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• Chelsea sideshow is no fun for Antonio Conte as Italy manager prepares to come up against transfer target Radja Nainggolan

  12-06-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte has been on the run from the Chelsea question but it is sure to bedevil him in Lyon in the shape of Radja Nainggolan. Roma are prepared to sell the midfielder for £27million.
  
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• Euro 2016 refs have been trying to avoid awarding cheap free-kicks... top marks for effort but it won't work with the big teams

  12-06-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: In almost every game so far there has been an attempt by the referees to keep the game flowing and not give cheap free-kicks when players throw themselves to the ground.
  
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• Germany 2-0 Ukraine: Shkodran Mustafi's emphatic header and Bastian Schweinsteiger's clincher help Joachim Low's World Cup-winning side land victory in Lille

  12-06-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW IN LILLE: Shkodran Mustafi andBastian Schweinsteiger 
  give Joachim Low's Germany side the win over Mykhaylo Fomenko's Ukraine on Sunday night.
  
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• Jose Mourinho already has Wayne Rooney on side after new Manchester United boss gives Everton testimonial the green light 

  12-06-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: England and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney already has reason to be pleased that Jose Mourinho has replaced Louis Van Gaal at Old Trafford.
  
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• German super-sub Schweinsteiger 'can't play 90 minutes yet'

  12-06-2016 23:42
  By Alastair Macdonald LILLE, France (Reuters) - Bastian Schweinsteiger does not believe he can yet offer Germany a 90-minute show at Euro 2016 but against Ukraine on Sunday the playmaker proved he only needs a short cameo to make a big difference. With the Ukrainians causing jitters in the closing stages after Shkodran Mustafi had put Germany ahead in the first half, coach Joachim Loew gave his injury-plagued, 31-year-old captain an injury-time runout. Schweinsteiger then sprinted the length of
  
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• Euro 2016 diary: Wales fans get on their bikes but some are opting to steer clear of England clash in Lens amid violence fears

  12-06-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: The two men preparing their bikes on the banks of Bordeaux’s River Garonne were unmistakable in their football loyalties with huge Welsh dragons on their cycling shirts.
  
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• Roy Hodgson hits back at Gareth Bale's 'passion' taunt as England prepare for Wales Euro 2016 clash 

  12-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson has hit back at Gareth Bale’s claim that England players lack passion ahead of Thursday’s crunch Euro 2016 clash.
  
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• England ready to unleash Sussex fast bowler Tymal Mills for a Twenty20 blast against Sri Lanka at the Ageas Bowl

  12-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England fast-bowling hopeful Tymal Mills insists he can go faster than the 93mph he clocked during Sussex's recent Twenty20 game against Somerset with the bowler set to be named in Monday's squad.
  
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• World champions Germany beat Ukraine in their Euro opener

  12-06-2016 23:05
  LILLE, France (Reuters) - Shkodran Mustafi and Bastian Schweinsteiger were on target as world champions Germany defeated Ukraine 2-0 in their Euro 2016 Group C opener on Sunday. The Germans, eyeing their fourth Euro title and their first since 1996, opened the scoring when central defender Mustafi, starting in place of the injured Mats Hummels, rose high to head in a pinpoint Toni Kroos free kick in the 19th minute. ...
  
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• The Latest: Germany beats Ukraine 2-0 at Euro 2016

  12-06-2016 23:05
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):
  
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• How a good story can count as much as stats in the dugout

  12-06-2016 23:00
  
  When two sabermetricians took charge of Sonoma Stompers they soon found advanced analytics were useless without a genuine feel for locker-room politicsBack when newspaper pockets were swollen enough to send numerous hacks into the lower leagues every Saturday I ended up covering Tony Pulis’s first game as Stoke City manager in November 2002. It did not start well. After 70 minutes his new team were 3-0 behind to Walsall and Pulis was staring glumly at the sodden turf. That at least had one
  
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• Victorious Poles keep feet on ground with Germans ahead

  12-06-2016 22:42
  Poland midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak urged his team mates not to get carried away by their first ever victory at a European championship finals against Northern Ireland at Euro 2016 on Sunday. “Maybe we need to show a bit more bravery on the ball.
  
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• Joey Logano wins NASCAR race at Michigan, his 1st of year

  12-06-2016 22:30
  
  BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Joey Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400, becoming the 10th driver to win a NASCAR race this season.
  
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• Motor racing-Hamilton takes fifth Canadian win

  12-06-2016 22:19
  By Ian Gordon MONTREAL (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton survived another first corner clash with Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg on Sunday to take a fifth Canadian Grand Prix victory and cut the German's championship lead to nine points. The duo banged wheels after being overtaken at the start by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel but triple world champion Hamilton, who had been on pole position, recovered to record a second successive win. Hamilton took the chequered flag five seconds ahead of Vettel while R
  
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• Sevilla set to open talks with former Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli as Unai Emery closes in on Paris Saint-Germain job

  12-06-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sevilla will open discussions with former Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli after Unai Emery expressed his desire to leave, a club statement confirmed on Sunday.
  
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• Rebekah Vardy on Marseille violence: ‘I felt threatened by police, not protected’

  12-06-2016 22:00
  
  • Jamie Vardy’s wife criticises French police’s heavy-handed tactics in Marseille
  • ‘The security was shocking. Nobody checked my bag as I went through’Rebekah Vardy, wife of the England footballer Jamie Vardy, has admitted that she feared for her own safety and felt threatened rather than protected by the police’s heavy-handed tactics ahead of the Euro 2016 group match against Russia in Marseille on Saturday. Mrs Vardy also strongly criticised the authori
  
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• Germany vs Ukraine, Euro 2016 LIVE score: Shkodran Mustafi gives world champions the lead with powerful first-half header

  12-06-2016 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joachim Low's side start their Group C fixture list at Stade Pierre Mauroy desperate to rip up the form book after a run of four defeats in seven matches. Follow the action with MATT MALTBY.
  
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• The Latest: Germany leads Ukraine 1-0 at halftime

  12-06-2016 21:48
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):
  
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• Lewis Hamilton cuts lead of Nico Rosberg to nine points after the three-time Formula One world champion races to victory in the Canadian Grand Prix  

  12-06-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN McEVOY IN MONTREAL: Lewis Hamilton wins in Montreal as he holds off the fight off Sebastian Vettel to win the Canadian Grand Prix and cut Nico Rosberg's lead to nine points.
  
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• Brownlee senior lays down Rio marker with dominant win

  12-06-2016 21:42
  Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee showed he is in great shape to defend his title in Rio de Janeiro in August with an emphatic win in a world series race in Leeds on Sunday. Briton Brownlee broke clear of brother Jonny at the start of the running stage and surged to victory over his younger sibling by 32 seconds, roared on by packed crowds in their home city. Australian Aaron Royle finished third with world champion Javier Sanchez of Spain fourth.
  
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• Two fans injured during fighting before Euro 2016 match between Germany and Ukraine in Lille

  12-06-2016 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were reports of more fighting before a Euro 2016 match as rival fans clashed before Sunday's encounter between Germany and Ukraine.
  
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• Analysis - Northern Irish underdogs meet their match in Poland

  12-06-2016 21:32
  By Steve Tongue NICE, France (Reuters) - Not every underdog has its day. Exactly 30 years after losing 3-0 to Brazil in their last match at a major tournament, the 1986 World Cup, Northern Ireland again found more gifted opponents too strong for them. The plan concocted by boss Michael O'Neill, one of the less personality conscious of modern football managers, was evident from the time his team-sheet was handed in with three centre backs on it.
  
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• Milik delivery timely for Poles as N.Ireland lose

  12-06-2016 21:25
  A second-half winner from Arkadiusz Milik steered Poland to a 1-0 victory in Euro 2016 Group C on Sunday as Northern Ireland's first appearance at a major finals for 30 years ended in disappointment. After a goalless first half, a Jakub Blaszczykowski cross found Milik in the penalty area in the 51st minute and the forward blasted his left-foot shot through defender Craig Cathcart's legs and into the net. It was Northern Ireland's first game at a major finals since they lost 3-0 to Brazil at the
  
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• France vows to expel foreign hooligans

  12-06-2016 21:22
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's government vowed Sunday to expel foreign football hooligans, saying their violence during the European Championship is distracting police from the fight against terrorism.
  
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• Australia batsman Warner has fractured finger

  12-06-2016 21:18
  (Reuters) - Australia vice-captain David Warner has a fractured left index finger, the team announced on Sunday. Opening batsman Warner suffered the injury while fielding during Saturday's victory over South Africa in the triangular one-day series in St Kitts. "We will assess the situation over the coming days to see if the injury requires a surgical option but should that not be the case then David is likely to be available to return to play in somewhere between two and six weeks," team doctor
  
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• Poland 1-0 Northern Ireland PLAYER RATINGS: Arkadiusz Milik the match-winner as Robert Lewandowski is kept quiet

  12-06-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER IN NICE: Northern Ireland were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Poland at the Allianz Riviera Stadium on Sunday. Here, Sportsmail rates the performances from the clash in Nice.
  
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• Northern Ireland own up to shortcomings after Poland defeat

  12-06-2016 21:08
  Northern Ireland's players quickly acknowledged they were not up to standard after producing a lacklustre display in a 1-0 Euro 2016 Group C defeat by Poland on Sunday. Captain Steven Davis spoke about his side needing to improve with the ball while Gareth McAuley said their intentions had gone little further than to stage a smash-and-grab raid. "We set up to get a clean sheet and nick something, then they scored and we had to come out," said defender McAuley.
  
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• Germany call up Mustafi to partner Boateng at centre back

  12-06-2016 20:52
  LILLE, France (Reuters) - World champions Germany recalled Shkodran Mustafi as partner for Jerome Boateng in central defence to kick off their Euro 2016 Group C campaign against Ukraine on Sunday. Mustafi starts in the absence of regular centre back Mats Hummels, who is still recovering from a muscle injury. Germany, eyeing their fourth Euro triumph but first since 1996, will begin with attacking midfielder Mario Goetze as a lone forward, with coach Joachim Loew opting to leave in-form striker M
  
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• Hales misses out on England ton as fascinating finish looms

  12-06-2016 20:48
  Sri Lanka's openers confidently negotiated an awkward session at the end of a rain-interrupted fourth day at Lord's on Sunday, setting up the prospect of a fascinating finish to the third and final test against England. Set 362 to win after Alex Hales had narrowly missed out on his maiden test hundred for England, who are 2-0 up in the series, Kaushal Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne took the visitors to 32 without loss by the close. It leaves Monday's extended final day nicely poised with Sri Lanka
  
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• Mets' Collins taken for tests, misses Sunday's Brewers game

  12-06-2016 20:45
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mets manager Terry Collins was being taken to a hospital on Sunday for precautionary tests after not feeling well before New York's series finale against Milwaukee.
  
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• England set Sri Lanka 362 to win third Test at Lord's as Alex Hales once again falls short of his maiden Test century

  12-06-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whisper it but England’s long search for an opener good enough to partner Alastair Cook may finally be at an end after Alex Hales provided the most compelling evidence yet that he is the right man.
  
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• Poland 1-0 Northern Ireland: Arkadiusz Milik's second-half strike condemns Michael O'Neill's side to defeat in Group C opener 

  12-06-2016 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT IN NICE: Northern Ireland chased and they harried and they blocked and they tackled in a desperate attempt to avoid defeat. They came close but they could not quite manage it.
  
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• Warriors star Draymond Green suspended for Game 5

  12-06-2016 20:38
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State star Draymond Green was suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals after the league assessed a Flagrant 1 foul from his scuffle with Cleveland's LeBron James.
  
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• Not too old: Matsui hits long HR on Yankees' Old-Timers' Day

  12-06-2016 20:35
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hideki Matsui took one more mighty swing at Yankee Stadium.
  
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• Milik delivery timely for Poles as Northern Ireland lose

  12-06-2016 20:29
  A second-half winner from Arkadiusz Milik steered Poland to a 1-0 victory in Euro 2016 Group C on Sunday as Northern Ireland's first appearance at a major finals for 30 years ended in disappointment. After a goalless first half, a Jakub Blaszczykowski cross found Milik in the penalty area in the 51st minute and the forward blasted his left-foot shot through defender Craig Cathcart's legs and into the net. It was Northern Ireland's first game at a major finals since they lost 3-0 to Brazil at the
  
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• Andres Iniesta insists Georgia defeat is behind Spain as they prepare for their Euro 2016 opener against Czech Republic

  12-06-2016 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andres Iniesta has no concerns over Spain's form as they prepare to begin their Euro 2016 campaign against the Czech Republic.
  
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• England's team in high spirits despite Euro 2016 draw with Russia as Roy Hodgson assesses alternative options for Wales

  12-06-2016 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The England squad showed no signs of a deflated mood in their Chantilly camp on Sunday during a training session in the aftermath of their 1-1 draw with Russia.
  
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• 'I’ve been doing it since I was 17' - Keane certain he can score at Euro 2016 if given the chance

  12-06-2016 20:11
  
  Ireland’s veteran skipper has declared himself fit and ready to play against Sweden tomorrow night.
  
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