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• Joe Hart remains open to staying at Manchester City

  21-06-2017 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joe Hart is keeping his options open – and that includes staying at Manchester City. Hart, who spent last season on loan at Torino has two years remaining on his contract at the Etihad.
  
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• Bad boy Brit Brydan Klein lands £35,000 Wimbledon wildcard

  21-06-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY KIERAN GILL AND MIKE DICKSON: The decision to award Brydan Kleina Wimbledon wildcard has led to some disapproval after bad- tempered behaviour in Nottingham.
  
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• Royal Ascot day three tips: Sportsmail guide to best bets

  21-06-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BETTING GUIDE: Sportsmail's tipsters bring you their best bets as Royal Ascot rolls into day three on Thursday. See all of our tips broken down so you can get the most from our guide to day three.
  
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• Josephine Gordon can't end 30-year wait at Royal Ascot 

  21-06-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY AT ROYAL ASCOT: Not tonight Josephine, as Napoleon told his excited Empress. And so the 30-year wait for a winning woman jockey at Royal Ascot goes on.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for June 22

  21-06-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Thursday's meetings at Chelmsford City, Lingfield, Ffos Las and Ripon.
  
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• Cricket set to scoop a £1billion bonanza

  21-06-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The ECB can look forward to a return near the £1bn mark for five years' worth of TV rights from 2020. There will be a straight battle between BT and Sky.
  
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• Read return inevitable but All Blacks add twist with Ioane and Crotty | Andy Bull

  21-06-2017 23:13
  
  The New Zealand coach Steve Hansen makes three changes to the side who crushed Samoa 78-0 for the first Test against the British & Irish LionsSteve Hansen has shown his hand, then, and it includes three changes to the side who beat Samoa 78-0 last week. At least one of them was easy to see coming. Kieran Read is back at No8 – as everyone knew he would be. But the other two have caught a few by surprise. Ryan Crotty is in at outside centre, ahead of Anton Lienert-Brown. And in the bigge
  
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• Gatland opts for form not reputation in first Test against All Blacks

  21-06-2017 23:02
  
  • Elliot Daly and Alun Wyn Jones picked, with Itoje on Lions bench
  • Peter O’Mahony is captain with George North missing from 23It is hard to overstate the importance of Saturday’s first Test at Eden Park and the purposeful British & Irish Lions team named by Warren Gatland to face New Zealand reflects the intensely physical showdown in prospect. There are no faint hearts in the XV led by the hard-nosed Irish flanker Peter O’Mahony and sufficient power and ball-ca
  
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• British & Irish Lions have gone for a side to keep the All Blacks guessing | Robert Kitson

  21-06-2017 23:00
  
  Warren Gatland and his staff have had their selection meeting and come up with a cussed-looking team with a no-nonsense physical edge for Saturday’s first TestIt is so long since the All Blacks lost a Test at Eden Park that Maro Itoje was not even born the last time it happened. In July 1994 Wet Wet Wet were at No1 in the UK singles charts with Love Is All Around and rugby union was still, officially, an amateur game. Should the British & Irish Lions win in Auckland on Saturday it real
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo header earns Portugal Confederations Cup win over Russia

  21-06-2017 22:44
  
  • Defeat leaves hosts Russia in danger of early exit
  • Mexico beat New Zealand 2-1 in bad-tempered gameCristiano Ronaldo’s 74th international goal was enough to earn Portugal victory over hosts Russia in the Confederations Cup.The Real Madrid forward’s early header secured a 1-0 win at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium and left Fernando Santos’ side second in Group A, behind Mexico on goal difference. Continue reading...
  
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• Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales send England cruising past South Africa

  21-06-2017 22:41
  
  • First T20: South Africa 142-3, England 143-1; England win by nine wickets
  • England chase down victory target with ease in one-sided matchIn the opening game of a three-match Twenty20 series, likely to remain in the memory for at least a week, England thrashed South Africa by nine wickets with 33 balls to spare. England played extremely well, their opponents tepidly (to be polite). It was another disappointingly one-sided contest – we have seen plenty of those in the Champions
  
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• Bairstow and Hales earn England crushing win against South Africa

  21-06-2017 22:41
  
  In the opening game of a three-match Twenty20 series, likely to remain in the memory for at least a week, England thrashed South Africa by nine wickets with 33 balls to spare.
  
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• England v South Africa: Alex Hales & Jonny Bairstow seal easy T20 win

  21-06-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights of England's innings as they respond to their Champions Trophy disappointment with a nine-wicket win against South Africa in the first of three Twenty20 internationals.
  
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• Highlights & report: England thrash South Africa in first T20

  21-06-2017 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England respond to their Champions Trophy disappointment with a nine-wicket win against South Africa in the first of three Twenty20s.
  
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• British and Irish Lions team to face All Blacks

  21-06-2017 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER IN AUCKLAND: Peter O'Mahony will captain the British & Irish Lions in the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday as Sam Warburton is named among the replacements.
  
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• England demolish South Africa by nine wickets in Twenty20

  21-06-2017 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT THE AGEAS BOWL:England have jumped back on the horse after their Champions Trophy stumble in the most emphatic way possible.
  
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• 'He had about three days to think about it' - watch Behardien's embarrassing spill from Hales

  21-06-2017 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa's Farhaan Behardien spills a catch from England's Alex Hales over the rope during their T20 match in Southampton.
  
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• England v South Africa: Farhaan Behardien spills easy catch from Alex Hales

  21-06-2017 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa's Farhaan Behardien spills a catch from England's Alex Hales over the rope during their T20 match in Southampton.
  
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• Crystal Palace lead race for manager Mauricio Pellegrino

  21-06-2017 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mauricio Pellegrino is emerging as a leading candidate for the vacant Crystal Palace and Southampton managers jobs. Both clubs have a concrete interest in the former Alaves manager.
  
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• Salah to go undergo Thursday medical at Liverpool after £34.5m fee agreed with Roma

  21-06-2017 22:01
  
  Roma winger Mohamed Salah is to undergo a medical at Liverpool on Thursday after the clubs agreed a £34.5m fee on Wednesday night.
  
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• Liverpool to seal Mohamed Salah signing from Roma for £34.3m

  21-06-2017 21:56
  
  • Former Chelsea winger expected to have medical on Thursday
  • Salah could become Liverpool’s record signing, eclipsing Andy CarrollLiverpool expect to sign Mohamed Salah before the end of the week, with the winger expected to have a medical on Thursday before completing a transfer from Roma for a reported €39m (£34.3m) fee. Related: How England's first wave of heavy metal football conquered Europe | Paul DoyleContinue reading...
  
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• Team GB athletes unlikely to receive reallocated medals this summer

  21-06-2017 21:54
  
  • Goldie Sayers says she will be ‘gutted’ not to get 2008 Olympic bronze
  • Legal challenges jeopardise London ceremony in AugustGoldie Sayers will be “gutted” if she is one of the British athletes robbed of the chance to receive medals denied to them by drug cheats at a special ceremony at the world championships in London in August.Organisers have offered to host extra ceremonies for Sayers and other British athletes, including Jessica Ennis-Hill, Jo Pavey and
  
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• Ronaldo praised by boss for avoiding post-match questions

  21-06-2017 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN HERBERT AT THE SPARTAK STADIUM: Ronaldo's manager congratulated him on 'not answering questions' when he collected his man-of-the-match award. on Wednesday night.
  
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• Juventus confident they will be cleared in Paul Pogba case

  21-06-2017 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juventus are confident they will escape any punishment from FIFA for their role in Paul Pogba's £89.6million transfer to Manchester United as investigations into their actions continue.
  
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• Confederations Cup: Ronaldo skips questions following Portugal victory

  21-06-2017 21:40
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo was in no mood to answer journalists' questions following Portugal's Confederations Cup win over Russia.
  
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• Kell Brook targets return to the ring this year

  21-06-2017 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old has targeted a return to the ring before the end of 2017 despite his career being threatened by a fractured left eye socket.
  
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• Lions 2017: O'Mahony named skipper for First Test as Warburton left out

  21-06-2017 21:17
  
  Peter O'Mahony will captain the British and Irish Lions in Saturday's first Test against New Zealand.
  
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• Never write off a champion: cool, smart Maroons prove old adage true | Matt Cleary

  21-06-2017 21:00
  
  With a quartet of champion veterans on the field against New South Wales in Game II it was perhaps foolish to doubt Queensland’s State of Origin dynasty After 50 minutes of Game II of State of Origin XXXVI this journalist – and I would suggest several other chroniclers of recent history – was cranking up the keyboard with variations of “It’s over – Queensland dynasty busted by marauding blue hordes”. Thirty minutes later I wondered how I could be so na&i
  
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• Mohamed Salah: Liverpool set to sign Roma's former Chelsea winger

  21-06-2017 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roma winger Mohamed Salah will have a medical with Liverpool on Thursday before securing a 39m euro (£34m) move.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon Plough Lane return overcomes 'major hurdle'

  21-06-2017 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AFC Wimbledon has taken another stride towards an emotional return to its spiritual home at Plough Lane. The new stadium will have an initial capacity of 11,000 with scope to expand.
  
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• Alex Sandro must force through big-money move to Chelsea

  21-06-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea have had an initial £45million offer rejected while Juventus have opened discussions about a new deal for the left back - who will have to ask to leave if he wants a move to England.
  
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• John Daly's son follows in his footsteps with hole-in-one

  21-06-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Playing in the Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational at Fayetteville Country Club in Johnson, Arkansas, John Daly II showed off his skills as he recorded his first career hole-in-one.
  
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• Rochdale star Joe Thompson announces he is 'cancer free'

  21-06-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rochdale midfielder Joe Thompson has beaten cancer for a second time after confirming he had entered 'complete remission' following three months of treatment.
  
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• Hazard heads out for haircut as injury recovery continues

  21-06-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has already been revealed that the Belgian forward will miss the start of the season following his fracture at the start of June, but he seems in good spirits this week.
  
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• All Blacks captain Kieran Read returns for Lions test

  21-06-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER IN AUCKLAND: Sonny-Bill Williams will face the British & Irish Lions in the first Test of the series at Eden Park on Saturday after being named in Steve Hansen's team.
  
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• Manchester City starlet Tosin Adarabioyo signs until 2021

  21-06-2017 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City starlet Tosin Adarabioyo signs for Pep Guardiola until 2021 after fears he would leave Etihad for Celtic or Everton - and is set to join first team squad on their US summer tour
  
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• Team GB set for retrospective World Championship medals

  21-06-2017 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's relay women could receive back-dated bronze medals from the two World Championships after Russian Anastasia Kapachinskaya saw her results from 2008 onwards annulled.
  
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• French raider Le Brivido wins Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot

  21-06-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French raider Le Brivido triumphs at Royal Ascot in stirring finish as Ryan Giggs reveals Sir Alex Ferguson gave him winning Jersey Stakes tip from the south of France!
  
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• Manchester United failure to have ladies team 'shocking'

  21-06-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former England goalkeeper labels Manchester United's failure to field women's team 'shocking' leaving Rachel Brown-Finnis angry - but Red Devils are now reviewing situation
  
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• England v South Africa: David Willey bowls JJ Smuts for a golden duck

  21-06-2017 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's David Willey bowls South Africa opener JJ Smuts for a golden duck during their T20 match in Southampton.
  
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• Angel di Maria settles Spanish tax case and pays 2m euros fine

  21-06-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester United winger Angel di Maria agrees to pay 2m euros (£1.76m) to settle a tax case in Spain.
  
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• Royal Ascot: Highland Reel wins Prince of Wales's Stakes

  21-06-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Highland Reel secured a sixth Group One triumph in a decorated career when he won the Prince of Wales's Stakes, the feature race on day two of Royal Ascot.
  
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• Dani Alves will end Juventus contract to join Man City

  21-06-2017 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 34-year-old Brazilian right-back is looking to sign a two year deal with City once the Italians clear the cancellation of his deal with the Italian champions.
  
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• Queen's 2017: Grigor Dimitrov eases past Julien Benneteau at Queen's

  21-06-2017 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch five of the best shots as Grigor Dimitrov beats Julien Benneteau 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the Aegon Championships.
  
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• Russia 0-1 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo goal wins it

  21-06-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN HERBERT IN MOSCOW: It is when another piece of silverware beckons that we see Cristiano Ronaldo in the raw, free of the machinations and the politics.
  
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• F1 owners say UK paywall TV deal they have inherited is detrimental to sport

  21-06-2017 18:41
  
  • Formula One will be behind paywall between 2019 and 2024
  • Managing director Sean Bratches says ‘free to air is critical’Formula One’s new owners believe the UK television rights deal they have inherited from the previous management, led by Bernie Ecclestone, is detrimental to the sport – with coverage entirely behind a paywall from 2019 to 2024 Related: Formula One Group puts the boot into its predecessor, Bernie EcclestoneContinue reading...
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino's next step needs to be trophies for Tottenham

  21-06-2017 18:38
  
  There’s no doubt Mauricio Pochettino deserves great credit for his work as Tottenham Hotspur manager since taking the reins at White Hart Lane in the summer of 2014, transforming Spurs into one of the most effective and eye-catching teams in the country.
  
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• Royal Ascot day three preview: Sheikhzayedroad can win the Gold Cup

  21-06-2017 18:33
  
  The selection was not at home on the soft ground when third in this race last year and Thursday’s faster surface will be right up his streetNow that Highland Reel has calmed any nerves about Aidan O’Brien’s recent form, Order Of St George will be a warm order to repeat his Gold Cup success of last year. But punters are reminded that he was beaten here in October by Sheikhzayedroad (4.20), who is available at double-figure odds to beat the favourite again.That was a shorter
  
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• Monaco complete signing of Jordi Mboula from Barcelona

  21-06-2017 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 18-year-old has swapped the famed Barcelona academy for the challenge of Ligue 1 football. Mboula has been expected to sign a new deal with the Catalan giants.
  
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