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• FIFA names Samoura as first female secretary general

  13-05-2016 23:54
  By Brian Homewood MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - FIFA named an African woman with no experience in football administration as its second most powerful official on Friday, part of changes made by the sport's ruling body to move on from a major corruption scandal. The Congress also voted to accept Kosovo and Gibraltar as the organisation's 210th and 211th members, opening the way for them to take part in the 2018 World Cup qualifying competition. Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura of Senegal, the United Nations D
  
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• Reyes banned through May under MLB domestic violence policy

  13-05-2016 23:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was suspended through May 31 on Friday, the second player penalized under Major League Baseball's new domestic violence policy.
  
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• PREAKNESS 2016: 5 New Shooters to Watch

  13-05-2016 23:47
  
  Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will face a slew of new challengers in the Preakness next Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
  
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• Racing 92 vs Saracens: Three key areas where the game will be won or lost

  13-05-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Champions Cup final contains big players on either side and whoever stands tallest will win at the Grand Stade de Lyon. Here Sportsmail breaks down three key areas where it will be decided.
  
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• Saracens' Billy Vunipola ditches the attitude and grows up: 'I used knock-backs as an excuse. Things don't get in my head now'

  13-05-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He’s different now; more mature, more at ease. Billy Vunipola has risen from the depths of his lowest ebb by regaining his faith and humility, and shedding the ‘arrogant’ streak of two years ago.
  
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• Here are the fab five who can lead Racing 92 to European Champions Cup glory, according to Sportsmail's Mike Phillips

  13-05-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE PHILLIPS: I have team-mates from Fiji, Wales, South Africa, France, Tonga and New Zealand at Racing 92 but we’re all united for the European Champions Cup final against Saracens.
  
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• Leeds owner Massimo Cellino reiterates desire to leave Elland Road saying: 'I regret buying the club and I'm ready to sell it'

  13-05-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds owner Massimo Cellino says he wishes he had never bought the club after again stating his desire to leave Elland Road. The Italian took over at Leeds in 2014 and has endured a turbulent reign.
  
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• Quique Sanchez Flores insists his Watford departure is mutual and targets a Premier League return with his next job

  13-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Quique Sanchez Flores insists there is no bad blood between himself and the Watford owners after announcing he will leave the club at the end of the season.
  
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• Preakness 2016: Derby winner Nyquist ready for another

  13-05-2016 23:29
  
  He'll have another.
  
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• Reds' Ohlendorf suspended 3 games for throwing at Freese

  13-05-2016 23:26
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ross Ohlendorf has been suspended three games by Major League Baseball for throwing at Pittsburgh's David Freese this week after warnings had been issued.
  
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• Mogg leads dominant Montpellier to Challenge Cup glory

  13-05-2016 23:18
  Australian Jesse Mogg scored two tries to lead Montpellier to a 26-19 victory over England's Harlequins in the European Challenge Cup final in Lyon on Friday. Replacement Mogg claimed the only try of the first half, crossing the line in the corner after a neat passing move by the French team who secured their first victory in a major European competition. Three Nick Evans penalties, however, kept Harlequins in the game against a side coached by South African Jake White and the English side trail
  
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• Wednesday on top in battle to reach Wembley

  13-05-2016 23:12
  Ross Wallace and Kieran Lee gave Sheffield Wednesday a 2-0 win in a Championship playoff semi-final first leg with Brighton and Hove Albion on Friday, putting a Wembley date and a top-flight place in their sights. Wednesday were unhappy their advantage after an absorbing contest at Hillsborough was not more convincing after a controversial first-half episode saw another goal from Fernando Forestieri ruled out for offside.
  
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• Czechs stay perfect with win over Kazakhstan

  13-05-2016 23:08
  By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Czech Republic overcame a stellar performance from Kazakhstan goaltender Vitali Kolesnik to secure a 3-1 win at the ice hockey world championships on Friday and tighten their grip on first place in Group A. Kolesnik turned aside 33 of 35 shots but it was not enough to stop a Czech Republic that are undefeated through five games and moved five points up on Russia, which have a game in hand. Tomas Plekanec scored early in the first and third periods fo
  
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• Original basketball rules displayed at University of Kansas

  13-05-2016 22:53
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas put James Naismith's original rules of basketball on display Friday at the new multi-million-dollar DeBruce Center, which was built to house the historical two-page document.
  
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• Kenya's athletes could compete at Rio Olympics despite WADA doubts, says IAAF

  13-05-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kenya's athletes could compete at the Rio Olympics despite the World Anti-Doping Agency's concerns over its anti-doping efforts, world athletics' governing body the IAAF has suggested.
  
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• Luis Enrique trusts well versed Barcelona to clinch La Liga as title race with Real Madrid goes down to the wire

  13-05-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona are top on 88 points, one ahead of Real Madrid who visit mid-table Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday hoping to pounce on any slip-up by their rivals and snatch a first title since 2012.
  
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• Terry mulling over 'different role' at Chelsea

  13-05-2016 22:29
  Chelsea captain John Terry says he will ponder his future carefully before deciding whether to accept the club's offer of a new one-year deal and what he describes as "a different role". "The contract extension the club have offered me is a different role and I hope everyone will understand I want to take the time to consider it carefully before making a decision," Terry said on Instagram without elaborating. The offer of a new deal suggests Antonio Conte, who will take over as manager from Guus
  
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• Will Wilcox makes hole-in-one on 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass

  13-05-2016 22:25
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Will Wilcox is having a memorable debut at The Players Championship. He made a hole-in-one Friday on the island-green 17th, one of the most famous par 3s in golf.
  
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• Real Madrid mourns soccer fans killed in Iraq bombing

  13-05-2016 21:53
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — An attack on a cafe in central Iraq killed at least 13 people on Friday, including a group of Real Madrid soccer fans, prompting condemnation from the Spanish government and the football club, which said players would wear black arm bands in mourning.
  
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• Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley defends investment this term as fans aren't offered apology following relegation

  13-05-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mike Ashley has failed to apologise to supporters of relegated Newcastle United and reminded them that he has 'invested heavily' in the squad this season.
  
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• Knost and McIlroy go low at the Players

  13-05-2016 21:43
  (Reuters) - While overnight leader Jason Day prepared for a late start on Friday, low scoring was once again plentiful for the morning wave as Colt Knost and Rory McIlroy both made big moves in the second round of the Players Championship in Florida. Just 24 hours after Australian Day became the fifth player to fire a record-low, nine-under-par 63 at the event widely regarded as the most prestigious outside the four majors, Knost followed suit with a 10-birdie display on the Stadium Course at th
  
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• Rangers call up Matt Bush for MLB debut after prison release

  13-05-2016 21:42
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers promoted hard-throwing reliever Matt Bush from Double-A Frisco on Friday, making him available for his major league debut seven months after getting out of prison and 12 years after being the No. 1 overall pick.
  
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• Islamic State attacks north of Baghdad kill 16, sources say

  13-05-2016 21:35
  Three gunmen opened fire with machine guns around midnight at a cafe in the predominately Shi'ite Muslim town of Balad where young men, including fans of Spain's Real Madrid football club, had gathered to start the weekend, police and hospital sources. Islamic State said in a statement distributed online by supporters that three suicide attackers targeting Shi'ite militiamen had detonated their explosives, though security sources said they had only identified one bomber. Islamic State nearly ove
  
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• Rafa Benitez or Roberto Mancini? Either would be attainable successors for sacked Everton manager Roberto Martinez 

  13-05-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER: Ronald Koeman is the man Everton want to succeed Roberto Martinez with the promise of a huge transfer fund this summer.
  
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• FIFA names outsider Samoura as first female secretary general

  13-05-2016 21:23
  By Brian Homewood MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - FIFA named an African woman with no previous experience in football administration as its second-most powerful official on Friday, part of moves by global football's ruling body to move on from a major corruption scandal. FIFA's Congress also voted to accept Kosovo and Gibraltar as its 210th and 211th members. Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, currently the United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative in Nigeria, was named as secretary general a
  
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• FIFA appoints first ever female secretary-general

  13-05-2016 21:15
  
  Fatma Samoura, a Senegalese UN official who has worked across Africa for two decades, is due to assume her role in June.
  
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• Man who punched ex-Mankato player gets 5 months in jail

  13-05-2016 21:09
  
  MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in a beating that left a former Minnesota State, Mankato football player with severe brain injuries two years ago was sentenced Friday to five months in jail.
  
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• More low rounds, record scores at The Players Championship

  13-05-2016 21:05
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jonas Blixt and Alex Cejka set the target on another soft, easy day for scoring Friday at The Players Championship.
  
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• Gibraltar, Kosovo accepted as members of FIFA

  13-05-2016 21:04
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Kosovo and Gibraltar were accepted as members of soccer's governing body FIFA on Friday following a vote at its Congress. The decision takes the total number of FIFA members to 211.
  
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• WNBA set to tip off 20th season this weekend

  13-05-2016 21:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA tips off its 20th season this weekend with the return of some familiar faces and the finale for others.
  
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• Clever Cookie claims Yorkshire Cup victory on the last day of York's May meeting

  13-05-2016 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clever Cookie, trained in nearby Malton by former jump jockey Peter Niven, secured a local victory when winning the feature Betway Yorkshire Cup on the last day of the York May meeting.
  
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• FIFA appoints UN official as 1st female secretary general

  13-05-2016 20:18
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — FIFA broke new ground by appointing a Senegalese United Nations official as its first female and first non-European secretary general on Friday.
  
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• BREAKING NEWS: Danny Simpson WINS his appeal against curfew for attacking his ex-girlfriend that would have meant he missed Leicester's victory celebrations

  13-05-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £35,000-a-week Leicester City defender was originally ordered to carry out 300 hours for assaulting Stephanie Ward after police found him attacking her in Worsley, Manchester.
  
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• IndyCar returning to Watkins Glen, replaces Boston race

  13-05-2016 20:14
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar announced Friday that the series will return to the road course at Watkins Glen International in New York on Labor Day weekend as the replacement race for a canceled event in Boston.
  
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• Senegalese diplomat Fatma Samba Samoura named first female secretary general of FIFA at Congress in Mexico City  

  13-05-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Senegalese diplomat Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as FIFA's first female secretary general at the annual congress of world football's governing body in Mexico City.
  
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• Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes will take Twenty20 Blast rivalry into the England camp ahead of Sri Lanka Test series

  13-05-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Moeen will be in Test action for England next Friday as they seek to exact revenge at Headingley on Sri Lanka for the series defeat they suffered at the same venue two years ago.
  
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• Derby County look to end eight-year Premier League exile as boss Darren Wassall declares: 'We all want promotion'

  13-05-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Derby head coach Darren Wassall insists promotion was always his brief despite the 'red herring' sent out by the club upon his appointment. Wassall was a surprise choice to replace Paul Clement.
  
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• Dartmouth coach: Tackle-free practice reduces concussions

  13-05-2016 19:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens makes a promise to recruited players before they take the field: "In four years, you will never tackle another Dartmouth football player."
  
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• Chelsea captain John Terry offered new one-year contract to stay at Stamford Bridge

  13-05-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea have offered John Terry a new one-year contract and it is now up to the club captain whether he stays at Stamford Bridge. The club confirmed on Friday morning that it is now in Terry’s hands.
  
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• Resilient Djokovic fends off Nadal, Murray wins

  13-05-2016 19:37
  World number one Novak Djokovic fended off a resurgent Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-6 (4) in a pulsating battle on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open. Nadal led 4-2 in the first set and had five set points on serve at 5-4 in the second but Djokovic held firm for a bruising clay-court victory which took two hours 24 minutes. Coping better with a blustery wind that swirled around the Foro Italico, Nadal broke to lead 3-2 but Djokovic recovered to level at 4-4 and then won the first set on h
  
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• Kenya's athletes could compete at Rio Olympics despite WADA concerns, says the IAAF 

  13-05-2016 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kenya's athletes could compete at the Rio Olympics despite the World Anti-Doping Agency's concerns over its anti-doping efforts, world athletics' governing body the IAAF has suggested.
  
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• Rosberg leads on 'tricky' day for Hamilton

  13-05-2016 19:30
  By Alan Baldwin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg set the pace in Friday practice for a Spanish Grand Prix that could see the Mercedes driver celebrate his eighth win in a row. While the German had no problems to report, his three-times world champion team mate and closest rival Lewis Hamilton complained about his car's handling after ending third-fastest. Rosberg, who could become only the third driver to win the first five races of a season on Sunday, after com
  
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• FIFA names U.N. humanitarian expert Samoura as secretary general

  13-05-2016 19:27
  By Brian Homewood MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Senegal's Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, a United Nations veteran, became the first woman to be named as secretary general of football's world governing body FIFA on Friday. The 52-year-old, currently the U.N. Development Programme Resident Representative in Nigeria, will be responsible for the day-to-day running of FIFA which has been battered by corruption scandals over the past few years. Samoura's appointment as effectively FIFA's second most powerful of
  
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• Jose Mourinho runs off the bench to make a tackle in Fifa legends match

  13-05-2016 19:25
  
  The former Chelsea manager was in Mexico City as Fifa prepares for its annual congress.
  
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• Whistleblower or turncoat, Russian anti-doping czar knows 'where bodies are buried'

  13-05-2016 19:23
  By Christian Lowe and Jack Stubbs MOSCOW (Reuters) - The decision by Russia's former chief anti-doping scientist to come forward with details of what he described as an extensive programme to cheat at the Sochi Olympics takes the crisis over drugs in Russian sport to a new level of severity. It could suck in hundreds more athletes, keep Russian track-and-field competitors out of the Rio Olympics, force Russian President Vladimir Putin to purge his sports minister and tarnish one of Putin's proud
  
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• Jolyon Palmer insists his future is safe at Renault ahead of Spanish Grand Prix

  13-05-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British rookie Palmer made way for Esteban Ocon, the highly-rated Mercedes driver currently on loan to Renault, in opening practice for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
  
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• West Brom boss Tony Pulis says his critics are in 'cloud cuckoo land' as he says Premier League survival is a success

  13-05-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Brom boss Tony Pulis insists his critics are in 'cloud cuckoo land' if they claim Albion's Barclays Premier League survival is not an achievement. The Baggies sit in 15th place.
  
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• Manchester United primed for important summer transfer window

  13-05-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: Ed Woodward is primed for the most important transfer window of his Manchester United tenure this summer. Yet he does not have the best record when it comes to recruitment.
  
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• Bidding for 2026 World Cup must be bullet-proof - Infantino

  13-05-2016 19:04
  By Brian Homewood MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The 2026 World Cup bidding process must be "bullet-proof" after the controversy which has surrounded the hosting of the next two tournaments, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Friday. "It is absolutely crucial for FIFA's credibility that we have a bullet-proof bidding process in place for 2026," he told the annual Congress of world football's governing body. "There will be a new strategy and consultation phase starting from now, because we have to
  
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• 'Believeland' film examines Cleveland's deep sports passion

  13-05-2016 19:04
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Like so many kids growing up in Ohio, Andy Billman learned to love Cleveland's sports teams.
  
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