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• Newcastle thank fans after relegation confirmed

  11-05-2016 23:58
  Newcastle United thanked the club's fans for their support after their relegation from the Premier League was confirmed on Wednesday. Newcastle were demoted to the Championship after their north-east rivals Sunderland beat Everton 3-0. "Tonight we are devastated at our relegation from the Premier League, as I know every single person connected to this football club will be," managing director Lee Charnley said in a statement on the club's website (www.nufc.co.uk).
  
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• Sunderland joy as Newcastle and Norwich go down

  11-05-2016 23:56
  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Sunderland secured their Premier League survival on Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Everton that condemned bitter local rivals Newcastle United and Norwich City to relegation and sparked wild scenes of celebration at the Stadium of Light. It was the fourth season in a row that Sunderland's fans had to endure a gruelling relegation battle before popping the champagne corks, and their victory was a crushing blow for Newcastle and Norwich, whose 4-2 win over Watfo
  
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• Padres rally for 7-4 win, snapping Cubs' 8-game win streak

  11-05-2016 23:49
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Injuries gave Brett Wallace the chance to play every day. His performance is likely to keep him in the lineup even after the injured players return.
  
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• It was a night to remember for West Ham... but why did the Upton Park farewell party become so ugly? 

  11-05-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LEE CLAYTON - HEAD OF SPORT: We were there early, we are always there early. Can’t stand being late, queuing; probably the anxiety of missing something.
  
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• Norwich go down despite victory over Watford

  11-05-2016 23:45
  (Reuters) - Norwich City's brave 4-2 win over Watford on Wednesday proved in vain as a 3-0 victory by Sunderland over Everton condemned them to relegation from the Premier League. Troy Deeney put Watford ahead after 10 minutes with a simple tap-in but Norwich hit straight back through Nathan Redmond and Dieumerci Mbokani fired the hosts ahead with only 18 minutes played. Watford defender Craig Cathcart diverted Wes Hoolahan's cross into his own net before halftime before Odion Ighalo lashed home
  
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• Anderson Silva pulls out of Brazil UFC clash with Uriah Hall after being rushed to hospital for surgery to remove gall bladder

  11-05-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Brazilian MMA legend was due to travel to the event on Tuesday before being reportedly being rushed to hospital to undergo successfully surgery to have his gall bladder removed.
  
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• N'Golo Kante looks forward to Champions League football at Leicester dealing a blow to Chelsea's hopes of landing the midfielder

  11-05-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  N’Golo Kante expects to play Champions League football next season in a blow to Chelsea’s pursuit of the Leicester midfielder.The France international was voted club's player of the season
  
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• Tony Cozier dies aged 75: Lilting voice, but a fearless cricket critic... tributes pour in for legendary West Indian commentator

  11-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tony Cozier possessed a voice with a melodic lilt that brought to mind waves gently lapping on a Caribbean beach. But he could reinforce it with a journalistic rigour and tremendous work ethic.
  
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• Real Madrid top Forbes' most valuable teams list

  11-05-2016 23:30
  (Reuters) - Spanish football giants Real Madrid retained top spot on a list of the world's most valuable football teams for a fourth consecutive year, according to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday. The value of the 10-time European champions rose 12 percent to $3.6 billion (2.5 billion pounds), making them the world's second most valuable sports team, surpassed only by the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys ($4 billion), Forbes said in a statement. Manchester United ($3.3 billion), Bay
  
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• Midterm out to impress in the Dante Stakes after striking victory by So Mi Dar

  11-05-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team behind Midterm believe the signs are positive that their colt has improved on impressive Sandown win which has made him a major contender for the premier Classic of the season.
  
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• LeBron says Curry deserves MVP, debates meaning of award

  11-05-2016 23:23
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James won't debate whether Golden State's Stephen Curry should be the NBA's MVP this season. That's an indisputable slam dunk.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Thursday, May 12

  11-05-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Thursday's meetings at York, Newmarket, Salisbury, Fontwell and Perth.
  
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• Brazil Senate debates impeachment trial as Rousseff's removal looms

  11-05-2016 23:19
  By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rebuffed a last-ditch bid by President Dilma Rousseff to halt a vote in the Senate on Wednesday that is expected to put her on trial for breaking budget laws and end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest country. If her opponents garner a simple majority in the 81-seat Senate in a session that will last late into the evening, Rousseff will be replaced on Thursday by Vice President Michel Temer as actin
  
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• Jermain Defoe leads from the front as Sunderland complete salvage job

  11-05-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arguably the most crucial date of Sunderland’s season was October 9, the day they appointed Sam Allardyce. Another key moment was the day his predecessor Gus Poyet paid £6m for Defoe.
  
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• Caps latest Presidents' Trophy champs to go poof in playoffs

  11-05-2016 23:16
  
  Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals became the latest in a long line of NHL teams to discover regular-season dominance doesn't translate into playoff prominence.
  
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• Newcastle And Norwich Relegated From Top Flight

  11-05-2016 23:12
  
  Newcastle and Norwich have joined Aston Villa in being relegated from the Premier League.
  
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• Benteke salvages point for Liverpool against Chelsea

  11-05-2016 23:07
  (Reuters) - Christian Benteke headed home from close range as Liverpool grabbed a stoppage-time leveller to snatch a point against Chelsea in a 1-1 draw on Wednesday after Eden Hazard's dazzling opener for the visitors. Substitute Benteke was on hand to provide the finish after Chelsea keeper Asmir Begovic flapped at a cross, but an otherwise damp squib of a match was lit up by Hazard's first-half opener. The Belgian playmaker, who has struggled to reproduce last season's dazzling form, weaved t
  
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• Trio of Kessel, Hagelin and Bonino leading way for Penguins

  11-05-2016 23:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The line that sent the Pittsburgh Penguins full throttle into the Eastern Conference finals wasn't even on the roster a year ago.
  
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• Sunderland secure survival as Kone double downs Everton

  11-05-2016 22:46
  (Reuters) - Lamine Kone was the surprise hero as Sunderland secured their Premier League survival and relegated their north-east rivals Newcastle United as well as Norwich City with a thumping win at home to Everton on Wednesday. Centre back Kone scored twice to move Sam Allardyce's side up to 38 points with one match remaining, four clear of both Newcastle and Norwich who will join Aston Villa in the Championship next season. Sunderland took the lead six minutes before halftime as Patrick van A
  
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• Newcastle and Norwich relegated after Sunderland win

  11-05-2016 22:43
  Newcastle United and Norwich City were relegated from the Premier League after Sunderland beat Everton 3-0 on Wednesday. Sunderland's win lifted them to 38 points, four ahead of Newcastle and Norwich, who beat Watford 4-2 on Wednesday, with one match of the season remaining. Aston Villa have also been relegated to the Championship and are 17 points adrift at the bottom of the table.
  
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• Romania trio vie for Euro squad places in Ludogorets win

  11-05-2016 22:31
  Romanian trio Claudiu Keseru, Andrei Prepelita and Cosmin Moti all scored in Ludogorets's 4-1 win over Pirin Blagoevgrad in the Bulgarian league on Wednesday as they staked their claims for places in the final squad for the European Championship. "I want to be there, I want to play there because I'm very ambitious," striker Keseru, who netted his 14th league goal this season, told reporters a day after Ludogorets clinched their fifth successive Bulgarian title. Romania coach Anghel Iordanescu ha
  
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• David Squires on ... the Kangaroos' first tour to Great Britain in 1908

  11-05-2016 22:30
  
  In the first of a new series on some of the defining moments in Australian sporting history, David Squires looks back at the rugby league tour of Britain over a century ago. And you can find David’s archive of Australian sport cartoons hereContinue reading...
  
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• Love's Return: Cavs' big man thriving in second postseason

  11-05-2016 22:26
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — When the so-far-perfect Cavaliers held on in Game 4 and finished their sweep of overmatched Atlanta, LeBron James threw both arms around Kevin Love and hugged his teammate tightly, appearing almost afraid to let him go.
  
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• Fever's Catchings cherishing every moment of farewell tour

  11-05-2016 22:24
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tamika Catchings relishes every moment she has left on the court.
  
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• Brazilian Senate debates impeachment trial; Rousseff's removal looms

  11-05-2016 22:17
  By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rebuffed a last-ditch bid by President Dilma Rousseff to halt a vote in the Senate on Wednesday that is expected to put her on trial for breaking budget laws and end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest country. If her opponents garner a simple majority in the 81-seat Senate in a session that will last late into the evening, Rousseff will be replaced on Thursday by Vice President Michel Temer as actin
  
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• Yorkshire's first County Championship win of the season takes them top of Division One

  11-05-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lancashire held top spot in County Championship Division One for only two hours, as their Roses rivals Yorkshire sneaked above them by a solitary point with their first win of the season.
  
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• Keegan criticises Newcastle owner Ashley

  11-05-2016 21:41
  Former Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan has criticised owner Mike Ashley, saying the club has suffered from mismanagement at "the very top". Newcastle, who sacked manager Steve McClaren and replaced him with Rafa Benitez in March, could be relegated from the Premier League on Wednesday if Sunderland win at home to Everton. Keegan, who oversaw Newcastle's most successful period in the Premier League and carried them to the brink of the title in 1996, before they were dramatically overhauled
  
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• Fowler eyes unique second consecutive Players crown

  11-05-2016 21:37
  (Reuters) - American Rickie Fowler heads into his title defence at this week's Players Championship on the ultra challenging layout at the TPC Sawgrass well aware that no one has ever won the prestigious tournament in consecutive seasons. Part of the reason for this is the combination of a difficult course, a brutal three-hole closing stretch and the strongest field in golf at the PGA Tour's flagship event, which is widely regarded as the unofficial fifth major. This week's field is as potent as
  
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• Spieth ready to move forward from Masters

  11-05-2016 21:26
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Four weeks away from golf, Jordan Spieth feels like he is starting a brand new season.
  
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• Brazil begins Dilma Rousseff impeachment debate

  11-05-2016 21:17
  
  Debate followed by voting that could see Rousseff, the first woman to become Brazil president, suspended for 180 days.
  
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• Ekeng had serious heart problems, tests show

  11-05-2016 21:10
  Dinamo Bucharest midfielder Patrick Ekeng, who died after collapsing on the pitch during a league match on Friday, was suffering from serious heart problems, Romania’s institute of forensic medicine said on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Cameroon international suffered a suspected heart attack shortly after coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute in a match against Viitorul Constanta. Tests confirmed that Ekeng had a serious heart condition, the institute said in a statement.
  
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• IOC in touch with magistrates over Tokyo payment report

  11-05-2016 21:08
  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday it had been in touch with French magistrates, following an allegation of a 1.3 million euros payment made by the winning Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid team.     The Guardian newspaper reported on its website earlier on Wednesday that the Tokyo team had made payments totalling 1.3 million euros to a Singapore bank account, it said was linked to Papa Massata Diack, son of disgraced former IAAF President Lamine Diack. &nb
  
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• IOC quiet on Tokyo 'payment' allegation

  11-05-2016 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The IOC refuses to comment on claims the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bid team made a "seven-figure payment" to a "notorious" account.
  
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• Former Met police chief calls for doping to be criminalised and wants funds to set up an anti-corruption agency to tackle problem

  11-05-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just three months from the start of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, there remain widespread concerns about the integrity of Russian athletes following relevations of doping.
  
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• Rio Ferdinand fears sports science and a culture of over-protection is robbing current and future generations of 'robustness'

  11-05-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rio Ferdinand is concerned that the present and coming generations of footballers are being robbed of their 'robustness' through the use of sports science in training and a culture of over-protection.
  
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• Adidas curtails Chelsea shirt deal, lifts profit forecast

  11-05-2016 20:51
  By Emma Thomasson BERLIN (Reuters) - Adidas AG is ending its shirt sponsorship deal with English football side Chelsea six years early as part of a shift to partner with fewer clubs, prompting the German firm to raise its full-year profit forecast. Chelsea, which won the Premier League title last season, has had a poor run of form which means it will not compete in European football next season under new boss Antonio Conte. Adidas has poured cash into football deals as it fights to retain its le
  
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• Nick Compton set to keep his place in England squad for first Test against Sri Lanka with James Vince and Jake Ball also to be included

  11-05-2016 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nick Compton looks certain to be handed a reprieve by England when they name their squad for next week’s first Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
  
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• David Beckham enjoys watching Dele Alli as he plays with 'no fear' and says England fans want to see him impress at Euro 2016

  11-05-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former England and Manchester United midfielder David Beckham has praised Dele Alli for playing with 'no fear' in his first Premier League season.
  
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• West Ham leave home as English landscape changes

  11-05-2016 20:28
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - The Boleyn Ground did not go quietly, that is just not the West Ham United way, but after hosting one last emotional hurrah it stood silent on Wednesday, condemned to the history books. Broken glass still carpeted the streets around the club's home of 112 years the morning after the incident-packed night before, while claret and blue scarves adorned the statue of their England great Bobby Moore on the corner of Green Street. While West Ham's owners talk boldly
  
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• Renato Sanches sale means Benfica have sold 13 players for a combined £270m in last six years

  11-05-2016 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the past six years, the Portuguese side have been involved in 12 high-profile deals with big European clubs, with those players now totaling an astonishing £273million.
  
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• Rousseff's removal nears as Brazilian Senate debates impeachment trial

  11-05-2016 20:12
  By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian Senate was expected to suspend President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday in a vote to put her on trial for breaking budget laws, pushing a deeply unpopular leader from power and ending 13 years of rule by her leftist Workers Party. If her opponents garner a simple majority in the 81-seat Senate in a session that will last into the night, Rousseff will be replaced on Thursday by Vice President Michel Temer as acting presiden
  
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• Sweden name injury doubt Ekdal in Euro 2016 squad

  11-05-2016 20:10
  By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden have included Albin Ekdal in their 23-man Euro 2016 squad but the midfielder faces a race against time to recover from a wound sustained in a nightclub fall at the weekend. The 26-year-old Hamburg player was celebrating his side retaining their Bundesliga status for another year when he fell onto a table, sustaining a deep cut in his back which has thrown his chances of making the squad into doubt. "First we'll have to wait a week to see how the he
  
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• Adidas cuts short Chelsea football deal, raises profit forecast

  11-05-2016 20:00
  By Emma Thomasson BERLIN (Reuters) - Adidas AG is ending its shirt sponsorship deal with English football side Chelsea six years early as part of a shift in its marketing strategy away from clubs, prompting the German sportswear firm to raise its full-year profit forecast. Adidas is fighting to defend its leading position in football, particularly in its European home territory, in the face of increased competition from Nike as well as relative newcomer Under Armour and German rival Puma. It agr
  
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• West Indies Cricket Commentator Tony Cozier Dies

  11-05-2016 19:42
  
  Respected West Indian cricket commentator Tony Cozier has died at the age of 75 following a long illness. He was a familiar voice to cricket audiences around the world, as well as in his native Barbados. The West Indies Cricket Board said on its Twitter feed: "Tony Cozier the legendary West Indies Cricket writer and commentary died this morning in Barbados.
  
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• Coach Guidolin signs two-year deal at Swansea

  11-05-2016 19:07
  Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin has signed a new two-year contract, the Premier League club said on Wednesday to end weeks of speculation about the Italian's future. Guidolin took over in January when the club were flirting with relegation, but 21 points from his 13 games in charge has put the Welsh side 11th with one game left. "Francesco fully deserves the chance to continue his good work into the new campaign," chairman Huw Jenkins said on the club's website (www.swanseacity.net).
  
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• ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Iraq bombings

  11-05-2016 18:55
  
  Blasts in mainly Shia neighbourhoods mark the year's deadliest day for Baghdad with the death toll crossing the 88 mark.
  
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• Thomas Muller cooks up a storm as Bayern Munich forward stars in a pasta promotion alongside wife Lisa 

  11-05-2016 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Bayern Munich forward starred in a promotion for Barilla alongside his wife Lisa as they each prepared a dish using the dried pasta brand.
  
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• Barcelona set to lose record sponsor deal as Qatar Airways talks break down

  11-05-2016 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Qatar Airways are coming to the end of a their £28million-a-season deal with the club after negotiations to extend the deal and raise the annual payment to £47m broke down last year.
  
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• Harlequins youngster Seb Adeniran-Olule dies in road crash

  11-05-2016 18:33
  (Reuters) - Harlequins prop Seb Adeniran-Olule has died in a road traffic collision, the Premiership club said on its website on Wednesday. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Seb's family and friends at this difficult time," Director of Rugby for Harlequins Conor O'Shea told the club's website (www.quins.co.uk). "Seb was an incredible talent and had already represented England at under age level as well as making his senior debut for Quins at just 20.
  
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• Tokyo 2020 Olympics in fresh controversy over alleged £1m-plus payments to company suspected of laundering money extorted from drug cheats

  11-05-2016 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: The decision to award the 2020 Olympics to Tokyo will come under fresh scrutiny amid allegations that payments were made to a Singapore-based company.
  
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