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• Sailing - Athletes fed up with Rio water-quality complaints

  09-08-2016 23:58
  By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Despite reports of dangerous levels of pollution in Rio's Guanabara Bay and concerns that floating garbage could damage or slow competitors' boats, sailors at the 2016 Olympics are showing little or no fear of getting into the water. After the first day of racing in the Olympic Regatta on Monday athletes drenched and dripping after hours of racing scoffed at questions about their safety and risks to their health from studies showing high levels of bacteri
  
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• Adam Rossington guides Northants to T20 Finals Day with win over Middlesex

  09-08-2016 23:56
  
  • Northants 135/3 beat Middlesex 132/7 by seven wickets
  • Rossington scores unbeaten 67 from 53 ballsAdam Rossington’s unbeaten half-century comfortably led Northamptonshire back to NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day with a seven-wicket victory over his former county Middlesex at Wantage Road.The 23-year-old struck 67 off just 53 balls to help the Steelbacks, who lost in the final to Lancashire last year, chase 133 with 11 balls remaining and join Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston later thi
  
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• West Ham enquire about Rachid Ghezzal but face a fight with Everton for the Lyon winger

  09-08-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham have enquired about Lyon winger Rachid Ghezzal who is also an option for Everton. Ghezzal has been pinpointed as a target for both sides ahead of the new season.
  
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• Swimming - Hosszu pulls out as Adrian squeaks through

  09-08-2016 23:52
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Hungary's Katinka Hosszu gave up her bid for a record-equalling five solo women's Olympic swimming medals on Tuesday as some of the sport's top names also wrestled with Rio's late night schedules. Hosszu, who has already won two golds and destroyed the 400m individual medley world record, pulled out of the 200m butterfly heats to focus on the 200m IM final scheduled for 11.30pm on Tuesday. Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia, a 400 IM bronze medallist on Sat
  
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• John Stones: a rare talent but value only if Pep Guardiola removes the flaws | Andy Hunter

  09-08-2016 23:45
  
  Manchester City will be able to justify Stones’s label as the most expensive defender in English football history at £47.5m if the former Everton player avoids taking unnecessary risks and fulfils his rich promiseIt was 3 January 2016, the closing minutes of Tottenham Hotspur’s visit to Goodison Park, and Everton were on the brink of their first point in three home matches when John Stones took possession inside his penalty area with Son Heung-min breathing down his neck. What
  
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• Green pool does not bother Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson at Rio 2016

  09-08-2016 23:38
  
  • Team GB pair finish fifth in 10m synchronised platform diving
  • Pool was so green they could not see each other under waterBritain’s synchronised diving pair, Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson, said the diving pool mysteriously turning green had not put them off after finishing fifth in their 10m platform final.Venue officials were initially unable to provide an explanation for the sudden transformation to the pool where Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow had won bronze the previous night
  
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• Team GB men's rugby sevens team edge past Japan 21-19 as they continue strong start to Rio 2016 Olympics

  09-08-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Down at the rugby sevens, it was a day of an almighty upset and a sad injury, but at the end of it Great Britain emerged victorious, just. Japan missed the chance to level at the end of the clash.
  
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• Max Whitlock and Nile Wilson looking to put medal miss behind them in Olympic men's all-round event

  09-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Max Whitlock and Nile Wilson will attempt to put their agonising medal miss with the team behind them when they go for gold in the men’s all-around event today.
  
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• I'd be hailed a genius if I was a foreign boss, claims Burnley's Sean Dyche

  09-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Perception is clearly something Sean Dyche thought long and hard about during his year away from the Premier League.
  
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• Even Olympic selfies are complicated by Koreas' rivalry

  09-08-2016 23:34
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nothing is ever easy for the rival Koreas, even that most ubiquitous and usually innocent of Olympic interactions, the selfie.
  
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• Disney tops earnings estimates, picks up streaming stake

  09-08-2016 23:33
  (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, fuelled by a 40 percent jump in revenue at its movie studio from hits including "The Jungle Book" and "Captain America: Civil War." The media company also said it was acquiring a 33 percent stake in BAMTech, a video-streaming company formed by Major League Baseball (MLB), for $1 billion (0.76 billion pounds). Disney has the option to acquire a majority ownership in the coming years. BAMTech, which i
  
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• Giles Scott in choppy waters as overwhelming favourite makes disappointing start

  09-08-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having spent years following in the wake behind Ben Ainslie, Giles Scott will need to prove he has learned his predecessor’s knack for salvaging gold from murky-looking waters.
  
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• David Florence finishes last in canoeing after Rio 2016 slalom wash-out

  09-08-2016 23:32
  
  • British medal prospect finishes more than 14 seconds behind winner
  • Denis Gargaud Chanut wins gold for France ahead of Matej Benus of SlovakiaDavid Florence became the latest in an increasingly long line of genuine British medal hopefuls to endure a dreadful day at the office, finishing dead last in the final of the canoe slalom and missing out on victory by a titanic margin of more than 14 seconds.A series of consecutive downstream blunders just before the halfway point ruined any
  
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• Manchester United hope record Paul Pogba deal is a watershed moment

  09-08-2016 23:30
  
  • Frenchman happy to choose Old Trafford return over Real Madrid move
  • Ed Woodward’s hard work pays off with prize capture to end fruitful summerManchester United are hoping Paul Pogba’s acquisition for a world-record £89.3m represents the beginnings of a power shift whereby they no longer have to accept that the world’s top footballers consider the Spanish giants a more attractive proposition.As Pogba clocked into Old Trafford for his first day as the most exp
  
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• John Stones 'absolutely delighted' after joining Manchester City in £47.5m record deal for a centre back

  09-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Stones could not stop smiling. Manchester City had flooded their social media channels with images of their new signing and every one was a picture of happiness.
  
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• Team GB’s Giles Scott takes first steps out of Ben Ainslie’s shadow

  09-08-2016 23:21
  
  Favourite for the Rio 2016 gold medal in the Finn class ended the first day at a beautiful, if pungent, sailing venue in 10th placeIt can’t be easy being Giles Scott, British Olympian, Finn class favourite, and long-term heir to the golden wetsuit. Not yet anyway, and perhaps a little less so after a frustrating start to Rio 2016 that saw Scott finish 17th in a messy, slightly bedraggled first race. A little later in the day Scott flexed his ripping champion’s shoulders and gained a
  
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• Japan rock old order again as Olympic rugby sevens takes hold in Rio

  09-08-2016 23:21
  
  Japan’s win over New Zealand rekindled memories of their XV’s World Cup win over South AfricaNo one has ever mistaken Copacabana beach for Hove seafront but if you narrowed your eyes in Rio on Tuesday it could have been Brighton last September. Once again there was a scoreline to rocket the sport of rugby union from its comfort zone and once again the identity of the conquering heroes was the same.All hail the samurai swordsmen of Japan, who have now skewered South Africa and New Zea
  
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• No Greek tragedy here - Korakaki takes gold, second medal

  09-08-2016 23:19
  By Mary Milliken RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Greek shooter Anna Korakaki became a double medal winner in Rio 2016 by taking the gold in the women's 25 metre pistol event on Tuesday, two days after she won bronze and made history as the first woman to win a shooting medal for Greece. For the 20-year-old, the gold and bronze in her first Olympics are a sweet reward for the last arduous years of what she called "open war" between the Greek shooting federation and Korakaki and her father, who is her
  
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• Canoeing - Gargaud Chanut tames Rio's whitewater to win C1 gold

  09-08-2016 23:18
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Frenchman Denis Gargaud Chanut paddled down the Olympic whitewater course to canoe slalom gold on Tuesday four years after nearly quitting when missing out on team selection. The man who kept him out last time was French great Tony Estanguet who went on to win a third C1 gold in London. This time it was the now-retired Estanguet, who was cheering on his countryman before hanging the gold medal around his neck.
  
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• Germany hold off Ireland to reach quarter-finals

  09-08-2016 23:10
  By Jack Stubbs RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Germany reached the men's hockey quarter-finals on Tuesday with a 3-2 win over tournament outsiders Ireland as they continued their bid for a third successive Olympic gold. Moritz Furste scored twice for Germany and Martin Zwicker was also on target as they followed up victories over India and Canada to secure a third straight win that lifted them top of Group B. Their nine points from three games guaranteed them a top-four finish in the pool, enough to
  
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• Disappointment for Ireland's David Oliver Joyce as he bows out of the Olympics

  09-08-2016 23:08
  
  It’s been a bad few days for Irish boxing, after Paddy Barnes was surprisingly beaten yesterday.
  
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• Judo - Khalmurzaev wins Russia's second judo gold at Rio

  09-08-2016 23:04
  By Chris Gallagher RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Khasan Khalmurzaev earned Russia's second judo gold medal of the Rio Games on Tuesday, beating Travis Stevens of the United States for the top prize in the men's -81kg category. Ending his campaign with a bang, the Russian won his final two matches by ippon -- judo's equivalent of a knockout -- over Sergiu Toma of the United Arab Emirates in the semi-final and then Stevens. Stevens had been vying to become the first man from the United States to win
  
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• The Latest: Chinese win third gold medal in diving at Rio

  09-08-2016 22:52
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• IOC’s response to Russia doping scandal nothing more than a confused mess

  09-08-2016 22:52
  
  Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova embodies the committee’s muddled verdict, after it allowed 278 Russian athletes to compete in the Rio 2016 Games Rio’s Olympic Aquatics Centre became the centre of a bitter sporting dispute that not only dominated the run-up to these Olympics but looks set to run through the entire fortnight: whether Russia’s athletes should be competing in the Games.The row, with cold war connotations, coalesced around an early showdown between the US swimming sen
  
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• Real Madrid 2-2 Sevilla LIVE: Last-gasp Sergio Ramos header takes European Super Cup to extra time in Trondheim

  09-08-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two of European football's biggest heavyweights go head-to-head on Tuesday night when Real Madrid face Sevilla in the European Super Cup. Join Sportsmail's BEN NAGLE for all the action.
  
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• Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson miss out on bronze medal in synchronised diving 10m final as China take gold 

  09-08-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China won their third gold from three events on the diving programme as Great Britain's Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson finished fifth in the women's synchronised 10 metres platform final.
  
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• Judo - Slovenia's Trstenjak wins gold, France on the board

  09-08-2016 22:39
  By Chris Gallagher RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Slovenia's Tina Trstenjak defeated Clarisse Agbegnenou of France in the women's -63kg category at the Rio Games on Tuesday, becoming her country's second Olympic champion in judo. After breaking Brazilian fans' hearts by topping Mariana Silva in the semi-finals, top seed Trstenjak handily beat Agbegnenou by ippon less than two minutes into the final. Israel's Yarden Gerbi and Anicka van Emden of the Netherlands won bronze.
  
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• That was a catastrophe': Team GB medal hope David Florence finishes last in canoe single at Rio 2016

  09-08-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Florence, a tip for gold, had a disastrous run to come nearly 15sec behind the winner, Denis Gargaud Chaunt of France, and nearly three second behind the next slowest man.
  
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• French Open champion Muguruza crashes out

  09-08-2016 22:35
  By Drazen Jorgic RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's Monica Puig collapsed in tears of joy after her shock 6-1 6-1 win over Spain's French Open champion Garbine Muguruza on Tuesday. Puig, ranked 34 in the world, said the victory against third seed Muguruza was the biggest win in her career. "I still have goosebumps," said Puig, who will play Germany's Laura Siegemund in the quarter-finals.
  
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• Great Britain's Johanna Konta beats Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets to reach Olympic quarter-finals

  09-08-2016 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Johanna Konta beat Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova to advance to the quarter-finals of the women's singles at the Rio Olympics.
  
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• Germany's Jung claims second straight eventing gold

  09-08-2016 22:29
  By Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Germany's Michael Jung claimed his second consecutive individual eventing gold medal on Tuesday as the only rider to escape cross country and jumping penalties in a near flawless performance on Sam, the same horse he won with in London. France's Astier Nicolas, 27, took silver with one rail down in the final nine-obstacle jump-off, though he celebrated a team gold medal for France. Phillip Dutton, 52, of the United States won bronze in his sixth Ol
  
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• Disney revenue jumps 9 percent

  09-08-2016 22:28
  (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co reported a 9 percent rise in quarterly revenue, fuelled by the box-office success of "The Jungle Book". The net income attributable to the company rose to $2.6 billion (2 billion pounds), or $1.59 per share, in the third quarter ended July 2, from $2.48 billion, or $1.45 per share, a year earlier. Disney also said it is acquiring a 33 percent stake in BAMTech, a video streaming company formed by Major League Baseball (MLB), for $1 billion.
  
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• The City of God: home of Brazil’s first gold of the Games

  09-08-2016 22:24
  
  Rafaela Silva from Rio’s Cidade de Deus favela took the host country’s first gold of the Games in the women’s judoFirst came the cheers, then the shots. The moment residents of the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela watched their local hero Rafaela Silva secure Brazil’s first gold of Rio 2016 in the judo, the shouts of joy echoed through the main street, Rua Josias.But the celebrations were short-lived. Less than an hour later, residents were forced to cower indoors as t
  
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• Brazil, Argentina to discuss tense relations between their fans

  09-08-2016 22:21
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's secretary for high level sport will hold talks with his Argentine counterpart on Wednesday to discuss tense relations between their fans at the Rio Olympics, after jeering in stadiums and a scuffle between two fans at a tennis match. Brazil and neighbouring Argentina have a long-standing and fierce sporting rivalry. (Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Ossian Shine)
  
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• China wins gold in women's 10 metre synchronized diving

  09-08-2016 22:18
  By Brenda Goh RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - China's Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia claimed gold in the women's synchronized 10 metre platform diving event at the Rio Games on Tuesday, with Malaysia and Canada respectively taking the silver and bronze medals as the venue's pool turned a bright green hue. Chen, competing in her third summer Olympics, has won every title in the synchronized 10m platform event since 2006. The triumph also makes Chen a five-time Olympic gold medallist, and puts her on a par
  
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• Aisling Daly's UFC return on hold as she's ruled out of Michelle Waterson bout

  09-08-2016 22:15
  
  The Irish fighter hasn’t competed since last October when she overcame Ericka Almeida in Dublin.
  
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• Weightlifting - Veteran Belgian lifter slams cheats and calls time

  09-08-2016 22:12
  (Story refiled to correct first para to oldest lifter since 1988 according to IWF) By Brian Oliver RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Belgium's Tom Goegebuer, the oldest weightlifter at the Olympics since 1988, is looking forward to retirement and, most of all, a cold beer after coming 14th in the men’s 56kg at the Rio Games. Goegebuer, who was 41 in March and the oldest lifter to compete since the Seoul Games according to the sport's world governing International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), h
  
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• Brazil judo champ stirs hope in slum where she grew up

  09-08-2016 22:10
  Residents of Rio's City of God slum, where judoka Rafaela Silva was born and raised before winning Brazil’s first gold medal at these Games, spoke of their pride and hope that her triumph would help break the stigma that sticks to shantytown residents. "Whether they like it or not, Rafaela helped blow that nonsense up. On Jesse Street, at the eggshell-yellow, three-storey house where Rafaela was raised but no longer lives, her father Luiz, 53, who earns a living running a makeshift moving
  
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• Alex Hales says England will do their best to improve their over-rates at the Oval against Pakistan 

  09-08-2016 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Hales insists England will be doing their utmost to improve their over-rates in the final Test at the Kia Oval after finding himself out of pocket at Edgbaston.
  
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• Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley lead medal hopes on mixed day for GB

  09-08-2016 22:07
  
  • Double sculls champion Grainger makes final with new partner
  • London 2012 gold medallist Kat Copeland eliminatedKatherine Grainger’s dreams of retaining the Olympic double sculls crown remain alive but fellow London 2012 champion Kat Copeland’s podium hopes are over.Great Britain’s rowers experienced a topsy-turvy day in Rio on Tuesday, with two crews suffering heartbreak after seeing three others make their finals. Related: Japan stun New Zealand in rugby sevens a
  
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• Tottenham’s head of recruitment quits after dream job turns into nightmare

  09-08-2016 22:03
  
  • Paul Mitchell set to leave White Hart Lane after less than two years
  • 34-year-old had worked under Mauricio Pochettino at SouthamptonPaul Mitchell has resigned from his post as Tottenham Hotspur’s head of recruitment after he felt his dream job turn into a nightmare. The 34-year-old was prised from Southampton in November 2014 to oversee the club’s recruitment and analysis departments and he followed the manager, Mauricio Pochettino, from St Mary’s to north London.
  
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• Syrian refugee Rami Anis belatedly brings a smile to Rio’s swimming pool

  09-08-2016 22:02
  
  After three days of rancour Olympic swimming got the good news story it needed when Rami Anis broke his personal best in the 100m freestyleAfter three days of rancorous competition Olympic swimming needed a good news story. On Tuesday morning it got one. Rami Anis, a 25-year-old from Syria who marched behind the flag of the IOC’s Refugee Team at the opening ceremony, recorded a personal best of 54.25sec in the heats of the 100m freestyle.So for those few minutes at least no one at the Aqua
  
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• Qatar policy of buying handball team earns no favours at Rio 2016

  09-08-2016 21:57
  
  Most of the Qatar team come from around the world and Bertrand Roine won a world championship medal with France before going to DohaWelcome, then, to the Future (Arena) for a glimpse into the direction global sport is heading. A complex brew of politics, globalisation, sport and money has been distilled and poured into a hastily built and brightly coloured bowl.A Qatar handball team constructed at great expense by importing players from around the world as part of the Gulf state’s amb
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016 LIVE: Tonia Couch features in diving final, Rugby sevens and Michael Phelps going for a 20th gold medal on day four

  09-08-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Day four in Rio sees the men's rugby sevens get their tournament underway, while Tonia Couch features in the women's 10 metre synchro diving final
  
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• Los Angeles vows 'risk-free' Games if awarded 2024

  09-08-2016 21:52
  By Scott Malone and Liana B. Baker RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - One of the highest-stakes races in any Olympic Games is the mad dash to finish building the venues before hundreds of thousands of visitors arrive but 2024 bid city Los Angeles said on Tuesday it had an eight year head-start on the field. Los Angeles is up against Rome, Paris and Budapest hoping to host the 2024 Games, and all four cities have delegations in Rio observing proceedings and lobbying International Olympic Committee offici
  
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• Real Madrid 1-1 Sevilla LIVE: Franco Vazquez levels things up after Marco Asensio's stunning opener in European Super Cup

  09-08-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two of European football's biggest heavyweights go head-to-head on Tuesday night when Real Madrid face Sevilla in the European Super Cup. Join Sportsmail's BEN NAGLE for all the action.
  
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• Dodgers' Puig posts videos partying with Triple-A teammates

  09-08-2016 21:48
  
  Yasiel Puig has found the party in the Pacific Coast League.
  
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• Visa obstacle blocks UFC debut for Waterford's Peter Queally on Diaz-McGregor card

  09-08-2016 21:45
  
  Queally says he was in line to face Tim Means at UFC 202.
  
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• Sonny Bill lost for tournament as Japan stun All Blacks

  09-08-2016 21:33
  By Nick Mulvenney and Mark Bendeich RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - New Zealand hopes of becoming the first Olympic rugby sevens champions suffered a major setback on Tuesday when they lost their opening match to Japan and Sonny Bill Williams for the tournament to an Achilles injury. The 14-12 defeat was one of biggest upsets in sevens rugby history and its impact on the All Blacks' campaign was compounded when Williams was forced off the pitch two minutes into the second half. Williams, twice a Worl
  
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• Sunderland agree £5.5m fee with Manchester United for defensive pair Paddy McNair and Donald Love

  09-08-2016 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland have agreed a £5.5million fee for Manchester United's young defensive pair Paddy McNair and Donald Love.
  
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