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• Egyptian judo athlete refuses to shake Israeli's hand

  12-08-2016 23:55
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Middle Eastern politics spilled onto the judo mat Friday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics when an Egyptian competitor refused to shake hands with the Israeli who beat him.
  
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• Manchester United youngsters looking to leave as they fear lack of opportunities under Jose Mourinho

  12-08-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A number of the club’s best emerging talent are concerned the new United boss will continue to spend heavily on the world’s best players and overlook the young potential at Carrington.
  
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• The Latest: Brazilian swimmer reports hateful messages

  12-08-2016 23:42
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Hugo Palmer fully believes Galileo Gold is 'a worthy favourite' to land his third Group one of the season 

  12-08-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hugo Palmer insists Galileo Gold is 'a worthy favourite' to land his third Group One of the season in Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville on Saturday.
  
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• Under Armour raise concern over social media promotion of Michael Phelps as they get the most out of Olympic hero

  12-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: There is concern shared among the heavyweight sporting brands that Under Armour has chosen to flout Olympic regulations in its social media promotion of Michael Phelps.
  
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• Dettori reaches landmark of 3,000 winners

  12-08-2016 23:35
  (Reuters) - Frankie Dettori claimed his 3,000th winner on Friday, becoming the sixth jockey to reach the landmark in British Flat racing. The 45-year-old Italian achieved the milestone on the John Gosden-trained Predilection, his second victory of the day at his local track Newmarket. "It's special. I'm very emotional because my family are here as well," triple champion Dettori told reporters. "I'm very pleased for it to have happened at Newmarket because this is where I landed 30 years ago. "It
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Saturday, August 13

  12-08-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Super sub Jim Crowley could be in prime position to pocket Saturday’s Hungerford Stakes aboard Home Of The Brave (Newbury, 4.10).
  
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• Soccer - We lost to 'cowards', U.S. keeper says

  12-08-2016 23:33
  By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo called Sweden "a bunch of cowards" after they knocked the United States out of the Olympic women's football tournament on penalties on Friday. "I think we showed a lot of heart," Solo told Sports Illustrated after the Europeans moved into the semi-final 4-3 on penalties. "But I also think we played a bunch of cowards," she said.
  
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• Messi back for Argentina after reversing decision

  12-08-2016 23:30
  Lionel Messi has announced that he will play on for Argentina, reversing his decision in June to retire from international football. The Barcelona forward said he would not play for Argentina again after the team lost to Chile in the final of the Copa America in the United States. "I consider there to be a lot of problems in Argentine football and it's not my intention to create another one," the 29-year-old said.
  
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• Manchester City want Pep Guardiola to be their Johan Cruyff. He's out to give a masterclass 

  12-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER: This is when it all changes for Manchester City. They are at the point where it becomes about more than trophies. Appointing Pep Guardiola, they will believe, is their Johan Cruyff moment.
  
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• Hope Solo calls Swedish team 'cowards' after shock U.S. loss at the Olympics

  12-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Controversial U.S soccer star Hope Solo has lashed out at the Swedish women's team after they knocked the Americans out of the Olympics with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory in the quarterfinals.
  
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• Swimming - Britain fastest through to relay final, Phelps' last race

  12-08-2016 23:29
  By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Britain qualified fastest on Friday in the men's 4x100 metres medley relay, threatening to spoil the party for Michael Phelps when he swims the last race of his epic Olympic career on Saturday. The British team of Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott won the first heat in 3 minutes 30.47 seconds, with Peaty making his first appearance since winning gold in the 100m breaststroke on Sunday. The U.S. men won the second heat in 3:3
  
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• US women's basketball routs Canada 81-51, clinches Group B

  12-08-2016 23:24
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There was no question coming into the Olympics that the U.S. women's basketball team could score.
  
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• Brighton 3-0 Nottingham Forest: Glenn Murray at the double as Brighton learn lesson of failings past to brush aside toothless Forest

  12-08-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONNY SINGER AT THE AMEX STADIUM: In falling short of promotion on goal difference,Brighton scored nine times more than Middlesbrough, but were porous at the other end of the pitch.
  
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• Rio Most-Watched No 8: 'Wow, that's calamitous!'

  12-08-2016 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia's Nadezhda Bazhina loses her footing and produces a calamitous dive in the 3m springboard preliminary round at the Rio Olympics.
  
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• Rio 2016 Olympics: Russian Nadezhda Bazhina's 'calamitous' dive

  12-08-2016 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia's Nadezhda Bazhina loses her footing and produces a calamitous dive in the 3m springboard preliminary round at the Rio Olympics.
  
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• Trampoline - Fearless MacLennan repeats as champion in Rio

  12-08-2016 23:02
  By Colleen Stopforth RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When a training accident left Rosie MacLennan with concussion a year ago, she had no idea if she would make it back to the Olympics as she had trouble spotting the trampoline because her "eyes were shaking" while she soared and somersaulted through the air. "Fear was absolutely a factor... because my eyes were shaking and if you can't spot the trampoline you don't know where you are and I was afraid of getting lost in skills," MacLennan told report
  
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• Justin Rose in medal contention after second round of 69 as Marcus Fraser leads the way at Rio Olympic Games

  12-08-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON IN RIO: At no other sport at these Olympics would you find such an extraordinary leaderboard, whereby the top 13 players represent 13 different nations – and not one is America.
  
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• Judo - France's Riner defends title in men's +100kg

  12-08-2016 23:00
  By Chris Gallagher RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Teddy Riner beat Japan's Hisayoshi Harasawa to defend his Olympic title in the +100kg category on Friday, claiming France's second judo gold of the day and cementing his place as the world's best judoka. Riner, who has not lost a match in six years, had to overcome a tough challenge from Israel's Or Sasson in the semi-final before defeating Harasawa on penalties in the gold medal match. Sasson and Brazil's Rafael Silva won bronze.
  
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• Cycling - Chinese women set world record in track team sprint

  12-08-2016 22:57
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - China roared into the Olympic track cycling women's team sprint final with a world record on Friday. Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi clocked 31.98 seconds, beating the record China set four years ago in London, making them clear favourites for gold against Russia later in the velodrome. China are looking for their first ever track cycling Olympic gold. (Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Clare Fallon)
  
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• Sandusky emphatically denies he's guilty of abusing boys

  12-08-2016 22:53
  
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky forcefully asserted his innocence and described his own sexual history Friday during an hour of testimony as he seeks to have his child sexual abuse conviction overturned or be granted a new trial.
  
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• Lionel Messi reverses decision to quit Argentina team

  12-08-2016 22:50
  
  Argentine player had retired following his team's defeat to Chile in the Copa America final earlier this year.
  
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• Allen Hurns: Chris Ivory and TJ Yeldon will make Jacksonville Jaguars a ground force ... and the defense looks fierce too

  12-08-2016 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In his first column of the upcoming season, Allen Hurns - who surpassed 1,000 yards with 10 touchdowns last season - spoke about the team's acquisitions, expectations and competing in the wide-open AFC South.
  
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• Cycling - Britain set world record in men's team pursuit

  12-08-2016 22:41
  Britain set a new track cycling world record in men's team pursuit as they romped into the Olympic final on Friday. The team of Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Owain Doull roared round the velodrome to set a time of three minutes 50.570 seconds, beating their previous mark of 3:51.659 set at the London Olympics in 2012. Britain's women also set a world record in the team pursuit on qualifiers on Thursday.
  
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• Frankie Dettori wins 3,000th career race aboard Predilection in the mile handicap at Newmarket 

  12-08-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victory aboard Predilection in the mile handicap completed a double for the popular Italian who had earlier moved to 2,999 courtesy of a typically stylish success aboard Ghayyar in the maiden.
  
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• The Latest: France has 1st judo gold of Rio Games in 78kg

  12-08-2016 22:31
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Murray, Nadal both squeak into semi-finals

  12-08-2016 22:30
  By Joshua Schneyer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the men's tennis on Friday after winning a third-set tiebreak to scrape through a testing encounter against American Steve Johnson. Spaniard Rafa Nadal also secured a spot in the semi-finals with a hard fought victory against home court favourite Thomaz Belucci of Brazil, rallying back after losing the first set. Britain's Murray, the world number two, edged into the last four with a 6
  
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• Syria war: ISIL flees Manbij 'with 2,000 human shields'

  12-08-2016 22:22
  Syrian Democratic Forces say they control most of Manbij though clashes continue as last ISIL cells flushed from city.
  
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• Charlotte Dujardin and Co win silver in dressage team final for Team GB as Germany claim gold

  12-08-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The quartet of reigning Olympic individual champion Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Fiona Bigwood and Spencer Wilton finished second behind Germany in Deodoro.
  
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• Trampoline - MacLennan repeats as champion in Rio

  12-08-2016 22:20
  By Colleen Stopforth RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Canada's Rosie MacLennan has made it a habit of rising to the occasion whenever she sees the Olympic rings beneath her while she soars through the air and she became the first trampoline gymnast to win back-to-back golds on Friday. The 27-year-old had been a surprise champion four years ago and was expected to be upstaged in Rio by Chinese world champion Li Dan or 2008 Beijing gold medallist He Wenna. During qualifying earlier on Friday, MacLennan
  
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• Messi says he will again play for Argentina's national team

  12-08-2016 22:14
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi has reconsidered his decision to quit international soccer and will continue playing for Argentina's national team.
  
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• Messi reverses decision to quit Argentina squad

  12-08-2016 21:57
  Lionel Messi has announced that he will play on for Argentina, reversing his decision in June to retire from international soccer. The Barcelona forward said he would not play for Argentina again after the team lost to Chile in the final of the Copa America in the United States. "I consider there to be a lot of problems in Argentine football and it's not my intention to create another one," the 29-year-old said.
  
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• Bryony Page clinches silver medal for Team GB in the women's trampoline

  12-08-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old, who finished 10th at last year's trampoline world championships in Odense, Denmark, scored 56.040 from her routine to finish runner-up behind Rosannagh Maclennan.
  
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• Lionel Messi in Argentina U-turn as forward comes out of retirement six weeks after calling time on international career

  12-08-2016 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Argentina FA revealed the news in a statement released on Friday afternoon. Messi had ended his international career just six weeks ago after Argentina's Copa America exit.
  
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• Golf-Australia's Fraser holds one-stroke lead

  12-08-2016 21:37
  By Liana B. Baker and Scott Malone RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Australian journeyman Marcus Fraser held on to his lead on the second day of the Olympic golf tournament on Friday with an 18th-hole birdie that preserved a one-stroke lead over Belgian Thomas Pieters. Fraser, who plays on the European tour, nearly surrendered his lead with a bogey at the 16th, but drained a short putt for birdie at 18 to card a two-under-par 69 and remain atop the leaderboard with a halfway total of 10-under 132. "If
  
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• Zielinski brothers out of Rio Games for doping

  12-08-2016 21:34
  By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Polish weightlifter Tomasz Zielinski and his brother Adrian were thrown out of the Rio Olympics after testing positive for banned substances, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Friday. CAS also said on Friday Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi was provisionally suspended. "The athlete is declared ineligible to compete in and is excluded from the Olympic Games," CAS said.
  
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• Nike's stock falls behind rivals at Rio Olympics

  12-08-2016 21:30
  By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nike has top billing among sports brands at the Rio Olympics, but a week into the games, its stock is losing to Adidas and Under Armour . Since the summer Olympics started last week, shares of official games sponsor Nike have risen 1.0 percent as of Friday. Neither Adidas nor Under Armour are official Olympics sponsors.
  
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• England hit back late on day two after Asad Shafiq and Younus Khan pile on the runs for Pakistan

  12-08-2016 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT THE OVAL: There are certainly similarities with the way England came from behind to win in Birmingham with a final Test that Pakistan dominated.
  
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• Rowing - Irish silver medallists O'Donovans a matching pair

  12-08-2016 21:25
  By Amy Tennery (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO - Ireland's Paul O'Donovan isn't asking for much out of his post-Rio future -- he'd just like to talk to someone other than his brother and teammate, Gary. The O'Donovan brothers secured their country's first medal in rowing and first of the 2016 games on Friday, taking silver in the men's lightweight double sculls.
  
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• Saido Berahino wants to see out final year of his contract at West Bromwich Albion despite interest from Stoke City and Crystal Palace

  12-08-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saido Berahino has informed West Brom officials that he now wants to see out the 10 months of his current £15,000-per-week deal before leaving on a lucrative free transfer next season.
  
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• Soccer - Holders U.S. suffer penalty heartache against Sweden

  12-08-2016 21:17
  By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Sweden knocked the United States out of the women's Olympic soccer tournament on Friday, recording one of the sport's biggest shocks by beating the holders 4-3 on penalties in the quarter-final after the two sides drew 1-1 after extra time. Lisa Dahlkvist converted Sweden's final penalty after Alex Morgan and Christen Press missed for the holders in the shootout. Linda Sembrant also missed for Sweden.
  
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• Burnley prepare for Premier League return by breaking transfer record to lure £7.5m Belgium star Steven Defour 

  12-08-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defour, 28, will join Sean Dyche’s side on a four-year contract subject to a medical. The former Porto player has been watched by Dyche and identified as an important addition to his midfield.
  
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• Kumar the destroyer as Windies all out for 225

  12-08-2016 20:59
  (Reuters) - Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up five wickets with a devastating spell of seam bowling to help India dismiss West Indies for 225 midway through day four of the third test in St Lucia on Friday. Kumar ripped through the middle order and tail, moving the second new ball both ways through the air and off the seam as the home team lost their last seven wickets for 23 runs at the Darren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet. Kumar took five for 33 in 23.4 overs as India earned a first-innings lead of 12
  
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• Aitor Karanka warns fans not to expect Leicester miracle from Middlesbrough players

  12-08-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough open their Premier League campaign with a home fixture against Stoke on Saturday, having secured their return to the top flight following a seven-year absence, and they are targeting survival.
  
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• BUMBLE AT THE TEST: England have to take their chances, keep their cool and concentrate to beat Pakistan at the Oval 

  12-08-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAVID LLOYD AT THE OVAL: It’s human nature to feel aggrieved, but you just have to put it behind you, and get on with the here and now. And that means maximum levels of concentration.
  
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• Murray edges past Johnson into men's semi-final

  12-08-2016 20:53
  By Joshua Schneyer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the men's tennis on Friday after winning a third-set tiebreak to scrape through a testing encounter against American Steve Johnson. Britain's Murray, the world number two, edged into the last four 6-0 4-6 7-6(2) but was pushed to the limit by the 22nd-ranked Johnson, who came back to win the second set after being brushed aside in the first. The players traded service breaks and blazin
  
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• Holger Badstuber prepares for German Super Cup clash with Borussia Dortmund

  12-08-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT HERMANN IN CHARLOTTE: After shooting to stardom with Bayern and the German national team, the now 27-year-old Badstuber has missed a whopping 193 games for Bayern.
  
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• Rowing: It's gold - again - for Britain's unbeatables

  12-08-2016 20:50
  After five years and 39 races unbeaten, British rowing pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning probably didn't need to win a second Olympic gold medal to confirm their reputation as the most fearsome duo in their sport. Glover, 30, called defending her 2012 gold medal title "really special" and said the feeling of winning again was even more intense than triumphing at home in the London Games. "The first time we did it, it took a long time to realise we're Olympic champions," Glover said in a pos
  
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• Share the love? After Rio, Games bidders want to keep it close

  12-08-2016 20:48
  By Scott Malone RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - South America's first Olympic Games are far from over but cities bidding for the event in 2024 have already drawn a clear lesson from Rio: forget about running the Games across an entire city. Rio organizers have set up sporting venues up and down its dramatic coastline, taking advantage of its white beaches and mountainous backdrops as well as bringing new roads, facilities and visitors to poorer parts of the host city. The bid team for Paris, one of f
  
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• Alex Hales is lucky to lose 15 per cent of his match fee for remonstrating with third umpire Joel Wilson... it could have been more 

  12-08-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: I can understand Hales having words with Yasir Shah when they disagreed over whether the ball had carried to mid-wicket because the stakes were high at the Oval.
  
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