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• FIFA promises 'appropriate steps' over alleged Russian doping cover-up

  18-07-2016 23:57
  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Soccer's world ruling body FIFA has promised "appropriate steps" after a report on Monday said a dozen positive doping cases in Russian football were among hundreds covered up by Moscow. The independent WADA report, which followed an investigation led by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, concentrated on allegations of systematic doping by Russian athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. "FIFA will request from WADA all details concerning the individual c
  
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• Russia must be kicked out of the Olympics... after Rio the whole anti-doping structure should be overhauled

  18-07-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY - COMMENT: The very soul of sport can be distilled into the idea of a foot race. Everyone starts level and the first to the line wins. What could be simpler?
  
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• Russians face ban from Rio for doping as biggest doping scandal in history is exposed in shocking report 

  18-07-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER: The biggest doping scandal in history was exposed on Monday in a report which ends any doubt that state-sponsored cheating touched every corner of Russian sport.
  
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• Nigeria name Paul le Guen as new coach with former Lyon manager entrusted with role as 'technical adviser' to Super Eagles  

  18-07-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Nigeria Football Federation has chosen Frenchman Paul le Guen as the new coach of the national team. The move depends on him finalizing a contract with the NFF executive committee.
  
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• Ched Evans and his new teammates 'are thrown out of bar' in Budapest

  18-07-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evans - who is awaiting a retrial over a rape charge -was seen smoking from a shisha pipe in the Hungarian capital this week
  
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• Russia's participation in Rio uncertain after doping report

  18-07-2016 23:32
  
  A scathing report outlining a state-sanctioned doping system in Russia prompted immediate calls for the nation's entire team to be sidelined from the Summer Games, raising the possibility that the Olympics could go on without a sports superpower for the first time since the 1980s.
  
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• Tour de France leader Chris Froome showing no sign of fatigue after 39 steps in yellow as Peter Sagan takes stage 16

  18-07-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RICHARD MOORE IN BERN: Chris Froome survived his 39th day in the yellow jersey of Tour de France leader as the race entered Switzerland and stage 16 ended with a bunch sprint in Bern.
  
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• Stoke City enter the race to sign Robin van Persie as Mark Hughes looks to strike a deal for the highly-paid Fenerbahce striker

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stoke are the latest club have been offered the chance to sign Robin Van Persie from Fenerbahce. The 32-year-old Holland international is interested in a return to the Premier League this summer.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, July 19

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Chelmsford City, Nottingham, Ffos Las and Musselburgh.
  
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• Pakistan landed the first blow at Lord's but they have woken the lion... we can put the record straight at Old Trafford

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONNY BAIRSTOW: When you get hit with that first blow it can awaken the lion, if you like, and I’d like to think that’s what will happen with us now. That defeat can inspire us.
  
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• Kyle Edmund, the happy kid who became Great Britain's new Davis Cup hero

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Before getting hammered by him in the Davis Cup opening rubber, the colourful Serbian veteran Janko Tipsarevic poked some gentle fun at Kyle Edmund’s youthful appearance.
  
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• England must stay positive to turn the tide against Pakistan, they need Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler... and to dismiss the selectors

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: The cricketing summer was ignited by Pakistan’s brilliant first Test victory at Lord’s and now it is England who are left needing answers if they are going to hit back.
  
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• Dartmouth could tunnel to victory and provide the Queen with a first winner in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes since Aureole in 1954

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The monarch won the Ascot race named after her parents in 1954 with Aureole while Highclere carried her colours to second behind Dahlia in 1974 and last had a runner in 1978.
  
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• Andrew Johnston reflects on his crazy week at The Open: 'My big secrets? Top Trumps and the Three Bears!'

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Golf's new cult hero Andrew Johnston tells Sportsmail's RIATH AL-SAMARRAI about his memorable four days in which he won the hearts of the 173,000 fans who flocked to South Ayrshire.
  
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• Alvaro Negredo set to join Premier League new boys Middlesbrough on loan from Valencia

  18-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough expect to confirm the signing of Alvaro Negredo from Valencia on an initial loan in the next 24 hours. 
  
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• AP source: Ex-Pro Bowl RB Foster reaches deal with Dolphins

  18-07-2016 23:04
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Four-time Pro Bowl running back Arian Foster took a big step Monday in his comeback from a torn Achilles tendon. He found a team.
  
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• Indians' Gomes could miss 2 months with separated shoulder

  18-07-2016 22:53
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A season of struggle for Yan Gomes has worsened.
  
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• I will be God of Manchester: The hilarious quotes from Man United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  18-07-2016 22:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC believes he will be the God of Manchester...
  
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• Lionel Messi to miss Celtic friendly: Barcelona star set for longer summer break

  18-07-2016 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LIONEL MESSI will sit out Barcelona’s friendly against Celtic in Dublin on July 30 after his club gave him an extra week’s holiday.
  
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• Russian PM suspends sports ministry official named in doping report

  18-07-2016 22:35
  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has suspended Deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh, who was named in a report on the doping of Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the government said on Monday. President Vladimir Putin said earlier on Monday that Russian officials named in the World Anti-Doping Agency's report would be temporarily suspended. The investigation was led by Canadian sports lawyer Richard McLaren, who sat on the independent commission that last year exposed doping an
  
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• As divided US views conventions, NBC promotes Olympic unity

  18-07-2016 22:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Disillusionment. Fear. Rage.
  
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• American League-worst Twins fire general manager Terry Ryan

  18-07-2016 22:33
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins fired general manager Terry Ryan on Monday, with the team holding the worst record in the American League and on pace to lose 100 games this season.
  
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• Pakistan star Yasir Shah sends England warning: I’ve got a new delivery to baffle batsmen

  18-07-2016 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  YASIR SHAH has revealed he is working on a new form of his googly to bamboozle England’s batsmen.
  
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• Refugees: Better to 'die at sea' than return to Libya

  18-07-2016 22:27
  
  Survivors tell of horror at the hands of smugglers and say they would rather "die at sea" than return to Libya.
  
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• Liverpool defender receives injury results after suffering blow in friendly

  18-07-2016 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOEL MATIP's ankle scan has reportedly revealed the Liverpool defender has sustained no serious damage.
  
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• Real Madrid favourites to beat Barcelona, Man Utd and Chelsea to this midfield star

  18-07-2016 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FLORENTINO PEREZ holds the key to the future of Andre Gomes, according to reports.
  
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• Bowlsby: Big 12 schools committed to ending sexual assaults

  18-07-2016 22:06
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday that league members are committed to the difficult task of "eradicating sexual assault" on their campuses in the aftermath of a scandal at Baylor that has damaged the image of the conference.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri: Jose Mourinho can be the new Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United

  18-07-2016 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOSE MOURINHO has been tipped to rekindle the glory days of Sir Alex Ferguson at fallen giants Manchester United.
  
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• Former Cardinals exec sentenced to prison for hacking Astros

  18-07-2016 21:58
  HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge sentenced the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals to nearly four years in prison Monday for hacking the Houston Astros' player personnel database and email system in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs.
  
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• Australian keeper Birighitti joins Swansea

  18-07-2016 21:51
  (Reuters) - Australian goalkeeper Mark Birighitti has joined Swansea City on a two-year contract as a free agent after leaving A-League side Newcastle Jets, the Premier League club said on Monday. The 25-year-old, who faces tough competition from Lukasz Fabianski, Kristoffer Nordfeldt and Gerhard Tremmel for game time, was named in the Australian top flight team of the season. "I have to make sure when the opportunity comes that I take the opportunity with both hands and don’t look back,"
  
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• Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane opens up on Man United's £100m target Paul Pogba

  18-07-2016 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ZINEDINE ZIDANE has admitted he likes Paul Pogba.
  
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• Batty and Foakes put on record stand of 222 to make Hampshire suffer

  18-07-2016 21:47
  
  • Surrey 637-7dec v Hampshire 73-2
  • Highest eighth-wicket partnership for SurreySpare a thought for Will Smith, Hampshire’s captain. His squad has been gutted by injury and international call-ups, and Surrey’s batsmen were feasting on what little remained.They batted 163 overs as Ben Foakes made his highest first-class score (141) and Smith’s opposite number, Gareth Batty, from No9, scored a century of his own, his third in first-class cricket, but first for 209 inni
  
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• Russian state sponsored doping 'beautiful in its simplicity'

  18-07-2016 21:40
  By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - A system of state sponsored doping was "beautiful in its simplicity, Richard McLaren told Reuters after releasing an explosive report on Monday that detailed widespread doping and manipulation of tests by Russian athletes and officials. According to the World Anti-Doping Agency's independent commission report led by McLaren, Russian authorities developed a simple system that allowed a Moscow laboratory to routinely alter positive tests results to negative. Mc
  
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• Xabi Alonso backs new team-mate Renato Sanches to shine at Bayern Munich: 'He has so much power, so much energy' 

  18-07-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Veteran midfielder Xabi Alonso has backed Portugal wonderkid Renato Sanches to make a big impact at Bayern Munich following his big-money move from from Benfica.
  
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• Peyton? Retired. Coughlin? Resigned. Rams? In LA

  18-07-2016 21:27
  
  Peyton Manning is retired. Tom Coughlin is gone. Heck, the Rams no longer are in St. Louis.
  
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• Manchester United's pursuit of Paul Pogba boosted by Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane

  18-07-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Real manager was reluctant to talk about a player contracted to another club, but described the 23-year-old midfielder as a 'good player' before adding 'he is not the only one'.
  
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• Banning Russia from Rio is imperative to save Olympics’ credibility | Andy Bull

  18-07-2016 21:26
  
  The findings of Richard McLaren’s report on state-sponsored doping by Moscow mean viewers of August’s Games will struggle to believe in the purity of sportOn 4 July 2007, Vladimir Putin arrived by private jet in Guatemala City ready for the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee. Russia was one of three nations bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, along with Austria and South Korea. The bookmakers had Sochi down a distant second in the betting, way behind Pyeongcha
  
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• Russia doping scandal: five things we learned from Wada’s report

  18-07-2016 21:16
  
  From the design of a potent drug cocktail to a mouse hole drilled into a Sochi laboratory wall, Richard McLaren’s report was a damning one for Russian sportAs Richard McLaren notes, the Russian ministry of sport decided to introduce a “disappearing positive methodology” plan after the country’s “abysmal” medal tally at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, in an attempt to get round doping tests. As the report notes, under this new system – which c
  
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• Mark Birighitti seals move to Swansea from Newcastle Jets as Francesco Guidolin looks to put pressure on No 1 Lukasz Fabianski 

  18-07-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swansea have signed Australia international Mark Birighitti on a two-year deal after he was released by Newcastle Jets.Birighitti will provide competition for Lukasz Fabianski.
  
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• Leicester reject approach from Everton for assistant manager and head of recruitment Steve Walsh 

  18-07-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester City have turned down an approach from Everton for assistant manager and head of recruitment Steve Walsh. The Toffees are keen to make him their new director of football.
  
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• Russian sport in meltdown: Secret service allegedly involved in doping ahead of Rio 2016

  18-07-2016 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RUSSIAN sport is in meltdown after it emerged their secret service was allegedly involved in the country’s state-sponsored drugs program – and the whole nation could be banned from next month’s Olympics.
  
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• Former Manchester United manager David Moyes visits Jordan FA to share coaching experience with national team staff

  18-07-2016 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having managed Everton and Manchester United in the Premier League, David Moyes has plenty of experience to share ‒ and he has done so on a recent visit to Jordan.
  
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• Thierry Henry sends message to Arsene Wenger: You should do this with your star duo

  18-07-2016 20:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIERRY HENRY believes Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger should adjust his system to get the best from Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey.
  
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• IOC vows 'toughest sanctions' after report finds Moscow ran broad doping scheme

  18-07-2016 20:33
  
  By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - With the Rio Olympics less than three weeks away, the IOC on Monday promised "the toughest sanctions available" after a report found Moscow had concealed hundreds of positive doping tests in many sports ahead of the Sochi winter Games. The International Olympic Committee did not spell out whether it would heed growing calls for Olympic bans already imposed on Russia's track and field athletes and weightlifters to be extended to all its competitors in Rio. "Th
  
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• Russian sports head Mutko at risk from doping scandal

  18-07-2016 20:19
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The fallout of Russia's state-backed cheating at the Sochi Olympics could add pressure on Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who also is its top official at FIFA and head of the local organizing committee for the 2018 World Cup.
  
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• No rival? It's rubbish, says Tour de France leader Froome

  18-07-2016 20:06
  By Julien Pretot BERN (Reuters) - Britain's Chris Froome seems to be heading for a third Tour de France title seemingly unchallenged as rivals fail to unsettle his well-oiled Team Sky machine but try telling him that. Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar), runner-up to Froome in 2013 and 2015, has been promising attacks but has been toothless so far and the other big names just do not seem strong enough. Frenchman Thibaut Pinot and Alberto Contador, who could have shaken Froome, both pulled out of
  
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• UEFA grant West Ham request to reverse Europa League third qualifying round fixture

  18-07-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham have had their request to play the second leg of their Europa League qualifier at home granted by UEFA - to ensure the Olympic Stadium is ready.
  
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• Russian gymnasts must be allowed to compete at Olympic Games, says governing body amid fears of blanket ban at Rio 2016

  18-07-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian gymnasts must be allowed to compete at Rio and not tarred with the same brush as the country's banned track and field athletes, according to the International Gymnastics Federation.
  
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• Blackpool receive £10m takeover bid a week after owner Owen Oyston claimed nobody was interested in buying League Two club 

  18-07-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A third-party on behalf of a potential investor is understood to have lodged the bid over the last few days, believed to be in the region of £10million.
  
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