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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets each will receive four compensatory picks in this years draft for free agents they lost in 2013. Baltimore gets spots in the third, fourth and fifth rounds, with two choices in Round 4. Those slots are 99th, 134th, 138th and 175th. Among the free agents the Ravens lost after winning the 2012 NFL title were Ed Reed, Danell Ellerbe, Paul Kruger and Cary Williams, all key defensive players. The Jets will get slots 139, 209, 210 and 213: a fourth-rounder and three sixth-rounders. They lost free agents Dustin Keller, Matt Slauson, Yeremiah Bell, Mike DeVito, Shonn Greene and LaRon Landry. The number of picks a team receives equals the net loss of compensatory free agents up to a maximum of four. The compensatory choices cant be traded. Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Pittsburgh and St. Louis each received three compensatory picks. Cincinnati, Green Bay and Detroit got two apiece, while New England, San Francisco and the New York Giants were give one each. In all, 32 choices were awarded for the draft, which begins May 8. Pittsburgh, which lost Mike Wallace, Keenan Lewis, Ryan Mundy and Rashard Mendenhall in free agency last year, gets the highest pick, 97th overall, 33rd in the third round. Green Bay goes directly after the Steelers, having lost Greg Jennings and Erik Walden. Then, Baltimore and San Francisco finish off the third-round; the 49ers lost Dashon Goldson, Ricky Jean Francois, Isaac Sopoaga, Delanie Walker and Ted Ginn Jr. . Perhaps their first trip to the city of Winnipeg in 16 years can serve as the shakeup they need. . Although Olivetti, a qualifier, had 13 aces, he failed to force a single break-point chance on Gasquets serve and lost his own three times. Gasquet next plays third-seeded Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, who won had 18 aces in a 6-2, 6-4 win against seventh-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France. . - The Chicago Bears have agreed to a one-year contract with free-agent centre Brian de la Puente. . The Tiger-Cats announced on Friday the linebacker has signed a new contract with the team through the 2016 season. . Warren made six birdies and a bogey for a 5-under total of 139 to sit one shot ahead of Felipe Aguilar of Chile, who carded a 69. David Horsey of England was also on 5 under through 15 holes to join Warren atop the leaderboard before play was stopped.Olivia Breen had to endure illness and windy conditions in a 100m final she will want to quickly forget at the IPC European Championships on Wednesday evening. The Sky Academy Sports Scholar has her work cut out in Gresetto in Italy this week, with four events over five days.After finishing sixth in the 200m on Sunday and pipped to long jump bronze the following day, the 19-year-old was desperate to make amends in her favourite sprint event, but luck was not on her side. GB team-mate Sophie Hahn stormed to 100m gold in 12.87 seconds ahead of Margarita Goncharova, Anna Trener-Wierciak and Britains Kadeena Cox, with Breen ending up in sixth.The Paralympians time of 13.82s was almost half a second slower than her personal best she set three weeks ago in Loughborough.Breen said: Im obviously disappointed and time but I can take some positives. My start was good as was my transition phase but at 60m, I hit a headwind and because I was in lane one, I absorbed it more and fatigue really set in. Teaser for Sky TV doc on Olivia Breen now available On Demand I was also suffering from food poisoning from some fish I ate at lunchtime, which really didnt help.ddddddddddddIt will be a hugely irritating experience for the Paralympic bronze medallist at London 2012 but she should take heart from a number of impressive performances over the last month as she builds up form and strength, with the Rio Games two months away.Breen is likely to be back in action on Thursday as the championships wrap up in Italy, where she runs in the 4x100m relay.WHATS COMING UP FOR OUR SCHOLARS23-26 JUNE: Lucy Garner, National Road Cycling Champs, Stockton-on-Tees 24-26 JUNE: Holly Bradshaw, Jessica Judd at British Championships, Birmingham25-26 JUNE: Quillan Isidore, British BMX Round 7 & 8, Burgess Park Also See: Breen pipped to long jump medal Breen buzzing for Euro test About the Scholarship Meet the athletes Blogs Videos Galleries ' ' '
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