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• Wojciech Szczesny closing in on Roma return with Arsenal to let him leave on loan for second-straight season

  27-07-2016 23:58
  
  Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is close to finalising a new season loan at Roma with the view to a permanent £13.4million permanent transfer.
  
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• Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg referees training match as Gunners prepare for friendly against MLS All-Stars

  27-07-2016 23:58
  
  Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg helped out at the Gunners' latest training session in the USA by taking on a new role as the man in the middle. The Gunners take on the MLS All-Stars on Thursday.
  
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• Cricket in turmoil over plans for city-based T20 revolution... now it's all out war 

  27-07-2016 23:57
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: English cricket has been plunged into civil war over the future of Twenty20 in a bitter dispute that will define the future of the domestic game.
  
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• Ryder Cup set to be rookies vs old timers as Davis Love III hopes for a young gun and Darren Clarke seeks reassurances from trusted old hands

  27-07-2016 23:52
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON: One big tournament left in the race to make the two Ryder Cup teams and the contrast between the prospective line-ups of the USA and Europe could hardly be more stark.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon 2-3 Crystal Palace: Connor Wickham, Yannick Bolasie and Freddie Ladapo all score in entertaining south London derby

  27-07-2016 23:52
  
  Connor Wickham, Yannick Bolasie and Freddie Ladapo were all on the scoresheet as Crystal Palace beat AFC Wimbledon 3-2 in pre-season at Kingsmeadow on Wednesday.
  
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• 5 talking points after Waterford's home breakthrough and Tipp's treble hopes end

  27-07-2016 23:51
  
  Plenty to digest after the game in Walsh Park.
  
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• Chiefs place RB Jamaal Charles on PUP list as camp begins

  27-07-2016 23:48
  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs placed running back Jamaal Charles on the physically unable to perform list Wednesday, though coach Andy Reid said it should not be considered a setback in his return from a knee injury.
  
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• Djokovic dumps Mueller to reach third round in Toronto

  27-07-2016 23:42
  TORONTO (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic opened his North American hardcourt season with a 7-5 7-6(3) victory over Luxembourg's Gilles Mueller on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup. Djokovic, playing his first match since his shock third-round Wimbledon loss to American Sam Querrey, won 73 percent of his service points and wrapped up the win in one hour and 43 minutes. The Serbian world number one, a three-times winner of the Canadian Masters event, will next play Czech qualifier Rad
  
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• Chelsea star Eden Hazard vows prove himself after tired season in Blues' title defence: 'I want to be the best'

  27-07-2016 23:36
  
  MATT BARLOW IN LOS ANGELES: Hazard sparkled when Chelsea won the Premier League title last year, scoring 19, making many more and winning the PFA Player of the Year award.
  
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• USA push the boat out as basketball teams stay on cruise liner for Rio Olympics

  27-07-2016 23:32
  
  With a library, beauty salon, casino and four fine-dining restaurants, the Silver Cloud liner is far removed from the basic furnishings and shared rooms of the athletes’ village.
  
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• Russia to stage their own sports day after athletes were excluded from Rio Olympics

  27-07-2016 23:32
  
  Russia's defiance of international outrage was expressed again with the news that the country will stage its own mini-Olympics. The ‘Stars 2016’ tournament will take place in Moscow on Thursday.
  
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• Tough season teaches Colts to temper talk about expectations

  27-07-2016 23:31
  
  ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — The Colts' first training camp practice had a familiar look.
  
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• The Gurkha edges out Galileo Gold by a neck in the £1million Sussex Stakes

  27-07-2016 23:30
  
  The winning distance might have been narrow and it was no knockout blow, but The Gurkha was left holding the crown as king of the season’s Classic milers after edging out Galileo Gold by a neck.
  
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• Kieran Trippier dismisses move away from Tottenham as the defender states he has not 'heard anything' different 

  27-07-2016 23:30
  
  MIKE KEEGAN IN MELBOURNE: Kieran Trippier has dismissed speculation linking him with a move away from Tottenham and insists he is targeting Champions League football.
  
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• Syria's war: Scores killed in ISIL attack in Qamishli

  27-07-2016 23:27
  
  Death toll from two explosions feared to rise as ISIL claims attack targeting Kurdish area Qamishli.
  
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• IOC Olympic channel to launch at Rio Games end

  27-07-2016 22:53
  (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee's new television Channel will launch officially on Aug. 21, the last day of this year's Rio de Janeiro Games, as the organisation looks to attract a new generation of fans. "The launch of the Olympic Channel on 21st August is the start of an exciting new journey to connect the worldwide audience with the Olympic Movement all year round," IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement. "Fans will be able to follow sports, athletes and the stories beh
  
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• Diplomat incident avoided: Aussies get rooms at Rio Olympics

  27-07-2016 22:49
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A near-diplomatic incident — as Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes termed it — came to an end on Wednesday ahead of the Olympics.
  
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• Keep Rio bandits happy, France advises Olympic tourists

  27-07-2016 22:44
  France's security advisory recommends that tourists walk Rio streets with no jewellery or valuables, and carry a spare 20-real or 50-real bill ($6 or $15) ready to give to a mugger. As many as half a million foreign tourists are expected to descend on Rio for the first Olympic Games to be held in South America Aug. 5-21, and Brazil is deploying 88,000 police and troops to protect them from terrorist threats and dissuade muggers. Rio de Janeiro has a high incidence of crime, including pick-pocket
  
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• Strasburg wins 14th as Nationals down Indians 4-1

  27-07-2016 22:43
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen Strasburg's losing streak was short lived.
  
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• Swindon 0-3 Swansea: Modou Barrow, Andre Ayew and Jay Fulton find the net as Francesco Guidolin's men remain unbeaten

  27-07-2016 22:36
  
  Swansea continued their unbeaten record in pre-season as goals from Andre Ayew, Jay Fulton and Modou Barrow gave their side a 3-0 victory against Swindon on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Sunderland defender Adam Matthews set to rejoin Bristol City on season-long loan 

  27-07-2016 22:16
  
  Sunderland defender Adam Matthews is set to rejoin Bristol City on a season-long loan. Matthews was signed by Sunderland from Celtic last summer for £2million.
  
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• Trump urges Russia to find Clinton's missing emails

  27-07-2016 22:08
  
  Republican candidate has "actively encouraged" a foreign power to spy on a political rival, Hillary Clinton's camp says.
  
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• Mum's the word on Fitzpatrick as Jets report for camp

  27-07-2016 22:08
  
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The first rule of Jets training camp: No talking about Ryan Fitzpatrick.
  
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• The Latest: IOC's new Olympic channel starts Aug. 21

  27-07-2016 22:05
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
  
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• NY man pleads guilty to killing son of former NFL player

  27-07-2016 22:02
  WATERVLIET, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to killing the son of a former NFL player in an apartment.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon 2-3 Crystal Palace: Connor Wickham, Yannick Bolasie and Freddie Ladapo net in entertaining friendly

  27-07-2016 22:01
  
  Connor Wickham, Yannick Bolasie and Freddie Ladapo were all on the scoresheet as Crystal Palace beat AFC Wimbledon 3-2 in pre-season at Kingsmeadow on Wednesday.
  
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• Mirror.co.uk: «Игра „Селтика“ с „Астаной“ заставляла глаза кровоточить» - SportsKZ - Спортивный портал Казахстана

  27-07-2016 21:49
  SportsKZ - Спортивный портал Казахстана
  Mirror.co.uk: «Игра „Селтика“ с „Астаной“ заставляла глаза к
  
  
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• The Latest: 3 Russian table tennis players cleared for Games

  27-07-2016 21:46
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
  
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• Johnson sees another promising major chance at Baltusrol

  27-07-2016 21:45
  By Larry Fine SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey (Reuters) - While many players bemoan the short turnaround between the British Open and PGA Championship, jammed closer together to accommodate the Rio Olympics golf tournament, the implacable Dustin Johnson just rolls on. The long-hitting, poker-faced American, who won last month's U.S. Open for his maiden major, is in a groove and welcomes the challenge posed by Baltusrol when the PGA Championship gets underway on Thursday. Right now I feel like everything
  
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• FC Twente 1-2 Southampton: Virgil van Dijk and Sam Gallagher goals secure pre-season win

  27-07-2016 21:25
  
  The triumph sees Southampton improve their pre-season record to three wins out of three following successes against DC United Under 23s and PEC Zwolle earlier this month.
  
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• Manchester City target Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says Real Madrid link was fabricated and he is happy to stay at Borussia Dortmund

  27-07-2016 21:13
  
  Aubameyang reportedly told German TV station ZDF that 'The only club that could lure me away from Dortmund is Real Madrid.' The striker now claims his words have been 'transformed'.
  
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• Beal ready to max out for Wizards after 5-year, $128M deal

  27-07-2016 21:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's Bradley Beal understands the expectations that come with signing a five-year, $128 million contract.
  
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• 'I can't wait for the season to start': Jamie Vardy puts pen-to-paper on new four-year Leicester City deal agreed last month

  27-07-2016 21:02
  
  Jamie Vardy only has eyes on more success with Leicester City, after finalising his new four-year contract with the club this week. The 29-year-old returned from holiday this week to complete the deal.
  
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• Novak Djokovic returns to winning ways with victory over Gilles Muller in Rogers Cup opener

  27-07-2016 20:59
  
  Novak Djokovic returned to singles action after his shock Wimbledon exit with a straight-sets victory in his opening match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Djokovic was too good for Gilles Muller.
  
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• 3 Russian medalists among 11 positives in 2012 Games retests

  27-07-2016 20:53
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Eleven weightlifters, including three Russian medalists, have tested positive for banned drugs in the latest retests of samples from the 2012 London Olympics, the International Weightlifting Federation said Wednesday.
  
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• Dijon 2-3 Sunderland: Fabio Borini scores decisive goal from the spot as David Moyes wins second friendly

  27-07-2016 20:39
  
  David Moyes continued his unbeaten start as Sunderland manager, with goals from Joel Asoro, Wahbi Khazri and Fabio Borini earning the Black Cats another pre-season victory in France.
  
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• Eleven London 2012 weightlifters fail doping tests

  27-07-2016 20:34
  Eleven weightlifters, including six medallists, produced positive samples in the second wave of doping retests from the 2012 London Olympics, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on Wednesday. Russia's five-times European champion Nataliya Zabolotnaya was among three silver medallists from the London Games to fail tests along with compatriots Alexandr Ivanov and Svetlana Tzarukaeva. Zabolotnaya finished second in the women’s -75kg event in London, repeating her silver-meda
  
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• Tony Carr wasn't underpaid at West Ham... he earned £1.6m since 2005 but no academy players came through after 2008, says David Sullivan Jnr

  27-07-2016 20:29
  
  David Sullivan Jnr spoke of his 'respect' for Tony Carr but was adamant that at the age of 66 he had been more than fairly compensated for his work over the past 11 years.
  
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• Slaven Bilic warns the Premier League's high-profile managers that one of them will get 'slaughtered' for finishing outside top four 

  27-07-2016 20:29
  
  Slaven Bilic insists one of the Premier League’s big-name managers is going to get ‘slaughtered’ when they finish outside the top four this season.
  
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• Tour mechanical doping tests all negative - UCI

  27-07-2016 20:13
  (Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) carried out 3,773 tests for mechanical doping during this year's Tour de France and none proved positive, the UCI said on Wednesday. Random tests were carried out before, during and after racing during the 21 stages of the three-week event and all were negative. The tests showed an "absolute commitment to leave no stone unturned," UCI president Brian Cookson told the ruling body's website.
  
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• Chelsea outcast Juan Cuadrado bids to come in from the cold under former suitor Antonio Conte

  27-07-2016 20:06
  
  MATT BARLOW IN LOS ANGELES: The Colombian winger arrived from Fiorentina for £26million in January 2015, only to be sent back to Italy to join Juventus on loan six months later.
  
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• Gold Coasts Titans forward Chris McQueen reveals desire to play for England

  27-07-2016 20:02
  
  Queensland State of Origin forward Chris McQueen wants to play for England. The 26-year-old Gold Coast Titans back rower is the latest Australia-born player to be linked with England.
  
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• Torrance named Europe's fifth Ryder Cup vice-captain

  27-07-2016 19:58
  European Ryder Cup skipper Darren Clarke named Sam Torrance on Wednesday as his fifth vice-captain for September's match against the United States. The 62-year-old Torrance, a veteran of eight Ryder Cups as a player and the winning captain in 2002, will work alongside Thomas Bjorn, Padraig Harrington, Paul Lawrie and Ian Poulter in Clarke's support team.
  
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• Sam Torrance appointed by Darren Clarke as Europe vice-captain for Ryder Cup clash

  27-07-2016 19:41
  
  Clarke made the announcement ahead of of the US PGA Championship and said he was 'delighted' that 2002 skipper Torrance had agreed to join his backroom staff.
  
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• Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers pleased with draw against Astana

  27-07-2016 19:38
  
  Brendan Rodgers praised the resilience of his Celtic players after they came from behind to grab a crucial 1-1 draw against Astana in Kazakhstan.
  
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• Andy Murray maintains brutal fitness regime as he eyes Olympic gold

  27-07-2016 19:38
  
  If you want to become a Grand Slam champion, you don't really do days off and Andy Murray is proving that to be the case by continuing his brutal fitness regime ahead of the Rio Olympics.
  
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• Despite problems, Olympic city of Rio still something to see

  27-07-2016 19:32
  By Ricardo Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - You have seen the postcards. Rio de Janeiro is a marvel and a mess all at once. Despite drug gangs, violent crime, gaping inequality and heavy pollution, the natural splendour of Rio makes even locals joke that no matter how hard they try, they somehow never manage to ruin the place.
  
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• 4 Russians among 11 positives from London 2012 retests

  27-07-2016 19:31
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The International Weightlifting Federation says 11 more weightlifters, including six silver and bronze medalists, have tested positive in retests of samples from the 2012 London Olympics.
  
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• Manfred: More rule changes needed to improve pace of play

  27-07-2016 19:29
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says more rule changes are needed to improve the pace of play, and one proposal under consideration is a limitation on relief pitching changes in an inning or a game.
  
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