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Dutch race bans Cavendish over Veelers crash Organisers of the Boxmeer Criterium race in the Netherlands have told Mark Cavendish he is not welcome at their event. The ban is linked to the end of Tuesday's 10th stage of the Tour de France, which saw Cavendish collide with Dutch rider Tom...

Athletics - Hannah England cautious on road to recovery Hannah England may be setting her sights on a return to the World Championships next month – two years after she won 1,500m silver in Daegu – but is refusing to predict a medal repeat in Moscow. However, the 26-year-old says she is in...

Kirkbride draws parallels with Thomas but wants to emulate Cavendish Ellis Kirkbride is proof that the mindset between Britain's junior and senior cyclists is minimal to none; something he's determined to show once again at the European Youth Olympic Festival. Kirkbride was officially...

Athletics - Onuora benefiting from change in mindset 200m runner Anyika Onuora insists her mindset has transformed as she prepares to rubberstamp her place on the plane to Moscow for next month's World Championships. The 28-year-old heads to Birmingham's Alexander Stadium for this weekend's...

Trott claims first gold at Euro U23 Track Champs Double Olympic champion Laura Trott claimed her first gold medal of the European Under-23 Track Championships in Portugal but she insists she isn't done there. Trott, who was part of Britain's world-record breaking and gold-medal winning team...

Modern Pentathlon - Team relay bronze for GB men at European Championships Jan Bartu believes it can only get better for Britain's athletes at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships after a second medal was won in the men's team relay on day two. A day after Katy Burke, Kate French and...

U23 champion Howson to Join ORICA-GreenEDGE Australian World Tour team ORICA-GreenEDGE have announced the signing of Damien Howson for the 2014 season. The 20-year-old will line up as a stagiaire for the start of Tour of Utah in early August before joining the team on a multi-year contract...

Hingis inducted into Hall of Fame Martina Hingis has been inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame, becoming one of the youngest members to be enshrined in one of the sport's most elite clubs. The 32-year-old from Switzerland was among a distinguished class of inductees who were formally inducted...

Modern Pentathlon - Britain's women win team relay gold at Europeans Samantha Murray helped Britain's women to team relay gold on day one of the Modern Pentathlon European Championships and she'll be calmness personified because of it according to British coach Istvan Nemeth. Olympic silver...

Van Den Broeck out for rest of season Lotto-Belisol rider Jurgen Van Den Broeck will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on Wednesday. The 30-year-old suffered several leg injuries in a crash during the bunch sprint finish of stage five at the Tour de France. The surgery...

Athletics - Ennis-Hill ruled out of British trials Jessica Ennis-Hill has been ruled out of this weekend’s British trials but is confident of making next month’s World Championships. The Brit, who has not raced competitively since winning gold in the heptathlon during last year’s Olympic...

Sharapova names Connors as new coach Maria Sharapova has appointed eight-time Grand Slam winner Jimmy Connors as her new coach after parting ways with Thomas Hogstedt. The WTA world number two confirmed the split from Hogstedt on Thursday, having gone out of Wimbledon in round two against...

No joke as Portal appointment proves masterstroke When Nicolas Portal was offered a sports director position at Team Sky, the Frenchman thought it was a joke, yet he is now guiding rider Chris Froome's bid for Tour de France victory. Portal, at 34 the youngest sports director, or DS (directeur...

Athletics - Rudisha world title defence in doubt David Rudisha's defence of his world 800 metres title in Moscow next month is in doubt because of a knee injury, the Kenyan's coach said. "He is progressing on well, but I doubt if he will heal early enough to resume training for the world...

Judy Murray fears for British tennis despite Andy's triumph Judy Murray fears that an opportunity to grow tennis in Britain following *** Andy’s heroic Wimbledon triumph will be lost due to a lack of courts and opportunities in the “elitist” sport. Andy ended a 77-year wait for a British men’s...

Froome earns huge lead as Martin wins TT Chris Froome tightened his grip on the Tour de France, extending his overall lead to well over three minutes at the halfway mark with a predictably brilliant performance in the time trial won by Tony Martin. German world time trial champion Martin, who...

Athletics - Idowu sparks retirement fears by taking break British triple jumper Phillips Idowu is to take a break from the sport and will miss next month's World Championships. Idowu, world champion in 2009 and silver medallist at the Beijing Olympics, has jumped competitively on only one...

Karlovic: I didn’t know my name Ivo Karlovic has stated that he didn’t ‘know his name’ or ‘what year it was’ as he recovers from viral meningitis. Karlovic:”I didn’t know my name” Ivo Karlovic has stated that he didn’t ‘know his name’ or ‘what year it was’ as he recovers from viral meningitis...

Fan 'throws *****' at Cavendish Britain's Mark Cavendish has apparently been soaked in ***** thrown at him by a spectator during the Tour de France. Cavendish was taking part in the 11th stage, a 33km individual time trial from Avranches to Mont St Michel, when the incident happened. Tour...

Snooker - Murphy, Selby progress in Australia Shaun Murphy comfortably moved into round two of the Australia Goldfields Open having dispatched Michael White 5-1. White, in fact, took a scrappy first frame with runs of 29 and 27 but the world number four responded in fine fashion with breaks of...

Athletics - 'Up to 30' Turkish athletes facing doping suspensions Turkish athletics, already reeling from a series of high-profile doping cases, is poised to reveal another tranche of positive tests after the country was targeted by anti-doping investigators. Media reports on Tuesday suggested...

Athletics - Speedy Gemili determined not to get ahead of himself World junior champion Adam Gemili is certainly fast - but he's in no hurry to rush making his big breakthrough. One year ago Gemili - who only seriously took up sprinting a few months earlier - won the national 100m title in...

Kittel sprints to stage 10 success, Froome safe in yellow Marcel Kittel took stage 10 of the Tour de France after a bunch sprint in Saint-Malo with Britain's Chris Froome comfortably keeping hold of the yellow jersey. Argos-Shimano sprinter Kittel avoided a crash by his lead-out man Tom...

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Froome couldn't afford bike as ***** in Kenya As Chris Froome races up France's snow-capped mountains in a series of lung-busting Tour de France climbs, one man in a far away Kenyan village hopes a win for the "thin boy" he introduced to road cycling can transform the sport's popularity in...

Snooker - Higginson falls at first hurdle in Australia Andrew Higginson lost in the opening round of the Australia Goldfields Open to world number 78 Zhang Anda. Higginson, ranked 20th, did not make a single half-century as he was hammered 5-1 by Chinese Zhang, who recorded runs of 96, 62, 63...

Brailsford: Controversial Leinders an 'error of judgment' Hiring a doctor once linked with alleged doping practices was a mistake, Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford said on Monday. Last October, Sky severed ties with Belgian Geert Leinders, a former doctor at Rabobank who is under...

Froome still alive and well after Pyrenees ambush Rivals have been bragging that they dismantled Team Sky with a ****** onslaught in Sunday's second mountain stage, yet Chris Froome is still in yellow and on the path to a maiden Tour de France title. "It should have been the death blow. I...

Snooker - Yupeng wins singles gold at Asian Indoor Games China’s Cao Yupeng defeated countryman Ding Junhui to win the men’s singles snooker event at the 2013 Asian Indoor Games in South Korea. Through to the final following a 4-1 victory against Afghanistan’s Saleh Mohammad in the...

Cameron backs knighthood for victorious Murray Prime Minister David Cameron has backed Andy Murray to earn a knighthood after becoming Britain’s first male champion at Wimbledon for 77 years. Murray defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4 on Sunday to delight a country that has waited so...

Athletics - Long jumper Watt out of world championships Olympic long jump silver medallist Mitchell Watt is to miss this year's world championships in Russia after a season interrupted by injury. Former world number one Watt, who was runner-up to Briton Greg Rutherford at the London Games...

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Murray reaches summit to enter British sporting folklore The last few heart-pounding strides towards the summit proved the most precarious for Andy Murray as he beat Novak Djokovic to end a 77-year British jinx at Wimbledon on a Sunday that will forever be etched in the nation's sporting...

Champion Murray in a blur after historic triumph Andy Murray admitted to feeling dazed and confused as he struggled to comprehend the enormity of his Wimbledon victory. The British number one produced a stubborn display that underlined his mental toughness and increasing self-belief to beat...

Summer Universiade - Putin opens 2013 Games in Kazan President Vladimir Putin opened the 2013 Summer Universiade before a full house at the Kazan Arena in Russia. In front of a 45,000 crowd at the newly-built facility, Putin told fans and officials that the student games were second only to...

U-20 World Cup - Iraq, Ghana in semis after thrilling wins Iraq triumphed on penalties over South Korea after a 3-3 draw to set up an Under-20 World Cup semi-final against Uruguay while Ghana beat Chile 4-3 in an extra-time thriller and will face France. Twice Iraq took the lead in normal...

Djokovic predicts more to come from Murray Novak Djokovic paid tribute to new Wimbledon champion Andy Murray - and believes their rivalry could be the future of tennis. Djokovic was beaten 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 as Murray ended a 77-year wait for a British men's singles winner at the All England Club...

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Nestor and Mladenovic win mixed doubles title Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic beat top seeds Bruno Soares and Lisa Raymond 5-7 6-2 8-6 to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title on Sunday. Canadian Nestor and Frenchwoman Mladenovic, the eighth seeds who were runners-up at last month's...

Sky feel the heat as rivals strike back One day after destroying the field in the first Pyrenean stage of the Tour de France, Team Sky were under the microscope on Sunday with only leader Chris Froome surviving the heat. Garmin-Sharp riders, soon followed by the Movistar and Saxo-Tinkoff...

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Froome under pressure as Martin wins dramatic stage Ireland's Dan Martin won a dramatic stage nine of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees on a day Britain’s Chris Froome had to dig deep to retain his leader’s yellow jersey. Garmin-Sharp’s Martin won his first stage on the Tour, outsprinting...

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Murray tames Djokovic to end 77 years of British hurt Andy Murray ended Britain's 77-year wait for a men's Wimbledon champion after 6-4 7-5 6-4 win over world number one Novak Djokovic. Scotland’s world number two unsettled Serbia’s 2011 champion Djokovic from an epic opening game, coming back...

Power data debate heats up at Tour de France After being lied to about doping for decades, cycling fans want the plain and simple truth. Establishing the truth is, however, altogether more complicated. Frenchman Antoine Vayer, who was a coach at Festina when the infamous EPO scandal broke in...

Athletics - Bolt races to year's fastest 200m time in Paris Olympic champion Usain Bolt sent out a strong warning to his challengers by running a world-leading time of 19.73 seconds over 200 metres to win the Paris Diamond League event on Saturday. The world record holder eased to the line in...

Athletics - Rutherford 'not worried' by hamstring problem Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford insisted there was no need to panic after he was ****** to withdraw from the IAAF Diamond League in Paris. Rutherford said he was not worried about next month's IAAF World Championships in...

Athletics - Proctor edges closer to British long jump record Shara Proctor continued her impressively consistent season and edged ever closer to her own national long jump record at the IAAF Diamond League in Lausanne. Proctor jumped a season's best 6.92 metres - just three centimetres short...

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