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• Geraint Thomas continues impressive build-up to the Tour de France with British time trial victory

  28-06-2018 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thursday's win in Northumberland continued a strong spell of form for Team Sky rider Thomas, who won the Criterium du Dauphine at the start of the month as he prepares for the Tour.
  
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• Easier half of the draw? Check out England's route through the knockout stages

  28-06-2018 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  England could have a more favourable route to the semi-finals of the World Cup despite finishing second in Group G.
  
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• Japan coach Akira Nishino calls his own tactics 'regrettable'

  28-06-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jan Bednarek scored the only goal of the game for the already-eliminated Poles but Nishino knew a Colombia victory over Senegal would send his side through thanks to a better disciplinary record.
  
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• VAR is the innovation that made Germany's World Cup exit possible

  28-06-2018 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: The tens of thousands of Englishmen who threw their beer glasses complete with contents into the air rejoicing at Germany's World Cup exit have baptised VAR.
  
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• Modric, Messi & more - watch 15 great goals from the World Cup group stage

  28-06-2018 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch 15 of the best goals of the group stage at the 2018 World Cup, with strikes from the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Luka Modric.
  
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• Were England right to make the changes? Verdict panel have their say on Gareth Southgate's decision

  28-06-2018 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP, MARTIN KEOWN AND CHRIS SUTTON: Sportsmail's panel give their verdict on whether Gareth Southgate was right to make eight changes against Belgium.
  
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• Gareth Southgate says ‘biggest game for a decade’ lies ahead for England

  28-06-2018 23:35
  Gareth Southgate said England had ‘to make sure our key players were preserved’ for the World Cup last-16 match against Colombia on Tuesday.Gareth Southgate has defended his weakened selection against Belgium, and a reluctance to bring Harry Kane off the bench as his side chased an equaliser, by suggesting England’s last-16 fixture against Colombia on Tuesday is the nation’s “biggest game for a decade”.The 1-0 loss here has checked English momentum, with Kane
  
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• Serena Williams believes she's being targeted by US anti-doping authorities

  28-06-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The seven-times champion feels she has been singled out since her comeback from childbirth, to the extent that a visit to her house this month saw the official leave without a sample.
  
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• Even the best ideas have flaws, so give VAR a chance

  28-06-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER:in the main, VAR has done a fine job at this World Cup. It has righted wrongs, it has addressed injustice. It helped South Korea beat Germany, for example.
  
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• Ben Youssef scores World Cup's 2500th goal

  28-06-2018 23:30
  Fakhreddine Ben Youssef hit the 2,500th goal in World Cup history as his Tunisia side downed Panama 2-1.
  
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• Austrian Grand Prix: F1 takes to the hills

  28-06-2018 23:18
  Lewis Hamilton dominated last weekend's French Grand Prix – with a bunch of car upgrades (and some musical upgrades too), will he stay on song for the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix? F1 writer Kenny Campbell looks ahead...
  
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• England 0-1 Belgium: Gareth Southgate defends team selection

  28-06-2018 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  England manager Gareth Southgate says it would have been silly to put out a full strength side against Belgium as he did not want to risk any injuries to key players.
  
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• Kyle Edmund crashes out of Eastbourne quarter-finals after three-set defeat by Mikhail Kukushkin

  28-06-2018 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edmund, who beat former World No 1 Murray in the second round on Wednesday, recovered from a break down to take the opening set by winning three successive games.
  
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• Set-piece reality check and lack of midfield sparkle: How England fared tactically in Belgium defeat

  28-06-2018 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT THE KALININGRAD STADIUM: Panama allowed England to look their best; Belgium really didn’t in a reserve team game. Still, there were some pointers to be gleaned.
  
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• World Cup day 15: 10 things you missed

  28-06-2018 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are things you may not have known about day 15 of the World Cup, and so Sportsmail brings you 10 things you may have missed from the day's action in Russia.
  
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• Player ratings as England fall to first World Cup defeat

  28-06-2018 23:02
  How did Gareth Southgate's players perform in the 1-0 defeat to Belgium?
  
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• Kroos on Germany World Cup exit: 'We got what we deserved'

  28-06-2018 23:00
  From Toni Kroos there was no attempt to downplay the significance of Germany’s exit from the World Cup, nor any attempt to deflect the blame.
  
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• England 0-1 Belgium: Januzaj's stunning strike sees them top Group G

  28-06-2018 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE KALININGRAD STADIUM: This was, by all accounts, the smart result for Gareth Southgate and England. So why didn't it feel that way?
  
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• Gareth Southgate defends decision to rest key players in England defeat

  28-06-2018 22:47
  Gareth Southgate has defended his decision to rest a raft of first-choice players as England slipped to their first defeat of the 2018 World Cup.
  
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• England 0-1 Belgium PLAYER RATINGS: Ruben Loftus-Cheek proves bright spark

  28-06-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP PLAYER RATINGS: A much-changed England side fell to their first defeat of the World Cup at the hands of Group G rivals Belgium.
  
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• England face Colombia in the round of 16 after Belgium finish as group winners

  28-06-2018 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England will face Colombia in the knockout stages of the World Cup after Adnan Januzaj's superb strike confirms Belgium as group winners in Kaliningrad.
  
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• Panama 1-2 Tunisia: Wahbi Khazri earns first World Cup victory in 40 years

  28-06-2018 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tunisia were the first African country to win a World Cup finals game, beating Mexico in Argentina in 1978, but had since drawn four and lost nine, including Saturday's 5-2 defeat by Belgium.
  
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• We'll know if Southgate's gamble was the right call on Tuesday...

  28-06-2018 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON IN KALININGRAD: There was something troubling about this - the sight of Southgate sending out a side that lost their momentum and a more preferable last 16 tie.
  
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• Pekerman wary of confident England in last 16

  28-06-2018 22:22
  Colombia and England will meet in the last 16 of the World Cup and Jose Pekerman knows Gareth Southgate's side are to be taken seriously.
  
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• Cricket: Sarah Taylor helps England canter to seven-wicket win over New Zealand

  28-06-2018 22:18
  Sarah Taylor goes on the attack against New Zealand at Bristol.Three impressive outfield catches and a nifty legside stumping contributed to the visitors falling 11 balls short of batting out their overs.Set 130, Heather Knight’s side lost both openers inside the power play but were steered to victory by Sarah Taylor and Nat Sciver doing as they pleased for 51 and 39 not out respectively.
  
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• Trent Alexander-Arnold becomes fourth teenager in England history to start World Cup match

  28-06-2018 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trent Alexander-Arnold became the fourth teenager in England's history to start a World Cup match in defeat to Belgium on Thursday.
  
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• England suffer minor injury scare as John Stones sports heavy strapping after Belgium substitution

  28-06-2018 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City centre-back Stones took his seat on the bench for the second half in Kaliningrad and could been seen sporting some heavy strapping around his left calf area.
  
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• 'Fortnite celebrations so overrated!' - Michy Batshuayi reacts after hilarious World Cup 'goal'

  28-06-2018 22:17
  Fortnite fever may be sweeping football, but Michy Batshuayi appears determined to ensure he is the one setting trends at the World Cup.The Chelsea striker started for Belgium against England in Thursday night's Group G decider, which was decided courtesy of a stunning Adnan Januzaj goal.Six minutes after the restart, Januzaj feinted right and then jinked to the left to wrong-foot England defender Danny Rose before sending a left-foot shot over Jordan Pickford.
  
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• Marcus Rashford's time may come again at this World Cup

  28-06-2018 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT AT KALININGRAD STADIUM: The clarity of purpose that England brought into this World Cup blurred a little in the Kaliningrad Stadium.A tie that nobody made a priority of winning.
  
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• World Cup round of 16 guide: Who will progress to the quarter-finals?

  28-06-2018 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The line-up for the round of 16 was completed on Thursday as Belgium booked a date against Japan, with England scheduled to play Japan. Sportsmail brings you all you need to know.
  
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• World Cup 2018: England 0-1 Belgium highlights

  28-06-2018 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as a 1-0 defeat by Belgium means England will face Colombia in the World Cup last 16 after they finished second in Group H.
  
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• Khazri seals Tunisia's first World Cup win in 40 years

  28-06-2018 21:58
  Panama were on course for a first World Cup win before a second-half turnaround helped Tunisia create history of their own.
  
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• World Cup 2018: Michy Batshuayi smashes ball off post into own face

  28-06-2018 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch as Michy Batshuayi smashes the ball off the post into his own face as he celebrates Adnan Januzaj's goal against England.
  
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• England to face Colombia but side-step Brazil as a Belgium beauty means it's second place for Three Lions

  28-06-2018 21:50
  England will face Colombia in the last 16 next Tuesday night after their collision course with tournament favourites Brazil was diverted.Belgium’s 1-0 win mean it is they who top the group – despite coach Roberto Martinez admitting before the game that winning, and being placed in the more demanding side of the draw, was not what they wanted.It was perhaps the first and only ever time a World Cup defeat would be met by such an English reaction, defeat actually enhancing their chances
  
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• Weld seeks Irish Derby shock

  28-06-2018 21:29
  Dermot Weld is no stranger to success in the Irish Derby. He has won it three times and if any horse can turn over hot favourite Saxon Warrior at the Curragh on Saturday, the unexposed Bandua just might be the one.
  
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• Bradley Dredge masters windy conditions to take early one-shot lead at the French Open

  28-06-2018 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Graeme McDowell is a two-time winner of this event and he was a shot off the lead alongside in-form Englishman Andy Sullivan, a man with four top-10 finishes in his last five events.
  
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• The World Cup game that ended in 'mind-boggling farce'

  28-06-2018 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC pundits are not impressed as Japan go through by playing their final 10 minutes against Poland at walking pace.
  
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• Chelsea in talks to let Jeremie Boga join Italian outfit Sassuolo on loan

  28-06-2018 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old Ivory Coast international has made one brief appearance for Chelsea, starting against Burnley last season before coming off after 18 minutes when Gary Cahill was sent off.
  
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• John Terry back in Chelsea kit as he trains at the club's Cobham base

  28-06-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's a sight very few Chelsea fans thought they would ever see again - John Terry in Blues kit, at their Cobham training ground. Terry posted a series of videos of him at Chelsea on Thursday.
  
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• Southampton ready to listen to offers for Fraser Forster

  28-06-2018 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England international Forster, 30, who signed a five-year contract last summer, had a difficult second half to last season and last played for the club in the 5-2 defeat to Tottenham on Boxing Day.
  
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• Wolves enquire about Juventus striker Andrea Favilli

  28-06-2018 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolves are weighing up a number of options for their attack but also want to strengthen elsewhere and are considering a bid for Swansea City defender Alfie Mawson.
  
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• Colombia coach 'extremely concerned' by James injury

  28-06-2018 19:54
  James Rodriguez lasted just half an hour of Colombia's win over Senegal and coach Jose Pekerman admits the midfielder's fitness is a worry.
  
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• England v Belgium in pictures, as the Three Lions finish second

  28-06-2018 19:48
  The best moments from England's final Group G World Cup match against Belgium.
  
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