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Russell Martin: Scotland still dealing with disappointment of missing Euros
He said: "There's no grey areas to it". That was a real blow for the home side as the Slovenian defenders were struggling to deal with the Celtic player's constant movement. Wednesday night's drab 1-1 draw in a friendly with Canada at Easter Road has hardly filled the Tartan Army with the same enthusiasm given the wretched campaign they have endured so far.
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Indian Wells masters: It's a attractive feeling, says Roger Federer
Federer now joins Djokovic as a five-time victor at the event and becomes the oldest champion in the tournament's history, surpassing Jimmy Connors who was 31 when he triumphed in 1984. Federer dominated all facets of the match, hitting more winners (23 to 17) and fewer unforced errors (15 to 21) than Wawrinka, along with winning 78 percent of his first serve points to his fellow Swiss' 70.
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Martin McGuinness, Irish rebel turned politician, dies at 66
McGuinness was hailed as a peacemaker for negotiating the 1998 peace deal, sharing power with his once bitter enemy Paisley and shaking hands with the British Queen, though the gestures were condemned by some former comrades as treachery. For over a decade the former IRA Commander held a power sharing office with the heads of Unionism, before standing down in January, collapsing the power-sharing Government at Stormont.
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Tunnel bust-up mars Man United's 3-1 win at Middlesbrough
It's what we did here without many players but with a great answer in terms of attitude and desire from all the boys. Manchester United dug in to pick up a 3-1 victory at Middlesbrough to move up to fifth in the Premier League table. Gestede initially appeared to bite defender Eric Bailly in a stoppage time melee on the edge of the visitors' area in an altercation missed by referee Jon Moss and his assistants.
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Wall scores 37 as Wizards down LeBron, Cavs 127-115
Wall stayed in attack mode and finished the quarter a ideal 8-8 from the field with 18 points and five assists as the House of Guards combined for more points (27) than the Cavaliers scored in the quarter (26) as the Wizards took a 40-26 lead at the end of the first quarter.
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Wisconsin ousts defending NCAA champions Villanova
The most awesome thing about Villanova's run this season was the fact they did so well without shooting guard Phil Booth for nearly the entire season. The committee clearly felt that the Badgers' slump during February was reflective of who they were as a team. While Wisconsin did not hold an advantage with him out, Villanova only outscored the Badgers 17-13 over that span.
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Brady's missing Super Bowl jerseys tracked to Mexico
Why would Brady care about a jersey , whatever the value would be to collectors? "We're highly confident that these are in fact the jerseys , based on our investigative efforts", he said . "If I don't, I don't". "It's unfortunate, because that's a nice piece of memorabilia", Brady told the media the next day when he accepted the Super Bowl MVP trophy.
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Real Madrid to play Bayern in Champions League quarterfinals
Rummenigge says the fact that no team has ever defended the Champions League title plays into Bayern's hands. "We have a lot of confidence and want to win the Champions League this season". "We will have to play two great matches to get to the next round", Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta said of Juventus . Ancelotti, who led 11-time winners Real to their tenth Champions League title in 2014, was looking forward to a special tie.
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Waugh finds elements of himself and Ponting in Kohli's captaincy
Good luck to them. Playing alongside Rahane has given Smith an opportunity to know him and his assessment is that the Mumbaikar is less emotional. "The more pressure we can put on the better". Thakur, who was removed from the post of BCCI President early this year by the Supreme Court in the wake of the Lodha Committee recommendations, said that cricket australia has always tried to dictate terms to India .
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Purdue falls to Kansas 98-66 in Sweet 16
Lost in Translation star Murray was caught on camera several times jumping up and down, waving his fist in the air, and rubbing the heads of fellow fans as his son's team made it through to the tournament's Elite Eight, where the Musketeers will face number one seed Gonzaga.
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Ricciardo misses start, exits early at F1 Australian GP
Max Verstappen admits there is much for Red Bull to work on ahead of Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. "I just went in and then the rear went away". "I feel more and more relaxed with every year and every race." the teenager replied. "Throughout the season maybe things will happen, you have to be prepared for that, but we are coming here pretty confident, I would say, with that".
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Wild 3-Pointer Gives Florida March Madness Win Over Wisconsin
The Gamecocks hadn't played an NCAA Tournament game since 2004 or won one since 1973 until this memorable 3-0 run. And stepping up to the free throw line and put them down. Anytime you try to get a shot off, you have two or three guys on you. In order to get around Hayes and past midcourt, he dribbled three more times .
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Quick goal sets Northern Ireland on way to win over Norway
Brunt was inspirational on his Northern Ireland return back in November - making one and scoring another - and his set-piece delivery will be key once more. Should the Norwegians leave Belfast with nothing it would move Northern Ireland to 10 points at the halfway stage of the World Cup campaign. " Norway came with nothing to lose, they had to win the game to keep themselves alive in the group and that made them a very risky opponent".
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Nadal advances to start bid for 1st Key Biscayne
So Nadal backed up on returns and played higher balls against Kohlschreiber's backhand. Nadal said the key to his comeback had been his ability to change the tempo and rhythm of the match. "But I've put in the work that I can, I have prepared the best I can for this tournament and while I'm not necessarily in the best position right now, fortunately it is a long tournament", he said.
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Smith, Maxwell fire Australia to 401-7
India , in reply, were 120 for one at stumps and trailed the Australians by 331 runs. Kohli could not field after landing awkwardly on his right shoulder while trying to save a boundary in the post-lunch session on day one of the match on Thursday.
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Ross Barkley doing extra training at Everton
It will surely come as a disappointment to the player who has worked hard to get back into the worldwide scene after being dropped previous year. "I thought the Lithuania game might have been a good one for him to come into, but the way, unfortunately, it played out we couldn't get him on the pitch".
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Leicester hold on to secure impressive win at West Ham
Looked solid enough throughout, but ended up marking no one for the second West Ham goal. Before that, they have the West Ham game to think about followed by games against Stoke City, Sunderland and Everton. Shakespeare doesn't expect a hangover from the Champions League celebrations. The Gabon hot-shot scored his ninth goal in his last five games in Borussia Dortmund's 1-0 win at home to relegation-threatened Ingolstadt.
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Thompson, Curry outshine Westbrook as Warriors down Thunder
Let us start with the personnel, for starters. Aside from glorious, spectacular revenge-Petty Curry at his finest, as Rohan Nadkarni wrote-Monday was also a reminder that Curry will still determine everything Golden State can be over the next few months.
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LeBron James Takes Brutal Knee to Groin From Wizards Big Man
CLEVELAND - It was another atrocious showing on the defensive end for the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday in their 127-115 loss to the Washington Wizards . "You can see it in his eyes", Beal said. "When he leads like that everybody else follows". -Bojan Bogdanovic (lower back soreness) was a late scratch from the lineup.
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White Sox, SS Tim Anderson agree to $25M, 6-year contract
During the winter, the Chicago White Sox traded Chris Sale and Adam Eaton as part of their rebuilding process. Anderson will receive $850,000 in 2017, $1 million in 2018, $1.4 million in 2019, $4 million in 2020, $7.25 million in 2021 and $9.5 million in 2022.
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'Comfortable' Ozil soon to decide on his Arsenal future
The 39-year-old now combines his work as a football pundit for Sky Sports with his role as Roberto Martinez's assistant in the Belgium national team set-up. "When you have a player like that in midfield, who gets a lot of balls back". Wenger is very, very important for Arsenal for now and for the next season.
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India bowl out Australia for 137 runs
Resuming on 248/6 and still trailing by 52, the duo frustrated the Australian bowlers as India took the lead and Jadeja made a half century. "We will bat the way we do", Ashwin said. Jadeja was adjudged caught behind off the very first ball of the third morning bowled by Cummins but he promptly used DRS to get a favourable decision after the TV replays confirmed that there was no edge.
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Awesome Arrogate rules the world in Dubai
I thought that was it and I was mad at myself for bringing him here. He hasn't been tested in his last couple of races, but we'll see here and we'll see about the 2000m. "A Dubai World Cup 1-2, that would be something". "I always worry about the break with this horse". In both races, Arrogate defeated Chrome, who won the Dubai World Cup a year ago at Meydan Racecourse by five lengths despite jockey Victor Espinoza hanging on to a loose saddle for most of it.
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Lopez has 23 points as Nets top slumping Hawks
He scored 10 points and added three boards, well below his season average of 18.1 points and 7.7 rebounds. After visiting Dr. James Andrews of the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Pensacola, Florida and conferring with Dr.
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Kansas, Purdue plan to make for a stylish Sweet 16 matchup
And star freshman Josh Jackson has brushed off his many off-the-court issues to send his National Basketball Association draft stock soaring. Could they keep doing it in the NCAA tournament? "We took advantage of it". "They're going to make you pay on every single thing you mess up". Clearly, they had more talent than a lot of their foes. Third-seeded OR (32-4) narrowly escaped Michigan Thursday 69-68 when the Wolverines' Derrick Walton Jr.
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Warriors eye win against Kings in playoff home-court quest
Draymond Green added 23 points and eight assists of his own, while JaVale McGee came off the bench and just missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds . For the Golden State Warriors , The Splash Brothers are always the duo to watch. They are 3-12 since the All-Star break and they are now tied with the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers for the 5th worst record in the National Basketball Association.
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This Is The Reason Mesut Ozil Hasn't Signed His New Arsenal Contract
And the 39-year-old Frenchman admitted in a recent interview that, while he is still learning as a coach, his long term aim is to become a manager, possibly with Arsenal . Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette has been linked with a move to the Emirates, he has scored 29 goals for the French side this term, and 121 in 266 matches overall, while Monaco's young starlet Kylian Mbappe has also reportedly been targeted by the club after failing with a bid a year ago.
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South Carolina beats Baylor 70-50 to advance to Elite Eight
After Wisconsin's Khalil Iverson hit the front of the rim on a breakaway dunk, Chiozza drove by the Badgers defense at the other end for a layup that tied it at 81 with 24 seconds left. "I'd let it go and watch and then be ready to scream timeout if it looks ugly but I want them to just play on and that's what we practice", Calipari said.
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Digest: Beal, Wall lead Wizards past Hawks
Mike Budenholzer, coach of the Hawks, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last month that Millsap would stay put in Atlanta for years to come. Not coincidentally, Milwaukee's resurgence began when Khris Middleton returned to the starting lineup.
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Germany 1-0 England: Lukas Podolski ends worldwide career with worldie victor
And England's first-half dominance continued when five minutes later Lallana intercepted the ball on the halfway line and drove towards the box, only for his strike at goal to come back off the post. However, the Three Lions only worked goalkeeper Marc-Andre her Stegen with two of their 11 shots. A minute later, Keane blazed a glorious chance for a debut goal over the bar as a corner fell loose in the Germany area before Adam Lallana spurned an even better opportunity.
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Chelsea 13 points clear after late Cahill victor at Stoke
In a moment of clarity, Costa did play the pass to release Alonso in the build up to Willian's free-kick goal, but much of his opening 45 minutes was a running battle with Stoke defenders, who appeared to be taking turns to foul and rile him.
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Karim Benzema is tired of being unwanted by France, Deschamps
Everyone is an global there. It's hard because I love football, big matches, and you know that the national team is a very high level. France outcast Karim Benzema has admitted that he is unsure exactly why he is still being overlooked for national team duty.
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Nets on first winning streak of season with victory against Suns
Ullis had a great night passing with 12 assists, but it took him 19 shot to score 10 points. The Phoenix Suns opened the season by becoming the first team in National Basketball Association history to have four teenagers play in the same game.
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Messi's goal takes Argentina to qualification zone
In doing so, they would leapfrog their neighbors in the standings and keep their hopes alive for automatic qualification to the next FIFA World Cup. Sergio Aguero came into the side for the injured Paulo Dybala and with Angel Di Maria, Messi and Gonzalo Higuain all starting as well, it looked like the home side would simply shootout their opponents on the night.
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Booker scores 70 in Boston, but Celtics outlast Suns 130-120
The Celtics (47-26) held the Suns (22-51) without a field goal for the first 7:15, building a 22-3 lead before settling for a 13-point advantage after the first quarter. Booker left Kentucky after one year and was the 14th overall selection by the Phoenix Suns . He said he once scored 56 points in a high school game, "but not anything close since then".