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• Mourinho's first day at Man Utd: Two done deals, another close and an awkward encounter

  30-05-2016 23:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOSE MOURINHO had an eventful first day in charge of Manchester United.
  
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• Andy Murray will relish hostile crowd as he prepares to break French hearts in quarter-final showdown with Richard Gasquet

  30-05-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray will not be fazed when he plays Frenchman Richard Gasquet in Paris on Tuesday having won 15 of 16 matches when facing players at their home Grand Slams.
  
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• Derby to be Britain's richest race ever as Humphrey Bogart joins 18 strong line-up for £1.5m Epsom classic

  30-05-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Richard Hannon believes 25-1 shot Humphrey Bogart has the ability to capture a place in the first four after he was a supplementary entry for Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, May 31

  30-05-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Wolverhampton, Leicester, Lingfield, Towcester and Redcar.
  
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• France's Coman shines in 3-2 win over Cameroon

  30-05-2016 23:53
  France looked sluggish at times but could at least rely on gifted teenager Kingsley Coman in a 3-2 win over Cameroon on Monday in their penultimate warm-up game for the Euro 2016 campaign on home soil. France snatched victory with a last-gasp Dimitri Payet free kick but it was Coman who caught the eye as the 19-year-old Bayern Munich winger set up a goal and made his presence felt all over the pitch until he came off in the 77th minute. France opened the scoring after 20 minutes in the western p
  
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• Tottenham preparing to hijack Man Utd deal for international striker

  30-05-2016 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TOTTENHAM are weighing up a bid to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic, according to reports.
  
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• Real Madrid players can't wait to start Champions League celebrations and party while on the plane home 

  30-05-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid players were so happy after winning their 11th Champions League title on Saturday night that they even partied during their flight home. Real beat city rivals Atletico on penalties.
  
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• Marcus Rashford's shock rise from A Level student to Man United star and Euro 2016 hopeful

  30-05-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BORN on Halloween Marcus Rashford has been putting the frighteners on defenders since his early teens – and the story behind his rise to super-stardom is a thriller.
  
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• Jermaine Jenas: Dele Alli's moment of madness for Spurs will help him cope at Euros

  30-05-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IT WAS brief, instantaneous and would probably not have been known about if it had not been picked up by a pundit on American television.
  
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• Hodgson faces major England squad dilemma: Rashford, Sturridge and more await late call

  30-05-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ROY HODGSON faces arguably his toughest day as England manager having been landed in the nightmare scenario he was desperate to avoid at all costs.
  
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• Alastair Cook still 'hungry' despite England record: Skipper racks up 10,000 Test runs

  30-05-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ALASTAIR COOK says he will have to recalibrate his personal targets after finally reaching 10,000 Test runs, but insisted he was still “hungry” to achieve more in the game.
  
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• France's Bourdy leads 13 qualifiers into U.S. Open golf championship

  30-05-2016 23:28
  (Reuters) - France's Gregory Bourdy led 13 players into the field for the U.S. Open golf championship next month at Oakmont Country Club in the International Sectional qualifier at Walton Heath in Surrey, England on Monday. Four-time European Tour winner Bourdy shot rounds of 67 and 68 to finish nine-under-par, two shots clear of Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg, to lead the qualifying event for the U.S. Open which takes place outside Pittsburgh starting on June 16. Irishman Padraig Harrington, an
  
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• Rio cancels Olympic velodrome builder's contract

  30-05-2016 23:26
  Rio de Janeiro's city government said on Monday it had cancelled its contract with the company constructing the Olympic velodrome about two months before the start of the Summer Games in Brazil, after the firm filed for bankruptcy protection. Rio-based Tecnosolo "did not have the conditions to continue being technically responsible for the construction of the velodrome," the municipal government said in a statement. The city said the change would not impact the value or delivery of the project,
  
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• Chelsea forward Pedro delighted after being handed Spain captaincy

  30-05-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea forward Pedro is aiming to add more goals to his international tally after scoring his 17th for Spain in the the 3-1 friendly victory against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday.
  
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• Football League ups and downs: Every promotion and relegation this season

  30-05-2016 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EXPRESS SPORT brings you the full roundup of every promotion and relegation from this season.
  
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• Where exactly are the remaining places up for grabs in Ireland's Euro 2016 squad?

  30-05-2016 23:07
  
  There are still a couple of questions to be answered tomorrow night.
  
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• Paul Pogba reveals latest wacky trim as France midfielder inscribes 'POGBOOM' into his hair ahead of Euro 2016

  30-05-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba is a man renowned for his wacky haircuts, and the France midfielder has added to the collection with his latest effort, inscribing the word 'POGBOOM' into his hairline. 
  
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• Blind out of Dutch squad for Poland, Austria friendlies

  30-05-2016 23:05
  Netherlands defender Danny Blind has failed to recover from a calf problem and has withdrawn from the squad for this week's friendlies with Euro 2016 finalists Poland and Austria. The Manchester United defender, who suffered the injury in their FA Cup final triumph earlier this month, sat out the Netherlands 1-1 draw with Ireland in Dublin on Friday. Blind had hoped to play for the Dutch, who failed to qualify for the Euros, against Poland in Gdansk on Wednesday and Austria in Vienna on Saturday
  
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• Neal Ardley admits AFC Wimbledon's anniversary play-off win feels 'surreal' after sixth promotion takes them to League One

  30-05-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lyle Taylor and Adebayo Akinfenwa fired the Dons to a 2-0 victory over Plymouth as Wembley hosted the mother of all birthday parties to send AFC Wimbledon into League One.
  
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• Rio giving away 500,000 Paralympics tickets to boost support

  30-05-2016 23:02
  Organisers of the 2016 Paralympic Games are giving away half a million tickets 100 days before the start of competition in a bid to boost support for September's events, officials said on Monday. Sales have lagged and Rio de Janeiro said it was buying 500,000 tickets to give to city employees, students and the handicapped. Before the announcement, only 720,000 out of the total 3.3 million tickets had been sold, Donovan Ferreti, director of ticketing, told reporters.
  
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• Transfer shocker: Man Utd legend leaks midfielder deal ahead of official announcement

  30-05-2016 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MANCHESTER UNITED legend Pat Crerand has leaked Michael Carrick's new deal.
  
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• North Carolina tops Maryland, wins men's NCAA lacrosse title

  30-05-2016 22:51
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a 3-3 start to begin the season, North Carolina had a team meeting at a hotel in Massachusetts following a loss to UMass.
  
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• Alastair Cook admits he needs new driving force after reaching 10,000 run milestone in England's Test series win against Sri Lanka

  30-05-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT CHESTER-LE-STREET: Cook immediately pledged to reassess his goals as the England captain seeks to climb up a list that contains only 11 Test batsmen ahead of him.
  
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• Sweden miss rested Ibrahimovic in 0-0 draw with Slovenia

  30-05-2016 22:48
  By Philip O'Connor (Reuters) - Sweden missed the influence of captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was resting a sore calf muscle, as they struggled to create chances in a dull 0-0 draw with Slovenia in their penultimate Euro 2016 warm-up in Malmo on Monday. With their record scorer on the bench and many other players yet to join the squad, Sweden coach Erik Hamren fielded an experimental lineup bearing little resemblance to the one that will kick off their campaign against Ireland on June 13. Hamren
  
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• Hundreds compete in race in Sweden's swimrun season – video

  30-05-2016 22:47
  
  More than 240 pairs of competitors dive into the water and run through a forest – all while linked with a tether. Competitors have to run in their wetsuits, which makes the race tougher. Sunday’s race opened this year’s swimrun season in Sweden. The Uto race is a qualifier for the swimrun world championship Continue reading...
  
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• Bogaerts hit streak at 23 as Red Sox beat Orioles 7-2

  30-05-2016 22:46
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Xander Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to 23 games and drove in two runs, Jackie Bradley put Boston ahead for good with a sixth-inning homer and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 Monday in a matchup of the top two teams in the AL East.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: Lyle Taylor and Adebayo Akinfenwa score to send Neal Ardley's Dons into League One

  30-05-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT WEMBLEY: Assemble the cast, construct the set and get those cameras rolling. John Green's mooted film charting AFC Wimbledon's stunning ascent now has its Hollywood ending.
  
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• Adebayo Akinfenwa tells managers to 'hit me up on Whatsapp' after scoring penalty in AFC Wimbledon's play-off final victory

  30-05-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adebayo Akinfenwa is out of contract with AFC Wimbledon at the end of the season, and is looking for a 13th professional club to continue his tour of England's lower leagues.
  
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• Chelsea forward Pedro delighted after being handed Spain captaincy and is aiming to score 'much more' as he prepares for Euros 

  30-05-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea forward Pedro is aiming to add more goals to his international tally after scoring his 17th for Spain in the the 3-1 friendly victory against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday.
  
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• David Haye open to clash with cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew... 'I'm knocking out people who are talking too much'

  30-05-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bellew won the WBC cruiserweight title on Sunday, knocking out Ilunga Makabu. After the fight, the 33-year-old Liverpudlian called Haye to drop back down and take him on.
  
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• Michael Carrick signs new one-year contract with Manchester United, reveals Paddy Crerand... but club are yet to announce deal

  30-05-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The midfielder is out of contract at Old Trafford and is waiting to find out if he will be offered a new deal. Crerand seemed to inadvertently let slip that an agreement has been reached on Tuesday.
  
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• Sweden 0-0 Slovenia: Zlatan Ibrahimovic watches on from the bench as European rivals play out stalemate in Malmo

  30-05-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic watched on from the bench as his Sweden team-mates played out a goalless draw with Slovenia on Monday evening. The striker has been struggling with injury.
  
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• Calum Chambers focused on England U21s celebrations and not Arsenal frustration as talented defender weighs up club future

  30-05-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Calum Chambers is savouring England Under-21s' Toulon Tournament triumph rather than thinking about his Arsenal future, although the defender is keen to play more regularly.
  
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• White House back to normal after security lockdown

  30-05-2016 22:06
  A brief, partial lockdown at the White House was lifted on Monday after a metal object tossed over the fence was tested and determined not to be dangerous, the U.S. Secret Service said. President Barack Obama was at the White House during the incident. An individual threw the object over the north fence of the complex, Secret Service spokesman Shawn Holtzclaw said in an emailed statement.
  
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• Velodrome: Most delayed Rio Olympic venue hits another snag

  30-05-2016 22:03
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Rio de Janeiro Olympic venue facing the most serious construction delay has hit another snag, with City Hall saying it is changing contractors for the track cycling velodrome.
  
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• Ohio zoo defends shooting of gorilla after boy fell in enclosure

  30-05-2016 22:00
  By Ginny McCabe CINCINNATI (Reuters) - The director of the Cincinnati Zoo on Monday stood by the decision to shoot dead a gorilla as he dragged a 4-year-old boy around by the ankle, saying the ape was not simply endangering the child who fell into his enclosure but actually hurting him. "Looking back, we would make the same decision" to shoot the gorilla, Thayne Maynard, director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, told a news conference. The gorilla was clearly disoriented," Maynard
  
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• AFC Wimbledon promoted to English third tier

  30-05-2016 21:59
  AFC Wimbledon, formed in 2002 by disgruntled fans of the old Wimbledon FC, were promoted to the third tier of English football by beating Plymouth Argyle 2-0 in the League Two playoff final on Monday. It was the club's sixth promotion since they were founded as an alternative to the original Wimbledon FC when the 1988 FA Cup winners announced plans to relocate 60 miles north to the city of Milton Keynes. After two years of negotiations and controversy, the original team were renamed MK Dons in 2
  
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• AP Source: Baylor will hire former Wake coach Grobe

  30-05-2016 21:58
  
  A person involved in the decision tells The Associated Press that Baylor will hire former Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe to lead its football program this season.
  
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• Harvey rediscovers form, leads Mets over White Sox 1-0

  30-05-2016 21:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Harvey rediscovered his form with seven dominant innings of two-hit ball, Neil Walker homered off Jose Quintana, and the New York Mets beat Chicago 1-0 Monday to send the reeling White Sox to their seventh straight loss.
  
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• Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido overpowered kidnappers

  30-05-2016 21:55
  
  CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — About 24 hours after he was kidnapped, Mexican soccer star Alan Pulido found himself alone with one of his captors and saw his chance. He wrestled away the man's pistol and his cellphone and dialed Mexico's emergency number.
  
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• Robbie Keane sweating on Euro 2016 spot after being ruled out of Ireland's final warm-up game with calf injury

  30-05-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 35-year-old Ireland skipper could only watch his team-mates from the sidelines as they trained at Turner's Cross in Cork on Monday evening ahead of Tuesday's friendly clash there with Belarus.
  
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• Alan Stubbs to hold talks with Rotherham United over manager's job after Hibernian 'reluctantly' grant permission

  30-05-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stubbs has been given permission to speak to Rotherham United over their manager's job. The 44-year-old led Hibernian to Scottish FA Cup final victory over Rangers earlier this month.
  
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• White House back to normal after partial lockdown - Secret Service

  30-05-2016 21:33
  The White House has returned to "normal operations" after a partial lockdown triggered when an individual threw a metal object over the fence, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said on Monday. "An individual threw a metal object over the north fence line at the White House. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers immediately apprehended the individual without incident.
  
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• Leicester unveil new red away strip as Premier League champions look to defend their title in 'fearless' fashion

  30-05-2016 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Red Leicester isn't just a type of cheese, it's what teams across Europe will see when they host the Premier League champions next season after the Foxes unveiled their new away strip.
  
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• Senderos misses out as Swiss name final Euro squad

  30-05-2016 21:25
  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland axed former Arsenal, Valencia and Everton defender Philippe Senderos as they named their final 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Monday. Coach Vladimir Petkovic effectively opted for 19-year-old Nico Elvedi, who plays for Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach, among the central defenders instead of the 31-year-old Senderos. ...
  
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• Belgium drop injured Lombaerts from Euro 2016 squad

  30-05-2016 21:21
  Belgium's injured defender Nicolas Lombaerts has been released from their Euro 2016 squad with Christian Kabasele called up by coach Marc Wilmots to bolster a weakened defence. Zenit St Petersburg's Lombaerts has been struggling with a torn thigh muscle but would likely have played, especially given the absence of injured Belgium captain Vincent Kompany. Christian Kabasele joins up with the squad this evening," Wilmots said in a tweet.
  
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• Jose Mourinho given tour of Manchester United training base by Ed Woodward and Sir Bobby Charlton as new manager outlines plans to restore club as Premier League title contenders

  30-05-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho was hard at work with Manchester United on Monday - just 72 hours after being unveiled as their new manager. The Portuguese spent his Bank Holiday Monday at Carrington.
  
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• Edinson Cavani leads the charge in training as Uruguay squad step up preparations for Copa America Centenario

  30-05-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the Copa America Centenario draws ever closer, Oscar Tabarez's Uruguay squad have stepped up their preparations ahead of the eagerly-anticipated tournament.
  
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• Xavi is everywhere! Barcelona legend plays entire cast of characters in new ad... but coaching role could come to life in future

  30-05-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Xavi stars in a new light-hearted commercial for Qatar National Bank (QNB) in which he plays every character at a football match, including all the players on the pitch, even the goalkeeper.
  
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• Augie Garrido, star college baseball coach, out at Texas

  30-05-2016 20:21
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in college baseball history, is out after 20 seasons at Texas.
  
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