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• Ian Wright snubs Stan Collymore over presenter role for Channel Five's new Football League highlights programme

  22-05-2015 23:59 via
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: A mooted partnership ofIan Wright and Stan Collymore, as presenters of Channel Five’s Football League highlights, has failed to materialise.
  
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• Manchester City in pole position to sign £45m-rated Raheem Sterling... even though Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says he expects in-demand youngster to stay

  22-05-2015 23:53 via
  
  Manchester City are overwhelming favourites to sign Raheem Sterling and will bid for the Liverpool forward ahead of Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal when the transfer window opens.
  
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• Dave King confirmed as chairman of Rangers after SFA gives nod

  22-05-2015 23:50
  
  • King ‘deeply honoured’ after long wait to take control
  • Rangers lead Hibernian 2-0 after first leg of play-off semi-finalDave King has been appointed as chairman of Rangers, the 54-time Scottish champions announced on Friday.King led a successful bid to remove the previous board in March and earlier this week the Scottish Football Association said it was satisfied he was “fit and proper” to become the club’s chairman. Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Murray could meet Novak Djokovic in French Open semi-final as Brit is handed tricky Paris draw

  22-05-2015 23:40 via
  
  Roger Federer was resisting the urge to do cartwheels down the Champs-Elysees, but he must have been tempted after escaping the French Open’s answer to the group of death.
  
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• Keeper Randolph to leave Birmingham

  22-05-2015 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham City announce that Ireland international goalkeeper Darren Randolph is set to leave the club.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City future could be decided on Sunday

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  • Khaldoon al-Mubarak expected to attend Southampton game
  • The City chairman will then conduct a season review
  • Pellegrini sidesteps Raheem Sterling question – videoManuel Pellegrini’s future could be decided on Sunday – if, as expected, the Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak attends the final game of the season against Southampton.Pellegrini’s job in is the balance and will be decided when Mubarak conducts his assessment of the club’s campaign. Continue reading...
  
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• Louis van Gaal attacks ‘ridiculous’ dates of summer transfer window

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  • Manchester United manager wants it closed before season begins
  • ‘I have strived many times to change the transfer period’
  • Van Gaal has growing belief De Gea will stay at United Louis van Gaal says the fact that the summer transfer window remains open once the season is under way is “ridiculous” and that he had tried to get the dates changed on many occasions.Van Gaal has already signed Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven but believes the window’s closing date of 1 September, th
  
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• Tim Sherwood says Ron Vlaar is ready to sign new Aston Villa contract

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  • Holland defender has been linked with Manchester United
  • ‘I’ve sat down with Ron and he says he wants to stay’
  • Sinclair set to join Aston Villa in £2.5m deal from Manchester CityTim Sherwood believes Ron Vlaar will give Aston Villa a major boost by signing a new deal. Vlaar is out of contract this summer and the expectation was that he would leave Villa on a free transfer but Sherwood recently held talks with the Holland international and, on the back of those discussions, said
  
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• Steve Bruce surprised by Hull City’s fight for Premier League survival

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  • Manager needs win over Manchester United to stand any chance of staying up
  • David Meyler says defeats by Burnley were crucial moments in season
  • Kilbane thinks Hull have advantage over Newcastle in final-day battleSteve Bruce has admitted Hull’s slide into relegation danger took him slightly by surprise. The manager needs a victory over Manchester United on the last day of the season, something he has yet to achieve since leaving the club as a player, and even then must hope Newcastl
  
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• José Mourinho: I was wrong to suggest a campaign against Chelsea

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  • Chelsea manager stands by criticism of referees’ decisions• ‘Maybe campaign is not a nice word’
  • José Mourinho named Premier League manager of the seasonJosé Mourinho has said he regrets his use of the word “campaign” when complaining about decisions made against his Chelsea side over the turn of the year, though the champions’ manager stands by his assertion his team had been victims of oversights by match officials.He had been incensed when Cesc Fàbregas was
  
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• John Carver: I don’t want to experience relegation as Alan Shearer did

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  • Newcastle manager haunted by memories of 2009
  • Papiss Cissé in fitness test for match against West Ham
  • John Carver reminds Newcastle players about cost of relegationJohn Carver will never forget the look on Alan Shearer’s face immediately after Newcastle United were relegated at Aston Villa six years ago and is fervently hoping he does not experience similar torture on Sunday.“I’d come back from Canada and I was watching on television in a pub,” said the Tynesider, who had th
  
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• Dick Advocaat to turn down Sunderland without promise of new players

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  • Ellis Short desperate to keep former Holland coach
  • ‘If they are not clear on the need to invest, then I had better leave’
  • Five reasons why Sunderland have stayed in the Premier LeagueDick Advocaat will decline Sunderland’s offer of an extended contract if Ellis Short, the club’s owner, is not prepared to invest in up to six high-calibre players this summer.After watching Advocaat avert relegation by collecting 12 points from his eight games in charge since succeeding Gus Poye
  
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• West Brom vs Arsenal: Aaron Ramsey desperate to be back in the middle for Arsenal title challenge

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  Aaron Ramsey wants to get something off his chest. He is playing well, part of an Arsenal side about to finish third in the Premier League and hoping to retain the FA Cup next week. He has overcome three hamstring injuries this season and has fought his way back to play an important part in a consistent team.
  
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• Raheem Sterling: Brendan Rodgers urges Liverpool fans not to turn on contract rebel

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  Brendan Rodgers has urged Liverpool fans not to turn on Raheem Sterling in the last game of the season at Stoke City on Sunday after a turbulent week at the club regarding the player’s future.
  
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• Middlesbrough vs Norwich: Jonathan Woodgate on the threshold of realising dream with first love

  22-05-2015 23:30
  
  Jonathan Woodgate walked towards the double doors inside the Bernabeu Stadium on his first day as a Real Madrid player and threw them open. It was an act of exuberance any player would be forgiven following his move to one of the world’s elite clubs.
  
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• King makes £1.5m loan to Rangers

  22-05-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rangers enter a £1.5m loan agreement with Dave King's New Oasis Asset Limited as he becomes chairman.
  
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• Paolo Maldini talks to Jamie Carragher about THAT night in Istanbul and reveals how close he was to joining Manchester United

  22-05-2015 23:09 via
  
  This week Paolo Maldini invited Sportsmail’s Jamie Carragher to his Milan home for a rare interview. Dominic King listened in and made notes (and got his picture taken to show his mum).
  
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• Salford 18-34 Warrington Wolves

  22-05-2015 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gene Ormsby scores a hat-trick as Warrington extend Salford's losing run with victory at the AJ Bell Stadium.
  
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• Muhammad Ali’s phantom punch has us scratching our heads 50 years on

  22-05-2015 23:00
  
  Few people, even those at ringside, saw the fighter’s legendary punch that knocked out Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, but it changed boxing history in what was a momentous year of horrors mingled with wondersIf you happened to be a young person in 1965 it was hard to know where to look next as the frivolity of sport and song jostled with events profound enough to reshape the world. The year had barely begun when Malcolm X was assassinated while preparing to address a meeting in New York. The Be
  
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• Bath’s Team Ford have drive to beat Leicester in Premiership play-off

  22-05-2015 23:00
  
  Collective not individual glory means more to the award-winning father and son combination, Mike and George Ford, as they target a place in the final
  • Northampton’s Tom Wood: Saracens had our number but now we have edgeFor the Ford family this has already been a week to cherish. On Wednesday Mike and George Ford became the first father and son combo to be voted coach and player of the season; Saturday is about confirming that accolade. Should Bath beat Leicester and make their first Premier
  
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• Liverpool ace Lucas Leiva includes Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez and Neymar in his Sky Sports Fantasy Football dream team

  22-05-2015 22:59 via
  
  Lucas Leiva has picked his #one2eleven of stars he has played alongside during his time with the Brazilian national team, Gremio and Liverpool. 
  
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• I need Golovkin fear factor - Froch

  22-05-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carl Froch says the motivation of a bout with WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin could persuade him to continue.
  
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• Malabar has a 'live chance' in the Irish 1,000 Guineas, says trainer Mick Channon

  22-05-2015 22:59 via
  
  Trainer Mick Channon believes Malabar has a ‘live chance’ as she bids to give him a second success in Sunday's Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh.
  
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• Hull FC 10-17 St Helens

  22-05-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tommy Makinson scores the crucial try as St Helens move up to second in Super League with victory at Hull FC.
  
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• Leeds 36-16 Hull KR

  22-05-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kevin Sinfield goes third on rugby league's list of all-time points-scorers as Leeds beat Hull KR in the Super League.
  
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• Gary Cahill interview: Chelsea defender keeps coming out on top in his climb to success

  22-05-2015 22:41
  
  If Gary Cahill had been a £30m buy with all the glitter that such a purchase brings, we would have been reading endless paeans of praise to his qualities in the two weeks since Chelsea won the Premier League trophy they will parade this weekend.
  
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• Derry City 1-1 Sligo Rovers

  22-05-2015 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seanan Clucas scores Derry City's first goal in five matches but they can only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Sligo.
  
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• Glasgow beat Ulster to reach final

  22-05-2015 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Glasgow Warriors reach the Pro12 final after a late DTH van der Merwe converted try sees off Ulster.
  
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• Jamie Vardy in high spirits as England new boy trains with Leicester City ahead of final day clash against QPR  

  22-05-2015 22:37 via
  
  Jamie Vardy's good mood shows no signs of letting up as the 28-year-old winger was all smiles in Leicester City's training session at Belvoir Drive on Friday. He has recently made the England squad.
  
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• Frankie Dettori confirmed as Epsom jockey for Derby favourite Golden Horn

  22-05-2015 22:32 via
  
  Frankie Dettori has reacted with delight after being confirmed as the Epsom jockey for Investec Derby favourite Golden Horn by owner Anthony Oppenheimer.
  
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• England v New Zealand: first Test, day two – in pictures

  22-05-2015 22:31
  
  Our photographer brings you the best images from Lord’s where England are toiling against a determined batting performance by New Zealand • England v New Zealand: first Test, day two match report
  • Gillespie confirms ECB and Strauss talks over England coach job
  • England unlikely lad Wood makes impression despite overstepping mark
  • Guptill brings back Lord’s memories of Trevor Franklin (sort of) Continue reading...
  
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• Watford unveil new home kit ahead of their return to the Premier League next season 

  22-05-2015 22:25 via
  
  Watford have revealed their 2015-2016 home strip ahead of their return to the Premier League. There will no doubt be a buzz around the club next season as the Hornets prepare for the top flight.
  
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• Ronald Koeman: Europe is still a big deal for Southampton

  22-05-2015 22:24
  
  It is perhaps fitting, given English clubs' love-hate relationship with the Europa League, that of the three teams still contesting the two qualifying places, only one will regard success as a triumph. That side is least likely to achieve their goal, but could secure a place after all within a week.
  
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• Rory McIlory brought back down to earth as World No 1 misses cut after horror back nine at BMW PGA Championship

  22-05-2015 22:24 via
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON AT WENTWORTH: On Wednesday he was asked if he felt invincible. On Saturda Rory McIlroy will be invisible at the BMW PGA Championship after missing the cut.
  
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• Novak Djokovic feels he is in form of his life and ready to claim first French Open title

  22-05-2015 22:23 via
  
  Novak Djokovic insists he can handle the pressure of winning a first French Open title because he is playing the best tennis of his life. Success at Roland Garros has so far eluded the Serb.
  
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• Hull vs Manchester United: Steve Bruce knows it isn’t over till the relieved manager sings

  22-05-2015 22:18
  
  "The weird thing about relegation," Jimmy Bullard wrote, when he reflected on Hull City's Premier League demise in 2010, "is that it is such a gradual experience. It's not like someone burst into the dressing room one day and informed us out of the blue that we were being relegated, so it didn’t knock us sideways with shock."
  
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• Hull vs Manchester United: David Meyler backs odds for Hull pulling off their great escape

  22-05-2015 22:13
  
  David Meyler calls it a 3-1 shot. The odds about Hull surviving have been shorter, but there is a growing confidence inside the home dressing room at the KC Stadium that they can overturn the two-point advantage Newcastle United have on them going into the final game of the season on Sunday.
  
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• Lukasz Fabianski is going nowhere, insists Swansea boss Garry Monk after goalkeeper was linked with Borussia Dortmund move 

  22-05-2015 22:05 via
  
  Swansea manager Garry Monk insists Lukasz Fabianski is staying put after the Poland goalkeeper was linked to German giants Borussia Dortmund.
  
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• Danny Higginbotham column: Premier League schedulers can help clubs love the Europa League again

  22-05-2015 22:01
  
  We talk so much about the top Premier League sides fighting it out for Champions League places but next week will bring the one-off game which guarantees the winners a play-off place in next season’s prestige European tournament.
  
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• England rue missed chances - Agnew

  22-05-2015 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A dropped catch and a costly no-ball changed the course of a day dominated by New Zealand batsmen, says Jonathan Agnew.
  
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• Barcelona planning tributes for Xavi ahead of legendary playmaker's move to Qatar 

  22-05-2015 21:54 via
  
  Barcelona are planning to honour their long-serving playmaker Xavi Hernandez on Saturday, during and after their final La Liga game of the season against Deportivo la Coruña at the Nou Camp.
  
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• IPL 2015: Chennai Super Kings see off Bangalore to reach final

  22-05-2015 21:41
  
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore 139-8; Chennai Super Kings 140-7
  • CSK won by three wickets
  • As it happened: Dan Lucas’s over-by-over reportChennai Super Kings reached Sunday’s IPL final by securing a three-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, with one ball to spare. However, this low-scoring match was rarely as thrilling as the close scoreline suggests and the suspicion was always that the RCB score was below par.MS Dhoni took the unusual step of bowling Ashish Nehra and Ravich
  
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• England vs New Zealand first Test: Moeen Ali playing catch-up from wrong position

  22-05-2015 21:38
  
  Moeen Ali could be forgiven for wondering whether last summer ever really happened.
  
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• New Zealand are showing everybody why they are ranked third best Test team in the world... but England's attack still excites  

  22-05-2015 21:04 via
  
  BUMBLE AT THE TEST: New Zealand are showing why they are ranked third best Test team in the world. They have a decent attack, a solid opening pair and three good solid engines.
  
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• Martin Guptill and Tom Latham strike up third-highest partnership for New Zealand 

  22-05-2015 21:04 via
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH - THE TOP SPIN: The partnership of 148 between Martin Guptill and Tom Latham was New Zealand’s third-highest for the first wicket in England.
  
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• Jason Gillespie confirms he has held talks over England job with Andrew Strauss

  22-05-2015 21:04 via
  
  Jason Gillespie has held talks over England's vacancy - but insists he is just one of a number of contenders. Gillespie was labelled 'one of the candidates' by Andrew Strauss earlier this month.
  
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• Newcastle vs West Ham: When Prince Philippe Albert was ruler of a united kingdom

  22-05-2015 21:03
  
  "I think it's along there." The taxi drive had taken 45 minutes, from the Gare de Charleroi-Sud station, through the city's unforgiving centre, to a landscape littered with reminders of its industrial past, until finally the satnav informed us we had arrived.
  
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• FFP was launched with good intentions but served to protect elite clubs. Time for a rethink

  22-05-2015 20:55
  
  As he pondered a fine season, and looked forward to the next one, Ronald Koeman was philosophical on Friday. "It's more difficult [for Southampton] to push up now [from seventh] than from 14th [last season] because we are fighting bigger teams who normally have more money to spend. This season for Southampton has been incredible. One point behind Tottenham, two points behind Liverpool, [but] to make the next step... I don’t say it's impossible, but it's very, very difficult."
  
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• Steve McClaren refuses to resign as manager of Derby County

  22-05-2015 20:49
  
  • McClaren believes he is being forced out due to Newcastle’s interest in him
  • Derby won only two of their last 13 league games
  • Newcastle expand search after McClaren refuses to step inSteve McClaren believes he is being forced out of Derby because of Newcastle’s interest in him.The Press Association understands the former England manager was asked to resign when he met the chief executive, Sam Rush, and incoming chairman, Mel Morris, on Thursday amid suggestions that Newcastle’s
  
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• James DeGale vs Andre Dirrell: Briton can return a winner from the new land of opportunity - Frank Warren column

  22-05-2015 20:47
  Thankfully, the days are gone when British boxers who travelled to the United States either got mugged in the ring by American opponents or robbed outside it by the judges. America is not the hostile territory it once was for our champions and contenders, who now seem to win there more often than they lose.
  
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