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• Sheffield Wednesday into Championship playoff final

  16-05-2016 23:50
  (Reuters) - Sheffield Wednesday reached the Championship playoff decider after a 1-1 draw at Brighton & Hove Albion in the semi-final, second leg on Monday secured a 3-1 aggregate win to bring a lucrative Premier league spot closer. Carlos Carvalhal's side will be at Wembley on May 28 to face Hull City or Derby County, with the former leading 3-0 ahead of Tuesday's home return leg, for a place in the top flight which could be worth up to 170 million pounds. Brighton took the lead through a L
  
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• Lewis Hamilton should be 'disciplined' by Mercedes over Nico Rosberg crash, says Sir Jackie Stewart

  16-05-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton escaped without censure from the stewards after he collided with Nico Rosberg when the German blocked his over-taking move on the first lap.
  
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• Andy Murray keen on Ivan Lendl reunion after split with Amelie Mauresmo

  16-05-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: Andy Murray says he could be willing to 'make compromises' if he entered discussions with Ivan Lendl about returning as his head coach.
  
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• Andros Townsend believes lack of game time with Tottenham can be England's gain as he says his season is only just starting

  16-05-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andros Townsend believes his Spurs exile can prove to be England’s gain. The Newcastle winger has played just 13 games this year but is in Roy Hodgson’s initial squad for Euro 2016.
  
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• Dina Asher-Smith remains focused on sprinting amid Zika virus concerns in Rio

  16-05-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dina Asher-Smith is unperturbed by the uncertainty surrounding the Zika virus which is threatening Brazil as the Olympics loom large.
  
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• Joe Root claims clean sweep at England Player of the Year awards as Yorkshire star admits World Cup disaster motivated him to become 'a force in international cricket'

  16-05-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joe Root swept the board at the England Player of the Year awards and revealed that he had been driven to his success by the two biggest debacles of modern times. He was feted on home territory.
  
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• Roy Hodgson believes his youthful England squad can stun Europe as he insists: I want to stay on as manager past Euro 2016

  16-05-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: Roy Hodgson believes England's youthful squad can keep him in a job beyond this summer's European Championship by emulating 'Leicester, Denmark and Greece'.
  
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• Kent’s Joe Denly dominates Northants but pitch has draw written all over it

  16-05-2016 23:32
  
  • Day two: Kent 396; Northamptonshire 206-3
  • Kent’s Joe Denly completes double centuryThis, said Peter Willey, looking out from the press box at the moribund beige strip of turf away to the right, is not typical of the County Ground pitches these days. Which is just as well for the sake of the poor saps who have to bowl on it. After two days, it has offered nothing save a little nibble with the new ball, and, as the day was drawing to a close, some signs of even lower bounce so
  
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• England boss Roy Hodgson told that St George's Park set-up will hold key to national side's future  

  16-05-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: England manager Roy Hodgson, who is desperately keen to stay in charge until the 2018 World Cup, will have to fully buy into the FA’s St George’s Park set-up to do so.
  
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• Phil Jagielka warns Everton squad could be severely depleted by summer exits

  16-05-2016 23:30
  
  • Defender anticipates double-figure departures from Goodison
  • Jagielka: Roberto Martínez’s successor could face major rebuilding workPhil Jagielka has warned Everton face upheaval beyond the manager’s position this summer, with Roberto Martínez’s successor having to deal with an exodus of established players. Related: Everton’s plans to move from Goodison Park to Walton Hall Park abandonedContinue reading...
  
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• Newcastle move pays off for Andros Townsend as he earns Euro 2016 chance

  16-05-2016 23:30
  
  England’s manager Roy Hodgson has kept faith with the winger who fell out with Tottenham but found redemption on Tyneside and regained his best formFor Andros Townsend the timing could not have been more sweet. Less than 24 hours after being part of a Newcastle United team who thrashed Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park, confirmation came through he had been named in England’s provisional 26-man squad for Euro 2016. The two are not directly linked but for the player they will
  
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• Marcus Rashford the wild card in Roy Hodgson’s England Euro 2016 squad

  16-05-2016 23:30
  
  England’s manager belies his conservative reputation by choosing the teenage Manchester United striker but his squad borders on the slightly recklessAs a measure of how quickly Marcus Rashford has announced his arrival on the highest stage, it certainly spoke volumes that when Roy Hodgson’s squad was announced the Football Association did not even have a head-shot for its website. Of the 26 players, 25 had pictures. For the youngest, born 20 days after England’s goalless draw i
  
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• Liverpool’s Adam Lallana on Jürgen Klopp and Europa League glory

  16-05-2016 23:30
  
  Adam Lallana explains how Liverpool’s manager has transmitted his confidence and self-belief to the players as they prepare for Sevilla in the Europa League finalAdam Lallana has just dismissed rumours of a summer move to Tottenham Hotspur – yes, he is friends with Mauricio Pochettino but Liverpool’s stature, appearance in two cup finals this season and his contentment are more persuasive, he explains – when Jürgen Klopp appears on the balcony outside the interview r
  
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• Jerzy Dudek: ‘Liverpool need new heroes – Europa League final can create them’

  16-05-2016 23:30
  
  Former Liverpool goalkeeper won Champions League with club in 2005 and thinks Jürgen Klopp is the reason for reaching final against SevillaJerzy Dudek was afraid. Not in 2005 when facing Andriy Shevchenko’s penalty nor in January when competing in the Dubai 24 Hour race in his current guise as a professional driver, but when Liverpool were adrift under Brendan Rodgers this season while Jürgen Klopp was improving his tennis. Without interrupting the former Borussia Dortmund coach&
  
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• England’s Roy Hodgson defends taking only three centre-backs to Euro 2016

  16-05-2016 23:30
  
  • Manager says decision allows him to have another midfielder or attacker
  • Hodgson: Tottenham’s midfielder Eric Dier can provide cover if requiredRoy Hodgson said he is not taking an unnecessary gamble leading England into Euro 2016 with only three specialist centre-backs after naming a provisional 26-man squad loaded towards attack and Marcus Rashford winning his first call-up at the expense of Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe.Rashford, the 18-year-old Manchester United striker,
  
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• Andros Townsend says Rafael Benítez can get Newcastle ‘up and challenging’

  16-05-2016 23:30
  
  • England winger says ‘it would be massive for Newcastle to keep Rafa’
  • Townsend refuses to be drawn on whether he will remain at St James’ ParkAndros Townsend is confident Rafael Benítez would be capable of not only returning Newcastle United to the Premier League at the first attempt but swiftly transforming the club into a force. Related: Newcastle move pays off for Andros Townsend as he earns Euro 2016 chanceContinue reading...
  
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• Andy Murray would love to work with Ivan Lendl as coach again

  16-05-2016 23:29
  
  • Lendl is enjoying golf in Florida but teases media with hints of interest
  • Murray unlikely to make decision on a new coach before French OpenAndy Murray said he would “love to” work with Ivan Lendl again but he wonders if the single-minded, golf-loving coach who guided him to his two grand slam titles can find the time to return to the Tour full-time – or conquer his dislike of flying.Murray was restored to No2 in the world on Monday, a week before the French Open,
  
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• Boca tear up Osvaldo's contract over poor discipline

  16-05-2016 23:28
  Italy striker Dani Osvaldo had his Boca Juniors contract terminated on Monday for disciplinary reasons, ending a short second spell with his favourite team, local media reported. Boca and Osvaldo agreed to end the former AS Roma, Inter Milan, Juventus, Southampton and Porto striker’s deal after a fruitless stay, the state news agency Telam said. Osvaldo, who has had several run-ins with the football authorities, including the English FA when he played for Saints in 2013/14, had already bee
  
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• Experience, LeBron make Cavs huge favorites over Raptors

  16-05-2016 23:06
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James once stood in Kyle Lowry's sneakers.
  
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• Sharks want more penalties called vs Blues in Game 2

  16-05-2016 23:01
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The San Jose Sharks got just three power plays in their Game 1 loss to open the Western Conference finals, and no call when Joe Thornton's bushy beard got tugged on by St. Louis Blues captain David Backes in the first period.
  
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• Saracens chairman says young team are like Manchester United’s class of ‘92

  16-05-2016 23:00
  
  • Nigel Wray salutes players after maiden European Champions Cup success
  • ‘What’s exciting is that they can go on for the next five years,’ he saysSaracens’ chairman Nigel Wray has compared his young core of English players to Manchester United’s class of ’92 following the club’s maiden European success. If Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell, George Kruis, Jamie George, Will Fraser and the Vunipola brothers stay together, Wray believes there is every ch
  
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• Canada blank France to stay perfect at worlds

  16-05-2016 22:56
  By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - Canada remained perfect at the ice hockey world championships with a 4-0 win over France on Monday to set up a clash with undefeated Finland in the final round-robin game for both teams. Mark Stone, Matt Duchene, Mark Scheifele and birthday boy Corey Perry all scored for the defending champions, who posted their second consecutive shutout in Russia and improved to 6-0.
  
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• Sheffield Wednesday rock Brighton to reach Championship play-off final

  16-05-2016 22:50
  
  Sheffield Wednesday, to the general astonishment of everyone outside South Yorkshire, have a foot in the Premier League. Carlos Carvalhal’s side fought a rearguard action in East Sussex last night and it is they and not the team that finished 15 points above them in the Championship who will go to Wembley next week to, almost certainly, face Hull City in the division’s play-off final. Related: Brighton 1-1 Sheff Wed (agg 1-3): Championship playoff semi-final – as it happenedCon
  
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• Comcast to air over 6,000 hours of Olympics 2016 content

  16-05-2016 22:47
  By Malathi Nayak BOSTON (Reuters) - Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal unit will air live over 6,000 hours of competition on TVs and mobile devices from the Rio Olympic Games and offer viewers up-to-the-minute technology to search and personalize content, Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts said on Monday. The cable and media giant will relay 1,500 hours of content on 11 of NBCUniversal's television networks such as Bravo and NBC, in addition to 4,500 hours online on its NBC Sports Live Extra mobile
  
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• AP source: LA Angels closing in on deal to sign Tim Lincecum

  16-05-2016 22:39
  
  The Los Angeles Angels are closing in on a deal to sign two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, a free agent trying to come back from hip surgery, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.
  
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• Tyson Fury tries to apologise his way out of a jungle of prejudice | Kevin Mitchell

  16-05-2016 22:37
  
  Fury seems to be a sensitive and intelligent man who gets dazzled by attention and a buzz from sharing his thoughts, however ill-consideredWhen Tyson Fury strayed again into the weird jungle of prejudice he seems to have constructed for himself – this time singling out Jews to join his cast of targets – he attracted a mixture of responses. Related: Tyson Fury apologises for offensive comments made in videoContinue reading...
  
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• Leicester celebrate title triumph with victory parade

  16-05-2016 22:33
  Leicester City's players celebrated their Premier League title success with a victory parade on an open-top bus through the streets of the Midlands county town in front of about 250,000 ecstatic fans on Monday. Supporters had begun lining the streets from midday to see their heroes and Italian manager Claudio Ranieri display the gleaming trophy that had seemed an unlikely prize at the start of the season when they were 5,000-1 outsiders.
  
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• CSKA Sofia to be reinstated into Bulgarian top flight, says club

  16-05-2016 22:19
  Bulgaria's most successful club CSKA Sofia will be allowed to compete in the Balkan country's top division next season, the club said on Monday after their representatives secretly met with the country's prime minister. The 31-times Bulgarian champions said in a statement that they would be admitted into the domestic top flight after Prime Minister Boiko Borisov took "urgent and timely measures". Last June, CSKA, who reached three European semi-finals in happier times between 1967 and 1989, were
  
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• Nate McMillan takes over as head coach of the Indiana Pacers

  16-05-2016 22:02
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Larry Bird found the Indiana Pacers' new voice on his own bench. Now Nate McMillan must show his old-school style will still resonate with today's young players.
  
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• Hannah Miley claims European medley silver as Adam Peaty books final spot

  16-05-2016 21:59
  
  • Scot comes second in 400m individual medley at European Championships
  • Peaty and Ross Murdoch qualify first and second for 100m breaststrokeHannah Miley had to settle for silver as Adam Peaty once again demonstrated his thirst for glory on the opening night of the European Championships in London.Scot Miley finished second in the women’s 400m individual medley as Katinka Hosszu of Hungary won gold, while Peaty and Ross Murdoch advanced to the men’s 100m breaststroke fina
  
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• One down, five to go for Hungary's Hosszu on road to Rio

  16-05-2016 21:57
  By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - World champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary cruised to the gold medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the European Swimming Championships on Monday in the first of six events she may attempt at this year's Rio Olympics. Hosszu won by a comfortable 4.37 seconds from Britain's Hannah Miley, with Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos in third. Minutes later, Hosszu raced in the second semi-final of the 200m backstroke and qualified for the final with the third faste
  
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• Altidore figures to miss Copa America with hamstring injury

  16-05-2016 21:55
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — American forward Jozy Altidore appears certain to miss the Copa America following yet another hamstring injury.
  
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• After lots of losing, 76ers hope to win big in NBA lottery

  16-05-2016 21:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers lost plenty the previous two seasons, though never managed to lose the most.
  
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• Western Conference finals: how do the Thunder beat the Warriors?

  16-05-2016 21:23
  
  Will the OKC bigs ever be able to play together? When will Steven Adams and Andrew Bogut have a fight? Our rundown of the issues that will decide the seriesThe 2016 Western Conference finals start on Monday night, and the entirety of NBA fandom — save for a few hundred thousand surly Spurs fans still clutching their Tim Duncan jerseys as though they might float away at any moment — is eagerly anticipating the first playoff meeting between two teams that define the modern league. The
  
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• Capsule preview of the Cavaliers-Raptors East finals

  16-05-2016 21:12
  A look at the Eastern Conference finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors (with regular-season and playoff records):
  
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• Bayern Munich send off Guardiola like a brilliant but unloved CEO | Raphael Honigstein

  16-05-2016 21:04
  
  Guardiola failed to deliver the Champions League but for Bayern’s supporters it is his lack of emotional connection with the club which will taint his legacyThe final instalment of the 2015-16 season offered an instructive tale of two pitch invasions, at either end of the table and Germany. Down south, in Munich, the first beer showers had barely been administered when supporters gatecrashed the carefully choreographed party with former Bayern players and 99 red balloons for every champion
  
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• Tyson Fury apologises for foul-mouthed rant where he claimed rape and bestiality would soon be made legal: 'I am in no way a racist or bigot'

  16-05-2016 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN DOMIN: Tyson Fury has apologised for his latest rant in which he claimed rape and bestiality would soon be made legal. He stated his views were 'misrepresentative of his beliefs'.
  
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• Chelsea star Eden Hazard warns champions Leicester City about the difficulty of defending the Premier League title

  16-05-2016 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard has a warning for Leicester after their surprise Premier League title success. 'It's not easy to play as the champions, that's for sure,' Hazard said.
  
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• Leicester City parade Premier League trophy through packed streets

  16-05-2016 20:44
  
  Thousands of fans from near and far turn out to celebrate club’s first top-flight title in its historyIt was the moment, surely, when those last few holdouts who had refused to see it as anything other than dream finally allowed themselves to believe.
  Through a cacophonous sea of blue and white on either side, the bus carrying Leicester City’s triumphant Premier League champions slowly snaked its way through the streets of the city in a victory parade like no other in British footbal
  
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• 'It's unbelievable': Leicester City victory parade met by thousands – video

  16-05-2016 20:44
  
  Leicester City players drive through their club’s home city on Monday to celebrate their stunning success in becoming champions of the Premier League for the first time in their club’s 132-year history. More than 100,000 fans lined the streets of the city to cheer on the title-winning footballers as they passed in an open-top bus. Just a year after the team was almost relegated, Leicester were 5,000-1 outsiders to win the championship at the start of the seasonClaudio Ranieri: an apo
  
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• Future Chelsea coach Conte cleared in match-fixing case

  16-05-2016 20:40
  Antonio Conte, future coach of English Premier League club Chelsea, was cleared on Monday of any role in a 2011 match-fixing scandal while he was in charge of Italian second division football team Siena. Conte, who will coach Italy's national squad during this summer's European Championship before taking up his new post at Chelsea, was acquitted by a court in the northern Italian city of Cremona.
  
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• Mercedes see no need to lean on Hamilton and Rosberg after collision

  16-05-2016 20:37
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One world champions Mercedes will not rein in Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg after they collided and put each other out of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, team boss Toto Wolff said. "We have moved on from Spa in 2014 and it was a completely different situation in the team back then," the Austrian told reporters, referring to a collision between the two at the Belgian Grand Prix. In that incident, Rosberg finished second behind Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo
  
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• Tyson Fury apologises for offensive comments made in video

  16-05-2016 20:23
  
  • World heavyweight champion insists he is ‘in no way a racist or bigot’
  • ‘I promise in future to hold myself up to the highest possible standard’World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has apologised for offensive comments made in an hour-long video interview last week, insisting: “I am in no way a racist or bigot.”Fury caused controversy after making homophobic, sexist and antisemitic remarks in the interview, which led to widespread calls for him t
  
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• Manchester United 'dummy bomb': security company accepts blame

  16-05-2016 20:17
  
  SSMS takes full responsibility for leaving behind device after training exercise, leading to Old Trafford match being abandonedThe managing director of a security company that left behind a dummy bomb responsible for a terror alert at Old Trafford on Sunday has taken “full responsibility” for not removing the item following a training exercise.Manchester United’s final Premier League game of the season against Bournemouth was called off and the 75,000-seater stadium evacuated a
  
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• Joe Root dominates England’s awards but says he can still improve

  16-05-2016 20:15
  
  • Batsman wins Test, limited overs and supporters’ player of year awards
  • Root preparing for Thursday’s opening Test against Sri LankaJoe Root has completed a clean sweep as England’s Test, limited overs and supporters’ player of the year but despite an outstanding 12 months with the bat, the Yorkshireman said his game remains far from perfect and that more hard work lies ahead. Related: Steven Finn ready to channel frustration into England success against Sri
  
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• Rougned Odor PUNCHES Jose Bautista in Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays baseball match

  16-05-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The baseball game between Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays descended into chaos on Sunday when Rougned Odor's powerful punch left rival Jose Bautista stunned. 
  
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• Police commissioner demands inquiry into Manchester United fake bomb 'fiasco'

  16-05-2016 19:46
  Manchester's police commissioner demanded an inquiry into the "fiasco" of a fake bomb left behind from a training exercise at Old Trafford that forced the abandonment on Sunday of a Premier League soccer match. "This fiasco caused massive inconvenience to supporters who had come from far and wide to watch the match," Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester Tony Lloyd said.
  
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• Indiana Pacers promote Nate McMillan to head coach

  16-05-2016 19:41
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers promoted assistant Nate McMillan to head coach on Monday, ending the search for Frank Vogel's replacement after less than two weeks.
  
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• Jackie Stewart: Mercedes should fine Lewis Hamilton for crash with Rosberg

  16-05-2016 19:34
  
  • Three-time F1 champion blames Hamilton for first-lap collision in Spanish GP
  • Only first time in three years they have taken each other out, says Alain ProstMercedes should fine an “emotional” Lewis Hamilton for causing the first-lap accident that put him and his team-mate Nico Rosberg out of last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, according to the three-times world champion Sir Jackie Stewart. Related: Nico Rosberg ponders clear-the-air talks with Lewis Hamilton after
  
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• Raptors center Valanciunas out for Game 1 against Cavaliers

  16-05-2016 19:30
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas will not play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers because of an injured right ankle.
  
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