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• Cobb leads Northants to English Twenty20 Blast glory

  20-08-2016 23:58
  Josh Cobb made a swashbuckling 80 to lead unfashionable Northamptonshire to a four-wicket victory over Durham in county cricket's Twenty20 Blast final in Birmingham on Saturday. Durham scored 153 for eight from their 20 overs and reduced Northants to nine for three before Cobb hit three sixes and 10 fours off 48 balls to put his side on the brink of victory. Captain Alex Wakely also chipped in with a vital 43 off 39 deliveries and Northamptonshire reached their target with five balls to spare.
  
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• Russian Kolodko stripped of London Games shot put silver

  20-08-2016 23:57
  By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Russian Evgeniia Kolodko has been stripped of her shot put silver medal from the London 2012 Olympics after testing positive for banned substances in a re-test, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday. "Kolodko ... has been disqualified from the Olympic Games London 2012 in which she ranked second and for which she was awarded the silver medal," the IOC said. "Reanalysis of Kolodko’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive
  
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• Cillian Willis takes legal action against Sale Sharks over head blow suffered in Saracens match 

  20-08-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former scrum-half, Cillian Willis, was knocked out in an LV Cup game against Saracens in 2013 before being allowed to play on by Sale’s medical team.
  
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• Olympics legend Michael Phelps hanging up the suit for good after stellar career and overcoming 'athlete's death'

  20-08-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE - OLIVER HOLT IN RIO: It is raining hard outside and a storm has whipped sand off Ipanema beach. Michael Phelps is inside. He beat the rain. He always seems to get the better of water.
  
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• Claudio Bravo will be joining Manchester City confirms Barcelona sporting director

  20-08-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona’s sporting director Robert Fernandez has announced that goalkeeper Claudio Bravo will be joining Manchester City. The move has been rumoured since Pep Guardiola took over.
  
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• Jessica Ennis-Hill: 'If I carry on in the sport, it will only be for another year. It will be to compete in London 2017'

  20-08-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To carry on, or not to carry on: that is the question now haunting Jessica Ennis-Hill. The woman who won gold in London 2012 and became a symbol of all that was glorious about the Games.
  
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• Kerber to Cincinnati final, one win from world number one

  20-08-2016 23:42
  (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber cooled off red-hot Simona Halep in straight sets on Saturday to reach the final of the Southern & Western Open in Cincinatti, one win away from taking over as world number one. Second seed Kerber beat the third-seeded Romanian, winner of 13 successive matches, 6-3 6-4 to set up a Sunday final against Karolina Pliskova, needing a victory to reach the top of the rankings and end the long reign of American Serena Williams. Williams has ruled
  
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• Northamptonshire beat Durham to win Natwest T20 Blast by four wickets as Josh Cobb smashes 80 to see unfancied Steelbacks over the line

  20-08-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS AT EDGBASTON: Josh Cobb starred in the final for the cash-strapped Steelbacks as he rescued his side to add 120 for the fourth wicket with Alex Wakelyas the Northants chased 154.
  
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• Usain Bolt’s farewell with a warning for his sport: I can’t carry you for ever 

  20-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT IN RIO: Two hours after Usain Bolt had won the triple triple by blasting over the line to win gold for Jamaica in the men’s 4x100m relay, he completed his first tiring round of TV interviews.
  
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• Joe Hart urged to leave by Txiki Begiristain as Manchester City close in on £20m capture of Claudio Bravo  

  20-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City’s out-of-favour goalkeeper has been told by the club’s director of football Txiki Begiristain that it would be in everyone’s best interests if he left in the current transfer window.
  
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• Russian women top France to win first gold

  20-08-2016 23:28
  By Alexandra Ulmer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Russia won its first Olympic gold medal in women's handball on Saturday, overcoming France 22-19 in a tight, fast-paced final in front of a rapturous crowd. When the final whistle was blown, Russia's players fell to the ground and embraced, while the disappointed French walked off, some wiping away tears. "We did what we wanted... everything for me is like a dream," Russia's beaming Anna Sen, 25, told reporters, adding the team sang 'We came here to
  
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• Diving - Chen Aisen wins gold for China in men's 10 metre platform

  20-08-2016 23:11
  By Brenda Goh RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Chen Aisen claimed the gold in the men's 10 metre platform event on Saturday to help China take home seven out of Rio's eight diving golds, while Mexico's German Sanchez and American David Boudia took the silver and bronze. Chen, at his first Olympics, showed consistency throughout his dives, gaining high scores to total 585.30 with his tight spins and clean entries into the water even as his rivals, including team mate Qiu Bo, stumbled. Boudia, who won g
  
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• Rhythmic gymnastics - Russia's Mamun wins individual all around gold

  20-08-2016 23:07
  A display full of grace and elegance allowed Margarita Mamun to capture the individual all around gold on Saturday and stretch Russia's dominance in rhythmic gymnastics into a fifth successive Olympics. A total score of 76.483 carried Mamun to the top of the podium after three-times world champion Yana Kudryavtseva surrendered her title hopes when her twirling act with the clubs went horribly wrong in the dying seconds.
  
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• The Latest: Russia wrester wins his first Olympic gold medal

  20-08-2016 22:57
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Basketball - U.S. rolls past Spain to win sixth straight gold

  20-08-2016 22:51
  By Steve Keating RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The United States women's basketball team thumped Spain 101-72 to claim a sixth straight gold medal on Saturday to rubber-stamp their credentials as one of the greatest Olympic sporting dynasties of all time. After a sloppy start that saw Spain lead much of the opening quarter, the U.S. finally settled into their familiar rhythm, turning a 10-0 run into a 17-point halftime lead. From then on there was no way back for Spain as the U.S. extended their Ol
  
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• Liverpool hire advisers after Chinese bid - report

  20-08-2016 22:49
  (Reuters) - Liverpool's owners have hired an investment bank to advise on the possible sale of a sizeable stake in the club to a Chinese consortium, the Financial Times said on Saturday citing sources close to the matter. The consortium is structured as a partnership between Everbright, a Chinese state-owned financial conglomerate, and PCP Capital Partners, the report said. Liverpool are owned by the Fenway Sports Group of the U.S. If the deal goes through it would be the latest in a series of i
  
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• Boxing - Stevenson can turn defeat into pro success

  20-08-2016 22:47
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Shakur Stevenson's bid for Olympic gold ended in tears on Saturday but the U.S. bantamweight could see a silver lining as he contemplated his future as a professional. Beaten in the final by Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez, now a two-times champion, Stevenson left the Rio arena and squatted, sobbing, outside with a towel covering his head to hide his distress.
  
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• Feng wants first medal to boost game in China

  20-08-2016 22:42
  By Liana B. Baker RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Shanshan Feng is hoping that by winning a bronze medal, China's first ever in golf, she can make the sport more popular in her home country. Feng grew up in Guangzhou, China's third-largest city, and now lives in Hilton Head, South Carolina, in the United States. The 2012 LPGA championship winner took up golf at age 10 in Guangzhou and turned pro in 2007.
  
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• Pardew hoping Benteke can produce some magic for Palace

  20-08-2016 22:39
  Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is banking on new signing Christian Benteke's ability to "pull a rabbit out of a hat" and get their season up and running after a 1-0 Premier League reverse at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. The Belgium striker completed his switch to Selhurst Park from Liverpool earlier on Saturday, too late to play at Spurs, and Pardew expressed his regret as Palace became the only team in the league so far to lose their first two matches. New Tottenham signing Victor Wanyama
  
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• Blue Point bounces back from Newmarket setback to claim impressive victory in Gimcrack Stakes

  20-08-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jockey William Buick described Blue Point as ‘one of the best two-year-olds I have ridden’ after the he sprinted away with the Gimcrack Stakes on the final day of York’s Ebor meeting.
  
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• For resilient US volleyballers, a last ride ends with bronze

  20-08-2016 22:38
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Before they took the court and won bronze, they gathered in the locker room one final time. Each player on the U.S. women's volleyball took a turn to speak.
  
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• Canoe Sprint - Addition of women's events draws criticism from some male competitors

  20-08-2016 22:37
  By Amy Tennery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The proposed addition of two women's canoe events to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the expense of certain men's events has prompted pushback from some male athletes competing in the sport. The International Canoe Federation (ICF) hopes to add the women's C-1 200-metre and C-2 500-metre races in 2020, but under their proposal, two as-yet unspecified men's events will get the axe. In Rio and past Olympics women have not competed in canoeing, only in kaya
  
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• Kayak men assail plans for women's canoe in next Olympics

  20-08-2016 22:31
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the Olympics, women can paddle a kayak but not a canoe. Some men think it should stay that way.
  
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• The Latest: US women's 6th straight Olympic basketball gold

  20-08-2016 22:15
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Irate Wenger bemoans transfer scrutiny at Arsenal

  20-08-2016 22:12
  An irate Arsene Wenger defended Arsenal's transfer policy in light of mounting criticism after the club were left waiting for their first win of the season following a 0-0 draw at Leicester City on Saturday. Having seen an inexperienced defence containing new signing Rob Holding exposed by Liverpool in the Premier League last week, Wenger's side were largely toothless in attack against champions Leicester. "I'm a bit fed up to say the same thing...we analyse everything and then make the right si
  
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• Good as gold: US women win 6th straight Olympic hoops title

  20-08-2016 22:12
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The dominant U.S. women's basketball team won a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal in impressive fashion, routing Spain 101-72 on Saturday.
  
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• Bills defensive tackle Dareus to enter rehab facility

  20-08-2016 22:04
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills star defensive tackle Marcell Dareus says he will enter a rehabilitation facility after violating the NFL's substance abuse policy for a second consecutive season.
  
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• Barca in preliminary agreement with Man City to sell Bravo

  20-08-2016 22:02
  Claudio Bravo seems poised to become a Manchester City player after Barcelona said on Saturday they had reached a "preliminary agreement" for the sale of the Chile captain. If the transfer goes through it is likely to mean City's out-of-favour England goalkeeper Joe Hart will leave the club in a loan deal or a permanent move. Bravo made 32 league starts last season to help Barca win La Liga and featured in Saturday's 6-2 rout of Real Betis.
  
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• Brazil 1-1 Germany: Neymar scores winning penalty in dramatic Olympic football final

  20-08-2016 22:00
  
  Fulltime: Brazil 1-1 Germany - Brazil win 5-4 on penaltiesHosts win gold medal after dramatic penalty shooutout.Neymar scores with a brilliant free-kick.Max Mayer levels the score on the hour mark.Neymar strikes winning penalty.
  
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• Brazil 1-1 Germany: Men's Olympic football final - Live - Meyer cancels out Neymar's opener

  20-08-2016 22:00
  
  Live: Brazil 1-1 GermanyNeymar scores with a brilliant free-kick.Max Mayer levels the score on the hour mark.Hosts have never won the Olympic football gold medal.
  
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• Brazil 1-0 Germany: Men's Olympic football final - Live - Neymar scores spectacular goal

  20-08-2016 22:00
  
  Live: Brazil 1-0 GermanyNeymar scores with a brilliant free-kick.Hosts have never won the Olympic football gold medal.Germany beat Brazil 7-1 at 2014 World Cup.Brazil are the pre-match favourites.
  
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• ‘Is it me or are there gays everywhere #Burn #Die’: Vile homophobic and sexist tweets of Andre Gray revealed before Burnley striker apologises

  20-08-2016 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Burnley forward Andre Gray, aged 25, has apologised for calling for homosexuals to be ‘burned’ in one of a number of vile tweets which surfaced on Saturday night.
  
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• Boxing - Lopez completes Cuba's golden hat-trick

  20-08-2016 21:47
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - World champion Arlen Lopez beat Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev on a unanimous points decision to win the Olympic middleweight title on Saturday, Cuba's third gold medal of the boxing tournament. Azerbaijan's Kamran Shakhsuvarly and Mexico's Misael Rodriguez, his country's first medallist in the division since 1968, took the bronze medals as losing semi-finalists. Fighting half an hour after compatriot Robeisy Ramirez had won bantamweight gold, Lopez e
  
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• Team Sky win opening Vuelta time trial

  20-08-2016 21:37
  Team Sky won the opening time trial, making Peter Kennaugh the race leader after the first stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday. In the 27.8-km ride from Ourense to Castrelo de Mino, the British rider guided his team across the finish line in 30 minutes 37 seconds. It was a thrilling end with home team Movistar, led by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, 4/100ths of a second adrift.
  
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• Park silences doubters who thought she was done

  20-08-2016 21:36
  By Liana B. Baker RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Inbee Park has two words for doubters who thought she should sit out the Olympics and give her spot to another South Korean: gold medal. Park's commanding five-stroke victory in the first Olympic golf tournament in modern times was a surprise to those who follow the sport closely and knew Park had not been playing like herself this season. Park, who adds a gold medal to seven major wins and the honour of being the youngest Ladies Professional Golf Ass
  
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• Robeisy Ramirez secures second Olympic gold with win over Shakur Stevenson in bantamweight bout 

  20-08-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robeisy Ramirez won his second Olympic boxing gold medal, claiming a split decision overbantamweight Shakur Stevenson in a tremendously competitive bout.
  
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• Ethiopia's record-breaker Ayana says doping suspicions unfair

  20-08-2016 21:32
  By Drazen Jorgic RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana was supposed to be enjoying a glorious Olympic debut after shattering the women's 10,000 metres world record last week but the occasion was somewhat marred by immediate questions about whether she was clean. The same fate befell South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk, who smashed Michael Johnson's 17-year-old world record to win the 400m gold medal. Ayana, who on Friday added a 5,000m bronze to her 10,000m crown, said such reactions we
  
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• Volleyball - U.S. women beat Dutch to take bronze

  20-08-2016 21:31
  The U.S. women's volleyball team defeated the Netherlands in four sets on Saturday to win the bronze medal, a consolation for the world's top-ranked team in its pursuit of an elusive gold. The Americans came to Rio as favourites and were undefeated until Serbia knocked them out in a five-set upset on Thursday when the U.S. team lost its top scorer Foluke Akinradewo to a leg injury. Akinradewo said some therapy on her left leg put her back in competition for the bronze medal game, as she shed a t
  
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• Spotted: Jamie Vardy snapped wearing Arsenal shirt after stalemate with Gunners

  20-08-2016 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JAMIE VARDY was snapped swapping his shirt with Arsenal's Jack Wilshere after Leicester's stalemate with the Gunners.
  
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• Established order fights back early in Premier League season

  20-08-2016 21:30
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The established order is fighting back in these early days of the English Premier League season — and there are some familiar names atop the scoring charts, too.
  
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• Rissveds wins Sweden's first cycling gold for 40 years

  20-08-2016 21:26
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Jenny Rissveds claimed Sweden's first Olympic cycling gold for 40 years with a superb victory in the women's cross-country on Saturday, producing a devastating last lap to break her rivals. The 29-strong field had already been whittled down to a battle between the 22-year-old and Poland's experienced Maja Wloszczowska as the bell rang for the last of six laps around the rolling 4.8-km course straddling Rio's inland hills. Rissveds rapidly distanced her
  
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• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger gets a first-hand look at Jamie Vardy as the man who slipped through his fingers showed why he was so coveted

  20-08-2016 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: The Arsenal manager isn't one to dwell on the past; he said as much at his Friday press conference insisting he felt no ill-will toward Jamie Vardy.
  
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• Gary O'Donovan to carry the Irish flag at Rio closing ceremony

  20-08-2016 21:19
  
  It’s yet another honour for the Skibbereen Rowing Club member.
  
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• Tempesti helps Italy win bronze in men's water polo

  20-08-2016 21:17
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Stefano Tempesti sat on a lane line and raised his arms in the air. It was one last chance to enjoy the view, and the goaltender made the most of the opportunity.
  
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• Leicester City and Arsenal share points after Burnley shock Liverpool at Turf Moor

  20-08-2016 21:16
  
  Premier League champions Leicester City were held to a goalless draw against Arsenal with referee Mark Clattenburg becoming the centre of controversy after turning down a late penalty for the hosts.
  
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• Tomas Berdych drops out of US Open because of appendicitis

  20-08-2016 21:14
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Tomas Berdych pulled out of the U.S. Open on Saturday, saying he's been diagnosed with appendicitis and needs time to recover.
  
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• Liverpool stunned by Burnley, Chelsea rally to win

  20-08-2016 21:14
  Liverpool were sent spinning to a 2-0 defeat at promoted Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday while Chelsea came from behind to win 2-1 at Watford thanks to late goals from Michy Batshuayi and Diego Costa. Elsewhere, Sergio Aguero and Nolito scored twice apiece as Manchester City won 4-1 at Stoke City to give Pep Guardiola's men their second straight victory while champions Leicester City were held to a 0-0 home draw by Arsenal.
  
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• Triathlon - Jorgensen set to be her sport's first crossover star

  20-08-2016 21:12
  By Mitch Phillips RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Gwen Jorgensen is poised to become triathlon's first real crossover star after her Olympic victory on Saturday propelled the American from the sporting backwaters to front-cover status. Jorgensen has been the dominant force in women's triathlon for two years but ITU circuit wins in far-flung corners of the world meant she remained well under the radar in a country awash with world-class talent in sports that dominate the airwaves. While triathlon name
  
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• The good, the bad and the ugly of the Rio Games

  20-08-2016 21:12
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Michael Phelps won more medals than anyone else, again. And then he said farewell, also again.
  
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• Brazil seeks gold in soccer as US goes for more track medals

  20-08-2016 21:12
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ask Brazilians what gold medal matters the most to them at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the answer is unequivocal: soccer.
  
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