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• Down 2-0, Cavs may be without Love in Game 3 of NBA Finals

  07-06-2016 23:59
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Already underdogs, the Cavaliers may also be undermanned for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
  
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• England are determined to silence southern hemisphere critics in series with Australia says skills coach Glen Ella 

  07-06-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glen Ella insists England are determined to use their upcoming series against Australia to correct misconceptions over the northern hemisphere's attacking limitations.
  
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• Woods not ready to return to action at U.S. Open

  07-06-2016 23:53
  (Reuters) - Tiger Woods ruled himself out of next week's U.S. Open at Oakmont and the Quicken Loans event he hosts to benefit his foundation, saying on Tuesday he is not yet ready to return to competition. Woods has not played since undergoing microdiscectomy back surgery last September. "While I continue to work hard on getting healthy, I am not physically ready to play in this year's U.S. Open and the Quicken Loans National," Woods announced on his website.
  
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• Craig Gilroy is aiming to give Joe Schmidt 'a little bit of X-factor' in South Africa

  07-06-2016 23:40
  
  The Ulster wing is keen to capitalise on his opportunity to impress during the tour of South Africa.
  
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• Tara Moore boosts chances of Wimbledon wild card... but Brit's compatriots struggle at Nottingham Open

  07-06-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tara Moore took a step closer to the offer of a lucrative Wimbledon wild card when she defeated Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-2, 7-5 in the first round. The British No 4 is ranked a humble No 280.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Wednesday, June 8

  07-06-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Wednesday's meetings at Beverley, Yarmouth, Haydock and Kempton.
  
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• Manchester City in advanced talks with Borussia Dortmund to sign £58m-rated striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 

  07-06-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City are ready to make a significant statement of intent with talks over the signing of Borussia Dortmund hotshot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at an advanced stage.
  
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• MARTIN SAMUEL: Roy Hodgson has an exciting squad... can the England manager let them loose?

  07-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson, like most coaches who have rarely had the best players, is at heart pragmatic. He picks teams to get a job done because he has not had the opportunity to indulge fantasy.
  
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• Kyle Lafferty's Northern Ireland blow opens the door for postman Conor Washington

  07-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No sooner had a thunderstorm gathered over Northern Ireland’s training base at Saint-Georges-de-Reneins on Tuesday than Kyle Lafferty gave his country its first injury scare of Euro 2016.
  
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• FA facing problems behind the scenes as staff refuse to relocate to St George's Park

  07-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: The England squad are showing a united front before Euro 2016 starts but there's a different picture behind the scenes within the FA.
  
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• Spain beaten by Georgia in final Euro 2016 warmup

  07-06-2016 23:30
  Spain's preparations for Euro 2016 suffered a blow as they were beaten 1-0 by Georgia on Tuesday in their final warmup friendly ahead of the tournament in France. Tornike Okriashvili tapped in from close range in the 39th minute to secure a surprise victory for Georgia at Getafe's Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium. Spain, who have won the last two European Championships, had not lost since being beaten in a friendly by the Netherlands in March 2015 and came into their final warmup match after convi
  
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• Any Currency could be stripped of Cheltenham Festival triumph after discovery of banned substance

  07-06-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular veteran chaser Any Currency looks likely to be stripped of his success in the Glenfarclas Chase at Cheltenham in March after traces of a prohibited substance were found in his system.
  
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• Germany suffer Antonio Rudiger blow after injured defender ruled out of Euro 2016

  07-06-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Roma star will miss Euro 2016 after tearing cruciate ligaments in his right knee in the squad’s first training session. Germany also have concerns aboutcentre back Mats Hummels.
  
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• 'We want to come here and lay down a marker over the next three weeks'

  07-06-2016 23:03
  
  Simon Easterby lays down a challenge to the Ireland squad ahead of their three Tests in South Africa.
  
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• Zika-free warmups suggest minimal risk at Olympics, organizers say

  07-06-2016 22:37
  The local organising committee for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro said on Tuesday not a single case of Zika infection has been reported among 17,000 athletes, volunteers and staff during test events in the run-up to the games. As concern over the outbreak grows among the 500,000 visitors expected for the Olympics, the committee's chief medical officer said cooler temperatures, which are less propitious for mosquitoes, had already led to a decrease in the number of Zika infections in rec
  
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• German Ruediger out of Euros through injury

  07-06-2016 22:37
  Germany defender Antonio Ruediger will miss Euro 2016 after tearing cruciate ligaments in his right knee in the squad's first training session at their base on Tuesday, the world champions said. Ruediger's injury is a further blow for Germany's back line with centre back Mats Hummels still to fully recover from a leg muscle injury that meant he had to train alone during their pre-Euro 2016 camp in Switzerland. The 23-year-old Ruediger, who plays for AS Roma, was hurt midway through a session tha
  
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• At 52, NFL sacks leader Smith experiencing pain, memory loss

  07-06-2016 22:31
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame defensive end Bruce Smith acknowledges not a day goes by in which he's not experiencing some form of pain.
  
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• Police search construction firms behind Olympic project

  07-06-2016 22:29
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's federal police searched the offices of a construction consortium behind one of Rio de Janeiro's main Olympic sites on Tuesday as part of a probe into potential fraud, the police said in a statement.
  
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• Promising start for NBA Finals on ABC

  07-06-2016 22:24
  NEW YORK (AP) — The second straight NBA Finals matchup between Golden State and Cleveland got off to a promising start for ABC, but the network has to be hoping the series becomes more competitive in a hurry.
  
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• NFL, law enforcement looking into hacked tweet about Goodell

  07-06-2016 22:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has "engaged law enforcement" to see how its Twitter account was hacked with a post purporting that Commissioner Roger Goodell had died.
  
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• Donald grabs U.S. Open berth in Ohio playoff

  07-06-2016 22:01
  (Reuters) - Former world number one Luke Donald earned a berth in next week's U.S. Open at Oakmont following a playoff at a qualifying event in Powell, Ohio, on Tuesday. Donald, whose best finish at the U.S. Open was a tie for eighth in 2013, was one of six players battling in a playoff that awarded the last five berths from the qualifier for the year's second major. "Glad it's all over," Donald told Golf Channel after waking up at 5 a.m. ET (0900 GMT) on Tuesday to get on the course after sunri
  
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• Joe Root backs under-fire England batsman Nick Compton to rediscover form on home ground 

  07-06-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England batsman Root knows what a difference a big Lord's hundred can make - and is backingCompton to come up with the goods on his 16th Test at Lord's.
  
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• 'Small handful' of NBC employees opt out of Olympics

  07-06-2016 21:50
  
  Savannah Guthrie of the "Today" show put a public face Tuesday on what NBC says is a "small handful" of employees who will not travel to Rio de Janeiro this summer for Olympics coverage ...
  
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• Sullivan pushing all the right buttons for Penguins

  07-06-2016 21:44
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — There is no magic button, even if the correlation between Mike Sullivan's deft attempts to a get player's attention and that player almost immediately elevating his game is unmistakable.
  
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• French rail boss hopes to end strike before Euro 2016 kick-off

  07-06-2016 21:39
  By Brian Love and Emmanuel Jarry PARIS (Reuters) - The head of French state railway SNCF said on Tuesday he hoped the powerful CGT union would endorse a new deal on working conditions and end a strike before the Euro 2016 football tournament, hosted by France, starts on Friday. Officials from other labour unions also said they expected the CGT to progressively pull out of the strike over the coming days. Under pressure from a government keen to calm the situation before the Euro 2016 starts, the
  
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• 'I am not Santa', Sports Direct billionaire tells MPs over low-pay row - Express.co.uk

  07-06-2016 21:38
  
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  'I am not Santa', Sports Direct billionaire tells MPs over low-pay row
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  SPORTS Direct boss Mike Ashley told MPs “I'm not Father Christmas” yesterday as he admitted paying staff less than the minimum wage. By Cyril Dixon. PUBLISHED: 20:16, Tue, Jun 7, 2016 | UPDATED: 20:38, Tue, Jun 7, 2016 ...
  Sports Direct's Ashley faces showdown with UK lawmaLondon South East (registration) (blog)alle 271 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• England defender Chris Smalling expected to train as normal following injury scare  

  07-06-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England defender Chris Smalling provided a minor injury scare on Tuesday but is not expected to miss any training sessions.
  
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• Greg Rutherford has sperm frozen amid fears over Zika virus at Rio Olympics

  07-06-2016 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British long-jumper Greg Rutherford has frozen samples of his sperm amid fears about the Zika virus at this summer's Olympic Games in Rio.
  
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• USA Softball preparing for Olympic vote on inclusion in 2020

  07-06-2016 21:31
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the Women's College World Series draws to a close, USA Softball officials believe a bigger stage for the sport is on the horizon.
  
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• Formula One plans to add biometric driver data to safety mix

  07-06-2016 21:23
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One is planning to add more cockpit cameras and gather biometric data from drivers, possibly as early as this season, to provide a better understanding of accidents and improve safety. High-speed cameras, pointed at the driver and taking frames every 100th of a second, were installed in cars at the start of the year and provided detailed information about Fernando Alonso's Australian Grand Prix crash in March. Laurent Mekies, the General Manager Researc
  
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• As it happened: Ireland v Wales, World Rugby U20 Championship

  07-06-2016 21:08
  
  We went minute-by-minute as Nigel Carolan’s Wolfpups got their tournament underway. It was dramatic.
  
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• Super Bowl champs begin minicamp without Aqib Talib

  07-06-2016 20:55
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Coach Gary Kubiak said cornerback Aqib Talib should return Wednesday to the Denver Broncos' headquarters where team doctors can evaluate the gunshot wound in his right leg.
  
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• Cavs' Kevin Love doesn't practice, Game 3 status uncertain

  07-06-2016 20:52
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love remains in concussion protocol and uncertain for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
  
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• Germany begin Euro 2016 preparations with open training session after landing in France 

  07-06-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joachim Low put his side through their paces at Stade Camille Fournier on the shores of Lake Leman within a handful of hours of arriving in France and the squad appeared to be in good spirits.
  
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• WHO to consider new evidence on Zika, Olympics next week

  07-06-2016 20:24
  By Stephanie Nebehay and Julie Steenhuysen GENEVA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it will convene experts next week to discuss the Zika outbreak, including its impact on the Rio Olympics, as new research suggests only a slight risk that more tourists will be infected at the Games. The emergency meeting set for June 14 will be the WHO's third regarding the Zika virus outbreak. The meeting comes amid intensifying concerns over holding the Olympics in Brazil, the c
  
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• Chris Froome remains in third place after Jesus Herrada secures surprise stage victory in the Criterium du Dauphine

  07-06-2016 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Herrada made a well-timed late surge to win stage two of the Criterium du Dauphine but Froome was well positioned, finishing eighth, as the main contenders finished two seconds behind.
  
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• Heat of doping battle got WADA official through cold winters

  07-06-2016 20:18
  By Steve Keating MONTREAL (Reuters) - For 13 winters it has been a thick jacket and heat of the battle that have provided warmth for David Howman, the World Anti-Doping Agency's director general, who has been a right-hand man for every WADA president. The one constant in a sometimes fractured anti-doping movement, Howman does not measure his time at WADA in victories and defeats, success and failures, or even weeks and years. "I've never been dissatisfied with anything I have done in my life but
  
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• Roy Keane happy to front up to Republic of Ireland players he has criticised: 'If I feel I've gone overboard I'll speak to them'

  07-06-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Keane insists he has no problem facing up to players he has criticised if he feels he has gone too far.
  
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• Veteran Ventura named as next Italy coach

  07-06-2016 20:11
  Giampiero Ventura, a 68-year-old who has never won a major title and spent much of his career in the lower divisions, was named on Tuesday as the next Italy coach to replace Antonio Conte after Euro 2016. Ventura, who will be in charge up to and including the 2018 World Cup in Russia, was described as a "master of football" by Italian federation (FIGC) chief Carlo Tavecchio as his appointment was confirmed. "I chose Ventura because he is a master of football and has taught many other coaches his
  
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• Jaap Stam to become latest Champions League winner to manage in English second tier after accepting Reading job

  07-06-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Manchester United defender is expected to be unveiled as Brian McDermott’s successor in the coming days after talks with Royals bosses.
  
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• New Jersey high school lefty Groome could be No. 1 in draft

  07-06-2016 19:55
  
  DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — One of the quickest ways to get to the major leagues is to be a big left-handed pitcher with some pop on your fastball.
  
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• Manchester United target Zlatan Ibrahimovic teases fans over next move as Sweden striker launches new clothing range in Paris

  07-06-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW IN PARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic told the world to keep guessing where his future lies as he launched a new clothing range with his usual blend of urban attitude and rock-star charisma.
  
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• Luke Donald seals place at US Open in Oakmont after six-man play-off in Ohio

  07-06-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luke Donald will tee it up at the US Open at Oakmont in two weeks' time after successfully coming through qualifying for the second year in a row.
  
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• Brazil police raid Olympics site in corruption investigation

  07-06-2016 19:45
  By Brad Brooks RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal police on Tuesday raided the offices of a consortium responsible for construction at a site that will host 11 sports during August's Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, as part of a sweeping anti-corruption investigation. Federal police said in a statement they carried out search warrants at the headquarters of the consortium responsible for Olympic projects at the Deodoro site in northern Rio, made up of privately owned Brazilian constru
  
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• Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane sign new two-year contracts with Republic of Ireland 

  07-06-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill and his assistant Roy Keane have signed new contracts through to the end of the 2018 World Cup.
  
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• French officials doubt Ukraine arrest linked to football bomb plot

  07-06-2016 19:31
  By Gerard Bon PARIS (Reuters) - French investigators believe a Frenchman detained in Ukraine with a cache of weapons and explosives was more likely involved in arms smuggling than tied to a militant group, the prosecutor leading the case said on Tuesday. France has requested Kiev's cooperation but is still awaiting a response more than 24 hours after Ukraine's state security service (SBU) said the suspect had planned "terrorist attacks" during the Euro 2016 football tournament which kicks off on
  
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• Popovich to lead Select Team training vs US Olympic squad

  07-06-2016 19:25
  Gregg Popovich will get started on his preparations for the 2020 Olympics when he oversees the Select Team of young players that will train against this year's U.S. basketball team.
  
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• Manchester United legend Denis Irwin and Liverpool great Mark Lawrenson among 11 inductees in English Football's Hall of Fame

  07-06-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest inductees into English Football's Hall of Fame have been announced - and this time there are no surprises.
  
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