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• Harry Kane admits his corner kick duties at Euro 2016 became a laughing matter in the England camp

  05-09-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Skipper Wayne Rooney took it upon himself to relieve the striker of his corner taking duties, without Hodgson’s permission, in the second group game against Wales.
  
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• What life is REALLY like as a Chelsea loan starlet... Lucas Piazon reveals all

  05-09-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW: For Lucas Piazon, a fresh start has become an annual experience, as it has for many players in the loan crowd at Chelsea.
  
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• Serena storms into quarters in record-smashing style

  05-09-2016 23:57
  By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serena Williams stormed into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open in record-smashing style on Monday, easing past Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-3 to claim grand slam win number 308. The world number one needed just 68 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium court to overwhelm the 52nd-ranked Shvedova and move past Roger Federer to the top of the all-time grand slam victories list. "Oh wow, it is really exciting, this is where it all started so it is always so
  
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• Serena Williams moves one step closer to Margaret Court's Grand Slam record at US Open

  05-09-2016 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AFTER nearly two decades on the tour, history is still calling to Serena Williams.
  
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• Kaepernick's No. 7 now 3rd most popular jersey among QBs

  05-09-2016 23:50
  
  Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand for the national anthem apparently has made his San Francisco 49ers jersey very popular, no matter why people are buying.
  
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• Chris Coleman backs Bale to become Wales' leading goalscorer in World Cup campaign

  05-09-2016 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHRIS COLEMAN believes Gareth Bale will become Wales’ record goalscorer before the end of the World Cup campaign after the Galactico’s brace in the 4-0 rout of Moldova.
  
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• Iceland survive missed penalty and hold Ukraine away

  05-09-2016 23:43
  Iceland survived a missed penalty as they began their bid to qualify for a first-ever World Cup by holding Ukraine to a 1-1 draw away from home on Monday. The visitors, who captured the imagination of millions of spectators by reaching the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, began where they had left off in France by taking a fifth minute lead through Alfred Finnbogason. Iceland should have gone further ahead when Jon Dadi Bodvarsson's shot a close-range effort straight at goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov, then s
  
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• Battling Ireland hold Serbia to 2-2 draw

  05-09-2016 23:39
  By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - A spirited Ireland held Serbia to a 2-2 draw in a pulsating World Cup Group D qualifier after taking an early lead and coming from behind on a slick surface on Monday. Substitute Daryl Murphy salvaged a point for the Irish with an 80th-minute header after Serbia wingers Filip Kostic and Dusan Tadic had cancelled out Jeff Hendrick's early opener. "We made a fantastic start but Serbia had a lot of possession in the second half and we couldn't get the bal
  
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• Sam Allardyce insists he will conquer England's fear as new boss hires experts to help side still haunted by Euro 2016 defeat against Iceland

  05-09-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: Sam Allardyce sensed that crippling fear returning ahead of the contest in Trnava and he suggested that anxiety had been a key factor in that stuttering first-half display.
  
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• Wales brush aside Moldova in opener

  05-09-2016 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales start their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign in confident fashion as they ease to a convincing win over Moldova.
  
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• The Latest: Williams passes Federer with 308 Slam match wins

  05-09-2016 23:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Harry Kane joked with England boss Sam Allardyce over corner duty

  05-09-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Harry Kane says he "had a bit of a laugh and a joke" with England manager Sam Allardyce about having to take corners under ex-boss Roy Hodgson.
  
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• Welcome to the cauldron of being England boss Big Sam: His assessment on first game

  05-09-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE week in and Sam Allardyce will consider he has already had a crash course in everything the job of England manager entails.
  
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• Sam Allardyce should speak to sports psychologists... but the England manager must NOT involve the players

  05-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It is always the head coach who must deliver the message and ethos to his team. He must always be the man who sets the tone and pulls the strings.
  
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• Sam Allardyce on Wayne Rooney: His England experience makes him indispensable

  05-09-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SAM ALLARDYCE will continue picking Wayne Rooney and suggested his captain remains indispensable for England.
  
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• Roy Hodgson's two-hotel plan for England away trips to be axed by FA

  05-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The FA are to re-consider their extravagant use of two hotels on away trips, a facility brought in after the 2014 World Cup shambles.
  
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• Ross Barkley set to be offered new long-term deal by Everton as Ronald Koeman era takes shape

  05-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING: The midfielder, who suffered the huge disappointment of being omitted from Sam Allardyce’s first England squad, has two years remaining on his current contract.
  
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• Nico Rosberg spooked by Zika virus fears ahead of Singapore Grand Prix... 'I am a family man now'

  05-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rosberg, who won in Italy on Sunday to narrow the gap behind championship leader Lewis Hamilton to two points, is concerned because he and his wife Vivian have recently started a family.
  
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• Marcus Rashford's development will not be harmed with England Under 21s, insists Gareth Southgate

  05-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING: The Young Lions can take a huge step towards qualifying for Euro 2017as Rashford aims to keep up a sequence of scoring on his first appearance for a new manager.
  
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• Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans impressed at the US Open, but how did the other Brits fare?

  05-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray is usually the last man standing when representing Britain at a Grand Slam but that was not the case in America. Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans impressed, reaching the fourth round.
  
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• Golovkin's glittering career might never had happened if his brother had been born first

  05-09-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GENNADY GOLOVKIN is one of the most feared fighters on the planet – but reckons he is not even the best in his family.
  
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• Gareth Southgate backs Marcus Rashford to reach heights of England's golden generation

  05-09-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GARETH SOUTHGATE believes Marcus Rashford shares the fearless mentality of some of England’s modern greats.
  
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• Everton want to tie up Barkley's future with Lukaku hoping to leave through the main gate

  05-09-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EVERTON will open contract talks with Ross Barkley as they prepare for further discussions on the future of Romelu Lukaku.
  
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• Fulham striker Chris Martin vows to fight on as Scotland's first choice forward

  05-09-2016 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHRIS MARTIN has vowed to fend off Leigh Griffiths to remain Scotland’s first-pick striker.
  
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• Ten-man Italy battle to 3-1 win over Israel

  05-09-2016 23:24
  By Ori Lewis HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - Ten-man Italy earned a hard-fought 3-1 win away to Israel in their opening Group G World Cup qualifier on Monday after defender Giorgio Chiellini was sent off early in the second half. The Italians took a two-goal lead with just over half an hour gone when Graziano Pele slotted home in the 14th minute and Antonio Candreva converted a penalty in the 31st. Israel got themselves back into the match in the 35th when forward Tal Ben Chaim lofted a ball over goal
  
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• Blasts kill dozens in Afghanistan's capital Kabul

  05-09-2016 23:22
  
  Third explosion rocks central Kabul, hours after twin suicide attack by Taliban killed at least 24 people.
  
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• NASCAR needs a spurt of new superstars to make racing fun

  05-09-2016 23:17
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Gordon is mostly retired and Tony Stewart is almost out the door. Now Dale Earnhardt Jr. is sidelined for the rest of the year, exposing NASCAR's glaring need for new stars to captivate the audience.
  
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• Wales 4-0 Moldova: Sam Vokes, Joe Allen and Gareth Bale strike to give Chris Coleman winning start to World Cup qualification

  05-09-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE CARDIFF CITY STADIUM: After the Lord Mayor’s show of Euro 2016, Wales provided an emphatic performance to indicate more good times on the big stage lie ahead.
  
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• Berisha scores as Kosovo draw with Finland in first qualifier

  05-09-2016 23:11
  Valon Berisha, given permission to play only a few hours before kickoff, scored Kosovo's first-ever goal in a competitive international to give them a 1-1 away to Finland in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. Berisha, who was allowed to change to Kosovo by FIFA despite having previously played competitive matches for Norway, fired home a penalty on the hour after a foul by Thomas Lam on Bernard Berisha to spark delirious celebrations among his team mates and officials. Finland, who themselves h
  
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• Forward’s Arsenal switch branded clever and creative after surprise summer move

  05-09-2016 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SERGE GNABRY move from Arsenal to Werder Bremen has been hailed “clever and creative”.
  
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• Lionel Messi doubt for Celtic clash as Barcelona confirm hamstring injury

  05-09-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 29-year-old returned to Barcelona with a hamstring problem after scoring the winner his country's 1-0 win over team-mate Luis Suarez's Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday.
  
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• Israel 1-3 Italy: Goals from Graziano Pelle, Antonio Candreva and Ciro Immobile give Giampiero Ventura's men victory

  05-09-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giampiero Ventura's first competitive game in charge of Italy ended in victory as the Azzurri beat Israel 3-1. Graziano Pelle, Antonio Candreva and Ciro Immobile guided the Azzurri to victory.
  
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• Ruthless Spain maul Liechtenstein to lay down marker

  05-09-2016 23:08
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain started their World Cup qualifying campaign with a crushing 8-0 win over Liechtenstein, laying down a marker in Group G with a ruthless second-half display on Monday. Diego Costa scored his first goal for Spain in almost two years to put Julen Lopetegui's side ahead in the 10th minute in their first competitive game under their new coach and Sergi Roberto doubled the lead in the 55th. Costa got his second while David Silva and substitute Alvaro Morat
  
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• McIlroy wins first PGA Tour title in 16 months

  05-09-2016 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy wins the US PGA Deutsche Bank Championship - his first title on the PGA Tour for 16 months.
  
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• Serbia 2-2 Republic of Ireland: Substitute Daryl Murphy rescues point for Martin O'Neill's men 

  05-09-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE IN BELGRADE: Daryl Murphy showed his Newcastle team-mate Aleksandar Mitrovic how it should be done after salvaging a point for Martin O'Neill's men in the Serbian capital.
  
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• Spain 8-0 Liechtenstein: Diego Costa and David Silva are double trouble as new boss Julen Lopetegui makes winning start in World Cup qualifier

  05-09-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spain began their qualification campaign for World Cup 2018 with a thumping 8-0 victory over minnows Liechtenstein in new coach Julen Lopetegui's competitive debut.
  
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• Bale spurs Wales to comfortable 4-0 win over Moldova

  05-09-2016 23:01
  (Reuters) - Wales talisman Gareth Bale set up the first goal and scored twice, including a late penalty, as the Euro 2016 semi-finalists won 4-0 in their opening Group D World Cup qualifier on Monday. The Welsh, who controlled the match in Cardiff, made the breakthrough seven minutes before halftime when Bale swung over a left-footed cross from the right and Sam Vokes headed home. Joe Allen made it 2-0 in the 44th after a poor clearance from a corner fell to the midfielder on the edge of the box
  
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• Wales 4 - Moldova 0: Bale just four behind Rush's goal-scoring record after dominant win

  05-09-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WALES avoided a Euro 2016 hangover as they kicked off their World Cup qualification campaign with an emphatic win over Moldova in Cardiff.
  
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• Once close allies, now the best of enemies... what went wrong between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho?

  05-09-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ‘There are people, much more intelligent than me, who manage to sell an image of themselves, different to mine, but deep down they are the same as me.’ Jose Mourinho about Pep Guardiola.
  
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• Novak Djokovic tips Kyle Edmund to reach world's top 30 after beating Brit at US Open

  05-09-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: Novak Djokovic has seen enough of Kyle Edmund to know that belongs among the better prospects of the ATP Tour, as he demonstrated by beating Richard Gasquet and John Isner.
  
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• Republic of Ireland earn lucky draw in Serbia

  05-09-2016 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daryl Murphy's first international goal earns the Republic of Ireland a lucky draw in their opening World Cup qualifier.
  
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• Battling Ireland hold Serbia to thrilling 2-2 draw

  05-09-2016 22:45
  By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - A spirited Ireland held Serbia to a 2-2 draw in a pulsating World Cup Group D qualifier after taking an early lead and coming from behind on a slick surface on Monday. Substitute Daryl Murphy salvaged a point for the Irish with an 80th-minute header after Serbia wingers Filip Kostic and Dusan Tadic had cancelled out Jeff Hendrick's early opener. Hendrick stunned the home fans in the third minute when he beat keeper Predrag Rajkovic with a shot from the
  
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• No Williams-Williams rematch at Open: Venus out in 4th round

  05-09-2016 22:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams went from down and out to a point from victory, then back again. In the end, she couldn't quite get past a woman a dozen years younger and never before at this stage of a Grand Slam tournament.
  
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• Wawrinka sets up quarter-final clash with del Potro

  05-09-2016 22:43
  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Double grand slam winner Stan Wawrinka set up a marquee quarter-final showdown with 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro with a 6-4 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 victory over Illya Marchenko of Ukraine at Flushing Meadows on Monday. Third seed Wawrinka, winner of the 2014 Australian Open and 2015 French Open, overpowered the 63rd-ranked Marchenko, who reached the fourth round when 14th-seeded Nick Kyrgios retired with a hip injury while trailing two sets to one. Marchenko was
  
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• Premier League sack race: Odds slashed on Tony Pulis to leave West Brom despite revelation

  05-09-2016 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TONY PULIS is the bookies' favourite to be the first Premier League manager sacked this season - but the West Brom boss will not resign.
  
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• Batley stamp out rugby fan for homophobic abuse towards Keegan Hirst and Antony Cotton

  05-09-2016 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BATLEY have banned a supporter for aiming homophobic abuse at forward Keegan Hirst and his Coronation Street actor boyfriend Antony Cotton.
  
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• Pliskova ends hopes of Williams sisters' showdown

  05-09-2016 22:27
  By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - Karolina Pliskova ruined any chance of another Flushing Meadows sister showdown as she claimed a dramatic 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) win over sixth-seeded Venus Williams on Monday to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals. At 36-years-old and the oldest remaining player in the draw, Williams battled until the bitter end as her 24-year-old Czech opponent needed five match points to finally put away the two-time champion. ...
  
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• Old Firm classics: Rangers 4-2 Celtic, September 2011

  05-09-2016 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Rangers come from 2-1 down to beat Celtic at Ibrox in September 2011.
  
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• Shorten men's matches, says former Player Council head

  05-09-2016 22:20
  By Simon Cambers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tennis must consider shortening matches in a bid to engage with a younger fanbase and avoid losing television viewers, according to former ATP Player Council president and doubles specialist Eric Butorac. The 35-year-old American, who was succeeded by world number one Novak Djokovic as president, said speed of play is high on the agenda for the new board, which also includes two-time reigning Olympic champion Andy Murray of Britain. "It's too slow," Butorac,
  
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• Strong 'knew all along' about his quarterback duo at Texas

  05-09-2016 22:17
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Charlie Strong says he "knew all along" what he had at quarterback. He just chose not to tell anyone.
  
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