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• Ryan Giggs to end 29-year association with Manchester United by rejecting Jose Mourinho's offer

  29-06-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY CHRIS WHEELER: Ryan Giggs has told Manchester United he wants to leave after nearly 30 years at the Old Trafford club. He joined the Red Devils on his 14th birthday in 1987.
  
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• 3 new coaches look forward to competing in Big 12

  29-06-2016 23:51
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Brad Underwood embraces the rich history at Oklahoma State.
  
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• England striker Daniel Sturridge reveals he sprays fragrance on kit before matches 

  29-06-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail’s Jamie Carragher criticised the ‘pampered’ culture of England’s footballers in Tuesday’s newspaper – and how right he was. Daniel Sturridge admits he sprays fragrance on his kit.
  
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• Chris Eubank Jnr to sign a seven-figure deal to fight Gennady Golovkin at London's O2 Arena

  29-06-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Eubank Jnr is expected to sign a seven-figure deal this week to fight the WBC, WBA, IBO and IBF world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in September in London.
  
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• Arsenal plan to fight off England for Arsene Wenger and look to open talks over contract extension to ensure he stays at Emirates

  29-06-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wenger will certainly see out the final year of his contract next season, but FA chief executive Martin Glenn revealed he’s prepared to wait up to year to ensure he appoints the right man.
  
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• It's no surprise Gareth Southgate doesn't want the England job... he's already in the line of fire before even being appointed  

  29-06-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING has reported on the progress of Gareth Southgate as England Under 21 coach. Here he gives his insight into the prospects of the former defender becoming caretaker boss.
  
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• Chelsea goalkeeping coach Christophe Lollichon fears Stamford Bridge exit after numerous clashes with Thibaut Courtois

  29-06-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lollichon and Courtois have had a number of disagreements and the Frenchman fears the constant clashes will cost him his job at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• Maria Sharapova isn't missed at Wimbledon because she is 'totally unlikeable'

  29-06-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maria Sharapova's absence from this summer's Wimbledon as a result of her two-year doping ban hasn’t exactly been keenly felt by her fellow pros.
  
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• Luiz Felipe Scolari wants the England job... 10 years after snubbing the FA  

  29-06-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON AND CHARLES SALE EXCLUSIVE: Luiz Felipe Scolari wants to be considered for the England job he turned down a decade ago.
  
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• Ryan Giggs' Manchester United exit is sad... he deserves a better send-off

  29-06-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER: Ryan Giggs’ rather untidy exit from Old Trafford is sad but perhaps not surprising given the direction Manchester United have taken in recent years.
  
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• Martin Keown's Euro 2016 big match analysis: Portugal will edge tight contest with Poland, who are waiting for Robert Lewandowski to burst into life

  29-06-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewandowski hasn't lit up Euro 2016 and will need to regain his form from qualifying if Poland are to have any chance of getting past Portugal on Thursday.
  
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• Gareth Bale thinks Wales are Belgium's bogey team 

  29-06-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Bale has revealed he cleared his diary until after the final so he did not encounter any social clashes like those experienced by teammates Chris Gunter and Neil Taylor.
  
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• Moore outpitches Price as Rays shut down Red Sox, 4-0

  29-06-2016 23:32
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Matt Moore insisted it didn't give him any extra satisfaction to outpitch David Price.
  
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• Belgium's players can ignore their manager to win, so why can't England do the same?

  29-06-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN - FOOTBALL EDITOR: Marc Wilmots seems to have little influence on Belgium's players, who care little for the 47-year-old's training methods.
  
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• Rory McIlroy defends golf's Olympic place but admits gold medal does not motivate him like a Major win

  29-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McIlroy, who is due to marry fiancee Erica Stoll next year, opted out of representing Ireland in Rio after citing his concerns over the Zika virus. Jason Day and Shane Lowry also withdrew this week.
  
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• Marcus Willis produces brave Wimbledon display on Centre Court but eventually falls to straight sets loss against Roger Federer

  29-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT WIMBLEDON: Marcus Willis put in a brave performance at SW19 against Roger Federer but eventually fell to a 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 defeat at the hands of the world No 3.
  
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• Johanna Konta finally wins at Wimbledon after defeating Monica Puig 6-1, 7-5 and will face Eugenie Bouchard in round two

  29-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As we were saying before a Wimbledon phenomenon called rain so rudely interrupted, Johanna Konta of Eastbourne was nicely on the way to her first singles victory at Wimbledon.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo shows off £4,000 Tag Heuer watch as Portugal look relaxed ahead of Euro 2016 quarter-final with Poland

  29-06-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Portugal squad travelled to Marseille the day before the contest, with a number of the squad's senior players posing for a photograph while en route to the southern French city.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan vows unity after deadly airport blasts

  29-06-2016 23:28
  
  Turkey believes that ISIL was behind attacks at the Ataturk Airport that left 41 people killed and 239 others wounded.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Thursday, June 30

  29-06-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Thursday's meetings at Haydock, Epsom Downs, Yarmouth, Newbury and Perth.
  
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• Portugal wonderkid Sanches is all braids and brawn

  29-06-2016 23:25
  By John Geddie MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - One of Europe's most expensive teenagers Renato Sanches has yet to nail down a starting spot with Portugal but the brawny midfielder is making his presence felt on the continent's biggest stage. With his box-to-box style and braided hair, Sanches has drawn comparisons with Dutchman Edgar Davids and a 35 million euro (29.04 million pounds)move to Germany's Bayern Munich has only increased expectations on the 18-year old. Doubts about his pedigree, howe
  
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• Roy hits superb 162 to fire England to ODI win

  29-06-2016 23:16
  Jason Roy made a brilliant 162 to lead England to a crushing six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international at The Oval on Wednesday. Roy fell five runs short of England's highest one-day score, Robin Smith's 167 against Australia in 1993, but the hosts eased to a revised target of 309 with 11 balls to spare to seal the five-match series with a 2-0 lead. Sri Lanka scored 305 for five from 42 overs after being put in to bat thanks to half centuries by Dhanushka Gunathilaka,
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard sets up meeting with British star Johanna Konta following 6-3, 6-4 win over Magdalena Rybarikova

  29-06-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eugenie Bouchard set up a Wimbledon clash with Johanna Konta as the Canadian eventually secured victory in a first-round match spread over the course of two days.
  
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• Bernard Tomic urged to apologise for 'retard' comment after Wimbledon victory over Fernando Verdasco

  29-06-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian Bernard Tomic has been criticised over his use of the word 'retard' during a Wimbledon press conference. He was responding to a question about being made to wait on court for his opponent,
  
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• Carlos Sainz's contract extended at Toro Rosso amid Ferrari and Renault interest

  29-06-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanish driver Carlos Sainz will continue to race for Toro Rosso next season, the Red Bull-owned Formula One team said on Wednesday.
  
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• Not my usual Wednesday, says unlikely lad Willis

  29-06-2016 22:59
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - With a huge dollop of understatement and a wry smile, rank outsider Marcus Willis described the day he faced the greatest player of all time on Wimbledon's Centre Court as "not my standard Wednesday". "It's not playing Roger Federer on Centre Court," added the 25-year-old. Then to earn a crack at seven-times Wimbledon champion Federer, he had to bridge a yawning rankings gap of more than 700 to oust Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis in the first round.
  
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• England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to secure ODI series

  29-06-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Roy smashed 162 off just 118 balls to help guide England to a six wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a rain-affected fourth one-day international at the The Oval on Wednesday.
  
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• JR Smith sees US Open champion and takes a drive

  29-06-2016 22:44
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith showed off a pretty good shot Wednesday — not on the court, but on the practice range at Firestone Country Club.
  
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• Brazil Senate planning impeachment vote for last days of Olympics

  29-06-2016 22:44
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate will likely take its final vote on the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Aug. 20, a day before the Olympic closing ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro, Senate President Renan Calheiros said on Wednesday. The first Olympic Games in South America are due to open on Aug. 5 amid political turmoil, concern about an outbreak of the Zika virus, and Brazil's deepest recession since the 1930s. (Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello; Editing by Jonathan Oati
  
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• AP Sources: Steven Stamkos elects to re-sign with Lightning

  29-06-2016 22:43
  
  Two people familiar with the decision have confirmed to The Associated Press that Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is staying put in Tampa Bay.
  
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• Colts extend Luck's contract through 2021 with $140M deal

  29-06-2016 22:31
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck has signed a new contract with the Indianapolis Colts that covers the next six seasons through 2021.
  
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• Predators acquire P.K. Subban from Canadiens for Shea Weber

  29-06-2016 22:28
  The Nashville Predators pulled off a blockbuster before the start of free agency Wednesday by acquiring P.K. Subban from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Shea Weber, a swap of All-Star defensemen.
  
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• Marcus Willis wears shirt with Roger Federer's initials on it during his straight sets defeat to the Swiss great at Wimbledon

  29-06-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marcus Willis took on the biggest match of his life on Centre Court on Wednesday as he faced Roger Federer. And he seemed keen to pay tribute to the Swiss great with his choice of shirt.
  
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• Portugal sweating on injuries ahead of Poland clash

  29-06-2016 22:22
  By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Portugal's coach Fernando Santos will leave his final decision on team selection for the quarter-final clash against Poland until Thursday morning because of injuries to at least two players, he told reporters. Speaking on the eve of the game in Marseille, Santos also said he viewed the two sides as evenly matched which could result in a tight, defensive contest. "There are some players who aren't 100 percent fit so we'll wait until tomorrow to ascertain whether t
  
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• Andrew Luck is NFL's highest-paid player after agreeing six-year, $140m deal with Indianapolis Colts

  29-06-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Luck is the NFL's highest-paid player after agreeing a five-year, $140million contract extension with the Indianapolis Colts.
  
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• Rizzo legs out inside-the-park HR, Cubs sweep Reds 9-2

  29-06-2016 22:09
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Anthony Rizzo legged out his first inside-the-park homer on Wednesday — another unusual moment in a series full of oddities — and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 for a three-game sweep that got them back on solid footing after a rough week.
  
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• Young pretenders Thiem, Zverev map out path towards summit

  29-06-2016 22:03
  By John Stonestreet LONDON (Reuters) - Two young German-speaking pretenders to Novak Djokovic's tennis crown took further small steps on Wednesday towards the goal of dethroning him, comfortably seeing off experienced opponents at Wimbledon as they advance steadily up the rankings. While Serbian Djokovic, reigning supreme at the top of the game with four consecutive grand slam titles, was sweeping past France's Adrian Mannarino in the luxurious setting of Centre Court, 22-year-old Austrian Domin
  
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• Sainz to stay with Toro Rosso in 2017

  29-06-2016 22:01
  By Alan Baldwin SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) - Spanish driver Carlos Sainz will continue to race for Toro Rosso next season, the Red Bull-owned Formula One team said on Wednesday. The Italy-based team said on their website (www.scuderiatororosso.com) that Red Bull had taken up the option on the Spaniard's contract ahead of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix. "We are very happy that Carlos continues with us, because he has shown a very good performance since he is with Scuderia Toro Rosso and I a
  
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• The Latest: Bouchard beats Rybarikova at Centre Court

  29-06-2016 21:56
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local):
  
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• Andrew Luck just became the highest paid player in NFL history

  29-06-2016 21:56
  
  The Indianapolis Colts quarterback has signed on until 2021.
  
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• Body parts wash ashore next to Rio Olympic venue

  29-06-2016 21:42
  Parts of a mutilated body washed up on the sands of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, police said, just meters (yards) from where beach volleyball athletes will compete in the upcoming Olympics. The discovery, first reported to a newspaper by a Rio street vendor, is the latest to unnerve the city as it grapples with rising crime, a recession and exhausted state finances at a time when it hoped to be celebrating the first Olympics ever held in South America. Police officials did no
  
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• Former champion Kvitova in a hurry to reach round two

  29-06-2016 21:36
  Twice champion Petra Kvitova needed just 15 minutes to bulldoze through the first set against Romania's Sorana Cirstea at Wimbledon on Wednesday, taking the match 6-0 6-4. The Czech 10th seed hopes to recapture the triumphs of 2011 and 2014 after losing in the third round last year and with the start of her 2016 season blighted by gastrointestinal illness.
  
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• Jockey William Buick to miss showpiece races after 30-day ban upheld for causing fall in the French Oaks 

  29-06-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Godolphin jockey William Buick will miss a clutch of the summer’s biggest meetings after he lost his appeal against the 30-day ban imposed by French stewards.
  
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• Willis fairytale is over: Federer beats qualifier in 3 sets

  29-06-2016 21:25
  
  LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer was not about to let this feel-good story spoil his own Wimbledon.
  
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• Konta beats rain and Puig for first Wimbledon win

  29-06-2016 21:25
  By Alison Williams LONDON (Reuters) - British number one Johanna Konta scored her first Wimbledon win at the fifth attempt on Wednesday, seeing off Puerto Rico's Monica Puig 6-1 7-5 in a match twice delayed by rain. Konta, who was ranked 126th in the world at last year's tournament, has risen quickly up the tennis ladder to be seeded 16 this year and reached the Australian Open semi-final. Puig, 36 in the world, settled better after Wednesday's rain interruption, holding her serve at the resumpt
  
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• Pace becomes first women's golfer to opt out of Rio

  29-06-2016 21:20
  (Reuters) - South African Lee-Anne Pace, citing Zika concerns, became the first women's golfer to withdraw from the 2016 Rio Olympics on Wednesday, joining a growing exodus on the men's side that includes the world's top-ranked player. Pace, a nine-times winner on the Ladies European Tour who is ranked 38th in the world, said she was eager to represent South Africa at the Aug 5-21 Olympics but felt Zika was too big a risk to take. "After weighing up all the options and discussing it with my fami
  
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• Marcus Willis puts in brave Wimbledon display on Centre Court but eventually falls to straight sets loss against Roger Federer

  29-06-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT WIMBLEDON: Marcus Willis put in a brave performance at SW19 against Roger Federer but eventually fell to a 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 defeat at the hands of the world No 3.
  
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• Moore outpitches Price, Rays shut down Red Sox 4-0

  29-06-2016 21:18
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Matt Moore pitched seven spotless innings and Brandon Guyer homered and drove in two runs in his return from a three-week stint on the disabled list, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-0 victory over David Price and the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.
  
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• The Latest: Bouchard-Rybarikova match moved to Centre Court

  29-06-2016 21:17
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local):
  
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• Federer plays cameo role to end Willis fairytale

  29-06-2016 21:10
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Few players have reduced the great Roger Federer to a role as secondary attraction on Wimbledon's Centre Court but for one hour and 25 minutes on Wednesday he had just a walk-on part in the Marcus Willis fairytale.
  
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