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AU NSW: Scientists Discover Coral Bleaching in Sydney Harbour April 19
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Driver killed in sheep truck rollover
Emergency services were called to the scene, near Bungaree, about 8km north of Clare on Horrocks Hwy, about 9.15am on Tuesday.
A 24-year-old man from Balaklava died at the scene.
An SA Ambulance spokesman said the male driver of the truck — carrying a full semi-trailer load of sheep — was trapped inside the vehicle and a MedSTAR helicopter was sent. But he sadly died.
Police also have had to euthanise a number of sheep that were injured in the crash and locals are trying to round up a further 20 that ran off.
Horrocks Highway is closed from Barinia Road to RM Williams Way.
Bungaree Road is also closed.
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Anger as cop killer prepares for release
Trevor Holton, now aged 40, was sentenced to a maximum 16 year jail term after he ran down Highway Patrol officer Jim Affleck, 43, on the Hume Highway south of Campbelltown in 2001. His sentence is due to expire next January.
Holton had pleaded guilty to manslaughter but was on convicted of murder.
His non-parole period was only 12 years which caused outrage that the cop killer did not receive a life sentence. He escaped the crash uninjured as did a four-year-old girl who was in the stolen car.
Trish Affleck said she felt "sheer anger" when she was told Holton had been granted parole, seven months before his sentence expires, earlier this month.
Since being eligible for parole he has been refused twice.
"I was devastated. I knew this day would come. It’s sheer anger and frustration. Fifteen years has gone in the blink of an eye. I’ve got a life sentence," she said.
Holton tried to blame the crash on Mr Affleck by telling police that the officer had moved into his way as he hurtled along the highway at more than 160km/h.
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Mr Affleck was the first officer to use road spikes in NSW and they only covered one lane so he was moving across the road.
Holton’s murder trial heard he had swerved off the road to avoid the road spikes because he was heavily influenced by a computer game Need for Speed.
Mrs Affleck said she was not in court when Holton gave his testimony but had recently read about Holton’s excuse.
"When I saw that I thought you absolute arsehole. There are no words for the scumbag he is. He is a bottom feeder," she said.
"Jim can’t speak for himself so hopefully the message will get out there. Judges have to give lengthy sentences for the victim’s family.
“We are left with a life sentence. You can’t ever talk to that person again."
Mrs Affleck has since moved away from Picton where the couple lived but said she constantly thought about her former husband of nine years. "He was my best friend. We tried to make the most and enjoy our life," she said.
“We are left with a life sentence. You can’t ever talk to that person again"
Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin opposed parole during the lengthy hearing stating Holton’s release was not in the public interest. Holton has not been a "model prisoner" and had been caught with contraband during his custody, a prison source said.
Corrective Services Minister David Elliott said he was seeking legal advice on whether "we can appeal the State Parole Authority’s decision to grant parole to Holton".
“This offender killed a police officer who was simply doing his job of protecting our community. If there are real concerns that he should be kept behind bars, then we should have a closer look at the decision," he said.
“I want the community to be assured that decisions about these kinds of offenders are carefully and thoroughly considered so it can have confidence in the administration of justice.”
Holton will walk free sometime next week and will be monitored for the next seven months of his sentence and cannot visit six local government areas linked to the Affleck family, including Campbelltown.
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Ive seen plenty people shot at I shot a few myself
The comment about shooting people was "in the context" of "the discharge of duty" when Rogerson was a police officer, the jury was told.
Justice Geoffrey Bellew has told the jury that the alleged comment, which he anticipates Rogerson will deny in his own evidence, must not be seen as a suggestion that Rogerson "indiscriminately shot at people."
Both men have pleaded not guilty to murdering Gao, a university student, inside a Padstow storage unit on May 20, 2014 and to taking part in the supply of 2.78kg of ice that was allegedly brought by the 20 year old to the meeting.
McNamara, 56, told the jury this conversation about concocting a version of events happened in Silverwater jail, when the pair were in the same wing, between October and early December 2014.
"(Rogerson said) "I reckon it should be that Jamie Gao attacked you and you defended yourself, and he was accidentally shot to death," McNamara told the jury.
"I’ve seen plenty of plenty shot at, I’ve shot a few myself. "I had spent 10 years in the hold up squad and six years in the special crimes squad. I’ve seen plenty of gunshot victims like I’m an expert at it. If we stick together we’ll be fine."
McNamara has told the jury that Rogerson, 75, shot Gao after the pair argued over the exchange of drugs and cash, and then threatened the lives of his daughters if he did not help dispose of the body.
He also said this morning that Rogerson’s suggested version of events in the late 2014 conversation was that Gao "ripped off the triads, he was a desperate man, he was going to try and carjack you. That’s what has to happen."
The trial continues before Justice Geoffrey Bellew.
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Heavy rains in Chile hit millions, copper
Heavy rains battering central Chile have left an estimated 4 million people without drinking water as landslides wreaked havoc and rivers breached their banks.
At least one person is dead and the world’s largest underground copper mine has been forced to close.
A woman was killed by a landslide in the San Jose de Maipo valley, a mountainous region just southeast of capital city Santiago, while a special police force is searching for another four people in the same area, said Ricardo Toro, the head of Chile’s Onemi emergency office.
Television images showed streets in Providencia, an upscale neighbourhood of Santiago, overrun by flood waters after the Mapocho River breached its banks.
Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, said the rains forced the Chilean state-owned miner to suspend production at its century-old underground El Teniente mine, likely leading to the loss of 5000 tonnes of copper.
Global miner Anglo American Plc suspended mining activities at its flagship Los Bronces copper mine and the smaller El Soldado deposit for security reasons.
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New York takes centre stage in US election
US Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is throwing a concert in a park with a dramatic view of Manhattan’s skyscrapers.
At the opposite end of New York state, Republican front-runner Donald Trump will be holding a rally in Buffalo, a Rust Belt city recovering from economic decline.
By the end of Monday – the last official day of campaigning before voting in the state’s Democratic and Republican primary elections begins – thousands of New Yorkers will have heard the candidates’ closing pitches.
New York’s primary is set to be the most decisive such election in the state in decades in terms of picking the nominees for November’s general election.
The date for the contests was shifted back this year so they are no longer crowded out by the raft of other states that voted on so-called Super Tuesday last month.
Barring an upset on the Republican side, Trump, whose name in giant letters adorns condominiums and hotels across New York City, is expected to win handily in his native state.
The question is whether Trump will make a clean sweep of all 95 Republican delegates at stake by earning the majority of votes in all 27 congressional districts in the state.
Total victory in New York may help Trump avoid the prospect of seeing the nomination wrested from him at the party’s July 18-21 convention in Cleveland if he arrives without a clear majority of at least 1237 delegates. In that scenario, another candidate could win on a second or subsequent convention ballot.
Trump’s Republican rivals, Ted Cruz, a US senator from Texas, and Ohio Governor John Kasich, have no strong ties to New York, though they have gamely showed up at campaign events to be seen relishing local delicacies: pizza, pickles, matzo.
Cruz, Trump’s closest rival, has been given a particularly hard time by some voters for speaking disdainfully of "New York values" earlier this year in an attempt to discredit Trump.
On the Democratic side, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who represented New York for eight years in the US Senate and whose main home is just north of New York City, remains the favourite to win her party’s nomination.
Still, recent polls have shown Sanders, a US senator from Vermont whose distinctive accent is that of a native Brooklynite, cutting her earlier 30-percentage-point lead by about two-thirds after an unbroken string of victories in the last eight nominating contests.
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Sunday, April 17, 2016
3D printed ears a world-first in QLD
Children born with under-developed or no ears could soon benefit from a 3D printed ear made out of their own cartilage.
The Queensland University of Technology has received $120,000 in State Government and not-for-profit funding to develop 3D printed ears to help children born with microtia, a congenital deformity affecting the external ear.
They say prosthetic ears could become available in two years for less than the cost of a pair of glasses.
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Widely travelled Queen has no passport
The jet-setting Queen has travelled around the world 42 times, visiting 120 countries during her 90 years – and all without a passport.
The monarch, who celebrates her 90th birthday on Thursday, has travelled to more than 60 per cent of the world’s 196 countries, according to royal historian Kate Williams.
Canada, which the Queen has travelled to more than 25 times, is her most-visited long-haul destination. Closer to home, France and Germany have proved popular, the research commissioned by travel website lastminute.com found.
During the last 90 years the monarch has visited countries including Thailand, Latvia, Pakistan and Sudan – and as British passports are issued in her name she is the only member of the royal family not required to carry one during her visits.
During her first year on the throne, the Queen travelled more than 64,000km and visited 12 countries for her six-month Commonwealth tour, which took place between November 1953 and May 1954.
And in 1979 she visited six countries in two months as part of a tour of the Middle East.
The Queen has received many gifts on her travels, including a baby elephant during her visit to Cameroon in 1972, which was given to London Zoo.
Although usually accustomed to staying in the smartest hotels, the Queen took a bed and breakfast manager by surprise in 1981, after getting stuck in a blizzard near Bristol and asking to stay the night.
The manager insisted on giving the monarch his own top-floor flat to stay in.
Ms Williams, who led the research for lastminute.com, said: "With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge currently touring India, travel is most definitely in our monarchy’s blue blood, and it will be exciting to see where their wanderlust takes them in the future."
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CCTV captures Perth assault and robbery
CCTV footage captured the crime as two young men swung punches at the attendant and up to a dozen young people stole items from the shelves and packets of cigarettes that one of the bandits threw onto the pavement.
The Wellington Street incident unfolded on April 4 as a young man entered the store about 6.30pm but became aggressive and left the shop as the 24-year-old attendant started to serve him.
The offender then threw an item at the window of the store. The attendant confronted him and was assaulted.
A second young man then approached the victim, punching him as well.
Up to a dozen young people then surrounded the victim while the original offenders and others entered the store, took products from the shelves and tossed cigarettes onto the pavement.
Anyone who can assist in identifying the members in the group is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online at http://ift.tt/1JsYACI.
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Yorkshire’s Jonny Bairstow and Adam Lyth hit centuries to deflate Hampshire
• Yorkshire 270-5 v Hampshire
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Jonny Bairstow, as Wisden recently noted, was a man for a crisis in 2015 and on the opening day of Yorkshire’s bid for a hat‑trick of County Championship titles he proved it once more as his unbeaten 107, along with 111 from the opener Adam Lyth, deflated Hampshire’s early optimism.
Arriving at the middle with the score 41 for three in the 21st over, after icy conditions and a wet outfield caused a 30-minute delay first thing, Bairstow would assert himself on Hampshire, putting on 205 with Lyth for the fourth wicket for what was the bulk of Yorkshire’s 270 for five by the time bad light brought an early close at 5.35pm.
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Leicester’s Freddie Burns could face citing after Harry Mallinder incident
• Burns appears to rake hooked fingers over Mallinder’s eye
• Incident occurred after Burns scored Leicester’s third try
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• Incident occurred after Burns scored Leicester’s third try
Freddie Burns could find himself with a disciplinary case to answer this week, if rugby’s authorities decide to act on images circulating on social media that appear to show the Leicester fly-half making contact with the eye area of Northampton’s Harry Mallinder.
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Siobhan O’Connor claims third gold at British Championships
• 20-year-old adds 100m breaststroke title in Glasgow
• James Guy misses out on British record in mens’ 200m freestyle
Siobhan O’Connor spent her third straight night on top of the podium as the Bath swimmer rounded off the British Championships in Glasgow with another gold.
The World Championships bronze medallist had already claimed victory in both the 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley at the championships which doubles as Team GB’s Olympic trials.
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Enrico Gasparotto dedicates Amstel Gold win to Antoine Demoitié
• Gasparotto claims first win since same race in 2012
• Fabio Felline fractures skull before race starts
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• Fabio Felline fractures skull before race starts
The Italian rider Enrico Gasparotto easily prevailed in a two-man sprint on Sunday to claim a first win in four years and a second victory in the Amstel Gold Race.
The 34-year-old Italian had not tasted victory since his previous title in the spring classic in 2012. Gasparotto’s win was the first this season for the Team Wanty‑Gobert, who last month mourned the death of the Belgian rider Antoine Demoitié after a fall during the Gent-Wevelgem.
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Paul Nicholls plots final week’s onslaught to retain trainers’ title
• Nicholls increases lead on Willie Mullins with four winners
• Trainer denies friction: ‘There is no animosity whatsoever’
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• Trainer denies friction: ‘There is no animosity whatsoever’
There can rarely have been a more satisfying birthday in the life of Paul Nicholls, who won with all four runners at his local track on the day after sensationally reclaiming the lead in the race to be champion jumps trainer. The prize money he bagged on this low-key card, totalling just over £10,000, seems unlikely to be the decisive factor in his battle with Willie Mullins but the day’s events certainly added to the sense that his nearby Ditcheat yard is in almost unstoppable form as the jumps season enters its final week.
Nicholls has had 10 winners from 18 runners over the past three days, the most important having been Vicente, his only runner in Saturday’s Scottish Grand National, a victory worth £119,000. The trainer, newly 54, recalled here that he had been telling Ian Fogg, owner of Vicente, since the middle of last month that the horse would have to win the Ayr race if Mullins was to be prevented from seizing the crown.
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Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri hails comeback but Vardy sweats over extended ban
• Manager says striker did not dive in clash with West Ham’s Angelo Ogbonna
• ‘This is more important than one point. Psychologically it says, “we are there”’
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• ‘This is more important than one point. Psychologically it says, “we are there”’
Claudio Ranieri hailed a draw that he claimed was “more important than one point” to Leicester City after a hugely controversial game that saw Jamie Vardy sent off and Jonathan Moss, the referee, award two contentious penalties.
Vardy will be suspended for Sunday’s home match against Swansea City and there is the possibility that his ban could be extended if Moss, who endured a difficult afternoon, claims in his report that the striker was verbally abusive before leaving the pitch.
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Arsène Wenger: I am not in the mood to dream of Arsenal winning Premier League
• Manager writes off title hopes and looks to repair damage of Crystal Palace draw
• ‘You sometimes have to win 1-0 and this was one of those days’
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• ‘You sometimes have to win 1-0 and this was one of those days’
Arsène Wenger has written off Arsenal’s hopes of winning the title and admitted that they are looking over their shoulders in the race to qualify for the Champions League after drawing 1-1 with Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal trail Leicester City by 13 points with five games left after they were denied by Yannick Bolasie’s late equaliser, and Wenger has lowered his sights. They are fourth after falling below Manchester City on goal difference and lead Manchester United by four points.
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Newcastle cling on to leave London Irish tumbling towards relegation
• Newcastle 13-6 London Irish
• Exiles seven points from safety with two games to play
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• Exiles seven points from safety with two games to play
London Irish’s 20-year stay in the top flight is all but over after defeat to the only club they can overtake. They are now seven points behind Newcastle with two matches to go and, as one is at Wasps, they are clinging on to their Premiership status by a cracked fingernail.
Only a side as low on confidence and self-belief could have lost a match they dominated. They had 68% of the territory in the second-half as they looked to overhaul a 10-6 interval deficit, having presented Newcastle with their try when Greig Tonks’s ambitious, misdirected pass was scooped up by Marcus Watson just inside his own half and there was no one to stop the wing.
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Leicester supporters ride emotional roller coaster with title in sight
Claudio Ranieri’s perfect run in has been disrupted with Jamie Vardy’s sending off, and now he needs Riyad Mahrez to rediscover the form that made him favourite to be the PFA player of the year
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First came the boos, then came the roar. Jonathan Moss, the referee and the man at the centre of the drama, disappeared down the tunnel after being escorted from the pitch and the mood was mutinous. What followed seconds later made it feel like a switch had been flicked as applause broke out around all four sides of the ground, accompanied by a defiant rendition of “We shall not be moved” as Leicester City fans rose to salute the players who had salvaged an improbable point.
Kasper Schmeichel was one of the last to leave the pitch, the Leicester keeper unable to contain his emotions as he punched the air time and again, his face a mixture of anger and jubilation as he made his way around the stands, turning up the volume every time he clenched his fists.
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Shinji Okazaki finds value in the small details to paint Leicester’s big picture | Michael Cox
The forward made a selfless run for the first goal against West Ham and Leicester were weaker when he was taken off
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Leicester City’s outstanding counter-attacking first goal against West Ham featured three PFA Player of the Year nominees linking, with Riyad Mahrez poking a pass through to N’Golo Kanté, who fed the goalscorer Jamie Vardy. But there was also a crucial, unseen contribution from another impressive performer: Shinji Okazaki.
Related: Leonardo Ulloa steals in at last to earn Leicester draw against West Ham
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Arsenal 1 Crystal Palace 1 player ratings: Alexis Sanchez? Yannick Bolasie? Who was the star man?
Bolasie scored in the 81st minute to level the game for Palace
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Arsene Wenger admits title dream has died and it's now about fight for fourth for Arsenal
Manager says he is 'very, very disappointed' with dropped points
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How soon can Tottenham ensure they finish above Arsenal in the Premier League?
Spurs have not finished above their North London rivals for 21 years
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Caster Semenya’s comeback puts her on course for Rio gold
Since the South African runner emerged in 2009 sports law has adjusted and now she is posting remarkable times with the Olympics four months away
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Caster Semenya took to the track three times on Saturday and with every stride suggested she was hurtling back towards the extraordinary. First she won the South African 400m title in 50.78 seconds, not only the fastest time in the world this year but a personal best by nearly two seconds. Then, after a 50‑minute rest, she coasted to the 800m title in 1:58.45, another world’s best in 2016. Finally, for good measure, she romped home in the 1500m.
It was the first time anyone had won three South African titles in a day but it was the manner of their achievement which left the deepest impression. Semenya barely broke sweat in each race until the home straight. As the TV commentator in the 800m, which she won by seven seconds, put it: “My word this is something special. She is jogging!” As the renowned South African sports scientist Ross Tucker put it: “It’s impossible to know how quickly she could have run but it looked so easy. She looked capable of running in the low 49-seconds for 400m and the 800m in 1:55 or faster.”
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Yannick Bolasie’s late strike earns Crystal Palace a point at Arsenal
In a season in which Chelsea have imploded, Manchester City have been erratic, Manchester United have laboured and Liverpool have been in transition, Arsenal remain determined to finish in fourth. This was a microcosm of the club’s perennial frustrations – a game that they largely controlled and would reasonably have expected to win but somehow found a way to squander.
Arsène Wenger had called for a flawless final six matches from his Arsenal players in an attempt to keep alive their slim Premier League title hopes but, after last Saturday’s skittish 3-3 draw at West Ham United, they once again fell short. The weeks ahead are now likely to feature anxious looks over their shoulders as they seek to confirm a Champions League finish ahead of Manchester United. And little else.
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Newmarket mayor aghast at horse racing community drug claims
Writer’s competition-winning article highlighting Suffolk town’s undercurrent of vice dismissed as ‘drivel’
An article highlighting “the murky undercurrent of vice” in Newmarket has caused ructions in the horse racing world, with the mayor dismissing as drivel the notion that the Suffolk town is awash with drugs.
Written by 26-year-old Chris Humpleby, More to Newmarket Than Meets the Eye won a Martin Wills award, a competition for young people writing on horse racing themes. Humpleby, a racing secretary to the trainer Roger Varian, discussed the temptations of betting and drinking in Newmarket among young hopefuls in the racing world during long lunches and afternoons. The article was printed in Sunday’s Racing Post.
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Widnes find relief in easy Challenge Cup win over Rochdale Hornets
• Rochdale Hornets 6-62 Widnes
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With four defeats in a row and Oldham’s shock victory against Hull KR 24 hours earlier alerting Super League sides to the dangers of the Challenge Cup this year, this had all the hallmarks of a difficult afternoon for Widnes – but in the end it was a rather serene passage into the last 16 for Denis Betts’ side.
Oldham’s performance on Saturday had suggested that the gap between full-time and part-time sides was narrowing, but this was a firm illustration from the Vikings that Super League sides still hold a high level of superiority over their lower league counterparts.
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Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace: five talking points | Jacob Steinberg
Arsène Wenger’s men were flat in this latest exhibition of casual wastefulness even after Alexis Sánchez’s opener
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They are not out of it yet. They still have hope. But even the most optimistic Arsenal fans will know the likelihood of their side reeling in Leicester City is almost nonexistent after the latest exhibition of casual wastefulness came in this 1-1 draw with lowly Crystal Palace. Arsenal should have torn into Palace after Leicester had earlier dropped two points against West Ham United but Arsène Wenger’s men were flat even after Alexis Sánchez’s opener. Punished when Petr Cech let Yannick Bolasie’s shot squirm past him in the 81st minute, Arsenal find themselves fourth, behind Manchester City on goal difference and three points clear of Manchester United. They need to be careful now. There is still a chance they could be overhauled and miss out on the Champions League for the first time under Wenger. That is a staggering thought given that they were top in January.
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Lady Luck keeps turning a blind eye to Lewis Hamilton’s advances
Formula One’s reigning champion now trails Nico Rosberg by 36 points in defence of his crown but still finds something to smile about
Lewis Hamilton continues to flutter his eyelashes flirtatiously in the direction of Lady Luck but still she scorns him. All week he had been praised for the dogged quality of his positivity, his persevering good cheer in the face of adversity; like Hamlet he would have been perfectly entitled to bang on about the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, but he chose not to, displaying an almost inappropriate felicity instead.
Late on Sunday afternoon, however, as a gloaming began to close on Shanghai’s International Circuit, and he was forced to consider the consequences of Nico Rosberg’s third successive win in the Chinese Grand Prix, and the fact that he was suddenly 36 points behind in the world championship, it seemed that there was a real danger of a forlornness infiltrating his soul.
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Warriors star Steph Curry 'questionable' for game two against Houston
Golden State coach Steve Kerr says Curry is a doubt after rolling his ankle on Saturday, but NBA MVP says ‘I don’t see a scenario where I’ll be out’
The Warriors made an impressive start to their postseason quest for a second straight NBA championship, but Steph Curry is “questionable” for Monday night’s match-up against the Rockets, according to coach Steve Kerr.
Curry scored 24 points and dazzled from long range as Golden State beat Houston 104-78 on Saturday, but rolled his ankle just before half-time and Kerr said Curry is a doubt for game two.
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F1: Nico Rosberg wins dramatic Chinese Grand Prix to extend championship lead
• Rosberg takes sixth consecutive Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel second
• Daniil Kvyat third with Lewis Hamilton seventh after action-packed race
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• Daniil Kvyat third with Lewis Hamilton seventh after action-packed race
Nico Rosberg extended his championship lead over Lewis Hamilton with a thumping victory in the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton, who started from last after his engine expired in qualifying, stopped five times in a race brimming with drama, and eventually crossed the line in seventh place.
Related: Sebastian Vettel points finger at Daniil Kvyat after F1 Chinese GP collision
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Horse racing tips: Monday 18 April
• Tuscan Gold (3.40 Pontefract) is the nap selection
• Nicholascopernicus (6.10 Huntingdon) is the next best
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• Nicholascopernicus (6.10 Huntingdon) is the next best
2.00 Very First Time 2.30 Mumgos Debut 3.00 Conquer Gold 3.30 Manballandall 4.00 Flaming Thistle 4.35 Wicklow Lad 5.10 Shy
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Andy Carroll risks FA action after blasting referee as 'unacceptable' following Leicester 2 West Ham 2
Carroll was on the wrong end of Jon Moss's decision making, leading to Leicester's injury-time equaliser from the penalty spot
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Arsenal vs Crystal Palace match report: Yannick Bolasie denies tame Gunners who now face battle for fourth
Arsenal 1 Crystal Palace 1
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Newcastle vs London Irish match report: Marcus Watson try proves difference in Premiership basement battle
Newcastle 13 London Irish 6
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Leicester 2 West Ham 2: Leonardo Ulloa did more than equalise and other lessons we learnt
Five things we learnt in the dramatic match at the King Power Stadium
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Rangers vs Celtic match report: Rangers win Old Firm in thriller on penalties to reach Scottish Cup final
Rangers 2 Celtic 2 (Rangers win 5-2 on penalties)
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Rafael Nadal sees off Gaël Monfils to win Monte Carlo Masters final
• Rafael Nadal beat Gaël Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0
• Spaniard wins ninth title in Monte Carlo and first since 2012
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• Spaniard wins ninth title in Monte Carlo and first since 2012
Rafael Nadal ended his four-year wait for a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title by defeating Gaël Monfils 7-5 5-7 6-0 on Sunday in his 100th career final.
Related: Indian Wells and Shanghai ATP 1000 tournaments plan status upgrade
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Andrew Johnston cries tears of joy after winning Spanish Open
• Londoner wins his first European Tour title
• Johnston finished one over, a shot ahead of Joost Luiten
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• Johnston finished one over, a shot ahead of Joost Luiten
England’s Andrew Johnston spoke of a dream come true after holding off a final-day charge from the tournament host Sergio García to win his first European Tour title, the Spanish Open.
The Londoner returned a final-round 70 at Valderrama to finish one-over par and a shot ahead of Joost Luiten of the Netherlands, with García another stroke back following a 67.
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Indian Wells and Shanghai ATP 1000 tournaments plan status upgrade
• Monte Carlos Masters tournament director confirms rumours
• Investment of ‘hundreds of millions’ prepared
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• Investment of ‘hundreds of millions’ prepared
The Monte Carlos Masters tournament director, Zeljko Franulovic, confirmed on Sunday rumours that the franchise holders in Indian Wells and Shanghai are preparing to invest “hundreds of millions” to upgrade their events beyond the status of ATP 1000 tournaments.
“It’s a big investment,” Franulovic told reporters. “I understand that in 2018 and 2019, when [prize-money and points] will be redistributed, they will want to make sure they are in a good position. We here are aware of our value as a Masters 1000.
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Monte Carlo Masters: Rafael Nadal proves he is still King of Clay with victory over Gael Monfils
The Spaniard won 7-5 5-7 6-0 in the final
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When can Leicester beat Tottenham to the Premier League title after 2-2 draw with West Ham?
We take a look at the mathematical connotations following the drama at the King Power Stadium
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Bournemouth 1 Liverpool 2 analysis: Daniel Sturridge the star man but Lucas fails to impress in defence
Roberto Firmino and Sturridge scored the goals for the Liverpool
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Steve Davis retirement: Six-time world snooker champion announces he has played final match
Despite his many trophies, Davis will be remembered by many as the man beaten by Dennis Taylor in the 1985 Crucible final
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Leicester City 2 West Ham 2 player ratings: How did Jamie Vardy fare after his goal and red card?
Vardy, who had opened the scoring, was given a second yellow for a dive in the area
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Jamie Vardy red card: Has the Leicester striker opened the door to Tottenham in the title race?
Vardy was rightly shown a second booking for diving which proved the catalyst for West Ham to get back into the match at the King Power Stadium. We take a look at the best reactions on Twitter
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Alexis Sanchez: Arsene Wenger says Chilean is 'unpredictable' playing on the right wing rather than the left
The manager said he was delighted with the form of the player
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Bournemouth vs Liverpool match report: Daniel Sturridge and Roberto Firmino score in Liverpool win
Bournemouth 1 Liverpool 2: Joshua King with late consolation for the home side
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Leicester vs West Ham match report: Leonardo Ulloa ensures Jamie Vardy red card is not fully punished
Leicester 2 West Ham 2: Andy Carroll and Aaron Cresswell put West Ham in the lead following Vardy's opener and subsequent red card, put Ulloa scored from the penalty spot deep into injury time
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Leonardo Ulloa steals in at last to earn Leicester draw against West Ham
At the end of a remarkable afternoon, laced with controversy and some bewildering, ultimately farcical refereeing, the bare facts are that Leicester City’s lead at the top of the Premier League has been extended to eight points and, at the final whistle, there was enough noise and defiance from the home crowd to create the lasting impression that nobody expects what happened here to have long-term ramifications.
But where to start? The lingering image of this match might the sight of the referee, Jon Moss, being escorted off the pitch at the end by what appeared to be a bodyguard and pursued by a television cameraman.
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Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge climbs high to secure win at Bournemouth
If questions remain over Daniel Sturridge and his place in England’s squad for the European Championship finals in June, the striker is doing a good job of answering them. He scored one and played a key role in the other as Liverpool, showing 10 changes from the heroics against Borussia Dortmund on Thursday night, tempered Bournemouth’s hopes of ending their debut Premier League season in the top half.
Roberto Firmino, who struck the opener here four minutes before half-time, was the only starter from their stunning comeback against Jürgen Klopp’s former team in midweek. Instead the German put plenty of faith in his young players to earn a third win in eight days.
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