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• Novak Djokovic beats Dominic Thiem in Rome Open semi-final

  20-05-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world No 2, who lost in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open to Rafael Nadal last week, beat Austrian Thiem 6-1, 6-0. He will play Alexander Zverev in the final on Sunday.
  
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• Pavey misses 10,000m World Championships qualifying chance

  20-05-2017 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five-time Olympian Jo Pavey misses a chance to automatically qualify for the World Championships after finishing fourth in the British 10,000m trials.
  
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• Why losing Alexis Sanchez would be such a nightmare for Arsenal

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  Arsenal supporters are facing up their own nightmare - that the FA Cup will be Alexis Sanchez's final game for the Gunners
  
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• Pep Guardiola: What have I learned from my first Premier League season? Score more goals

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  A lack of goals or, more specifically, the low ratio between chances created and those converted are what see City going into today’s final afternoon of the season hanging on for a top-four finish rather than pushing Chelsea for the title.
  
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• Manchester United’s Daley Blind puts old ties behind him for Europa League final

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  The Dutchman has been one of United’s steadiest players this season, three years after joining them from Ajax, and he will face some old friends next weekManchester United’s season has in effect come down to one match: Wednesday’s Europa League final against Ajax in Stockholm will determine whether or not José Mourinho’s side will be playing Champions League football this autumn. But for one player there is a little more to the meeting than that.Daley Blind came to
  
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• Liverpool aim to master final day nerves to confirm progress under Jürgen Klopp

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  Emotions will be high as the Champions League contenders bid to defeat relegated Middlesbrough but their manager says they must keep things simpleGraeme Souness played in the last Middlesbrough team to win a league game at Anfield, 41 years and two months ago. Steve Agnew’s relegated side have won once on their demoralising travels in the Premier League this season, at Sunderland, the only team inferior to themselves. Yet when Jürgen Klopp describes how Liverpool fans will approach Mi
  
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• Ligue 1: Monaco reject world record £103 million bid for Kylian Mbappe from Real Madrid

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  Monaco have turned down a world-record fee of around €120 million euros (£103m) from Real Madrid for 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe, according to reports.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp: My Liverpool team deserves to finish in top four

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  If Liverpool’s composure and ability to handle the pressure of a season-defining final home game with Middlesbrough can be gauged by their manager Jurgen Klopp, then Anfield will be celebrating Champions League football by the end of play on Sunday.
  
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• Johan Cruyff's spirit lives on at Ajax

  20-05-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPECIAL REPORT - OLIVER HOLT IN AMSTERDAM: In the shadow of the stadium that will soon be known as the Johan Cruyff Arena, the current Ajax squad has grand plans.
  
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• FAN'S VIEW: It's time for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to go

  20-05-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TIM PAYTON - ARSENAL SUPPORTERS' TRUST BOARD MEMBER: Sunday is the start of a huge fortnight for Arsenal fans. Will we fall out of the Champions League for the first time in 21 years?
  
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• Daley Blind: I may be an Ajax fan but in the Europa League final I am Manchester United, I am a Red

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  Daley Blind was five years old when his father Danny, in the autumn of his career, captained the famous Ajax team that won the 1995 Champions League under Louis van Gaal, completing a hat-trick of what was once the three great European trophies.
  
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• Ajax’s Bertrand Traoré hopes to show Chelsea what they are missing

  20-05-2017 23:30
  
  Bertrand Traoré is on loan from Chelsea and comes up against José Mourinho, a big admirer of the precocious forward, in the Europa League finalA Europa League final offers scant opportunity for sentiment but there will be room for a touch of mutual fondness when Bertrand Traoré and José Mourinho come to exchange pleasantries. Traoré was the final player to be given a competitive debut at Chelsea by his former manager; at that point, in September 2015, it would
  
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• Sunderland set to receive £100m in Premier League money

  20-05-2017 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland, who are set to register the sixth worst Premier League points tally ever, will still bag major prize money. Title winners Chelsea, funded by £1.053bn in loans, will be the clear fiscal winners.
  
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• Anthony Watson: ‘The All Blacks are good but we will try to dominate them’

  20-05-2017 23:15
  
  The 23-year-old wing talks about Lions choir practice, rooming with Stuart Hogg, the good and bad of touring New Zealand and his fear of being finedBeing selected by the Lions for the first time is a step into the unknown for players in the professional era who socialise with opponents after matches considerably less than their amateur predecessors. When the Bath and England wing Anthony Watson arrived at the Lions training camp in the Vale of Glamorgan last weekend there were, aside from his cl
  
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• Wasps’ Kurtley Beale in race to be fit for swan song in Premiership final

  20-05-2017 22:50
  
  • ‘It’s a hamstring – fingers crossed it’s not too bad’
  • Wasps full-back aiming for Twickenham final against ExeterDai Young remains optimistic Kurtley Beale will be available for the Premiership final, which would be the No15’s last match for Wasps before he returns to Australia.“He went off with a bit of a hamstring injury. Fingers crossed it’s not too bad,” the Wasps director of rugby said. “There’s a bit of a tight
  
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• European preview: Five-year wait over for Real Madrid?

  20-05-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid and Barcelona battle for the title on the final day of La Liga on Sunday, while Juventus can be crowned champions of Italy.
  
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• Bayern Munich say 'Farewell Philipp' as Lahm retires

  20-05-2017 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich bid farewell to the retiring Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso. The pair were doused in beer, and Lahm even got a big kiss off Franck Ribery, to get the party underway.
  
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• Champions League places up for grabs on Premier League's final day

  20-05-2017 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On Sunday the Premier League season finishes with all 20 clubs playing at 15:00 BST - catch up with the big issues on the final day.
  
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• Last-gasp Wigan snatch draw against Warrington

  20-05-2017 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Burgess scores a dramatic last-minute try as Wigan Warriors draw with Warrington Wolves at Magic Weekend in Newcastle.
  
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• Judas, clowns and wild horses - who said what in our Premier League quotes of the season?

  20-05-2017 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who asked what a tackle is? Who set the bar remarkably low? Who needs breaking in? Find out with the quotes of the season.
  
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• Hamburg 2-1 Wolfsburg: Hosts snatch dramatic survival

  20-05-2017 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gian-Luca Waldschmidt scored an 88th-minute winner as Hamburg beat Wolfsburg 2-1 in dramatic fashion to secure their Bundesliga status and plunge the Wolves into a relegation play-off.
  
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• Wasps beat Leicester in thriller to reach Premiership final

  20-05-2017 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Josh Bassett's 78th-minute try sends Wasps to their first Premiership final in nine years thanks to a thrilling win over Leicester.
  
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• Djokovic to face Zverev in Italian Open final after thrashing Thiem

  20-05-2017 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World number two Novak Djokovic beats Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-0 to reach the Italian Open final in Rome.
  
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• Arsenal beat Birmingham as Liverpool held - highlights & report

  20-05-2017 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  WSL 1 Spring Series leaders Liverpool are held by Bristol City, after Arsenal beat Birmingham to move up to second.
  
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• Clinical Munster see off Ospreys to reach Pro12 final - highlights & report

  20-05-2017 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Munster are to face Scarlets in the Pro12 final after a three-tries-to-none win over Ospreys in the semi-final.
  
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• Everton willing to sell £20m midfielder James McCarthy

  20-05-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manager Ronald Koeman says the 26-year-old has a future at Goodison but club sources maintain they will try and sell McCarthy for around £20million to help offset their planned summer spending spree.
  
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• London teen reaches FIFA Ultimate Team Championships final

  20-05-2017 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Before heading to Berlin Shaun Springette was just another teenager from London. But now the 18-year-old can call himself a gaming superstar. His efforts saw him scoop £60,000.
  
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• FA clearly falling short on transparency in sexual abuse scandal

  20-05-2017 21:00
  
  The refusal to name the eight clubs who missed two deadlines to pass on whatever information they had in the sexual abuse inquiry is bafflingIt has been six months now since football was plunged into a sexual abuse scandal and, though it is difficult sometimes to keep track of the figures, it was 560 people at the last count who had made the life-changing decision to break their silence and turn what began as a trickle into what Greg Clarke, chairman of the Football Association, has subsequently
  
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• Hull 0-45 St Helens: Walmsley scores twice in exhibition

  20-05-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Australian head coach Justin Holbrook jetted into the UK earlier this week after quitting his post as No2 at Sydney Roosters and he was in the stands to oversee a stunning victory.
  
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• Chievo 3-5 Roma: Spalletti's men keep pressure on Juventus

  20-05-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roma kept their faint Serie A title hopes alive with a thrilling win away to Chievo which keeps the pressure on Juventus.
  
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• Bayern Munich celebrate fifth Bundesliga title in a row

  20-05-2017 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After winning five Bundesliga titles in succession, it might be thought that Bayern Munich would have toned down the celebrations, such is their dominance of German football.
  
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• Gareth Steenson says Exeter can win Premiership after ending Saracens run

  20-05-2017 20:45
  
  • Chiefs fly-half Gareth Steenson says team will ‘go hard’ against Wasps
  • Mark McCall says of Saracens’ 18-16 defeat: ‘We can hold our heads high’Exeter believe they have what it takes to become champions after coming from behind to defeat the European Cup holders, Saracens with a last-minute try before a record crowd at Sandy Park.The try by their replacement No8 Sam Simmonds from a driving maul, after Henry Slade’s 60-metre kick to touch had set u
  
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• Alvaro Quiros five clear before Rocco Forte Open final day

  20-05-2017 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On a day when strong winds gusting up to 30mph made scoring hugely difficult, overnight leader Quiros was one of just seven players to break par with a third round of 70 at Verdura Golf Club.
  
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• Magic Weekend roundup: St Helens pull one out the hat to stun Hull FC

  20-05-2017 20:41
  
  • Hull FC 0-45 St Helens; Widnes 12-34 Wakefield
  • Wigan 24-24 WarringtonIf this is to be the final Magic Weekend in Newcastle, then all the signs point to the event going out on a high. There have been no shortage of upsets and standout moments in the 11-year history of rugby league’s annual on-the-road round and the opening day of the 2017 event had a heartening mix of everything.The middle salvo of an encouraging first act to the weekend offered up one of the event’s mos
  
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• Godolphin targets four runners in the Derby

  20-05-2017 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Godolphin, who landed the Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newbury for the eighth time with Richard Fahey-trained Ribchester, could potentially still have four runners in the Investec Derby on June 3.
  
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• Wasps go to Premiership final as Josh Bassett’s late try floors Leicester

  20-05-2017 20:38
  
  • Wasps 21-20 Leicester
  • Tigers battle back to lead but undone in final minuteThe second semi-final here matched the first at Exeter as an epic of scarcely conceivable drama and intensity. Finally, after a second half that touched extraordinary heights, it was Wasps who stepped clear and on to Twickenham to face the Chiefs, stealing yet another victory at this new home of theirs at the very end.Leicester, after the season they have had, came here without so much as a prayer but put in
  
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• Dortmund 4-3 Bremen: Late penalty earns third place

  20-05-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aubameyang, who scored twice to be crowned top scorer with 31 goals, converted the 89th minute penalty to see Dortmund finish third in the Bundesliga and seal a big European bonus.
  
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• Celtic captain Brown credits improved fitness to Rodgers

  20-05-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brown was named the Ladbrokes Premiership player of the year following a campaign of impressive performances, underpinned by his energetic display this week at Firhill.
  
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• MotoGP star Jack Miller survives horror crash

  20-05-2017 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack Miller was lucky to survive unscathed from a massive crash in final practice, with his Marc VDS Honda going off track and slamming into the tyre wall.
  
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• Bradford boss McCall 'close to hitting' Millwall fans after pitch invasion

  20-05-2017 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bradford City boss Stuart McCall says he was "close to clocking" Millwall fans who invaded the pitch at the end of the League One play-off final.
  
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• Ciro Immobile shows off new tattoo dedicated to his family

  20-05-2017 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lazio striker Ciro Immobile has displayed his sensitive side by showing off a new tattoo dedicated to his family.Lazio fell to a 2-0 defeat by Juventus in the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday.
  
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• Steve Morison says Millwall fans 'ruined' play-off win

  20-05-2017 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Millwall hero Steve Morison admitted some supporters 'ruined' his side's return to the Championship after invading the pitch at Wembley after their victory over Bradford.
  
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• Millwall fans invade Wembley pitch after play-off win over Bradford – video

  20-05-2017 20:22
  
  Millwall supporters flood on to the Wembley pitch following their side’s 1-0 win over Bradford in the League One play-off final on Saturday. Fans stayed on the pitch for a short time but drew an angry response from match winner Steve Morison, who said the pitch invasion had ‘ruined’ their victoryMatch report: Bradford City 0-1 MillwallContinue reading...
  
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• Alexander Zverev sets up Italian Open final against resurgent Novak Djokovic

  20-05-2017 20:09
  
  • Zverev defeats John Isner 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in Rome semi-final
  • Djokovic finds his form to thrash Dominic Thiem 6-1, 6-0John Isner, who has seen a lot of good players come and go in his 12 years on the Tour, thinks the 20-year-old Alexander Zverev, who beat him for the third time in a row to reach his first Masters 1000 final, has what it takes to be “one of the greats”.The tall, thin, deceptively powerful German will never have had a bigger stage on which to deliver on such
  
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• Bradford City 0-1 Millwall: Lions win Wembley final

  20-05-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT WEMBLEY: Millwall hero Steve Morison said his club's fans 'absolutely ruined' their promotion party at Wembley Stadium on Saturday after an unsavoury pitch invasion.
  
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• Formula E: Buemi dominates in Paris as di Grassi crashes twice

  20-05-2017 20:05
  
  Kenny Campbell rounds up the action in Paris
  
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• Widnes 12-34 Wakefield: Chase's debut ends in defeat

  20-05-2017 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wakefield maintained their challenge for a first-ever top-four finish in the Betfred Super League with an impressive 34-12 rout of bottom club Widnes in the Dacia Magic Weekend in Newcastle.
  
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• Millwall’s promotion party ‘ruined’ by Wembley pitch invasion, says Morison

  20-05-2017 20:01
  
  • Matchwinner Steve Morison angry at encroachment after win over Bradford
  • ‘It should be our faces in the papers, not those few who let us all down’Millwall’s matchwinner, Steve Morison, said the fans who invaded the pitch after their 1-0 win over Bradford in the League One play-off final spoilt the occasion for him. Related: Steve Morison fires Millwall past Bradford and into the ChampionshipContinue reading...
  
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• Leaning & Brooks lead Yorkshire charge in Roses match

  20-05-2017 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jack Leaning hits an unbeaten century as Yorkshire pile on the runs against Lancashire on a rain-affected second day.
  
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• Relegated Inverness must get rid of 'bad apples', says boss Foran

  20-05-2017 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boss Richie Foran says Inverness must rid themselves of "two or three bad apples" after their relegation to the Championship.
  
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