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England manager Sam Allardyce: 'Door always open for Everton's Ross Barkley'

Hopefully the players will make it a lot easier or a lot more hard, like the Ross Barkley decision. When his opportunity came off the bench at Hull City on Sa...

Spoke to Ozil before deciding Arsenal move: Defender Mustafi

We don't have any plans for anyone else now". Mustafi and Perez are expected to cost around £35m and £17m respectively. Arsenal will respond when they host ...

Trump weighs in on Kaepernick situation

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman defended his NFC West foe for speaking his mind but said the QB "could have picked a better platform". "And not ...

Atlantic champ NY stops South Korea for title

Harlost also came into score; while Jack Hopko was batting he scampered home on a wild pitch to put his team up 2-0. Just an unbelievable feeling.. The Mai...

Neymar Steps Down as Brazil Football Captain Following Rio 2016 Olympics

Why not? In a year of national political tumult and after the team's same opponent, Germany , humiliated it in a World Cup semifinal two summers ago, there...

British number one Johanna Konta cruises into second round of US Open

Although scheduled for the day session it was gone 7.45pm by the time she came on, but there was little sign of nerves in trying to back up her surprise quarter...

Sergio Aguero must continue to improve, says Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola could select Yaya Toure for the first time in a competitive match when Manchester City take on Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League. Guardiol...

Rookie starter Snell struggles as Astros down Rays 6-2

The Rays are 4-0 in their last four game threes of a series, and 3-11 in Archer's last 14 starts. "Good bounce back win there", Manager Kevin Cash said. The...

Newcastle United sign Lazaar

The club are set to bank £1.5million from the sale of the 30-year-old, who is in the final year of his contract and does not feature in Benitez's plans. Toon bo...

(Olympics) Farah seals first distance double-double in 40 years

Farah, who fought back from a stumble to win the 10,000m last week, said his 5,000m victory had been the most satisfying of the four golds . He had soon brok...

Conte gives positive reaction to Chelsea win

But we have to stop, " said Conte. Conte bringing fight and passion and today showed good football! Conte said: "Starting the season with three league wins ...

Achraf Lazaar tells of his 'pride' at Newcastle move

We're going to keep working hard to make sure we are on top of our game every week and pushing on as a team. " He gives us width on the left, has a good left ...

Djokovic advances to US Open second round

Open. When play resumed, Djokovic immediately broke the Pole and held serve on way to taking the first set. This was the first time she faced a top-20 opponen...

Roy explains dizzy spell

England match-winner Jason Roy admitted relief not to suffer any lasting effects of his dizzy spell in the One-Day International victory over Pakistan. "Obviou...

Manchester City sign Bravo from Barcelona

City host West Ham United in their next league game on Sunday. Guardiola says the club is trying to do the best for all involved and claims he would be happy ...

Donaldson homers three times as Jays beat Twins

If the Blue Jays defeat the Twins on Sunday it will give them a 4-2 home stand before they travel to Baltimore for a three-game series against the Orioles, wh...

Ezekiel Elliott dealing with fallout from Seattle marijuana store visit

TMZ posted a video of Elliott at a marijuana dispensary just hours before he made his preseason debut against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. It is lega...

Novak Djokovic struggles in win at US Open

Djokovic said: 'To be honest, I take it day by day. Djokovic's physical condition is one of the main talking points entering the first day of competition, and...

Sashi Brown says Browns want to keep Josh Gordon

A Browns team source had told Schefter that the team was not looking to trade Gordon, but Brown's comments Thursday were the first public comments from the orga...

Sale outpitched by Hernandez, bullpen as Mariners top Chisox

Gutierrez sent Sale's 97 miles per hour fastball into the seats in right-center in the second and the Mariners added another run on a double play in the third....

Lochte's apology is about as real as his story

In his first account of last week's incident, the youngest of the four swimmers involved, Gunnar Bentz , 20, said the guards confronted them after they had u...

Guardiola's Man City to face Barcelona in Champions League group stage

Group A: PSG, Arsenal , Basel, Ludogorets. Ronaldo received the accolade for the second time in his career after finishing ahead of Real team-mate Gareth Ba...

Hamilton anxious he would not complete Belgian GP

Hamilton's record recovery from starting 21st on the grid at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to finish third meant that Rosberg had only trimmed his rival's champ...

Verstappen on top in Red Bull one-two

The only time I wasn't happy with the vehicle was the first few laps before the red flag. "It's not qualifying or the race". "I never dream", he said. Behind,...

Jim Harbaugh says he does not respect Colin Kaepernick motivation, then backtracks

Some support his right to do it while others think he's being disrespectful to military and those who fought for his freedoms. Via Mark Snyder of the Detroit...

South Africa hold aces despite collapse

But the last time I bowled an eight-over spell was probably 10 years ago. Before this Test, their top five had all got single-digit scores in their first inn...

Tottenham boss Pochettino wants a Mane in his team

The Lilywhites came from behind to rescue a point against their top-four rivals in north London in the day's early kick-off. Even on his goal, which leveled t...

China finishes 1-2 in women's Olympic platform diving

Bearing a serious expression throughout her five dives, Ren only broke out into a small smile after her final score was tallied. From a 10-year-old Greek gymn...

Rox drop fourth in row

Jake McGee (1-3) got the win by pitching a ideal 10th, which included a strikeout of Bryce Harper that led to the reigning NL MVP being ejected. The Nationals...

Royals beat Red Sox 10-4

Pedroia also had reached base safely in 12 straight plate appearances and raised his batting average to.320, second in the American League behind Houston's Jos...

Cowboys' Tony Romo broke bone in back: Coach

Garrett did not rule out Romo for the Cowboys opener against the Giants though. Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs participated in his first game since tearing...

Rio Olympics 2016: USA women blow by Jamaica for 4x100 repeat

Their second chance set the stage for Friday's dominant final and allowed Felix to become the first female Olympian to capture five gold medals. The women's 4×4...

Yankees rout Mariners behind rookie Sanchez's hot bat

Yankees manager Joe Girardi told the AP that the fan appeared to be intoxicated and that he fell into an area of the dugout where no players were. It began wi...

New stadium still working out kinks for 1st Vikings game

But there are caveats. As expected, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater returned to the lineup Sunday. Look at him topping the preseason standings. The Minnesota Vi...

Kevin Durant: Olympics experience 'therapy for me'

Durant led all scorers in the championship match with 30 points on a ridiculous 10-of-19 shooting effort, including 5-of-11 from three point range. This rematch...