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• Ospreys flanker Sam Underhill 'in the Pocock mould' says Sam Warburton

  29-04-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Warburton believes England could have the next David Pocock on their hands if they activate their ‘exceptional circumstances’ clause for Sam Underhill.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini slams Premier League's 'unbelievable' refusal to bring Manchester City's clash with Southampton forward ahead of Champions League semi-final

  29-04-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manuel Pellegrini has slammed the Premier League for making Manchester City play at Southampton in Sunday's late game, just three days before their Champions League semi-final.
  
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• Pep Guardiola eyes summer targets at Manchester City as Bayern Munich boss insists he is focused on current job: 'I'm like a woman... I can handle two things at once' 

  29-04-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola will compile detailed tactical dossiers to ensure Manchester City’s new signings hit the ground running next season despite there being work to be done at Bayern Munich.
  
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• Nick Hammond set to be announced as new West Brom director of football as manager Tony Pulis defends his side's recent record

  29-04-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former goalkeeper Nick Hammond is set to join West Bromwich Albion as director of football. The 48-year-old has occupied the same role at Reading since 2002 after first working with the Academy.
  
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• Surf dude Harry Thacker can make waves for Leicester and England as rising star proves size doesn't matter  

  29-04-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: It was in between surf sessions off Polzeath beach in Cornwall where Harry Thacker perfected his skills after being told he was too small for rugby's modern skyline of giants.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri says it's still too soon for Leicester City to party: 'We're close but it's important now that we finish the story'

  29-04-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: Almost 16 years on from Claudio Ranieri's first game in England football at Old Trafford, he heads back with Leicester City on the verge of the Premier League title.
  
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• Rafael Benítez wants Newcastle fans to focus on team, not Alan Pardew

  29-04-2016 23:30
  
  • Former Newcastle manager Pardew back at St James’ with Crystal Palace
  • ‘Palace’s players will be thinking about FA Cup final,’ says BenítezAlan Pardew can expect a hot reception on Saturday afternoon when he takes charge of his first match at St James’ Park since leaving Newcastle United for Crystal Palace. Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendContinue reading...
  
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• Odion Ighalo wants to play for Watford vs Aston Villa to pay tribute to his late father

  29-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ighalo’s heartbreak came only a day after his side had lost to Crystal in the FA Cup semi-final but he has agreed to stay with Watford and will be included against Aston Villa.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini rails at league schedule before Real Madrid game

  29-04-2016 23:30
  
  • Manchester City had requested Southampton match be brought forward
  • Manager says extra day’s rest for Real will give them advantage in semi-finalManuel Pellegrini finds it “unbelievable” the Premier League refused to move forward Manchester City’s late kick-off at Southampton on Sunday, before their Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid.City play Real next Wednesday evening at the Bernabéu having drawn Tuesday’s opening leg 0
  
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• Crystal Palace’s Alan Pardew unable to escape spotlight on Newcastle return

  29-04-2016 23:30
  
  The Palace manager can expect a hostile reception at St James’ Park, where he is still apportioned some blame for Newcastle’s decline, whereas he has always seemed more comfortable at his current clubAlan Pardew initially spoke fondly of his time on Tyneside as the public face of a “beast” of a football club, and even declared he was “desperate” for Newcastle United to survive another season of toil. But as soon as the cameras went off, the shutters came down.
  
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• Arsène Wenger reveals he rejected Real, Barcelona and Manchester City

  29-04-2016 23:30
  
  • Arsenal manager talks of his loyalty before fans’ planned protest on Saturday
  • ‘When we built [the Emirates] the banks demanded I stayed. I did it.’Arsène Wenger has revealed he rejected offers from several elite clubs during the “difficult” period Arsenal spent servicing debt accrued over the construction of the Emirates Stadium, having personally pledged his commitment to the banks who had provided the club’s funding. Related: Arsenal v N
  
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• Sale 11-12 Gloucester: Sharks see playoff hopes go up in smoke as four Greg Laidlaw penalties end unbeaten home record

  29-04-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gloucester ended Sale's impressive unbeaten home record and with it killed off any hopes of a playoff spot in the semi-finals as Greig Laidlaw struck four penalties at the AJ Bell Stadium.
  
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• Middlesbrough let lead slip as David Davis draws Birmingham City level

  29-04-2016 23:06
  
  Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka hit out at the officials after his side were denied the chance to take a decisive step towards the Premier League.Daniel Ayala’s second-half strike was clearly shown by replays to have been wrongly ruled out for offside as Boro were held to a 2-2 draw at Birmingham City. Continue reading...
  
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• Ibrahimovic leads PSG to 4-0 rout of Rennes with double

  29-04-2016 23:04
  (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored two goals and set up another as the runaway Ligue 1 champions thrashed Stade Rennes 4-0 on a wet evening in Paris on Friday. Four second-half goals at the Parc des Princes allowed PSG to equal their own record for the most points in a Ligue 1 season -- 89 -- with two games remaining. Ibrahimovic joined in a second-half scoring frenzy when he picked up a cross from Argentine Angel di Maria and sent it beyond the reach of goalkeeper Benoit C
  
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• Middlesbrough promotion hopes dented by Birmingham draw

  29-04-2016 23:02
  (Reuters) - Middlesbrough's hopes of automatic promotion to the Premier League suffered a setback when they were held to a 2-2 draw at Birmingham City in a thrilling Championship clash on Friday. 'Boro moved top of the table on 88 points from 45 games before Burnley and Brighton & Hove Albion, both on 87, host Queens Park Rangers and Derby County respectively on Monday. 'Boro came from behind to lead with goals from Jordan Rhodes and Gaston Ramirez but were pegged back by a superb David Davi
  
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• Greig Laidlaw strikes late for Gloucester to end Sale’s unbeaten home run

  29-04-2016 22:55
  
  • Sale 11-12 GloucesterGreig Laidlaw’s late penalty meant Sale’s unbeaten Premiership record – stretching back just a shade over a year – came to an end in their very last match at the AJ Bell Stadium this season. In truth, Gloucester deserved their 12-11 win in a scrappy, frustrating match characterised by their own poor final pass in good positions and by Sale’s tenacious, albeit once-too-often ill-disciplined defence. Related: Bristol hope for third time luc
  
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• Lug nuts and $35,000 fine still the talk around Tony Stewart

  29-04-2016 22:53
  
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — It's been an action-packed week for Tony Stewart following his return to a race car after a back injury sidelined him the first eight races of the season.
  
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• Mark Johnston refutes claims 1000 Guineas contender Lumiere will come up short

  29-04-2016 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Mark Johnston has dismissed suggestions that Sunday's 1,000 Guineas contender Lumiere will struggle to last the mile distance. Lumiere is a 9-2 shot to win the race.
  
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• Tunsil a no-show at Dolphins' introductory news conference

  29-04-2016 22:45
  
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Mark down Laremy Tunsil as a no-show at his introductory news conference in South Florida because of an "allergic reaction."
  
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• As it happened: Treviso v Connacht, Munster v Edinburgh - Pro12 match tracker

  29-04-2016 22:37
  
  It was a big night for the Irish provinces in the Pro12. Catch up on all of the action from Italy and Cork.
  
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• The other villain of Hillsborough saga: legal system that left families in torment

  29-04-2016 22:20
  
  The inquest delivered the basic justice people had waited 27 years for – but a detached judge and police repetition of old, putrid claims prolonged the nightmareThe overwhelming majority of people in modern Britain will never be addressed as sir, ma’am, or my lord in their whole working lives. Yet in the places the public pays for to protect our most fundamental rights and preserve the rule of law and justice, the hierarchies and manners of another age prevail. During two years at th
  
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• Aviva Premiership heads for grandstand finale as Wasps and Saracens look to clinch home playoff... Sportsmail provides the lowdown on all the weekend's action

  29-04-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two regular-season rounds to go – and still the top four, relegation and European qualifiers are yet to be fully confirmed in the Aviva Premiership.Sportsmail looks ahead to the weekend of rugby.
  
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• Boom! Queen & Harry answer Obamas' Invictus Games challenge

  29-04-2016 21:43
  
  LONDON (AP) — It helps to have friends in high places when you're promoting an athletic event.
  
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• Chinese consortium offers 700 million euros for AC Milan - source

  29-04-2016 21:36
  A Chinese consortium has offered to buy AC Milan soccer club, one of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi's most cherished assets, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The offer values the club the four-times prime minister refers to as "my Milan" at around 700 million euros (548 million pounds) including debt, one of the sources said. Berlusconi has been looking for more than a year for someone to buy a minority stake in the club that won the Champions League five times afte
  
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• Marco Fu fights back after bizarre cue tip incident to draw level with world No 1 Mark Selby in World Snooker Championship semi

  29-04-2016 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Fu shrugged off a semi-final tip crisis at the Crucible on Friday up against world No1 Mark Selby. He got an emergency 15-minute timeout from referee Brendan Moore.
  
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• AP DERBY TOP 10: Wire-to-wire for Nyquist as No. 1 contender

  29-04-2016 21:12
  
  Unlike Pharoah-phever a year ago, Nyquist-mania hasn't yet struck in the days leading to the Kentucky Derby. It might by next Saturday night if the undefeated colt ends up in the winner's circle at Churchill Downs.
  
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• James DeGale admits: 'I used to be wild but the madness is behind me' as IBF super-middleweight champion eyes superstardom

  29-04-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL IN WASHINGTON: When James DeGale used to go out at 10.30 pm it was the start of a long night on the town. Now that he has arrived at this epicentre of world power it is different.
  
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• Leicester's chance to win league is 'once in a lifetime' so make it count, Claudio Ranieri tells players

  29-04-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claudio Ranieri has admitted Leicester's title chance is a once in a lifetime occurrence and challenged his players to produce a Hollywood ending.
  
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• UN demands restoration of UN mission in Western Sahara

  29-04-2016 21:05
  
  Morocco said it would study the resolution, but refused to comment on restoration of full civilian staffing levels.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Saturday, April 30

  29-04-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thirteen horses line up for the Qipco 2,000 Guineas but favourite AIR FORCE BLUE (Newmarket, 3.45) looks like a stand-out contender. His odds may be cramped but there is a reason for that.
  
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• Everton to start Tim Howard for final two home games before keeper leaves for MLS

  29-04-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard is poised to start the final two home Premier League games of the season as he prepares to say goodbye to Goodison Park.
  
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• Attitude versus analysis in Ryder Cup camps

  29-04-2016 20:57
  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Ryder Cup often produces magical golf, team captains Davis Love III and Darren Clarke concur, but for 20 years it has mainly been European players wielding the magic wand. "It's just special, isn't it," Europe captain Clarke told Reuters in promoting on behalf of sponsors Standard Life Investments this year's competition to be played at Minnesota's Hazeltine course from Sept 30-Oct 2. "We saw a different Payne Stewart, a different David Duval when the Ryder
  
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• Caps' Tom Wilson fined $2,400 for knee hit to Pens' Sheary

  29-04-2016 20:51
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The NHL fined Capitals forward Tom Wilson $2,404 on Friday for his knee-on-knee hit on Pittsburgh's Conor Sheary, sparing him a suspension that could have altered the second-round playoff series against the Penguins.
  
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• Trainer David Wachman hails Legatissimo 'the best I've trained' following retirement

  29-04-2016 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Wachman has hailed Legatissimo 'the best I've trained' after confirming the top-class filly has been retired. The four-year-old won over £1.1million in prize-money in her career.
  
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• Heather Watson and Naomi Broady one win away from Madrid Open

  29-04-2016 20:27
  
  • Britons enjoy opening qualifying victories for WTA tournament
  • Johanna Konta to play France’s Caroline Garcia in first roundHeather Watson and Naomi Broady both won their opening matches in qualifying for next week’s Madrid Open. Related: Heather Watson comes from set down to reach fourth round of Miami OpenContinue reading...
  
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• Tony Bellew to fight for cruiserweight world title at Goodison Park

  29-04-2016 20:26
  
  • Bellew will fight Ilunga Makabu at his beloved Everton’s stadium
  • Briton’s first title fight since step-up from light-heavyweightTony Bellew will fight Ilunga Makabu for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title at Everton’s Goodison Park on May 29. Related: Tyson Fury says he will probably retire if he loses Wladimir Klitschko rematchContinue reading...
  
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• Sebastian Vettel handed five-place penalty grid at Russian Grand Prix after Ferrari driver's gearbox change

  29-04-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday's Russian Grand Prix further down the grid than he would like after being given a five-place penalty.
  
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• Manchester United battling with Leicester City for 16-year-old non-league star Charlie Coppola dubbed 'the new Jamie Vardy'

  29-04-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlie Coppola, a 16-year-old non-league hot-shot for Isthmian League Premier Division side Lewes, is attracting Barclays Premier League interest.
  
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• Tour de Yorkshire: Dutch rule but icy winds too much for Bradley Wiggins

  29-04-2016 20:10
  
  • Wiggins joins six other riders in abandoning the event
  • Caleb Ewan unable to challenge until too lateThe jersey of Sir Bradley Wiggins’s eponymous team has a sponsor called Yesss down its sides but the 2012 Tour de France winner’s legs were clearly saying the opposite on the first stage of the Tour de Yorkshire when he climbed off as the roads got hilly during the five-hour run past snow-capped fells to Settle in the teeth of a bone-chilling wind. Related: Lizzie Armitst
  
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• Ever heard about the time Riyad Mahrez pulled a runner from a trial with St Mirren's reserves?

  29-04-2016 20:08
  
  “I was so cold that one day I faked an injury…”
  
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• Willie Mullins' Vroum Vroum Mag lands Betdaq Punchestown Champion Hurdle

  29-04-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vroum Vroum Mag stylishly handled the return to two miles by holding off the persistent challenge of Identity Thief in the Betdaq Punchestown Champion Hurdle.
  
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• Sport picture of the day: the hills are alive with the sound of pedalling

  29-04-2016 20:00
  
  Stage one of the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire saw the riders travel through some stunning countryside along the 186km route the from Beverley to Settle. The first big test of the three-day event was Cote de Greenhow Hill near Pateley Bridge, a dramatic 270m ascent that has King of the Mountains status Continue reading...
  
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• Rowing chief to lead investigation into British cycling

  29-04-2016 19:58
  (Reuters) - Annamarie Phelps, Britain's rowing chief, will head the independent review into the "extremely disturbing" claims of discrimination and bullying that have rocked British cycling, it was announced on Friday. Phelps, chairman of British Rowing, will now appoint a review panel that will be asked to examine whether there are "fundamental behavioural issues" at the heart of British cycling's once-unrivalled sports programme. The news of the 1996 Olympic oarswoman's key role in the review,
  
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• Red Bull chief Christian Horner: Our engine upgrades can give Ferrari a hard time... and there's no chance of losing Daniel Ricciardo

  29-04-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As team principal for more than a decade, there is not much that surprises Christian Horner. But even the Red Bull boss has been taken aback by how well his team have started this season.
  
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