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• Alastair Cook is a proud leader of men

  06-02-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: The England captain has to be an ambassador for his country. The dignified way he always went about his business has been to his immense credit.
  
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• Trump summit with Japan's Abe to include round of golf

  06-02-2017 23:57
  By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will play a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida this week and said he will make sure the Japanese leader is his partner in the game, rather than a competitor. Trump, who is due to welcome Abe at the White House on Friday, told Westwood One Sports Radio on Sunday that golf was a better way to get to know someone than having lunch. A transcript of the interview was made available by the White House.
  
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• Bouchard agrees to blind date after betting against Brady

  06-02-2017 23:52
  (Reuters) - Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard says she will honour a promise to go on a blind date with a Twitter follower after losing a Super Bowl bet. When the Atlanta Falcons appeared headed for a runaway victory in Houston on Sunday, the Canadian tennis player tweeted to her one million followers: "I knew Atlanta would win btw." That prompted a follower to ask her if she would go on a date if the New England Patriots pulled off a comeback victory.
  
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• BIBA introduces scanners to help prevent brain injuries

  06-02-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brain injuries like those sustained by Nick Blackwell, Mike Towell and Tommy Martin could be a thing of the past as the British and Irish Boxing Authority introduces Infra-Scanners to the sport.
  
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• Umpire hit by Shapovalov 'lucky to escape serious injury'

  06-02-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frenchman Arnaud Gabas spoke of how he felt lucky to escape a more serious injury after Canada’s Denis Shapovalov drilled a ball into his face during Britain’s Davis Cup tie against Canada.
  
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• James Haskell: England must ignore hostile crowd in Wales

  06-02-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old flanker has responded to Eddie Jones’s demand for answers for past English failures in Cardiff by emphasising the need to avoid the ‘sideshow’ created by a hostile crowd.
  
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• Tipuric on big hits, his Croatian heritage and wrestling

  06-02-2017 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wales flanker Justin Tipuric is not a one-trick pony. His attacking skills have been deemed worthy of a Test centre but his defensive statistics with the Ospreys this season are also faultless.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for February 7

  06-02-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Market Rasen, Hereford and Newcastle.
  
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• Van der Westhuizen was a warrior and the man we all feared

  06-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: The fact that we lost the former South Africa captain on Monday, at the age of 45, six years after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, is a tragedy beyond belief.
  
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• Twickenham season-ticket holders angered by the RFU

  06-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Twickenham are under fire on two fronts from disgruntled debenture holders who helped bankroll the rugby stadium.
  
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• New England Patriots join list of great sporting comebacks

  06-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Even Donald Trump had given up on his friend Tom Brady before the end of the third quarter. The President got up from the table at his swanky Super Bowl golf club party and left.
  
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• Daniel Jacobs is new favourite to face Chris Eubank Jr

  06-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: There is a new favourite to be the next opponent for Chris Eubank Jr following his IBO world title victory over Renold Quinlan and it is not Gennady Golovkin.
  
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• Rafael Nadal is heading back to Queen's Club

  06-02-2017 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 14-time Grand Slam champion won the tournament in 2008 prior to clinching his first Wimbledon title with victory over Roger Federer.
  
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• Tom Brady tells of stolen jersey in Super Bowl MVP speech – video

  06-02-2017 23:27
  
  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was awarded the Super Bowl MVP award on Monday after leading his team to a historic comeback victory against the Atlanta Falcons. In his acceptance speech, Brady thanked his team and fans, and also mentioned a bizarre development in which his game jersey was stolen from the Patriots lockeroom after the finalTom Brady: the quarterback who even time can’t beatContinue reading...
  
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• We can put GB women's tennis on map - Keothavong

  06-02-2017 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong says her team, who face Estonia on Wednesday, can "put women's tennis on the map in this country".
  
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• Super Bowl hero James White has a history of coming up big

  06-02-2017 23:19
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — James White was not the New England Patriots' featured running back when Super Bowl 51 started.
  
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• Juan Cuadrado gets his groove back as Juventus dance past Internazionale | Paolo Bandini

  06-02-2017 23:17
  
  The Colombian winger continued his knack for scoring big goals for Juventus, with his first league goal for nine months earning victory over in-form Inter and justifying his return to the starting line-upJuan Cuadrado just wants an excuse to cut a rug. Reflecting on the importance of a good celebration during an interview for La Repubblica last week, Juventus’s Colombian winger observed that “with our national team, we always say that we only score goals so that we’ll have a re
  
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• Texas rangers called in to help find Tom Brady's missing Super Bowl jersey

  06-02-2017 23:14
  
  Texas lieutenant governor says: ‘The Texas rangers are on the trail’Jersey went missing at NRG Stadium after improbable comeback win
  Brady sidesteps Deflategate after triumphant return from suspensionTom Brady’s Super Bowl jersey went missing after the Patriots’ remarkable victory over the Falcons on Sunday night. But fear not: the Texas rangers are on the case. Related: New England Patriots fans celebrate Super Bowl win – in picturesContinue reading...
  
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• Resurgent Nadal returns to Queen's Club

  06-02-2017 23:08
  A resurgent Rafael Nadal will warm up for Wimbledon by returning to The Queen's Club for the Aegon Championships in June. The 14-times grand slam champion missed the entire grasscourt season last year with a wrist injury but after finishing runner-up to Roger Federer at the Australian Open, he hopes a good run in west London will bode well in his pursuit of a third Wimbledon title. "I am very happy to be coming back to Queen's.... It is the best way for me to be ready for Wimbledon,” the S
  
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• Eddie Jones warns England players not to use Cardiff effect as an excuse

  06-02-2017 23:08
  
  • England’s Australian head coach plays down Welsh home advantage
  • James Haskell says team have learnt from past trips to CardiffPart of Eddie Jones would love to wind up as many Welshmen as possible between now and Saturday. The rest of him is slightly more circumspect because England are not where he would ideally like to be after the opening 80 minutes of this year’s Six Nations. There is obvious room for improvement and delivering motivational team talks to their hosts
  
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• Israel approves controversial settlement expansion bill

  06-02-2017 23:04
  
  Widely condemned 'Regulation Bill' slammed by Palestinian leaders as a means to 'legalise theft' of Palestinian land.
  
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• Rafael Nadal to play Aegon Championships alongside Andy Murray

  06-02-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rafael Nadal will warm up for Wimbledon by playing in the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club in London in June.
  
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• Athletics - Russia set to miss world championships as ban continues

  06-02-2017 22:44
  Russian track and field athletes look certain to miss out on this year's world championships after an IAAF task force recommended on Monday that the country's ban should run until November. Rune Anderson, head of the task force of the sport's world ruling body, told reporters he did not expect Russia to be re-admitted to the sport before November, meaning its athletes will not be able to take part in the global showpiece event in London in August. Russia's athletics federation (RUSAF) was banned
  
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• Ex-England rugby ace was blackmailed by two strippers

  06-02-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lisa Murphy, 39, and Violet Smith, 29, both admitted blackmailing the former England player Danny Cipriani between September and October 2015.
  
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• IAAF stops changes of allegiance, will set up new system

  06-02-2017 22:25
  The governing body of world athletics (IAAF) has put an immediate stop to changes of nationality by athletes, saying the system has become open to abuse and rules are being manipulated. IAAF President Sebastian Coe said a working group would be set up to agree new rules by the end of the year. "It has become abundantly clear that with regular multiple transfers of allegiance, especially from Africa, the present rules are no longer fit for purpose," Coe told reporters on Monday.
  
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• Russian athletes suspended for World Championships in London

  06-02-2017 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia will not be eligible to compete at this summer's World Championships in London, says athletics' world governing body.
  
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• AP source: Royals, Jason Hammel agree to $16M, 2-year deal

  06-02-2017 21:51
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals knew at some point they would have to move on from grieving over the sudden and tragic death of Yordano Ventura and address the difficult task of replacing him.
  
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• Vegas, baby! Who'll go No. 1? NFL offseason stories to watch

  06-02-2017 21:49
  
  Tom Brady took the high road while appearing with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and collecting the silver hardware for his record fourth Super Bowl MVP award. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick bemoaned needing to play catch-up when it comes to preparing for next season.
  
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• Ban on Russian athletes to be extended to London world championships

  06-02-2017 21:46
  
  • IAAF says Russia still refuses to acknowledge extent of doping problems
  • 35 Russian athletes have already applied to compete under a neutral flagRussia faces almost certain expulsion from this summer’s World Athletics Championships in London after an IAAF task force investigating the country’s efforts at reform following a series of doping scandals recommended that it should not return until November 2017.Rune Andersen, who led the International Association of Athletics
  
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• Defending Davis Cup champions Argentina lose by Italy 

  06-02-2017 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Argentina's reign as Davis Cup champions is over after less than three months following a dramatic defeat by Italy in Buenos Aires, with iconic footballer Diego Maradona watching on.
  
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• Fear and loathing at Selhurst Park: new boys must shock Crystal Palace to life | Dominic Fifield

  06-02-2017 21:31
  
  After 14 months of failure in front of their home fans, Sam Allardyce has to throw his signings in at the deep end to have any chance of staving off relegationThose bleary-eyed Crystal Palace players who had filed into the main meeting room upstairs at the club’s training centre early on Sunday morning did so with a sense of dread. The next few hours were spent revisiting the horrors of that first-half capitulation to Sunderland, wincing at the sight of panic setting in at the first setbac
  
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• Russia to miss London championships as IAAF extends ban

  06-02-2017 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia's ban from international athletics competition is set to extend beyond the World Championships in London in August, the IAAF has announced.
  
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• Judge who let Brady play offers his congratulations on win

  06-02-2017 21:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York judge who ruled against the National Football League in "Deflategate" said Monday that the New England Patriots showed with their Super Bowl victory "never to quit."
  
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• Fognini ends Argentine resistance to send Italy through

  06-02-2017 21:06
  By Luis Ampuero BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Fabio Fognini made his experience tell to beat Guido Pella in five sets and send Italy into the Davis Cup quarter-finals at the expense of depleted holders Argentina on Monday. Fognini battled back to win 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the final and deciding rubber which had been postponed on Sunday due to rain delays and failing light. Italy, who lost at home in last year's quarter-finals to an Argentine team that went on to win the trophy for the first time, wi
  
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• Injured Wehrlein could miss pre-season test

  06-02-2017 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein could miss the first pre-season test in Barcelona with a neck injury suffered in January's Race of Champions.
  
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• Athletics - Russia unlikely to be re-admitted before November: IAAF

  06-02-2017 20:53
  Russia will remain suspended from international athletics and is unlikely to be reinstated before November, the sport's governing body (IAAF) said on Monday. Rune Anderson, head of an IAAF task force, said Russia had been presented with a list of demands before it could be allowed to compete again. Russia's athletics federation (RUSAF) was banned in November 2015 after an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) probe exposed state-sponsored doping on a massive scale.
  
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• Zozulya unlikely to join Rayo, agent says

  06-02-2017 20:51
  Ukraine striker Roman Zozulya, falsely labelled a neo-Nazi by a Spanish newspaper, is unlikely to play for Rayo Vallecano this season, one of his agents said on Monday. Zozulya signed for the second division strugglers on loan from Real Betis last week but immediately came under fire from supporters who refused to accept his denial of the newspaper's allegation, which was later withdrawn. Some Rayo fans voiced their disapproval of Zozulya's possible arrival during Sunday's 1-0 home win over Alme
  
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• IAAF puts freeze on transfers of allegiance

  06-02-2017 20:48
  The governing body of world athletics (IAAF) has put a freeze on changes of nationality by athletes, saying the system has become open to abuse and that rules are being manipulated. IAAF president Sebastian Coe said a working group would be set up to agree new rules by the end of the year. "It has become abundantly clear that with regular multiple transfers of allegiance, especially from Africa, the present rules are no longer fit for purpose," Coe told reporters on Monday.
  
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• Brady gives credit to his mom, White for Super Bowl MVP win

  06-02-2017 20:32
  HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady doesn't want to talk about "Deflategate." He'd rather reflect on a night he will never forget and how much it meant to his mother.
  
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• Player fined $7K for hitting umpire with ball in Davis Cup

  06-02-2017 20:08
  
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov was fined $7,000 on Monday, a day after unintentionally striking umpire Arnaud Gabas in the eye and immediately ending the Davis Cup tie against Britain.
  
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• Pep Guardiola’s ruthless past shows Sergio Agüero exit is not impossible | Daniel Taylor

  06-02-2017 20:00
  
  The Manchester City manager turfed Samuel Eto’o out of Barcelona because of a gut feeling and doesn’t care if those he disappoints are the biggest namesThey light up the part of Manchester City’s stadium that takes it name from the most precious goal in the club’s history. Head along Ashton New Road on any night, pass the nostalgically named Maine Road Chippy, and you can hardly miss it. Martin Tyler’s commentary is emblazoned across the walls. Sergio Agüero is
  
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• UConn still No. 1, Tennessee re-enters women's hoops poll

  06-02-2017 19:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — UConn remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll while Tennessee re-enters the Top 25.
  
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• Tom Brady dodges Deflategate after comeback from suspension to MVP | Paolo Bandini

  06-02-2017 19:56
  
  Tom Brady ended the season collecting the Super Bowl MVP award from Roger Goodell, who had suspended him for its first four games, but handled Deflategate questions as expertly as he has dealt with opposing defencesTom Brady did not make things awkward. After orchestrating the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history on Sunday, overturning a 25-point deficit to beat Atlanta, the New England Patriots quarterback still had one more thorny task left to fulfil: collecting the game’s Most Valuab
  
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• Shapovalov fined after hitting umpire with ball in Davis Cup match

  06-02-2017 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canada's Denis Shapovalov is fined after being defaulted from his match against Great Britain's Kyle Edmund in the Davis Cup.
  
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• 'Bionic' Vonn sets out on quest for global treble

  06-02-2017 19:51
  (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn opens her assault on triple gold in St Moritz on Tuesday with the great American racer threatening once again to be the most captivating figure at the world Alpine skiing championships. Currently in the middle of another unfathomable comeback, this time from a broken right arm sustained in training late last year, the under-raced Vonn cannot be ruled out from adding to her career tally of six world championship medals. Certainly I've won a lot of World Cups, world champi
  
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• Woods should be 'very concerned' about back flare-up - expert

  06-02-2017 19:47
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - Tiger Woods' withdrawal from last week's Dubai Desert Classic due to back spasms has cast a lengthening shadow over his return to competition, leaving at least one expert to conclude his brilliant career is now drawing to a premature close. While manager Mark Steinberg downplayed the withdrawal, saying Woods had a "back spasm", sports injury expert Selene Parekh says the player "should be very concerned" that he had to make an early departure from the Middle Ea
  
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• Despite overtime finish, NFL Super Bowl draws lower TV ratings

  06-02-2017 19:41
  Fox Television's broadcast of Super Bowl LI on Sunday night drew 111.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen data released by the network on Monday, the smallest audience for the National Football League's title game in four years. The contest included a thrilling finish, with the New England Patriots staging a comeback to defeat the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football league's first-ever Super Bowl overtime. The Patriots returned from a 25-point deficit and quarterback Tom Brady, 39, won h
  
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• Denis Shapovalov fined £5,623 for hitting umpire with ball

  06-02-2017 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Denis Shapovalov has apologised to 'all tennis fans' after being fined $7,000 (£5,623) for his actions that saw an umpire struck in the face during Great Britain's Davis Cup victory over Canada.
  
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• Clubs in the dark over RFL plans to boost top players’ wages by £25,000

  06-02-2017 19:33
  
  • Rugby Football League in talks to offer players ‘ambassadorial contracts’
  • Some clubs unaware of move to tackle loss of players to NRL and rugby unionThe Rugby Football League is in talks with a number of elite England players over “ambassadorial contracts” which will mean they receive additional payment on top of their salaries at club level in return for promoting the sport.A number of teams were reportedly unaware that the RFL were contributing a figure in
  
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• Atletico Madrid star Lucas Hernandez leaves Spanish court

  06-02-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid defender Lucas Hernandez was in court on Monday after being charged of allegedly assaulting girlfriend Amelia Lorente.
  
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