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• Kyle Langford pipped in thrilling 800m final in London

  08-08-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Kyle Langford came agonisingly close to a bronze medal as the Brit produced a valiant effort but finished fourth in the men's 800m final.
  
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• Jose Mourinho says it's 'game over' in Gareth Bale pursuit

  08-08-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT THE PHILIP II ARENA: Goals from Casemiro and Isco downed United as the Champions League winners became the first club in 27 years to bag consecutive Super Cups.
  
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• Waterlogged pitch causes Grimsby vs Derby to be abandoned

  08-08-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Derby County's Carabao Cup first-round tie with Grimsby Town last just 19 minutes as a waterlogged pitch at Blundell Park forced the match to be abandoned. Richard Keogh had put Derby 1-0.
  
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• Farah back in action - who to watch and when on day six

  08-08-2017 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Will Allyson Felix win her 10th world title? Timetable and day-to-day guide for the World Championships in London.
  
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• West Ham star Michail Antonio on the sacrifices he's made 

  08-08-2017 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW - ADAM CRAFTON:Antonio has battled a hamstring injury that flared up in April and subsequently led to surgery. His determination to recover even interrupted his stag do.
  
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• Rafa Benitez admits he's preparing for relegation battle 

  08-08-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez says he is preparing for a relegation battle — and insists even good managers will lose matches if their team are not up to scratch.
  
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• Rochelle Clark confident of England ruling the world again

  08-08-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The most capped English player of all time is set to win her 125th cap from the bench against Spain on Wednesday afternoon as the Red Roses play their opening rugby World Cup pool B fixture.
  
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• Chelsea make £25m move to sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

  08-08-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea have launched a £25m swoop for Arsenal star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Chelsea have stepped up their interest in the England international over the past week.
  
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• Luton Town 0-2 Ipswich Town: David McGoldrick wins it

  08-08-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TOM FARMERY AT KENILWORTH ROAD: David McGoldrick fired Ipswich Town through to the second round of the Carabao Cup as they beat Luton Town 2-0 at Kenilworth Road.
  
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• Sead Kolasinac's Arsenal move has solved a problem the Gunners didn't know they had

  08-08-2017 23:39
  Graham Ruthven looks at new Arsenal signing Sead Kolasinac and how he fits in to Arsene Wenger's system at the Emirates this season.
  
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• Real Madrid 2-1 Manchester United: Super Cup RESULT

  08-08-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER AT THE PHILIP II ARENA: This is what Jose Mourinho means when he talks about the difference between the Champions League and the Europa League.
  
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• Alan Brazil facing talkSPORT axe after ratings fall

  08-08-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The move being discussed by station chiefs would see their iconic presenter moved to weekends and Sky's Jeff Stelling taking the hot seat.
  
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• Sky set to retain live Football League rights in £180m-a-year deal

  08-08-2017 23:38
  Sky is set to retain the rights to the Football League in a blockbuster bidding battle with BT that has seen the price as much as double to £180m a season.
  
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• Moeen Ali is a force for good in troubled times

  08-08-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: As a former captain I take great pride in watching England win but I don’t think I have ever been so proud as when I watched them after their fourth Test success.
  
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• World Athletics Championships 2017: Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m gold

  08-08-2017 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk defends his 400m title with a dominant victory at the World Championships in London.
  
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• Celtic 5-0 Kilmarnock: Tierney's thunderbolt floors Killie

  08-08-2017 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leigh Griffiths scored twice and Kieran Tierney lashed in a stunning long-range shot as a youthful side Celtic side powered through to the Betfred Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• World Athletics Championships 2017: GB's Kyle Langford misses out as Bosse takes 800m gold

  08-08-2017 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain's Kyle Langford narrowly misses out on a medal in a thrilling finale to the men's World Championships 800m as France's Pierre-Ambroise Bosse wins gold.
  
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• Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m amid controversy as Isaac Makwala is barred

  08-08-2017 23:30
  • South African clocks 43.98sec to finish well clear of Steve Gardiner
  • Medical team hits out at IAAF decision to turn away BotswananWayde van Niekerk struggled as much with the chilly weather as with his rivals as he completed the first stage of a likely double at these world championships with victory in the 400m – but the night was mired in controversy after his main rival, the Botswanan Isaac Makwala, was barred from running.The 25-year-old Van Niekerk is known for throwing
  
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• UK basketball has highest home game attendance average last season - Kentucky Kernel

  08-08-2017 23:30
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  The University of Kentucky cheerleaders during a game against the Florida Gators on Saturday, February 25, 2017 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky won the game 76-66. Photo by Carter Gossett | Staff. Carter Gossett. Big Blue Nation proved again to be one of ...en meer »
  
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• Manchester City fans free to boo Champions League anthem

  08-08-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City supporters are free to boo the Champions League anthem without landing the club in trouble after it emerged UEFA have amended their rules on the matter.
  
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• Man Utd striker Romelu Lukaku shows his character

  08-08-2017 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN IN SKOPJE: Eagerness was engulfing Romelu Lukaku. Two big moments during a final Manchester United were mere bystanders in came and went on his watch.
  
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• Real Madrid 2-1 Manchester United Super Cup PLAYER RATINGS

  08-08-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT PHILIP II ARENA: Luka Modric starred for Real Madrid as goals from Casemiro and Isco took them to a comfortable UEFA Super Cup victory over Manchester United.
  
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• Real Madrid 2-1 Man United: What you may have missed

  08-08-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you were too busy to keep an eagle-eye on proceedings in Skopje, fear not. Sportsmail's DANIEL MATTHEWS was on hand to tell you about somethings you may have missed.
  
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• Isco goal gives Real Madrid victory over Manchester United in Super Cup

  08-08-2017 23:03
  • Real Madrid 2-1 Manchester United
  • Casemiro 24, Isco 52 | Lukaku 62Manchester United were beaten but should take some encouragement for making Real Madrid fight until the end and, following Nemanja Matic’s fine performance, will hope real quality has been added to the midfield.As it was, Madrid claimed the trophy, goals by Casemiro and Isco answered only by Romelu Lukaku’s first competitive strike since his £75m move from Everton – though he also missed an ea
  
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• Mo Farah believes Joshua Cheptegei will be his main rival again in 5,000m

  08-08-2017 23:00
  • ‘The new, raw athletes are scary,’ says Briton before Wednesday’s heats
  • Farah would be surprised if team-mate Andy Butchart won a medalMo Farah believes his big-race experience will carry his battered and bloodied body to yet another world title in the 5,000m – but admits he will again be looking over his shoulder at the brilliant young Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, who ran him so close in Friday’s 10,000m final. Related: Mo Farah says it was his ruthless
  
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• Van Niekerk completes 400m defence with rival Makwala locked out of stadium

  08-08-2017 22:57
  Wayde van Niekerk beat Steven Gardiner and Abdalelah Haroun to retain his 400m IAAF World Championships gold.
  
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• Real Madrid show class to beat Manchester United in Super Cup

  08-08-2017 22:41
  Casemiro and Isco gave Real Madrid a 2-1 UEFA Super Cup win over Manchester United, despite a Romelu Lukak strike.
  
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• Real Madrid v Manchester United: Super Cup – live!

  08-08-2017 22:33
  European champions meet the Europa League winners in SkopjeMourinho plays the humble one before facing Real Madrid againAnd mail [email protected] or tweet @NickAmes829.33pm BST90 min: Pogba has a chance to set Rashford away down the left but wastes the ball again. Real counter and Marcelo wins a corner from Valencia. They’re not bothered about committing too many forward now but the ball is delivered straight into the box and Ramos glances it over. 9.31pm BST87 min: Again,
  
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• World Athletics Championships: men's 800m final, Wayde van Niekerk in 400m and more – live!

  08-08-2017 22:28
  Updates from London Stadium where five golds are up for grabsWorld Athletics Championships: medal table and scheduleEmail [email protected]. Tweet @JacobSteinberg9.28pm BSTWith his second attempt at 5.89m, France’s Renaud Lavellinie clears the height to move into the bronze position. The USA’s Sam Kendricks still leads. 9.26pm BST“Has an independent test on Isaac been done by the Botswana athletics?” asks Roger Bonas. “Yes or no then if Novovirus prese
  
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• World Athletics Championships 2017: Barbora Spotakova wins second gold - 10 years on

  08-08-2017 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic wins a second World Championship gold medal in the women's javelin final - 10 years after her first.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for August 9

  08-08-2017 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Wednesday's meetings at Brighton, Pontefract, Bath and Yarmouth.
  
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• Havana Grey has chance to enhance growing reputation

  08-08-2017 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jockey PJ McDonald believes Havana Grey can establish himself as a true Group One performer, beginning in the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville later this month.
  
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• World Athletics Championships: Belgium's Arnaud Art out of pole vault final

  08-08-2017 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Belgium's Arnaud Art goes out of the World Championships pole vault final, by slipping off his pole on his third attempt at 5.50m.
  
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• ESPN's portrait of a gang-infested Dublin attracts bemusement in Ireland

  08-08-2017 21:49
  Profile of UFC star Conor McGregor depicts ‘clannish, parochial’ cityDubliners joke that UN should be called in to solve problemsIn his longform article on the UFC star Conor McGregor’s roots in the Dublin suburb of Crumlin, ESPN’s Wright Thompson paints a grim picture of the city. Drug dealers hang out on street corners. Bodies pile up as gangs fight for turf. Beatings are administered merely for being on the wrong street at the wrong time, and young lovers are afraid to
  
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• Ex-UK player Willis holding basketball clinics for Native Americans - Bowling Green Daily News

  08-08-2017 21:44
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  Derek Willis proposed to Keely Potts before his final home game. The two are in Washington holding basketball camps on Native American reservations this week before heading to the Detroit Pistons' training camp. (Vicky Graff Photo). VICKY GRAFF Photo.
  
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• Five things we learned from Real Madrid's Super Cup triumph over Man United

  08-08-2017 21:42
  Manchester United missed out on an opportunity to lift the Super Cup for the second time in the club's history, suffering a 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid in Skopje.
  
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• World Athletics Championships 2017: Dina Asher-Smith cruises into 200m semi-final

  08-08-2017 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Britain's Dina Asher-Smith is through to Wednesday's 200m semi-finals after running a season's best of 22.73 seconds in her heat at the World Championships.
  
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• Rory McIlroy says he is spoilt for choice over potential new caddie

  08-08-2017 21:34
  • World No4 says he has been ‘inundated’ with offers
  • McIlroy is the favourite for the US PGA, the year’s final majorIn emphasising the appeal of one of sport’s most courted – and lucrative – positions, Rory McIlroy admits he has been “inundated” with offers from potential caddies. The Northern Irishman’s appearance in this week’s US PGA Championship marks only his second outing since he split from his long-time bagman, JP Fi
  
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• Standards rise at Women’s Rugby World Cup but England still the team to beat | Gerard Meagher

  08-08-2017 21:30
  Bartering with cut-price vodka and caviar became part of the fare at the first tournament in 1991 but now the event commands global attentionDuring the first Women’s Rugby World Cup in 1991 it was reported in these pages that the team from the Soviet Union, having travelled to Wales for the week-long tournament with only enough money for their air fares, attempted to barter with cut-price vodka and caviar to get by. Customs officers were called in but no charges brought amid numerous donat
  
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• Real Madrid v Manchester United, LIVE UEFA Super Cup

  08-08-2017 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United face their final pre-season test before the start of the Premier League campaign when they take on Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup. Follow the action here.
  
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• County Championship roundup: Woakes helps Warks to first win

  08-08-2017 21:05
  Warwickshire pulled off their first win of the season, over Middlesex at Lord’s, but rain dominated the agenda elsewhere 8.05pm BSTWarwickshire, hitherto winless and very often listless, toppled Middlesex inside three days at Lord’s, dragging the champions back into their relegation bunfight. The 19 points Warwickshire claimed with victory leave them 31 behind Middlesex in an increasingly congested bottom end of Division One.
  Bolstered by some canny additions – the wicket that
  
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• Southampton make club record £18m signing of Mario Lemina

  08-08-2017 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Southampton have completed the £18million signing of Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina after fending off competition from Stoke City and West Ham.
  
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• Chelsea's Eni Aluko: FA DID silence me over bullying claim

  08-08-2017 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea star Eni Aluko insists she has been silenced by the Football Association over her bullying and harassment complaint against women’s England manager Mark Sampson.
  
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• Chelsea stars pose for photo shoot ahead of new season

  08-08-2017 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is fair to say Chelsea's close season has not gone entirely to plan, but the Premier League champions were in good spirits as they posed for a photo shoot on the eve of the new season.
  
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• Anthony Crolla: Me and Ricky Burns are 'better than ever'

  08-08-2017 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A contest that has seemed close to happening on a number of occasions over the years has now finally been scheduled, with the pair set to do battle at lightweight at Manchester Arena.
  
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• Southampton sign Mario Lemina from Juventus in club-record £18m deal

  08-08-2017 19:58
  • Saints say signing player provides a ‘significant statement’
  • Gabon international arrives at St Mary’s after two years in ItalySouthampton have said that signing Mario Lemina from Juventus is a “significant statement” after they broke their transfer record and paid an initial £16m for the midfielder with £2m in add-ons.The 23-year-old Gabon international arrives at St Mary’s after two years in Italy, during which time he won the Serie
  
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• Rangers' Harry Forrester monitored by Bolton and Charlton

  08-08-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He has already turned down a move to Southend in the hope he could still play a part at Rangers and feature in Europe, before they went out of the Europa League to Progres Niederkorn.
  
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• Burnley sign Adam Legzdins from Birmingham

  08-08-2017 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Robinson, who served as their second-choice stopper last term, retired over the summer so the Clarets were keen to add a third goalkeeper to be a deputy for Tom Heaton and Nick Pope.
  
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• Manchester United's Gareth Bale transfer hopes dealt a blow by Real Madrid

  08-08-2017 19:42
  Speculation about Gareth Bale's future could have been quashed at last after he was named in Real Madrid's Super Cup starting line-up.
  
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• Watford star Valon Behrami's tattoo of Kosovo upbringing

  08-08-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Behrami was raised in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo, before the political and economic situation there hit crisis point before seeking asylum.
  
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