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• Carl Frampton joins elite as two-weight champion on night of the Jackal as he beats Leo Santa Cruz to claim WBA featherweight title

  31-07-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL IN NEW YORK: He calls himself The Jackal but in truth he is the perfect sporting gentleman. Carl Frampton offered his vanquished foe a shot at redemption without hesitation.
  
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• Groundstaff the real heroes of the US PGA as Baltusrol staff defy lack of sleep to get course in best possible shape

  31-07-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TEE ROOM: As the weather at the US PGA Championship at Baltusrol continued to cause problems in the final round, Sportsmail's Tom Farmery brings you all the latest news and gossip.
  
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• Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose thrive on change of luck at the US PGA as both survive the cut to impress in Baltusrol

  31-07-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON AT BALTUSROL:From down in the dumps on Friday night to positively chipper come Sunday afternoon. It’s amazing what a couple of good rounds can do for a man at the US PGA.
  
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• Tyrrell Hatton caps the month of his life with top 10 finish at the US PGA... but Marlow product refuses to get too excited about Ryder Cup chances

  31-07-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON AT BALTUSROL: Tyrrell Hatton's joyous July continued to the end on Sunday. At the start of the month the 24-year-oldwas simply another excellent English prospect.
  
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• The Latest: Uncle, trainer of Floyd Mayweather Jr. found

  31-07-2016 23:50
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on disappearance of uncle of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Walker solid in 4th round of PGA Championship

  31-07-2016 23:47
  
  SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the PGA Championship (all times local):
  
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• Walker clings to lead halfway through final round

  31-07-2016 23:42
  By Larry Fine SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Jimmy Walker was one stroke ahead at the PGA Championship heading to the final nine holes with defending champion Jason Day and British Open winner Henrik Stenson chasing him. Walker parred his way through the front nine to remain on 11 under par, while Day and Stenson stood at 10-under, one better than clubhouse leader Branden Grace of South Africa, who shot a three-under 67 for a nine-under total of 271. Australia's world number one Day followe
  
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• Team GB hopeful Muhammad Ali out to do justice to the greatest name in boxing at Rio Olympics 

  31-07-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British boxer Muhammad Ali might share his name with The Greatest but insisted he is doing a good job of living up to his hero, who won Olympic gold in 1960.
  
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• Nekoda Davis dreaming of new family but girl born in Kingston and raised in Cricklewood wants Olympic glory first

  31-07-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Nekoda Davis fights for Olympic judo gold a week today in Rio, half the estate in north-west London where she grew up will be packed into the living room of her mother Ivy's tiny flat.
  
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• From Randy Turpin rocking Sugar Ray Robinson to Barry McGuigan defeating Eusebio Pedroza... Sportsmail picks the five greatest British boxing wins   

  31-07-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton's became a two-weight world champion with victory in New York over Leo Santa Cruz. Sportsmail's JEFF POWELL picks out the five greatest British boxing victories.
  
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• Elliot Giles is a walking miracle... bike smash, injury hell but he can be our 800m star at Rio Olympics 

  31-07-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Elliot Giles won a surprise bronze medal in the 800 metres at last month’s European Athletics Championships, his rivals had no idea who he was - but they certainly do now heading to Rio.
  
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• Triathlon - Rio event will be Leeds versus the world

  31-07-2016 23:36
  By Mitch Phillips RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Triathlon was invented in San Diego, made famous in Hawaii and polished on the beaches of Australia but the sport’s current epicentre, home to five Britons with serious Olympic prospects, is the slightly less glamorous northern British city of Leeds. Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, gold and bronze medallists in the 2012 Games, have always been based in Yorkshire, eschewing warm-weather training camps in South Africa's Stellenbosch and Boulder, Colo
  
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• Zika will not be issue at Olympics: Rio health official

  31-07-2016 23:34
  The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is low and has been overcome, health officials in Brazil said on Sunday, five days before South America's first Games are due to begin. Rio de Janeiro's health secretary, Daniel Soranz, said Zika should not deter travellers from coming to the Games, as cases of the virus had dipped significantly in recent months. The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to microcephaly, a birth defect among babies of pregnant mothers infect
  
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• Ariya Jutanugarn seals Women’s British Open title as final round 72 sees her become the first Thai to win a major

  31-07-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A lot can happen in 12 months of top-level sport — just ask Ricoh Women’s British Open champion Ariya Jutanugarn. A year ago, the 20-year-old missed the cut at Turnberry.
  
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• Team GB make mockery of Olympic investment as nearly all of the entire track and field squad fly to Brazil in economy class

  31-07-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Team GB’s attention to detail for the Olympics has been seriously undermined with almost the entire track and field squad flying to Brazil in economy class.
  
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• Paul Pogba has unfinished business at Manchester United says Wayne Rooney as he prepares for galactico era alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  31-07-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As expected with Jose on board, there is a galactico feel to Manchester United again this season. Ibrahimovic, the imminent arrival of Pogba, the imposing Bailly, the creative Mkhitaryan.
  
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• West Brom agree £15m fee for Diafra Sakho... but the West Ham striker is unsure over a move to The Hawthorns

  31-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old striker, who missed three months of last season with a hamstring injury, submitted a transfer request last month and refused to travel to Austria for pre-season.
  
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• Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: I was staggered Harry Kane was taking corners for England... but he shouldn't be made a scapegoat, he can be a star in the Champions League

  31-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It turns out that it was not just the English public wondering what on earth Harry Kane was doing taking corners and free-kicks at the European Championship.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, August 1

  31-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's resident racing expert Robin Goodfellow picks out his hottest selections ahead of Monday's scheduled race meetings at Kempton, Ripon, Carlisle, and Windsor.
  
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• Chris Froome's Rio Olympics preparations are disrupted as he sits in a field for 20 minutes after RideLondon is called to a halt

  31-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Froome and the rest of the peloton snaking into the distance were forced to wait right in front of a temporary no-stopping traffic sign until it was clear to ride on, after the race was temporarily halted.
  
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• Chelsea boss Antonio Conte: I'm desperate to finish ahead of Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic again 

  31-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW IN ANN ARBOR: Chelsea boss Antonio Conte rates his greatest coaching achievement as his first title at Juventus — when he ended Zlatan Ibrahimovic's incredible run of title wins.
  
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• Chelsea boss Antonio Conte: I could have quit football over fixing claims

  31-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW IN ANN ARBOR: Chelsea manager Antonio Conte admits he could easily have walked away from football when he was dragged into one of Italy's match-fixing scandals.
  
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• Syria: US-backed forces makes rapid advances in Manbij

  31-07-2016 23:13
  
  Thousands flee Manbij as US-backed coalition advances, while thousands remain stuck in ISIL-controlled areas.
  
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• Beckham OK after being cleated at Giants practice

  31-07-2016 23:11
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — For a couple of minutes, it seemed the injury bug had gotten the New York Giants again.
  
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• Pagenaud takes advantage of late pit stop to win at Mid-Ohio

  31-07-2016 22:59
  
  LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Simon Pagenaud took advantage of Conor Daly's late fuel stop to win the Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Course on Sunday for his fourth victory of the season and the eighth of his career.
  
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• Major rain: Storms and majors don't mix

  31-07-2016 22:44
  
  SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Golf and storms don't mix. That's especially the case at Baltusrol.
  
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• US PGA Championship 2016 LIVE: Jimmy Walker leads Branden Grace, Henrik Stenson, Brooks Koepka and Jason Day

  31-07-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keep up to date with all the action with Sportsmail's updates from the New Jersey course as the third round resumes play after a washout on day three at Baltusrol.
  
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• Trump 'not thrilled' with debate dates, Clinton vows 'to be there'

  31-07-2016 22:20
  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Donald Trump said he is unhappy with the dates set for this fall's presidential debates, but White House rival Hillary Clinton countered that the schedule was decided long ago and vowed to show up regardless of his objections. Trump and other Republicans said they should be changed because of conflicts with National Football League games. "I think two of the three are against the NFL, so I'm not thrilled with that," the Republican pr
  
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• Walker leads by two as he starts last round of PGA

  31-07-2016 22:17
  By Larry Fine SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Jimmy Walker increased his lead to two strokes early in the final round of the weather-interrupted PGA Championship after Jason Day took his first bogey in 30 holes at soggy Baltusrol. Walker parred the opening hole to stand 11 under par in the year's final major, but the defending champion from Australia hit his tee shot into the right rough and his next shot across the fairway into the left rough on his way to bogey. Walker had birdied the last
  
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• Mets shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera exits game with knee injury

  31-07-2016 22:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mets shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera has injured his left knee and exited New York's game against the Colorado Rockies.
  
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• Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn wins Women's British Open

  31-07-2016 21:50
  
  MILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn was flirting with another Sunday meltdown, her six-stroke lead down to one after a double bogey on the par-4 13th at tree-lined Woburn.
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic making a big impact at Manchester United as Marcus Rashford welcomes his arrival: 'There is a lot to learn from him... hopefully I can bring some of his game into mine’

  31-07-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The impact of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Old Trafford already extends beyond the spectacular goal that marked his first game for Manchester United on Saturday.
  
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• Debate commission: Democrats didn't rig debate schedule

  31-07-2016 21:39
  
  ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — The Commission on Presidential Debates rejected Republican Donald Trump's claim that Democrats rigged the debate schedule so that two of the three debates would occur during football games.
  
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• Clinton - 'I will be there' for presidential debates

  31-07-2016 21:32
  ASHLAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told reporters on Sunday that she will attend the three debates set up ahead of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election. "I will be there," Clinton said, responding to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's complaints that the debates schedule conflicts with televised National Football League games. (This version of the story corrects dateline to ASHLAND, Ohio instead of CLEVELAND HEIGHTS) (Reporting by Amanda Beck
  
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• The Latest: Australians say shirts, laptop stolen in Rio

  31-07-2016 21:29
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
  
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• The Latest: Leaders are off in 4th round of PGA Championship

  31-07-2016 21:21
  
  SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the PGA Championship (all times local):
  
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• What a difference a year makes for Woburn winner Ariya

  31-07-2016 21:18
  By Tony Jimenez WOBURN, England (Reuters) - A lot can happen in 12 months of top-level sport -- just ask Ricoh Women's British Open golf champion Ariya Jutanugarn. Fast forward to Sunday at Woburn and Ariya's family and friends were spraying her with sparkling water on the 18th green to celebrate the 20-year-old becoming the first player from Thailand to win a major championship. Everybody is going to have bad times in their life and I think I have had that already," added Ariya.
  
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• Ariya becomes first Thai to land major with Woburn win

  31-07-2016 21:18
  By Tony Jimenez WOBURN, England (Reuters) - Ariya Jutanugarn banished the memories of a late collapse earlier this year as she became the first Thai golfer to win a major championship by taking the Ricoh Women's British Open title on Sunday. Playing partner Lee Mi-rim of South Korea (73) and American Mo Martin (70) shared second place while Stacy Lewis of the U.S. also carded a 70 to take fourth spot on 277. Ariya's family and friends rushed on to the 18th green to celebrate victory by dousing t
  
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• Rain postpones NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono to Monday

  31-07-2016 20:53
  
  LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — The NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway has been postponed until Monday because of rain.
  
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• Yankees admit MLB has changed, start to retool for future

  31-07-2016 20:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — Watching a second straight loss to last-place Tampa Bay convinced the New York Yankees it was time to shift more fully into sell mode. So late Saturday night, owner Hal Steinbrenner gave the go-ahead.
  
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• Leicester star Riyad Mahrez distracted by Arsenal transfer talk, admits boss Claudio Ranieri

  31-07-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has admitted he is concerned that star man Riyad Mahrez is being distracted by constant reports linking him with a move to Arsenal.
  
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• Boonen wins RideLondon Classic in sprint finish

  31-07-2016 20:30
  Belgian Tom Boonen of the Etiix-Quick Step team won the 202-km RideLondon-Surrey Classic in a dramatic sprint finish on Sunday. Briton Geraint Thomas of Team Sky launched a brave sole breakaway some 50 kms from the end and built up a lead of more than one minute but he was reeled in by the peloton and Boonen snatched victory on the line. Australian Mark Renshaw of the Dimension Data team and his compatriot Michael Matthews of Orica-BikeExchange finished second and third respectively.
  
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• President Thomas Bach defends the IOC's handling of the Russian doping scandal ahead of the Rio Olympics 

  31-07-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bach, speaking at a press conference following the IOC's executive board meeting, denied that the organisation's credibility had been damaged by the situation surrounding Russian doping.
  
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• Palestinians file FIFA complaint over Israeli restrictions

  31-07-2016 20:11
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the Palestinian soccer federation has submitted a complaint to the international soccer governing body, FIFA, after Israel prevented seven soccer players and staff from traveling from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
  
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• Troubled Rio Games coming together, says IOC

  31-07-2016 20:07
  By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro will deliver a successful Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Sunday, despite delays in preparations, lack of funds and the country suffering from its biggest political and economic turmoil in decades. A metro extension to the Olympic park opened only on Saturday as Brazil grapples with its worst recession since the 1930s. The $3.1 billion expansion of the metro to Barra, the area housing the Olympic park
  
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• Nico Rosberg accused of being a 'bit naughty' by Red Bull boss Christian Horner after illegal overtake

  31-07-2016 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nico Rosberg was accused of being a 'bit naughty' by Red Bull team boss Christian Horner following his illegal overtake on Max Verstappen in Sunday's German Grand Prix.
  
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• Trump says 'not thrilled' with dates of presidential debates

  31-07-2016 19:57
  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he is unhappy with the dates set for his televised debates with White House rival Hillary Clinton, putting him in conflict with an independent commission that set the calendar almost a year ago. The dates for the three debates ahead of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election "will serve the American public well," the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement on Sunday, noting the da
  
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• India crawl to 185 for one at lunch on day two

  31-07-2016 19:49
  (Reuters) - Opening batsman Lokesh Rahul posted his third test century as India crawled through the opening session of day two of the second test against West Indies in Jamaica on Sunday. Rahul was unbeaten on 107 at lunch as India advanced to 185 for the loss of one wicket in their first innings at Sabina Park in Kingston, trailing West Indies by just 11 runs with nine wickets in hand. India added only 59 runs from 26 overs during the session as number three Cheteshwar Pujara weighed anchor.
  
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• Brewers catcher Lucroy blocks trade to Indians

  31-07-2016 19:48
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy has blocked his proposed trade to the Cleveland Indians.
  
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• Frank Lampard proud to make New York City FC history after netting franchise's first hat-trick against Colorado Rapids

  31-07-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 38-year-old former Chelsea midfielder scored three times in his side's 5-1 demolition of Colorado Rapids at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night, as they moved five points clear in the Eastern Conference.
  
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