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• John Terry red card rules him out of Chelsea’s final two games

  07-05-2016 23:48
  
  • Sending off means Terry could have played last game for club
  • No offer of new contract at Stamford BridgeIf John Terry really has booked Stamford Bridge for a private party, as reports suggested on Friday, then everything might have a rather sour taste. Following his red card at Sunderland, his second dismissal this season in the Premier League, he will be banned for the midweek trip to Liverpool and Sunday’s visit of Leicester. Those games close out Chelsea’s season, an
  
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• Tottenham wouldn't be intimidated by playing at Wembley, says Mauricio Pochettino

  07-05-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FA chairman Greg Dyke revealed last week that Spurs are in talks with the Football Association about the possibility of using the national stadium for Europe’s elite club competition next season.
  
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• Jutanugarn takes LPGA Tour lead in Alabama with birdie run

  07-05-2016 23:45
  
  PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn knows the pain of losing a final-round lead, so she's sticking with the theme of "having fun" this time.
  
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• Jordan Henderson will lift Europa League trophy for Liverpool even if he's injured, says James Milner

  07-05-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is a typically selfless act from 30-year-old Milner who has led the side brilliantly since Henderson suffered a knee injury in the first leg of the quarter-final in Dortmund on April 7.
  
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• Glenn Hoddle: Even as a Tottenham fan I can't help but admire Leicester's sheer audacity

  07-05-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: For those of us who have been involved in football over a fair few decades now, it’s difficult to comprehend just what Leicester City have done this season.
  
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• How Claudio Ranieri was persuaded into becoming a manager and the tough journey that made him Leicester City's Miracle Man 

  07-05-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER: Claudio Ranieri is the genial Italian, mocked by Jose Mourinho as a serial loser but loved by almost everyone else who encounters him but football almost lost him.
  
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• Back nine 28 propels Jutanugarn to three-shot LPGA lead

  07-05-2016 23:42
  (Reuters) - Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand reeled off eight back-nine birdies to surge to a three-stroke lead after the third round at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in Alabama on Saturday. Jutanugarn needed just 28 strokes on her homeward half to card nine-under-par 63 on the Senator Course at the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Prattville. In pursuit of her first LPGA victory, she posted a 14-under 202 total with one round left, with Australian teenager Minjee Lee (68) and American Ryann O'Toole (68
  
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• Italy forward Cerci ruled out of Euro 2016

  07-05-2016 23:40
  MILAN, May 7 (Reuters) - Genoa forward Alessio Cerci must undergo knee surgery next week, ruling him out of theEuropean Championship. The on-loan Atletico Madrid attacker has not played sinceApril 16 due to cartilage damage in his right knee and requires an operation on Tuesday, Genoa said in a statement. The 28-year-old spent the first half of the campaign onloan at AC Milan but struggled to establish himself there, making 13 goalless appearances before securing another temporary move to Genoa
  
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• Claudio Ranieri's Leicester have restored our faith in football... only Ian Botham, Boris Becker and Pep Guardiola can compare  

  07-05-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PATRICK COLLINS: In the space of a season, Leicester have restored our faith, deflated our cynicism and reminded us of why, long ago, we fell in love with this beguiling game.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri is spreading joy in a world of wonder as Leicester celebrate their magical Premier League triumph

  07-05-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Thirty-two thousand people in Leicester spent the afternoon and the early evening shaking their heads in happy disbelief.
  
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• Leicester are richer than AC Milan and even bigger than New York Yankees... and here we examine the six things that went right for recently-crowned Premier League winners

  07-05-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NICK HARRIS: Leicester's 5,000-1 title miracle has put them on course to be one of the richest 15 football clubs in the world next season, leapfrogging some of the game's most stellar names.
  
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• Maro Itoje: How the young Saracens superstar put Vauxhall Viva and BMW comparison to one side to go on and become an England superstar

  07-05-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maro Itoje has packed many extraordinary experiences into the past 12 months but being compared to a Vauxhall Viva before his England debut was surely the most surreal.
  
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• Sir Geoff Hurst: From painting the stands to scoring a double hat-trick, I'll never forget Upton Park... but it is time for the Olympic Stadium to become part of West Ham history

  07-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY SIR GEOFF HURST: Many people’s first memories of Upton Park will be a famous game or a great moment of football. I just remember painting the stands as a teenager.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini hopes for another job offer in England

  07-05-2016 23:30
  
  • Manchester City manager looks to stay in the country
  • Pellegrini believes he has several more years as an elite managerManuel Pellegrini believes he has several more years as an elite manager and is confident there will be attractive offers for his services after leaving Manchester City.Pellegrini leaves the club in the close season after three years to be replaced by Pep Guardiola. Yet despite turning 63 in September – and City being the 11th club of a 28-year management care
  
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• Arsène Wenger warns of more Premier League shocks after Leicester

  07-05-2016 23:30
  
  • Arsenal manager predicts other teams will challenge in near future
  • Wenger admits seeing Leicester win the league title has hurtArsène Wenger, who prides himself on the consistency Arsenal show in finishing in the top four throughout his two decades at the club, believes the days of the same cabal of elite clubs earning Champions League qualification are numbered. “This might be questioned in the future,” Wenger said. “The big question mark is what happened
  
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• Alexandre the great virtually secures second spot for Lyon

  07-05-2016 23:30
  By Julien Pretot PARIS, May 7 (Reuters) - Alexandre Lacazette grabbed a hat-trick as second-placed Olympique Lyonnais virtually secured qualification for next season's Champions League with a 6-1 demolition of 10-man Monaco on Saturday. With one game left in Ligue 1, Lyon have 65 points to third-placed Monaco's 62 and also possess a much better goal difference of plus-27 compared to plus-five. Monaco, who were 2-0 down after eight minutes, had Lacina Traore sent off in the 23rd minute for a seco
  
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• Al Jazeera's Ibrahim Helal slams Egypt death verdict

  07-05-2016 23:28
  
  Ibrahim Mohamed Helal, who is among three reporters sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt, says his case is political.
  
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• Watford to hold talks with Liverpool over a move for teenage forward Jerome Sinclair

  07-05-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Watford will hold talks with Liverpool this weekend over the proposed transfer of teenage forward Jerome Sinclair. The 19-year-old is leaving Liverpool after failing to agree terms on a new contract
  
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• Shauna Coxsey: the British champion transforming the image of climbing

  07-05-2016 23:17
  
  British bouldering star Shauna Coxsey is the early favourite to win a world title this year. As her sport bids for Olympic status, she reveals what it takes to get to the top – and why more women are taking partA slight, 23-year-old British woman emerged before a crowd of several thousand spectators in Chongqing, China, to perform as the final competitor in a event that has flown largely under the radar of the sports pages.Above her, on an overhanging construction of plywood 20 feet high,
  
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• Murray beats Nadal, will meet Djokovic in Madrid final

  07-05-2016 23:12
  
  MADRID (AP) — Continuing to impress on clay ahead of the French Open, Andy Murray defeated Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-4 to reach his second straight Madrid Open final on Saturday.
  
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• Rodgers wins fifth European IPC gold

  07-05-2016 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Susie Rodgers and Steph Millward both win two more golds for Great Britain at the IPC Swimming Open European Championships.
  
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• Red card may mean Terry has played final Chelsea game

  07-05-2016 23:09
  Captain John Terry may have played his final game for Chelsea after receiving his second red card of the season in Saturday's 3-2 Premier League defeat at Sunderland. The 35-year-old centre half, who has made more than 700 appearances in all competitions for the Stamford Bridge club, is out of contract at the end of the season and there is no sign that Chelsea are about to offer him a new deal. Asked if the match against Sunderland might turn out to be Terry's swansong appearance, manager Guus H
  
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• U.S. hit back after Canada loss to beat Belarus

  07-05-2016 23:04
  By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States struck back from their opening day hammering against Canada 5-1 to get their first points of the 2016 Ice Hockey World Championship with a resounding 6-3 win against Belarus on Saturday. Miles Wood and Chris Wideman opened up the scoring for the U.S. in the first period, while Dylan Larkin, Noah Hanifin and Auston Matthews added to the scoreline in the second. Matthews added another goal in the third to give the Amer
  
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• Inter secure fourth spot, Milan boost European hopes

  07-05-2016 23:03
  Inter Milan clinched fourth place in Serie A after a 2-1 home victory over Empoli on Saturday while AC Milan gave their European aspirations a boost with a 1-0 triumph over 10-man Bologna. Roberto Mancini's Inter missed out on Champions Leaguequalification when they lost 2-0 at Lazio last weekend but the win over Empoli means they are sure to play in the Europa League next season. Ivan Perisic tapped home the winner before halftime after Manuel Pucciarelli's 37th-minute goal for the visitors had
  
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• The Championship has shown it again: sacking managers rarely makes sense

  07-05-2016 23:00
  
  Once again, second-tier clubs have led the way in making rash decisions in the desperate race for richesIt has been quite a while since we were reminded of the weird and wonderful world of our old friends at Blackburn Rovers, Venky’s, but they were always likely to return to form at some point and we should probably know enough about the way they run their football club not to be too surprised by a little gem I’ve heard from inside Ewood Park in the last few days.It has certainly bee
  
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• Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth motivated by World Cup failure

  07-05-2016 23:00
  
  Last year’s disaster with England will stay with the Saracens scrum-half for ever but he is using it as motivation to win trophies – starting with Saturday’s European Champions Cup final against Racing 92Saracens have long prided themselves on acting differently and as he prepared for the European Champions Cup final against Racing 92 in Lyon next Saturday, the scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth revealed how that became immediately apparent as he discussed moving from Sale six yea
  
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• Racing 92’s Dan Carter sets an example to all before Saracens battle

  07-05-2016 23:00
  
  The No10 has rebuilt himself again, helping the French club to the Champions Cup final and proving the pain of rehab is worth enduring for continued successThere’s a storm brewing about player welfare in rugby. The honed of today will be the crocked of tomorrow, the durable of spirit will be the crushed of hope in the sorry years left to them after retirement. Goodness, who would ever play the game?Dan Carter probably had to weigh up a few things in his mind in the months of inactivity bef
  
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• Pako Ayestarán: Gary Neville told Valencia I was the best man for his job

  07-05-2016 23:00
  
  Pako Ayestarán was shocked to be put in charge of Valencia after a brief spell as an assistant but is thankful for Gary Neville’s blessing in difficult circumstancesThe tickets to Singapore had been issued and the club’s owner was waiting but Pako Ayestarán insisted he was not going anywhere until he made a call. It was “uncomfortable”, he admits, but he picked up the phone and rang Gary Neville. The opener was awkward: I’ve been offered your job. The
  
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• Nine decades of memories of Upton Park as West Ham prepare to depart

  07-05-2016 23:00
  
  Fans, players, directors and staff at West Ham United describe their favourite memories of the Boleyn Ground before the club moves to the Olympic Stadium Continue reading...
  
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• England captain Wayne Rooney poses a big question for Roy Hodgson | Paul Wilson

  07-05-2016 22:59
  
  Roy Hodgson’s main dilemma over his Euro 2016 team is how much of a role on the pitch the England captain should have when Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Dele Alli have stronger claims to playThere is no raging debate over the composition of Roy Hodgson’s 23-man England squad to take to the European Championship in France, just a mildly fascinating guessing game around which players should form the frontline in the opening game against Russia.Hodgson will have three friendlies in which
  
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• Elliott turns back Stars 4-1, sends Blues home with 3-2 lead

  07-05-2016 22:53
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Brian Elliott didn't let this third-period lead get away, and St. Louis is going home with a chance to close out a second-round series against Dallas.
  
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• Djokovic to meet Murray in Madrid final

  07-05-2016 22:52
  World number one Novak Djokovic will meet number two Andy Murray in the Madrid Open final on Sunday after beating Kei Nishikori in straight sets 6-3 7-6(4) on Saturday. Defending champion Murray knocked out home favourite Rafael Nadal in Saturday’s other semi-final at the Caja Magica in the Spanish capital, repeating his victory over the Spaniard in last year’s final and winning 7-5 6-4. Djokovic looked on course for a comfortable win after breaking world number six Nishikori twice i
  
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• UAB: Running back Greg Bryant dies after shooting in Florida

  07-05-2016 22:49
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — UAB running back Greg Bryant was shot and killed Saturday in South Florida, the school said. He was 21.
  
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• Matthews scores twice as US beats Belarus 6-3 at worlds

  07-05-2016 22:34
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his first two goals for the United States in a rough-and-tumble 6-3 win over Belarus at the world ice hockey championship on Saturday.
  
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• Cricket’s reputation as the true home of fine writing is out of date | Emma John

  07-05-2016 22:34
  
  So much of cricket’s literary offerings are nostalgic, worthy and, whisper it, not as good as a number of other sports’. If only Jim Swanton could have told us about Justin BieberWhy does cricket have the best literature? I was asked to consider the question at a public debate this week. It’s a thorny enough topic and it was made more intimidating by the fact that the other folk on the panel included two rather eminent historians and two former England captains known for their
  
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• Belgium defender Kompany out of Euro 2016

  07-05-2016 22:30
  Belgium defender Vincent Kompany will miss next month's European Championship in France because of injury. "I'll miss the Euros," the Manchester City captain said in a Facebook post written from his hospital bed on Saturday. "That's very sad news." Kompany's season has been plagued by five separate injuries and he lasted less than 10 minutes of City's 1-0 defeat by Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday before limping off with a groin problem.
  
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• Allegri wants at least 10 more years at Juventus

  07-05-2016 22:27
  Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is hoping to stay at the Turin club for at least 10 more years after signing a new contract this week. Juve clinched a record fifth consecutive Serie A title last month and, despite media speculation linking him with a move, Allegri has agreed a one-year extension to his deal that will keep him with the team until at least 2018. Allegri is also eyeing a second consecutive double withJuve who meet his former club AC Milan in the Italian Cup final on May 21.
  
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• Michael Phelps jumps into gene pool, becomes 1st-time father

  07-05-2016 22:22
  
  Michael Phelps is a first-time father.
  
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• After draft freefall, Tunsil finds bearings with Dolphins

  07-05-2016 22:14
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — At 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds, Laremy Tunsil's not easy to knock off-balance, and a bizarre video of him taking a bong hit in a gas mask didn't do it.
  
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• Durant's mother, the 'Real MVP,' subject of Lifetime movie

  07-05-2016 22:07
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With a single sentence uttered by her world-famous son Kevin Durant, Wanda Pratt's life changed forever.
  
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• Leicester 3-1 Everton: Jamie Vardy and Andy King on target for newly-crowned Premier League champions

  07-05-2016 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: It finished as it started, with a decisive victory inspired by Jamie Vardy. The Foxes eased to a comfortable win over Everton before lifting their trophy.
  
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• John Terry has played his final game for Chelsea after sending-off in Sunderland defeat results in a two-match suspension

  07-05-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In what was his 703rd appearance for the Blues the 35-year-old was sent off in stoppage time at the Stadium of Light after picking up a second yellow card following a lunge on Wahbi Khazri.
  
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• Leicester City celebrate the Premier League title: Players and supporters find a rousing soundtrack to perfect season as Andrea Bocelli, Claudio Ranieri and Jamie Vardy all have their moments in a day the Foxes will never, ever forget

  07-05-2016 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Even the weather could not dampen spirits. From glorious sunshine to thunderstorms in one afternoon, there was no raining on this parade.
  
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• Leicester City’s title-winning season summed up with bonkers party | Barney Ronay

  07-05-2016 21:40
  
  Impromptu fairgrounds and fans in pizza outfits were two of the ways the people of Leicester thanked Claudio Ranieri and his players for their triumphWell, that went off pretty well. As delirious, once-in-a-lifetime sporting underdog parties go, this one really does have to be up there. On the day the world came to Leicester the club and the town produced something thrilling. This wasn’t just a coronation, but a brilliantly staged day of Total Leicester Celebration entirely worthy of the s
  
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• Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany confirms he will miss Euro 2016 with Belgium after injury against Real Madrid

  07-05-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany has confirmed he will miss Euro 2016 with Belgium after sustaining a groin and thigh injury in the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid this week.
  
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• Double joy for De Laet as Leicester and Boro celebrate titles

  07-05-2016 21:34
  Ritchie de Laet enjoyed an unprecedented double celebration on Saturday when he picked up a Premier League winner's medal on the day his other team won promotion to the top flight. The 27-year-old journeyman Belgian defender, who played 12 league matches for Leicester this season, joined Middlesbrough on loan in January and made 10 appearances for the north-east club to help them finish second in the Championship. After Boro drew 1-1 with Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday to confirm their p
  
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