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• Manchester United optimistic they can beat City and land Harry Maguire

  10-07-2019 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants the 26-year-old Leicester City defender to become the new leader of his revamped side and United will back him with a lucrative contract offer.
  
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• Bohemians 1-1 Chelsea: Irish side spoil Frank Lampard's first match

  10-07-2019 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW AT DALYMOUNT PARK: Back to real life after the fantasy for those Chelsea fans who have been living in a rhapsodic blur since the return of Frank Lampard to Stamford Bridge.
  
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• Manchester City set to resume pursuit as Alves 'heads back to Europe to listen to offers'

  10-07-2019 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazilian right-back Daniel Alves is on his way to Europe to listen to offers, according to globoesporte.globo.com. He willl consider his options after his contract with PSG expired.
  
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• England can see off Australia with fearless and dynamic cricket

  10-07-2019 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captain Eoin Morgan is adamant there is one big reason to be confident ahead of Thursday's seismic World Cup semi-final against Australia. The skipper has got his England team back.
  
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• Aaron Finch warms up for CWC semi with trip to see The Queen's Corgi!

  10-07-2019 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Finch, who has done so much to restore Australia's tattered reputation post Sandpapergate with his personable attitude, declared that he was off to the cinema to watch new film 'The Queen's Corgi'.
  
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• Newcastle make shock offer to former boss Sam Allardyce but he snubs Toon

  10-07-2019 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT LAWTON: Newcastle offered Sam Allardyce a surprise return as manager last week, Sportsmail can reveal, but the former England boss has rejected the chance.
  
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• Lessons of Lord's hold key to victory for England against Australia

  10-07-2019 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: What might help England as they enter the knockout stage of the World Cup against Australia Is that they have effectively been playing knockout cricket for the past fortnight.
  
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• David Warner reborn: Aussie opener has appeared a changed man at World Cup

  10-07-2019 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  English cricket has not felt inclined in recent years to pay many compliments to David Warner but one thing needs to be said about this World Cup: so far, he has let his bat do the talking.
  
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• Chelsea’s Frank Lampard era begins with Bohemians bump in Dublin | Dominic Fifield

  10-07-2019 23:31
  The formation was different in Frank Lampard’s first game in charge but the Chelsea legend will have to wait to taste victoryFor Frank Lampard, it all began with a rather nondescript draw played out under slate grey skies in the unlikely setting of Phibsborough in Dublin’s northside. Chelsea’s record goalscorer turned head coach had watched his new charges pegged back late on by Bohemians with a goal scored by a trialist on the pitch a matter of minutes. The locals delighted in
  
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• Bury facing crisis ahead of return to League One with players free to leave

  10-07-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail understands those left at Gigg Lane, who have not been paid in full since March, can still seek moves elsewhere without commanding a fee if they give Bury a fortnight's notice.
  
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• Wimbledon ninth day court report

  10-07-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT WIMBLEDON: All England Club chairman Philip Brook says Wimbledon are considering erecting an Andy Murray statue but they will not be renaming a court after him.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Thursday, July 11 

  10-07-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Events didn't pan out for MASAR (Newmarket, 3.30) at Royal Ascot, but last year's Derby hero can put his career back on track this afternoon.
  
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• Nigeria into Africa Cup of Nations semis after late winner against South Africa

  10-07-2019 23:28
  • William Troost-Ekong’s 89th-minute goal seals 2-1 win
  • Idrissa Gueye strike earns Senegal 1-0 win over BeninNigeria have reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals but left it late to overcome a gallant South Africa as the tournament served up more drama on Wednesday.Defender William Troost-Ekong turned the ball in from a corner in the 89th minute to snatch a 2-1 win, just as Nigeria seemed to be in danger of throwing away a game they had dominated. Continue reading...
  
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• Konta must take a leaf from Andy Murray's book... tough questions are part of the job

  10-07-2019 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jo Konta left Wimbledon on Tuesday night bitterly disappointed, a Grand Slam semi-final appearance spurned. She also walked away with £294,000. Rewards come with scrutiny.
  
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• Andy Murray and Serena Williams crash out of Wimbledon mixed doubles

  10-07-2019 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT WIMBLEDON: Williams knew what the media, wanted to know so she took it upon herself to ask Murray before any of us had the chance. 'So, Andy, how is your body?'
  
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• British Grand Prix saved after Silverstone signs five-year deal but London remains on the F1 agenda

  10-07-2019 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Silverstone have finally signed a £100million five-year contract to save the British Grand Prix, but even as they announced their landmark deal had their tails tweaked about a race in London.
  
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• Daniel Sturridge reunited with stolen dog after social media appeal

  10-07-2019 22:31
  • Sturridge had asked for Lucci’s return after LA break-in
  • Former Liverpool striker posts video thanking publicDaniel Sturridge has been reunited with his stolen dog, two days after an emotional appeal from the former Liverpool striker on social media.The 29-year-old, without a club after being released by the Champions League winners this summer, posted a video on Instagram on Tuesday showing a broken glass door, which he said was where thieves broke in and took his dog as wel
  
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• Nadal sees off Querrey to set up semi-final against Federer

  10-07-2019 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI ON COURT ONE: Nadal is a blur. A brilliant, shuffling, fidgeting blur, such is the momentum he has acquired on his run to the semi-finals.
  
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• Rafael Nadal ‘excited’ for long-overdue Wimbledon rematch with Roger Federer

  10-07-2019 22:24
  • No 3 seed defeats American Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
  • Friday’s match will be first between pair at SW19 since 2008 finalEleven years since Rafael Nadal’s victory against Roger Federer at Wimbledon in what is widely accepted to be the greatest match in history, the pair will renew rivalries again after the Spaniard swept aside Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals.For all that the failure of the young pretenders to challenge the Big Three has been lamented, it has its upsides
  
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• USA Women's World Cup winning football team shout I deserve this in New York Parade

  10-07-2019 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US captain Megan Rapinoe was filmed drinking champagne and shouting 'I deserve this!', while her team mate Alex Morgan appeared to ridicule the Lionesses with another 'tea-sipping' jibe.
  
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• Rory McIlroy insists he wouldn't trade his record this season with world No 1 Brooks Koepka

  10-07-2019 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy wouldn't trade his season for that of world No 1 Brooks Koepka, who defended the US PGA Championship and finished runner-up at the Masters and US Open.
  
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• Geraint Thomas tips Ineos team-mate Egan Bernal for big summit test in the Tour de France

  10-07-2019 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geraint Thomas survived the first day of racing through the climbs of the 2019 Tour de France but then suggested that team-mate Egan Bernal is favourite for the first summit finish on stage six.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard and Paul George officially join Los Angeles Clippers

  10-07-2019 21:42
  Clippers ink blockbuster swap with Thunder on WednesdaySixers make official signings of Tobias Harris and Al HorfordHunter Felt’s NBA free-agency winners and losersPaul George and Kawhi Leonard are now officially with the Los Angeles Clippers, moves that bring both of them back to their native Southern California.It might not be forever: Both can become free agents now in only two years. Continue reading...
  
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• Wimbledon diary: Henman defends Konta while Navratilova trolls Trump | Paul MacInnes

  10-07-2019 21:24
  Johanna Konta’s spat with a journalist divided opinion but Martina Navratilova’s cap had an unequivocal message for the presidentIt may have been men’s quarter‑finals day but the hot topic was still Johanna Konta. The British No 1 had claimed she was patronised by a journalist following her quarter-final defeat by Barbora Strycova and their press conference exchange went viral. The next day it appeared there were roughly two camps on the affair. The first were those who s
  
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• Roger Federer pushed by Kei Nishikori before completing Wimbledon century

  10-07-2019 21:18
  • Eight-time champion faces Rafael Nadal in semi-finals
  • Four-set win over Nishikori was his 100th at WimbledonIf Roger Federer is to win Wimbledon for the ninth time he might have to reach deeper into his past than he did in beating Kei Nishikori over four sets in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.This was his 100th victory at Wimbledon – and nobody has won that many matches at one tournament. It is as if he cannot help breaking records, rewriting all that has gone before him and
  
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• Dave Brailsford could be tempted by new Ineos role outside cycling

  10-07-2019 21:12
  • Brailsford linked with move after Jim Ratcliffe buys Nice
  • ‘I don’t want to leave cycling, I love it too much’Dave Brailsford, the Team Ineos chief, has dismissed suggestions he may become group performance director across Jim Ratcliffe’s growing sports portfolio after the multimillionaire’s purchase of the French football club Nice.“My responsibility is running the cycling team,” Brailsford said, before acknowledging that “being part
  
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• Bautista Agut forced to cancel own stag do after booking Wimbledon semi-final against Djokovic

  10-07-2019 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you did not expect Bautista Agut to reach the semi finals of Wimbledon, then you are not alone. The man himself thought so little of his chances that he organised his stag do for this week.
  
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• Chelsea vs Bohemians, LIVE: Latest score and updates from Lampard's first game

  10-07-2019 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former midfielder only ran his first training session last week but his side faces Irish outfit Bohemians in Dublin in their first pre-season friendly. Follow all the action with Sportsmail.
  
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• Federer to face Nadal in Wimbledon semi-finals after win over Nishikori

  10-07-2019 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON ON CENTRE COURT: Roger Federer kept up his side of the bargain in trying to set up a Wimbledon rematch with Rafael Nadal when he made it through to the semi-finals.
  
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• Swansea target move for Tottenham youngster Tashan Oakley-Boothe

  10-07-2019 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham youngster Oakley-Boothe was a key man for Cooper when he was in charge of England's successful Under 17s side two years ago. Now 19, he has found first-team chances hard to come by.
  
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• Arsenal condemn 'unacceptable racial abuse' suffered by Jordi Osei-Tutu

  10-07-2019 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Promising young right-back Jordi Osei-Tutu was reduced to tears after being subjected to 'unacceptable' and 'sickening' racist abuse during German side VFL Bochum's warm up fixture.
  
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• Senegal 1-0 Benin: Idrissa Gana Gueye wins AFCON quarter-final

  10-07-2019 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Senegal reached the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2006 on Wednesday night courtesy of a 1-0 win over Benin in the quarter-finals.
  
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• Roma keen on Tottenham's Alderweireld but need to sell players first

  10-07-2019 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Due to the clause in his contract, Alderweireld is allowed to leave Tottenham for £25million. The 30-year-old is due to return for pre-season training at the end of this week.
  
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• Australia absorb mishaps knowing World Cup demons are England’s | Geoff Lemon

  10-07-2019 20:39
  Everything has fallen into place for Aaron Finch’s side and history only adds to their serenity before Thursday’s semi-finalAustralia are a team who should look rattled. They are playing the hosts and favourites in a semi‑final at a supposed fortress. Awaiting in the World Cup final at Lord’s are New Zealand, who should have beaten them at the same venue a couple of weeks ago but for a rearguard from the first drop, Usman Khawaja. Now Khawaja is gone with a hamstring stra
  
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• Rafael Nadal sees off Sam Querrey to set up blockbuster semi-final against Roger Federer

  10-07-2019 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There was no stopping Rafael Nadal as he soaked up 22 thunderbolt aces to flatten Sam Querrey and set up the Wimbledon semi-final showdown with great rival Roger Federer.
  
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• Chelsea confirm Frank Lampard's full backroom team for season ahead

  10-07-2019 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eddie Newton, Joe Edwards and Chris Jones will work as assistant coaches, with Jody Morris acting as Lampard's No 2 in the assistant head coach role.
  
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• Serena's coach believes mixed doubles adventure has left her in prime shape

  10-07-2019 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON:The American came into Wimbledon having not played since the French Open, when she was hampered by knee problems.
  
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• Watch Manchester United new boys Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James hilarious initiation songs

  10-07-2019 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As has become tradition in football, players are expected to stand up and risk embarrassing themselves in front of their new team-mates when joining a new club, usually by singing.
  
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• Andy Murray targets singles return after Wimbledon mixed doubles defeat

  10-07-2019 20:11
  • Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar win 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in third round
  • Murray: ‘The most positive thing is my body felt good’It will be not be a surprise to anyone to learn that now his Wimbledon is over, Andy Murray plans to get down to work almost immediately.Murray’s hopes of winning the mixed doubles title with Serena Williams ended with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 defeat against the No 1 seeds, Bruno Soares of Brazil and the American Nicole Melichar, but the two former champi
  
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• Wimbledon: Djokovic crushes Goffin as Bautista Agut cancels stag do plans

  10-07-2019 20:06
  • Defending champion at SW19 wins 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
  • Spain’s Bautista Agut had stag do booked in IbizaWhen Andy Murray was still in the singles mix a few years ago, he said on the eve of the Australian Open that the only way anyone was going to stop Novak Djokovic was if the Serb had a substandard tournament. He didn’t. He went on to complete one of his seven Melbourne triumphs and, after his devastating dismissal of David Goffin here on Wednesday, there is a gathering sense t
  
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• Strycova's coach slams Konta's performance during Wimbledon quarter-final defeat

  10-07-2019 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: The British No 1 led 4-1 in the first set but her Czech opponent reeled her back in and Konta was left looking one-dimensional by the end.
  
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• Moore named boss of League One Doncaster as he returns to management following West Brom sacking

  10-07-2019 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 45-year-old was controversially sacked as manager of West Brom in March but will succeed Grant McCann at League One Doncaster on a rollling contract.
  
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• Divock Origi signs new long-term deal at Liverpool

  10-07-2019 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Origi, who Liverpool an unassailable 2-0 lead against Tottenham in Madrid last month, had entered the final 12 months of his deal and was the subject of interest from a number of clubs.
  
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• Divock Origi signs Liverpool contract to complete turnaround

  10-07-2019 19:31
  • Liverpool were open to offers last summer and in January
  • Vital goals helped to earn striker new deal from Jürgen KloppLiverpool’s Champions League hero Divock Origi has ended doubts over his future by signing a long-term contract.The Belgium international, who sealed Liverpool’s sixth European Cup triumph against Tottenham in June and their place in the final, signed the extension following several months of negotiation. Origi’s deal does not contain a releas
  
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• Brentford's Ezri Konsa to have medical at Aston Villa ahead of £12m move

  10-07-2019 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ezri Konsa will undergo a medical at Aston Villa ahead of a £12million move from Brentford. Villa turned to Konsa in their search for a third centre back addition this summer.
  
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• County cricket: Kent beat Surrey, Lancs draw with Northants – as it happened

  10-07-2019 19:18
  Lancashire returned to the top of Division Two after battling to a draw against Northamptonshire, while Surrey’s relegation fears deepened with defeat to Kent 6.18pm BST That’s it then! A great round, and thanks for sticking with us while all the excitement was going on at Old Trafford. What a buzz for the Black Caps - and my little nephew and niece Winston and Kitty over in Auckland. (Gives an over the top embarrassing auntie wave.) Well done to Lancs who knuckled down to vault back
  
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• New Zealand stun India in World Cup semi-final thriller

  10-07-2019 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT OLD TRAFFORD: A crestfallen Virat Kohli blamed '45 minutes of bad cricket' for India's shock semi-final defeat by New Zealand.
  
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• Power Play: Remarkable New Zealand upset India to book place in World Cup final

  10-07-2019 19:14
  Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon on New Zealand's shock win over India in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Éder Militão falls ill during Real Madrid unveiling – video

  10-07-2019 19:01
  Real Madrid’s new signing Éder Militão’s introductory news conference was brought to a halt on Wednesday when the Brazilian complained of feeling unwell. The 21-year-old, who has joined for around €50m from Porto, was nearing the end of his first meeting with journalists at his new club when he tried to loosen his tie and then held his head in his hands Continue reading...
  
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• Jo Konta banked £294,000 at Wimbledon... she has to understand tough questions are part of the deal

  10-07-2019 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jo Konta left Wimbledon on Tuesday night bitterly disappointed, a Grand Slam semi-final appearance spurned. She also walked away with £294,000. Rewards come with scrutiny.
  
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