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• Hynd and Mullen win golds for Britain

  03-05-2016 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ollie Hynd and Andrew Mullen win golds for Britain at the IPC Swimming European Championships in Madeira.
  
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• Hynd and Mullen win gold for Britain

  03-05-2016 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ollie Hynd and Andrew Mullen win gold for Britain at the IPC Swimming European Championships in Madeira.
  
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• 'How I won the Premier League': Claudio Ranieri hails title win forged on Leicester's 'English spirit'... but he's still not satisfied

  03-05-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Behind Claudio Ranieri's geniality and generosity is a man who is absolutely sure of his methodology. He has turned Leicester into champions.
  
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• Leicester rugby stars target double celebration in Las Vegas with city's Premier League champions 

  03-05-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester City have been invited on a joint trip to Las Vegas with Leicester Tigers if the city’s rugby team complete a famous title double by winning the Aviva Premiership.
  
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• Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone barges his way to the top and his own delegates in touchline battle with Pep Guardiola

  03-05-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIK SHARMA: Screaming, sweat, agony, ecstasy. That was Diego Simeone and Pep Guardiola on the touchline. Guardiola bawled at linesman as Simeone wrestled with Frank Ribery.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri has done a remarkable job with Leicester this season... winning the World Cup was easy in comparison!

  03-05-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Anyone who loves or is interested in sport should be galvanised by what Leicester and their remarkable coach Claudio Ranieri have achieved this season.
  
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• Cavaliers not crying foul over LeBron's lack of free throws

  03-05-2016 23:45
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue celebrated his 39th birthday on Tuesday and proudly showed off a few gray hairs — silvery-speckled souvenirs of job-related stress.
  
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• Leicester must invest or risk ending up like Blackburn... they cannot afford to drink in their Premier League success too long 

  03-05-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Nobody is expecting a second title challenge. The 5,000-1 price offered at the start of this season would be almost as valid for the next campaign, and for the same reasons.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri's triumph with Leicester is the end of the road to recognition for a man loved by many but not revered by all

  03-05-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Roman’s road to the top of the Barclays Premier League was anything but straight. That’s just one reason why Ken Bates was so quick to order Claudio Ranieri a gift yesterday morning.
  
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• Leicester City winning the Premier League against all the odds can't top Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest, says Viv Anderson 

  03-05-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Viv Anderson is reluctant to make the comparison between that famous Nottingham Forest team and the Leicester City side that have won the Premier League just a year after avoiding relegation.
  
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• FA 'to lose £30m' over reform veto with chairman Greg Dyke suggesting, 'We do need radical change'

  03-05-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: FA chairman Greg Dyke has written to FA councillors to warn them they are now at the mercy of the Government after blocking his reform agenda.
  
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• Eric Dier made threatening gesture to Cesc Fabregas after pair clashed throughout ugly battle between Chelsea and Tottenham

  03-05-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier made a threatening gesture to Cesc Fabregas in the aftermath of Monday night’s Battle of the Bridge, shocking eye-witnesses at the ugly clash that decided the Premier League title.
  
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• Christian Eriksen believes Arsenal cost Tottenham the Premier League title as midfielder rues north London derby draw

  03-05-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christian Eriksen insists Tottenham threw away the title long before they were officially dumped out of the race to be crowned champions by bitter rivals Chelsea, by dropping two points against Arsenal.
  
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• Zinedine Zidane admits Real Madrid will have failed if they do not end Champions League dream of Manchester City

  03-05-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane believes his team have an obligation to reach the Champions League final, as they aim to see of Manchester City in a second leg clash.
  
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• Danny Drinkwater never saw Leicester City winning the Premier League coming... 'it's bonkers... it wasn't in my thoughts'

  03-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danny Drinkwater has admitted any ambition of winning the Premier League went from his mind after he left Manchester United four years ago.
  
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• Syria's civil war: Aleppo bleeds amid truce efforts

  03-05-2016 23:29
  
  Rocket attack on hospital pushes death toll up as UN special envoy holds talks in Moscow, seeking a pause in fighting.
  
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• Bayern Munich 2-1 Atletico Madrid (agg 2-2): Diego Simeone's side book Champions League final place despite defeat at the Allianz Arena after Antoine Griezmann struck crucial away goal

  03-05-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON: Bayern Munich will never be European Champions under Pep Guardiola after Manchester City’s manager-in-waiting completed a hat-trick of semi-final defeats in this loss against Diego Simone’s phenomenal Atletico Madrid.
  
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• Atletico Madrid reaches Champions League final on away goals

  03-05-2016 23:19
  
  MUNICH (AP) — A goal from Antoine Griezmann sent Atletico Madrid to the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons despite a 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
  
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• Andy Murray makes winning start to Madrid Masters defence by overcoming second-set scare against veteran Radek Stepanek

  03-05-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray came through a tough first test in his bid to retain the Madrid Masters after a gruelling three-set battle with Czech veteran Radek Stepanek.
  
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• Ex-49er Stubblefield denies sexually assaulting woman

  03-05-2016 23:14
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A former San Francisco 49er defensive lineman charged with raping a developmentally delayed woman denied the charges Tuesday, saying the episode was a consensual encounter with a mentally competent woman who asked for money and a job afterward.
  
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• Aleppo bleeds as Syria truce efforts continue

  03-05-2016 23:14
  
  Rocket attack on hospital pushes death toll up as UN special envoy holds talks in Moscow, seeking a pause in fighting.
  
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• 'Media try to paint picture of fear'

  03-05-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City are right to be confident for their Champions League semi-final, says Match of the Day pundit Jermaine Jenas.
  
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• Bale Champions League win can aid Wales

  03-05-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales have no concerns about Gareth Bale playing in the Champions League final ahead of their Euro 2016 campaign.
  
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• Ex-Ecuador FA official gets year in jail as part of FIFA probe

  03-05-2016 23:03
  A former head of logistics at Ecuador's Football Federation (FEF) was sentenced on Tuesday to a year in prison for money-laundering, a case arising from investigations in the Andean nation prompted by the FIFA corruption scandal. "Judge Ana Lucia Cevallos declares Vinicio L. (Luna) guilty of being a co-author of the laundering of assets in the Ecuafutbol case," the state prosecutor said on Twitter. Enmeshed in the worst scandal in its history, FIFA has been cracking down on wrongdoing.
  
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• Orioles place SS JJ Hardy on DL with foot fracture

  03-05-2016 23:01
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Shortstop J.J. Hardy was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday by the Baltimore Orioles because of a hairline fracture in his left foot.
  
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• Struggling Sauber to miss Barcelona F1 test

  03-05-2016 23:00
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Sauber will not take part in Formula One's first in-season test in Barcelona after next week's Spanish Grand Prix, the financially struggling Swiss team said on Tuesday. Sauber cited two main reasons for the decision in an announcement on Twitter -- the absence of car updates and the lack of a test driver who meets the requirements. Sauber, whose technical director Mark Smith left in March, were the last team to test their 2016 car before the season started and
  
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• Cookson warns cheats as UCI showcases motor detection method

  03-05-2016 22:58
  By Cecile Mantovani AIGLE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Cheats will not prosper was the message of International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson on Tuesday as the governing body stepped up its fight against mechanical fraud by showcasing a new method to detect hidden motors in bikes. Earlier this year, Belgian rider Femke van den Driessche was handed a six-year ban for mechanical doping after it was proven her spare bike contained a motor at the cyclocross Under-23 world championship in J
  
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• Murray advances at Madrid Open

  03-05-2016 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Andy Murray beats Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-1 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open.
  
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• Marlins remain worried about Zika risk in Puerto Rico

  03-05-2016 22:55
  MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins player representative Tom Koehler says the team attended a seminar on the Zika virus that heightened concerns about playing two games in Puerto Rico against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 30-31.
  
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• Atletico oust Bayern to reach Champions League final

  03-05-2016 22:55
  Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons on Tuesday, going through on away goals after a 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich, in which both sides missed a penalty, with the tie finishing 2-2 on aggregate. Atletico, who will face either city rivals Real Madrid, who beat them in the 2014 final, or Manchester City, who meet in the second semi-final on Wednesday, also spoiled Bayern's treble chances after the Spaniards won the first leg 1-0 last week. Bayern to
  
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• Prince Harry, Canada's Trudeau launch countdown to 2017 Invictus Games

  03-05-2016 22:51
  Britain's Prince Harry and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began the countdown for the 2017 Toronto Invictus Games with the drop of the puck for sledge hockey players at a media launch on Monday. The prince, who started the first Invictus Games for injured active and veteran service members in London in 2014, also spoke to some of the athletes and  participated in an event. The second Invictus Games will take place later this month in Orlando, Florida from May-8-12 and will feature 1
  
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• NBA: 5 incorrect non-calls at end of Spurs-Thunder game

  03-05-2016 22:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA said Tuesday there were five incorrect non-calls on the wild final sequence in San Antonio, including a foul on Oklahoma City's Dion Waiters that referees earlier had already acknowledged they missed.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Wednesday, May 4

  03-05-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Wednesday's meetings at Chester, Kelso, Newton Abbott, Wetherby and Chelmsford City.
  
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• In-form stayer John Reel could make the front-running in the Betway Chester Cup

  03-05-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the exception of one or two Irish runners, the Betway Chester Cup could easily pass for a prestigious all-weather handicap with Steve Rogers topping the market ahead of Gang Warfare.
  
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• Mohaymen looks to rebound in Kentucky Derby from 1st loss

  03-05-2016 22:27
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Mohaymen went from likely Kentucky Derby favorite to a question mark in the span of less than two minutes.
  
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• Red Sox 3B Pablo Sandoval has season-ending shoulder surgery

  03-05-2016 22:26
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Pablo Sandoval will miss the rest of the season.
  
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• Santi Cazorla back in action for Arsenal Under 21s as Arsene Wenger watches on at the Emirates

  03-05-2016 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ARSENAL U21 2-1 BLACKBURN U21 - BY ADAM SHERGOLD: The Spaniard returned from injury as the Gunners secured a place in the Division Two promotion play-off final.
  
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• Legendary ex-Leicester boss Martin O'Neill hails the Foxes' Premier League triumph: 'Romanticism is still alive in football'

  03-05-2016 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  O'Neill, previously City's most successful boss having led them to two League Cup victories,hailed the Foxes' unprecedented league title triumph as 'fabulous' and 'extraordinary'.
  
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• Peterhead 1-4 Ayr: Match Report

  03-05-2016 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jordan Preston double helps Ayr take commanding play-off leadJordan Preston scored in each half as Ayr claimed a comfortable 4-1 advantage
  
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• Clyde 3-1 Elgin: Match Report

  03-05-2016 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Clyde shrug off Barry Ferguson absence to claim first-leg win over ElginClyde took a 3-1 lead in the first leg of their Ladbrokes League O
  
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• The day after Leicester's title win – in pictures

  03-05-2016 21:30
  
  We pick the best pictures as Leicester celebrate their football team becoming champions of the Premier League. Thousands celebrated and millions around the world watched in wonder as the 5,000-1 underdogs completed arguably the greatest fairytale in sporting history by clinching the title Continue reading...
  
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• Real Madrid v Manchester City

  03-05-2016 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is fit to face Manchester City in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg.
  
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• David de Gea lunches with his girlfriend after winning third consecutive Manchester United Player of the Year award

  03-05-2016 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David de Gea was enjoying the sun in Cheshire on Tuesday as the Manchester United goalkeeper celebrated being named Player of the Season for the third year running by the club's fans.
  
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• Liberian presidential candidate Weah's lawyers to go to U.S. over warrant

  03-05-2016 20:56
  Lawyers for Liberian presidential candidate and former football star George Weah will travel to the United States after a warrant was issued charging him with child abandonment, a spokesman for Weah's party said on Tuesday. The warrant, filed in the U.S. state of Georgia, was in relation to Weah allegedly failing to pay child support. The crime of child abandonment is punishable by up to 12 months in prison.
  
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• Rousseff lights Olympic flame as protesters hit the streets

  03-05-2016 20:55
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's embattled President Dilma Rousseff ignited the Olympic flame on Tuesday, as a nationwide torch relay got underway with protests highlighting the country's deep political and economic crisis.
  
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• Andy Murray grinds out three-set win over Radek Stepanek

  03-05-2016 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Andy Murray battled past veteran Radek Stepanek in three sets to get his defence of the Madrid Open off to a winning start.The world number
  
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• Antoine Griezmann fires Atletico Madrid into Champions League final

  03-05-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Antoine Griezmann grabbed the decisive goal as Atletico Madrid hit Bayern Munich with a sucker punch to reach the Champions League final.Gri
  
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• 'Real Madrid is not just Cristiano Ronaldo': Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini will not obsess over the Portuguese star

  03-05-2016 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mystery surrounds the Portugal star’s fitness after he missed last week’s goalless first leg in Manchester with a hamstring injury despite assurances from Zinedine Zidane that he would be fit.
  
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• Life term for Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir's murder

  03-05-2016 20:23
  
  Yosef Haim Ben-David and other defendants had confessed Abu Khdeir's killing was revenge for Israeli youths' murder.
  
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• Memphis Depay has everything it takes to succeed at Manchester United, insists Arjen Robben... despite Dutchman's poor first season in the Premier League

  03-05-2016 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-old has managed just two goals in 15 top flight starts this term, and has been in Louis van Gaal's Premier League starting XI just once since the beginning of March.
  
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