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• Olympics - Wawrinka pulls out and Groth gets call

  02-08-2016 23:59
  World number four Stan Wawrinka has pulled out of the tennis competition at this month's Rio Olympics because of injury. "I am very sad because after Beijing and London I would have liked to experience my third Olympic Games in Brazil, unfortunately that will now not be possible," he said in a Swiss Tennis Federation statement on Tuesday. Australia's Sam Groth is heading to Brazil after getting a late call as a replacement.
  
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• Will Katarina Johnson-Thompson or Jessica Ennis-Hill be the Queen of Rio?

  02-08-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In June 2012 Katarina Johnson-Thompson scored a huge lifetime best in the heptathlon at a low-key meeting in Kladno in the Czech Republic to unexpectedly qualify for the London Olympics.
  
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• Manchester United Under 23s 1-1 Oldham (3-4 on pens): Red Devils miss out on Lancashire Senior Cup final clash with Everton after shootout

  02-08-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Olosunde opened the scoring for Manchester United in the first-half before Jake Cassidy equalised after the interval to send the game into a penalty shootout.
  
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• Rebuilding Yankees to leave A-Rod with reduced playing time

  02-08-2016 23:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees plan to leave Alex Rodriguez with reduced playing time as they turn their attention to rebuilding.
  
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• No Boris Johnson victory stunts this time: New Foreign Secretary not due to attend Rio Games 

  02-08-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: New Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is surprisingly not due to attend the Rio showpiece. Olympic sources claim Johnson was keen to come to Rio.
  
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• Earnhardt to miss 2+ more races because of concussion

  02-08-2016 23:43
  
  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss at least two more races while he recovers from a concussion.
  
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• Lizzie Armitstead failed to follow British Cycling advice before missing drugs test which has sparked backlash

  02-08-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON - EXCLUSIVE: Lizzie Armitstead failed to follow the advice of her own federation, British Cycling, before she missed the drugs test that almost left her career in ruins.
  
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• Lizzie Armitstead reveals her fears over missing Rio Olympics: 'I could have been banned... that's what I was most scared about'

  02-08-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON - EXCLUSIVE: THE gravity of thesituation was not lost on Lizzie Armitstead. A third missed drugs test left the world champion cyclist fearing she was about to plummet into an abyss.
  
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• U.S. Open's retractable roof hits glitch at unveiling

  02-08-2016 23:38
  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - A $150 million retractable roof that will keep the U.S. Open tennis championship's Arthur Ashe Stadium main court dry was displayed with great fanfare and a minor glitch at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. Jeanne Ashe, wife of the late champion for whom the stadium is named, did the honours of hitting the button to close the roof and put the assembled audience in comfortable shade. Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King, for whom the National Tennis Center complex i
  
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• Tiger is our Ryder Cup tactician, says U.S. captain Love

  02-08-2016 23:37
  Former world number one Tiger Woods is taking on the role of U.S. tactician for next month's Ryder Cup against holders Europe, says captain Davis Love III. Fourteen-times major winner Woods has been sidelined for almost a year as he recovers from multiple back operations and seems to have spent much of his time away from the circuit thinking about how the Americans can regain the trophy. "He's been texting me some pairings and some groupings," Love told Sky Sports television of one of his vice-c
  
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• Swimming - Australia and U.S. rivals ready for Rio duel

  02-08-2016 23:36
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Let the duel in the pool begin. The big beasts of Olympic swimming have rolled into Rio, with Michael Phelps and the mighty U.S. team following their Australian rivals, and the buzz of expectation is building. The two super powers have been sizing each other up already in the Athletes Village and across the pool deck, exchanging nods and greetings before the serious action kicks off on Saturday.
  
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• Dundalk hero McMillan wants more Champions League progress after 'unforgettable' night

  02-08-2016 23:36
  
  The striker scored twice in their 3-0 win over BATE Borisov.
  
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• British eventing veterans recover in time for Rio

  02-08-2016 23:35
  By Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - British eventers William Fox-Pitt and Pippa Funnell have more in common than a collection of Olympic medals, with the veteran athletes having recovered from scary cross country falls in order to compete in Rio de Janeiro. Less than a year ago the now five-time Olympian Fox-Pitt was in a medically induced coma after enduring a head injury falling from a young horse in an October competition. "It's been hard work – I lost all my fitness... all
  
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• Inside Russia's Olympic base in Rio: A venue with a vista like paradise... where a mob of drug-peddlers and drug-peddled are bidding for success

  02-08-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY IN RIO: The strongest stimulant on offer in Russia House on Tuesday was a caipirinha. And, at 25 Brazilian Reals a pop, I had one one in the name of research.
  
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• Alastair Cook hands seamer Steven Finn a recall as England eye win in 500th home Test 

  02-08-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: There are few better venues than Edgbaston for England’s attempt to celebrate their 500th home Test with a win over Pakistan that would satisfy immediate ambitions.
  
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• Former Red Sox pitcher Britton suspended for positive test

  02-08-2016 23:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit pitcher Drake Britton has been banned for 50 games following a positive test for amphetamine under baseball's minor league program and St. Louis second baseman Luke Doyle has been suspended for 100 games for refusing to take a test.
  
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• WADA in the crosshairs, as IOC members fume at late response

  02-08-2016 23:14
  By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was told it needed to restore its reputation as the war of words over the timing of its response to the Russian doping scandal escalated on Tuesday. WADA was sharply criticised by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not acting on information from whistleblowers of widespread doping in Russia until it became public through the media last year. As a result, a WADA-commissioned report on the exte
  
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• Swimming: Seebohm has unsocial plan for Rio

  02-08-2016 23:06
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Emily Seebohm is turning off the Twitter taps, and saying farewell to Facebook, as the Australian swimmer seeks success at this month's Rio Olympics. Four years ago in London the double Olympic gold medallist blamed the late night distractions of social media after missing out on the women's 100 meters back stroke title to American Missy Franklin. "I just felt like I didn't really get off social media and get into my own head," she told Australian media
  
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• NCAA accepts Missouri's sanctions, adds year of probation

  02-08-2016 22:52
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NCAA has accepted Missouri's self-imposed sanctions over infractions involving its men's basketball program but it tacked on a year of probation though August of next year.
  
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• Bromley 1-2 Crystal Palace: Sullay Kaikai scores twice as Jonny Williams impresses for Alan Pardew's side

  02-08-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The young winger opened the scoring with a neat finish on 22 minutes, following good work from Welsh international Jonny Williams, before adding a second with a superb free-kick.
  
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• Chelsea willing to offer Everton £65m plus Loic Remy in bid to bring Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge

  02-08-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everton accept the Belgium international wants to leave Goodison Park but have been holding out for £75m for the 23-year-old, who still has three years on his contract.
  
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• Games unlikely to boost Brazil's economy, UBS says

  02-08-2016 22:17
  The Summer Olympics are unlikely to boost Brazil's economy, analysts with UBS wrote in a client note on Tuesday, but signs of recovery from the country's worst recession in decades should nevertheless emerge in the second half of this year. "With a price tag of well over $10 billion, for a country already facing considerable strains on its fiscal accounts and grave accusations of corruption in both the public and private sectors, the Rio Summer Olympics is unlikely to be an exception to the rule
  
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• AP source: Cardinals, Mathieu agree to 5-year, $62.5M deal

  02-08-2016 22:17
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that the Arizona Cardinals and All-Pro defensive back Tyrann Mathieu have agreed to a five-year, $62.5 million contract extension, with $40 million guaranteed.
  
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• NBA 2K videogame maker wins dismissal of big tattoo damages claim

  02-08-2016 21:50
  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The maker of the popular NBA 2K video game series on Tuesday won the dismissal of a potentially large damages claim in a lawsuit over its depiction of tattoos belonging to LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and other National Basketball Association stars. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said Take-Two Interactive Software Inc cannot be held liable to the plaintiff Solid Oak Sketches LLC for statutory damages of as much as $150,000 per copyright
  
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• The Latest: Australian water polo player in isolation

  02-08-2016 21:44
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Chelsea willing to offer Everton £60m plus Loic Remy in bid to bring Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge

  02-08-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everton accept the Belgium international wants to leave Goodison Park but have been holding out for £75m for the 23-year-old, who still has three years on his contract.
  
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• South Korean cyclist hit by car during training in Rio

  02-08-2016 21:37
  A South Korean cyclist was slightly injured when he was hit by a car while training on the streets of Rio de Janeiro ahead of the Olympics Games which start on Friday, the federal traffic police said on Tuesday. Kim Ok-cheol, 21, was struck by the rear view mirror of a car when he was training within the Tijuca national park in Rio and suffered scratches when he fell to the ground but did not need to be taken for treatment in hospital, police said. Traffic police will escort cyclists during the
  
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• Unbeaten US basketball teams ready for Rio Olympics

  02-08-2016 21:35
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — They have crisscrossed the country, delivering basketball blowouts from coast to coast.
  
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• Volleyball - Copacabana perfect setting for showcase event

  02-08-2016 21:16
  By Steve Keating RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - They have played for Olympic gold in parks, next to car parks and on royal parade grounds, but at the Rio Games beach volleyball will actually be played -- on a beach. Only once since the sport became part of the Olympic programme in 1996 has beach volleyball, the most hedonistic of Olympic events, been staged on a genuine stretch of sand shared by sun worshippers and surfers. With the exception of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when the iconic Bondi Beach
  
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• Simple Verse could step up at Curragh to chase second St Leger win

  02-08-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Classic winner Simple Verse looks like chasing a second Leger after trainer Ralph Beckett revealed plans to step the filly owned by Sheik Fahad Al Thani’s Qatar Racing back up in trip.
  
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• Italian athletics coach charged in Kenya with doping

  02-08-2016 20:50
  Italian athletics coach Claudio Berardelli was charged in a Kenyan court on Tuesday over the alleged administration of a prohibited performance enhancing substance to a Kenyan marathon champion. Berardelli, who was arrested with fellow Italian sports coach Federico Rosa last month, denied the charges and was freed on bail. Berardelli is accused of administering EPO, a prohibited substance, to Rita Jeptoo, in 2014.
  
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• Kuwait loses Swiss court challenge against IOC ban

  02-08-2016 20:40
  By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait has lost its Swiss court case against an International Olympic Committee (IOC) ban that will see the nation's athletes compete under the Olympic flag at the Rio Olympics, a source with direct knowledge of the decision said on Tuesday. The source told Reuters the Civil Court of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland rejected Kuwait's case against the IOC, notifying the parties earlier on Tuesday. Kuwait and the IOC have been at loggerheads over a n
  
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• India close on victory as Windies batsmen collapse again

  02-08-2016 20:37
  (Reuters) - West Indies were hurtling towards another heavy defeat when they lost four quick wickets on day four of the second test against India in Jamaica on Tuesday. Rajendra Chandrika (one) was the first to go when he was bowled by Ishant Sharma, the ball striking the batsman's elbow and deflecting on to the stumps. Fellow opener Kraigg Brathwaite was next to fall for 23 when he skied a short ball from leg-spinner Amit Mishra to mid-wicket.
  
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• Woman sues, says Sabres' Evander Kane injured her

  02-08-2016 20:30
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 21-year-old Buffalo woman has sued Sabres forward Evander Kane, saying he seriously injured her in the hotel room where he lives.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Your unusual encounters with Olympians

  02-08-2016 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Sir Steve Redgrave in a service station to Lord Coe outside the pub - Sportsday readers' unusual encounters with Olympians.
  
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• US Open will be protected against the weather as Arthur Ashe Stadium's new roof is unveiled at Flushing Meadows

  02-08-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The roof will be ready when the US Open begins on August 29 and will ensure play in wet weather, after the men's final was delayed due to rain for five straight years from 2008-12.
  
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• Blanket ban on Russia at Rio Olympics would have been a 'nuclear option', says IOC president Thomas Bach  

  02-08-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The International Olympic Committee opted not to ban all Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics after revelations of a wide state-backed doping programme across many sports.
  
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• Leeds reject Charlie Taylor's transfer request as Middlesbrough, Burnley and West Brom target left back

  02-08-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough, Burnley and West Brom may have to go back to the drawing board as Leeds have rejected a transfer request from highly-rated left back Charlie Taylor.
  
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• Saracens flanker Michael Rhodes signs new deal with the Premiership and European champions

  02-08-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saracens flanker Michael Rhodes has signed a new deal that will keep him at the double winners until 2019. Rhodes started the Aviva Premiership and Champions Cup finals last season.
  
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• An all-time first for venerable AP Top 25

  02-08-2016 20:09
  
  Who's No. 1?
  
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• Team GB rowing team dealt early blow as Graeme Thomas is ruled out of Olympics due to 'flu-like virus' 

  02-08-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's two-time World Championship medal winner Graeme Thomas has been forced out of the Rio Olympics by illness. Thomas was due to compete in the men's quadruple scull
  
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• Turner's Cross is completely sold out for Thursday's crucial Europa League tie

  02-08-2016 19:50
  
  Cork City will host Belgian side KRC Genk in the second leg of their third-round qualifier.
  
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• Neymar will soon 'be the best player' in the world, insists Barcelona legend Rivaldo

  02-08-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Brazilian star Rivaldo has claimed that Neymar will eventually overtake Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to become the best player in the world.
  
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• German Grand Prix venue remains uncertain despite Hockenheim securing place on 2018 calendar 

  02-08-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hockenheim will host the German Formula One Grand Prix again in 2018 but next year's race remains uncertain. The race was dropped last season after a dispute over the hosting fee.
  
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• William Fox-Pitt 'very ready' for 2016 Olympic Games just months after fall left events rider in coma

  02-08-2016 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fox-Pitt's fall at the World Young Horse Championships in Le Lion d'Angers, France, saw him taken to hospital after suffering head trauma, and then being placed in an induced coma.
  
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• Manchester United legend Jaap Stam's XI: Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs make the cut

  02-08-2016 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jaap Staam had a storied playing career which saw him win trophies across Europe. Now, the former Manchester United and Milan defender has chosen a best XI of his old team-mates.
  
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• Liverpool FC touch down in England as they turn their attention to Barcelona following pre-season US tour 

  02-08-2016 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool have arrived back on home soil with just 12 days to go until Jurgen Klopp's side kick-start the new Premier League campaign away at Arsenal.
  
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