03/06/16

Medo Kamara
Sierra Leone international Mohamed Kamara has reunited with former Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, two months after his contract with English Championship side Bolton Wanderers was terminated.
The 28-year old signed a short term deal as a free agent that will keep him in Helsinki until the end of August, with an option to extend the deal.
"I had a lot of demands from other clubs but the love I have for the HJK brought me to the club again,""I wanted to wear blue and white colours on me again" he added.
Kamara joins former Nigeria international Taye Taiwa at HJK.
The move is seen as Kamara's bid to resurrect his career after he spent the whole of the first half of the English season without playing a game for Bolton.
The midfielder enjoyed his first spell with HJK Helsinki, helping the club to win the 2009 and 2010 Finnish league.
Kamara was voted the club's MVP in 2007 and the best player in the Finnish top tier league in 2010 before he departed for Serbia to join Partizan Belgrade where he also won league titles and subsequently played in the Uefa Champions League.
He joined Bolton in 2013 and was able to make 52 appearances before he was loaned to Isreaeli club Maccabi Haifa.
Kamara returned to Bolton but was never again picked to play and had his contract terminated by mutual consent in January.
His move came a day after struggling Sierra Leone international striker Ibrahim Teteh Bangura was able to secure a short term contract with Swedish second tier league club GAIS.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish teamed up to win the madison as Britain claimed a fifth gold medal at the Track World Championships in London.
The duo, who won gold the last time they competed in this race in 2008, were roared on to victory by a partisan crowd, beating France into second.
Laura Trott also pleased the Lee Valley VeloPark fans, winning the omnium to claim her second gold of the week.
GB topped the medal table with five golds, one silver and three bronze.

The boys are back

The appearance of Wiggins and Cavendish ensured the championships ended with an electrifying finale.
Thin Lizzy's 'The Boys are Back in Town' boomed out around the velodrome as the fans celebrated what is likely to be 35-year-old Wiggins' last world track title.
The duo remarkably dragged themselves into contention 168 laps into the 200-lap relay race, knowing they were leading on points but needing to match the lap gained by France, Switzerland and Colombia earlier in the race.
Wiggins launched an attack that Cavendish continued and they formed an alliance with Spain, using each other's slipstream, to slowly catch the back of the peloton and gain the crucial lap.
Wiggins and Cavendish worked well, tagging each other into the race every lap or so but it took them 18 circuits to gain the lap.
Then, with 11 laps to go, Cavendish came off his bike but the Manxman returned to the saddle despite later admitting to feeling dizzy.
So unassailable was their lead, though, that the Manxman could raise his arms aloft before Wiggins crossed the finish line to celebrate his third madison world title.
"When we went we had to give everything," said Cavendish. "I hit my head hard so I was a bit dizzy, but I just wanted to get back on and finish with Brad. It could be my last one (Track World Championships) so it's just perfect to go out like this with Brad."
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Mark Cavendish and Sir Bradley Wiggins
Former Tour de France champion Wiggins, who is aiming to win a sixth Olympic title in Rio, described the victory as "incredible".
"You couldn't have written a better script," he said. "It's so nice to be world champion again."
"It was like deja vu from eight years ago. We went on to conquer the world in those eight years, like (American president) Barack Obama.
"We've had a good term in presidency. Come back, full circle and won it again."
The pair finished eighth in the madison at the Beijing Olympics, when they were favourites to secure gold, but that disappointment is now merely a footnote in the careers of two cycling greats.
Cavendish is still trying to make amends for previous Olympic failures and is hoping he has done enough this week to merit an opportunity to win a first gold at the Games.
His chances of competing for Britain this summer are in the balance after he finished sixth in the omnium, outside the top-three target he was told he needed to be considered for selection, but his gritty display in the madison will have helped his cause

"It's emotional. It's hard to put into words what that means to the crowd, to them as athletes. They've achieved so much individually, but this will mean so much to them. Cav had to bounce back after a disappointing omnium and that will have done him no harm in his quest for the Olympic Games."

Trott supreme once again

Trott, the reigning Olympic and European champion in the six-event discipline, improved on the second places at the last three world championships to regain the rainbow jersey she wore in Melbourne four years ago.
She led the standings by 12 points after five events, finishing third in both Sunday morning's 500m time trial and the flying lap, and was supreme in the points race.

Richard Kilty
Britain's world indoor champion Richard Kilty set the second fastest time of the year for the 60m at the Jablonec Indoor Gala in the Czech Republic.
The 26-year-old from Teesside won the race in 6.50 seconds, ahead of fellow Briton Theo Etienne, who clocked a personal best of 6.56.
Only Jamaica's Asafa Powell (6.49secs) has run faster than Kilty in 2016.
Kilty will not defend his World Indoor title this month in order to focus on preparations for the Olympics.
Andrew Robertson has been handed the second 60m spot alongside James Dasaolu, after he recorded a lifetime best 6.54s at the British trials last week.
The 25-year-old from Manchester was picked ahead of Sean Safo-Antwi.
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Andy Murray beat Japan's Kei Nishikori in a gripping contest to secure victory for defending champions Great Britain in the Davis Cup first round.
The Scot won 7-5 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 4-6 6-3 after four hours and 54 minutes to give the hosts an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five tie in Birmingham.
Murray, 28, won three matches in three days in his first event back following the birth of his daughter Sophia.
Britain will play Serbia away in July's quarter-finals.
World number one Novak Djokovic took almost five hours to beat Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-3 6-2 as Serbia levelled their tie with Kazakhstan at 2-2.
Viktor Troicki, the world number 23, then saw off Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-2 6-3 6-4 in the deciding rubber.
Britain's victory ensured their place in the elite World Group in 2017.

'Man of steel'

"I am lost for words at this stage; he is a man of steel, isn't he?" captain Leon Smith said of Murray.
"What Andy managed to do was astonishing since he hasn't played since the Australian Open final."
Murray himself was keen to get back to his family, saying: "It's Kim's first Mother's Day, so it will be nice to get to see her this evening.
"I'll try to get back for bath time and to put her to sleep - the baby, not Kim."

Murray finds Davis Cup inspiration again

"The crowd helped for sure," Murray told BBC Sport. "Physically I struggled a little at the end of the third set and a little in fourth.Andy MurrayAndy Murrayhttp://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/11E55/production/_88610337_031848314.jpg
Murray's fierce determination hauled him through bouts of fatigue and frustration to claim the biggest scalp, at least in terms of rankings, of his Davis Cup career.
The world number two smashed his racquet and berated the umpire at times - but eventually got the better of a high-class opponent with some magnificent tennis.
Nishikori, 26, is ranked sixth in the world and threatened to become only the second man to recover from two sets down against Murray.
The Japanese player hit back to lead by a break early in the fifth set before Murray dug deep to claim a remarkable win.
Double faults from Nishikori and some nerveless play at key times from Murray had seen the Scot edge the first two sets, before the effect of returning after a five-week break appeared to take hold.
Nishikori grew in confidence, playing superbly and firing a spectacular backhand winner to take the third set, and serving out the fourth at the second opportunity.
A break at the start of the fifth had the Japanese bench on their feet but Murray once again excelled under the pressure of the Davis Cup.
A fizzing forehand return winner won a spectacular game for 4-2, making it five breaks in six games, and Murray held on in two epic service games to seal the win.
Murray said: "I was a little bit calmer in the fifth set. I was panicking a little bit at the end of the third when I was struggling physically, I didn't quite know what to do.
"Last year was incredible every time I played in the Davis Cup. This team did something special and I would like to do the same again this year.
"Obviously the next match will be extremely tough and if we stick together and fight we have a chance.""For the 14th time in a row in the Davis Cup, Murray struck the winning pose - this time at the end of a gruelling encounter which demanded every ounce of his reserves of stamina after almost five weeks away from tour.
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"For all the magnificence of Nishikori's performance, Murray's exceptional willpower shone through when the chips were down. He saved set point to win the second set on a tie-break and responded after losing his opening service game in the decider by breaking Nishikori three times in a row.
"A 29th singles win equals Tim Henman's Davis Cup haul; Bunny Austin's British record is now just seven wins away."

Great Britain v Japan

Friday singles
Andy Murray beat Taro Daniel 6-1 6-3 6-1
Kei Nishikori beat Dan Evans 6-3 7-5 7-6 (7-3)
Saturday doubles
Andy Murray & Jamie Murray beat Yoshihito Nishioka & Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-2 6-4
Sunday reverse singles
Andy Murray beat Kei Nishikori 7-5 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 4-6 6-3

Teenage striker Marcus Rashford has been told he must keep working hard, ignore the hype surrounding him and have a little luck to succeed in the long term at Manchester United.
According to former United prodigy Federico Macheda, Rashford needs to capitalise on his sensational start in the first team at Old Trafford, where he has netted doubles against Midtjylland and Arsenal in his first two senior appearances.
The 18-year-old was only given an opportunity after Anthony Martial was injured in the warm-up for the Midtjylland match but now looks set to be given an extended chance by Louis van Gaal.
Marcus Rashford has been told he must not 'grow a big head' by former Red Devils striker Federico Macheda
Marcus Rashford has been told he must not 'grow a big head' by former Red Devils striker Federico Macheda

Rashford (left) has scored four goals in three games - including this header against Arsenal on February 28
Rashford (left) has scored four goals in three games - including this header against Arsenal on February 28
Macheda - who, as a 17-year-old in 2009, scored in his first two United appearances but then struggled to oust the big-name players in the squad at the time - has urged Rashford to seize his chance.
The forward, now at Cardiff, told the Sun: 'Marcus needs to continue working hard, don't grow a big head, don't read or listen to all the hype and be lucky with injuries.
'The kid has got a great chance to play more than I had, so he must stay as calm and hungry as he is now.
'United will look after him - so everything is stacked in his favour.'
Macheda (left) burst on to the scene at United as a 17-year-old with this strike against Aston Villa in 2009
Macheda (left) burst on to the scene at United as a 17-year-old with this strike against Aston Villa in 2009
The Italian (centre) is now at Cardiff City after having failed to build upon his early promise at Old Trafford
The Italian (centre) is now at Cardiff City after having failed to build upon his early promise at Old Trafford

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