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• Team GB open Rio 2016 women's rugby sevens campaign with victories over Brazil and Japan

  06-08-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH-AL-SAMARRAI IN RIO: Sevens rugby has rocked up at the Olympics and Team GB responded by knocking seven bells out of their first two opponents at the party.
  
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• Manchester City's Leroy Sane comes from a sporting family which battled racism... he's like a young Ryan Giggs and is destined for greatness

  06-08-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leroy Sane is the most expensive acquisition of Pep Guardiola’s first summer in England. This is a deal that usurps figures paid for Mesut Ozil, Mats Hummels, Mario Gotze and Manuel Neuer.
  
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• On 1st day of judo at Rio Games, Argentina and Russia win

  06-08-2016 23:52
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was a day of surprises on the first day of the judo competition at the Rio Games.
  
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• William Fox-Pitt takes pole position for Team GB at Rio 2016

  06-08-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just 10 months after William Fox-Pitt lay in a coma, on Saturday he made a dream start in his efforts to finally land the gold medal which has eluded him for two decades.
  
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• Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri will become the Tinkerman again and says Chelsea have bought 'two players' in N'Golo Kante 

  06-08-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ranieri led the Foxes to the title last campaign with a settled side, using just 23 players — a far cry from his time at Chelsea where he was renowned for chopping and changing his teams.
  
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• Andy King is confident Leicester City can hold off big spenders and says he 'expected a reaction from top teams'

  06-08-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There have been many ways to measure the scale of Leicester City’s success last season but the numbers from this summer’s player trading present a clear calculation.
  
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• John Terry can still be Antonio Conte's rock at Chelsea... even if he doesn't play every game

  06-08-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte, who built his Juventus and Italy defence around the likes of Andrea Barzagli, who like John Terry is 35, says that the experience Terry brings to the team will be invaluable.
  
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• Beach volleyball - Winning start for Brazil delights partisan crowd

  06-08-2016 23:42
  By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's male and female beach volleyball pairs made winning starts in their hunt for gold on Saturday, drawing on the loud home support to beat their Canadian and Czech Republic opponents on Copacabana's golden sand. Brazil's female gold medal hopes Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas recovered from one set down to win 19-21 21-17 15-11 against talented Czech pair who came close to upsetting the home script on the opening day. Barbora Hermannov
  
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• Arsene Wenger vows to continue playing Theo Walcott as a striker

  06-08-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: Arsene Wenger has vowed to continue playing Theo Walcott as a striker this season, despite the player claiming he now wants to be deployed out wide for the Gunners.
  
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• James Vince is still failing to convince after making the same old mistake 

  06-08-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Vince again failed to capitalise on a promising start for England. Mohammad Amir found his outside edge and Vince departed for 42. He is now under immense pressure to keep his place in the side.
  
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• England's tour of Bangladesh in doubt as ECB assess threat of terrorism 

  06-08-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England's tour of Bangladesh has been plunged into doubt amid fears of terrorism. The ECB are sending security expert Reg Dickason to assess the danger before advising on a decision.
  
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• The Latest: Fans boo, shout 'Zika!' at goalkeeper Hope Solo

  06-08-2016 23:33
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Gold for Lizzie Armitstead in Rio would send Olympic sport further down road to Hell

  06-08-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: It's hard not to feel angry when people like Lizzie Armitstead and her gang of apologists seek to cover up their own mistakes and shortcomings by pouring scorn on the testers.
  
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• When, where and what to watch at the Rio Olympic Games 2016

  06-08-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Olympic Games officially kick off with the opening ceremony on Friday August 5. Daily Mail Australia has put together a guide to the best action on every day of the competition.
  
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• Basketball - Jovial Bogut shines as Australia beat France

  06-08-2016 23:25
  By Steve Keating RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Andrew Bogut's complaints over his Rio accommodation have received more attention than his troublesome knee but both seemed fine on Saturday as Australia opened the Rio Games men's basketball tournament with an 87-66 win over France. Bogut, who has been waging a battle to get back to full fitness since the Golden State Warriors centre went down with a knee injury during the NBA Finals in June, looked strong as he poured in 18 points while dominating th
  
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• Swimming - Ledecky makes Rio debut in relay

  06-08-2016 23:24
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Freestyle phenomenon Katie Ledecky made an impressive Rio debut with the fastest leg for the U.S. women in their 4x100 relay heat on Saturday. The 19-year-old, who could win three individual freestyle events at the Games to add to her 2012 800m freestyle gold, had been uncertain for the team but her time showed why she had been selected. World and Olympic champions Australia, with sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell powering the charge, were fastest with t
  
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• Cycling - Van Avermaet strikes gold in Rio's hills, agony for Nibali

  06-08-2016 23:12
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet snatched gold in a thrilling finish to the men's Olympic road race, out-sprinting Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang by the Copacabana after six hours of chaotic racing around Rio's exotic coastline on Saturday. Pundits had predicted the race would be won there, but it was where Italy's Vincenzo Nibali saw his gold hopes shattered by a high-speed crash. Accelerating in trademark style down the final descent of the day with Colombia's
  
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• Olympic - Uchimura fall caps a day of errors for favourites Japan

  06-08-2016 23:11
  By Pritha Sarkar RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Dethroning champions China has been the number one target for Japan at the Rio Olympics but after a day of falls and botched landings in men's qualifying on Saturday, Kohei Uchimura and his teammates were left with sore bodies and bruised egos. Uchimura suffered the most spectacular of falls from the horizontal bar -- an apparatus on which he is the world champion -- as he lost his grip following a release and catch manoeuvre and produced a deafening t
  
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• Cordeiro finds redemption in replacing Pele

  06-08-2016 23:09
  By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The man who lit the Olympic flame was told he would be replacing Pele only an hour ahead of time and the selection of Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima provided the Rio Olympics with the perfect redemption story before they had even started. Cordeiro was leading the Olympic marathon in Athens in 2004 when a crazed fan tried to haul him to the ground. Spectators pulled the man off and Cordeiro went on to win the bronze medal.
  
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• RCD Mallorca 1-0 West Brom: Baggies end pre-season with defeat as goalkeeper Ben Foster nearly levels

  06-08-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brandon Thomas Llamas, a 21-year-old Spanish national with an English father, scored the only goal of the game just before half-time as he converted a crossto secure the win.
  
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• Hayley Turner crowns comeback with victory at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot 

  06-08-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hayley Turner won on her one-off comeback at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot but it was not enough to secure a second successive victory for Girls side in the jockey team event.
  
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• Judo - Menezes loss dashes Brazil hopes of early first gold

  06-08-2016 23:06
  By Chris Gallagher RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil got off to a rough start in Olympic judo on Saturday after London gold medallist Sarah Menezes suffered a shock defeat, dashing hopes of an early triumph for the host country. To make matters worse, Menezes was visibly in pain as she injured her elbow and spent several moments lying on the tatami after she lost to Mongolia's Urantsetseg Munkhbat in the repechage round before slowly exiting the arena. Menezes was considered a favourite to win t
  
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• Swimming - Syrian refugee Mardini a winner in the water

  06-08-2016 23:00
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - It was what Yusra Mardini left unsaid, rather than the conventional words of excitement, that made the bigger impression after the teenager's debut in the Olympic pool on Saturday. "I was only thinking about water and the last competitions and where I am now," the Syrian, swimming for a refugee team, told reporters when asked what went through her mind ahead of her 100 metre butterfly heat. To get to the point where she could discuss simple strokes and
  
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• Stray bullet flies into equestrian press centre

  06-08-2016 22:57
  
  By Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A stray bullet cut through the plastic roof of the equestrian media centre in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, alarming journalists and underlining concerns about the host city's ability to guarantee security at the world's biggest sporting event. The equestrian venue is sited next to a military complex, though police are still trying to discover who fired the bullet and from where, a spokesman for the Rio 2016 organising committee said. "It was a stray
  
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• Fans like dunks, but Griner eyeing Olympic shot block mark

  06-08-2016 22:54
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brittney Griner would love to be the second woman to dunk in the Olympics, though it's not the piece of history she really hopes to get.
  
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• Cycling - Italian Nibali taken to hospital after crash

  06-08-2016 22:54
  By Scott Malone RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali was taken to hospital with a possible fractured collarbone after crashing on a high-speed descent near the end of the Olympic men's road race on Saturday, a team official said. Nibali attacked in the closing stages, leading a three-man breakaway on a climb late in the day. Nibali was attended by medical staff after failing to finish the race, a fate that befell more than half the 144 riders on a crash-heavy day in which m
  
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• Beach Volleyball - So Brazil! Copacabana debut delights fans

  06-08-2016 22:51
  By Alexandra Ulmer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - In what might well become the defining image of Brazil's Olympics, the beach volleyball competition opened on Rio's iconic Copacabana beach on Saturday to the cheers of hundreds of fired-up Brazilian fans. The perfect pairing," exclaimed shirtless bartender Wilson Pucci, 40, from the vertiginous stands as he watched local male favourites Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt win their match. Cheers, chants of "Brazil", and blaring Latin American pop hits
  
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• The Latest: Teen triathlete wins Army-Hall of Fame award

  06-08-2016 22:50
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• Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund claim first-round victories on day one of Rio 2016... but British doubles duo suffer embarrassing exit 

  06-08-2016 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN RIO: The decent British turnout at the Olympic opening ceremony proved inspiring for the singles players in action on Saturday but disastrous for their doubles counterparts.
  
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• Campbell sisters lead Australia to smash Olympic record in their women's 4x100m freestyle relay heat to make them favourite for gold medal

  06-08-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australia's women's 4x100m freestyle relay team will go into the final on Sunday morning as red hot favourites for victory after the quartet broke the Olympic record in their heat.
  
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• Berger relishing lead after serving up tasty 62 in Travelers

  06-08-2016 22:41
  (Reuters) - American Daniel Berger moved within sight of his second victory in two months when he opened a three-shot lead after the third round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut on Saturday. Berger, last season's rookie of the year on the PGA Tour, picked up nine birdies to surge clear with an eight-under-par 62 at the TPC River Highlands. The 23-year-old posted a 15-under 195 total, three ahead of Scotland's Russell Knox (64), South African Tyrone Van Aswegen (65) and Amer
  
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• Shambolic start to Rio Games amid queues, security scares

  06-08-2016 22:37
  By Karolos Grohmann and Brad Brooks RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Rio Olympic Games got off to a shambolic and nervous start on Saturday, with organisers apologising to angry fans kept waiting hours at security checkpoints to enter venues while, outside, shootings and bomb scares kept visitors on edge. Outside, lines stretched for several blocks as fans stood in full sun and security staff struggled. Organisers blamed a lack of coordination between security personnel, including the police, Game
  
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• The Latest: Air pistol medal is 1st ever gold for Vietnam

  06-08-2016 22:34
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Archery - South Korea restore order with men's team gold

  06-08-2016 22:32
  By Ian Ransom RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - South Korea's archers routed the United States to win the men's team gold at the Rio Olympics on Saturday and restore a dynasty broken by the Americans at London four years ago. The peerless trio of Kim Woo-jin, Ku Bon-chan and Lee Seung-yun roared to a 6-0 win on a baking hot day at the Sambodromo, clinching South Korea's fifth team title and fourth in the last five Olympics. The U.S., who ended the South Koreans' run of three titles in the London semi-f
  
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• Boxers scuffed up but happy sans headgear at Rio

  06-08-2016 22:28
  On debut day for Olympic boxing, fighters said they were happy to be competing at the first Games since 1980 without protective headgear, welcoming better peripheral vision even if it means more cuts and scrapes. After decades of debate, and some studies suggesting headgear did not make the sport safer, boxing governing body AIBA eliminated the equipment at events since 2013, including two world championships and one Commonwealth Games. "You feel unimpeded," said Juan Nogueira, a Brazilian heavy
  
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• Former world No. 1 Ivanovic crashes out in windy Rio

  06-08-2016 22:12
  By Drazen Jorgic RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic exited the Olympic Games in the first round on Saturday, though the Serb refused to blame the wind or soaring temperatures that some players said were making it tricky to play in Rio. Ivanovic went one set up against world No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro before losing the next two error-strewn sets to the Spaniard. Ivanovic lost 2-6 6-1 6-2.
  
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• US women's water polo coach leaves team after brother dies

  06-08-2016 22:08
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — U.S. women's water polo coach Adam Krikorian met with his team before practice on Thursday morning. One of his two older brothers had died, and he was leaving to spend time with his family.
  
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• Shooting - Wu wins Brazil's first medal of Games

  06-08-2016 22:08
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian Felipe Wu won the silver medal in the men's 10-metre air pistol event on Saturday to claim the host country's first medal of the Rio Olympic Games. Xuan Vinh Hoang of Vietnam took the gold with a score of 202.5 in 20 shots, just 0.4 of a point ahead of Wu, a 24-year-old who is competing in his first Olympics. China's Pang Wei took the bronze. Defending Olympic champion Jin Jong-oh of South Korea failed to recover from a poor start and finished fifth. (Editing
  
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• Shooting - Hoang secures Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal

  06-08-2016 22:08
  By Mary Milliken RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Xuan Vinh Hoang secured Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal on Saturday, winning the men's 10-metre air pistol event after holding off crowd favourite Felipe Wu of host country Brazil. The 41-year-old Vietnamese army member racked up a score of 202.5 in 20 shots, just 0.4 of a point ahead of Wu, a 24-year-old who is competing in his first Olympics. China's Pang Wei took the bronze.
  
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• Swimming - Peaty breaks one record, Hosszu eyes another

  06-08-2016 22:04
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Britain's Adam Peaty smashed his own 100 metres breaststroke world record and Hungary's 'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu had another in her sights on an explosive opening day in the pool at the Rio Olympics. American golden girl Katie Ledecky meanwhile set herself up for the first medal of a likely hefty haul after swimming the final leg of the 4x100 freestyle relay. On a normal day Ledecky might have been the centre of attention, but Peaty seized the limelig
  
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• Swimming - Peaty smashes own 100m breaststroke record in heats

  06-08-2016 22:03
  By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Adam Peaty demolished his own world record in the heats of the 100 metres breaststroke on Saturday as he launched a bid to become the first British man to win an Olympic swimming gold medal for 28 years. "Hopefully tonight I'm going to feel a little bit better and swim a little bit faster... We're going to keep pushing the boundary." World champion Peaty, swimming at his first Olympics, is seeking to become the first British male swimmer to win Olympi
  
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• Great Britain swimmer Adam Peaty breaks 100m breaststroke world record at Rio Games

  06-08-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mrs Caroline Peaty, a nursery manager from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, had never been outside Europe until she arrived in Rio to see her son's tilt at beating the world she had not travelled.
  
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• Ex-Atlanta Falcon claims innocence in sex-assault cases

  06-08-2016 21:55
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A football player who was dropped by the Atlanta Falcons this week over multiple sexual assault allegations says he believes he will be found innocent.
  
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• The Latest: Tim McGraw got HOF weekend off to rousing start

  06-08-2016 21:53
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions (all times local):
  
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• Rotherham 2-2 Wolves: Walter Zenga's side complete fightback with ten men to earn point

  06-08-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Walter Zenga will have been the more pleased of the two managers as he watched his side snatch a draw with ten men. Rotherham took a two goal lead but could not hold on as Wolves pulled level.
  
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• Rio 2016 Olympics suffer security nightmare as bullet is fired through roof of equestrian media centre

  06-08-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security at Rio 2016 was seriously undermined when a live round apparently shot from a firearm came through the roof of a media centre at the equestrian venue.
  
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• Peaty sets world mark in heats on 1st day in Olympic pool

  06-08-2016 21:43
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Swimming got off to a fast start in preliminaries at the Olympic pool on Saturday, with a world record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke, the second-fastest performance ever in the women's 400 individual medley and a defending champion knocked out.
  
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• Swansea City 1-0 Rennes: Fernando Llorente makes debut as Jay Fulton gives Francesco Guidolin's side win 

  06-08-2016 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jay Fulton's second-half strike separated the two sides and gave Francesco Guidolin's men their fifth win in six friendlies. New signing Fernando Llorente made his debut for Swansea.
  
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• Greg van Avermaet wins Rio 2016 Olympics men's road race

  06-08-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT IN RIO: On a tumultuous first day of action, the carnage of accidents and incidents in the men's road race felt like a fitting symbol for the obstacles the Rio 2016 Olympics face.
  
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• Cycling - Van Avermaet wins thrilling men's road race

  06-08-2016 21:27
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Belgium's Greg van Avermaet snatched gold in a thrilling and incident-packed men's Olympic road race, out-sprinting Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang alongside the Copacabana beach after a spectacular day of racing along Rio's coastline on Saturday. One of the best Olympic road races ever looked as if it would be won by Italy's Vincenzo Nibali as he accelerated down the final descent of the Vista Chinesa.
  
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