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• James Guy powers to bronze in the 200m freestyle at the European Championships

  18-05-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Criticism spurred James Guy on to claim 200metres freestyle bronze at the European Championships in London. He finished behind Sebastiaan Verschuren and Velimir Stjepanovic.
  
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• Yohan Cabaye felt FA Cup final dream would never come true at Newcastle but feels Crystal Palace players are determined

  18-05-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace's Yohan Cabaye has revealed the malaise at Newcastle led to him believing he would never play in an FA Cup final, as he will against Manchester United on Saturday.
  
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• Goode scoops player of the year award

  18-05-2016 23:48
  Saracens and England fullback Alex Goode has been named the Premiership Rugby Player of the Season 2015/16. Goode was an instrumental member of Saracens' European Champions Cup-winning side and helped guide the north London club to their seventh straight Premiership Rugby semi-final. "Alex Goode has been one of the Aviva Premiership's most consistent performers for a number of seasons but in this campaign has been hugely influential in Saracens' success and has produced some of the best form of
  
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• Verstappen fastest in testing after race win

  18-05-2016 23:47
  (Reuters) - Max Verstappen set the fastest time in testing in Barcelona on Wednesday, three days after he became Formula One's youngest race winner on his Red Bull debut. The 18-year-old Dutch driver completed 118 trouble-free laps of the Circuit de Catalunya and ended the day 0.739 seconds faster than McLaren's Belgian reserve Stoffel Vandoorne. "It was good to get back in the car today," said Verstappen, who won in Spain little more than a week after being promoted from the energy drink compan
  
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• England must go to the next level this summer, Alex Hales needs to nail down his spot at the top of the order

  18-05-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: For England to go to the next level, it feels like a question of ticking some boxes. All the best teams have a top-class opening partnership, Alex Hales needs to nail the job.
  
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• England vs Sri Lanka: Which three men are the key players for the visitors?

  18-05-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England start their Test match summer against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Thursday with the home side firm favourites to begin with a win. Sportsmail looks at the key men in the Sri Lankan side.
  
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• England are firm favourites against Sri Lanka... now it's time for Alastair Cook's men to be ruthless and aim for clean sweep

  18-05-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They have done the hard work in recovering from the bitter fallout of a 5-0 Ashes humiliation to emerge with a young, vibrant side. Now England have to show they can be ruthless this summer.
  
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• Rory McIlroy insists nothing has gone wrong this year as winless run in 2016 extends to 10 events

  18-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He wasn’t fuming, let’s make that clear. But it’s fair to say Rory McIlroy is getting rather fed up of reading ‘what’s gone wrong?’ stories as hiswinless streak in 2016 shows no sign of ending.
  
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• England squad to continue relationship with agents 1966 through to 2022 World Cup despite fears over conflict of interest

  18-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: The England squad have extended their partnership with agents 1966 for four years through to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which FA chairman Greg Dyke has targeted to win.
  
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• Viacom board votes to stop paying Sumner Redstone

  18-05-2016 23:21
  (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's board voted on Wednesday to stop paying 92-year-old controlling shareholder and Chairman Emeritus Sumner Redstone, according to a source familiar with the matter. Viacom had cut the total pay of its billionaire chairman, who also owns a majority stake in CBS, by 85 percent to $2 million (£1.4 million) last year. Redstone remains chairman emeritus, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the pay cut.
  
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• Brighton reward Hughton with four-year contract

  18-05-2016 22:50
  Chris Hughton has signed a new four-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion two days after they missed out on promotion to the Premier League. The 57-year-old has been rewarded for a season in which they were denied automatic promotion on goal difference after finishing third in the Championship before losing 3-1 on aggregate to Sheffield Wednesday in their semi-final playoff. "Chris thoroughly deserves this new contract after such an outstanding season," chairman Tony Bloom said on Wednes
  
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• Sevilla fight back to win Europa League for third year in a row

  18-05-2016 22:44
  By Brian Homewood BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Sevilla survived a first-half battering before hitting back with three second-half goals, two from Coke, to beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Europa League final on Wednesday and win the trophy for the third season in a row. Liverpool dominated the early stages and went ahead through an exquisite goal by England striker Daniel Sturridge, who nonchalantly curled an inswinging shot inside the far post with the outside of his left foot. Sevilla clung on unti
  
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• David Squires on ... Jarryd Hayne's global sporting adventures

  18-05-2016 22:30
  
  In the latest of his cartoons on some of the defining moments in Australian sporting history, David Squires looks at Jarryd Hayne’s move from the NRL to the NFL – and beyond. And you can find David’s archive of Australian sport cartoons here Continue reading...
  
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• Muhammad and Sansum fight for Rio place

  18-05-2016 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Team-mates and rivals Lutalo Muhammad and Damon Sansum head into the European Championships battling for one Olympic place.
  
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• Britain's Michael Bisping steps in at short notice for world middleweight title shot against Luke Rockhold at UFC 199 

  18-05-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bisping, who has been the flag bearer for British mixed martial arts for a decade, will face champion Luke Rockhold on June 4 in Los Angeles after Chris Weidman pulled out injured.
  
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• Barcelona condemn nationalist flag ban in Cup final

  18-05-2016 22:03
  Barcelona have expressed their opposition to a police order prohibiting their supporters from bringing Catalan nationalist flags to the Spanish King’s Cup final against Sevilla on Sunday. The police said on Wednesday that the flag known as the "estelada", favoured by supporters of Catalan independence, would not be allowed into the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid under national laws against violence, racism, homophobia and intolerance in sport. “FC Barcelona expresses its absolute
  
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• England squad train together for first time ahead of Euro 2016 as defender Gary Cahill misses session with minor knock

  18-05-2016 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson's decision to select only three centre-halves for Euro 2016 came under immediate scrutiny after an injury to Gary Cahill left him with only one central defender for his first training session.
  
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• Meilutyte relives golden moment in London Olympic pool

  18-05-2016 21:40
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte swam to European 100 metres breaststroke gold on Wednesday in the same London pool where, in 2012, she burst into the limelight as a 15-year-old Olympic champion. The British-based world record holder, who underwent surgery late last year after breaking her elbow in a cycling accident, won comfortably in one minute 6.17 seconds. Hopefully we can learn some things from this race and carry it out to Rio." The 19-year-old, who lives in t
  
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• Blackpool part company with manager Neil McDonald after relegation to League Two

  18-05-2016 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McDonald, who was appointed last summer, was unable to prevent the Seasiders from suffering a second successive relegation and leaves the club as they head into Sky Bet League Two.
  
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• Gay ref says more will follow his lead

  18-05-2016 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spain's first openly gay referee says more people in sport are ready to come out, as an inquiry hears homophobia in sport is rife.
  
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• Delany won't say if ESPN will be part of Big Ten media deal

  18-05-2016 21:12
  ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany expects to announce a new media rights agreement this summer.
  
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• Brighton show faith in Chris Hughton with new four-year deal days after heartbreaking Championship play-off semi-final defeat

  18-05-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After falling short in their automatic and play-off promotion bids the ambitious Seagulls board members trust Hughton to lead the challenge next season, handing him a new deal that runs until 2020.
  
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• Court denies NHL motion to dismiss concussion suit over CBA

  18-05-2016 20:56
  A federal judge in Minnesota has denied the NHL's latest attempt to throw out a class-action lawsuit by former players filed over head injuries.
  
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• Joe Marler blow for England after troubled prop pulls out of tour Down Under

  18-05-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old, who has been banned twice this season, has withdrawn himself from England's plans for next week's match against Wales and the three-Test tour of Australia.
  
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• Spieth has score to settle in hometown event

  18-05-2016 20:43
  (Reuters) - Jordan Spieth returns to very familiar territory for this week's AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas, though he has a score to settle at the TPC Four Seasons Resort where he has finished no better than joint 16th in six starts. The golf course hasn't suited my game as well as it did in those early couple years but I got some momentum off of the last year and belief that we can work our way into contention." Spieth tied for 16th at the Nelson in 2010 after shooting impressive score
  
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• Chinese businessman Xia agrees to buy Villa

  18-05-2016 20:42
  Chinese businessman Tony Xia has agreed to buy Aston Villa, the club said on Wednesday. Villa's American owner Randy Lerner, who put the club on the market in 2014, struck a deal, which is reported to be worth 60 million pounds ($87.8 million), following their relegation from the Premier League last month. "Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100 percent ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr Tony Jiantong Xia sub
  
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• Paltrinieri wins 1,500 metres freestyle in European record

  18-05-2016 20:41
  LONDON (Reuters) - World champion Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy swam the second fastest men's 1,500 metres freestyle of all time on Wednesday to win gold at the European championships. The 21-year-old defending champion was in a class of his own as he won in 14 minutes and 34.04 seconds to shatter his own European record, set at last year's world championships in Russia, by a massive 5.63 seconds. Only China's Olympic champion Sun Yang, who won gold in the same pool in 2012 with a world record t
  
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• Tide of college football concussion lawsuits begins

  18-05-2016 20:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — As many as 50 class-action lawsuits contesting how the NCAA, major college football conferences or individual schools handled concussions will be filed in the coming months by former players seeking damages for lingering brain injuries and ailments.
  
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• Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger steps up recovery in Mallorca as Manchester United star reveals fitness bid to make Euro 2016 'looks good'

  18-05-2016 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old was included in Germany's preliminary 27-man squad for the tournament despite struggling for form and fitness during his debut season at Manchester United.
  
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• Arsenal target Granit Xhaka admits Premier League move is 'a childhood dream that could be fulfilled'

  18-05-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal have made a £35million bid for the highly-rated Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder amid reports that the 23-year-old has agreed personal terms with the Gunners.
  
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• England prop Marler rules himself out of Australia tour

  18-05-2016 20:00
  Harlequins' prop Joe Marler has ruled himself out of England's test against Wales this month and the tour of Australia which follows. Marler said he needs to rest following a gruelling season which ended with bans following two high-profile transgressions. "Whenever you play for England you have to be 100 per cent and unfortunately I'm not in that place at the moment," the 25-year-old said in a statement on the RFU website.
  
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• All 11 Rostov players pass FIFA doping tests, says club

  18-05-2016 19:45
  By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - All 11 players from Russia's Rostov passed FIFA doping tests following their Premier League match last week against Dynamo Moscow which they won 3-1, the club said on Wednesday. The tests were undertaken by FIFA on May 12 immediately after the match following media reports that Rostov's players may have taken the banned substance meldonium.
  
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• Chinese businessman Xia agrees to buy Villa - report

  18-05-2016 19:43
  Chinese businessman Tony Xia has agreed to buy Aston Villa for 60 million pounds, the BBC reported on Wednesday. Villa's American owner Randy Lerner, who put the club on the market in 2014, struck a deal with Xia following their relegation from the Premier League, the BBC said. "Randy Lerner's tenure at the club is over," BBC reporter Pat Murphy said.
  
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• Doctor: Little evidence ex-wrestler Snuka has brain trauma

  18-05-2016 19:42
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — There's little evidence that pro wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, who is charged with killing his girlfriend more than three decades ago, has a significant history of concussion or other brain trauma, a psychiatrist testified Wednesday.
  
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• Bob Baffert looks for Preakness upset with Collected

  18-05-2016 19:33
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert hopes Collected will deliver more than another "opening act" in the Preakness on Saturday at Pimlico.
  
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• Nicaraguan ex-FIFA official extradited to U.S. to face graft charges

  18-05-2016 19:29
  By Nate Raymond and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi NEW YORK/ZURICH (Reuters) - A former FIFA official from Nicaragua who was responsible for overseeing the football governing body's development efforts in Central America has been extradited from Switzerland to face U.S. charges stemming from a wide-ranging bribery investigation. William Sullivan, a lawyer for Julio Rocha, confirmed his client had been extradited and said he will plead not guilty to the charges, which also include money laundering and wi
  
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• Unbeaten Cajoled being primed for Royal Ascot rather than Oaks, says George Scott

  18-05-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First season trainer George Scott has his sights set more on Royal Ascot than the Investec Oaks with unbeaten Cajoled who lines up in the Veolia Height Of Fashion Stakes.
  
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• West Brom release out-of-contract duo Stephane Sessegnon and Victor Anichebe as Tony Pulis begins summer shake-up

  18-05-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Out-of-contract duo Stephane Sessegnon and Victor Anichebe will not be offered new deals by West Brom and are to leave the club.
  
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• Graeme McDowell 'desperate' to secure place on European team for 2016 Ryder Cup

  18-05-2016 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell admits he will have to get his act together to secure a fifth straight Ryder Cup appearance at Hazeltine.
  
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• Five Chinese players earn tour cards

  18-05-2016 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five Chinese players earn two-year cards to compete on the main snooker tour from the 2016-17 season.
  
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• Jungels keeps lead as Ulissi wins stage

  18-05-2016 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luxembourg's Bob Jungels retains the leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia as Italian Diego Ulissi wins stage 11.
  
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• UEFA to help place Kosovo in World Cup draw

  18-05-2016 18:36
  By Brian Homewood BASEL (Reuters) - European soccer body UEFA is taking extra precautions to ensure Kosovo's recent admission to international football does not cause political problems. UEFA will set up a task force to determine which teams should be kept apart from Kosovo in international competitions to avoid potential trouble, it said on Wednesday. UEFA also suggested that, based on an initial response from global soccer governing body FIFA, it was unlikely that Kosovar players who have prev
  
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• Briton Adams sets sights on elusive world title

  18-05-2016 18:30
  (Reuters) - British women's Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams has set her heart on winning the world title, the only major honour to elude her. This gold medal has eluded me for so long," Adams told British media. "I want to win there and come back a world champion.
  
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• Nico Rosberg puts Spanish GP collision with Lewis Hamilton to bed

  18-05-2016 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nico Rosberg has drawn a line under his Spanish Grand Prix collision with Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton at the weekend, saying their relationship will not be affected.
  
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• La Liga awards: Luis Suarez was the star, Cristiano Ronaldo finished second again

  18-05-2016 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's been another thrilling season of action in Spain as Barcelona pipped Real Madrid to the league title by only a point last weekend, Sportsmail look back at the La Liga highlights.
  
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• Jungels retains Giro lead, Ulissi wins stage

  18-05-2016 18:18
  (Reuters) - Diego Ulissi claimed his second stage win of this year's Giro d'Italia and Bob Jungels maintained his grip on the leaders' pink jersey on the 227km ride from Modena to Asolo on Wednesday. Italian Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) outsprinted GC contenders Jungels and Andrey Amador after the trio had broken away near the end of a largely flat stage 11. Amador crossed the line second to claim a six-second time bonus to the four of Luxembourg's Jungels who leads the overall standings by 24 seconds
  
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• Italy boss Antonio Conte fully focused on Euro 2016 ahead of Chelsea move

  18-05-2016 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italy manager Antonio Conte has assuredfans that his focus is fully on the national team ahead of his move to Chelsea after Euro 2016.
  
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• Twente Enschede relegated for transfer violations

  18-05-2016 18:04
  Twente Enschede have been relegated to the second division in the Netherlands as punishment for breaching financial regulations linked to the transfer market, the Dutch football association announced on Wednesday. The announcement followed crisis talks between the Dutch FA and the club after Twente missed their latest deadline for meeting targets set in a financial recovery plan. Twente, who finished the latest season in 13th place despite the points sanction, are accused over irregularities in
  
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• West Brom manager Tony Pulis turned our season around at Barnet

  18-05-2016 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin 'Mad Dog' Allen returns with his latest column for Sportsmail. This week, he discusses how West Brom manager Tony Pulis turned around Barnet's season.
  
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• Kenya agrees 'roadmap' to compliance

  18-05-2016 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kenya's government agrees a "roadmap" that increases the likelihood of its athletes competing at the Rio Olympics.
  
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