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Dutch football legend Cruyff dies aged 68

Johan Cruyff, widely regarded as one of football’s greatest ever players, has died aged 68 after a five-month battle with lung cancer. Cruyff, who

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Cuba v Tampa Bay Rays baseball for presidents

The Latinoamericano Stadium in Havana, buzzed in anticipation as the Cuban national baseball team welcomed the MLB side the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Tennis tournament boss resigns over 'I'd go down every night on my knees' comment

Raymond Moore, BNP Paribas Open tournament director has resigned following derogatory remarks about women’s tennis. Tennis tourney director Moore

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Baseball diplomacy as Cuba welcomes Tampa Bay Rays to Havana

As relations thaw rapidly between the United States and Cuba the two countries are to celebrate their new cordiality with a game of baseball.

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Cape Epic: Platt and Huber win Langvad and Kleinhans defend title

Germany’s Karl Platt and his Bulls team mate Urs Huber of Switzerland secured overall victory in the Cape Epic mountain bike stage race in Meerendal

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No magic for Orlando in Raptors rumble

Orlando’s Magic had an off day and none of the spells worked against the Toronto Raptors in their latest NBA clash. The Raptors went into the game on

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Anqi and Grumier boost Olympic fencing ambitions with Budapest wins

Two fencers laid down serious markers ahead of the Olympics at the Budapest Grand Prix by striking gold, China’s Xu Anqi just fending off a spirited

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Jamaica wins hurdles gold at Indoor Athletics championships

Jamaica clinched their first gold on the final day of the world indoor athletics championships. Omar McLeod gave the Caribbean sprinting power the

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Violent clashes at Moroccan topflight game leaves two dead and 54 injured

Two people have been killed and some 54 injured after supporters of the same Moroccan club clashed following a topflight game in Casablanca. Fighting

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Corruption scandal pushes FIFA to $122 mln loss for 2015

With corruption related legal costs mounting and sponsors bailing out FIFA has announced it suffered big losses in 2015.

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Europa League: Liverpool put rivals Manchester United out of Europe

Liverpool qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday evening after beating arch rivals Manchester United in the sides’ first

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Ski Jumping: Prevc breaks record for season wins

Peter Prevc became the first man to win 14 ski jumping events in a single season on Thursday. The Slovenia overall World Cup champion flew to the top

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Shoes for really lazy people, coming soon

Nike has finally unveiled the production version of its self-lacing shoes, as seen in the 1989 film 'Back to the Future' and they were demonstrated by football star Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Kilde takes super-G title as Feuz wins back-to-back races

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the men’s super-G title on Thursday at the World Cup finals in St Moritz. Kilde nearly jumped off the course

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Alpine Skiing: Gut adds super-G title to overall World Cup

Switzerland’s Lara Gut added the women’s super-G World Cup title to the overall crystal globe she had already captured after finishing second in the

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Gayle blows England off course at ICC World Twenty20

England’s ICC World Twenty20 Group One campaign got off to a poor start after losing to the West Indies in Mumbai this week. Chris Gayle proved to be

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Three-point maestro Curry leads Golden State to 50th straight home win

Steven Curry once again shone for the Golden State Warriors as the the defending NBA champions thrashed the New York Knicks to extend their

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Russian world champion Efimova faces life ban after testing positive for meldonium

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Alpine skiing: Puchner wins final downhill of season for first ever victory

Austrian Mirjam Puchner waited until the final downhill of the women’s 2015/2016 World Cup campaign to celebrate the first race win of her career

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ICC World T20: New Zealand upset hosts India

Hosts of this year’s ICC World T20, India, suffered a shock opening round defeat at the hands of New Zealand. New Zealand had never lost to India in