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• Rossi goes from California to Europe to Indy for big win

  31-05-2016 23:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Rossi stood atop the Empire State Building, the Manhattan skyline stretching out behind him, and smiled for the camera.
  
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• England squad depart from Heathrow ahead of daunting three-Test tour against World Cup finalists Australia on home soil 

  31-05-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a gruelling season, Eddie Jones and his England squad are heading Down Under for a three-Test series against Michael Cheika's Wallabies.
  
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• From Real Madrid to Inverness Caledonian Thistle, these are Wales boss Chris Coleman's chosen few for Euro 2016

  31-05-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Bale returns to the Wales fold on Wednesday for the first time in eight months with manager Chris Coleman admitting complacency crept into his squad while the forward has been away.
  
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• Dylan Hartley fires warning to England team-mates ahead of Australia tour 

  31-05-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: Dylan Hartley took off from Heathrow Airport on Tuesday night with a warning for his England team-mates: step up your game against Australia or expect a rude awakening.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Wednesday, June 1 

  31-05-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Wednesday's meetings at Nottingham, Chelmsford City, Cartmel, Ripon and Fontwell.
  
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• Everyone in the England squad was delighted to see Alastair Cook reach 10,000 runs... but he still isn’t satisfied! 

  31-05-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONNY BAIRSTOW - EXCLUSIVE: England skipper Alastair Cook became the youngest player to score 10,000 Test runs. Here, Jonny Bairstow reflects on his captain making history
  
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• Football League puts B-teams back on the agenda and will turn to top-flight clubs to help finance revolutionary proposal

  31-05-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE, SPORTS AGENDA: The Football League are looking for wealthy top-flight clubs to fund their new revolutionary proposals for four divisions of 20 clubs.
  
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• Obama congratulates Villanova for winning NCAA title

  31-05-2016 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama congratulated the men's basketball team at Villanova University Tuesday for winning what he described as "maybe the best title game of all time" in this year's NCAA tournament.
  
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• Embarrasing Alaba own goal takes gloss off Austria win

  31-05-2016 23:23
  KLAGENFURT, Austria (Reuters) - Austria captain David Alaba scored an embarrassing late own goal to take the gloss off a 2-1 win over Malta in their Euro 2016 warm-up match on Tuesday. Alaba passed back to Ramazan Ozcan from the edge of the area without looking, leaving the goalkeeper out of position and desperately scrambling as the ball rolled into the net. Austria, who face Hungary, Portugal and Iceland in Group F at next month's finals in France, coasted to victory after scoring twice in the
  
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• Argentina won't be withdrawn from Copa over row - FA boss

  31-05-2016 23:22
  Argentina's FA (AFA) has dispelled fears it might withdraw the national team from this month's Copa America Centenario in the United States after the organisation came under judicial scrutiny over television revenue. Judge Maria Servini de Cubria ordered on Monday that a lawyer and an accountant be installed at the AFA for three months to look at alleged irregularities in its management of match broadcasting funds. The order, which included suspending a proposed AFA presidential election on June
  
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• Ireland lose 2-1 to Belarus in final pre-Euro friendly

  31-05-2016 23:16
  (Reuters) - A second-string Ireland side slumped to a 2-1 defeat by Belarus in their final pre-Euro 2016 friendly in Cork on Tuesday as manager Martin O'Neill ran his eye over last-minute contenders for a place in his squad. The Irish, who made 11 changes from the 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in their last warm-up, went behind to a stunning Mikhail Hardzeichuk strike and Maksim Valadzko fired in a second after the break before Stephen Ward pulled a goal back. David Meyler lost the ball in midfi
  
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• England squad selected on 'reputation rather than fitness and form' says former captain Alan Shearer as he criticises Danny Drinkwater snub ahead of Euro 2016

  31-05-2016 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former England captain Alan Shearer has criticised Roy Hodgson's final squad selection for Euro 2016 and suggested that the omission of Danny Drinkwater could come back to haunt him.
  
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• Brazil great Pele selling awards and memorabilia at auction

  31-05-2016 23:09
  LONDON (AP) — Pele is in London to promote an auction of his collection of awards and memorabilia.
  
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• AFL-CIO labor group joins Brady's 'Deflategate' appeal

  31-05-2016 23:08
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The AFL-CIO has joined Tom Brady's fight to overturn his "Deflategate" appeal.
  
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• Ole Miss' Freeze 'owning mistakes,' denies paying players

  31-05-2016 23:02
  DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze is "owning the mistakes" made during his tenure, which include NCAA violations, but says neither he nor his assistants knowingly did anything wrong.
  
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• Middlesbrough target Sevilla striker and World Cup winner Fernando Llorente

  31-05-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanish paper AS claim that the newly promoted club have made contact with Sevilla over the striker who won the World Cup in 2010 and the 2012 European Championships with Spain
  
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• Mourinho plays down new rivalry with Guardiola

  31-05-2016 22:55
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will not stoke his rivalry with fellow new recruit Pep Guardiola at Manchester City next season because it could damage his team's Premier League title hopes, he said on Tuesday. Mourinho and Guardiola had a fractious relationship when the Portuguese was in charge of Real Madrid and the Spaniard was at the helm at Barcelona during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. What I mean by that is that I was with Pep for two years in a championship where the champion
  
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• Cavs' challenge in rematch: How to slow, not stop, Curry

  31-05-2016 22:54
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James has already felt the stinging spray from the Splash Brothers in the NBA Finals.
  
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• Montolivo misses out for Italy again, De Rossi in

  31-05-2016 22:49
  ROME (Reuters) - Midfielder Riccardo Montolivo missed out on his second straight major tournament due to injury on Tuesday while Daniele De Rossi was included in Italy's 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France. The party was announced during a two-hour extravaganza on state broadcaster RAI entitled 'Blue Dream' where the players and coach Antonio Conte were brought up on stage and interviewed one by one. AC Milan captain Montolivo, denied a place at the World Cup in Brazil
  
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• Cacic blends Croatian youth with experience for Euro 2016

  31-05-2016 22:31
  ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia coach Ante Cacic has included a handful of promising youngsters to complement the stalwarts in his 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France. Defender Tin Jedvaj, midfielders Ante Coric and Marko Rog and forward Marko Pjaca claimed their berths at the expense of Duje Caleta-Car, Alen Halilovic and Domagoj Antolic. "Every player involved in the build-up deserved to be in the squad and I had to decide which players we needed the most," Cacic told a ne
  
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• Genk defender Kabasele wins place for Belgium

  31-05-2016 22:30
  BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - Belgium picked uncapped defender Christian Kabasele ahead of the injured Dedryck Boyata on Tuesday as they named their 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France. They have a wealth of attacking talent, including Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne, but are struggling at the back without Boyata, captain Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Lombaerts and Bjorn Engels. Kabasele, 25, has been a regular at Racing Genk for the past two seasons. ...
  
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• Minnesota opens wrestling investigation after drug claims

  31-05-2016 22:29
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota has opened its own probe of the wrestling program as campus police investigate a team member's disputed allegation that the head coach covered up his wrestlers' sale and use of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax.
  
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• Kidnappers demanded $325,000 for Mexican soccer player

  31-05-2016 22:24
  
  CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — The men who kidnapped Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido demanded $325,000 (6 million pesos) from his family for his safe return.
  
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• A book about Connacht Rugby's underdog story and title win will be hitting bookshops soon

  31-05-2016 22:22
  John Fallon has been working on it for some time.
  
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• Tom Lysiak, 3-time NHL All-Star, dies of leukemia at age 63

  31-05-2016 22:21
  
  Former NHL All-Star Tom Lysiak has died of leukemia at the age of 63.
  
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• Leeds sack manager Evans after seven months in job

  31-05-2016 21:16
  Leeds United have parted company with manager Steve Evans after he spent just seven months in the Elland Road hot seat, with the Championship club looking for a "different approach". "Steve completed the job he was brought in to carry out, to keep the team in the Championship, and his hard work here has been greatly appreciated," chairman Massimo Cellino said in a statement on Tuesday. "We have however decided that a different approach is required in order to achieve our targets for the new seas
  
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• In-form Alibec named by Romania but Maxim misses out

  31-05-2016 21:14
  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - In-form striker Denis Alibec has been included in Romania's 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France, the national football federation said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old, who scored 16 times for domestic champions Astra this season, netted his first goal for Romania during their 4-3 defeat by Ukraine in a warm-up friendly on Sunday. The former Inter Milan forward was selected ahead of Pandurii Targu-Jiu's Ioan Hora who was the league's top scorer with 19
  
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• Position-by-position matchups for the NBA Finals

  31-05-2016 20:56
  A position-by-position look at the matchups in the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers:
  
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• Capsule preview of the NBA Finals: Warriors vs Cavaliers

  31-05-2016 20:55
  
  A look at the NBA Finals matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers (with regular-season and playoff records):
  
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• Leeds sack another manager as Steve Evans' reign ends

  31-05-2016 20:43
  
  Massimo Cellino is on the lookout for a coach again.
  
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• Manchester United target Saul Niguez and Isco miss out on Spain Euro 2016 squad as Sergio Ramos makes final cut    

  31-05-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old Atletico Madrid midfielder, who appeared in the Champions League final against Real on Saturday, has been left out of the 23-man squad along with Isco.
  
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• France acts to buy off social unrest before Euro kickoff

  31-05-2016 20:26
  By Brian Love and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - France's government sought to buy off social unrest and calm protests against labour law reform before a European football tournament kicks off, announcing a pay rise for school teachers and intervening in reorganisation talks at the SNCF railways. The Socialist government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged the hardline CGT union, which is leading a rail strike from Tuesday evening, to propose ways out of the confrontation over a labour refor
  
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• French Open organisers under fire as backlog grows

  31-05-2016 20:22
  By Pritha Sarkar PARIS (Reuters) - Fans spent more time looking at the murky Parisian sky than watching tennis on Tuesday as French Open organisers were accused of "not caring about the players" after the event was disrupted by more rain following the previous day's washout. Czech seventh seed Thomas Berdych summed up everyone's frustration on a day when nine hours of play was lost by tweeting: "Hey @AustralianOpen can you send us one roof here to Paris?! You have 3 down there." The inability to
  
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• Messi's lawyer says player and father 'calm' about trial

  31-05-2016 20:20
  MADRID (AP) — Lionel Messi's lawyer said the Argentina star and his father were both feeling calm and ready to counter the charges against them as their tax fraud trial opened on Tuesday in a Barcelona court.
  
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• New Povetkin doping test negative, promoter says

  31-05-2016 20:12
  By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - A repeat drug test of Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, who is the official challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) title, has returned a negative finding, the boxer's promoter said on Tuesday. "We received Povetkin's new official tests. On May 13, a doping test that Povetkin had given in April showed traces of meldonium.
  
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• Rosicky included in Czech Euro squad

  31-05-2016 20:09
  PRAGUE (Reuters) - Midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who has had an injury-plagued season, was included when Czech Republic announced their 23-man squad on Tuesday for next month's European Championship in France. Rosicky is joined in the group by Arsenal team mate, goalkeeper Petr Cech. Midfielder Lukas Marecek and forward Patrik Schick were the players cut from the provisional squad. The Czechs face holders Spain, Croatia and Turkey in Group D. ...
  
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• Jose Mourinho insists fights with Pep Guardiola will not stop Man Utd winning title

  31-05-2016 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho believes that paying too much attention to Pep Guardiola, the man that once called him 'the f***ing boss', could allow an outsider to win the Premier League title next season.
  
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• Rick MacLeish, Flyers star of 1970s title teams, dies at 66

  31-05-2016 20:07
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rick MacLeish, who starred for the Broad Street Bullies teams of the Philadelphia Flyers that won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975, has died. He was 66.
  
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• U.S. warns of possible Europe attacks, no specific threat

  31-05-2016 20:04
  The United States warned its citizens on Tuesday of possible summer terrorist attacks in Europe, saying targets could include the European soccer championship in France, although a U.S. official said there was no specific threat information. Concern about security in Europe has increased since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead as well as the March 22 attacks in which two suicide bombers struck Brussels airport and a third the city's metro, killing 32. "We are alerting U.S. c
  
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• Alan Stubbs leaves Hibernian to become new Rotherham boss on three-year deal

  31-05-2016 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stubbs asked for permission to speak with the Millers after an initial approach from the Championship outfit had been turned down and the Easter Road club 'reluctantly' agreed.
  
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• Aaron Ramsey sports bold new haircut as Wales star goes blond ahead of Euro 2016

  31-05-2016 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aaron Ramsey will be hoping to be a standout player for Wales at Euro 2016 but his new choice of hair colour may just overshadow his performances.
  
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• Jason Gillespie commits future to Yorkshire as he dismisses link with native Australia: 'We can end all the speculation right now'

  31-05-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire's dual county championship-winning coach Jason Gillespie has confirmed he will be staying at Headingley rather than applying for a management role with his native Australia.
  
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• Blues sign Hitchcock to 1-year deal, will be his last

  31-05-2016 19:34
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues have signed coach Ken Hitchcock to another one-year deal. The 64-year-old Hitchcock says it will be his final season.
  
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• Spain name uncapped Vazquez in Euro squad

  31-05-2016 19:31
  VIENNA, May 31 (Reuters) - Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has included uncapped Real Madrid forward Lucas Vazquez in his 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France. Vazquez made 33 appearances for Real in all competitions this season and scored in the penalty shootout to help his team win Saturday's Champions League final against Atletico Madrid. "I wanted to balance the squad and I think I've chosen the best," Del Bosque told a news conference in Salzburg on Tuesday. Spain wo
  
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• Selt says ban for tweets is 'draconian'

  31-05-2016 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World number 25 Matthew Selt describes his two-tournament ban by snooker's governing body as a "draconian measure".
  
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• Sport picture of the day: Novak Djokovic shelters from the rain

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  Novak Djokovic walks back on to court following a delay during his match against Roberto Bautista Agut during another rainy day for the French Open at Roland Garros Continue reading...
  
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• Robert Lewandowski warns Euro 2016 rivals about Poland's prowess from set-pieces

  31-05-2016 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poland striker Robert Lewandowski has warned his side's Euro 2016 rivals to beware the danger they pose at set-pieces. Adam Nawalka's side take on Holland on Wednesday in a warm-up friendly.
  
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• Trevor Bayliss backs Nick Compton and Steven Finn ahead of third Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's after pair struggled at Chester-le-Street

  31-05-2016 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH: Trevor Bayliss has described Nick Compton’s lack of runs as ‘a bit of a worry’ – but has backed both him and Steven Finn ahead of next week’s third Test against Sri Lanka.
  
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• Ledley in Wales squad despite broken leg

  31-05-2016 19:14
  (Reuters) - Midfielder Joe Ledley was named in the Wales squad for next month's European Championship on Tuesday, less than a month after breaking his leg. "Everything's a calculated risk but he's worth the risk," said manager Chris Coleman of the Crystal Palace player. "He's included because of what he brings to the squad. He deserves the chance." The 29-year-old was a doubt for the tournament in France after he suffered a fracture of the fibula in Palace's 2-1 Premier League win over Stoke Cit
  
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• The Latest: Play done for day at French Open thanks to rain

  31-05-2016 19:05
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open (all times local):
  
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