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• Andy Murray can serve up a way to topple Grand master Novak Djokovic

  06-06-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whether you were an exhausted Andy Murray travelling back from Paris or Roger Federer preparing for a comeback, the question was the same: how do you solve a problem like Djokovic?
  
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• WADA suspends Madrid anti-doping laboratory

  06-06-2016 23:50
  MONTREAL (Reuters) - Madrid's Anti-Doping Laboratory was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday after failing to comply with international standards. WADA said in a statement that the decision was a direct result of the WADA Foundation Board’s March 19 decision to declare the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD) non-compliant. The suspension, which takes effect immediately, prohibits the laboratory from carrying out any WADA-related anti-doping activities including all a
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, June 7

  06-06-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Salisbury, Southwell, Lingfield and Fontwell.
  
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• Roy Hodgson is a football man of course, but England should be thankful their manager is so much more than that

  06-06-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I'm a football man, Roy Hodgson likes to remind people when he feels they are straying into the deeper waters of conversation. He has read a fair few books, too, as people like to point out.
  
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• FA chief David Gill seeks to scrap FIFA bonus system after Sepp Blatter and his aides claimed nearly £60m in payments

  06-06-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: English football powerbroker David Gill wants all FIFA bonuses to be scrapped, with executives paid the going rate without extra payments that have led to serial corruption.
  
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• ALAN PARDEW: England face big choices on starting XI - but Harry Kane should start at centre forward

  06-06-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALAN PARDEW - EURO 2016 NOTES: England are still looking for their best team and system but one position is clear to me: the need for Harry Kane to play as the No 9 through the middle.
  
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• Italy 2-0 Finland: Antonio Candreva and Daniele De Rossi on target

  06-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Candreva fired the home side in front from the penalty spot in the 27th minute, having been brought down himself inside the box, and after the break De Rossi added a second.
  
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• Oliver Norwood: Northern Ireland laud IFA’s family touches to help squad settle

  06-06-2016 23:30
  
  From family photos to reminders of past glories, the players appreciate the homely gestures as they prepare for their Euro 2016 opener against PolandDefining moments from Northern Ireland’s progress to their first European Championship line the walls of their training base at Parc de Montchervet. Alongside, images of George Best, Gerry Armstrong, the Antrim coast and the Giant’s Causeway remind Michael O’Neill’s players of what they can accomplish and represent in France.
  
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• French Open 2016: The only comfort for Andy Murray is he heads the trailing pack

  06-06-2016 23:30
  
  Scot could do a lot worse than call John McEnroe if the world No2 is to stop Novak Djokovic from dominating at Wimbledon and taking a step closer to a calendar slamAndy Murray might be the only player left standing between Novak Djokovic and the next stage of his seemingly unstoppable ascent to new levels of greatness. If the new French Open champion, now the owner of 12 majors, holds his fitness, commitment and aura, there is no reason he cannot reach an untouchable zenith in the game, perhaps
  
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• Roy Hodgson tells his England squad to be focused and fearless

  06-06-2016 23:29
  
  • Squad have arrived at their team hotel in Chantilly, north of Paris
  • Manager asks players not to be distracted by club or external issuesRoy Hodgson intends to reinforce his message to England’s players that they need to put aside club issues and “stay focused with us” as the national squad arrived at their team hotel in Chantilly for Euro 2016.Hodgson’s message to his players after checking in to the £500-a-night Auberge du Jeu de Paume was that they s
  
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• Jo Pavey admits she is running out of time to reach record fifth Olympics

  06-06-2016 23:29
  
  • Veteran distance runner still short of qualifying time for 5,000m in Rio
  • 42-year-old would be first British track athlete to compete at five GamesJo Pavey has admitted that time is running out on her dream of becoming the first British track athlete to compete in five Olympic Games, and fears that a prolonged chest infection could wreck her ambitions to retain her European 10,000m title in Amsterdam next month.Pavey, 42, was still feeling the effects of three weeks of illness as sh
  
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• Euro 2016 'ultra-nationalist' attacks thwarted, Ukraine says

  06-06-2016 23:29
  
  Security service says man detained on Ukrainian-Polish border in May had been planning string of attacks in FranceA French man arrested with an arsenal of weapons and explosives has been accused by Ukrainian police of plotting a string of terror attacks before and during Euro 2016.French police are insisting, however, they have no evidence the 25-year-old, said to hold far-right ultra-nationalist views, was planning terrorism and suggested he may have been smuggling arms. Continue reading...
  
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• Joseph O'Brien enjoys flying start as rookie trainer bags four-timer from seven runners

  06-06-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joseph O’Brien began his new job with gale force as he produced a sensational four winners on his first day as a trainer. The 23-year-old sent out seven runners on the day,
  
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• Nottinghamshire’s Michael Lumb and Riki Wessels set record 342 stand

  06-06-2016 23:11
  
  • Nottinghamshire 445-8; Northamptonshire 425
  • Nottinghamshire win by 20 runsOn a bad day for bowlers at Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire’s opening batsmen, Michael Lumb and Riki Wessels, set a record stand for a List A game in England during their side’s 20-run win over Northamptonshire in the Royal London One-Day Cup. Related: County cricket talking points: Yorkshire catch Lancashire and Surrey struggleContinue reading...
  
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• Pep Guardiola to be backed to transform the Manchester City squad this summer, says chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

  06-06-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola will be given the funds to transform Manchester City this summer, according to chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak. Guardiola may also oversee a substantial exodus from the Etihad.
  
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• Marouane Fellaini follows Aaron Ramsey and goes for a blond afro for Euro 2016

  06-06-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Manchester United man has become the closest thing football has had to Carlos Valderamma since the iconic Colombian retired in 2002 after reaching for the peroxide this week.
  
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• Chris Robshaw set to lose England place to Maro Itoje for first Test

  06-06-2016 23:00
  
  • Former captain missed Wales game to attend brother’s wedding
  • Joe Launchbury would partner George Kruis in England second-rowEngland are considering changing their back row by switching Maro Itoje to blindside flanker for the all‑important first Test against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday. The plan to start their new recruit, Ben Te’o, at inside centre, however, has struck a potential hitch after the former rugby league player was unable to train because of &ldq
  
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• Dad of ex-Stanford swimmer says son has paid price for rape

  06-06-2016 22:48
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — The father of a former Stanford University swimmer who received six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman ignited more outrage over the case by saying his son already has paid a steep price for "20 minutes of action."
  
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• Nottinghamshire pair set record English one-day stand

  06-06-2016 22:45
  (Reuters) - Nottinghamshire's Riki Wessels and Michael Lumb hit the highest partnership total in English one-day cricket at Trent Bridge on Monday. The county's openers struck 342 in 39.2 overs against Northamptonshire in a Royal London One-Day Cup game. Wessels eventually departed for a career-best 146, from 97 balls, while Lumb went on to make 184, also his best, as Nottinghamshire posted 445 for 8, the second highest score for List A matches in the world.
  
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• An extra rest day in NBA Finals seems timely for Cavaliers

  06-06-2016 22:38
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Under the long-used former NBA Finals format, Game 3 of this Golden State-Cleveland matchup would have been played Tuesday night.
  
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• NCAA Tournament experiencing a home run binge in regionals

  06-06-2016 22:33
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Baseball teams in the NCAA Tournament already have hit more home runs in regional play than in the entire 2015 tournament.
  
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• Peseiro returns for second spell as Braga manager

  06-06-2016 22:25
  (Reuters) - Jose Peseiro has been appointed manager of Portuguese side Braga in succession to Paulo Fonseca. The 56-year-old joins for his second spell in charge having been sacked by Porto last week after they finished third and lost to Braga in the cup final. Braga finished a distant fourth last season under Fonseca who has taken over at Shakhtar Donetsk.
  
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• No one, it seems, will hold British Horseracing Authority to account

  06-06-2016 22:09
  
  Horse racing’s regulator has strayed too far off course in shambles over perceived bias in disciplinary cases and in the debacle over Jim BestIt would have been hard to believe three months ago but the British Horseracing Authority itself now appears to be a problem for the sport of horse racing. Early in the year it seemed to be a regulator of at least average competence, a bit dozy perhaps but showing signs of waking up under a dynamic chief executive who was not long in the door.In ligh
  
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• Kurt Busch conserves fuel for a win at Pocono Raceway

  06-06-2016 22:03
  
  LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kurt Busch stretched his fuel to the checkered flag and won the Sprint Cup race Monday at Pocono Raceway.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan to join dignitaries, celebrities at Ali memorials

  06-06-2016 21:56
  By Kia Johnson LOUISVILLE (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will join former U.S. President Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal among the politicians, religious leaders and entertainers speaking at two public memorial services for boxing legend Muhammad Ali this week, a family spokesman said on Monday. More than 30,000 tickets will be distributed to the public for the two memorials scheduled for Thursday and Friday in sports arenas in Ali's home town of Louisville, Kentucky, Ali f
  
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• Andy Murray names fantasy Arsenal five-a-side team, picks Thierry Henry and Tony Adams

  06-06-2016 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Grand Slam champion's selection includes three Frenchman, a Dutchman and an Englishman but David Seaman, Jens Lehmann and Petr Cech were all snubbed.
  
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• Barcelona star Neymar has been staying at a £7,000-a-night Beverly Hills mansion with gym and cinema while living the high-life in Los Angeles courtesy of Airbnb

  06-06-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the £7,000-per-night mansion Neymar has been staying in during his time in Los Angeles. And the property modelled on a n 18th-century French Chateau is listed on Airbnb.
  
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• BHA’s Jamie Stier rejected jockeys’ association fear over alleged bias

  06-06-2016 21:47
  
  • Stier can be named as official at racing’s ruling body who dismissed concerns
  • Guardian sees Stier’s letter to PJA over perceived bias in disciplinary processJamie Stier can be named as the official at racing’s ruling body who, more than a year ago, rejected concerns about perceptions of bias in the disciplinary panel which have recently caused such mortification to his employer. His decision to wave away objections made by the Professional Jockeys Association has
  
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• Martin O’Neill apologises for ‘inappropriate’ comment at Euro sendoff

  06-06-2016 21:33
  
  • Republic of Ireland manager’s attempt at humour backfires
  • O’Neill also criticised in March for ‘ugly’ wives remarkMartin O’Neill has apologised for making an “inappropriate” comment as the Republic of Ireland squad were given a big Euro 2016 sendoff in Cork.O’Neill, his staff and players attended an event at the city’s Opera House last Wednesday which was not open to the media, although excerpts were later broadcast by the organ
  
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• Jamie Vardy could be the missing link for Arsenal, says Gunners legend Martin Keown

  06-06-2016 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 29-year-old has been urged to join Arsenal by former Gunners defender Martin Keown. The FWA Player of the Year wants to take his time over the proposed £20m move.
  
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• NBA MVP Curry to skip Rio Games to rest knee

  06-06-2016 21:27
  (Reuters) - Stephen Curry has withdrawn from consideration for the U.S. basketball team for the Olympic Games in Rio to allow a knee injury time to heal, the league MVP announced on Monday. The Golden State Warriors guard missed four games in their post-season run after spraining his right knee but returned to action on May 9 to help the Warriors take a 2-0 lead over Cleveland Cavaliers in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. "I recently informed (USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo) of th
  
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• Nottingham Forest’s John Robertson to have hall of fame honour

  06-06-2016 21:19
  
  • National Football Museum pays tribute to double European Cup winner• Brian Clough’s ‘Picasso of our game’ to be inducted in NovemberJohn Robertson, the double European Cup winner described by Brian Clough as “the Picasso of our game”, is to be honoured with a place in the hall of fame at the National Football Museum. Related: Geoff Hurst’s England hat-trick shirt to fetch estimated £300,000 to £500,000Continue reading...
  
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• Love travels with Cavs, status for rest of finals unclear

  06-06-2016 21:14
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love was cleared to fly. His playing status remains up in the air.
  
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• Soviet defector Korchnoi, challenger for world chess title, dies at 85

  06-06-2016 21:10
  (Reuters) - Chess grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, who defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 and then came within one game of beating arch-rival Anatoly Karpov for the world championship, has died at the age of 85, the Russian Chess Federation said on Monday. Korchnoi, virtually written off by commentators after his opponent surged into a 5-2 lead, fought back to level the scores before a rattled and exhausted Karpov rallied to defeat him in the final game. Three years later, Karpov won a rematch c
  
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• Basil D'Oliveira's grandson Brett is making his own history at Worcestershire

  06-06-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH: The 24-year-old, leg-spinning all-rounder has slowly absorbed his grandfather's significance in the sport. But his first recollection tells of a family unaltered by fame.
  
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• Brendon McCullum stands by 'everything' he gave in evidence against ex-New Zealand team-mate Chris Cairns in match-fixing trial

  06-06-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brendon McCullum has insisted he stands by the evidence he gave against former New Zealand team-mate Chris Cairns at last year's corruption trial.
  
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• The lost art of defending: how style has replaced solidity in England’s DNA | Amy Lawrence

  06-06-2016 21:00
  
  Roy Hodgson has selected only three centre-backs in his Euro 2016 squad and the shortage begins at youth level, where traditional defensive virtues are harder to come by than everOn a brisk summer afternoon in Clissold Park in Hackney, east London, a group of boys aged seven and eight arrive for their first football trial. Although most of the parents try to underplay it all, with ready smiles and encouraging words come what may, it is a big moment for the boys. At stake is a place in the new in
  
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• Toothless Poland held 0-0 by Lithuania without Lewandowski

  06-06-2016 20:53
  Poland rested striker Robert Lewandowski and missed his firepower as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Lithuania in a Euro 2016 warm-up in the former capital city of Krakow on Monday. The stalemate before a 30,000 crowd against a determined Lithuania side playing on the counter followed Poland's 2-1 loss to the Netherlands in a friendly last week. Poland coach Adam Nawalka fielded an experimental defence with Thiago Cionek in central defence and talented teenage midfielder Bartosz Kapustka deploye
  
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• Stephen Curry withdraws from US Olympic basketball team citing injuries

  06-06-2016 20:48
  
  NBA MVP has been suffering from knee and ankle complaintsCurry currently playing in NBA finals for Golden State WarriorsStephen Curry has withdrawn from consideration from the Olympics, leaving the US basketball team without the NBA’s MVP.Curry said on Monday in a statement that he has decided to pull out for “several factors — including recent ankle and knee injuries”. Continue reading...
  
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• South Africa denies 'imminent' ISIL attack on country

  06-06-2016 20:40
  
  US and UK governments warn citizens of possible ISIL attack on upmarket areas during holy month of Ramadan.
  
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• Zika cases at Olympics will be ‘close to zero’, says Brazil sports minister

  06-06-2016 20:37
  
  • Leonardo Picciani says cases of mosquito-borne viruses drop in August
  • Minister plays down concerns over Olympic velodrome and metro linkBrazil’s new sports minister has predicted there will be “close to zero” cases of Zika recorded during the Olympic Games as he mounted a trenchant rearguard action over a host of issues clouding preparations for Rio.Leonardo Picciani, who recently became the third person to fill the role since March, said he was convinced the Game
  
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• England stars check out training facilities after Harry Kane and Co touch down in France ahead of their Euro 2016 opener 

  06-06-2016 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After arriving at their European Championship hotel on Monday, the England stars were soon checking out their training facilities as the countdown to their opening match gathers pace.
  
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• Weightlifting fed says 20 positives in 2008 and 2012 retests

  06-06-2016 20:33
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Twenty positive tests, including medal winners, were among the retested doping samples from weightlifters taken at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, the International Weightlifting Federation said on Monday.
  
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• Tiger Woods to write book on '97 Masters

  06-06-2016 20:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tiger Woods is getting back to work — as an author.
  
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• Brendon McCullum hits out at ICC over handling of match-fixing evidence

  06-06-2016 20:30
  
  • ‘To report an approach, give evidence requires courage; players deserve better’
  • ‘If players cooperate there must be something beyond giving maximum ban’Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, has criticised the International Cricket Council for a lack of professionalism and confidentiality when handling his match-fixing evidence and warned players may be deterred from coming forward in future. Related: County cricket talking points: Yorkshire catch
  
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• Ali scripted funeral plans in exacting detail in "The Book"

  06-06-2016 20:20
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali and his innermost circle started a document years ago that grew so thick they began calling it "The Book."
  
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• Stephen Curry won't be on US Olympic basketball team in Rio

  06-06-2016 20:17
  
  Stephen Curry has withdrawn from consideration from the Olympics, leaving the U.S. basketball team without the NBA's MVP.
  
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• Brock Lesnar to fight Mark Hunt as WWE superstar returns at UFC 200

  06-06-2016 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brock Lesnar faces a tough task when he returns to the Octagon at UFC 200 in a fight with Kiwi knockout artist Mark Hunt. The former UFC heavyweight champion will fight the Kiwi on July 9.
  
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• Weightlifting fed says 20 presumed positives in retests

  06-06-2016 20:01
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The International Weightlifting Federation says it has been notified of 20 positive tests, including medal winners, among the retested doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics
  
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• Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane trains after overcoming calf injury as squad ramp up Euro 2016 preparations

  06-06-2016 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What a difference a few days makes in the Republic of Ireland camp, it seems. Many a smile was raised on Monday by Martin O'Neill's men as they were put through their paces in training.
  
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