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• England line up Spain friendly at Wembley as both sides look to rebuild

  04-07-2016 23:58
  
  • Game set for 14 November after World Cup qualifier with Scotland• Both countries are seeking new managers following Euro 2016England’s new manager is set to confront Spain, another team now without a head coach, in a friendly at Wembley as part of a reciprocal arrangement struck by the countries’ respective football associations after the teams’ meeting in Alicante last season.The fixture is expected to be scheduled for 14 November, three days after England hos
  
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• Milos Raonic finally finds his fight to beat David Goffin from two sets down and credits influence of coach John McEnroe

  04-07-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER AT WIMBLEDON:The American legend has been part of the Canadian’s team since May, joining him as a coach for the grasscourt season.
  
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• Diafra Sakho yet to join up with his West Ham team-mates due to back injury

  04-07-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham forward and Sunderland target Diafra Sakho is yet to join his club team-mates in Seattle as he is receiving treatment from a specialist on a back injury.
  
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• Pep Guardiola phone call convinced Ilkay Gundogan to swap Borussia Dortmund for Manchester City this summer

  04-07-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The central midfielder, a £21million Manchester City signing from Borussia Dortmund, suffered a dislocated kneecap while playing basketball and expects to be back in early September.
  
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• Verstappen wins F1 driver award for third time

  04-07-2016 23:48
  (Reuters) - Dutch teenager Max Verstappen has won Formula One's Driver of the Day award for the third time in nine races after finishing second for Red Bull in Austria on Sunday. The 18-year-old, who triumphed in Spain in May to become the sport's youngest race winner, started eighth at Red Bull's home track. Force India's Mexican Sergio Perez has won it twice for finishing third in Monaco and Azerbaijan, as has Haas' Frenchman Romain Grosjean after strong results in Australia and Bahrain.
  
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• Heather Watson spotted in pub during early hours of Sunday morning prior to her doubles match at Wimbledon

  04-07-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Heather Watson hardly set a good example for a professional sportswoman by being spotted in a pub in the early hours before a Wimbledon match.
  
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• Gareth Bale buoyant in Wales’ Euro 2016 bubble before Cristiano Ronaldo reunion

  04-07-2016 23:42
  
  Before the semi-final against Portugal the Welsh talisman has spoken warmly of Real Madrid team-mates still at the European Championship, with one exceptionFor the umpteenth time Gareth Bale fielded a Cristiano Ronaldo‑related question. Had he spoken to his Real Madrid team‑mate about Euro 2016 before they set off for the finals with Wales and Portugal respectively? “No,” Bale replied. “I remember Toni Kroos saying we’d only have three games. So, it would be n
  
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• Simone Zaza apologises for crucial penalty miss for Italy against Germany

  04-07-2016 23:39
  
  • Zaza: ’As well as being disappointed I am sad and angry with myself’
  • Italy striker subject of widespread ridicule on social media over missSimone Zaza has apologised for letting Italy fans down with his bizarre penalty miss at Euro 2016. The Italy striker was second on the list to take a spot-kick after Germany held the Azzurri to a 1-1 quarter-final draw in Bordeaux on Saturday night.Zaza did not worry the goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the slightest, however, as he blazed
  
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• Slick Murray downs Kyrgios as title expectations grow

  04-07-2016 23:37
  By John Stonestreet LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray saw off the mercurial challenge of Australian Nick Kyrgios with little fuss on Monday, before just as smoothly playing down growing expectations that a second Wimbledon title is his for the taking. The second-seeded Scot's straight sets win over a dangerous opponent maintained his standing, following the shock third round exit of world number one Novak Djokovic, as the bookies' odds-on favourite to lift the Challenge Cup again on Sunday. Murray,
  
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• COURT REPORT: Andy Murray to hold off on making Davis Cup decision until after Wimbledon

  04-07-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART FRASER: Andy Murray will be named in the provisional Davis Cup team for quarter-final away to Serbia, although he will not make a final decision on his playing until he has finished at Wimbledon.
  
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• Mark Clattenburg needs Wales to lose semi-final tie with Portugal to have a chance of refereeing the Euro 2016 final

  04-07-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The English referee is on a shortlist to officiate the Euro 2016 final with Hungary’s Viktor Kassai and Serbia’s Milorad Mazic but is unlikely to be chosen if Wales reach the showpiece.
  
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• Brat watch: Nick Kyrgios sedate as Andy Murray quickly ends Australian hot head's Wimbledon ambitions

  04-07-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BRAT WATCH: The trademark outbursts were missing, but so was Nick Kyrgios’s concentration as he was put to the sword by Murray. Here Sportsmail looks at the flash points of the fourth round tie.
  
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• Mike Tyson thought he would be dead by the age of 30... now he looks like he may make it to 70

  04-07-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: Some 25 five years ago, shortly before he was sent to prison, Mike Tyson told those of us who cared to listen that he did not expect to live until he was 30. Now he's just turned 50.
  
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• Everton boss Ronald Koeman eyes reunion with Graziano Pelle and is considering move for Wales hero Hal Robson-Kanu

  04-07-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronald Koeman is interested in a reunion with Southampton striker Graziano Pelle as he looks to put his stamp on Everton's squad following his move to the Toffees.
  
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• Late bloomer Dustin Johnson has big three on the run ahead of the Open

  04-07-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: There’s one sure-fire way to get the attention of golf’s big three and that’s to hit the ball 350 yards down the middle with unnerving regularity.
  
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• Jose Mourinho launches charm offensive as Manchester United aim to beat Real Madrid to France and Juventus star Paul Pogba

  04-07-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Old Trafford officials believe the Spanish giants are undecided on whether to make what would be close to a world-record move for the French midfielder Pogba.
  
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• Pepe in race to be fit ahead of Wales clash as Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale says Portugal defender is a 'great man'

  04-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All the talk ahead of Wednesday's game is about the clash between Real Madrid team-mates Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. But Pepe has been occupying the coach's thoughts.
  
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• Ilkay Gundogan expects Pep Guardiola to lift Manchester City to new heights

  04-07-2016 23:30
  
  The £21m signing from Borussia Dortmund is excited to be linking up with ‘the best coach in the world’ for ‘a big fight in the Premier League’Ilkay Gundogan offers a telling illustration of why Pep Guardiola can be counted as “the best manager on earth” when stating that even Zlatan Ibrahimovic rates the Catalan among the very best. “Even the players who don’t like him [rate him] and the best example is Ibrahimovic,” Manchester City&rsq
  
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• Gylfi Sigurdsson urges Premier League clubs ‘to give Iceland players a go’

  04-07-2016 23:30
  
  • Sigurdsson: ‘They are good guys, good personalities and good players’
  • Swansea City midfielder and Euro 2016 star to discuss new contractGylfi Sigurdsson hopes to open talks with Swansea City over a new contract in the wake of his performances for Iceland at the European Championship.The attacking midfielder was a key member of the side whose first appearance at a major finals saw them draw with Portugal and eliminate England before bowing out in the quarter-final agains
  
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• Chris Coleman ready to put his faith in James Collins for Portugal tie only three years after Wales duo's fall-out

  04-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coleman could switch Chris Gunter to centre back and play Jazz Richards as right wing-back but should Collins feature it would complete a comeback that seemed implausible in 2013.
  
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• Yohan Blake warned to raise the pace if he wants Olympic gold... despite coasting to Jamaican trials win in Usain Bolt's absence

  04-07-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING IN KINGSTON: Coach Glen Mills was content to see Blake take full advantage of the reigning Olympic champion’s absence to win both the 100m and 200m.
  
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• Gareth Bale delights in ‘greatest honour’ but says Wales run is no shock

  04-07-2016 23:29
  
  • Holiday booked for 11 July – the day after the Euro 2016 final
  • ‘To be part of history for your country is amazing,’ says WelshmanGareth Bale has described Wales’s glory run to the Euro 2016 semi-finals as the “greatest honour” he has had in his career but the team’s talisman has always believed that they could go deep into the tournament.On the eve of the showdown with Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday night – which will pit Bale against
  
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• Gareth Bale delights in ‘greatest honour’ but claims Wales run is no shock

  04-07-2016 23:29
  
  • Holiday booked for 11 July – the day after the Euro 2016 final
  • ‘To be part of history for your country is amazing,’ says WelshmanGareth Bale has described Wales’s glory run to the Euro 2016 semi-finals as the “greatest honour” he has had in his career but the team’s talisman has always believed that they could go deep into the tournament.On the eve of the showdown with Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday night – which will pit Bale against
  
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• Hamilton praying for real race at Silverstone

  04-07-2016 23:25
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton will head into his home British Grand Prix praying for the sake of the fans that angry Mercedes bosses continue to allow him and team mate Nico Rosberg to race each other freely. The pair collided on the last lap in Austria on Sunday, with Mercedes team head Toto Wolff threatening to impose 'team orders' -- making them hold position in the closing stages -- after what he called a "brainless" accident. A 140,000-strong crowd is expected at Silvers
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, July 5

  04-07-2016 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Pontefract, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton and Brighton.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton wants fourth F1 title but may have to obey Mercedes orders

  04-07-2016 22:59
  
  • Defending champion says victory in Austria shows he is ‘massively driven’
  • ‘I’ll do everything, on the knife edge, over it and beyond,’ says EnglishmanLewis Hamilton believes he has demonstrated how hungry he is to win his fourth Formula One world championship after his victory at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday, achieved in a thrilling climax to the race after a final‑lap collision with his Mercedes colleague Nico Rosberg.Hamilton had lost the
  
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• Nick Kyrgios suffers meltdown at the hands of Andy Murray

  04-07-2016 22:56
  
  Australian admits he is not in love with the sport after suffering what Steve Waugh would describe as‘mental disintegration’ against the British No1After this most tumultuous and savagely unpredictable of summers it was reassuring to find a national institution on which Britain can rely. This was supposed to be the toughest test of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon so far. Instead it became a dazzling a concerto of his talents, which appear to be widening even as his 30th birthday looms
  
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• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga says he can beat Andy Murray and holds no fear ahead of Wimbledon quarter-final meeting

  04-07-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga said he was confident he could beat Andy Murray in the Wimbledon quarter-finals after he won his fourth-round match when fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet retired.
  
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• Tottenham return for punishing pre-season training as Victor Wanyama reports for duty with his new club

  04-07-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new Premier League season is fast approaching with Tottenham getting down to business with a punishing pre-season schedule with new arrival Victor Wanyama reporting for duty.
  
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• Open and shut: With roof closed, Williams rolls at Wimbledon

  04-07-2016 22:42
  
  LONDON (AP) — It was raining, ever so slightly, and her Wimbledon fourth-round match was slipping away, ever so slightly, when Serena Williams stumbled as she ran to the net, winding up seated on the slick Centre Court grass.
  
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• Defeated Keys not satisfied, says there is more to come

  04-07-2016 22:33
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Madison Keys is a girl in a hurry but she must wait a little longer to turn her undoubted potential into grand slam silverware after a fourth round loss at Wimbledon on Monday. After winning grasscourts titles in Eastbourne in 2014 and in Birmingham a few weeks ago, and entering the world's top 10 for the first time, she arrived at the All England Club with many tipping her for a deep run in the tournament. Against Romania's Simona Halep she looked on course t
  
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• Free at Rio Olympics - nine million forest-friendly condoms

  04-07-2016 22:30
  By Ricardo Moraes XAPURI, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's government will hand out 9 million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a push meant to encourage safe sex and also defend the Amazon rainforest. Rio's local Olympic organizing committee said about 450,000 of the sustainably-produced condoms will be destined for athletes and staff housed in the Olympic Village. The rest will be made widely available to the many visitors who will be arriving in the city in just
  
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• The Latest: Berdych-Vesely match suspended by darkness

  04-07-2016 22:28
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
  
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• Dimension Data move has given me a new lease of life, says Mark Cavendish after cycling legend claims second Tour stage win

  04-07-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old turned in a vintage performance to snatch his second stage win of the 2016 Tour de France and write another line in the great race's history books.
  
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• John McEnroe tells Nick Kyrgios to 'look in the mirror' after Andy Murray defeat as Australian admits 'I don't love the sport but I don't know what else to do without it'

  04-07-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART FRASER AND NICK HARRIS ON CENTRE COURT: Aussie bad boy Kyrgios was tearful later and admitted he had produced a ‘pretty pathetic’ effort in the fourth round clash.
  
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• AP Source: Heat offer Wade 2-year, $40 million deal to stay

  04-07-2016 22:14
  MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade has an offer to consider.
  
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• AP source: Pau Gasol, Spurs set on $30 million, 2-year deal

  04-07-2016 22:10
  The San Antonio Spurs didn't waste any time after losing out in the Kevin Durant sweepstakes.
  
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• I'd make Quiet Reflection favourite for July Cup, says Twilight Son's trainer Henry Candy

  04-07-2016 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Candy believes Royal Ascot winner Twilight Son will have to step up his performance to another level if he is to win Saturday’s £500,000 Darley July Cup at Newmarket.
  
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• Serena Williams threatened to sue Wimbledon after falling on wet Centre Court grass in win over Svetlana Kuznetsova 

  04-07-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY ON CENTRE COURT: The reigning ladies champion was unhappy to play on at 5-5 in a tight first set with the grass becoming slippery.
  
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• Joe Ledley postpones wedding following Wales' surprise march to Euro 2016 semi-final against Portugal

  04-07-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wales midfielder Joe Ledley has postponed his wedding due to his side's prolonged stay at the European Championship.
  
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• Serena powers into quarters as roof break turns match

  04-07-2016 22:00
  By John Stonestreet LONDON (Reuters) - Serena Williams made the most of a break in her match against 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova on Monday, when the Centre Court roof was closed after she threatened to sue organisers if she fell and injured herself on the slippery turf. Bidding to equal Steffi Graf's professional-era record of 22 grand slam titles, Williams failed to keep up the momentum and found herself 5-4 down when the Russian broke with a crosscourt backhand winner that left the American
  
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• Sam Querrey beats Nicolas Mahut to reach his first grand slam quarter-final

  04-07-2016 21:55
  
  • Novak Djokovic’s conqueror is victorious in straight sets
  • Roger Federer through to last eight without dropping a setIn the hours after his stunning win against Novak Djokovic in the previous round, Sam Querrey watched every little rerun he could get his hands on, loving the moment. Having never gone beyond round four of a grand slam event, he was eager to enjoy it and as he began his last-16 match here on Monday, the fear of a let-down was obvious. But the American is determi
  
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• Raonic roars back to topple Goffin in five

  04-07-2016 21:54
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Milos Raonic prefers playing his tennis like a Canadian lumberjack, axing down mighty serves and swinging away forehands to leave opponents toppling under his brute force. Belgium's nimble artisan David Goffin, on the other hand, goes about his business with the precision of a surgeon -- wearing down rivals with unerring accuracy and placement. Goffin could run but could not hide, though, and Raonic, scoring heavily as his first serve clicked, surged back to w
  
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• Manchester United in chase for £84m Paul Pogba but Real Madrid lead race

  04-07-2016 21:52
  
  • France midfielder is thought to favour a move from Juventus to the Bernabéu
  • José Mourinho wants United to meet €300,000-per-week wage demandsPaul Pogba will join Manchester United only if his first choice of Real Madrid proves impossible, with José Mourinho’s hopes of securing the France midfielder resting on outbidding the Spanish club and meeting the player’s wage demand of €300,000 (£250,000) a week.United and Real both want Pogba
  
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• Factbox - Match-by-match Euro 2016 form of Bale and Ronaldo

  04-07-2016 21:49
  Wednesday's Euro 2016 semi-final between Portugal and Wales pits the world's two most expensive players and Real Madrid team mates Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale against each other. First match Wales 2 Slovakia 1 In Wales' first major tournament appearance in 58 years, Bale stepped up to the plate, opening the scoring with a long-range free kick and delivering a tireless, selfless display of running as a solo striker. Portugal 1 Iceland 1 Ronaldo was smothered in attack by a hard-working Icel
  
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• Ronaldo, Bale take different approaches to leadership role

  04-07-2016 21:47
  Cristiano Ronaldo is immaculately groomed, makes a point of posing for the cameras when he scores, is often captured scowling at his colleagues and recently launched his own men's fragrance called "Legacy". Gareth Bale is constantly encouraging his team mates and is described by his manager as "the most down-to-earth boy you could meet." The world's two most expensive footballers, who play alongside each other at Real Madrid, will go head-to-head when Bale's Wales meet Ronaldo's Portugal in thei
  
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• Pablo Cuevas in wee controversy during Wimbledon doubles defeat

  04-07-2016 21:44
  
  • Spectator claims player urinated into ball-can after toilet break was refused
  • Cuevas and Marcel Granollers also stage sit-down protest during five-set lossWimbledon and etiquette tend to go hand in hand but on Monday, on Court No7, there was a curious incident involving a leading doubles player, a refused bathroom break and a ball-can. Pablo Cuevas asked to go off court for a toilet break at 8-9 in the final set of the Uruguayan’s third-round match with Marcel Granollers
  
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• Pablo Cuevas in wee bit of bother during Wimbledon doubles defeat

  04-07-2016 21:44
  
  • Spectator claims player urinated into ball-can after toilet break was refused
  • Cuevas and Marcel Granollers also stage sit-down protest during five-set lossWimbledon and etiquette tend to go hand in hand but on Monday, on Court No7, there was a curious incident involving a leading doubles player, a refused bathroom break and a ball-can. Pablo Cuevas asked to go off court for a toilet break at 8-9 in the final set of the Uruguayan’s third-round match with Marcel Granollers
  
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• Marin Cilic takes heart from US Open win against Roger Federer ahead of their quarter-final clash at Wimbledon

  04-07-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The last time Roger Federer and Marin Cilic met, the latter dumped the former out of the 2014 US Open at the semi-final stage. And the pair will meet again in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
  
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• Djokovic demise finally gives 'hope to the hopeless'

  04-07-2016 21:40
  By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - When Andy Murray's mother was caught on camera breaking into a wide grin as Novak Djokovic's demise flashed up on Wimbledon's Centre Court screen it was a sentiment shared by many others inside the All England Club grounds. The look on the face of Judy Murray, who was sitting in the Royal Box as her son battled it out in the third round on Saturday, said it all -- Murray's chances of winning the title had just sky rocketed. "As soon as Novak loses, you look at
  
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