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• Wimbledon 2018: Nick Kyrgios implodes against Kei Nishikori

  07-07-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nick Kyrgios cut a bewildered figure when trying to dissect his quick-time Wimbledon exit to Kei Nishikori, and he could provide no answers to questions of how the problem might be fixed.
  
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• Gareth Southgate's England team can reach for the stars

  07-07-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER IN SAMARA: So now we are here, in this place where we never dreamed we would be, do we look up or do we look down?
  
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• World Cup 2018: Russia 2-2 Croatia (3-4 pens) highlights

  07-07-2018 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch Croatia's dramatic World Cup quarter-final win over hosts Russia, who lost 4-3 on penalties after equalising late in extra time to force the tie into a shootout.
  
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• Croatia are spot on again to set up World Cup semi-final against England

  07-07-2018 23:42
  2018 World CupSat 7 Jul, AT 22:45Croatia set up World Cup semi-final clash with England
  Russia’s World Cup dream is over after losing in the penalty shoot-out
  
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• Pickford soaks up praise for man of the match display against Sweden

  07-07-2018 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordan Pickford revealed on Saturday night that he injured his hand by accidentally hammering it against his knee in a moment of frustration during his man-of-the-match display
  
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• Alexander Zverev has to stomach Wimbledon defeat by Ernests Gulbis

  07-07-2018 23:41
  Zverev undone by illness in five-set match and Gulbis takes advantage to set up a fourth-round meeting with Kei NishikoriOfficially, Alexander Zverev’s dreams of a first grand slam title ended after three hours and 20 minutes of gloriously unpredictable tennis with a sorrowful shake of Ernests Gulbis’s hand. Deep down, however, the No 4 seed knew the game was up long before his 7-6 (2), 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 defeat after the effects of a stomach bug ripped all the energy from his body.&
  
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• Serena Williams is still tennis royalty and sets sights on reclaiming Wimbledon crown

  07-07-2018 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There was a pregnant pause as Serena Williams considered the weighty question of the day: will Meghan Markle be coming to watch her during the second week of Wimbledon?
  
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• Jamie Murray steps up Wimbledon doubles title bid

  07-07-2018 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray may not be at SW19, but brother Jamie’s pursuit of glory stepped up another notch as he and men’s doubles partner Bruno Soares sailed through to the third round.
  
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• COURT CIRCULAR: Milos Raonic says he wants to spend time on his own after beating to Benoit Paire 

  07-07-2018 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  COURT CIRCULAR BY KIERAN GILL AT WIMBLEDON: Sportsmail brings you up to speed with the nuggets of information you may not have heard about after daysix at SW19.
  
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• Wimbledon must clamp down on time-wasters with a shot clock

  07-07-2018 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOHN LLOYD: One of the biggest problems in tennis is time-wasting. According to the rules, players are allowed to take 25 seconds in between points, but the umpires just don’t enforce it.
  
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• West Ham table £17.5million offer for Andriy Yarmolenko

  07-07-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham have made an opening bid of £17.5million move for Borussia Dortmund winger Andriy Yarmolenko. Yarmolenko has 77 Ukraine caps but has scored just 3 in 18 displays for Dortmund.
  
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• Roberto Martinez finds his redemption as Belgium overcome Brazil

  07-07-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first question Roberto Martinez fielded on the eve of a breathtaking win over Brazil was about whether he might be interested in managing Spain.
  
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• England fans defy Wimbledon World Cup blackout to leave Centre Court empty

  07-07-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Wimbledon officials pretended a World Cup quarter-final was not being played, the visitors to SW19 did not, and that became abundantly clear come 3pm on Saturday.
  
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• Danny Willett in touch at Dubai Duty Free Irish Open after birdie rush

  07-07-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Willett is on nine-under after Saturday's third round and will start five shots off the pace against Erik Van Rooyen whose 66 brought him a four-shot lead over Joakim Lagergren and Ryan Fox.
  
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• A day for Lions sees Oisin Murphy roaring to a British first

  07-07-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Murphy, 22, had ridden top-level winners in Canada, Dubai and France and many believe he is now destined to deliver a champion jockey title. He said: 'I knew I was on the best horse.'
  
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• Federer and Serena Williams remain but exodus of seeds raises questions

  07-07-2018 23:29
  Upsets have been the norm at Wimbledon and grand slams may have to rethink their plans to revert to 16 seedsRoger Federer and Serena Williams have marched through in dominant fashion but fans coming to the All England Club in the second week may need to have a flick-through their programme to get the lowdown on some unfamiliar names.Upsets have been the norm, rather than the exception, with only one of the women’s top 10 seeds still involved and four of the men’s top eight. Continue
  
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• Croatia book World Cup semi-final with England after penalty shootout win

  07-07-2018 22:53
  The drama was unremitting but when Ivan Rakitic strode forward to address the penalty to win it for Croatia, he located a pocket of calm. The Barcelona midfielder had been in the same position last Sunday, standing over the shootout kick to beat Denmark in the last 16, and he had risen to the challenge.He would do likewise here and, in truth, it never looked in doubt. When Rakitic picked out the bottom corner, Croatia’s joy knew no bounds. At last, they have emulated the glory boys from Fr
  
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• Angelique Kerber dismisses Naomi Osaka in 63 minutes at Wimbledon as Centre Court stands bare

  07-07-2018 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT WIMBLEDON: Usually Centre Court is the undisputed main show at Wimbledon. It is the place everybody wants to be and be seen. It hums with noise and draws all eyes.
  
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• Reaction: England reach the World Cup semi-finals

  07-07-2018 22:31
  2018 World CupSat 7 Jul, AT 21:34Reaction: England reach the World Cup semi-finals
  Media pundits give their verdict as the Three Lions beat Sweden 2-0
  
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• Novak Djokovic fights back to end Kyle Edmund’s Wimbledon hopes

  07-07-2018 22:15
  • British No 1 takes first set but loses 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
  • Djokovic sets up fourth-round meeting with Karen KhachanovPut away the flags, turn down the music, take off that silly hat, don’t forget to put out the cat. Kyle Edmund, surfing the wave of national euphoria that had drifted over from the Volga and enveloped the nation just as he walked on to Centre Court with Novak Djokovic, tried hard to keep the party going but had to settle for the consolation of taking a set off o
  
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• Wimbledon 2018 RECAP: Day 6 - Third round battles continue at SW19

  07-07-2018 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It promised to be a scorching Saturday at Wimbledon as the third round continued with a number of stellar names taking to the courts. Relive the action as it happened.
  
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• Kyle Edmund loses to Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon third round

  07-07-2018 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON ON CENTRE COURT: It is not coming home, at least not in the case to the biggest sporting event being hosted on these shores this summer.
  
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• Chris Froome given little sympathy as Team Sky get a sense of deja vu

  07-07-2018 22:00
  Rider faces barrage of boos on Tour de France first stage while rivals bemoan lack of clarity over his adverse analytical findingTeam Sky have been here before at the Tour de France, and not just in the sense that the 2011 race started in the same region, the Vendée, that hosts this year’s Grand Départ. It is all familiar: the questions, the doubts, the innuendo, the attempts at spin-doctoring, the less than entirely warm welcome from the French public and press.It has become
  
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• England stars including Lingard and Maguire celebrate with their families

  07-07-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was another memorable victory for England as they beat Sweden 2-0 to reach the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 28 years. 
  
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• Not coming home – yet: England fans stunned to still be in Russia

  07-07-2018 21:35
  Small band of travelling England supporters in Russia look forward to World Cup semi-finalThe atmosphere in the Samara Arena for most of Saturday’s quarter-final was strangely flat: this did not feel like a historic moment, at stake for both teams a place in the first semi-final for more than two decades.After the pulsating ambience of the last-16 game against Colombia on Tuesday, where the Spartak stadium in Moscow was packed with Colombian fans and tickets were hard to come by, Samara by
  
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• Jordan Pickford allays fears over ‘daft’ hand injury after thumping knee

  07-07-2018 21:32
  • Goalkeeper injures hand after missing the ground
  • ‘It was a daft injury – but I’m a man, not a mouse’Jordan Pickford has allayed fears over his fitness for England’s first World Cup semi-final in 28 years, despite departing Samara clutching the man of the match award while sporting heavy bandaging on his left hand.The Everton goalkeeper’s trio of outstanding second-half saves, denying Marcus Berg twice and Viktor Claesson, secured England a first
  
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• Gareth Southgate conducts England fans after Sweden win as he reveals how he motivated players

  07-07-2018 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate has been meticulously preparing his players for such an occasion ever since he was first anointed as the chosen one to carry England forward on a permanent basis.
  
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• Williams deputy principle admits team cars are 'evil' ahead of British Grand Prix

  07-07-2018 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: If ever there was a time for putting up barriers it is surely now. But Williams' deputy team principal knows there is nowhere to hide.
  
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• Southgate has shown England how to believe in themselves once again

  07-07-2018 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT AT THE SAMARA ARENA: Southgate's victory this summer extends beyond the glinting silver dome of the Samara Arena where his young England side left behind another staging
  
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• Gareth Southgate’s science rockets England towards the moon | Barney Ronay

  07-07-2018 20:59
  As England reach their first World Cup semi-final since 1990, take a breath to drink it all in and savour the momentThe red and white train just keeps rolling along. In the city where Russia’s space programme shot for the moon, England’s footballers have now entered their own near-earth orbit. There they go now, a little giddy but still upright, out there floating in their tin can, high above the world.It has been a month and a day in Russia, all the way from the fly pits of Volgogra
  
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• Alex Hales looking to force his way into England's ODI team

  07-07-2018 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Hales wants to take a leaf out of team-mate Jonny Bairstow's book - and make himself indispensable to England's white-ball teams after his match-winning half-century against India in Cardiff.
  
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• Jordan Pickford hails England performance against Sweden... before praising fans

  07-07-2018 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pickford was named Man of the Match after a series of stunning saves ensured the Three Lions cruised to a 2-0 win over Sweden and a first World Cup semi-final in 28 years.
  
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• Stuart James’s World Cup diary: ‘The receptionist is a Russian Basil Fawlty’

  07-07-2018 20:45
  Fine art, posing in a police car and mobile phone problems, not to mention hotel horror stories, are all part of a busy week for our intrepid Russian roverDay 21 in Russia and I’ve settled into a familiar routine. Every morning starts with a call home via FaceTime, which my children now view as a major irritation to their lives. My son, a fanatical Swansea supporter, comes to the phone only to ask if “we’ve signed anyone yet”. The answer is always the same. Needing to ref
  
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• ‘None of us fancied going home’ says Southgate as England reach semi-finals

  07-07-2018 20:37
  • England manager savours ‘best day in coaching’
  • ‘We’ve got here because the collective has been so strong’Gareth Southgate has spoken of his pride at following in the footsteps of Sir Alf Ramsey, Sir Bobby Robson and Terry Venables in becoming the fourth England manager to steer the national side to the semi-final of a major tournament.England will compete in the last four of the World Cup for the first since 1990 in Moscow on Wednesday with Southgate h
  
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• France begin preparations for World Cup semi-final clash against Belgium

  07-07-2018 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barely 24 hours after France beat Uruguay in their World Cup semi-finals, head coach Didier Deschamps had his players back out on the training pitch preparing for their next game.
  
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• Alan Shearer sings the praises of England squad after Sweden victory

  07-07-2018 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England have booked their place in the semi-finals at the World Cup and it was all down to hard work on and off the pitch throughout the tournament, says BBC pundit Alan Shearer. 
  
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• Sweden 0-2 England: World Cup quarter-final player ratings

  07-07-2018 20:24
  Jordan Pickford is the pick of England’s bunch while Sweden’s danger man Emil Forsberg is no match for Harry Maguire Continue reading...
  
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• World Cup 2018: Jordan Pickford makes three excellent saves to keep England's dream alive

  07-07-2018 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Jordan Pickford makes three excellent saves to keep England's dream alive and also becomes the youngest England goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet at a World Cup.
  
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• England’s Katherine Brunt a local hero in ruthless ODI defeat of New Zealand

  07-07-2018 20:13
  • First ODI: England 290-5; New Zealand 148
  • Brunt’s hit gets biggest cheer as England win by 142 runsEngland got the three-match series against New Zealand off to the perfect start with a 142-run win on Saturday, in the first women’s ODI to be staged at Headingley.Half-centuries from Amy Jones and Heather Knight at both ends of the England innings took the home side to 290 for five – their highest ODI total against New Zealand – after they won the toss and cho
  
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• Manchester United scouts poised to watch Erling Haaland again

  07-07-2018 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United are continuing to monitor teenage red-hot Molde striker Erling Haaland. The 17-year-old frontman has impressed scouts after breaking into Molde's first team.
  
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• SWEDEN 0-2 ENGLAND: Three Lions through to the World Cup semi-final

  07-07-2018 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER IN SAMARA: Make no mistake. In the Samara Arena, situated on the banks of the River Volga in a far-flung corner of Russia, an England team made history.
  
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• Brazil going out of World Cup hurts but Tite must stay to finish his work | Marta

  07-07-2018 19:35
  Brazil lost to a very good Belgium side and we must remember the positives from the tournament as well as the negativesIt took time for Brazil’s defeat against Belgium to sink in. I felt sadness, there is no doubt about that, but defeats are part of sport. Having played in many important tournaments for my clubs and my country I know that we do not live just through wins, we have to live through defeats as well.Brazil were beaten by a team with a very good strategy and they were helped by
  
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• Neymar experiencing 'saddest moment of career' after World Cup exit

  07-07-2018 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Less than a day after being knocked out the World Cup by Belgium, Brazilian striker Neymar said he will find it hard to return to club football.
  
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• England 2-0 Sweden: THINGS YOU MISSED from the action in Russia

  07-07-2018 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was an eventful game on the pitch but there were a number of events taking place off it as well. From a spare Gareth Southgate in the stands to how fans tried to keep up to date at wedding ceremonies.
  
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• Harry Kane says England players want to 'make the country proud'

  07-07-2018 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate's men produced an assured and dominant performance to dump Sweden out of the tournament, but Kane, is determined not to get carried away.
  
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• Chester 0-7 Liverpool: Naby Keita and Fabinho outshone by Harry Wilson

  07-07-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING IN CHESTER: Keita and Fabinho, the duo who cost almost £100million, launched their Liverpool careers but it was a homegrown youngster who caught the eye.
  
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• Eoin Morgan admits Ben Stokes’ return gives him difficult decision

  07-07-2018 19:00
  • All-rounder fit to face India in Bristol after injury lay-off
  • Alex Hales’ form ‘makes him a very strong case’, says captainVictory in Cardiff on Friday means a showdown in Bristol to decide the outcome of a T20 series that has been so much more intriguing than those games against Australia. There is more needle and more quality in these matches and consequently they are a much better spectacle.Even the pre-match deliberations of the England set-up are interesting.
  
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• England boss Gareth Southgate got it spot on with Harry Maguire and Co

  07-07-2018 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON IN SAMARA: There are times when an England manager makes us think we might have missed something. Indeed that managers at the top Premier League have missed something.
  
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• World Cup 2018 quarter-final – Russia vs Croatia LIVE score updates

  07-07-2018 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World Cup hosts Russia are just one game away from a sensational run to the semi-finals. Join Sportsmail's LUKE AUGUSTUS with all the live action from the 7pm kick
  
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• Sweden 0-2 England player ratings from World Cup 2018 quarter-final

  07-07-2018 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT THE SAMARA ARENA: Goals by Harry Maguire and Dele Alli capped off a relatively comfortable afternoon for England and they now await either Croatia or host Russia in the last four.
  
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