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• Sonny Bill Williams ruled out for up to nine months with achilles injury

  10-08-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Zealand have been dealt a major blow with news that Sonny Bill Williams is set to be until at least Spring due to injury.
  
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• John Stones doesn't have the physicality to deal with a player like Zlatan Ibrahimovic... that worries me

  10-08-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON: John Stones can play. He paints pictures in his mind about what he can create in front of him and where to pass the ball, but Manchester City have signed a defender whose strength is not his defending.
  
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• Andy Murray and Jo Konta face fixture pile-up after rain interferes to disrupt schedule

  10-08-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray and Jo Konta were left facing a congested climax to the Olympic tennis event after rain saw their matches cancelled and decimated the whole of yesterday’s programme.
  
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• Jack Wilshere admits England squad 'deserve jeers' after embarrassing Euro 2016 showing

  10-08-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack Wilshere insists England players deserve to be jeered by the fans when they return to international duty next month. The midfielder was part of England's embarrassing Euro 2016.
  
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• Danny Willett loving Rio 2016 as he gears up for the golf... and he's even borrowed Andy Murray's tennis racket for a hit with his caddie!

  10-08-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON: On the top floor of the Rio de Janeiro apartment block where Team GB's athletes are housed, Danny Willett and the Murray brothers are getting along famously.
  
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• Adnan Januzaj to join Sunderland on loan despite wanting a permanent move away after feeling humiliated

  10-08-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adnan Januzaj is set to complete a loan move from Manchester United to Sunderland but would have preferred to cut all ties with Old Trafford after being left feeling 'humiliated'.
  
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• Rio 2016 Olympics: Chris Mears & Jack Laugher take superb synchro gold

  10-08-2016 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jack Laugher and Chris Mears win Great Britain's first Olympic diving gold medal with victory in the men's synchronised 3m springboard.
  
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• The foster girl who lept to greatness: Simone Biles set to become the biggest star gymnastics has seen

  10-08-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Simone Biles is only 4ft 8in, the smallest of the 555 athletes in the USA team, but when she is in the gymnastics arena, she is perhaps the most imposing champion of all.
  
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• Beach Volleyball- It even rains on Copacabana

  10-08-2016 23:32
  By Alexandra Ulmer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Damp beach volleyball players and a bundled up crowd found out the hard way on Wednesday that grim rain and wind can even beat down on Rio's picture-perfect Copacabana beach.  Previous days' bikini-clad women and topless men were replaced by fans in anoraks and hoods, but still the mood was upbeat as pairs faced off in one of Rio 2016's most iconic venues. Brazil is in the middle of the Southern Hemisphere winter, and bad weather also forced the
  
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• Rio Olympics security under further scrutiny after second bullet found inside equestrian centre

  10-08-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security slipped deeper into farce on Wednesday after a second bullet is understood to have been fired at the Olympic equestrian venue.
  
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• Katherine Grainger's medal bid in danger after bad weather sees rowing called off for a second day

  10-08-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Delivery of the medal haul promised by Britain’s rowing squad can start on Thursday — at least that’s the theory.
  
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• Chelsea ban half-and-half scarf sales by stall holders after trademarking club's name on all clothing items

  10-08-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT BARLOW: Street traders at Stamford Bridge have been dismayed to discover Chelsea have declared war on the half-and-half scarf.
  
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• Tony Purnell's students looking to help the likes of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Laura Trott go for gold

  10-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If Great Britain’s cyclists are as successful as they should be in the velodrome here in Rio, they will owe a debt of gratitude to a group of students who were actually asked to help.
  
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• Mason Holgate followed John Stones to Everton from Barnsley... so, can he replace Manchester City's £47.5m man? 

  10-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIMON JONES: The ink was barely dry on his Manchester City contract when the question was posed: where do Everton find the next John Stones? Ronald Koeman believes he may have the answer right in front of him.
  
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• Chelsea duo Matt Miazga and Kenedy miss open training session ahead of proposed loan moves  

  10-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eintracht Frankfurt have held discussions with Chelsea over the possible loan of defender Matt Miazga. The 21-year-old joined the club in January.
  
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• 'Bus shooting has been covered up' claim three passengers after Rio 2016 security chief says it was hit by stones

  10-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: A passenger on the Olympic media bus that came under attack returning from the basketball arena effectively accused Rio 2016 and the IOC of a cover-up on Wednesday.
  
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• Canoe - Clarke revels in British weather in Rio slalom

  10-08-2016 23:25
  By Amy Tennery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Dark clouds and drizzle were just what Britain's Joseph Clarke needed to make him feel at home and win gold on the frothy whitewater of Rio's K-1 slalom course on Wednesday. Clarke, 23, was a long shot for the Olympic title as he came into the competition ranked 21st in the world, but the chill and gloom suited him well as he negotiated the 24 gates after several scorching days in Rio. "British weather (had) come." Clarke won by a fraction of a second, c
  
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• Jack Laugher and Chris Mears win gold for Great Britain in synchronised 3m springboard diving final

  10-08-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Mears and Jack Laugher created Olympic history as they won Great Britain's first diving gold medal in Rio's driving rain on Wednesday night.
  
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• Leicester City expect Riyad Mahrez to stay this summer while Arsenal are yet to bid £35m for playmaker

  10-08-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester City expect Riyad Mahrez to stay at the club following a meeting between director of football Jon Rudkin and his representatives on Wednesday.
  
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• Luton 3-1 Aston Villa: Calamitous own goal by Jores Okore condemns Roberto Di Matteo's men to embarrassing EFL Cup defeat

  10-08-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT KENILWORTH ROAD: Luton Town came from behind to condemn Aston Villa to an embarrassing first round defeat in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night.
  
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• Barcelona 3-2 Sampdoria: Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi brace help Spanish giants clinch Gamper Trophy triumph

  10-08-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez showed their goalscoring form heading into the new season by helping Barcelona defeat Sampdoria in the Gamper Trophy.
  
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• Phelps' swimcap mishap underlines Games sponsorship war

  10-08-2016 22:56
  Phelps' self-branded "MP" cap split in half as he pulled it over his head in front of a global TV audience at the Rio Games on Tuesday night, just as he prepared to swim the anchor leg of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay. After a moment of panic, Phelps turned to teammate Conor Dwyer who came to the rescue with his own cap - though Dwyer, who is sponsored by Speedo, saved the swimming super star's blushes by inverting the cap to hide the rival logo. "Certainly not a moment you dream about," said
  
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• Rugby: Powerhouse New Zealand knocked out by Fiji in quarter-finals

  10-08-2016 22:39
  Rugby powerhouse New Zealand were knocked out of the inaugural Olympic sevens tournament in the quarter-finals on Wednesday after a 12-7 loss to top seeds Fiji. Gifted a tournament lifeline when the Fijians beat the United States earlier on day two, the 12-times world sevens series champions were unable to take advantage of their reprieve in a breathless encounter at a wet Deodoro Stadium. Fiji skipper Osea Kolinisau finished a brilliant length-of-the-field try to open the game many thought woul
  
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• Leicester steeled for winning start at Hull

  10-08-2016 22:37
  Leicester City begin their Premier League title defence at Hull City on Saturday knowing they will have their work cut out to upstage the big clubs again following a summer of big spending. Claudio Ranieri, mastermind of last season's unlikely title triumph, is acutely aware of how much harder things will be this time around and will be keen to make a winning start. "We'll defend very strongly our trophy but I think there are big teams now who last season made mistakes," Ranieri told Sky Sports.
  
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• It's golf's time to deliver a good show at the Olympics

  10-08-2016 22:19
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Men's golf gets four days to make up for four months of negative chatter about whether it even belongs in the Olympics.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Sally Conway wins -70kg judo bronze

  10-08-2016 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Sally Conway scores a single yuko to beat Austria's Bernadette Graf 1-0 in the bronze medal match in the women's -70kg weight category.
  
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• Sally Conway wins judo bronze for Team GB after beating Austria's Bernadette Graf in third-place match

  10-08-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sally Conway has added to Team GB's medal haul at Rio 2016, beating Austria's Bernadette Graf in the 70kg women's judo third-place match to claim an unexpected bronze.
  
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• Liverpool to sign former Barcelona defender Juanma Garcia following successful trial with the club 

  10-08-2016 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool are set to sign former Barcelona defender Juanma after he impressed on trial. The 19-year-old featured for the Reds in July in a 4-1 win for their U23 side against Rhyl.
  
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• Are the Olympics still relevant?

  10-08-2016 22:06
  
  The Olympic games is under way in Rio with athletes from around the world competing in the biggest sports competition.
  
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• Security beefed up at Games after bus attacked with stones

  10-08-2016 21:52
  By Daniel Flynn and Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio Games organizers stepped up police patrols around the Olympic Park on Wednesday after a bus was hit by what security officials said were stones hurled by vandals. Passengers on the bus reported hearing the sound of gun shots before two windows shattered as it passed just north of Olympic Park on Tuesday night.
  
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• Olympics-Swimming-Move over Leonidas, here comes Michael Phelps

  10-08-2016 21:48
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Leonidas of Rhodes would recognise a kindred spirit in Michael Phelps of Baltimore. The medal machine that is Phelps on Tuesday matched what must surely rank as the oldest record in sport when he chalked up his 12th individual Olympic swimming gold medal. Leonidas, a runner who competed between 164 and 152 BC according to Olympic historians, is the only other athlete to have won 12 solo titles.
  
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• Cycling - Armstrong defeats Russian for third straight gold

  10-08-2016 21:43
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - On the one hand there was Kristin Armstrong, hoping to complete a fairytale return to road cycling with a third consecutive Olympic time trial gold the day before her 43rd birthday. On the other there was Olga Zabelinskaya, a Russian rider with a doping past who was nearly booted out of the Games. Double London medallist Zabelinskaya, who served an 18-month suspension for a banned stimulant and who got a last-gasp reprieve to compete after the IOC's at
  
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• Green pool 'should be blue soon' after chemical shortage

  10-08-2016 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rio 2016 organisers will make the Olympic diving pool blue again "soon", but admit more should have been done to prevent the issue.
  
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• Argentina crash out after 1-1 draw with Honduras

  10-08-2016 21:29
  By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Argentina were knocked out of the men's Olympic football tournament on Wednesday after they missed a penalty and scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Honduras that left them third in Group D. Argentina, gold medal winners in their last two appearances at the Games in Athens and Beijing, fluffed the chance to open the scoring when Angel Correa scuffed his spot kick wide nine minutes into the second half. Antony Lozano converted the second
  
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• Beach Volleyball - Away from spotlight, players test out Rio sand

  10-08-2016 21:28
  By Alexandra Ulmer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Some beach volleyball players have sneaked out of the Olympic circuit to hit Rio's beaches and play the game just like any other sun-loving Brazilian. The day before their first match on Saturday, Dutch pair Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen hopped in a taxi with their coaches and started playing volleyball on a beach in Barra da Tijuca, a well-heeled coastal neighbourhood that is home to most Olympic venues. At first, the Brazilians playing beac
  
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• Great Britain make hockey quarter-finals at Rio Olympics 2016 with win over Argentina 

  10-08-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's women made it three wins out of three in the hockey competition with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Argentina, which booked their place in the quarter-finals with two games to spare.
  
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• Annalise Murphy takes overall lead with another excellent day's racing Rio

  10-08-2016 21:27
  
  The Dubliner is the sailor to beat as she heads into a well-earned rest window after six races in three days.
  
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• Steven Scott wins bronze in men's double trap ahead of Team GB team-mate Tim Kneale

  10-08-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Scott won a bronze medal in the men's double trap at Deodoro after beating Great Britain team-mate Tim Kneale in a head-to-head contest.
  
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• Joe Clarke wins gold for Great Britain in men's K1 canoe slalom

  10-08-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old became the second Briton to win gold at the Rio Olympics with victory in the men's canoe slalom. Clarke came home fastest across the water in a time of 88.53 seconds.
  
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• Manchester United confirm EA Sports as the club's official gaming partner 

  10-08-2016 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have announced global gaming company EA Sports as their next official partner. United have over 70 commercial deals in place worldwide. 
  
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• Swimming - King and Efimova advance for possible rematch

  10-08-2016 21:07
  By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Two days after their tense clash in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke, Lilly King of the United States and Russia's Yulia Efimova both came through their morning heats in the 200m, but well behind leader Rikke Moller Pedersen of Denmark. King, gold medallist in the 100, was fifth in her heat and squeezed through in 15th place out of 16 to Wednesday evening's semi-finals with a time of two minutes 25.89 seconds. Efimova, the silver medallist on M
  
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• Windies tear through tail to dismiss India for 353

  10-08-2016 20:54
  (Reuters) - West Indies ripped through the India tail to bowl out the visitors for 353 runs on day two of the third test in St Lucia on Wednesday. After Ravichandran Ashwin (118) and Wriddhiman Saha (104) added 213 runs in a stellar sixth-wicket stand, the final five Indian wickets tumbled for only 14 runs at the Darren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet. Ashwin and Saha made history by becoming the first India number six and number seven batsmen to score a century in the same innings.
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic 'thought twice before he signed for Manchester United', reveals Jonas Olsson

  10-08-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 34-year-old arrived at Old Traford on a free transfer from Paris Saint Germain this summer after being encouraged  to sample the Premier League by his former international team-mate.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Britain's Steven Scott beats Tim Kneale to double trap bronze

  10-08-2016 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Steve Scott beats compatriot Tim Kneale to win the bronze medal in the Olympic double trap shooting event in Rio.
  
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• Rugby - USA's 92-year reign ended by mighty Fijians

  10-08-2016 20:44
  By Nick Mulvenney RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The United States had their 92-year reign as Olympic rugby champions brought to a dramatic end when they lost 24-19 to Pacific power Fiji in the final pool match at the inaugural Olympic sevens tournament on Wednesday. Winners of the last Olympic gold medal awarded in 15-man rugby at the 1924 Paris Games, the United States needed only to avoid defeat by a margin of five points or more to reach the quarter-finals and send sevens powerhouse New Zealand
  
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• Leeds close in on £750,000 deal for Bristol City defender Luke Ayling

  10-08-2016 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds United are closing on a deal for Bristol City full-back Luke Ayling in a deal worth £750,000. The 24-year-old is poised to sign a three year deal and can also play at centre back.
  
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• Athletics - Felix still aiming for three golds in Rio

  10-08-2016 20:35
  By Gene Cherry RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The disappointment of missing out on an individual Olympic double has not left Allyson Felix, but the world 400 metres champion could still win three gold medals at the Rio Games. Injured for more than a month this spring, Felix missed by one-hundredth of a second gaining the third 200 metres spot at the cut-throat U.S. trials after winning the 400 in what was then the year's best time.
  
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• Cycling - Golden farewell for Cancellara as he wins time trial

  10-08-2016 20:34
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Swiss Fabian Cancellara rode off into a golden retirement with a second Olympic time trial title after a masterful ride that eclipsed Tour de France champion Chris Froome on Wednesday. Froome had been fancied for victory on a hilly 54.5km circuit that looked made for the Briton, but Cancellara, the man they call Spartacus, was in a league of his own as he nailed the last time trial of his 16-year career. Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, whose place had been in j
  
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• Athletics - Taylor eyes double in triple after radical switch

  10-08-2016 20:33
  By Mitch Phillips RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When you have become the world and Olympic champion in triple jump, arguably the most technically challenging of all athletics events, it seems a radical move to change your take-off leg, but for American Christian Taylor the switch is paying dividends. Taylor won the world tile in South Korea in 2011, added the indoor world title in 2012 and completed a dream year when he triumphed at the London Olympics. "It got to where I was focusing on coming out
  
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• Pacquiao confirms November 5 fight against Vargas

  10-08-2016 20:31
  (The Sports Xchange) - Manny Pacquiao confirmed on Wednesday he will come out of retirement to fight World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on Nov. 5 in Las Vegas. The 37-year-old Pacquiao, also a senator in the Philippines, issued a statement to announce his comeback opponent. "Yes, the fight is on," Pacquiao said in the statement.
  
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