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• Stepanovs say drug cheats will compete in Rio

  26-07-2016 23:57
  Russian drug cheats will be competing at next month's Rio Olympics, the whistleblowers who helped uncover the country's doping scandal have told the BBC. Vitaly Stepanov, who worked for Russia's anti-doping agency, and his wife, former drugs cheat Yulia Stepanova, helped lift the lid on Russian doping in a series of documentaries by German broadcaster ARD. The Stepanovs said on Tuesday that the IOC's stance of leaving governing bodies to decide whether Russians could take part in the Games meant
  
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• Barnsley 2-2 Hull City: Jarrod Bowen's late strike earns visitors draw

  26-07-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Premier League new boys Hull City left Oakwell with a share of the spoils after leaving it late to equalise against Barnsley. Jarrod Bowen proved the visitors' hero with just four minutes remaining on Tuesday.
  
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• Federer to miss Olympics and rest of season with knee problem

  26-07-2016 23:48
  Roger Federer has pulled out of the Rio Olympics and will miss the rest of the season, including the U.S. Open, because he needs "more extensive rehabilitation" to prolong his career after knee surgery earlier this year. Last month he described how "one stupid move" sparked a chain of bad luck - which resulted in left knee surgery in February and sitting out the French Open with a back injury - culminating in Tuesday's decision to end his wretched season. "Considering all options after consultin
  
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• Arsène Wenger confirms Arsenal’s Per Mertesacker is out for months

  26-07-2016 23:42
  
  • Arsenal short of defensive options after German’s injury
  • Knee problem means centre-half will miss start of seasonArsène Wenger has revealed Per Mertesacker will be out of action for “a few months” with a knee injury.The centre-half suffered the problem during the friendly against Lens on Friday and was left out of Arsenal’s tour of the United States. There were reports the injury would rule out the 31-year-old for up to five months but Wenger could on
  
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• NASSER HUSSAIN: Why I gave Joe Root 10/10 - the anatomy of an England star 

  26-07-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Why did I give Joe Root 10 out of 10 in Monday's Sportsmail for his performance in the Old Trafford Test? Because he had worked out for himself how to make the transition to the next level.
  
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• Max Gradel commits future to Bournemouth by signing new four-year contract

  26-07-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bournemouth's Max Gradel has signed a new four-year contract. The Ivorian suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury and only managed 14 league outings for the Cherries last season.
  
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• Antonio Conte expresses concern at 'crazy' transfer market and believes it is 'important we maintain the passion'

  26-07-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte has expressed his concern about the soaring fees changing hands in the transfer market for players like Gonzalo Higuain and Paul Pogba.
  
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• 'I just knew we'd come out roaring' - Sportsmail columnist JONNY BAIRSTOW savours a rampant England victory 

  26-07-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This was a clinical display by the lads with bat and ball. After Lord’s we reflected on where we went wrong in the first Test and what areas we could improve on.
  
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• Sharron Davies slams IOC for setting terrible example to next generation: 'They passed the buck just like in my heyday'

  26-07-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former British swimmer Davies, 53, won silver in the 400 metres individual medley at the 1980 Moscow Olympics — was denied gold by Petra Schneider, the East German who took steroids.
  
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• Mino Raiola will make £20m from Paul Pogba deal... how the dumpy former pizza chef cooked up Manchester United move

  26-07-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: He has insulted Pep Guardiola, fallen out with Sir Alex Ferguson and kicked and shouted his way through various lucrative deals that has earned him the nickname 'Mr Three Hundred Million'.
  
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• Islamists attack French church, slit priest's throat

  26-07-2016 23:35
  
  By Noemie Olive SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - Knife-wielding attackers interrupted a French church service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat on Tuesday, a murder made even more shocking as one of the assailants was a known would-be jihadist under supposedly tight surveillance. The men arrived during morning mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a working-class town near Rouen, northwest of Paris, where the 85-year-old parish priest, Father Jacques Hamel, was leading
  
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• Top British athletes question Russia's place at the Paralympics: 'It would be naive to think there is no doping para-sports'

  26-07-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to athlete Dave Henson if the IPC follow the International Olympic Committee and let Russia take part, then their athletes face being booed and every medal they win questioned.
  
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• Olympics continues fall into farce as Russian judokas given go-ahead by IJF, whose honorary president is Vladimir Putin

  26-07-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The IJF nodded through the application Russia’s proposed team highlighting the absurdity of the IOC's decision to allow federations to determine who should take part in Rio.
  
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• Chelsea and Leicester City academies set to play in revamped EFL Trophy

  26-07-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a glance it seemed to offer the rich elite a little of what they wanted and yet the radical plans to revamp the EFL Trophy started to unravel alarmingly almost the instant it was unveiled.
  
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• Adam Gemili must beat Usain Bolt to win in Rio but insists the Jamaican is just another opponent: 'I'm not here to fill lanes. I'm here to contend for a medal'

  26-07-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Adam Gemili faces one of the most unenviable tasks in world sport at next month’s Olympic Games in Rio. He must take on the fastest man on the planet, Usain Bolt, not once, but twice.
  
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• Tony Carr to receive £14,000 redundancy payment from West Ham despite 43 years of service... and earning club £50m profit

  26-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: West Ham academy legend Tony Carr is distraught at the way the club have made him redundant after 43 years at Upton Park in which he has brought through many stars.
  
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• Moeen Ali told to stop experimenting by England coach Trevor Bayliss, as Ben Stokes is ruled out of third Test 

  26-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trevor Bayliss has told Moeen Ali to cut out the experimentation and become more consistent if he is going to remain England's No 1 spinner.
  
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• Joe Root is among the best English batsmen ever... the numbers that prove it 

  26-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH: His Test average ballooned from 52.20 before the game to 56.15, which – among those to have played at least 20 innings – places him seventh in the English pantheon.
  
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• Joe Root is a little master... but he's not the greatest I've seen for England just yet

  26-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAVID LLOYD: I have seen a few good players in more than 50 years in cricket as a player, umpire, coach and commentator, but Joe Root is right up there now.
  
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• Henrikh Mkhitaryan driven by tragic premature death of his father

  26-07-2016 23:30
  
  • Hamlet Mkhitaryan, also a footballer, died at 33 due to a brain tumour
  • ‘It made me grow up quicker’ says new Manchester United signingHenrikh Mkhitaryan is driven on by the premature death of his father, whom the Manchester United forward believes is “looking down from the sky” on him.The Armenia captain was José Mourinho’s second summer signing, joining from Borussia Dortmund for around £30m. Mkhitaryan’s dad, Hamlet, was also a foo
  
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• Barcelona’s Lionel Messi a hair-raising sight for Sam Allardyce

  26-07-2016 23:30
  
  Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez were the two superstars in a young Barcelona squad training at the England manager’s new HQ in Burton upon TrentNo sooner was Sam Allardyce enthroned as England manager than the planet’s most celebrated team of soccer artistes appeared in the home of English football. Coincidence? Well yes, obviously. On Tuesday Barcelona were training at St George’s Park in Burton upon Trent, where they are spending this week before the friendly with Celtic
  
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• Gaël Clichy reveals Pep Guardiola has banned pizza at Manchester City

  26-07-2016 23:29
  
  • ‘He cut out some juice and pizza and all the heavy food is not allowed’
  • Clichy: ‘If your weight is too high, you’re not training with the team’Gaël Clichy has highlighted Pep Guardiola’s intense drive for perfection by revealing the Manchester City head coach has banned pizza and will not allow any player to train if overweight.The left-back says Guardiola has already excluded some of his squad, with those players thought to be on individual
  
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• England’s former players prefer to become broadcasters, says FA’s Glenn

  26-07-2016 23:29
  
  • Fewer and fewer of them look to become coaches, he adds
  • ‘The last thing Gary Lineker would want to do is be a manager’The Football Association is struggling to entice former England players into coaching due to more lucrative, less pressurised jobs available in broadcasting, its chief executive Martin Glenn has claimed.Glenn and the FA’s technical director, Dan Ashworth, want to increase the number of former internationals taking Uefa qualifications and moving int
  
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• Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz equally relaxed as they vow to bring home the bacon for their respective countries

  26-07-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz were stood on top of the world without a care and as relaxed as two buddies making plans for a Saturday night out in New York.
  
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• Neymar vows to keep partying as Games approach

  26-07-2016 23:04
  By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil striker Neymar has vowed to keep on partying after being asked if his off the field activities could harm the country's chances of winning their first Olympic soccer title.
  
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• Buildup to Rio 2016 part of a chaotic and shameful tradition of Olympic hosts | David Goldblatt

  26-07-2016 23:00
  
  Preparations have often been a mess but Rio’s buildup may be the most disorderly yet – and no matter how special the Games a disaster of unprecedented proportions will have already happenedThe final days of preparation before the first modern Games in Athens in 1896 offered many of the tropes that still structure Olympic coverage a century later. Rumours persisted that the stadium would not be ready on time, leading to a furious exchange of letters in The Times. The New York Times co
  
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• New date for the Irish Open as it heads to Portstewart in 2017

  26-07-2016 22:49
  
  “Portstewart is an excellent links course and one of Northern Ireland’s hidden gems,” according to Rory McIlroy.
  
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• MK Dons 1-3 Everton: Gerard Deulofeu, Ross Barkley and Muhamed Besic on target in Toffees win

  26-07-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everton made it two wins from two pre-season outings as goals from Gerard Deulofeu, Ross Barkley and Muhamed Besic helped Ronald Koeman's side see off League One MK Dons.
  
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• Antonio Conte tells Juventus Nemanja Matic is not for sale and says Chelsea star is 'very important in my idea of football'

  26-07-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juventus want to replace Paul Pogba with Nemanja Matic but Antonio Conte has no intention of selling the Serbian midfielder to the club he used to player for and manage.
  
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• The Latest: Brazil's goalkeeper injured ahead of games

  26-07-2016 22:43
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
  
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• Packers WR Jordy Nelson says he had "hiccup" with left knee

  26-07-2016 22:41
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordy Nelson called it a "hiccup." How long Packers fans have to hold their breath remains to be seen.
  
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• Salford City 1-5 Manchester United XI: James Wilson offers Jose Mourinho a reminder as youngsters stroll at Moor Lane

  26-07-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT MOOR LANE: Whether Jose Mourinho views James Wilson’s as a genuine option or not will become clearer in the next fortnight, but the striker impressed at Moor Lane.
  
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• Southend United 0-2 Newcastle: Rafa Benitez's men continue strong pre-season... but why was Phil Brown climbing above the stands? 

  26-07-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Hull City boss watched his side's friendly against Newcastle from the TV gantry at Roots Hall, after making a perilous climb up a ladder before the game.
  
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• IOC's Bach is part of doping problem, says discus champion Harting

  26-07-2016 22:33
  (Reuters) - Germany's Olympic discus champion Robert Harting has launched a stinging attack on International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, describing him as part of the problem in the fight against doping. The IOC on Sunday rejected calls for Russia to be banned from next month's Rio Games over its doping record, leaving international sports federations to decide whether individual athletes should be allowed to compete. The decision drew condemnation from the World Anti-Doping A
  
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• Ben Stokes’ absence leaves England with a hole to fill, says Trevor Bayliss

  26-07-2016 22:25
  
  • All-rounder likely to miss third Pakistan Test with calf injury
  • Head coach Bayliss pleased by the form of Chris WoakesTrevor Bayliss has described the expected loss of Ben Stokes for next week’s third Test with Pakistan at Edgbaston as “a hole in the England team” that is only eased by the form of fellow all-rounder Chris Woakes. Related: England set to rehire Saqlain Mushtaq as team’s spin-bowling consultantRelated: Lewis Hatchett: ‘Every time I&rsquo
  
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• Andre Gomes arrives at Nou Camp ahead of medical as he prepares for official unveiling after big-money move from Valencia

  26-07-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andre Gomes posed for the media on Tuesday as he arrived for his medical as a Barcelona player, having signed from Valencia last Thursday in a big-money move.
  
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• US women's hoops team wraps up 3 exhibitions at Garden

  26-07-2016 22:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. women's basketball team continues its pre-Olympic tour with a three-city exhibition series that wraps up Sunday at Madison Square Garden.
  
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• Brazil's Rousseff turns down Olympic opening invite - aide

  26-07-2016 22:08
  Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff has decided not to attend the torch ceremony opening the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, an aide said on Tuesday, one day after she said in an interview she would not play second fiddle to interim President Michel Temer. Rousseff, who is facing an impeachment trial that could confirm Temer as her successor one month from now, was invited to attend the ceremony in Rio's Maracaná stadium, where Temer will declare the Games open on Aug. 5. Rousseff said in
  
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• Alexander Hleb provides the assist as BATE finally break Dundalk down

  26-07-2016 22:03
  
  The former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder played in Mikhail Gordejchuk to score the crucial goal.
  
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• World Rowing bans 22 members of Russia Olympic team as a result of doping scandal

  26-07-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World Rowing has taken the hardest stance with Russia since athletics ahead of the Rio Olympics, banning 22 of the nation's 28 rowers from competing.
  
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• Should Dundalk's opponents have been reduced to 10 men for this apparent elbow?

  26-07-2016 21:34
  
  The Premier Division champions are taking on BATE Borisov.
  
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• Joao Mario's father claims Liverpool have had a €40m bid rejected by Sporting

  26-07-2016 21:33
  
  The 23-year-old has been heavily linked with a move away from Portugal after impressing at Euro 2016.
  
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• Rory McIlroy ready for return to top gear at US PGA after season spent ‘in neutral’

  26-07-2016 21:32
  
  • World No4’s fourth major arrived at Valhalla in 2014• Baltusrol provides tough challenge for US PGA ChampionshipIf it seems strange to be speaking of a year’s definition by late July, the nuances of golf’s rescheduled calendar because of the Olympic Games makes it a reality.As he prepares for the US PGA Championship, the season’s final major, Rory McIlroy has admitted to recent battles with impatience on the biggest stages – not least in the Open at Roya
  
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• Padres keep rebuilding by trading Upton to Blue Jays

  26-07-2016 21:21
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Outfielder Melvin Upton Jr. was already in Toronto with the San Diego Padres when they traded him across the diamond to the Blue Jays.
  
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• Islamist knifemen slit priest's throat in church in France

  26-07-2016 21:18
  By Noemie Olive SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - Knife-wielding attackers interrupted a church service in France, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat on Tuesday, an attack that President Francois Hollande said showed the threat from Islamist militancy was greater than ever. The knifemen arrived during morning mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen, northwest of Paris, where the 85-year-old parish priest Father Jacques Hamel was leading prayers. Speaking at the sc
  
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• Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers believes Liverpool can qualify for the Champions League this season

  26-07-2016 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers believes this season represents the perfect chance for Liverpool to qualify for the Champions League. The Reds are not involved in any European competition this season.
  
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• Barcelona target Vietto set for loan move to Sevilla

  26-07-2016 21:13
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona's attempts to supplement their 'MSN' strikeforce of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar look set to continue as their long-running target Luciano Vietto is poised to join Sevilla on loan. Vietto was left out of Atletico Madrid's pre-season tour to Australia on Tuesday following a report in newspaper Diario de Sevilla that he had completed a loan move to triple Europa League winners Sevilla worth 3.5 million euros ($3.85 million).
  
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• Exclusive - Scrutiny on global sport bodies as they decide Russians' Olympic fates

  26-07-2016 21:11
  By Christian Lowe and Aleksandar Vasovic MOSCOW/BELGRADE (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee's decision to let individual sport federations decide whether to ban Russians from the Rio games over doping has put Moscow's links to the governing bodies under scrutiny. In the latest announcement by a sport governing body, the head of the International Judo Federation told Reuters on Tuesday it would allow the Russian squad to compete. One of Putin's closest personal friends, his judo spar
  
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• Federations fear huge damage claims over Russia’s Olympic Games ban

  26-07-2016 21:03
  
  • Bodies worried about being sued for blocking Russian athletes
  • ‘Protected athletes’ withdrawn without a court’s ratificationThe 28 sports federations which hold the fate of Russia’s Olympic athletes in their hands have been warned they face “huge damage claims” if they block anyone from competing who has not been sanctioned for doping.On Tuesday modern pentathlon, canoeing, sailing and rowing joined swimming in barring those Russians mentioned by
  
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• Delany does not see Rose Bowl move to accommodate playoffs

  26-07-2016 20:33
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany does not envision the Rose Bowl moving from its New Year's Day spot in order to accommodate the College Football Playoff semifinals.
  
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