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• Delph set to miss Euro 2016 - Hodgson

  26-05-2016 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Midfielder Fabian Delph is unlikely to make England's final 23-man Euro 2016 squad because of a groin strain, Roy Hodgson says.
  
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• Goodell reaffirms NFL's concussion research role

  26-05-2016 23:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reaffirmed the league's commitment to concussion research in a letter Thursday to the 32 team owners.
  
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• Time Test records impressive victory in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown

  26-05-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Time Test, who produced one of the performances of Royal Ascot in 2015, teed himself up for a return to the meeting next month with an impressive win in the BetVictor Brigadier Gerard Stakes.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Friday, May 27

  26-05-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Friday's meetings at Haydock, Bath, Brighton, Pontefract, Musselburgh and Worcester.
  
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• England boss Roy Hodgson claims 'whole world' is watching Marcus Rashford as youngster prepares for international debut

  26-05-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson has claimed the entire world will be watching Marcus Rashford make his England debut on Friday. The 18-year-oldstriker is set to start against Australia at the Stadium of Light.
  
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• Adam Jones opens up on his coaching ambitions as veteran prop targets Wales role: 'It would be the dream job to coach the Welsh scrum'

  26-05-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adam Jones has targeted a dream coaching role with Wales as the prop plans for his future career away from the field. Veteran front-row forward Jones has a year left on his deal with Harlequins.
  
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• Vokes shocked by Barton's Ibrox switch

  26-05-2016 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Vokes is surprised that Joey Barton gave up the chance of a Premier League return with Burnley to join Rangers.
  
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• Wolfsburg 1-1 Lyon (AET, pens 3-4): Lyon claim third Women's Champions League title after thrilling penalty shoot-out

  26-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lyon ensured they got revenge on Wolfsburg as they claimed their third Women's Champions League title with a thrilling penalty shoot-out win in Reggio Emilia. The 90 minutes ended 1-1.
  
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• Rangers new boy Joey Barton leaves behind a gutted Sam Vokes as Burnley striker eyes Premier League survival

  26-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Wales striker has praised Barton, who was the Clarets' player of the year, for his leadership and insisted his character in the dressing room was nothing like the difficult portrait painted elsewhere.
  
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• Wales pray for Bale to remain fit

  26-05-2016 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahead of Euro 2016, Wales will hope Gareth Bale comes through Saturday's Champions League final unscathed
  
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• Castleford 26-33 Wigan

  26-05-2016 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wigan move level with Hull FC at the top of the Super League table with a hard-earned 33-26 victory against Castleford.
  
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• The Latest: Ex-student: Report shows victims denied rights

  26-05-2016 23:01
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Baylor University's demotion of its president and firing of its football coach amid criticism of the school's handling of sexual assault complaints involving players (all times local):
  
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• Willett trails by one shot at Wentworth

  26-05-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Masters champion Danny Willett is one shot off the lead at the BMW PGA Championship after a first-round 66.
  
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• News Guide: Review finds Baylor disregarded sexual assault

  26-05-2016 22:36
  
  DALLAS (AP) — After months of silence, Baylor University on Thursday responded to mounting criticism of its handling of accusations of sexual assaults and other attacks by football players by demoting its president, Ken Starr, and firing its football coach, Art Briles.
  
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• Republic of Ireland v Netherlands

  26-05-2016 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Martin O'Neill says Friday's game with the Netherlands will be the final opportunity for most of his squad to stake Euro 2016 claims.
  
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• Northern Ireland primed for Euro surprise - O'Neill

  26-05-2016 22:34
  By Michael Church BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill believes his eclectic band of players from the lower divisions of English, Scottish and Irish football can pull off a surprise at Euro 2016 in their first major tournament for 30 years. O’Neill's team travel to France to take on Poland, Ukraine and Germany in Group C confident they can cause an upset to the established order and make the knockout stages. “The goal has to be to try and qualify and tha
  
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• What to watch Friday at French Open: Murray vs Karlovic

  26-05-2016 22:06
  
  PARIS (AP) — It's hard to say who will be in better shape Friday when Andy Murray plays Ivo Karlovic in the third round of the French Open.
  
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• The Latest: University critic says victims date to 1970s

  26-05-2016 21:59
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Baylor University's demotion of its president and firing of its football coach amid criticism of the school's handling of sexual assault complaints involving players (all times local):
  
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• Bianchi family sue over 'avoidable' death

  26-05-2016 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of the late Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi are taking legal action following the Frenchman's death last year.
  
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• 2 long series wins might have exhausted Blues

  26-05-2016 21:54
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A pair of seven-game series wins might have taken a toll on the St. Louis Blues.
  
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• FA Cup quarter-final replays to be scrapped with sudden-death format to be introduced from next season

  26-05-2016 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Football Association has announced FA Cup quarter-final replays will be scrapped from next season. The last-eight stage will revert to a sudden-death format over one weekend.
  
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• Sister Act: Serena, Venus Williams both win 6-2, 6-1 at Open

  26-05-2016 21:41
  
  PARIS (AP) — First it was Serena Williams' turn to overpower an opponent 6-2, 6-1 on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
  
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• Hend shows unusually steady hand to share Wentworth lead

  26-05-2016 21:39
  By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Scott Hend's golf game has a tendency to go up and down like a violinist's elbow but the Australian played sweet music as he fired a 65 in the opening round of the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. Hend's seven-under-par score lifted him to the top of the leaderboard alongside 2009 U.S. PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun of South Korea and Dutchman Joost Luiten. U.S. Masters champion Danny Willett was lurking ominously one shot off the pace
  
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• Family of late F1 driver Jules Bianchi launch legal action against FIA over fatal crash 

  26-05-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An English law firm working on behalf of the Bianchi family has revealed it plans to sue the FIA, Bianchi's Marussia team and Formula One Group.
  
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• Robert Lewandowski leads the way as Poland striker shows off his skills in training ahead of Euro 2016

  26-05-2016 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robert Lewandowski smiled for the cameras as he took part in a training session for Poland who continued in their preparations for this summer in France.
  
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• Makabu cannot beat me - Bellew

  26-05-2016 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tony Bellew says he is confident Ilunga Makabu will not be able to beat him to the vacant WBC cruiserweight title on Sunday.
  
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• Spain squad arrive in Austria ahead of Euro 2016 warm-up clashes

  26-05-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spain's Euro 2016 squad were greeted by a sea of red as they arrived at the team hotel in Austria on Thursday as the countdown to next month's tournament continues to gather pace.
  
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• Northern Ireland prepare for final home friendly against Belarus as fringe players look to avoid the cut before Euro 2016

  26-05-2016 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland put the finishing touches to preparations for their final home warm-up match for Euro 2016, with Michael O'Neill's side looking to build some momentum against Belarus in Belfast.
  
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• Indy 500 has a big place in F1 history

  26-05-2016 21:13
  By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Very few Formula One fans, even from the older generations, can name the first U.S. driver to score points, win a round of the world championship and lead the standings. Parsons, his name now eclipsed by Formula One world champions Phil Hill (1961) and Mario Andretti (1978), did much more than win America's biggest race that May afternoon, however. From 1950 to 1960, Formula One counted the Indy 500 as a round of the championship and, as winner of the third rac
  
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• Atletico Madrid star Fernando Torres looking sleepy as Diego Simeone's side arrive in Milan for Champions League final

  26-05-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Torres had appeared half asleep before he got on the flight as Diego Simeone’s side jetted off for Milan from Madrid’s Barajas International Airport but looked renewed upon arrival.
  
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• Venus glad to have cracked her second-round Paris jinx

  26-05-2016 21:09
  By Pritha Sarkar PARIS (Reuters) - The French Open has not produced a lot of happy memories for Venus Williams in recent times, but now that she's reached the third round for the first time in six years, the American hopes her 2016 adventure won't come to an abrupt end. At this stage in my life, in my career, it's like you don't want to lose early," the seven-times grand slam champion said after walloping fellow American Louisa Chirico 6-2 6-1. It is the kind of punishment her younger sister, wo
  
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• Mourinho and Man Utd agree deal

  26-05-2016 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A deal has been agreed for Jose Mourinho to become the new Manchester United manager, with confirmation expected on Friday.
  
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• Glory days return as Indy revs up for 100th

  26-05-2016 21:03
  By Steve Keating INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A rich history and uncertain future will collide at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday when up to 400,000 motor racing fans descend on the famed Brickyard for a high-octane party over 100 years in the making. After decades of indifference and waning interest, the Indy 500 finds itself back in the motorsport spotlight for the 100th running of what is shamelessly billed as the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing'. Since Ray Harroun nursed his Marmon Wasp to victory
  
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• England's Delph ruled out of Euro 2016 squad

  26-05-2016 21:01
  (Reuters) - Manchester City midfielder Fabian Delph has been ruled out of England's 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France because of a groin strain. Coach Roy Hodgson said on Thursday that Delph, who has struggled with injuries this season, would miss Friday's friendly against Australia in Sunderland and will now only be on his standby list for the tournament. "I've spoken to him and he's stayed in Manchester," Hodgson told reporters.
  
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• Saracens are clear favourites for Twickenham but Exeter can spring surprise | Dean Ryan

  26-05-2016 20:59
  
  Sarries are built on tactical kicking and power but Exeter’s Jack Nowell and Henry Slade should pose an unpredictable threat in the Premiership finalIt does not take a great sage to tell you that Saracens are firm favourites to beat Exeter at Twickenham on Saturday and to add the Premiership title to the Champions Cup they have already won this season. I am a real fan of Exeter and of what Rob Baxter has achieved there, but I am really struggling to see how they can win. This Saracens team
  
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• AP Source: David Fizdale accepts offer as Grizzlies coach

  26-05-2016 20:54
  
  The Memphis Grizzlies have their new coach: David Fizdale.
  
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• Nadal and Djokovic roll on, symmetry for Williams sisters

  26-05-2016 20:45
  The world number five, seeded four at the tournament he once owned, destroyed Argentina's Facundo Bagnis 6-3 6-0 6-3 to reach the third round with the loss of only nine games, chalking up a 200th match victory in grand slams. "That's only another number and that's it," Nadal, who would become the only man to win the same grand slam 10 times in the professional era if he triumphs this year, told reporters. World number one Djokovic, who dispatched Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis 7-5 6-3 6-4, will
  
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• McLaren could drop Button for Vandoorne

  26-05-2016 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  McLaren hint they could replace British driver Jenson Button with Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne in 2017.
  
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• Home fans inspire Masters champion Willett to opening 66

  26-05-2016 20:27
  By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Danny Willett was bursting with pride after marking his first appearance on home soil since his surprise U.S. Masters victory with a sizzling six-under-par 66 in the BMW PGA Championship first round on Thursday. The 28-year-old Englishman made hay in the Wentworth sunshine, reeling off six birdies and avoiding any dropped strokes to move within one shot of early leaders Scott Hend of Australia, South Korean Yang Yong-eun and Dutchman Joost Luit
  
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• Eric Cantona sensationally claims Didier Deschamps may have omitted Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa from France's Euro 2016 squad due to their ethnic backgrounds

  26-05-2016 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eric Cantona has controversially said France manager Didier Deschamps may have left Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa out of his Euro 2016 squad due to their ethnicity. 
  
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• Northern Ireland v Belarus

  26-05-2016 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill has a final chance to look at his Euro 2016 options in Friday's friendly against Belarus.
  
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• Baylor demotes Starr, fires coach amid sex assaults scandal

  26-05-2016 20:07
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Baylor University demoted school President Ken Starr and fired football coach Art Briles on Thursday, issuing a scathing report over the university's handling of sexual assault complaints against players.
  
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• Fabian Delph is likely to miss Euro 2016 with a groin injury while Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is also a doubt

  26-05-2016 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fabian Delph is likely to miss Euro 2016 after sustaining a groin injury. The Manchester City midfielder has been told he is now on a tournament standby list.
  
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• Wayne Rooney and England team-mates arrive at their hotel as they get ready for penultimate friendly with Australia 

  26-05-2016 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England players arrived at the Hilton Gateshead team hotel in Newcastle on the eve of their friendly with Australia as preparations for Euro 2016 get well and truly under way. 
  
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• FA Cup quarter-final replays scrapped

  26-05-2016 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  FA Cup quarter-final replays have been scrapped from next season, the Football Association announces.
  
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• Williams sisters take similar routes to round three

  26-05-2016 19:57
  Same court, same scoreline - the Williams sisters followed each other into the third round of the French Open in ruthless fashion on Thursday. Defending champion Serena and her elder sister Venus, seeded ninth, respectively beat Brazilian Teliana Pereira and American Louisa Chirico 6-2 6-1 on Court Suzanne Lenglen. "But right now we have to be focused on what we want to do in going out there and winning the match." Serena, who has lost five games in two matches, will next take on local favourite
  
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• Mourinho returns for more drama in the global village

  26-05-2016 19:54
  Manchester United are replacing Louis van Gaal with his former assistant Jose Mourinho, a man Chelsea no longer wanted who has frequently clashed with new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Manchester's new double act will also have on their radar Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger -- who struggles to hide his disdain for Mourinho -- champions Leicester's Claudio Ranieri and Liverpool's Juergen Klopp, who was Guardiola's main adversary in Germany.
  
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• Judge hears arguments on US women's team strike rights

  26-05-2016 19:54
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago has heard arguments whether the world champion U.S. women's soccer team has the right to strike for improved conditions and wages before this year's Olympics.
  
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• Jose Mourinho on brink of completing Manchester United move

  26-05-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho is on the brink of completing his sensational move to Manchester United. The Red Devils are waiting to finalise the paperwork before confirming his appointment.
  
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• Mourinho agrees terms with Man United - Sky TV

  26-05-2016 19:51
  English football's biggest club seem to have secured the services of the sport's most colourful manager after Jose Mourinho, according to Sky TV reports, agreed personal terms with Manchester United on Tuesday. After a trophy-laden career with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, Mourinho is set to replace Dutchman Louis van Gaal, who was sacked on Monday, with a remit to bring back the glory days the club once took for granted under Alex Ferguson. The 53-year-old, sacked by Chelsea in D
  
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