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Kicking off with Football and Diego Maradona has left his post as Argentina boss after a unanimous vote from the Argentine Football Association.

Maradona, who led the country to the World Cup quarter-finals, had been adamant that there were no changes to his backroom staff.

And Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano has said he is keen to leave Liverpool this summer.

Boss Roy Hodgson has confirmed this and also insists that Fernando Torres is not looking for an exit.
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Back home in the S-League last night - Etoile FC managed to beat Sengkang Punggol 1-nil to go top.

Federic Mendy’s 31st minute goal ensured Etoile leap-frog Tampines Rovers into top spot, but have played a game in hand.

Tampines however can retake the lead when they play away at Gombak later this evening at the Jalan Besar Stadium from 7:30.
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Finally in Formula One – and in the aftermath of the German Grand Prix – team orders have long been in existence in the sport and will continue to play a role, even though they are banned by the FIA.

The trick is implementing them in such a way that no one is able to detect something untoward has taken place, in total contrast to the way Ferrari handled last weekend's German Grand Prix.

The stewards at Hockenheim saw through their coded messages and a later apology over the team radio to Felipe Massa from his race engineer Rob Smedley for allowing by team-mate Fernando Alonso, and Ferrari were duly fined 100,000 US dollars, with the threat of further sanctions to come.
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