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• Wimbledon fans angry after 179 minutes play on Centre

  04-07-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NICK HARRIS AT WIMBLEDON: Both the showcase men’s matches on Centre Court — where the cheapest tickets cost £56 — ended before two sets had been played.
  
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• Guardiola brings the house down at McIlroy's charity night

  04-07-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON IN BELFAST: It was no surprise that Rory McIlroy's homecoming at Belfast's Waterfront Hall on Tuesday night left a 2,000-strong audience spellbound.
  
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• Progres Niederkorn 2-0 Rangers: Caixinha's side crash out

  04-07-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOHN MCGARRY IN LUXEMBOURG: Twenty four hours after the Tour de France came to town, Pedro Caixinha’s new look Rangers side came to a shuddering halt.
  
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• Guardiola leaves £100m of talent off Man City's US tour

  04-07-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Sportsmail understands that when City's squad go on their pre-season trip five players, including goalkeeper Joe Hart, will not be with them.
  
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• Mako Vunipola set to start Lions' series decider

  04-07-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY IN QUEENSTOWN: Mako Vunipola is set to retain his starting place in the Lions Test team, despite a number of disciplinary lapses in Wellington.
  
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• Jerome Kaino questions Lions' midweek getaway

  04-07-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON IN AUCKLAND: All Blacks flanker Jerome Kaino claimed he would ‘rather be training than jet-boating’ as he prepares for a ‘World Cup final’ against the Lions.
  
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• How Maro Itoje became 'the machine'

  04-07-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY IN QUEENSTOWN: Lions lock Maro Itoje was acclaimed as a ‘machine’ and the youngest member of Warren Gatland’s squad has emerged as a cult figure on this tour.
  
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• Man City want transfer for Hart despite loan interest

  04-07-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City believe that both their Premier League rivals have the money to finance a deal in the region of £18million for Hart and meet his personal terms of £120,000-a-week.
  
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• Chris Smalling to hold talks with Manchester United

  04-07-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 27-year-old England defender has no plans to leave but wants to be sure that he will be given enough first-team football ahead of the World Cup next summer.
  
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• BBC call double fault as Russia WC clashes with Wimbledon

  04-07-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: BBC Sport and other Wimbledon broadcasters from around the globe have made complaints to FIFA about a World Cup final clash next summer.
  
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• Olly Murphy is off to a flying start

  04-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sent off a well-backed 3-1 chance, Dove Mountain gamely landed the 10-furlong handicap in the hands of Luke Morris to give the 25-year-old rookie Warwickshire trainer a dream start.
  
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• Newcastle keen on Hull City midfielder Sam Clucas

  04-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United are interested in signing Hull City's Sam Clucas but his former club Leicester, West Brom and Burnley have also enquired about the midfielder's availability.
  
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• Kagiso Rabada: 'If I deliver, no one can look past me'

  04-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sportsmail's NASSER HUSSAIN sits down with the one of the rising stars of the game and asks the questions ahead of the four-Tests series.
  
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• England women are out to rattle South Africa

  04-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prior to the start of the tournament, captain Heather Knight suffered a 'Wayne Rooney type' foot injury and premier pace bowler Katherine Brunt was still nursing a shoulder problem.
  
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• Broad puts his best foot forward as era under Root begins

  04-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: Despite feeling stiffness in his lower back which restricted his fielding practice, Broad declared himself fully fit for the belated start to the Test summer.
  
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• All Black coaching production line puts Britain to shame

  04-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: At the draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in May, 13 nations were present. Of these, six had coaches from New Zealand. English coaches? None.
  
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• Jack Sock promises a Wimbledon towel to a kid

  04-07-2017 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack Sock has promised to come to the rescue of a young fan who had a dream token of Wimbledon memorabilia snatched from his hands on Tuesday.
  
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• Dustin Brown dreadlocks are Wimbledon's biggest hair

  04-07-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray’s second-round opponent Dustin Brown will catch the eye in more ways than one when they meet at Wimbledon on Wednesday. His iconic dreadlocks haven't been cut since 1996.
  
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• Cricket: Stuart Broad confident of maintaining new-ball partnership with James Anderson ahead of busy Test schedule

  04-07-2017 23:03
  
  Stuart Broad is confident he can maintain his new-ball partnership with James Anderson until the end of next winter’s Ashes series in Australia.
  
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• Alli and Dier continue bromance with Mykonos road trip

  04-07-2017 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dele Alli and Eric Dier have one of football's biggest bromances, and the Tottenham pair took things to the next level this week with a holiday together in Greece.
  
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• AB de Villiers absence spells danger for Test cricket, says Mike Brearley

  04-07-2017 22:59
  
  • World Cricket Committee says competitive levels must be maintained
  • Stuart Broad revels in ‘fresh start’ with Joe Root against South AfricaAB de Villiers’ absence from the South Africa team at Lord’s this week has been called a “red flag” for Test cricket in a warning from the MCC World Cricket Committee about a looming crisis for the longest format amid the rise of domestic Twenty20 leagues.De Villiers, the leading South African batsman of his ge
  
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• Federer and Djokovic afforded easy passage on Centre Court – video highlights

  04-07-2017 22:29
  
  Both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic had early finishes in their first round matches, with both men’s opponents retiring after around 40 minutes. The women’s No1 Angelique Kerber was tested rather more, being made to work hard to secure a 6-4, 6-4 win over Irina Falconi Continue reading...
  
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• Rangers suffer humiliating loss to Luxembourg side in Europa League qualifying

  04-07-2017 22:21
  
  • Progrès Niederkorn 2-0 Rangers (2-1 agg)
  • Françoise and Thill seal shock result for Progrès NiederkornRangers suffered a humiliating defeat in the first round of Europa League qualifying on Tuesday night when they were eliminated by Luxembourgian club Progrès Niederkorn, losing 2-1 on aggregate to the side who finished fourth in their National Division last season.Rangers led 1-0 from the first leg in Glasgow, but fell behind after 66 minutes at the 8,000
  
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• Rangers suffer shock Europa League exit

  04-07-2017 22:00
  
  Pedro Caixinha described the possibility of Rangers losing to Progres Niedercorn as "unthinkable" – but on Tuesday it became a reality.
  
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• Ian Poulter delighted as he books his place at the Open

  04-07-2017 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cheered on by a gallery that was several thousand strong, the 41-year-old Englishman shot rounds of 70 and 68 to book one of only three spots available at the Birkdale showpiece.
  
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• Wimbledon 2017: Centre Court denied a little old champion voodoo as Super Tuesday fell flat

  04-07-2017 21:39
  
  Walking out in mid-afternoon Roger Federer had received less a round of applause more a hormonal groan of longing.
  
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• Centre Court denied a little old champion voodoo as Super Tuesday fell flat | Barney Ronay

  04-07-2017 21:39
  
  Wimbledon’s Super Tuesday had promised much, with back-to-back tournament bows for Federer and Djokovic. But all too soon: exit musicSo much for Super Tuesday. One abrupt Centre Court retirement against an ex-champ several years your senior might be regarded as a misfortune. Two on the same afternoon starts to look like a moment of genuine oddity, not to mention a disaster for the ticket-buying public, TV broadcasters and indeed the All England Club itself on one of its gala high-summer af
  
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• Tom Ince, Kasey Palmer & Danny Williams join Huddersfield

  04-07-2017 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tom Ince has agreed a three-year deal with newly-promoted Premier League club Huddersfield and has the option of a further 12 months should the relationship blossom.
  
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• John Terry trains with Aston Villa for the first time

  04-07-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Terry has been training with his Aston Villa team-mates for the first time as the 36-year-old was put through his paces at a pre-season camp in sunny Portugal on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Chapecoense sack Mancini after five games without a win

  04-07-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The club - who will face Barcelona in a friendly during August - announced on Tuesday that veteran Mancini will be replaced by his assistant Emerson Cris until a new coach is hired.
  
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• County Championship roundup: George Bailey helps Hampshire take revenge

  04-07-2017 21:05
  
  • Hants post fifth highest score of 648-7 declared; Surrey 113-1
  • Stevie Eskinazi hits 178no in Middlesex’s 302-6 v WarwickshireHampshire have not forgotten about the two days last July when, at a sweltering Ageas Bowl, Surrey posted 637 for seven declared to set up a dramatic win. It was, for Hampshire’s attack, filthy toil and, as one Surrey player admitted, they had continued batting after tea on the second day “just to piss them off”. Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France, stage four: Mark Cavendish suffers horror crash before world champion Peter Sagan is kicked out for 'seriously endangering' another rider

  04-07-2017 21:02
  
  Tour de France, stage four: Mark Cavendish suffers horror crash before world champion Peter Sagan is kicked out for 'seriously endangering' another rider
  
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• Caroline Wozniacki reaches second round at Wimbledon

  04-07-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caroline Wozniacki is through to the second round of Wimbledon for the ninth time in her career, but it was not without a scare against the world No 42 Timea Babos on Centre Court.
  
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• McDowell hoping home comforts will boost Irish Open chance

  04-07-2017 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Graeme McDowell hopes the ultimate in home comforts can help him find the missing piece of the jigsaw in the £5.4million Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Portstewart.
  
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• Wimbledon news: Thiem breezes through to second round

  04-07-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT WIMBLEDON: The question of whether Thiem can translate success of his gun-slinging style from Roland Garros to Wimbledon found its first answer on Tuesday.
  
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• Kyle Edmund beats Alex Ward in hard-fought Wimbledon Battle of the Brits

  04-07-2017 20:53
  
  • World No50 beats Ward 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
  • Qualifier Ward could not repeat heroics of Marcus Willis in 2016All-British matches have been few and far between at Wimbledon over the past 50 years – there have only been 18, in fact – which meant there was more interest than usual in the meeting between Kyle Edmund and Alex Ward here on Tuesday. Ward, whose world ranking has dropped to 869 after wrist injuries, took the first set before his rival won 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. Relate
  
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• Steve Hansen is playing his cards badly against the Lions

  04-07-2017 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CLIVE WOODWARD: I'm a fan of Steve Hansen. I'm a fan of anybody who coaches at this level, and Steve has been an integral part of two World Cup wins but he is under pressure this week.  
  
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• PSG stars return for pre-season in style

  04-07-2017 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PSG players have returned from their summer breaks ready to get cracking on their pre-season schedule... and they've made sure to do so in style.
  
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• Angelique Kerber struggling to cope with weight of being the world's No 1

  04-07-2017 20:39
  
  Angelique Kerber struggling to cope with weight of being the world's No 1
  
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• Angelique Kerber flatters to deceive in first-round win over Irina Falconi

  04-07-2017 20:30
  
  • World No1 fails to convince in stuttering 6-4, 6-4 victory
  • 2016 runner-up takes 87 minutes to beat unseeded AmericanAngelique Kerber has spent more weeks on the top of women’s tennis than Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova combined – longer, in fact, than all but 11 players in history. But now, more than ever perhaps, the crown sits precariously on her head. Related: Wimbledon 2017 day two: Novak Djokovic in action as Kerber wins – live!Continue reading...
  
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• Aston Villa's John Terry can play for 'another five years'

  04-07-2017 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Blues skipper was doing all he could to attract potential suitors during the window, undergoing an intense training schedule in Portugal before continuing in London.
  
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• World champion Sagan kicked out of Tour after sending Cavendish crashing

  04-07-2017 20:06
  
  By Julien PretotVITTEL, France (Reuters) - World champion Peter Sagan was kicked out of the Tour de France on Tuesday after sending Mark Cavendish crashing in a hectic finale to the fourth stage, sending shockwaves through the three-week cycling extravaganza.French champion Arnaud Demare won the stage, a 207.5-km ride from Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg, but all the drama was just behind him.Slovakian Sagan elbowed Cavendish off balance as the Briton was trying to force his way between him and th
  
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• Benny Andersson gives backing to Lady Jockeys’ World Championship

  04-07-2017 20:00
  
  • Abba star has given money and support to Swedish racing
  • Horse at centre of Cheltenham doping case possible Perth runnerSwedish racing is “an emerging market” according to one of the officials charged with running it and on Tuesday night it made a bid for the attention of the wider racing world by staging an international jockeys competition under the strikingly bold title of the Lady Jockeys Thoroughbred World Championship. Hayley Turner and Sammy Jo Bell were among nin
  
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• Tour de France: Peter Sagan kicked out of race over Cavendish crash – video highlights

  04-07-2017 19:58
  
  World champion Peter Sagan has been disqualified from the Tour for causing the crash on stage four involving Mark Cavendish. At the end of a largely uneventful stage, Sagan cut across Cavendish’s racing line and nudged him with an elbow to cause the Manx sprinter to hit the side barriers hard. Sagan won stage three and came second here, but will play no further part in this year’s TourPeter Sagan disqualified after clash with Cavendish in VittelContinue reading...
  
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• Wimbledon as a mother is whole new ball game, says Victoria Azarenka

  04-07-2017 19:54
  
  Former world No 1 tennis player reveals the unexpected challenges of balancing tournaments with motherhoodIt may have the best creche of any grand slam tournament, but playing Wimbledon still presents challenges for new mothers, the former No 1 Victoria Azarenka has found.SW19 has seen at least four mothers of young children compete in singles games on its courts. And for Azarenka, 27, her first-round victory came just six months after giving birth to son Leo.Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France, stage four – live: Mark Cavendish suffers horror crash before world champion Peter Sagan is kicked out for 'seriously endangering' another rider 

  04-07-2017 19:51
  
  Tour de France, stage four – live: Mark Cavendish suffers horror crash before world champion Peter Sagan is kicked out for 'seriously endangering' another rider 
  
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• Wimbledon fans short-changed as Federer and Djokovic opponents retire

  04-07-2017 19:26
  
  • Klizan retires while losing to Djokovic 3-6, 0-2
  • Federer into second round as Alexandr Dolgopolov defaultedThe game, the tournament and the fans were seriously short-changed on Tuesday when Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer progressed to the second round after their opponents defaulted with barely a whimper between them, claiming injury. In total, seven men and one woman failed to finish their first round matches.There was no discernible evidence Alexandr Dolgopolov brought his comp
  
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• Newcastle United ramp up their pre-season training

  04-07-2017 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle's £8.7million signing Florian Lejeune has joined his new team-mates for his first training session with the north-east's wet weather greeting the Frenchman upon arrival.
  
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• Reading boss Jaap Stam signs new two-year deal 

  04-07-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jaap Stam's previous Reading contract was due to expire in 2018 but the Dutchman has been rewarded after guiding the team to the Championship play-off final.
  
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