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• Olympic hero Neymar cheers on Brazil's men's volleyball team as they defeat Italy to win gold in Rio

  21-08-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fresh from his heroics in Saturday night's Olympic football final, Neymar was seen cheering on Brazil's men's volleyball team as they won gold, beating Italy in the final on the last day of the Games.
  
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• Andy Murray loses to Marin Cilic in Cincinnati Masters final

  21-08-2016 23:53
  
  • Cilic beats Murray 6-4, 7-5
  • Defeat ends 22-match winning streakAndy Murray’s long winning streak has ended with defeat by Marin Cilic in the final of the Cincinnati Masters. Related: Andy Murray and Mónica Puig show Olympic refuseniks what they missedContinue reading...
  
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• Kerber wastes shot at No. 1, Murray's long streak ends, too

  21-08-2016 23:51
  
  MASON, Ohio (AP) — The final step up to No. 1 was simply too big for Angelique Kerber — this time, anyway.
  
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• Chiller, the face of Australia's 'ordinary' Olympics

  21-08-2016 23:47
  Australia's team chief, Kitty Chiller, is one of the few who would not argue that it fairly aptly sums up the nation's Rio Olympics. It was the final frustration of Australia's troubled Games, taking in accommodation complaints, theft, a small fire and one of their swimmers being mugged a few days before the nine athletes were detained. In competition, things went only marginally better and defeat for the men's basketball team by a single point in the bronze medal match on Sunday left Australia
  
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• Duffy wins 10th straight as Royals beat Twins 2-1

  21-08-2016 23:45
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Danny Duffy keeps winning and so do the Kansas City Royals.
  
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• Cavani off target but PSG still ease past Metz

  21-08-2016 23:44
  PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain eased to a 3-0 win over Metz in Ligue 1 on Sunday despite a miserable evening for Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani who missed a host of chances. Cavani, now PSG's main striker after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's departure to Manchester United, wasted half a dozen clear cut chances and the crowd lost patience with him and jeered him off the pitch at the end. Instead, it was left to Brazilian Lucas Moura to open the scoring for the title holders with a thumping finish seven
  
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• Great Britain beat medal haul from London 2012... and there are 67 reasons why Team GB are now an Olympic superpower

  21-08-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON AND CHARLES SALE IN RIO: British Olympic bosses declared Team GB a ‘sporting superpower’ after their record haul of 67 medals lifted them to second in the table.
  
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• Team GB will return from Rio with a record-breaking medal haul: How Britain became Olympic heavyweights

  21-08-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON IN RIO: There are different ways of looking at the success of Team GB here in Rio. A crude measure would be to put a price of £4.1million on every medal won.
  
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• Stoke’s Peter Crouch slams ‘farcical’ clampdown on contact at set pieces

  21-08-2016 23:30
  
  • Referees have been directed to be tougher on pulling and pushing in the box
  • Mike Dean gave both Stoke and Manchester City spot-kicksDefending set pieces is in danger of becoming a farce because of new directives issued to referees regarding pulling and pushing inside the area, Peter Crouch has warned.The Stoke City and former England forward made his damning assessment after watching his team’s 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday, a game in which two penalties were awar
  
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• Jürgen Klopp won’t panic buy despite Liverpool’s defeat at Burnley

  21-08-2016 23:30
  
  • Liverpool manager says he would be an ‘idiot’ to sign midfielder or left-back
  • James Milner filled in for the dropped Alberto Moreno at Turf MoorJürgen Klopp insisted he would be an “idiot” if Liverpool’s abject 2-0 defeat at Burnley would cause him to buy a left-back or midfielder, though the manager is considering strengthening further.Klopp’s side were second-best in every department at Turf Moor, going down to first-half goals from Sam Vo
  
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• England boss Sam Allardyce fights for Team GB football at Tokyo Olympics 

  21-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Calls for Team GB to field men’s and women’s football teams at Tokyo 2020 from Sam Allardyce started before Sunday night’s closing ceremony.
  
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• Arsenal: Arsène Wenger spends – but only on time in his own defence

  21-08-2016 23:30
  
  Under fire manager faces more criticism for failure to recruit as Laurent Koscielny’s welcome return shores up fragile defenceAmid the fallout from that chastening home defeat to Liverpool in their opening game of the season, when Arsenal’s fragile and callow defence was brutally exposed, came the accusation that Laurent Koscielny should have stepped forward and bailed Arsène Wenger out. The Arsenal manager was also criticised for not telling Koscielny that, with only two youn
  
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• Antonio Conte embraces another win but Chelsea need reinforcements

  21-08-2016 23:30
  
  Eccentric Italian manager has instilled winning mentality but ageing squad still looks disjointed – especially in midfieldIt has taken Chelsea six days to achieve consecutive wins, a feat they managed only once last season. Yet there is a sense that Antonio Conte must still work to ensure the players that endured that grim campaign do not look back and dwell.At the end of Saturday’s 2-1 comeback at Watford the Italian made a pointed effort of embracing every player. His arrival shoul
  
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• Boxing - Shields wears two golds around her neck

  21-08-2016 23:23
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Claressa Shields brought one gold medal to the ring with her and left with two hanging around her neck after retaining her Olympic middleweight title and making U.S. boxing history on Sunday. Some historians have questioned that tournament's Olympic status.
  
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• Mo Farah to put family before decision to race at Tokyo Games

  21-08-2016 23:06
  
  • Double-gold winner will take decision ‘one year at a time’
  • Questions answered over his association with Jama AdenMo Farah admits he is wrestling with the idea of carrying on to the Tokyo 2020 Games after completing an extraordinary Olympic “double double” on Saturday night. However, he concedes he will be forced to take it a year at a time as he faces up to getting older and wanting to spend more time with his family.Victory in the 5,000m meant Farah became
  
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• Boxing - U.S.'s Shields hopes to inspire black women

  21-08-2016 23:01
  Two-time boxing gold medallist Claressa Shields said she hoped her victories would help inspire other young black American women to reach for success. Shield's triumph in the women’s middleweight final on Sunday against the Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn means that at the age of just 21, she is a double Olympic gold winner, the 2014 World Champion, and the 2015 Pan American Games champion. Shields has named her hero as tennis player Serena Williams.
  
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• Make some noise: Juan Martín del Potro is back to his bloodcurdling best | Jacob Steinberg

  21-08-2016 23:00
  
  Argentina’s Olympic silver medallist found the resolve to return after two seasons out injured and is about to unleash his macho guttural barks on the US OpenWatch enough men’s tennis and eventually you will be able to identify a top player simply from their grunts. Roger Federer is excluded from this discussion, of course, as he is far too refined to make any noise during a rally. But the rest of the Big Four are always at it. Rafa Nadal has his relentless droning urghs, Novak Djoko
  
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• A conventional Irish trait brought an unconventional Irish sportsman to his most important victory

  21-08-2016 22:57
  
  Revenge was sweet for Conor McGregor but he had to dig deeper than ever before in order to achieve it.
  
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• Notre Dame kicks Redfield off football team, suspends Butler

  21-08-2016 22:55
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame kicked starting safety Max Redfield off the team Sunday, suspended reserve cornerback Devin Butler indefinitely after they were arrested in separate incidents and said four others arrested with Redfield face internal discipline.
  
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• Team USA takes Rio Olympics medal race with ease

  21-08-2016 22:52
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Team made itself right at home in Rio.
  
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• US romps to men's basketball gold, beats Serbia 96-66

  21-08-2016 22:51
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. Olympic men's basketball team won its third straight gold medal and did it easily, beating Serbia 96-66 on Sunday.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, August 22

  21-08-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Monday's meetings at Kempton, Carlisle, Brighton and Thirsk.
  
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• A traditional Irish trait brought an untraditional Irish sportsman to his most important victory

  21-08-2016 22:47
  
  Revenge was sweet for Conor McGregor but he had to dig deeper than ever before in order to achieve it.
  
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• Basketball - U.S. routs Serbia for third straight gold

  21-08-2016 22:42
  By Steve Keating RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A ruthless United States pounded Serbia 96-66 to claim a third straight Olympic men's basketball title on Sunday to give coach Mike Krzyzewski a golden send-off. After scrapping to a tense three point win over Serbia in the group round, the United States quickly removed any suspense from the rematch, surging to a 52-29 halftime lead then cruising to their 25th straight win on Olympic hardwood. ...
  
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• Bale double gives Real Madrid winning start

  21-08-2016 22:40
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Gareth Bale built on his stunning displays for Wales at Euro 2016 by scoring a double in a commanding 3-0 win for Real Madrid in their La Liga opener at Real Sociedad on Sunday. Bale opened the scoring with a powerful header in the second minute and rounded off the win four minutes into added time with a simple finish after new arrival Asensio had scored his first league goal for Real in the 40th with a sumptuous lob. Zinedine Zidane's side temporarily go
  
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• NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol underway after long delay

  21-08-2016 22:39
  
  BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — The NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway is back under way Sunday after a 3 1/2-hour delay because of heavy rain.
  
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• Britain revels in return to superpower status

  21-08-2016 22:38
  By Mitch Phillips RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The "Great Haul of China" in 2008 was seen as something of an aberration, 2012's success was surely all through home advantage but, after their best medal return from an overseas Games, Britain is indisputably back as an Olympic superpower. Twenty years ago, long before marketers invented "Team GB", Britain trudged home from Atlanta with a solitary gold medal courtesy of rowers Steve Redgrave and Matt Pinsent and just 15 in all, placing a humiliating
  
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• The Latest: US men's basketball team wins final Rio gold

  21-08-2016 22:36
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Wrestling - U.S. grab last gold, Mongolian strip-off steals show

  21-08-2016 22:23
  By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Kyle Snyder of the United States won the last wrestling gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Sunday but Mongolia provided the most vivid drama when two of its coaches stripped off in protest at their man's defeat in an earlier bout. Snyder fought a cagey, low-scoring contest in the 97 kg category against Azerbaijan's Khetag Goziumov, hanging in to defend his 2-1 lead as his opponent pressed hard in the closing seconds in a bid to lift and throw him. Azer
  
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• Swiss mountain biker Nino Schurter wins gold to complete medal set

  21-08-2016 22:23
  
  • Rider had claimed bronze in Beijing and silver in London
  • Britain’s Grant Ferguson finishes 17th on Olympic debutBritain’s Grant Ferguson finished 17th in the cross-country mountain bike race as Switzerland’s Nino Schurter claimed gold. Schurter completed his medal set after winning bronze in Beijing and silver in London, finishing in one hour 33 minutes and 28 seconds. Ferguson, a 22-year-old from Peebles, was more than five minutes behind the winner on his Olympi
  
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• Angelique Kerber fails to overtake Serena Williams as No 1 after losing to Karolina Pliskova in Western & Southern Open final

  21-08-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Angelique Kerber fell behind at the outset, repeatedly missed routine shots and fell to Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-1 in the championship match on Sunday at the Western & Southern Open.
  
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• Anthony Joshua says Joe Joyce is Olympic champion ‘in spirit’ after loss

  21-08-2016 22:19
  
  • Joyce refuses to criticise officials after controversial Tony Yoka defeat
  • Joshua: ‘I have never seen a heavyweight throw so many punches before’It is as well for those who find swearing tough on the ears that Joe Joyce, all 91-plus kilograms of him, is as gentle a giant as amateur boxing can ever have had, because the Londoner had good cause to follow the expletive-filled example of Ireland’s Michael Conlan.Joyce – who is considering turning professional at
  
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• Real Sociedad 0-3 Real Madrid: Gareth Bale and Marco Asensio get Zinedine Zidane's side off to a perfect start in La Liga

  21-08-2016 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON AT ESTADIO ANOETA: Gareth Bale took just 72 seconds to score his first goal of the season, and added a second with the last kick of the game against Real Sociedad.
  
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