Also celebrating are Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq (41), Aston Villa winger Charles N'Zogbia (29) and Tottenham defender Kyle Walker (25).
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Changes at Hull
Football
Liam Rosenior, Paul McShane, Yannick Sagbo, Maynor Figeroa, Steve Harper and Joe Dudgeon have all been let go by the Tigers.
Alex Bruce - son of manager Steve - and Stephen Quinn have been offered new deals at the KC Stadium.
"Regrettably, following relegation we have made the decision to release the majority of those players whose contracts have expired," said boss Bruce.
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Fifa Congress
Football
Dan Roan
BBC sports editor
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On this day
Football
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Uruguay union to appeal Suarez ban
Football
The Mirror is reporting that the Uruguayan players' union could appeal Suarez's ban from international football in the wake of the corruption arrests.
The union is set to ask for the suspension - imposed after Suarez bit Italy's Giorgio Chiellini in a World Cup match - to be ended due to Fifa having been discredited.
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Seeds in trouble in Paris
Tennis
Number four seed Petra Kvitova, number five seed Caroline Wozniacki and number 10 seed Andrea Petkovic have all lost the first set in their second round matches.
Kvitova trails Spain's Sivia Soler-Espinosa, Wozniacki is down to Germany's Julia Goerges, and Petkovic is in trouble against Spain's Lourdes Dominguez-Lino.
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McIlroy's woes continue
Golf
A month ago he was winning tournaments for fun. Now, seemingly, all is not well with the Northern Irishman's game.
The world number one missed the cut at Wentworth last week and is now enduring a nightmare start in the Irish Open at Royal County Down - an event his foundation is hosting. He's five over after nine holes of his first round - placing him second last of the 78 players out on course.
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Khan focussed on Algieri
Boxing
The former two-time world champion has been tipped to be the next opponent for the undefeated welterweight, who beat Manny Pacquiao earlier this month.
Khan, 28, said: "I've made that mistake before, when you look past fights, but I ain't looking past this fight.
"There's no point looking at Mayweather because that might never happen."
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Local group close to Torquay takeover
Football
A consortium of 10 local businessmen have been given a period of exclusivity to try and take over Torquay United.
"We've agreed a sum of money with the consortium and they've got until next Thursday to come up with it," acting chairman Bill Phillips told BBC Sport.
"We've agreed a sum of money with the consortium and they've got until next Thursday to come up with it," acting chairman Bill Phillips told BBC Sport.
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Trainer Brittain dies
Horse Racing
Some sad news to bring you from the world of horse racing - trainer Mel Brittain has died aged 71.
His stables produced over 500 winners and his best known horses include Grey Desire, Dublin Lad and Grey Kingdom.
His son Antony will take over the training operation.
His stables produced over 500 winners and his best known horses include Grey Desire, Dublin Lad and Grey Kingdom.
His son Antony will take over the training operation.
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Real Madrid dismiss Paul Pogba bid
Football
"Real Madrid has not had any contact with either Juventus or the representative of the player, so information published in the La Stampa newspaper is absolutely false," read the statement.
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