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• Burnley are like Leicester or Atletico Madrid with 'old-fashioned 4-4-2, says Sean Dyche

  05-05-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sean Dyche believes his Burnley team are on a par with Leicester and Atletico Madrid as proponents of good old-fashioned 4-4-2 football.
  
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• Sevilla make it a hat-trick of Europa League finals after seeing off Shakhtar

  05-05-2016 23:47
  
  Kevin Gameiro scored twice as Sevilla saved their best form for the Europa League and made their third straight final with a 3-1 second-leg win over Shakhtar Donetsk. Gameiro picked up where he left off after grabbing a late equaliser in the first leg last week, firing a ninth-minute opener at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán to set his side on course for a 5-3 aggregate win. Shakhtar drew level through Marlos, but Gameiro’s second and a third for Mariano ensured the run of U
  
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• Olympic Games: It would be hard to trust Russians at Rio, says Dick Pound

  05-05-2016 23:47
  
  • Former Wada president has his doubts about Russia clean-up
  • Paula Radcliffe wades into the argument and remains ‘very suspicious’The former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound believes it will be “very hard” to trust any Russian athlete at the Olympics this summer if the country succeeds in overturning its ban from international competition.Pound’s comments were supported by the women’s world-record holder for the marathon, Paula Radclif
  
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• Trump: I have too much integrity to cheat at golf

  05-05-2016 23:44
  
  Donald Trump wants to make one thing perfectly clear — he doesn't cheat at golf. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee also says he has never golfed with retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who earlier ...
  
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• Middlesbrough graduate Jonathan Burn marshals his defence like a mature pro

  05-05-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SECRET SCOUT: Our secret scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. This week it's Middlesbrough's young centre back Jonathan Burn
  
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• Louis van Gaal orders 26ft fence to keep prying eyes away from Manchester United training sessions

  05-05-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The security-conscious manager, who has overseen a major revamp of the 44-hectare Aon Training Complex since arriving two years ago, wants to add yet another barrier to prying eyes.
  
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• Seattle mayor decries sexist attacks to sports arena vote

  05-05-2016 23:31
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's mayor and an investor have condemned sports fans' sexist attacks against the mostly female City Council after its vote sidetracked a proposed arena project aimed at luring the NBA back to the city.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Friday, May 6

  05-05-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Friday's meetings at Ascot, Chester, Lingfield, Market Rasen, Nottingham, Ripon.
  
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• Pep Guardiola wants Mikel Arteta to join his Manchester City revolution as a coach

  05-05-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING: Pep Guardiola has made Mikel Arteta a firm offer to take his first step into coaching at Manchester City. The Arsenal midfielder has been limited to 13 appearances this season.
  
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• Leicester vice-chairman intervened to force Jamie Vardy to focus

  05-05-2016 23:30
  
  • Vardy initially struggled to adapt to Leicester after £1m move in 2012
  • ‘I said to him: “Come on, you have to improve.”’The Leicester City vice-chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, has recounted how he helped Jamie Vardy turn around his career and fulfil a bold prophecy that the striker made when he joined Leicester from non-League Fleetwood Town in 2012 that he would go on to play for England. Related: Claudio Ranieri: ‘Whoever arrives at Leices
  
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• Leicester City confident of keeping Riyad Mahrez as speculation mounts

  05-05-2016 23:30
  
  • Leicester vice-chairman says Mahrez ‘wants to stay’
  • Player’s agent had indicated there was a 50/50 chance he would leaveLeicester City are confident of holding on to Riyad Mahrez despite his agent saying there is a “50/50 chance” the Algeria international could leave this summer. Related: Claudio Ranieri: ‘Whoever arrives at Leicester must have the same spirit’Continue reading...
  
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• Beast Mode goes silent as Seattle puts Lynch on retired list

  05-05-2016 23:29
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Beast Mode is in retirement mode.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp’s prediction comes to pass as Liverpool vanquish Villarreal | Paul Wilson

  05-05-2016 23:19
  
  Klopp boldly promised that Villarreal ‘won’t know what’s hit them’ when they visited Anfield, and at times that was precisely how it appeared“They won’t know what’s hit them” was Jürgen Klopp’s promise via the front page of the Liverpool Echo, something of a hostage to fortune perhaps considering Borussia Dortmund raced into a two-goal lead here in the last round and it was stoppage time before Dejan Lovren was finally able to tilt the t
  
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• Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany in danger of missing Belgium's Euro 2016 opener after latest injury scare

  05-05-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Manchester City captain hurt his groin early in Wednesday night’s Champions League semi-final defeat at Real Madrid and will not certainly not kick a ball for his club again this season.
  
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• Hawks look for answers after getting embarrassed by Cavs

  05-05-2016 23:06
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Thoroughly embarrassed by Cleveland's record-setting performance, the Atlanta Hawks spent part of Thursday watching film from their Game 2 debacle.
  
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• Liverpool push past 10-man Villarreal and into Europa League final

  05-05-2016 23:02
  
  Liverpool stand defiant in the face of Spain’s dominance of Europe. The Champions League is destined for Madrid but Jürgen Klopp’s brand of “emotional football” denied La Liga guaranteed success in the Europa League as Villarreal were swatted aside at Anfield. A fourth triumph in the competition and a ticket back to the Champions League will be Liverpool’s should Sevilla fall the same way on 18 May. Related: Liverpool 3-0 Villarreal (agg 3-1): five Europa Leagu
  
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• Liverpool FC vs Villarreal UEFA Europa League LIVE scores: Plus Sevilla vs Shakhtar Donetsk

  05-05-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage as Liverpool welcome Villarreal to Anfield aiming to book a place in the UEFA Europa League final.
  
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• British canoeist Pennie has novel answer to Zika threat

  05-05-2016 22:55
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - British slalom canoeist Fiona Pennie is leaving nothing to chance at this year's Rio Olympics where she will fit a mosquito net to her boat between races to minimise the threat of the Zika virus. Pennie will contest the K1 kayak event at the state-of-the-art Deodoro Whitewater Stadium in the hills above Rio and has already trained on the course several times during the scorching Brazilian summer with no problems. "They've had water readings from Rio and compar
  
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• Steph Curry unlikely to play Saturday against Portland, Golden State say

  05-05-2016 22:54
  
  Curry did not practise with the Warriors on Thursday, and coach Steve Kerr said ‘probably not’ when asked if Curry was playing in game 3 Related: Cavaliers bury Hawks in Game 2 with record-breaking effort from deep Steph Curry did not practice Thursday with the Golden State Warriors and is unlikely to play in game 3 of the Western Conference semi-finals at Portland. Continue reading...
  
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• Will the real Thunder and Hawks please stand up?

  05-05-2016 22:33
  
  The Oklahoma City Thunder responded to their Game 1 thumping. The Atlanta Hawks? Not so much.
  
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• GB's Hynd wins third European gold

  05-05-2016 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Ollie Hynd claims his third gold at the IPC Swimming European Open Championships in Madeira.
  
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• Kangaroos face Kiwis in climate of international rugby league indifference | Paul Connolly

  05-05-2016 22:30
  
  Apathy surrounds Friday’s Test but for those who hope internationals will return to a position of prominence and importance it is not all doom and gloomLike Easter eggs in January and Christmas trees in September, State of Origin’s approach is spotted earlier and earlier every year. You could say it’s a reminder of where the game’s priorities lie when it comes to representative football. As if to reinforce this idea the NRL has been calling Friday’s Anzac Test match
  
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• Ronaldo sees new pal Novak Djokovic sweep into Madrid Open quarter-final

  05-05-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ex-Real Madrid and Barcelona striker was at the Bernabeu on Wednesday night to watch his former side brush past Manchester City where he met Novak Djokovic and struck up a friendship.
  
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• Todd Pletcher sends out 2 horses in quest for 2nd Derby win

  05-05-2016 21:52
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Todd Pletcher, Bob Baffert and Doug O'Neill are the only trainers in this year's Kentucky Derby with previous victories in the race.
  
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• Indian Lahiri sets clubhouse pace at Quail Hollow

  05-05-2016 21:49
  By Andrew Both CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Anirban Lahiri took the clubhouse lead as Rory McIroy recovered from a poor start and a case of the hooks to haul his way back into a reasonable position in the Wells Fargo Championship first round on Thursday. Lahiri reeled off six birdies for a six-under-par 66 in cool morning conditions to set the early pace at Quail Hollow. Defending champion McIlroy, a day after celebrating his 27th birthday, plunged to four over after playing the more di
  
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• Liverpool pay tribute to 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster in first Anfield game since jury delivered unlawful killing verdict

  05-05-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The semi-final second leg is the first fixture to be played at Anfield since a jury delivered their verdict last week that those who perished in the 1989 stadium tragedy were unlawfully killed.
  
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• Khan pledges to give Alvarez a lesson in the ring

  05-05-2016 21:39
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - Challenger Amir Khan readily accepts that he is a huge underdog for his WBC middleweight title clash with Mexican Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in Las Vegas on Saturday but has promised to give his much bigger opponent "a boxing lesson". Englishman Khan has moved up two weight divisions to take on the flame-haired Mexican, whose only loss in 48 professional fights was to undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013. "I'm not supposed to win," Khan told reporters wh
  
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• Dozens killed in air strike on refugee camp near Idlib

  05-05-2016 21:38
  
  Camp for internally displaced Syrians near Turkish border destroyed with at least 30 people killed, including children.
  
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• Turkey's PM Ahmet Davutoglu to quit over 'Erdogan rift'

  05-05-2016 21:31
  
  Ahmet Davutoglu to leave post after what is reported as a falling out with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  
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• Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy dodge ball thrown by fan at Quail Hollow

  05-05-2016 21:26
  
  • Ball, with earplug attached, thrown near Fowler and McIlroy• World No3 trails Steve Wheatcroft and Andrew Loupe by eight shotsRory McIlroy recovered from a poor start to keep his hopes alive of a third victory in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte but he and his playing partner Rickie Fowler had to put up with a bizarre incident at the 6th. Related: Rory McIlroy to miss Wentworth as schedule ‘takes its toll’Continue reading...
  
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• Convicted child molester Sandusky gets appeals hearing

  05-05-2016 21:26
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday gave convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky a hearing later this month to prove his claims that prosecutors lied, withheld evidence and leaked secret grand jury information to find additional victims.
  
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• Leicester provide inspiration to the world-vice-chairman

  05-05-2016 21:22
  Leicester City's remarkable journey from 5,000-1 outsiders to Premier League champions is an "inspiration for the whole world", says vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha. If people use Leicester as the standard now, if they fight, they try -- then they can achieve one day. Everything has to be right as well." Leicester claimed the title with two games of their campaign remaining when second-placed Tottenham Hotspur drew at Chelsea.
  
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• Jamie Vardy 'turned up to training drunk' and used to 'drink booze every single day' when he first joined Leicester 

  05-05-2016 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Vardy used to drink every day, and even turned up to training drunk, before a conversation with Leicester City's billionaire owner turned his life around.
  
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• Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal tells Marouane Fellaini to control himself

  05-05-2016 21:15
  
  • Fellaini and Huth each suspended for three games
  • Louis van Gaal bullish as he prepares for NorwichLouis van Gaal has accepted Marouane Fellaini needs to control himself better after the player was hit with a three-match suspension for elbowing Robert Huth, though the Manchester United manager insisted the midfielder’s reaction was a “normal, human one” as the Leicester defender was pulling his hair.United do not intend to appeal the FA’s decision, even thoug
  
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• Jason Scrivener, Francesco Laporta and Thomas Linard share lead at Hassan Trophy

  05-05-2016 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Scrivener, Francesco Laporta and Thomas Linard share the lead after the opening day of the Hassan Trophy as Morocco's Younes El Hassani gave the home fans something to cheer.
  
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• Max Verstappen’s brilliance always spelt end for Daniil Kvyat at Red Bull | Paul Weaver

  05-05-2016 21:01
  
  The 18-year-old Verstappen could be a future world champion and with Ferrari and Mercedes circling Red Bull were not going to wait to put him in the hot seatMax Verstappen’s promotion to the Red Bull team was always going to happen, even though the suddenness of the move has taken some people – most notably Daniil Kvyat – by surprise. Related: Red Bull drop Daniil Kvyat and replace him with Max VerstappenContinue reading...
  
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• Athletes can trust drug tests despite lab bans - WADA chief

  05-05-2016 20:57
  With four laboratories under suspension the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency moved on Thursday to reassure jittery athletes that they can have confidence in testing protocols ahead of the Rio Olympics. Laboratories in Beijing, Lisbon and Bloemfontein have all recently been handed suspensions, joining a Russian lab that had its accreditation revoked following a WADA probe that identified systematic failures within the country's anti-doping programme. "Understandably, some athletes might quest
  
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• Trump: I have too much integrity to cheat in golf

  05-05-2016 20:36
  Donald Trump wants to make one thing perfectly clear — he doesn't cheat in golf.
  
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• Rory McIlroy plays himself back into contention for a third Wells Fargo Championship title

  05-05-2016 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McIlroy, the only member of the world's top five yet to win in 2016, had to settle for an opening 73 on Thursday to lie seven shots off the clubhouse lead held by India's Anirban Lahiri.
  
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• Horse racing-For Derby hopefuls, owning horse like owning team

  05-05-2016 20:20
  For many racehorse owners, it's the experience, more so than making money, that attracted them to the Sport of Kings but they face a tough task to get into the elite field for events like the Kentucky Derby. On Saturday, the top 3-year-old thoroughbred racehorses will enter the starting gate at Churchill Downs for the running of the 142nd Kentucky Derby. Cinderella stories such as 2014 Kentucky Derby Winner California Chrome, who cost his connections about $10,000 (6,910 pounds) and has since ea
  
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• Celtic defender Erik Sviatchenko wants Champions League reunion with Leicester pal Kasper Schmeichel

  05-05-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celtic effectively secured their fifth Ladbrokes Premiership and a place in the Champions League qualifiers with a 3-1 win at Hearts last Saturday although confirmation can come at home on Sunday.
  
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• Pep Guardiola must carry out major surgery to rouse Manchester City

  05-05-2016 20:04
  
  Manuel Pellegrini’s side are sleepwalking and the limp Champions League exit after a lethargic Premier League campaign showed the size of the new man’s taskAfter Manchester City’s moribund elimination from the Champions League Pep Guardiola’s first challenge when replacing Manuel Pellegrini as manager in the summer is to send a shock wave through the club.Pellegrini’s team raised only a whimper against Real Madrid despite the semi-final being poised at 0-0 from the
  
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• Porto keeper Iker Casillas rules out MLS move after being linked with Miami switch

  05-05-2016 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iker Casillas has shot down rumours of a move to the MLS after newly-created franchise Miami were linked with approaching the Porto goalkeeper.
  
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• Alex Corbisiero: ‘Even now people will frown if you say you need a rest’

  05-05-2016 19:59
  
  The England prop who has excelled for the Lions is taking a year out to save his career, and talks of the pressure on rugby players to compete“My body feels great and my mind is refreshed,” Alex Corbisiero says on a sleepy Monday morning in Cobham. Mondays are usually days etched in pain for rugby players. An international prop like Corbisiero is more often seen shuffling around a training ground in the hope that, by the time he plays again the following weekend, he will not feel lik
  
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• Lawro's predictions v darts star Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis

  05-05-2016 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on former darts world champion Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis in this week's Premier League predictions.
  
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• Pacers seeking new voice after parting ways with Frank Vogel

  05-05-2016 19:28
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Larry Bird has never cared about popularity contests. All he ever wanted to do was win.
  
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• Jason Maguire announces retirement from horse racing aged 36 as Sir AP McCoy hails 'unbelievably tough competitor'

  05-05-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: Jockey Jason Maguire has bowed to the inevitable and called time on an illustrious career which also yielded five Cheltenham festival successes.
  
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• 'My only focus is Ireland this summer' - Roy Keane plays down Celtic job talk

  05-05-2016 19:20
  
  There are always jobs coming up, says the Corkman.
  
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• Love your country, says new Serbia coach Muslin

  05-05-2016 19:17
  By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's new coach Slavoljub Muslin blasted the players for past failures and asked them to show more passion for their country after he took over from Radovan Curcic on Thursday. The Serbian FA put Muslin in charge until the end of the country's 2018 World Cup campaign after terminating Curcic's contract by mutual consent on April 27. "The players have to take the lion's share of the blame for missing out on three successive major tournaments," Muslin
  
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• 'Frustrated' Mark Hughes fails to hide disappointment over Stoke's inconsistency 

  05-05-2016 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stoke manager Mark Hughes summed up his team's season as frustrating ahead of their Barclays Premier League clash with Crystal Palace on Saturday.
  
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