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Middlesbrough Fixtures: 2013-14

9:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

MIDDLESBROUGH will aim to put last season's failings behind them with a home date at the Riverside Stadium on the opening day of the 2013-14 season against Leicester City.

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Newcastle United Fixtures: 2013-14

9:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

NEWCASTLE UNITED have been handed a tough opening day trip to Manchester City when the 2013-14 Premier League season begins in August.

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Sunderland Fixtures: 2013-14

9:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO’S first full season in charge of Sunderland will start against Fulham at the Stadium of Light.

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Hartlepool United Fixtures: 2013-14

9:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

NEW manager Colin Cooper will take his Hartlepool United side to Rochdale on the opening day of the 2013/14 season.

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Llambias quits as Magpies managing director

8:45am Wednesday 19th June 2013

NEWCASTLE UNITED have announced that managing director Derek Llambias has resigned from his position with immediate effect.

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Pardew's Kinnear meeting goes smoothly in London

8:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

ALAN PARDEW is seeking reassurances about what Joe Kinnear's presence at Newcastle United will mean on a day-to-day basis after emerging from his first meeting with the newly installed director of football.

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Just what Joe said...

10:51am Wednesday 19th June 2013

EVEN before Joe Kinnear’s latest radio interview, Newcastle United supporters had made up their mind that they did not want him as the key decision maker on football matters at St James’ Park.

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Humbled Lions lose unbeaten tour tag

11:06am Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE LIONS lost their unbeaten tour record just four days before tackling Australia after Jake White’s Brumbies deservedly triumphed at Canberra Stadium.

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Dawn Approach crowned king in Palace thriller

11:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

‘‘THIS game tames tigers’’ reflected Jim Bolger following Dawn Approach’s theatrical return to the main stage at Royal Ascot.

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Drive for a Carrera-high

10:51am Tuesday 18th June 2013

REDLINE RACING team boss Simon Leonard is confident of victory ahead of this weekend’s upcoming Porsche Carrera Cup GB meet at Croft.

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Soft option adds thrills

10:47am Tuesday 18th June 2013

DUNLOP is celebrating a landmark birthday this year.

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Happy days are here again for Rob

10:45am Tuesday 18th June 2013

TOURING car driver, Rob Austin is already a star in the pit lane, but now he is also a star of the silver screen. The WIX Racing ace can be seen alongside A-list celebrities in the forthcoming Hollywood blockbuster Rush.

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Plato’s home philosophy

10:40am Tuesday 18th June 2013

JASON PLATO will return to the North-East in confident mood as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship calls in at Croft this weekend.

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It’s pedals to the floor...

10:37am Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship may be the showcase event at Croft Circuit, but there’s plenty more high-octane action to be had.

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Reach focused on Boro return

8:00am Tuesday 18th June 2013

PROMISING Middlesbrough youngster Adam Reach thinks this month's Under-20s World Cup will make him a better player when he returns to the Riverside Stadium.

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Cooper relishing his return to Forest

12:00am Tuesday 18th June 2013

COLIN Cooper avoided an instant reunion with his former club Middlesbrough in yesterday's Capital One Cup draw, but Hartlepool United's new boss will be taking his side to one of his other old stamping grounds.

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Venturing into football’s great unknown – but can it succeed?

10:03am Tuesday 18th June 2013

OVER the course of the last nine days, the North- East’s Premier League clubs have taken a similar route. For the first time, Newcastle United and Sunderland have both put a director of football in place in the hope of taking the clubs forward.

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Williams set for his one-off tour cameo

10:18am Tuesday 18th June 2013

SHANE WILLIAMS has described England speedster Christian Wade as ‘‘my kind of guy’’ ahead of them forming an unlikely strike partnership for the British and Irish Lions today.

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More woe for troubled Aussies

9:45am Tuesday 18th June 2013

AUSTRALIA’S troubled summer continued at the Kia Oval, where they were knocked out of the Champions Trophy with a 20-run defeat to semifinalists Sri Lanka.

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Kinnear: I am not here to oust Pardew as Newcastle United boss

11:00pm Monday 17th June 2013

JOE KINNEAR has rubbished suggestions he is in line to become the next Newcastle United manager as he prepares to speak with Alan Pardew about how the two can take the club forward.

Paralympic medalist Wondiye Fikre Indelbu wins Newton Aycliffe 10k - on only one shoe

12:42pm Monday 17th June 2013

ETHIOPIAN Paralympian Wondiye Fikre Indelbu won Sunday's Aycliffe 10K, limping home to victory wearing only one running shoe.

• From Paralympics to the parkruns of Middlesbrough - meet the Ethiopian medalist who now calls Middlesbrough home

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North’s prospects appear bleak

11:03am Monday 17th June 2013

WALES wing George North is currently rated as “less than 50-50” to be fit for Saturday’s first Test match against Australia, in Brisbane.

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Jennings century inspires Stockton

10:43am Monday 17th June 2013

STOCKTON won with just four balls left in their game against Blaydon and continued to pile on the pressure for the chasing pack as they benefited from the Durham factor.

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Richmondshire top after Marton pay for slip-ups

10:40am Monday 17th June 2013

DROPPED catches cost Marton the chance to stay in top place on a day when champions Richmondshire became the fifth different team to take over as leaders in 2013.

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Kinnear to have final say on transfers following shock return to Newcastle

8:00am Monday 17th June 2013

JOE KINNEAR insists he will have “the final say” on all transfers at Newcastle United following his surprise appointment as the club's new director of football.

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Why Newcastle's Kinnear appointment is fatally flawed

8:00am Monday 17th June 2013

WE should know not to be surprised by now. If Newcastle United's recent history under Mike Ashley teaches us anything, it is to constantly expect the unexpected.

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Liverpool poised to complete Mignolet deal as Sunderland prepare to give Westwood a go

8:00am Monday 17th June 2013

LIVERPOOL are confident of completing a deal for Simon Mignolet this week, with Sunderland officials increasingly resigned to the loss of the club's number one goalkeeper.

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Routine and easy victory for Durham

8:00am Monday 17th June 2013

ANY offspring who took the Durham marketing department's bait and lured their dads to Riverside for a Father's Day treat yesterday would have been sorely disappointed.

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Hodgson excels despite Tykes’ defeat

10:24am Monday 17th June 2013

YORKSHIRE’S dismal run of results in the 2013 YB40 competition continued yesterday when Andrew Gale’s side lost to Gloucestershire by 36 runs at Bristol – but the game also saw Dan Hodgson confirm his exciting potential in the limited- overs formats of the game.

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England shine in Cardiff rain to reach semi-finals

11:07am Monday 17th June 2013

ENGLAND overcame New Zealand when it mattered most, and narrowly beat the Cardiff weather too, to book their place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy.

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