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• Michael O'Neill is hoping for a 'good old British cup clash' against Wales as Northern Ireland's journey shows no sign of stopping 

  24-06-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER IN PARIS: It's a month since Northern Ireland were given a raucous send-off at the Titanic exhibition centre in Belfast. Amazingly, they are still yet to hit an iceberg.
  
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• Chris Gunter's Euro 2016 displays for Wales have alerted Premier League clubs and Reading defender could cost just £1million

  24-06-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Gunter is attracting interest from a number Premier League and Championship clubsbased on the belief the Reading right-back has a £1million release clause in his contract.
  
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• Dominic Breazeale draws hope from grief of losing mother: 'I found out after my father was an amateur, boxing's been in my blood'

  24-06-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN DOMIN: After failing to make the grade as a quarterback, Dominic Breazeale laced up a pair of gloves unaware of whose footsteps he was following.
  
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• Could Brexit vote be a preview of U.S. presidential race?

  24-06-2016 23:40
  By John Whitesides and Luciana Lopez WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's stunning vote to leave the European Union, buoyed by a frenzy of nationalism and populist anger, was a crushing rejection of the political elite. Republican Donald Trump hopes it is also a preview of November's U.S. presidential election. The referendum result reverberated immediately in a U.S. presidential campaign dominated by Trump's rapid rise to capture the nomination, fuelled by a similar brew of anti-establishm
  
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• Text: Lawyer seeks plea deal, doubts Manziel can stay clean

  24-06-2016 23:39
  
  DALLAS (AP) — An attorney handling Johnny Manziel's domestic violence case expressed doubts about the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback's ability to stay clean and said he was given a receipt that shows Manziel may have spent more than $1,000 at a drug paraphernalia store just 15 hours after he was involved in a hit-and-run crash, according to a lengthy text message accidentally sent to The Associated Press.
  
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• Martin Keown's Euro 2016 big match analysis: France vs Ireland, Germany vs Slovakia and Hungary vs Belgium  

  24-06-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The underwhelming group-stages are over and Euro 2016's knockout round is underway. Here, Sportsmail columnist MARTIN KEOWN gives his verdict on Saturday's last-16 games.
  
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• Wales the mouse that roared: Gareth Bale's boyos are the Leicester City of Euro 2016 

  24-06-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: A few have laid claim to Leicester's mantle as the mouse that roared in this tournament — but Wales are arguably the most apposite comparison.
  
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• England star Harry Kane tells Roy Hodgson he'll be the match-winner against Iceland: 'I can get on scoresheet and win the game'

  24-06-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: Harry Kane has told manager Roy Hodgson he is the man to fire England into the Euro 2016 quarter-finals.
  
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• Manuel Neuer admits Germany find it hard to break down teams who 'park the bus'

  24-06-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manuel Neuer admits Germany have struggled to score against teams who 'park the bus' like Northern Ireland.
  
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• Dylan Hartley determined to complete Australia clean sweep as 'outstanding' England skipper continues to prove doubters wrong

  24-06-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rewind six months and the Northampton hooker’s appointment as Test captain by Eddie Jones met with widespread uproar and indignation, on account of his disciplinary record.
  
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• Eddie Jones is playing this perfectly: If England want to be World Champions the preparation starts here

  24-06-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One facet of sports psychology I appreciate is goal-setting and acting out ‘what-if’ scenarios. I’ve loved the way Eddie Jones and England have approached their work in Sydney this week.
  
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• View from a scientist who studies ball flight: the best corners are the ones that inswing rather than outswing and quickly-taken corners have potential to cause trouble

  24-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr KEN BRAY: While Euro 2016 has brought us drama and excitement, it hasn't really brought us much in the way of clever corner kicks. But what is the secret to the perfect corner kick?
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Saturday, June 25

  24-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Saturday's meetings at Newmarket, Windsor, Chester and Lingfield.
  
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• Dermont Weld admits he would have preferred more time for Harzand but backs him to succeed

  24-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Dermot Weld has conceded he would have preferred an extra week for Harzand to get over the Investec Derby as the colt prepares to run in this afternoon’s Irish Derby at the Curragh.
  
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• Roy Keane calls for Republic of Ireland to put pressure on France

  24-06-2016 23:30
  
  • Ireland fans will be heavily outnumbered by home support
  • First meeting between countries since controversial 2010 play-offThe challenge for the Republic of Ireland, as Roy Keane outlined, will be to impose their game on France in the last 16 on Sunday in much the same way that they did against Italy in Wednesday’s memorable 1-0 win.A major difference will be found in the stands. For the Italy game, the majority of those packed into the 50,100-capacity Stade Pierre Mauroy in L
  
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• Republic of Ireland ticket allocation 'scandalous' according to striker Shane Long as assistant boss Roy Keane slams 'unfair' split for last-16 clash with France 

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ireland have been allocated only 4,500 tickets inside the 59,000-seat stadium in Lyon on Sunday when they attempt to upset hosts France and reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.
  
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• Premier League clubs to apply for special dispensation to sign European players following Brexit verdict in referendum

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Premier League clubs are expected to fight for special dispensation so they can sign players from Europe in a post-Brexit Britain, after what Greg Dyke has called 'a leap into the unknown'.
  
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• Pep Guardiola intervenes to boost Raheem Sterling’s crashing confidence

  24-06-2016 23:30
  
  • New Manchester City manager telephones to say: ‘I’ll fight for you’
  • England forward hurt by criticism of his performances at Euro 2016Pep Guardiola has made a personal intervention to help Raheem Sterling out of the slump that has cost him his place in the England team and left Roy Hodgson feeling reluctant to pick the one attacking player in his Euro 2016 squad who can offer genuine width.Guardiola decided to contact Sterling after hearing that one of the players
  
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• Manchester City to release backroom trio as new boss Pep Guardiola begins shake-up  

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City's backroom set-up has significantly changed ahead of new manager Pep Guardiola's arrival, with three key members of staff leaving the club this summer.
  
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• Lleyton Hewitt will be ever-present at Wimbledon despite bidding an emotional farewell at SW19 last year

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART FRASER - COURT REPORT: After an emotional farewell to the All England Club last year,Leyton Hewitt is back next week to mentor Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic and play doubles.
  
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• Joe Schmidt confident his Ireland team is primed for series glory in South Africa

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Schmidt has made six changes and one positional switch to his starting XV as Ireland seek to bounce back from last Saturday’s disappointing defeat after they had won the first Test.
  
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• Jimmy Anderson could miss England's first Test with Pakistan due to shoulder injury

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England are in danger of going into the business end of the summer without their best bowler with news that Jimmy Anderson is a major injury doubt for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord’s.
  
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• Harry Kane confident pressure will pay off for England against Iceland

  24-06-2016 23:30
  
  Striker feels he is yet to have a genuine chance fall his way in France, but expects to return to the starting lineup on Monday and says he feels sharp, not tiredAt first Harry Kane seemed to be as dazzled by the statistics as everyone else. England had concluded the group stage at Euro 2016 having mustered 65 attempts on goal, which included 34 shots from inside the penalty area and 29 peppering Slovakia alone. Taken at face value, that tally would appear to reflect the utter dominance and comm
  
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• Gareth Bale insists that he would happily forget the golden boot if it meant Wales could realise their dream at Euro 2016

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL IN PARIS: Gareth Bale may be placed joint-top in the race for Euro 2016’s golden boot but the Wales forward insists he would take three goals if he could get closer to the final.
  
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• Gareth Bale driven by past and future as Euro 2016 opportunity knocks for Wales

  24-06-2016 23:30
  
  Bale is taking inspiration for last-16 game against Northern Ireland from the exploits of the national team at the 1958 World CupAs Gareth Bale pulls up a chair at the Wales training camp in Brittany and talks about a once-in-a‑lifetime opportunity with his country, the world’s most expensive footballer can also see a bigger picture. For Bale, Euro 2016 is about the future as well as the present, which means creating a legacy that inspires a generation of children back home to put on
  
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• Chris Coleman tells Wales to ‘take emotion out’ of Northern Ireland game

  24-06-2016 23:30
  
  • ‘Let’s give everything,’ manager tells players before last-16 game
  • ‘This team are on their way and they’ll be here long after I’ve gone’Chris Coleman believes his Wales players are yet to peak and has urged them to show no fear against Northern Ireland as they seek to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2016. Speaking on the eve of Saturday’s last-16 tie at the Parc des Princes, the Wales manager challenged his team to push themselves to
  
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• Chelsea set new boss Antonio Conte top-four target as club aims for swift Champions League return 

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte has been told his mission will be to drag Chelsea back into the Champions League — and the Italian has targeted two strikers to fire them there.
  
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• Anthony Joshua the pay-per-view king as IBF champion gets set to defend his title in front of expanding audience in London

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Joshua’s audience for his first defence of his world heavyweight title has been growing larger by the day since England, who failed to top their first-round group in France.
  
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• Andy Murray upset would be like Leicester's Premier League title win, says Liam Broady  

  24-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the orbit of Andy Murray a nutritionist is employed to provide him with an eating plan on match days to maximise performance. His Wimbledon opponent Liam Broady inhabits a less glamorous sphere.
  
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• Soccer officials in Americas to discuss future joint events

  24-06-2016 23:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — After staging a successful expanded Copa America in the United States for the tournament's 100th anniversary, soccer officials intend to discuss whether to establish a new event that would see regular competition between the regions.
  
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• Kurt Gidley kicks Warrington to victory over Widnes in Challenge Cup

  24-06-2016 23:24
  
  • Warrington 20-18 WidnesKurt Gidley kicked a late penalty for the second week in a row to earn Warrington a 20-18 victory as his side edged out their local rivals Widnes to reach the last four of the Challenge Cup.A week after his goal earned the Wolves two precious Super League points at the expense of Catalans Dragons, the veteran Australian kept his nerve to help his side close out a tense quarter-final at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. Continue reading...
  
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• Racing overcome red card to beat Toulon in French final

  24-06-2016 23:18
  Racing Metro, reduced to 14 men after the early sending-off of France scrumhalf Maxime Machenaud, produced a remarkable performance to beat Toulon 29-21 and win the French Top 14 final for the first time in 26 years on Friday. Racing, beaten in the European Champions Cup by England's Saracens last month and seeking their first domestic title since 1990, were level at 3-3 after 18 minutes when officials decided to red card Machenaud for a tackle that crashed former Wallaby Matt Giteau into the gr
  
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• Doping on everyone's mind heading into US swimming trials

  24-06-2016 23:13
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Elizabeth Beisel tilted her head, grimaced a bit and pondered the question: Does she think the Olympic swimming competition will be clean in Rio?
  
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• Breaking news at Sky: Sir Ian Botham is out and anchor David Gower will follow as broadcaster shakes up cricket coverage

  24-06-2016 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: Sir Ian Botham’s future as the stellar name cricket pundit on Sky looks to be in serious jeopardy. David Gower also appears to be in the firing line and looks doomed.
  
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• Dylan Hartley sets tone for England’s pursuit of Australia whitewash | Robert Kitson

  24-06-2016 23:00
  
  As the Sydney Test looms with the chance of a 3-0 series win, England’s captain has looked particularly impressive and the supposed bad-boy leader now looks a viable Lions captainHad there been a referendum here this week Australians would have voted unanimously for England’s rugby players to leave. Even if the visitors do lose the third Test and fail to gain a 3-0 series margin it has been a memorable tour that has confounded their reputation locally as oval-ball dullards. Eddie Jon
  
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• Australia’s concern over depth of talent worsened by overseas departures

  24-06-2016 23:00
  
  Michael Cheika is advocate of a running game but Wallabies lack high-quality forwards and attraction of playing in Europe is not helping team’s developmentThis was meant to be a month of golden opportunity for the Wallabies. Only last autumn they were in a World Cup final while English supporters were studiously examining their fingernails. All too quickly that sense of optimism has dimmed, to be replaced by creeping unease. Losing to England on home soil on a weekly basis is not the only
  
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• ROG's Racing defence produces stunning 14-man effort to beat Toulon in Nou Camp final

  24-06-2016 22:55
  
  The Bouclier de Brennus is staying in Paris.
  
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• From indifference to uncertainty, Brexit talk hits Euro 2016

  24-06-2016 22:55
  
  PARIS (AP) — Britain's momentous decision to leave the European Union was the talk of soccer's European Championship on Friday, with one leading Italian player even warning about an undermining "domino effect" across Europe.
  
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• Brexit win could mean Premier League clubs face inflated transfer fees

  24-06-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Britain has made the momentous decision to leave the European Union - a vote that will have ramifications on all areas of our lives. We take a look at some of the effects of Brexit on sport.
  
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• Croatia focused on limiting Ronaldo damage

  24-06-2016 22:37
  By Philip O'Connor LENS, France (Reuters) - Croatia will be focusing on containing Cristiano Ronaldo as well as bidding to score a first ever goal against Portugal when they meet in the last 16 at Euro 2016 on Saturday, coach Ante Cacic said. Croatia beat holders Spain to win Group D and their reward is a tough game against a Portuguese side that struggled to third place in Group F despite having three-times world player of the year Ronaldo in their ranks. "Ronaldo is their main player, so what
  
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• Modric, Mandzukic hopeful for Croatia against Portugal

  24-06-2016 22:28
  
  LENS, France (AP) — Croatia's key players Luka Modric and Mario Mandzukic trained well on Friday and could be ready for at least part of the round of 16 game against Portugal.
  
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• England’s Jason Roy and Alex Hales hammer centuries in rout of Sri Lanka

  24-06-2016 22:23
  
  • Sri Lanka 254-7; England 256-0
  • Both openers make hundreds in 10-wicket ODI victoryThis time there would be no collapse and no last-ball thriller. Instead England served up the most comprehensive 10-wicket win ever witnessed, as Alex Hales and Jason Roy, in plundering unbeaten centuries, knocked off 256 with 95 balls to spare to win the second one-day international with Sri Lanka at a canter.It was simply a brutal exhibition of hitting on an Edgbaston pitch offering far in excess of
  
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• World doping watchdog shuts down Rio Olympic laboratory

  24-06-2016 22:19
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just weeks before the Olympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro, the city's accredited anti-doping laboratory has been stopped from conducting tests.
  
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• Brexit makes no difference to F1, says Ecclestone

  24-06-2016 22:13
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone welcomed Britain's vote to leave the European Union on Friday and said it made no difference to a global sport dominated by British-based teams.
  
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• England beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets as Alex Hales and Jason Roy hit unbeaten centuries at Edgbaston 

  24-06-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This was more emphatic than anything England produced in the first two one-sided Tests. Sri Lanka, supposedly a stronger one-day side, were blown away last night.
  
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• UEFA's Collina happy with European Championship refs' work

  24-06-2016 21:56
  PARIS (AP) — No goal controversies. No straight red cards. No players seriously injured by bad tackles.
  
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• Hales and Roy power England to crushing win

  24-06-2016 21:55
  (Reuters) - An England record opening partnership of 256 between Alex Hales and Jason Roy led their side to a crushing 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Birmingham on Friday. Hales scored 133 not out and Roy an unbeaten 112 in England's highest first-wicket partnership in one-day cricket and they overhauled Sri Lanka's 254 for seven with more than 15 overs to spare. England lead the five-match series 1-0 after the first match in Nottingham was tied.
  
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• Global doping agency suspends Rio lab weeks before Olympics

  24-06-2016 21:46
  By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the credentials of a testing laboratory in Rio de Janeiro for failing to comply with international standards, just over a month before the city hosts the Olympic Games. The lab at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro said on Friday that it expected its operations would return to normal in July after a technical visit from WADA, ahead of the start of the games on Aug. 5. "The suspension will only be
  
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• Nani backs 'fantastic' Portugal team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo to score more goals as Croatia await in last 16... and admits they are desperate to win Euro 2016

  24-06-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester United winger Nani has insisted Portugal are desperate to win the European Championship. They only reached the last 16 by finishing third in their group.
  
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• French ground staff working frantically to repair pitches for crucial Euro 2016 games

  24-06-2016 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some pitches at the tournament have come in for criticism from both players and fans. The Lille surface, which was hit by torrential rain this month, has been singled out as particularly bad.
  
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