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For some, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ potential acquisition of Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love represents the final touch for a lineup that already features LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. However, Minnesota’s steep asking price ma...
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Alberto Contador suffered a broken leg as he crashed out of the Tour de France on Monday.
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There were Bastille Day fireworks on stage ten of the Tour de France on Monday as Alberto Contador abandoned following a crash and Vincenzo Nibali reclaimed the yellow jersey with a tremendous victory at La Planche des Belles Filles.
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Joey Barton has used Twitter to renounce his international retirement and make himself available to play for England again.
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Theres still plenty of work to do on course and facilities Golf will make its Games debut in Rio de Janeiro The prospect of golfs return to the Olympic Games being overshadowed or ruined by an unprepared venue refuses to disappear. That ...
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Aileen Graef NEW YORK, July 14 (UPI) -- Jordan Brand released a celebrity-filled tribute Monday to Yankees player Derek Jeter, one of its longest sponsored athletes.
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Fathom Five looks the days best bet in the third race on Beverleys card, a five-furlong sprint Continue reading...
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Argentina legend dismisses compatriots award Blatter admits he was surprised Messi won the award Diego Maradona has criticised Fifa for awarding Argentinas Lionel Messi the Golden Ball award for the World Cups best player. Messi was pres...
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The ex-Girls Aloud singer and X-Factor judge wedded model Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini in secret on July 7, the same time the left-back moved to Italy
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Defending Open champion Phil Mickelson says the next five years will produce some of the highlights of his career.
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UNITED they stand, right at the top of the football world. And right on South American soil. Germany won its fourth World Cup title on Sunday, but its first since a country torn apart by political divisions
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It's been a brilliant, month-long, almost daily football orgy, but what have been the bits we'll miss the most from Brazil?
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The 2014 Tour de France is wide open, as Stage 10 got underway on Monday morning. This year’s event is sure to have a new champion, as another former winner was forced to drop out of the race. Two-time champion Alberto Contador crashed d...
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The World Cup is over! But don't worry the Premier League is back soon with top-flight bosses getting to work on their respective transfer targets
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West Ham United hope to complete the signing of Ecuador striker Enner Valencia from Mexican club Pachuca this week.
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FORMER Manchester United legend David Beckham has heaped praise on Colombian sensation James Rodriguez.
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Former champion Darren Clarke will be the first of the Irish players in action at this year's Open Championship at Hoylake following today's draw for the opening round.
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Alberto Contador of Spain holds his knee after crashing prior to abandoning the Tour de France during yesterday’s 10th stage, a 161.5-kilometer race from Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles, France. The 31-year-old two-time champion...
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BRAZIL’S football confederation will not renew national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s contract, local media reported early yesterday, just hours after Germany defeated Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup.
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FORMER world No. 1 Tiger Woods has been drawn to play alongside twice major winner Angel Cabrera of Argentina and second-ranked Swede Henrik Stenson in the first round of the British Open on Thursday.
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Ability to provide left-back cover entices Van Gaal Belgian would cost approximately £12m from Arsenal Thomas Vermaelens ability to play at left-back as well as at centre-back is a factor in Louis van Gaals desire to sign the Belgian for...
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MICHAEL Phelps was edged by Frenchman Yannick Agnel in the 100 meters freestyle final in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday. Agnel, the Olympic 200 freestyle champion, won in 49.37 seconds, with his Baltimore
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FORMER Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene will retire from test cricket, but will continue to play ODIs, the nation’s cricket board said yesterday. In a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket Chief Executive Officer
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Liverpool dealt blow in pursuit of Swiss World Cup star Xherdan Shaqiri
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JEREMY Lin joined the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday in a trade with the Houston Rockets, who also gave up first- and second-round draft picks in 2015 for the rights to Ukrainian center Sergei Lishchuk.
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British pair Luke Patience and Elliot Willis win gold at the 470 European Championships in Athens.
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Two-time winner Alberto Contador pulls out of the Tour de France as Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 10 to reclaim the yellow jersey.
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Fifa president not happy with discrimination in Brazil Blatter awards 2014 World Cup 9.25 out of 10 Fifas president, Sepp Blatter, has criticised the way incidents of discrimination were dealt with at World Cup matches. The day after Ger...
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Salford's Gareth Hock is charged by the Rugby Football League for making deliberate physical contact with a match official.
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Former Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou is a target for both Liverpool and Everton as he stalls over a move to Serie A giants Roma.
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With a bunch of German winners in the squad, and some decent transfer action, Arsenal have basically won the World Cup
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Farah pulled out of weekend event with abdominal pains Im going to get back into full training and then well see Mo Farah has admitted he faces a race against time to be fit to compete at the Commonwealth Games. The double Olympic champi...
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Chelsea striker Demba Ba is nearing the Stamford Bridge exit with Turkish club Besiktas reportedly close to securing a season-long loan for the out-of-favour forward.
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JAMES Rodriguez on Sunday sealed his place as the revelation of the World Cup amid mounting reports of Real Madrid moving to sign the Colombian striker. “I’d jump at the chance of going to Real Madrid,”
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Nibali back in lead after dramatic end to stage 10 Italian surges to second 2014 Tour de France win Contador abandons race with more than 80km remaining There were Bastille Day fireworks on stage 10 of the Tour de France on Monday as Alb...
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Alberto Contador abandoned after suffering a fractured tibia in a crash and Vincenzo Nibali was untouchable on the slopes, taking his second stage win and reclaiming the yellow jersey Continue reading...
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Clint Dempsey acquitted himself very well in the World Cup, scoring two of the United States’ five goals. He made his return to MLS action Sunday night, and wouldn’t have been blamed for not noticing much difference in the atmosphere. De...
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Seattle's Felix Hernandez will start Tuesday night's All-Star game for the American League and Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals will open for the National League.
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The Fifa president has also expressed his sympathy for Luis Suarez following the Uruguayan's four-month ban for biting
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Manchester United secured a record-breaking $1.3 billion sponsorship deal with Adidas on Monday, signalling the club's enduring global appeal despite its worst Premier League campaign and strengthening its financial muscle for player tra...
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The former Southampton manager will take charge of Spurs for the first time on a pre-season tour of United States and Canada, with the full-back keen to get used to his style
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The Stoke City manager is keen to bring the winger back to the Britannia Stadium, where he impressed on loan over 2013-14, but says that the ball is in the Reds' court
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Canadian No. 1 NBA draft pick pulled off a ridiculous 360 behind-the-back dunk during warm-ups for an NBA Summer League game.
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The Netherlands right-back is set to replace Arsenal-bound Mathieu Debuchy at St James' Park, and will follow hot on the heels of Montpellier's Remy Cabella who signed on Sunday
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Manchester United landed the richest uniform deal in soccer, a $1.3 billion, 10-year agreement with Adidas that replaces its Nike sponsorship.
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The Fifa president said this year's competition was better than the one four years ago, but reacted angrily to corruption claims and vowed to stamp out racism in football
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HOYLAKE, England – You could make the argument that few winners of the British Open have had more fun carrying around the Claret Jug for a year than Phil Mickelson. Since...
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Mo Farah has admitted he faces a race against time to be fit to compete at the Commonwealth Games.
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For anyone seeking additional proof that the Washington Wizards are sprinting in the right direction, look no further than Saturday’s surprising acquisition of swingman Paul “The Truth” Pierce . After losing wing forward Trevor Ariza to ...
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Brazil defender Maicon is ready to commit his future to Roma.
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Carmelo Anthony has reached a deal to remain with the New York Knicks.
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Luis Muriel has sought to end speculation about his future by announcing he wants to stay at Udinese next season.
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Tale of 2 markets: German shares rise after World Cup win as Argentine shares underperform
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The first College Football Playoff trophy was unveiled this morning and it’s, well, interesting . It has been compared to everything from a waffle cone to the Olympic torch to the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story,” but this much is certa...
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“I want to win a championship, I want to win bowl games,” Stefon Diggs told a crowd of fans when he committed to Maryland in 2012. “Where else is a better place to do it than your city?” Diggs has not yet won a championship in College Pa...
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Fiorentina have announced the signing of Australia defensive midfielder Joshua Brillante from A-League side Newcastle Jets.
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The Houston Rockets have decided not to match the Mavericks' three-year, $46 million offer sheet for Chandler Parsons, which means the versatile forward will join Dirk Nowitzki in Dallas.
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Vincenzo Nibali took advantage of the absence of several top contenders on Monday, winning Stage 10 of the 2014 Tour de France in dominant fashion. Launching an attack on the final climb of the day, La...
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Derrick Rose and four returnees from the 2012 Olympic men's basketball champions are among the 19 players selected for this summer's U.S. national team roster.
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The 2013 Nats started off slowly, underachieved for most of the season, never really contended for a playoff berth and fell far short of 2012′s happiness and joy. The 2014 Nats have been flirting with first place for weeks and enter the...
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Across 94 games, the Yankees have learned for the second straight season how difficult it is to win in the big leagues with megastars saddled with serious injuries. Last season,...
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Diego Maradona has declared that Lionel Messi did not the Golden Ball award, suggesting the Argentina forward won the title for marketing reasons.
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These babies are doing pliés, tendus and coupés -- before they can even walk. Well, sort of. Morgan Castner, a dancer and mom of two has created a class in Tustin, CA for new mothers to dance while wearing their babies . “The babies ofte...
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Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson has his eye on Woods, and wants to see him on his team
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This 2014 rookie class consists of plenty of NBA -ready prospects, but only a few are actually ready to make an immediate impact. The following rookies are the guys who could help move the needle for their respective teams. Whether...
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The Welshman, who ended his illustrious playing career at Old Trafford to become Louis van Gaal's assistant this summer, feels that another great player should take the shirt
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Pachuca striker Enner Valencia is undergoing a medical at West Ham, Press Association Sport understands.
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After a frenzied weekend of moves, NBA free agency has kicked into high gear. From the stars who bolted, to the stars who stayed and the teams who couldn’t land a star, here are some of the best a worst moves: Read full article >>
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Derek Jeter's illustrious career has been immortalized in a video, released by Jordan Brand.
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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is keeping his fingers crossed that a fifth summer signing will arrive on Tyneside within the next 24 hours.
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The Browns will have a live, barking, panting mascot when they take the field this fall, a team executive told a Cleveland radio station on Sunday.
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Toni Kroos' future will be resolved by Wednesday at the latest, with the international's agent denying an agreement has already been reached with Real Madrid.
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The chips are falling into place, and all it took was LeBron James. While James mulled over Miami or Cleveland for more than a week, only a few NBA free agents deals had been agreed to while several others held off on making their decisi...
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The 2014 NBA Summer League has kicked off in Las Vegas, with dozens of potential stars giving teams their first taste of what they can do at the professional level. What did we learn from the first weekend of games in the desert? Kevin D...
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U.S. captain Tom Watson had been looking forward to seeing Tiger Woods at the British Open to talk to him directly about the Ryder Cup.
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Derrick Rose, 4 returning Olympic champions among 19 picked for US men's basketball roster
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Gary Neville insists England must find their own way to win major tournaments after a clamour to copy the successful German blueprint.
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Alexis Sanchez's arrival has left the Arsenal squad "buzzing" ahead of the new campaign, according to defender Carl Jenkinson.
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U.S. captain Tom Watson had been looking forward to seeing Tiger Woods at the British Open to talk to him directly about the Ryder Cup. Click to Continue »
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville has added former Florida Panthers bench boss Kevin Dineen to his staff.The 50-year-old Dineen coached the Panthers for two-plus seasons before being fired l...
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A fit and firing Sonny Bill Williams will be considered for the All Blacks' year-end tour with coach Steve Hansen indicating time was a factor less than a year out from the Rugby World Cup.
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Having won the last two Super Rugby grand finals, they aren't prepared to end their 2014 run just yet, EVAN PEGDEN reports.
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It comes with the territory, but player unavailability usually makes coaches want to tear their hair out.
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This is the time of year when Andy Ellis has no problem justifying his decision to stay in New Zealand.
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As one All White prepares to make his Wellington Phoenix debut tonight, a former New Zealand player has made the return trip across the Tasman to join the Central Coast Mariners.
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Tanerau Latimer is not ready to leave the Chiefs just yet.
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Matt Stanley is backing his pre-Commonwealth Games programme to help him match his Australian training partners in Glasgow.
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It has been a long time between dunks for Nick Horvath.
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It could well be the strongest boxing team New Zealand has sent to a Commonwealth Games, but how they go is ''so, so, so dependent on the draw'', says coach Phil Shatford.
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An eclectic bunch, ranging from a 21-year-old Southlander to a 50-year-old first-timer from Manawatu, will take aim to continue New Zealand's remarkable run of Commonwealth Games shooting gold medals in the next fortnight.
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Checking them into a hotel will be the closest Josh Brodie gets to the Black Caps.
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Former Olympic swimmer Alison Fitch has remained involved in swimming since her retirement and is now an inspiration for youngsters, writes AARON GOILE.
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A relatively experienced Junior Football Ferns side, including six players who have played senior international football for New Zealand, was named yesterday for the Fifa under-20 World Cup in Canada in August.
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Bay of Plenty's Zoe Brake returns to the New Zealand golf setup after a four-year hiatus and will play in the New Zealand Espirito Santo team for the world championships.
