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• FSU player eats lunch with autistic student sitting alone

  31-08-2016 23:57
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Thanks to a college football player's small gesture of kindness, it could be a long time before a mother will have to worry again about her autistic son eating lunch alone.
  
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• Excited Lakers provide early look at new training center

  31-08-2016 23:57
  
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — After Kobe Bryant's retirement and the worst season in team history, the Los Angeles Lakers' quest to rebuild a championship franchise is finally beginning in earnest.
  
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• Republic of Ireland 4-0 Oman: Robbie Keane marks send-off with goal in his final international game

  31-08-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robbie Keane capped off his stellar international career with the Republic of Ireland in typical style by scoring in a 4-0 win. The striker bid farewell to the crowd in his side's victory over Oman.
  
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• Alex Jakubiak signs new four-year deal with Watford... then agrees season-long loan move to Fleetwood

  31-08-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Jakubiak has signed a four-year contract with Watford before agreeing a season-long loan with Fleetwood. The 20-year-old has moved to the League One side - but could soon be recalled.
  
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• Steady Kerber advances to third round

  31-08-2016 23:49
  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Angelique Kerber stayed on track in her quest to unseat Serena Williams as world number one by beating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 6-2 7-6(7) on Wednesday to reach the third round of the U.S. Open. Australian Open winner Kerber rifled home an ace to finish the first set against the free swinging, 34-year-old Lucic-Baroni, then won a see-saw second set in which each player was broken three times on the way to a tiebreaker. The left-handed German
  
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• European coaches ponder abolition of extra-time

  31-08-2016 23:47
  By Brian Homewood NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) - Europe's top coaches pondered the idea of abolishing extra-time after drawn matches in European competition and going straight to penalties at their annual meeting on Wednesday. Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, UEFA’s coaching ambassador, said he did not like to see players "walking" around the pitch exhausted and that extra-time rarely succeeded in producing a winner. "Some coaches said it could be direct to penalties, others
  
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• Brazil: Michel Temer sworn in as new president

  31-08-2016 23:46
  
  New president Temer promises "new era" for Brazil, hours after senators voted to remove Dilma Rousseff from office.
  
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• Schweinsteiger bows out as Germany beat Finland

  31-08-2016 23:44
  (Reuters) - Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger won his 121st cap in his last match for Germany as they beat Finland 2-0 in an international friendly in Moenchengladbach on Wednesday. Max Meyer's opener and Paulus Arajuuri's own goal handed the win to Germany, who gave a debut to Hoffenheim defender Niklas Seuele, a member of Horst Hrubesch's silver medal-winning Olympic team. Manchester United midfielder Schweinsteiger, who announced his international retirement on July 29 following Germany's sem
  
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• World Cup hosts Russia held 0-0 in Turkey friendly

  31-08-2016 23:42
  (Reuters) - The long road to hosting the 2018 World Cup got off to an inauspicious start for Russia as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Turkey in the holiday resort city of Antalya on Wednesday. A friendly between the countries would have been unthinkable a month ago, with relations having soured since November after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian border. Putin opted not to attend the game, despite having been invited by Erdogan, while the home side were roared on by a pas
  
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• Quiet Reflection back in business and ready to muscle in on Sprint Cup 

  31-08-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: Trainer Karl Burke is confident that favourite Quiet Reflection goes into Saturday’s 32Red Sprint Cup at Haydock in perfect shape after recovering from a muscle problem.
  
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• Adam Reach leaves Middlesbrough for Championship's Sheffield Wednesday 

  31-08-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Wednesday have signed winger Adam Reach from Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Thursday, September 1

  31-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Thursday's meetings at Haydock, Salisbury, Sedgefield and Chelmsford City.
  
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• England's current side are the best one-day team we've ever had... Alex Hales, Jos Buttler and Co even eclipse Ian Botham's boys of 1992

  31-08-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: There is not a single batsman in England’s one-day side who would not walk into any team in the history of our limited-overs cricket. Who could you leave out of any previous team?
  
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• Brazil's Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in

  31-08-2016 23:33
  By Maria Carolina Marcello and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, ending an impeachment process that polarized Latin America's biggest country amid a massive corruption scandal and brutal economic crisis. Senators voted 61-20 to convict the country's first female president for illegally using money from state banks to bankroll public spending, marking the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule. Rousseff's opponents hailed the
  
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• The Latest: Kerber beats Lucic-Baroni in US Open 2nd round

  31-08-2016 23:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Wayne Rooney is wrong to announce retirement date... England should be about the team rather than individuals

  31-08-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: My heart sank a little when Wayne Rooney announced he would retire from international football in 2018 after the World Cup in Russia.
  
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• Sam Allardyce should not worry about upsetting people if he wants to be a successful England manager  

  31-08-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPORTSMAIL EXCLUSIVE - SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I am confident history will show Sam Allardyce is the right appointment at the right time. Just as long as he doesn’t change.
  
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• Danny Drinkwater: England axe for Euro 2016 has made me more hungry

  31-08-2016 23:30
  
  The Leicester City midfielder missed out on a place in France at the last moment but after his title-winning exploits he believes fresh motivation was no bad thingTime has offered Danny Drinkwater a sense of perspective but retreat, briefly, to late May and that unwelcome summons to Roy Hodgson’s office at The Grove and it was harder to see the bigger picture. The recently crowned Premier League winner had been brought crashing back down to earth with confirmation he was one of those unfor
  
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• Leicester finalise record £29.7m fee for Sporting Lisbon's Islam Slimani

  31-08-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claudio Ranieri had a £25m bid rejected for Sporting striker Islam Slimani on Tuesday but went back to the Portuguese side with an improved offer, which has been accepted.
  
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• Republic of Ireland 4-0 Oman: Robbie Keane marks Republic of Ireland send-off in typical fashion with goal in his final international game

  31-08-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robbie Keane capped off his stellar international career with the Republic of Ireland in typical style by scoring in a 4-0 win. The striker bid farewell to the crowd in his side's victory over Oman.
  
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• Mario Balotelli joins Nice on free transfer as Italian ends turbulent spell with Liverpool

  31-08-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mario Balotelli has been frozen out by manager Jurgen Klopp, and has been training with the youth team this summer. He is now set to play outside of England and Italy for the first time.
  
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• Hull City complete signing of Manchester United Under-21 captain James Weir

  31-08-2016 23:23
  
  Hull City have completed the signing of Manchester United Under-21 captain James Weir on transfer deadline day. Weir, 21, joins the Tigers on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee, having made just one appearance for the United first-team under Louis van Gaal last season. Speaking to Hull's official website, Weir said: "It's an important time in my career and I think every player of my age wants to try and start playing regular first team football," said Weir.
  
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• Jo Konta overcomes on-court collapse to seal US Open third round place after beating Tsvetana Pironkova

  31-08-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jo Konta staged a near miraculous recovery from an on court collapse caused by severe heat cramping to survive into the third round of the US Open.
  
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• Jack Wilshere completes season-long loan to Bournemouth from Arsenal

  31-08-2016 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eddie Howe's Bournemouth agreed to pay Arsenal a fee in the region of £2million to secure the coveted England midfielder, and will cover all of his £80,000 per week wage.
  
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• James Weir becomes second player in two days to move from Manchester United to Hull City

  31-08-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old has agreed a three-year deal at the KCOM Stadium and becomes Mike Phelan's fourth signing inside two days - and the second player in as many days to trade United for Hull.
  
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• Samir Nasri, Wilfried Bony and Eliaquim Mangala leave Manchester City on loan

  31-08-2016 23:14
  
  • Nasri moves to Sevilla and tweets thanks to City and the fans
  • Mangala joins Valencia and Bony agrees switch to Stoke CitySamir Nasri, Eliaquim Mangala, Joe Hart and Wilfried Bony led an exodus of seven Manchester City players on the final day of the transfer window, with all agreeing loan deals until the end of the season.Nasri, who joined City from Arsenal in the summer of 2011 for around £25m, signed for Sevilla. The 29-year-old Frenchman fell out of favour under Pep Guardi
  
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• Pau Lopez joins Tottenham on season-long loan from Espanyol and aims to challenge understudy Michel Vorm

  31-08-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham have announced the season-long loan signing of goalkeeper Pau Lopez from Espanyol. The Spaniard will look to challenge for playing time alongside Michel Vorm.
  
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• Johanna Konta collapses in heat but recovers to reach US Open third round

  31-08-2016 23:10
  
  • Battling Konta defeats Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 5-7, 6-2• After ‘a lot of good things’ Kyle Edmund faces John Isner nextJohanna Konta collapsed to her knees midway through her match in stifling heat at the US Open before recovering to record an astonishing and controversial win in three sets over the Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova. The incident sent a worrying shiver through the tournament as high humidity drained even the fittest players – and few are better condition
  
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• Bournemouth confirm loan signing of Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere

  31-08-2016 23:00
  Bournemouth have completed the signing of England international Jack Wilshere on a season-long loan from Arsenal in one of the biggest shock deals of transfer deadline day. The Cherries have seen off interest from clubs across Europe to secure the 24-year-old's services for the 2016-17 season after he was made available for a loan move by Arsene Wenger. Roma and AC Milan also made proposals for the midfielder while Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew was also hopeful of convincing the player to r
  
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• Andy Murray ready to face Marcel Granollers in US Open second round

  31-08-2016 23:00
  
  • No2 seed is one of five Britons to get past first base
  • Murray reveals no fixed term on partnership with Ivan LendlIt was gone midnight but Andy Murray’s eyes lit up when he was reminded that for the first time since 1987, there were five British players in the second round of the US Open. “That was the year I was born,” he exclaimed, barely an hour after destroying the crude but powerful challenge of Lukas Rosol in the first round, and looking ahead to an altogeth
  
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• Konta collapses on court but advances to third round

  31-08-2016 22:57
  British 13th seed Johanna Konta recovered from a health scare at a humid U.S. Open on Wednesday to claim her place in the third round with a 6-2 5-7 6-2 win over Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova. Konta was leading by a set but serving at set-point down in the second when she suddenly dropped to her knees, shaking and struggling to catch her breath as temperatures neared 88 degrees Fahrenheit (31 degrees Celsius). After receiving extensive treatment, including ice bags, first from the umpire and lat
  
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• Arsenal's Wilshere joins Bournemouth on loan

  31-08-2016 22:55
  Arsenal's England midfielder Jack Wilshere, who has suffered a string of injuries, has joined Bournemouth on a season-long loan, the Premier League clubs said on Wednesday. Once regarded as one of the brightest young hopes in English football, Wilshere, 24, has slipped down the pecking order at Arsenal after two seasons in which he played 17 league games. "Jack is a fantastic addition to the club," Bournemouth chief executive Neill Blank told the club's official website.
  
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• Wozniacki rallies to upset ninth seed Kuznetsova

  31-08-2016 22:52
  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, one point from falling behind 5-0 in the opening set, rallied to upset ninth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. "It was not looking good for me," Wozniacki said on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court after the match. "I stopped looking at the ranking once I fell out of the top 10," said 26-year-old Wozniacki, who has endured a couple of down years.
  
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• Champions Leicester break club record for striker Slimani

  31-08-2016 22:50
  (Reuters) - Premier League champions Leicester City paid a club record fee for Sporting Lisbon's Algeria striker Islam Slimani just hours before the transfer window closed on Wednesday. The player has moved for an initial 30 million euros (£25.4 million) with a further five million in add ons, Sporting said on their website (www.sporting.pt). The 28-year-old Slimani has joined Leicester on a five-year deal, said a statement on City's website (www.lcfc.com) "To join a team like Leicester Ci
  
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• Caroline Wozniacki knocks Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the US Open to claim her biggest win of the year

  31-08-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART FRASER IN NEW YORK: Caroline Wozniacki claimed her biggest victory of the year so far as the Dane produced a stunning turnaround to knock out ninth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in round two.
  
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• Georges-Kevin N'Koudou seals £9.9m move to Tottenham from Marseille as Clinton N'Jie goes other way on loan

  31-08-2016 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham have signed Georges-Kevin N'Koudou from Marseille, with the winger signing a five-year deal. Clinton N'Jie was convinced to go on loan in the opposite direction.
  
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• Leicester finally get their man with £30m signing of Islam Slimani

  31-08-2016 22:35
  
  • Algeria striker signs five-year deal with Premier League champions
  • Move for Sporting’s Adrien Silva hits stumbling blockLeicester City finally sealed their primary target of the transfer window on Wednesday night after Islam Slimani completed a medical in Italy prior to his move to the Premier League champions, with the Algeria striker making the switch for a club record £30m from Sporting Lisbon on a five-year deal.Claudio Ranieri’s preparations for the club&rsqu
  
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• NFL to announce Thursday that 2017 draft headed to Philly

  31-08-2016 22:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL will announce Thursday that the 2017 draft will be held in Philadelphia.
  
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• Alvaro Arbeloa completes move to West Ham on free transfer

  31-08-2016 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World Cup winner Alvaro Arbeloa has completed his move to West Ham. The left back passed a medical and has signed for the club having been a free agent. He left Real Madrid in June.
  
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• Nice sign Balotelli from Liverpool

  31-08-2016 22:11
  (Reuters) - Nice have signed striker Mario Balotelli from Liverpool, the clubs said on Wednesday, with British media saying the Italy international has moved on a free transfer. The 26-year-old joined Liverpool from AC Milan in 2014 but never fulfilled his potential at Anfield. "We hope that, at Nice, with a family atmosphere, (Mario) will rediscover the pleasure of playing," Nice president Jean-Pierre Rivere told the club's website (www.ogcnice.com).
  
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• 6 new NFL head coaches try to lead turnarounds

  31-08-2016 22:06
  
  MIAMI (AP) — New Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase likes to talk trash to his players, and the team's performance in recent years has provided plenty of fodder.
  
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• The Latest: Konta collapses to court, plays on at US Open

  31-08-2016 22:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• LSU-Badgers, W Michigan-Northwestern among best B10 openers

  31-08-2016 22:02
  Some things to watch in the Big Ten as the season opens with two games Thursday, one Friday and 11 on Saturday.
  
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• West Brom seal £3m deal for Watford defender Allan Nyom as Tony Pulis makes deadline day reinforcements

  31-08-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 28-year-old Cameroonian, who has penned a four-year deal at the Hawthorns, signs for £3million and will provide competition on the right side of the Baggies' defence for Craig Dawson.
  
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• AP source: Steelers restructure deal for Antonio Brown

  31-08-2016 21:56
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is getting a raise.
  
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• Out-of-favour Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli completes deadline day move to Nice

  31-08-2016 21:49
  Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has joined French club Nice on a permanent deal. Balotelli, 26, still had a year remaining on his Liverpool contract, but has joined the Ligue 1 side on a free transfer, as the Reds were eager to get him off their wage bill before the transfer window slammed shut. Balotelli endured an unhappy spell at Liverpool, having joined the club from AC Milan in 2014.
  
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• Mario Balotelli completes move from Liverpool to Nice on free transfer

  31-08-2016 21:49
  
  • Italy striker leaves Liverpool after two disappointing seasons
  • Mario Balotelli will be presented to the media on FridayMario Balotelli has signed for Nice on a free transfer. The misfit Italian, who was deemed by Jürgen Kloppp to be surplus to requirements, joins on a one-year deal.With the addition of Sadio Mané from Southampton, Liverpool are well-stocked for forwards and were keen to remove Balotelli from their books. Having signed for £16m in 2014, Balotelli m
  
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• Britain's Kyle Edmund progresses at the US Open with straight sets win over Ernesto Escobed

  31-08-2016 21:37
  
  Britain's Kyle Edmund has defeated American wild card Ernesto Escobedo 7-5 6-4 6-4 at the US Open to progress into the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time. The 21-year-old produced another assured display to set up a match against either American John Isner or Steve Darcis of Belgium in the last 32. Edmund, who beat 13th seed Richard Gasquet in the first round in New York City, saw off a surprisingly stiff challenge from the world number 201 to claim the first set.
  
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• Burnley make Jeff Hendrick £10.5m record signing but Grosicki deal collapses

  31-08-2016 21:29
  
  • Republic of Ireland midfielder Hendrick joins from Derby County
  • Hopes of signing Poland winger Kamil Grosicki fall flatBurnley broke their transfer record for the second time this summer when they signed the Derby County midfielder Jeff Hendrick for £10.5m. But an attempt to sign the Poland winger Kamil Grosicki in a £7m deal from Rennes collapsed.Burnley’s manager, Sean Dyche, has been chasing Hendrick for a couple of months and landed him for a fee that exceeded
  
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• Kyle Edmund powers into third round of the US Open with straight-sets win over Ernesto Escobedo

  31-08-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: The 21 year-old from Yorkshire gave as good as he got against the American wildcard Ernesto Escobedo to win 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 25 minutes.
  
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