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• Portugal reach Euro 2016 semi-finals with win over Poland on penalties

  30-06-2016 23:59
  
  It has become increasingly possible to imagine Portugal with their name on the Euro 2016 trophy. After three draws at the group phase and a grubby last 16 win over Croatia, following extra-time, they entered this quarter-final having not played particularly well but having played well enough. Related: Portugal beat Poland on penalties to reach the semi-finals – as it happened!Continue reading...
  
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• MARTIN KEOWN: Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale to shine as Belgium take on Wales for a place in the semi-final of Euro 2016

  30-06-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale will be the difference makers as Belgium take on Wales. As will Kevin de Bruyne, along with the absence of both Jan Vertonghen and Thomas Vermaelen.
  
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• Headley scores on passed ball in 9th, Yankees beat Texas 2-1

  30-06-2016 23:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees' four-game set against the AL-leading Rangers started Monday with what Chase Headley called maybe the toughest loss of his career.
  
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• The Latest: Portugal beats Poland on penalties to make semis

  30-06-2016 23:53
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):
  
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• Portugal beat Poland on penalties to reach semi-final

  30-06-2016 23:52
  Portugal reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016 by beating Poland 5-3 on penalties after the two sides drew 1-1 after extra time on Thursday. Jakub Blaszczykowski failed to convert Poland's fourth penalty, which was saved by Rui Patricio, as Portugal earned a semi-final against either Wales or Belgium in Lyon on Wednesday. Poland raced into the lead in the second minute when Kamil Grosicki burst down the left and crossed into the middle where Robert Lewandowski sidefooted the ball into the net for
  
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• Del Bosque leaving Spain job after 8 years in charge

  30-06-2016 23:52
  
  MADRID (AP) — Vicente Del Bosque says he is standing down after eight years in charge of Spain, having guided the team to World Cup and European titles.
  
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• Watford turn down £38m Shanghai SIPG offer for Odion Ighalo

  30-06-2016 23:50
  
  • Watford owner Giampaolo Pozzodoes not want to cash in on Nigeria forward
  • Pozzo has also turned down Leicester City bid for Troy DeeneyWatford have turned down a £38m offer for their striker Odion Ighalo from the free-spending Shanghai SIPG. The Chinese club broke their transfer record this week when they signed Hulk from Zenit St Petersburg for £46.1m but they are unlikely to add Ighalo to their squad after Watford’s refusal to even consider the offer. Related: Ma
  
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• Shuck's RBI single in 8th lifts White Sox over Twins 6-5

  30-06-2016 23:35
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — J.B. Shuck's two-out single scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, Todd Frazier hit his 23rd home run and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Thursday.
  
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• England need a man to give our team an identity. I want the job one day... but not yet

  30-06-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALAN PARDEW: I want to be the England manager. It is a job I aspire to and it is an ambition of mine. But not now. Now, I have a big job at Crystal Palace and we have an important summer ahead of us.
  
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• Treve's sister Terres set to make eagerly-awaited Flat debut at Deauville 

  30-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Terre, a full sister to the great dual Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe winner Treve, has been pencilled in for a debut at Deauville in August by trainer Criquette Head-Maarek.
  
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• Clive Cox backs My Dream Boat to challenge The Gurkha at Sandown

  30-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Clive Cox has described the improvement wrought in My Dream Boat as ‘astounding’ as he lines the four-year-old up for Saturday’s Group One Coral Eclipse Stakes.
  
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• Colin Montgomerie makes dream come true by qualifying for The Open on his home course at Royal Troon

  30-06-2016 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was only a month ago thatthe Scot was playing social golf at his home course at Royal Troon and remarking wistfully to his dad about how good it would be to play in The Open one last time.
  
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• Athletics - Injured Jeter, Symmonds to miss U.S. Olympic trials

  30-06-2016 23:23
  Olympians Carmelita Jeter and Nick Symmonds have withdrawn from the U.S. athletics trials for the Rio Olympics with injuries, they said on Thursday. Jeter, the 2012 Olympic 100 meters silver medallist and 200m bronze medal winner, pulled out of the July 1-10 trials with a quadriceps problem. "Unfortunately due to me re-exaggerating my left quad I will not be at 2016 Olympic trials," Jeter, who anchored the U.S. to the 4x100m relay world record at the 2012 London Games, said on Instagram.
  
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• Del Bosque says stepping down as Spain coach

  30-06-2016 23:22
  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said he was stepping down from the job just three days after the defending champions were knocked out of Euro 2016 by Italy at the finals in France. "Of course, I have no intention of continuing," he said in an interview with Radio Nacional de Espana on Thursday. "It was a decision I had taken beforehand." Spain, who were trying to win their third straight European Championship, lost 2-0 to Italy in the last 16 on Monday. (Writing by Brian Homewo
  
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• Vince Wilfork poses nude on cover of ESPN's Body Issue... and Houston Texans team-mate promises some mickey taking

  30-06-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vince Wilfork is an unlikely cover star. Even less so a starkers one. Nevertheless, the 325lbs Houston Texans nose tackle has graced the 2016 edition of ESPN the Magazine Body Issue in his birthday suit.
  
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• McGirt sets early pace at Firestone

  30-06-2016 23:16
  (Reuters) - Four weeks after winning his first PGA Tour title, William McGirt continued to ride a red-hot putter as he surged into an early three-shot lead in Thursday's opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. The 37-year-old American stole the limelight from some of the game's biggest names competing in the elite World Golf Championships event, firing a flawless six-under-par 64 on a breezy, sun-splashed day at Firestone Country Club. McGirt, who won the Memorial title
  
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• Tennis-Czech Vesely sinks eighth seed Thiem in battle of tie breaks

  30-06-2016 23:15
  By John Stonestreet LONDON (Reuters) - Unseeded Czech Jiri Vesely won a battle of the tie breaks to sink Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem in three tough sets in the second round at Wimbledon on Thursday. Thiem had also come out on top in the two previous main tour matches between the 22-year-olds and had won seven of eight outings on grass this year, including an inaugural title on the surface in this month's Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Stuttgart. The Czech will play Portuguese 31st seed J
  
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• The Latest: More than half of US Olympic roster spots filled

  30-06-2016 23:14
  
  The Latest on the Olympics ahead of the Rio Games (all times local to Rio):
  
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• Radwanksa scrapes through against injured opponent

  30-06-2016 23:10
  Agnieszka Radwanska avoided becoming the second of the top three women's seeds to lose at Wimbledon on Thursday, beating Croatia's Ana Konjuh 6-2 4-6 9-7 after her opponent took a tumble and needed treatment in the penultimate game. Konjuh, ranked 103rd in the world, had three match points herself but, with the contest poised at 7-7 and 40-15 on Radwanska's serve, the Croat stepped on a ball she was chasing and rolled her right ankle, collapsing at the chairs in tears. Konjuh played on, heavily
  
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• Bouchard shows glimpses of best to oust Konta

  30-06-2016 23:10
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Eugenie Bouchard reminded a Centre Court crowd why not long ago she was billed as tennis's new golden girl and why she still might be when crushing the Wimbledon hopes of Britain's 16th seed Johanna Konta on Thursday. Since reaching the final in 2014 against Petra Kvitova the Canadian's career has faltered while Konta has risen from obscurity, reaching the semi-finals of this year's Australian Open and rising into the world's top 20. You know, just keep going.
  
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• Rain gone at Wimbledon, but so are Muguruza, 17 other seeds

  30-06-2016 23:06
  
  LONDON (AP) — After two days filled with rain, the sun actually made an appearance at Wimbledon on Thursday, allowing for plenty of play all around the grounds, a chance to finally conclude the first round — and several surprises, the biggest of which was French Open champion Garbine Muguruza's exit.
  
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• The Latest: Poland and Portugal heading for extra time

  30-06-2016 22:54
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):
  
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• Manchester United striker Ashley Fletcher to join West Ham after impressive loan spell at Barnsley last season

  30-06-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United striker Ashley Fletcher is joining Premier League rivals West Ham. The 20-year-old is a free agent after turning down a new contract to stay at Old Trafford.
  
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• Venus accuses Wimbledon of sex discrimination over court schedule

  30-06-2016 22:45
  By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - Venus Williams accused Wimbledon officials of discriminating against its women champions and wants "equality" when it comes to scheduling matches on its two biggest showcourts. After two days of rain created a backlog of matches, the five-times Wimbledon champion was sent to the 782-seater Court 18 on Thursday, an arena once labelled "a parking lot" by former world number one Jelena Jankovic. While in 2008 Jankovic had fumed she "needed a helicopter" to reach
  
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• Champion Chanticleers: Coastal Carolina defeats Arizona 4-2

  30-06-2016 22:41
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Coastal Carolina capitalized on two errors on the same play for four unearned runs in the sixth inning, and the Chanticleers won their first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals on Thursday.
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic: the ego lands and eyes fairytale end at Manchester United

  30-06-2016 22:40
  
  The 34-year-old arrives at Old Trafford with a wealth of winners’ medals, a killer one-liner to match every killer goal but the desire to end his career on a highThere are not many players, in a world where some clubs now attempt to exert control over individuals’ social media accounts, that could announce their own transfer online before their new team, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not your average footballer. In the 34-year-old Manchester United have acquired not just one of the moder
  
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• Johanna Konta crashes out of Wimbledon after suffering second round defeat by 2014 finalist Eugenie Bouchard

  30-06-2016 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Johanna Konta fell victim to an excellent display from 22-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard as the British number one crashed out in the Wimbledon second round.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton admits he may start races from dead last after engine trouble

  30-06-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton admits he faces the prospect of starting ‘at least one race from dead last’ between now and the end of the season. It's a blow for the 31-year-old who still has 13 races left this season.
  
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• Wimbledon 2016: GB's Konta loses to Canadian Bouchard

  30-06-2016 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  GB no.1 Johanna Konta loses to Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the second round at Wimbledon 2016, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
  
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• Johanna Konta bows out in Wimbledon second round against Eugenie Bouchard

  30-06-2016 22:20
  
  • British No1 loses in three sets to 2014 Wimbledon finalist
  • Konta struggles with pressure of being the favouriteIn a physically immense and emotionally draining match on Centre Court on Thursday evening Johanna Konta showed spirit but little consistency before losing to the Canadian Eugenie Bouchard over three sets .Konta, the British No1, had shown all her recently acquired tenacity to level at one-set all after losing the first set but in the second heavy momentum swing of the mat
  
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• Disney to buy stake in MLB's video unit for $3.5 billion - Bloomberg

  30-06-2016 22:16
  (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy 33 percent stake in the video unit of Major League Baseball's digital arm MLB Advanced Media in a deal valued at about $3.5 billion (2.64 billion pounds), Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. Disney will also retain a four-year option to buy an additional one-third stake, Bloomberg said. (http://bloom.bg/29ute4B) Disney and Major League Baseball could not be immediately reached for comment. (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in
  
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• Here come the virtual reality Olympics ... for Samsung users

  30-06-2016 22:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Athletes in Rio will compete to be the fastest sprinter and highest jumper at the Olympics this August. But there's another test underway as well: How well can virtual reality capture sporting events?
  
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• Andy Murray makes light work of Yen Hsun Lu to reach Wimbledon 2016 third round

  30-06-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT WIMBLEDON: Murrayalso beat the 32-year-old Taipei No 1 in 2013 before going on to become the first men's singles winner at SW19 since Fred Perry in 1936.
  
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• Court One a happy hunting ground for Cepelova

  30-06-2016 22:08
  By Alison Williams LONDON (Reuters) - Slovak qualifier Jana Cepelova drew on the memories of beating Simona Halep last year on the same court as she put paid to Garbine Muguruza's hopes of adding the Wimbledon title to her trophy cabinet. Cepelova's confidence never faltered, from the time she stepped onto Court One to the moment she sealed the match 6-3 6-2 against the French Open champion from Spain on her first match point. "From the beginning, I feel really good on the court, because I had s
  
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• Venus Williams beats Sakkari but exile to Court No18 raises eyebrows

  30-06-2016 22:05
  
  • No8 seed sees off Greece’s Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
  • Five-times champion through and plays Daria Kasatkina
  The calendar insists the end is near for Venus Williams, but the results continue to dissent. The 36-year-old American – the oldest woman in the top 200 and the oldest in the draw here – overcame a game challenge from Maria Sakkari in an entertaining second-round tilt on Thursday to book a meeting with Russia’s Daria Kasatkina in the round of 32. Rela
  
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• Johanna Konta crashes out of Wimbledon after suffering second round defeat to 2014 finalist Eugenie Bouchard

  30-06-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Johanna Konta fell victim to an excellent display from 22-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard as the British number one crashed out in the Wimbledon second round.
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard affords herself a smile after stylish win over Johanna Konta

  30-06-2016 22:00
  
  The Canadian poster girl showed glimpses of the form that took her to the final in 2014 against the British No1, who mounted a valiant fightback but came up shortThis was a tale of chances. Those taken and those not taken amid a blur of competitive tennis that produced one of the best contests of the women’s draw so far. And it ended with the 22-year-old Eugenie Bouchard, the Canadian poster girl who has already almost experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows at Wimbledon, s
  
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• Manchester United appear to leak Henrikh Mkhitaryan signing as club reveal new away shirt is available with the midfielder's name

  30-06-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United appear to have leaked the signing of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, with the club's website carrying images of their new blue away kit available in with his name printed on the back.
  
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• AP sources: Cowboys' McClain suspended again, for 10 games

  30-06-2016 21:56
  
  IRVING, Texas (AP) — Two people with knowledge of the situation says Dallas Cowboys linebacker Rolando McClain has been suspended for the first 10 games next season for his second violation of the NFL's substance-abuse policy in as many years.
  
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• Royal Troon prepares to hold vote on allowing women members with an end to male-only policy expected to move closer

  30-06-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An end to the Open Championship being staged at clubs with a male-only membership policy is expected to move closer when Royal Troon votes on allowing women members on Friday.
  
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• The Latest: 8th-seeded Thiem loses in 2nd round at Wimbledon

  30-06-2016 21:43
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local):
  
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• Vesely sinks eighth seed Thiem in battle of tie breaks

  30-06-2016 21:40
  Unseeded Czech Jiri Vesely won a battle of the tie breaks to sink Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday. The young guns, both aged 22, exchanged early breaks of serve in the first set before Thiem squandered three further chances to break in the 11th game and he conceded the set with a loose forehand on his opponent's first set point. Vesely's serve was the more consistent, however, allowing him to win his service games more easily and
  
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