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• No rest for the mighty Virgil van Dijk... now Liverpool icon stands in the way of England's glory

  05-06-2019 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON IN GUIMARAES: Here on Wednesday night the two managers certainly came tooled up. Ronald Koeman had Virgil van Dijk, Gareth Southgate had Raheem Sterling.
  
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• Sportsmail goes behind the scenes of Eurosport's coverage for the French Open at Roland Garros

  05-06-2019 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NATHAN SALT IN PARIS: With 246 million subscribers, the pressure is on to keep quality high in their coverage with Roland Garros always at risk of no play with the roof yet to arrive.
  
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• Portugal 3-1 Switzerland: Ronaldo fires Portugal into UEFA Nations League final

  05-06-2019 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING AT THE ESTADIO DRAGAO: By the final whistle, the four sides of the stadium were chanting his name and waving their flags and the memory of VAR had been banished.
  
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• Eden Hazard 'set to join Real Madrid from Chelsea after clubs agree £88.5m plus add-ons fee' 

  05-06-2019 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid's long-publicised swoop for Eden Hazard is set to come to a close after the two clubs have finally agreed a transfer fee that suits both parties.
  
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• Toni Duggan: ‘I believe we should be better paid, but not the same as the men’ | Suzanne Wrack

  05-06-2019 23:30
  Striker wants better facilities and better crowds for women’s football but does not think England’s Lionesses should earn the same as their male counterpartsOn the eve of the World Cup, Toni Duggan is keen to talk about equality. “I don’t want to just start with money – we need pitches, facilities,” the England forward says. “We played at the Wanda [Metropolitano], which was amazing, but then the next week they’re creating a penalty spot 10 minutes
  
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• Leaving out Harry Kane is a sign of strength... England are not a one-man band any more

  05-06-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: He assessed the evidence, and made one of the toughest calls of his career as England boss. His captain will start on the bench.
  
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• Johanna Konta’s calm mantra allows her to make the best of herself again | Kevin Mitchell

  05-06-2019 23:30
  The British No 1 can reach her first grand slam final with victory in Paris on Friday but even if she fails she is enjoying her tennis again and believes that is the reason for her resurgenceAs Johanna Konta and her boyfriend, Jackson Wade, relax in their Paris apartment this week, watching “a whole bunch” of romcoms, the British No 1 is disarmingly relaxed. She has not indulged her passion for cake-baking on this trip – keeping her diet simple to conquer a cold – and she
  
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• Golovkin hits out at Joshua and Saunders ahead of showdown with Rolls in New York

  05-06-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY JEFF POWELL IN NEW YORK: Golovkin takes a dim view of Saunders. 'Grow up,' says GGG when asked what BJS must do to qualify for a mega-millions fight against him.
  
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• Five stars to follow at the Women's World Cup

  05-06-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JORDAN NOBBS, the England and Arsenal midfielder who will be a BBC pundit at the World Cup after suffering a knee injury, picks the five stars she expects to light up the tournament.
  
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• England star Toni Duggan loves the attitude to women's game in Spain

  05-06-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY IAN HERBERT: A Catalan daily paper's verdict on Barcelona's women's team a few months back read: 'Black week. Barcelona throw away the league and cup in five days.'
  
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• 'We have a huge target on our back': Wood claims everyone wants to beat England at the World Cup 

  05-06-2019 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: Mark Wood believes England have become marked men as the rest of the world do their utmost to join Pakistan in derailing the hot tournament favourites.
  
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• Virgil van Dijk warns Spurs players of lasting let-down from final defeat

  05-06-2019 23:08
  • Liverpool and Dutch defender: ‘It’s not easy to come back from’
  • Van Dijk, Wijnaldum to play in Nations League semi-finalVirgil van Dijk has warned the Tottenham Hotspur players in England’s ranks that it will take time to recover from the disappointment of losing a Champions League final, as the Dutch seek to take advantage in the Nations League semi-final between the sides.The Netherlands captain, who played a key part in Liverpool’s victory last week
  
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• Sensational Ronaldo hat-trick sends Portugal to Nations League final amid VAR controversy

  05-06-2019 23:08
  The Portuguese superstar scored his 53rd career hat-trick to sink Switzerland.
  
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• New Zealand beat Bangladesh in World Cup thriller

  05-06-2019 23:06
  Bangladesh pushed the Black Caps all the way.
  
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• Real Madrid to sign Eden Hazard after agreeing a fee with Chelsea

  05-06-2019 22:58
  • Belgian to cost in the region of £88.5m plus add-ons• He becomes third Real summer signing after Militão and JovicEden Hazard is set to join Real Madrid after the Spanish club and Chelsea agreed a fee in the region of €100m (£88.5m) plus add-ons.Hazard said after Chelsea won the Europa League final against Arsenal that “I think it is a goodbye, but in football you never know”. At that point Real and Chelsea had not agreed on a fee but on Wednesday
  
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• England set to rest Champions League seven for Netherlands semi-final

  05-06-2019 22:51
  • Gareth Southgate ready to gamble by leaving out his big names
  • Raheem Sterling likely to be captain in Kane’s expected absenceGareth Southgate is considering resting all seven of England’s Champions League finalists, including his captain Harry Kane, for the Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands in a move he believes will demonstrate the depth of quality in his squad.The contingent of players from Liverpool and Tottenham reported for duty at St George’s
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick lets Portugal survive bizarre VAR penalty for Swiss

  05-06-2019 22:48
  What more can be said about the man? He is 35 on his next birthday and even the greats reach a point when the only opponent they cannot beat is their age. Not Cristiano Ronaldo, though – or not yet, anyway, judging by the latest demonstration of his rare knack to bend football matches to his will.If England can make it past the Netherlands to reach the final on Sunday it is fair to say they were provided with new evidence here of what they probably knew already: that to stop Portugal, firs
  
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• Portugal 3-1 Switzerland - Nations League semi-final: LIVE RESULT

  05-06-2019 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The inaugural edition of the Nations League resumes this week and opens with the semi-final between host nation Portugal and Switzerland. Follow all the action as it happens.
  
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• England fans baton-charged by Portuguese police in riot gear

  05-06-2019 22:42
  • Supporters say they were injured amid reported arrests
  • Incident occurred after England fans hurled bottlesHundreds of England fans have been baton-charged by Portuguese police in riot gear after throwing bottles at them at a packed fan zone in Porto.The incident, which was witnessed by the Guardian, occurred after Cristiano Ronaldo had put Portugal one-up in their Nations League semi‑final against Switzerland. Some Portugal supporters launched their drinks in the air to celeb
  
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• Cricket World Cup: New Zealand survive collapse to beat Bangladesh in thriller

  05-06-2019 22:42
  • Bangladesh 244; New Zealand 248
  • Ross Taylor hits 82 as New Zealand win by two wicketsBangladesh proved themselves the team that just will not quit on Wednesday . A game that had felt at times like the afternoon session of a Test match sprang dramatically to life as the Oval floodlights came on, as the Tigers’ uncanny ability to build pressure in the field and throw experienced teams entirely off their game pushed a distinctly nervy New Zealand all the way. The scorecard recor
  
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• Cricket World Cup: New Zealand nerves jangle as they beat Bangladesh in thriller

  05-06-2019 22:42
  • Bangladesh 244; New Zealand 248 for eight
  • Ross Taylor hits 82 as New Zealand win by two wicketsJust call Bangladesh the team that will not quit. A game that had felt at times like the afternoon session of a Test match sprang dramatically to life under the Oval floodlights, as the Tigers’ uncanny ability to build pressure in the field and throw experienced teams off their game pushed a nervy New Zealand all the way. The scorecard records that the Black Caps made it with almost
  
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• VAR confusion causes outrage during Nations League clash

  05-06-2019 22:35
  Ronaldo's hat-trick was almost overshadowed by a bizarre sequence of events in Porto.
  
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• Portugal have penalty overturned as VAR awards one to Switzerland instead

  05-06-2019 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wednesday night's Nations League semi-final between Portugal and Switzerland has been rocked by Video Assistant Referee controversy.
  
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• New Zealand hold their nerve to beat Bangladesh by two wickets and go top of the table at World Cup

  05-06-2019 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLEN WILLIAMS AT THE OVAL: New Zealand held on to claim a stunning two-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a thriller on Wednesday night.
  
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• Manchester City fears of a Champions League ban grow

  05-06-2019 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Premier League champions have asked the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to throw out the case that they deliberately tried to cheat Financial Fair Play
  
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• I grew up as an England fan but it doesn’t matter who you support | Moeen Ali

  05-06-2019 22:00
  People supporting cricket is the important thing and when they come to World Cup games it is our job to entertain themWe let ourselves down against Pakistan. As Eoin Morgan told us after the match, we cannot allow standards to slip in the field because it can make the difference. And it really did. Mistakes can happen. Sometimes they can build up over the course of an innings and put people even more on edge, which makes it snowball further.But in this instance I don’t believe that was the
  
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• Johanna Konta set to make history at the French Open:

  05-06-2019 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the British number 1 gears up to play unseeded Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova on Thursday, here's a look back on Johanna Konta's life and amazing career before the French Open semifinal.
  
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• Southgate reveals admiration for Holland sides of old ahead of Nations League semi-final

  05-06-2019 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England take on Holland in Guimaraes, Portugal, on Thursday night in a Nations League semi-final and the squad got an early look at the service as they took a stroll on the pitch 24 hours before kick-off.
  
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• Rohit Sharma ton gives India winning start to World Cup against South Africa

  05-06-2019 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE ROSE BOWL: As the World Cup gave India a noisy welcome, it cleared its throat for the demise of South Africa. They seem determined to write their own epitaphs.
  
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• South Africa on the brink after India condemn them to third defeat

  05-06-2019 20:43
  • South Africa 227-9, India 230-4
  • Rohit Sharma century guides India to six-wicket victoryStrike three, you’re just about out. This is the looming fate for South Africa after their six-wicket defeat by India – a third loss in the space of a week to begin their campaign – which probably leaves them with the task of winning all six of their remaining games to make the final four of this World Cup. Steering the chase in customary fashion, Rohit Sharma scored his 23rd OD
  
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• Jo Konta spending extra time off watching 'all the rom coms possible' ahead of French Open semi

  05-06-2019 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: Jo Konta has been spending her spare time watching Romcom movies in Paris, and will have the chance to watch a few more after matches were cancelled.
  
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• England fans chant distasteful songs as Portuguese police get ready for potential trouble

  05-06-2019 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHEKHAR BHATIA IN PORTO: Police in Portugal are braced for crowd trouble as up to 20,000 rowdy England fans descend on Porto ahead of Thursday night's match against Holland.
  
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• Portugal vs Switzerland - Nations League semi-final: LIVE score, lineups and updates

  05-06-2019 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The inaugural edition of the Nations League resumes this week and opens with the semi-final between host nation Portugal and Switzerland. Follow all the action as it happens.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegation: lawsuit moved to federal court, says lawyer

  05-06-2019 20:21
  Woman has alleged star assaulted her in Las Vegas hotel roomLas Vegas police say their investigation is still openState case has been dropped so it can be refiled, says lawyerA state lawsuit filed last September in Nevada accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of rape has been dropped so it can be moved to federal court, according to a lawyer for the alleged victim. Kathryn Mayorga, who came forward with her story last year, claims the Juventus and Portugal star used “fixers” to stop her pursuin
  
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• Jurgen Klopp jets off on holiday with his wife out after Champions League triumph

  05-06-2019 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp has jetted off on a well-earned holiday with his wife after guiding Liverpool to Champions League glory. The pair were pictured hand-in-hand at Manchester airport on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Sam Kerr: 'I was total crap in my first season as a footballer' | Richard Parkin

  05-06-2019 20:00
  On the eve of the Women’s World Cup, the Matildas captain talks about her initial reluctance to embrace the game after growing up with a different-shaped ball“When I first changed to football it wasn’t exciting for me, I was taken away from something I loved, and that sucked.” It’s a startling admission from any professional footballer, let alone one at the very top of the global game. Recently voted the second best female player on the planet in a Guardian poll, Sa
  
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• Virgil Van Dijk takes aim at Harry Kane ahead of Nations League semi-final

  05-06-2019 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL IN GUIMARAES: Liverpool defender Van Dijk marked Kane out of the clash in Madrid on Saturday on his way to playing a key role in the Merseysiders lifting their sixth European Cup.
  
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• NBA finals: Klay Thompson a game-time decision as injuries mount for Warriors

  05-06-2019 19:39
  Kevin Durant and Kevon Looney will not play in Game 3Golden State and Toronto tied 1-1 in best-of seven seriesThe Golden State Warriors will take the floor once more without two-time reigning NBA finals MVP Kevin Durant, counting on their depth and home court to carry them as they try to inch closer to a fourth title in five years.Durant is out for Game 3 of the finals on Wednesday night, still not ready to return for the defending champions as he works back from a calf-strain suffered during th
  
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• England arrive on French Riviera and thoughts to Scotland

  05-06-2019 19:35
  • Lionesses greeted by schoolchildren singing Three Lions
  • England play Scotland in their World Cup opener on SundayEngland have arrived on the Côte d’Azur determined to be perfect guests off the pitch but extremely awkward opponents on it.Phil Neville’s squad checked into their hotel on the Promenade des Anglais on Tuesday night to be greeted by a mix of local dignitaries and schoolchildren singing a specially adapted version of Three Lions. Continue reading...
  
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• Patient Rohit century gives India winning start to World Cup

  05-06-2019 19:28
  Opener Rohit Sharma scored a composed unbeaten century as India got their Cricket World Cup campaign off to a solid start with a six-wicket victory over a sloppy South African side at a vibrant Rose Bowl on Wednesday.After winning the toss and electing to bat, South Africa posted a below-par 227 for nine in their 50 overs as wily wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal returned figures of 4-51 following a superb opening burst from seamer Jasprit Bumrah (2-35).India were cautious in their reply and the ga
  
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• Why sports stars should be less sporting

  05-06-2019 19:03
  Serena Williams’s coach has questioned the authenticity of tennis players hugging opponents in defeat. So let’s have a new rule: unless they can prove they’re friends, they should desist“This brand new trend of systematically taking your opponent in your arms once you have beaten him in order to look like a nice guy is very annoying to me,” wrote Serena Williams’s tennis coach on Twitter. #authenticity. #nomorefakeness. If you, too, find Patrick Mouratoglou&rs
  
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• Gianni Infantino trumpets ‘new Fifa’s’ vast wealth at unopposed re-election | David Conn

  05-06-2019 19:00
  Congress hears recitations of body’s eye-watering revenue and how ‘we have turned things round’ since the 2015 corruption scandalsThe last time football’s world governing body held a one-candidate election for president was eight years ago when the winner, Sepp Blatter, pledged to captain his Fifa “bateau” to calmer waters, before he was capsized in the ensuing tempest of corruption scandals.This year in Paris Blatter’s thunderously ambitious replacement
  
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• Magna Grecia hopeful for Royal Ascot after reason found for Guineas flop

  05-06-2019 18:30
  • Colt pulled hamstring when disappointing at The Curragh
  • Hermosa is switched to Ascot target from French OaksMagna Grecia, one of the first horses beaten in last month’s Irish 2,000 Guineas, remains among the possible runners for an outstanding renewal of the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot in 13 days’ time after he was found to have pulled a hamstring when returning to light exercise after his run at The Curragh.Magna Grecia was the first of Aidan O’
  
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• Jurgen Klopp hilariously Googles himself just days after his Champions League triumph

  05-06-2019 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After winning his first major trophy as a Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp made all the headlines for the right reasons by ending their seven-year title drought in Madrid.
  
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• Gianluigi Buffon leaves French champions PSG after one season 

  05-06-2019 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain have revealed that Gianluigi Buffon is leaving the club after a year in France. The French champions hailed 'a gentleman and an extraordinary teammate.'
  
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• Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha reveals the extent of shocking racial abuse

  05-06-2019 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wilfried Zaha's revelations come after a season in which racial abuse was prevalent at all levels of the game, with players being targeted in stadiums and across on social media.
  
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• County cricket: Surrey scent victory after Dunn skittles Somerset – as it happened

  05-06-2019 18:14
  The defending champions need another 267 runs to win with eight wickets remaining while Warwickshire seized control against Nottinghamshire 5.14pm BST Where's your killer instinct Sussex? See Glamorgan and weep. I better write up though this is going to be the most exciting session of all. Ps Notts still haven't lost a wicket.5.06pm BST Well, well, Stoneman bowled Brooks for 12. Continue reading...
  
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