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• Cristiano Ronaldo displays his muscular physique in small swimshorts as he holidays on a luxury yacht in Ibiza with son Cristiano Jr, five, and mum Delores, 61

  13-07-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo, 31, is recovering from Potugal's European Championship success in the best possible way, by holidaying in Ibiza with his family.
  
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• England leaving out James Anderson and going for Gary Ballance will give Pakistan hope heading into first Test at Lord's

  13-07-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT LORD'S: While all eyes will be on Mohammad Amir when he makes his return, England’s focus was on the absence of an apparently fully fit Jimmy Anderson.
  
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• Australia in mourning after death of former captain Johnson

  13-07-2016 23:47
  Australia's rugby community was in mourning on Thursday after the death of former captain Peter Johnson. The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said Johnson had died at his home in Sydney on Tuesday. The former hooker played 42 tests for the Wallabies from 1959-71, including five as captain, though he played 92 games in total for the national team and went on eight overseas tours.
  
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• Mohammad Amir will get back in the swing of things to cause England problems as Pakistan bowler returns to Tests

  13-07-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: Disgraced bowler Mohammad Amir will return to the scene of his crime when Pakistan take on England in the first Test of a four-match series at Lord's on Thursday.
  
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• Liverpool new-boy Loris Karius pulls out of German Olympic squad to fight Simon Mignolet for Anfield No 1 spot

  13-07-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Loris Karius has sacrificed his Olympic dreams in order to apply maximum pressure to Simon Mignolet in the battle to become Liverpool’s No 1 in his first season in the Premier League.
  
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• Tennis ace Ana Ivanovic wears beautiful strapless bridal gown to exchange vows with footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger for the SECOND time in TWO days... as they tie the knot in breathtaking Venice church following magical City Hall ceremony

  13-07-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They enjoyed a lavish wedding ceremony just one day before in Venice's City Hall and Tennis ace Ana Ivanovic and footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger tied the knot once again on Wednesday as they took part in a beautiful religious ceremony. 
  
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• Rory McIlroy still 'the man', says Paul McGinley as he tips him for Open success

  13-07-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy is ready to silence his critics at The Open this week and rediscover the 'unbeatable' form that once saw him dominate golf, according to former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley.
  
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• Sam Allardyce's man management and innovation have made the Sunderland boss front-runner for England job

  13-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: As Sam Allardyce sits at the top of the betting after his interview, debate swirls about the Sunderland manager’s suitability for a job he was first interviewed for in 2006.
  
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• Heather Watson admits that she was ID'd on victorious Wimbledon night out... as she vows to prioritise Rio Olympics

  13-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL: She had just become a Wimbledon champion but that did not stop Heather Watson from getting ID'd on her night out with Andy Murray – only to realise she had no proof of age.
  
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• BT to rival Sky Sports' Saturday shoutfest as Mark Pougatch signs up as frontman

  13-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: Sky Sports, whose debut live Open coverage starts with Colin Montgomerie hitting the first drive on Thursday, will be facing new opposition for Soccer Saturday.
  
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• All Blacks flanker Savea extends Hurricanes deal until 2018

  13-07-2016 23:29
  All Blacks flanker Ardie Savea has signed a two-year contract extension until 2018 with his Super Rugby side the Wellington Hurricanes and New Zealand Rugby (NZR). The 22-year-old Savea joined a small group of All Blacks who have committed to NZR beyond the British and Irish Lions tour next year. Older brother Julian, locks Patrick Tuipulotu and Brodie Retallick, hooker Dane Coles, scrumhalf Aaron Smith, centre Sonny Bill Williams and prop Joe Moody have all signed through until after the 2019 g
  
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• Iraq: ISIL says Omar al-Shishani killed in air strike

  13-07-2016 23:27
  
  Armed group says top commander Omar al-Shishani, considered by US as ISIL's defence chief, killed in Iraq.
  
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• German sailors downplay Rio water health risk; worry about wind, debris

  13-07-2016 23:23
  By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - German Olympic sailors, one of whom was infected last year by a flesh-eating bacteria after a test run in Rio de Janeiro's sewage-tainted Guanabara Bay, said this week they are less worried about health risks than racing effectively in shifty winds and wild currents while avoiding floating debris. Three weeks before the start of racing at the Rio Olympics, three top medal prospects from the highly ranked German sailing team told Reuters on Tuesday that pl
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Thursday, July 14

  13-07-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Thursday's meetings at Chepstow, Hamilton, Epsom Downs and Leicester.
  
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• Hayley Turner backs £20,000 bonus for female jockey claiming Haydock and Carlisle double

  13-07-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain’s most successful female Flat jockey as backed an initiative by the Jockey Club which could see a female jockey pick up a £20,000 bonus next month.
  
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• James Anderson's omission from England squad for first Test against Pakistan causes rift with selectors

  13-07-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT LORD'S: On the eve of England’s biggest game of the summer, captain Alastair Cook said it was up to the selectors to explain why Anderson would be missing.
  
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• CFP will consider moving semifinal games off New Year's Eve

  13-07-2016 23:12
  The College Football Playoff is considering moving future semifinals off New Year's Eve after television ratings for last season's games plunged.
  
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• Duncan breaks silence: 'When it's not fun anymore, I'm done'

  13-07-2016 23:11
  
  San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan says he decided to retire after 19 seasons because playing basketball wasn't "as fun anymore."
  
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• Las Vegas NHL expansion team hires George McPhee as GM

  13-07-2016 23:01
  
  George McPhee has been tabbed as the first general manager of the NHL's expansion Las Vegas franchise, and he hopes to build an entertaining team that can compete sooner rather than later.
  
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• Germany's Schweinsteiger weds Serbian tennis ace Ivanovic

  13-07-2016 23:00
  BERLIN (AP) — German soccer international Bastian Schweinsteiger has tied the knot with Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic.
  
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• Arsenal fear Alexis Sanchez could miss start of the season as he recovers from Copa America ankle injury

  13-07-2016 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Gunners are closely monitoring their star man's recovery but fear the Chile international could miss the start of the new campaign. The Gunners host Liverpool on August 14.
  
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• Roma 16-0 AC Pinzolo: Edin Dzeko scores four with Mohamed Salah bagging a brace as Italian giants batter local semi-pro side

  13-07-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roma got their pre-season off to a winning start with a 16-0 victory over local side AC Pinzolo on Wednesday evening. Edin Dzeko, Mohamed Salah and Juan Iturbe were among the scorers.
  
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• League of Ireland progress 'not going at the pace that John Delaney would like'

  13-07-2016 22:24
  
  The FAI CEO hopes domestic football will have a new structure in place by next season.
  
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• Newcastle players hoping to climb straight back to Premier League as squad enjoy team bonding exercise at Ireland camp

  13-07-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United players will be hoping to climb to the top of the Championship table next season and have been getting some practice in with a team bonding exercise in Ireland.
  
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• Fleetwood Town 0-5 Liverpool: Marko Grujic, Lucas and Roberto Firmino score as Danny Ings misses first-half penalty

  13-07-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING AT HIGHBURY STADIUM: Marko Grujic launched his Liverpool career in the best possible manner as he marked his debut with a goal in a facile win at Fleetwood.
  
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• Mack Rhoades leaving Missouri to be Baylor's new AD

  13-07-2016 21:57
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor has chosen Mack Rhoades from Missouri as its new athletic director.
  
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• Dwight Howard ready to prove he can be elite player again

  13-07-2016 21:56
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Dwight Howard has a new team, a new jersey number and a fresh start in his hometown.
  
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• Liverpool vs Barcelona, Manchester United vs Manchester City and Juventus vs West Ham... here are Sportsmail's top 10 mouth-watering friendlies to watch this pre-season

  13-07-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Euro 2016 hangovers may be lingering, but don't worry as domestic football is only six weeks away with clubs racking up air-miles as they jet off around the world for pre-season training camps.
  
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• AP source: Rhoades leaving Mizzou to be Baylor's new AD

  13-07-2016 21:20
  WACO, Texas (AP) — A person with knowledge of the decision says Baylor has selected Mack Rhoades from Missouri as its new athletic director.
  
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• Baseball All-Star Game draws record low TV rating

  13-07-2016 21:18
  NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball All-Star Game has drawn a record-low television rating for the second straight year.
  
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• CFP willing to consider moving semifinals off New Year's Eve

  13-07-2016 21:17
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — The College Football Playoff will consider moving future semifinals off New Year's Eve if it can help increase viewership.
  
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• Leeds United ordered to pay Lucy Ward £290,000... with FA likely to open sex discrimination case against Massimo Cellino

  13-07-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Massimo Cellino’s reign at Leeds United was branded sexist with the club ordered to pay a popular ex-employee approximately £290,000 in compensation and costs after a highly damaging employment tribunal.
  
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• Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' appeal rejected by federal court

  13-07-2016 21:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Quarterback Tom Brady's last best chance to avoid serving a four-game "Deflategate" suspension to start the new season was flatly rejected Wednesday by an appeals court.
  
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• Former Premier League striker Leon McKenzie set to fight for English title as boxing career gathers steam

  13-07-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 38-year-old will take on Smyle at York Hall in London for the English super-middleweight championship, just three years after retiring as a footballer.
  
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• Cuba's volleyball team to compete at Olympics despite rape probe

  13-07-2016 20:56
  The Cuban men's volleyball team will compete in the Rio Olympics despite the detention of six of its players in Finland over a suspected aggravated rape, an official at the National Sports Institute (INDER) said, according to website Cubadebate and other state-run news outlets on Wednesday. The island nation will be sending 120 athletes to the games in Rio de Janeiro to compete in 18 disciplines, said José Antonio Miranda, INDER director of high performance sports, the media outlets repor
  
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• SECOND HALF ON DECK: Playoff push, trade talk, healing stars

  13-07-2016 20:55
  
  David Ortiz is set to get booed at Yankee Stadium, Chris Sale is ready to resume striking out Kris Bryant and the Kansas City Royals are facing a rugged road back to the playoffs.
  
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• Fleetwood Town 0-1 Liverpool LIVE: Reds take on League One side in friendly match

  13-07-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool take on League One side Fleetwood Town on Wednesday night as Jurgen Klopp and his men ramp up their preparations ahead of the new season. Join JOHN DOWNES for all of the action.
  
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• U.S. Open champion Johnson likes his chances at Troon

  13-07-2016 20:41
  By Larry King TROON, Scotland (Reuters) - Dustin Johnson, the number two player in the world, comes into the British Open at Royal Troon as one of the favourites and he tends to agree with that assessment. Johnson won the U.S. Open in June, racking up his first major championship, and followed that with a victory two weeks ago at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, something he accomplished by overtaking Jason Day, the 54-hole leader. At a press conference in Troon on Wednesday, he was asked if he
  
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• Manny Pacquiao set for comeback after promoter Bob Arum admits he's shopping for a Las Vegas venue for autumn bout

  13-07-2016 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Promoter Bob Arum has confirmed the return of the PacMan and is trying to find an arena in Las Vegas for either October 29 or November 5. Pacquiao announced his retirement early this summer.
  
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• Cork City aim for another Swedish scalp against club 'with running costs of 25 or 30 million'

  13-07-2016 20:22
  
  St Patrick’s Athletic will also be hoping for a positive outcome tonight away to Dinamo Minsk.
  
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• Final-round Westy Slam is on, says caddie Foster

  13-07-2016 20:10
  By Tony Jimenez TROON, Scotland (Reuters) - Lee Westwood has the Midas touch when it comes to final-day groups at 2016 majors and every golfer in the 156-strong field at the British Open will be dreaming of partnering the Englishman this Sunday. The former world number one played alongside Danny Willett in the last round when his compatriot won the U.S. Masters in April and did the same when American Dustin Johnson triumphed at the U.S. Open in June. Westwood's caddie Billy Foster, renowned as o
  
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• West Brom 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain: Adrien Rabiot and Lucas Moura spare French giants' blushes after David Luiz own goal

  13-07-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to secure a 2-1 victory against West Brom in a pre-season friendly. The Baggies, rounding off their training camp in Austria, were gifted the lead.
  
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• AP Source: Las Vegas NHL expansion team hires McPhee as GM

  13-07-2016 20:01
  George McPhee has been hired as general manager of the NHL's expansion Las Vegas franchise, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision.
  
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• Brazilian Islamist eyed attack on French team during Rio games - official

  13-07-2016 19:54
  PARIS (Reuters) - A Brazilian Islamist militant was plotting an attack against the French delegation at the summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, the head of a French intelligence agency has said. General Christophe Gomart, who runs the military intelligence directorate (DRM), made the comment in May during a parliamentary commission hearing into Islamist militant attacks in France in 2015. The transcript has just been made public. Gomart told lawmakers that his service had been told by a "par
  
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• Norwich sign 19-year-old midfielder Sergi Canos from Liverpool in a deal worth £2.5m

  13-07-2016 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Norwich have completed the signing of 19-year-old Liverpool winger Sergi Canos. The Canaries are believed to have paid £2.5million up front with a further £2million in add-ons.
  
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• Football player tells cops: I was punched by Draymond Green

  13-07-2016 19:42
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan State football player told police that he was punched in the jaw by Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green in an incident that led to a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.
  
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• Mario Balotelli told he has no future at Liverpool FC

  13-07-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As he prepared to return to training at Melwood, Mario Balotelli gave an interview to Corriere Della Sera and stressed it was time to show the form that would help him fulfil his ambition of winning the Ballon d’Or.
  
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• Real Madrid no longer the world's most valuable sports team, with Dallas Cowboys claiming top-spot and Manchester United still fifth in Forbes' list

  13-07-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the first time since Forbes began compiling their annual top 50 lists of the most valuable sports teams in the world, a non-football club leads the way this year.
  
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• England manager: Who is in the frame?

  13-07-2016 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport looks at six of the potential candidates to replace Roy Hodgson as the manager of England after a disastrous Euro 2016 campaign.
  
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• University of Iowa to lay off ex-athletic official who sued

  13-07-2016 18:55
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa plans to lay off a former top athletic department administrator who is suing the school after her earlier reassignment to a job unrelated to sports.
  
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