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Red Bull lodge protest over Mercedes steering
Just hours after seeing Mercedes duo of six-time champion Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas top the times with a resounding one-two in their newly-painted...
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English counties allowed two overseas players per side from 2021
Teams are currently allowed to field only one overseas player, though foreign-born cricketers with British passports and those on Kolpak deals are classed as 'home' registrations.
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Liverpool will learn from Man City humbling, says Klopp
The Reds came back down to earth with a bump at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday in their first match since securing the title last week.
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Four-year ban for Kenyan marathon star Kipsang over doping rules violation
Kipsang, who claimed the world record during the 2013 Berlin marathon and is the only person to have beaten current holder Eliud Kipchoge over the distance, was found guilty of 'whereabouts failures and tampering by providing false evidence and witness testimony'.
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Mercedes one-two as F1 gets back on track in Austria
Sunday’s race, the first of two in Austria on successive weekends, will be the latest start to a championship after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the scheduled Australian opener on 15 March before a wheel had turned.
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Reds snap Waratahs drought as Super Rugby returns to Australia
Limited numbers of fans were allowed in Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium as the nation slowly reopens after the coronavirus pandemic, and they enjoyed a 32-26 nail-biter in the first live rugby in almost four months.
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Hamilton on top with new black helmet as F1 roars back
The six-time champion, who has been an outspoken supporter of the campaign for equality and diversity since the death of American George Floyd last month, revealed the statement helmet before climbing into his Mercedes in anger for the first time this year.
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Sri Lanka drops WC cricket fixing probe for lack of evidence
Former chief selector Aravinda de Silva, ex-skipper Kumar Sangakkara and opening batsman Upul Tharanga were questioned this week over suspicions that have dogged the match for years.
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Bayern Munich confirm Leroy Sane signing from Man City
The Bundesliga champions did not give the transfer fee, but Sky Sports and the BBC have reported that Bayern and City agreed a fee of £54.8 million (59.97 million euros, $67.36 million).
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England's Curran self isolating after undergoing COVID-19 test
The ECB said in a statement that Curran, 22, experienced sickness and diarrhoea on Wednesday night and would sit out the remainder of England’s intra-squad practice match ahead of the first test against West Indies.
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American Gauff can improve the world, says Navratilova
Gauff, 16, released a video on social media protesting killings of African-Americans in the United States amid widespread outrage across the country following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in police custody in Minneapolis.
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Spurs suffer 3-1 defeat at Sheff Utd, VAR in spotlight again
The hosts took the lead in the 31st minute as Norwegian Sander Berge finished off a fine flowing move, slotting the ball into the bottom corner for his first goal in English football.
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City honour Liverpool - then hammer them 4-0
Klopp was quick to defend his team’s attitude, rejecting any suggestion they had taken the game lightly.
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Athletics chiefs put Russia on hold as world champion threatens to quit 'chaos'
RusAF had until 1 July to send the global body a $5 million (4.45 million euro) fine and $1.31 million in other costs following accusations it had helped 2017 world high jump silver medallist Danil Lysenko avoid a sanction for failing to comply with anti-doping measures.
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'Surprised' Vettel insists there was no new Ferrari deal
Vettel said he was surprised when Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto called him to say his services were no longer required after 2020.
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Djokovic, his wife test negative for coronavirus
The world number one's coach Goran Ivanisevic contracted COVID-19.
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DANIEL GALLAN: Calling all South African athletes - the time for action is now
Now is the time for our sports stars to reach up and challenge our politicians to be better and uphold the social contracts they operate within, writes Daniel Gallan.
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Russia misses deadline to pay doping fine
World Athletics, the sport’s global governing body, in March handed the federation a $10 million fine for breaching anti-doping rules.
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Australia revert to using Kookaburra balls only in domestic cricket
Cricket Australia introduced the Dukes ball in 2016 and they were used in the second half of each Shield season to try to accustom players to conditions in England, where Australian batsmen had often struggled.
