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Veteran defender <b>Rio Ferdinand</b> English Premier League (EPL) club Manchester United are going to break their 12-year relationship. His contract expires in the summer and the club have not offered him a new contract.</div>
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After not renew the contract Ferdinand has decided to leave the club. Ferdinand Manchester United for 35 years, during which 454 matches and scored eight.</div>
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Ferdinand said: "After 12 years of glorious journey I have decided it is time for me to leave the club."</div>
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According to BBC Sport Ferdinand still want to play but still have no information about his next club.</div>
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It is believed that, given the achievements of United's Ferdinand 'Club Legend' is proposed as stay connected. Several former players have accepted the kind offer.</div>
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Leaving Leeds United in 2002 was associated with Ferdinand. He was then thirty million pound contract, which at the time was a British record.</div>
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     "I feel myself fit and healthy. I am ready for new challenges and the future "</div>
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<b>Rio Ferdinand</b></div>
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He lost his first match for United in August 2002 against Hungary Jhalgrsjahg the club played in the Champions League. Last Sunday, the final day of the EPL season against Southampton United at Old Trafford club played their last match had ended in a 1-1 draw.</div>
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Ferdinand Manchester United's 12-year journey of six league titles, two League Cups and a Champions League title and won the Club World Cup.</div>
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Ferdinand wrote on his website, "I was thinking about the future than the past few months."</div>
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<b>The incredible journey </b></div>
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The veteran defender said: "I would not be able to forget those moments Trophy winner whose dream from my childhood I used to see. They dream came true in this great club. "</div>
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Ferdinand said, "I feel myself fit and healthy. I am ready for new challenges and the future. "</div>
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Manchester United Club tweeted, "<b>Rio Ferdinand</b> Manchester United Football Club would like to thank for their comprehensive and specific contribution and best wishes for the future."</div>
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Say goodbye Ferdinand: Manchester United

Veteran defender Rio Ferdinand English Premier League (EPL) club Manchester United are going to break their 12-year relationship. His...

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As British top clubs are preparing for the new season

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<b>Less than a month left before the start of the next season in the Premier League. The most interesting thing about the preparation of the main contenders for the title</b></div>
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In: Filipe Luis ("Atletico"), Diego Costa ("Atletico"), Thibaut Courtois ("Atletico", loan), Cesc Fabregas ("Barcelona"), Mario Pashalich ("Hajduk"), Kurt Zuma ("St. Etienne ", loan), Ulises Davila (" Cordoba ", rent), Marko Marin (" Seville ", loan), Ryan Bertrand (" Aston Villa ", loan), Nathaniel Chalobah (" Middlesbrough ", loan), Josh McEachran ("Wigan", loan), Romelu Lukaku ("Everton", rent), Lucas Piazon ("Vitesse", rent).</div>
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Gone: Demba Ba ("Besiktas"), Sam Hutchinson ("Sheffield Wednesday"), Bertrand Traore ("Vitesse", loan), Ashley Cole ("Roma"), Torgan Hazard ("Borussia" M, loan), Wallace ("Vitesse", loan), Tomas Kalas ("Cologne", rent), Frank Lampard (free agent), David Luiz ("PSG").</div>
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Jose Mourinho in the current season started serious maneuvers implicated, according to tradition, on the big money. Should not be surprised, because the Portuguese promised to fight for the title is from the second season.</div>
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Perseverance features led to the fact that Thibault Courtois just did with "Atletico" and moved to London to compete with not say more, as it seems, the last word Petr Cech. It seems that closed one of the main problematic positions last season offensively. A couple with Courtois of the Spanish capital in the English moved Diego Costa. Now you can safely get rid of the ballast in the face Torres, Ba and Eto'o. However, so far only sold Demba Ba, who left for good money to Turkey. Also, do not forget the bounce of the lease Lukaku, who will begin preparations for the new season with "Chelsea".</div>
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Back in the spring "Atletico" Courtois and Kostas desperately fought for the title with "Barcelona" Cesc Fabregas, and now all these guys on the same side. Mourinho has strengthened midfield man who knows how to defend and organize attacks, and even act as a false nines. Importantly, do not catch the eye of fans of "Arsenal", which Cesc once swore on the impossibility of transition in "Chelsea".</div>
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There was a change in the line of defense. After the 2014 World Cup the whole world talking about foresight Mourinho release David Luiz, who fell in the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup in "PSG" for 50 million euros. At the same time, the man considered by many in the defense lacked "selesao" - Luis Filipe - moved into the camp "blue". "Chelsea" took the third ground of champion Spain: these are the current realities, if the club are not "Barcelona" or "Real".</div>
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On the first preseason participate Academy players, as well as the basic structure of the players not involved in the World Cup - John Terry, Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic, Mohamed Salah, Marco bathrooms Ginkel and others. In the first pre-season friendly against Club Division 4 "Wycombe" "blue" scored five unanswered goals. Next week wards Mourinho will tour Austria, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Germany, where the number of matches will be played. In the course of the team members will join the World Cup.</div>
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<b>"Manchester United"</b></div>
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In: Anderson ("Fiorentina", loan), Luke Shaw ("Southampton"), Ander Herrera ("Athletic"), Wilfried Zaha ("Cardiff", rent), Jesse Lingard ("Brighton", loan), Michael Keane ("Blackburn", loan), Thomas Lawrence ("Yeovil Town" for rent), Vanja Milinkovic ("Vojvodina").</div>
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Gone: Vanja Milinkovic ("Vojvodina"), Rio Ferdinand ("QPR"), Alexander Buttner ("Dynamo" M), Pierluigi Gallini ("Verona", loan), Federico Macheda ("Cardiff"), Ryan Giggs (retired), Nemanja Vidic ("Inter").</div>
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Louis Van Gal was until recently occupied by the world championship, but because transfer campaign team during the FIFA World Cup was not so fast. Louis is not very fan of his compatriot Buttner, who caught the Moscow "Dynamo". Definitely with the filing of the Dutchman was bought talented midfielder "Athletics" Ander Herrera and the young and very talented as left-back Luke Shaw, who will replace the departed in "Juventus" Patrice Evra. This is similar to the normal process, which later will certainly continue. In particular, only the "MU" and "PSG" claim Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria. If mankuniantsami ever gets hold of one of the most prominent players in the last World Cup, it will be a truly classy gain on the background of attempts last year's David Moyes. In addition, the winter is possible move to Manchester midfielder "Roma" Kevin Strootman. And there is no doubt that in the upcoming season of "MU" will fight at least one hit in four.</div>
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In these days of "Manchester" headed for the United States, where part of a tour July 23 "devils" will compete with "the Los Angeles Galaxy." Meanwhile, bathrooms Gal already started imposing order and tighten the screws on the base of the team. Dutchman requirements to improve the pitch training fields, installing cameras and spotlights there has so far cost the club 4 million euros. I think that this is not the limit. However, that will not do for the result, which in the past season fell through the floor.</div>
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<b>"Arsenal"</b></div>
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In: Alexis Sanchez ("Barcelona"), Mathieu Debuchy ("Newcastle"), Francis Coquelin ("Freiburg", rent).</div>
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Gone: Carlos Vela ("Real Sociedad"), Bacary Sagna ("Man City"), Zak Ansah ("Charlton"), Lukas Fabyanski ("Swansea"), Emiliano Viviano ("Palermo", loan), Kim Källström ("Spartak "M, loan), Ioan Djourou (" Hamburg ").</div>
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"The Gunners" engaged dot gain, and, unlike last summer, have already begun to confirm the intentions of the case. Instead departed in the "City" Bacary Sagna was bought midfielder "Newcastle" Mathieu Debuchy. Line of attack intensified shock Chile striker Alexis Sanchez. If still held shuttle Sami Khedira, it was the time to believe that Wenger has "come to his senses." But while Sanchez remains the only major purchase "Gunners", doubts remain competent selection. However, the London club began to look seriously</div>
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While the majority of players "Arsenal", which were in Brazil, are on holiday, "Gunners" spent sparring with "Boreham Wood" and won 2-0. Goals was noted youth Ollson and Afobe: in terms of talented youth in the "Arsenal" everything is always on top.</div>
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Came Willy Caballero ("Malaga"), Fernando ("Port"), Bacary Sagna ("Arsenal"), Ioan Guidetti ("Stoke City", loan), Gareth Barry ("Everton", rent), Bruno Zukulini ("Racing ").</div>
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Gone: Gareth Barry ("Everton"), Marcos Lopes ("Lille", loan), Julian Lescott ("WBA"), Catholic Pantilimon ("Sunderland"), Figure Wabara (free agent).</div>
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Champions, in comparison with competitors behave remarkably modest. Yet. Today bought two high-protector - Fernando of "Port" and Bacary Sagna of "Arsenal". Before the World Cup, there were persistent rumors that the team may leave almost the entire line of attack commands and Yaya Toure in the bargain. After the tournament, the Brazilian Football Federation has made an offer to lead the national team of Brazil, Manuel Pellegrini, but he refused. Just as Yaya Toure, who said that he respects his current contract, and Alvaro Negredo, who expressed a desire to stay in Manchester. In this light, a key challenge will be to keep the club's management structure and the champion players who will really benefit the club. As to the other acquisitions, the Pellegrini decided to increase competition in the last turn by his former ward for "Malaga" Willy Caballero and released in "Sunderland" Catholic church Pantilimon.</div>
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<b>"Liverpool"</b></div>
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In: Lazar Markovic ("Benfica"), Kevin Stewart ("Tottenham Hotspur"), Adam Lallana ("Southampton"), Ricky Lambert ("Southampton"), Tiago Ilori ("Granada", rent), Emre Can ("Bayer" ), Suso ("Almeria", loan), Fabio Borini ("Sunderland", rent), Pepe Reina ("Napoli", loan), Osama Assaidi ("Stoke City", rent).</div>
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Gone: Luis Suarez ("Barcelona"), Aly Cissokho ("Valencia", loan), Luis Alberto ("Malaga", rent).</div>
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"Mersisaydtsy", under a "Chelsea", started a large selection maneuvers. The main reason, of course, lies in the sale of "Barcelona" Luis Suarez. Today main summer donor "Liverpool" was "Southampton" sold "red" Adam Lambert and Ricky Lallanu. From the "Bayer" in Liverpool moved a lot of talent Emre Can, but from "Benfica" - Lazar Markovic. Obviously, the transfer campaign is not yet complete. Brendan Rodgers would like to see in the ranks of the "red" midfielder "Real" Isco, who are interested in several European clubs. However, he Isco said he wants to stay in Madrid. In addition, the "Liverpool" views of Salomon Kalou. Which can leave the "Lille". Therefore, the sale of Suarez unleashed club in acquiring a number of high-level players.</div>
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Venturing into the pizza business has not 
distracted Abhinav Bindra from achieving more in the world of shooting. 
India’s only gold medallist at the Olympics plans to use 2013 as 
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“Shooting has never been a career option for me. It has been my 
passion, my life” — that was Bindra’s reaction Wednesday when asked 
whether his pizza business, launched in October last year, was affecting
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the London Olympics where he failed to make the 10 m air rifle final, 
four years after making history in the Beijing Games.</div>
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Bindra had to settle for a silver in the Nationals in December and 
now has his sight set on this month’s selection trials for the World 
Cup.  ”It is an important year for me. There are some rule changes that 
have taken place and I will use this year to get used to them. I see 
myself competing in around 7-10 tournaments and it should help me reach 
top form in 2014,” Bindra told reporter at the Genesis Global School 
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The most significant of the rule changes will see participants not 
carrying any points of the qualification stage into the final, leaving 
them with very little scope of a slip-up.  Despite unparalleled 
accomplishments, quitting the sport has not crossed Bindra’s mind. “The 
day I feel satisfied, I will quit. I think there is still so much more 
to achieve. I love shooting and I have not set any specific goals. I 
want to do well in every competition,” he said.  He also sees shooting’s
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Venturing into the pizza business has not distracted Abhinav Bindra from achieving more in the world of shooting. India...

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Smriti leads in second leg of Hero Women’s Golf

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Smriti Mehra was leading in the second
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Golf Club here on Tuesday. Smriti moved two points clear of Vani Kapoor 
after the first round. Smriti, who topped the Hero Order of Merit in 
2012, had four birdies and just one bogey in her score of three under 
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Smriti had her only bogey on the third, but from there on she didn’t 
look back as she carded birdies at the 5th, 12th, 15th and 18th. Vani 
Kapoor got off to a shaky start and had a double bogey on the third, 
however she steadied herself and played some solid golf to give Smriti a
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slot. She finished at one under 69.<br />
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Winner of the first leg and local girl, Neha Tripathi with two 
birdies finished third with a score of par 70. Sharmila Nicollet, the 
lone Indian at the Ladies European Tour and making a comeback after an 
injury, finished fourth with 73. Vandana Agarwal ended the day at the 
fifth position with 74 and Rani Sonti was sixth with 76.</div>
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Dutch sprinter Mariano sentenced for smuggling cocaine

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Dutch sprinter Brian Mariano was 
sentenced to 12-month imprisonment, of which six months conditionally, 
on charges of possession of 720 grams of cocaine in his luggage at the 
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Mariano was sentenced in absentia and a probationary period of three years was added to the judgment, reports Xinhua.<br />
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He was arrested in the beginning of December when he wanted to travel
 from Curacao to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. He claims that he did not 
put the drugs in his suitcase by himself.<br />
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Prison sentences of less than one year are not necessarily 
implemented immediately in Curacao, due to a big shortage of cells on 
the island, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.<br />
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The athlete will be convicted and may later get a call from the 
prosecutor, but similar cases showed that this could take a while. 
Therefore it is not certain he will ever go to jail and he can even 
resume training.<br />
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Mariano was part of the Dutch relay team, which last year won the 
European title in the 4×100 meters in Helsinki and finished sixth in the
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Indian-origin Harry 
Harinath on Wednesday officially stepped down as the chairman of Cricket
 New South Wales (NSW). Cricket NSW in a statement said that Harinath 
had stepped down and he will be replaced by current board member John 
Warn.</div>
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Harinath, however, will continue on the NSW board and also Cricket 
Australia (CA) board. Harinath’s decision follows the resignation of 
chief executive David Gilbert in the wake of stinging criticism from 
former Test pace bowler Brett Lee, and Anthony Stuart’s dismissal as 
coach before Christmas, reports The Age.<br />
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Harinath has been the chairman of Cricket NSW for five years before 
finally deciding to step down at a meeting here on Tuesday night. ”I 
step down as chairman of the Cricket New South Wales Board, knowing what
 an incredible honour it has been to have been involved with such a 
great state,” Dr Harinath said in a statement.<br />
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“It felt like the right time to make the decision and to give the 
organisation the chance to look to the future. ”It has been a humbling 
experience to have been part of so many positive developments in recent 
years and I leave the role knowing that Cricket NSW is in a strong 
position to move forward.<br />
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“I am also confident in the knowledge that John (Warn) will bring a 
strong commercial background, excellent cricket administration skills 
and a new energy to the role.” Harinath, who was made an officer of the 
Order of Australia in 2009, came into cricket administration as doctor 
of the Balmain club, now known as the Sydney Cricket Club, in 1979.</div>
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Harinath steps down as chairman of Cricket NSW

Indian-origin Harry Harinath on Wednesday officially stepped down as the chairman of Cr...

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