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• Twenty20 future moves step closer as majority vote in favour of adopting ambitious ECB plans for city competition

  14-09-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A meeting of all 18 county chairmen and chief executives, along with those from MCC, voted 16-3 in favour of adopting in principle the ambitious plans for a city competition.
  
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• Jenson Button aims to be 'fittest driver ever' to make successful return... and why BAR days are among his best in F1

  14-09-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAN RIPLEY: Despite taking next year off from F1, Button aims to take inspiration from his idol Alain Prost as well as maintaining his high fitness levels ahead of a potential return to McLaren in 2018.
  
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• Gonzalo Higuaín denied as Sevilla blunt Juventus’ threat in opening salvo

  14-09-2016 23:52
  
  The Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuaín was largely anonymous as his new side were held to a disappointing 0-0 draw by Sevilla in their opening group match in the Champions League on Wednesday.Higuaín joined from rivals Napoli for 90 million euros (£77m) in the off season after scoring 36 goals last season to break a 66-year-old Serie A record. He scored twice in the opening 10 minutes of a 3-1 win over Sassuolo on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Jürgen Klopp says Liverpool will not target ‘world-class’ Diego Costa

  14-09-2016 23:49
  
  • Manager takes his side to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea on Friday
  • Blues forward has made excellent start to Premier League campaignJürgen Klopp has said Liverpool must match Diego Costa’s aggression at Chelsea on Friday tomorrow but added he would never ask his team to provoke an opponent into a red card.The Chelsea striker has been in fine form for Antonio Conte’s team, scoring four goals in four games plus two for Spain in their 8-0 defeat of Liechtenstein. Klo
  
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• Morata hits injury-time winner to earn Real comeback win

  14-09-2016 23:44
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Late strikes from Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata gave Real Madrid a last-gasp 2-1 win over Sporting Lisbon as the European champions came from behind to win the first game of their Champions League defence. Ronaldo denied his Portuguese boyhood club a famous win by scoring an equaliser from a free-kick in the 89th minute just when it seemed Madrid could, sensationally, lose their opening game in Group F. Morata then headed home deep in injury time to
  
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• Christian Wade left baffled by England snub as try machine continues to impress for Wasps 

  14-09-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER - EXCLUSIVE: Christian Wade is resigned to the fact he may never add to his solitary England cap, despite being considered one of the top finishers in Europe.
  
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• Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford: Jonathan Kodjia's curler not enough for first win in five after John Egan equaliser

  14-09-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RALPH ELLIS AT VILLA PARK: Aston Villa's miserable home run continued as John Egan's equaliser two minutes from time left them floundering near the foot of the early Championship table.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool will not try to wind-up 'world-class' Chelsea striker Diego Costa during heavyweight Friday night clash

  14-09-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spain international Costa has made a blistering start to the season, with four goals in four Premier League games, and he has history against Liverpool. He was banned for stamping on Emre Can.
  
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• Danny Kerry is ready to ditch Team GB's Rio 2016 golden hockey girls as he looks forward to Tokyo

  14-09-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mastermind behind British hockey's golden summer, Danny Kerry, believes there will be many changes to Team GB's women's hockey squad when Tokyo 2020 comes around.
  
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• Dame Sarah Storey can transfer her Paralympic success onto Olympic stage, says 13-time gold medal winner's coach

  14-09-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The picturesque Rio beach resort of Pontal with its rolling waves and wooden huts selling coconuts was a fitting backdrop as Storey won the road time trial by more than a minute.
  
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• FIFA keen for Ballon d'Or ceremony to take place in London

  14-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: The event is traditionally held in FIFA’s home city of Zurich but there’s a desire to add more glitz and numbers to the occasion with a change of venue and London is first choice.
  
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• England and Italy in tussle for talented Saracens fly-half Alex Lozowski  

  14-09-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: England are facing a tussle with Italy over Saracens No 10 Alex Lozowski after England head coach Eddie Jones earmarked the youngster for a wildcard Test call-up.
  
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• So Mi Dar heading to Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe next month but filly's hopes of feature race glory may have to wait

  14-09-2016 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is the 10-furlong Group One Prix De L'Opera against her own sex which is being lined up for the John Gosden-trained filly who carries the colours of composer Lord Lloyd Webber.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Thursday, September 15 

  14-09-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Thursday's meetings at Ayr, Pontefract, Yarmouth and Chelmsford City.
  
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• Imperious Riyad Mahrez leaves Leicester fans in celebratory mood in Belgium

  14-09-2016 23:23
  
  Claudio Ranieri described Leicester’s prospects of winning the Champions League as ‘impossible’ but their travelling fans were of a different opinionOne down, 12 matches to go. “Impossible,” says Claudio Ranieri, and the Leicester City manager may well be right when he rules out the prospect of the English champions being crowned kings of Europe, but the first step on a long road to the final was taken with the minimum of fuss on a balmy evening in Belgium.The phras
  
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• Tottenham 1-2 Monaco PLAYER RATINGS: Toby Alderweireld and Dele Alli the top performers on tough night

  14-09-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT WEMBLEY: Spurs found it tough back at Europe's top table and crumbled to defeat in front of 85,011 fans with Toby Alderweireld grabbing what proved to be a consolation.
  
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• Brentford’s John Egan denies Aston Villa victory after Jonathan Kodjia’s opener

  14-09-2016 23:18
  
  John Egan’s late goal rescued a point for Brentford and denied Aston Villa a first win in five Championship matches. It looked as if Jonathan Kodjia’s first goal for Villa would earn them all three points but Roberto Di Matteo’s side had to settle for only one after Egan struck in the 88th minute to make it 1-1. Related: Newcastle flying high as Jonjo Shelvey scores twice in mauling of QPRContinue reading...
  
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• Real Madrid 2-1 Sporting Lisbon: Holders Real turn Champions League contest on its head to break Sporting hearts

  14-09-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronaldo's strike cancelled out the visitors' 46 minute opener and when Alvaro Morata headed with the last play of the game Zinedine Zidane's team had somehow taken all three points.
  
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• Club Bruges 0-3 Leicester City: Foxes off to the perfect start on Champions League debut

  14-09-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE JAN BREYDELSTADION: They were not intimidated. They were not out of their depth. Leicester City: they know what they are. This scoreline did not flatter them.
  
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• Tottenham 1-2 Monaco: Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar ruin Spurs' Champions League return in front of record crowd at Wembley

  14-09-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW AT WEMBLEY: Tottenham's return to the Champions League fell flat in front of a sell out stadium at Wembley after they were beaten 2-1 by Ligue 1 leaders Monaco.
  
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• Champions League round-up: Borussia Dortmund make ruthless start against Legia Warsaw while Juventus stumble against Sevilla

  14-09-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was an emphatic start for Thomas Tuchel's Borussia Dortmund side who ran out 6-0 winners against Legia Warsaw but Juventus's campaign got off to a slow start against Sevilla.
  
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• Manchester City 4-0 Borussia Monchengladbach: Sergio Aguero bags a hat-trick and Kelechi Iheanacho scores in the final moments as City begin life in Europe under Pep Guardiola with a win

  14-09-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City began life in the Champions League under Pep Guardiola with a comfortable 4-0 win, over German side Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Leicester City ease to victory over Club Brugge on Champions League debut

  14-09-2016 22:57
  
  As first experiences of the Champions League go, Leicester City are probably entitled to wonder whether it is always this straightforward. It is not, as they will no doubt discover later in the competition, but this was a hugely satisfying way to start their European excursions and a reassuring way to find out there is no need to be apprehensive about taking their place at the top table.Not every team will be as generous as Club Brugge but it was still striking to see Claudio Ranieri’s sid
  
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• Copenhagen hold Porto to 1-1 draw

  14-09-2016 22:57
  By Philip O'Connor (Reuters) - A second-half header by Andreas Cornelius gave visitors FC Copenhagen a share of the spoils as they drew 1-1 with Porto in their opening Group G Champions League clash on Wednesday. The home side went ahead in the 13th minute when Otavio Edmilson dispossessed Copenhagen midfielder Thomas Delaney on the edge of his penalty area before playing a quick one-two with Andre Silva and rifling home the ball. Striker Cornelius, 23, hit back early in the second half, heading
  
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• Two-goal Mahrez gives Leicester flying start at Bruges

  14-09-2016 22:54
  Leicester City enjoyed the easiest possible introduction to Champions League football as two Riyad Mahrez goals helped them to brush off the limited Group G challenge of Club Bruges 3-0 at the Jan Breydel stadium on Wednesday. The win was Leicester's first in any European competition for 55 years and last season's surprise Premier League champions could not have wished for a better start, taking the lead when Marc Albrighton seized on a misplaced header from a long throw to score in the fifth mi
  
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• Tottenham lure record crowd to Wembley but Monaco spoil the party

  14-09-2016 22:54
  
  They came in their tens of thousands and the sense of occasion was palpable. Never before had so many watched a home club game in English football history but the over-riding emotion among the whopping 85,011 in attendance would be regret.What if Tottenham had been more clinical? What if they had not switched off twice in the first half to concede? Tottenham did not look unnerved by the grandest of occasions at Wembley. They merely came up on the wrong side of the finest of margins against a Mon
  
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• Monaco stun Tottenham with victory at Wembley

  14-09-2016 22:54
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - First-half goals by Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar earned Monaco a surprise 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in their Champions League Group E opener at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday to silence the London club's record 'home' attendance. Goals from Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar stunned the vast majority of the 85,011 fans at the national stadium -- Tottenham's adopted home for this season's Champions League -- before the hosts responded.
  
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• Aguero hat-trick helps Man City defeat Moenchengladbach

  14-09-2016 22:50
  MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Manchester City's Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as coach Pep Guardiola maintained his 100 percent record at the club with a commanding 4-0 victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach in their rearranged Champions League Group C opener on Wednesday. City immediately took control of the game, which was postponed on Tuesday due to heavy rain, and Aguero gave them the lead in the eighth minute when he lifted a cross from Aleksandar Kolarov high into the Moenchengladbach net.
  
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• Agüero hat-trick inspires Manchester City against Borussia Mönchengladbach

  14-09-2016 22:48
  
  Sergio Agüero scored his second hat-trick in two Champions League starts as Manchester City prolonged their 100% to the season with a comfortable victory in their rain-delayed Champions League game, making it seven wins out of seven in all competitions. Related: Tottenham left to lament Wembley woes after Lemar strikes for MonacoRelated: Manchester City v Borussia Mönchengladbach: Champions League – as it happenedRelated: Leicester City ease to victory over Club Brugge on Champio
  
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• Manchester City 4-0 Borussia Monchengladbach PLAYER RATINGS: Sergio Aguero steals the show as Ilkay Gundogan impresses on his debut 

  14-09-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Sergio Aguero hat-trick helped Manchester City to a victory over Borussia Monchengladbach. Here, Sportsmail's JACK GAUGHAN rates the performances of both sides' players at the Etihad.
  
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• Tottenham stunned by Monaco in front of record Wembley crowd

  14-09-2016 22:38
  
  Tottenham Hotspur were taught a harsh lesson on their return to the Champions League after Monaco delivered a sucker-punch to claim a surprise win in front of a record-breaking 85,011 at Wembley Stadium. The biggest home crowd to watch an English club in Europe produced a stellar noise but they were unable to rouse the home team sufficiently. Bernardo Silva hammered home from outside the box after Erik Lamela had been disposed before Thomas Lemar reacted first after Spurs failed to clear Djibril
  
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• Wada hacking scandal: debate turns to the use of powerful legal drugs

  14-09-2016 22:32
  
  Condemnation of hackers is followed by questions regarding the processes of applying for and taking certain therapeutic remediesFirst came the accusations, then the rebuttals. Now it is the questions and insinuations.On Tuesday the hacking group Fancy Bears posted confidential medical records of Serena and Venus Williams and the gymnast Simone Biles, including the banned substances for which they had a therapeutic use exemption (TUE). The athletes’ insistence that they have done nothing wr
  
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• Brazil: Ex-president Lula charged in corruption probe

  14-09-2016 22:07
  
  Prosecutors file charges against Lula, his wife and six others in connection to sprawling Petrobras corruption scandal.
  
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• US and Israel sign record $38bn military aid deal

  14-09-2016 21:38
  
  US president says the 10-year, $38bn arms deal will help bolster Israel's security in "a dangerous neighbourhood".
  
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• Frankie Dettori all smiles after So Mi Dar wins on comeback at Yarmouth

  14-09-2016 21:26
  
  • Lady Lloyd Webber: ‘We will have to look at Chantilly next for her”
  • Dettori described his mount’s performance as ‘silky smooth’The Classics, Royal Ascot and York all came and went while So Mi Dar was recovering from an injury after her win in the Musidora Stakes in May but she should get at least one chance to put a Group One victory on her three-year-old record after a smooth and convincing return to action here on Wednesday. Related: Prix de l’
  
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• Italian TV station suspends ties with Di Canio over fascist tattoo

  14-09-2016 21:21
  Sky Italia television station has suspended its ties with former Lazio and West Ham striker Paolo Di Canio after he presented a show wearing a T-shirt that showed he had a tattoo celebrating former Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Di Canio had his own weekly programme on Sky Italia, a unit of Sky Plc, to discuss the English premier league, but sparked controversy on Sunday when he appeared with bare arms, with the word "Dux" inked large on his right forearm. "Dux" refers to Italy's World War Two
  
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• Rugby union’s global season talks reveal game of two halves

  14-09-2016 21:01
  
  • European season may start in October and finish in June• Changes simplify things for south but north remains complicatedPlans to realign the seasons in the two hemispheres remain at the draft stage despite reports that a number of details, such as starting and finishing the season in Europe a month later and having no summer tours after a World Cup, have been agreed. The Six Nations unions have yet to find a common approach, never mind strike an accord with the southern hemisphere.Wo
  
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• Gaza-bound flotilla sails off from Spain's Barcelona

  14-09-2016 20:59
  
  International activists on two boats carrying food and medicine aim to break Israeli siege on Palestinian territory.
  
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• Manchester United don't want to be in Europa League... but we want to win it, admits Jose Mourinho ahead of Feyenoord opener

  14-09-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER IN ROTTERDAM: Jose Mourinho’s side face their opening Europa League tie away to Feyenoord in a half-empty De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam on Thursday.
  
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• Heat forward Chris Bosh: 'I'm ready to play' after clots

  14-09-2016 20:52
  MIAMI (AP) — Chris Bosh has pronounced himself ready to play again.
  
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• Comcast's NBCU books $250 million in profit from Rio Olympics coverage

  14-09-2016 20:49
  (Reuters) - NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp, said the company booked more than $250 million in profit from the Rio Olympics coverage, helped by strong advertising sales. Advertising sales rose more than 20 percent to $1.2 billion, compared with the 2012 London Olympics, NBC Universal Chief Executive Steve Burke said on Wednesday. Despite a drop in viewership, NBC had said in August that it could top the $120 million profit that it had recorded from the 2012 Olympics coverage.
  
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• Lancashire’s Rob Jones carries bat and blocks Middlesex title hopes

  14-09-2016 20:39
  
  • Middlesex 327 & 72-4 v Lancashire 259
  • Jones, 20, is youngest Lancashire batsman to carry bat since 1935
  Lancashire fans will have realised on Tuesday that Rob Jones was a cricketer with a bit about him. Having faced the first ball, the 20-year-old Jones, playing his third first-class match (his second as an ersatz opener), had stood at the other end as his side crumbled to six for four, then battled to 42 off 117 balls to begin the rearguard.Another 159 balls later, Jones
  
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• Paolo Di Canio axed as Sky Sport Italia pundit after displaying fascist 'Dux' tattoo

  14-09-2016 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A statement by the TV company on Wednesday read: 'We made a mistake. We apologise for those whose sensibilities were hurt.' Di Canio has previously courted controversy in England.
  
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• Eddie Jones visits Southampton before Europa League tie against Sparta Prague

  14-09-2016 20:31
  
  • England rugby union head coach visits Claude Puel at training ground
  • Saints set to make Europa League bow against Czech side on ThursdaySouthampton’s preparations for the Europa League visit of Sparta Prague on Thursday night have included a visit from the England rugby union head coach, Eddie Jones.The Australian visited the club’s training ground on Wednesday morning, and though he was there for his own experience he had a conversation with the manager, Claude Puel, a
  
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• Missouri lawmaker sits for Pledge, cites Kaepernick protest

  14-09-2016 20:29
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state senator has refused to stand while her colleagues recited the Pledge of Allegiance in the state Capitol.
  
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