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• Manchester United still need to prove title credentials... but David de Gea situation will be tolerated if Louis van Gaal succeeds

  14-08-2015 23:57 via
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT VILLA PARK: When a manager gets results, everything else becomes irrelevant by comparison. Even Jose Mourinho may find that if his Chelsea team can win at Manchester City.
  
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• St Helens 22-32 Hull FC: Curtis Naughton bags hat-trick as Saints are stunned again

  14-08-2015 23:48 via
  
  Curtis Naughton bagged a hat-trick of tries as Hull FC overturned an 18-6 half-time deficit to triumph 32-22 against shell-shocked St Helens at Langtree Park on Friday night.
  
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• Rory McIlroy annoyed with second round showing at Whistling Straits 

  14-08-2015 23:42 via
  
  Defending champion Rory McIlroy admitted he was 'a little bit annoyed' at failing to take advantage of perfect conditions in the second round of the US PGA Championship on Friday.
  
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• Louis van Gaal: Man Utd will take time to reach top form

  14-08-2015 23:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LOUIS VAN GAAL believes tonight's1-0 win at Aston Villa was an improvement over last weekend's victory over Tottenham, but admits it will take time for Manchester United to hit top form.
  
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• Chelsea must find a way to stop David Silva at the Etihad... the Spaniard is Manchester City's architect and creator-in-chief

  14-08-2015 23:37 via
  
  Former England and Arsenal defender MARTIN KEOWN looks ahead to the crunch clash between Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester City.
  
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• Manchester United spent £31m on Memphis Depay... but in Adnan Januzaj they already had a special talent, claims Jamie Redknapp

  14-08-2015 23:34 via
  
  Jamie Redknapp believes Manchester United should’ve put their trust in Adnan Januzaj rather than splashing the cash on Memphis Depay. Januzaj has been linked with a loan move in recent weeks
  
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• US PGA TEE ROOM: Jordan Spieth's Snaphook a refreshing change from Tiger Woods dropping F-bombs 

  14-08-2015 23:34 via
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON AT WHISTLING STRAITS: For all those fed up of Tiger Woods' swearing on the course, his American successor Jordan Spieth represents a refreshing contrast.
  
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• Jose Mourinho dodged the bullets but his press conference was far from his finest performance... he has behaved appallingly

  14-08-2015 23:33 via
  
  MATT LAWTON: Jose Mourinho has shown no sense of remorse and he must accept the power he has as arguably the most influential football manager in England, and perhaps the world.
  
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• FIFA tells members, speak up about 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids or else 

  14-08-2015 23:32 via
  
  Members of FIFA’s executive committee who picked Russia and Qatar to stage the 2018 and 2022 World Cups risk being sacked unless they tell the truth about the controversial ballots.
  
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• Andy Murray felt awkward facing brother Jamie in doubles clash in Montreal 

  14-08-2015 23:32 via
  
  Andy Murray has admitted he found it awkward facing brother Jamie in their first senior competitive meeting during the second round of the Rogers Cup doubles in Montreal.
  
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• Leeds 25-18 Wigan: Rhinos extend lead at the top of Super League

  14-08-2015 23:31 via
  
  Super 8s leaders Leeds improved their chances of a home play-off semi-final with a 25-18 victory over Wigan in a bruising encounter at Headingley Carnegie.
  
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• Exclusive: Future of Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro still in doubt after missed meeting

  14-08-2015 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A HUGE question mark continues to hang over the future of Chelsea club doctor Eva Carneiro after it emerged she was absent from a key meeting with the club's medical staff called by Jose Mourinho on Thursday to discuss the future strategy with regard to injured players.
  
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• Newcastle United is on the hunt for English recruits, insists Steve McClaren after club starts season with least home-grown talent

  14-08-2015 23:30 via
  
  Newcastle United started their season with just one English player, the lowest number in the Premier League, but Steve McClaren says the club is aiming to change that.
  
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• Slaven Bilic hopes wonderkid Reece Oxford will be first of many young stars at West Ham

  14-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SLAVEN BILIC hopes the emergence of 16-year-old sensation Reece Oxford is just the tip of the iceberg - because he wants to turn the West Ham academy back into the envy of the Premier League.
  
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• Rory McIlroy 'disappointed' as Jordan Spieth goes four shots clear at US PGA Championship

  14-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IT WAS the worst possible tonic Rory McIlroy could swallow and that's having to soak-in arch rival Jordan Spieth sail four shots past him and into contention heading to the weekend's rounds of the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
  
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• Manchester City vs Chelsea: Manuel Pellegrini expects Raheem Sterling to thrive with City style

  14-08-2015 23:30
  
  Manuel Pellegrini, the Manchester City manager, goes into the first big showdown with title rivals Chelsea tomorrow believing that he can get the best out of new signing Raheem Sterling, whose final season at Liverpool did not live up to expectations.
  
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• Jose Mourinho press conference after Eva Carneiro row: An awkward, incoherent and petulant performance by manager

  14-08-2015 23:30
  
  He had threatened a walkout minutes earlier but when at last Jose Mourinho did decide to storm out of his own press conference, he made it as far as the door in the Cobham press room before he had second thoughts. The penny dropped that this would, in all likelihood, make matters worse, and in those few awkward moments, arguably the world’s most famous football manager was stood in the corner of a room looking for a way back.
  
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• Gordon D'Arcy to become Ireland's longest-serving player in Scotland World Cup warm-up

  14-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GORDON D'ARCY is nearly ready to quit rugby at the age of 35 - but not before become Ireland's longest-serving player today against Scotland.
  
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• England on brink of Ashes defeat after test loss but Charlotte Edwards vows to fight on

  14-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHARLOTTE EDWARDS insisted England's women will not give up their grip on the Ashes without a fight despite defeat in the Test match against Australia leaving them with no room for error.
  
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• Dick Advocaat blasts Jamie Carragher for branding Sunderland's Patrick Van Aanholt 'lazy'

  14-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DICK ADVOCAAT has hit out at Jamie Carragher's scathing criticism of Sunderland full-back Patrick Van Aanholt's performance at Leicester last week.
  
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• Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho fails to explain why medics Eva Carneiro and Jon Fearn have been banished

  14-08-2015 23:30
  
  Jose Mourinho insisted yesterday that his medical team have been told to prioritise the well-being of his players above all else – but in a fiery press conference he would not explain why doctor Eva Carneiro and first-team physiotherapist Jon Fearn have been moved off the bench for tomorrow’s game against Manchester City.
  
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• West Ham won't allow Reece Oxford to get big-headed, says Slaven Bilic after teenage wonderkid's dream debut

  14-08-2015 23:29 via
  
  Slaven Bilic has told Reece Oxford he will not tolerate any arrogance following the 16-year-old’s impressive Premier League debut in West Ham's 2-0 win over Arsenal.
  
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• Hugo Lloris wants to stay at Tottenham even if Manchester United come calling, says Mauricio Pochettino

  14-08-2015 23:29 via
  
  Mauricio Pochettino has claimed Hugo Lloris is prepared to snub Manchester United, with Tottenham confident they can deal with the knock-on effects of David de Gea’s troubles at Old Trafford.
  
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• Aston Villa vs Manchester United match report: Forgotten man Adnan Januzaj delivers as United grind out another win

  14-08-2015 23:20
  It was business as usual for Manchester United last night. In winning at Villa Park, they did what they usually do on a ground where they have not lost a Premier League match since August 1995. Yet of all the victories they have collected in this corner of Birmingham, few will have felt so underwhelming.
  
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• Manchester United still need to prove title credentials... but David de Gea saga will be put to one side if Louis van Gaal succeeds

  14-08-2015 23:19 via
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT VILLA PARK: When a manager gets results, everything else becomes irrelevant by comparison. Even Jose Mourinho may find that if his Chelsea team can win at Manchester City.
  
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• Manchester United haggle with Barcelona over £21.3m buyout clause for Pedro 

  14-08-2015 23:18 via
  
  Manchester United are haggling with Barcelona over the £21.3m buyout clause in Pedro’s contract at the Nou Camp.
  
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• Man Utd match-winner Adnan Januzaj vows to fight for first-team place at Old Trafford

  14-08-2015 23:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ADNAN JANUZAJ hopes his match-winning goal at Aston Villa can kick-start his Manchester United career.
  
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• Aston Villa 0 Manchester United 1 player ratings: Adnan Januzaj, Memphis Depay, Juan Mata - who was the star man?

  14-08-2015 23:10
  
  Manchester United secured their second successive 1-0 Premier League victory, courtesy of Adnan Januzaj's strike, against Aston Villa on Friday night.
  
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• Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United PLAYER RATINGS: Wayne Rooney and Rudy Gestede struggle to make impact

  14-08-2015 23:10 via
  
  Manchester United made it two wins out of two after Adnan Januzaj's first-half winner. Sportsmail's Laurie Whitwell rated the player's performances at Villa Park on Friday night.
  
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• Aston Villa vs Manchester United: Louis van Gaal’s thin attack proves a hidden blessing as Adnan Januzaj re-emerges

  14-08-2015 23:04
  There were not many players who dazzled under David Moyes at Manchester United but Adnan Januzaj was the great, singular exception.
  
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• Juan Mata looking forward to 'relaxing weekend' as Man Utd go top

  14-08-2015 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MANCHESTER UNITED star Juan Mata admits he's a fan of Friday night football after tonight's 1-0 win at Aston Villa.
  
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• Aston Villa vs Manchester United: Five things we learned from Villa Park

  14-08-2015 22:45
  
  Manchester United’s title credentials remain shrouded in mysteryA conundrum which rarely used to cause such difference of opinion, the status of Manchester United as title candidates was a question never likely to be solved at Villa Park.
  
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• Bayern Munich 5-0 Hamburg: Thomas Muller bags brace as Pep Guardiola's side cruise to opening Bundesliga win 

  14-08-2015 22:43 via
  
  Champions Bayern Munich crushed Hamburg 5-0 in their Bundesliga season openerwith a scintillating performance that set down an early marker in their quest for a fourth title.
  
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• Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United: Adnan Januzaj rewards Louis van Gaal's faith as Red Devils extend perfect Premier League start

  14-08-2015 22:34 via
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: AT VILLA PARK: No, this isn’t the most thrilling United team of recent years; but it is getting the job done while Louis van Gaal waits for his last round of reinforcements to arrive.
  
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• Fantasy Football scout: Marc Albrighton is the most in-form star, but Thibaut Courtois endured a woeful start in MailOnline’s game

  14-08-2015 22:15 via
  
  The opening week of the Premier League was full of entertainment including surprise results and early red cards. Here Sportsmail looks at the most in-form and out-of-form players of the season so far.
  
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• Jockey McNamara retires with winner

  14-08-2015 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andrew McNamara ended his riding career with a victory as he won aboard Most Honourable at Tramore in his final race.
  
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• England vs France preview: Calum Clark intent on passing Stuart Lancaster's final World Cup auditions

  14-08-2015 21:57
  England have recorded some handsome victories in World Cup warm-up matches down the years, winning in such inhospitable places as Cardiff and Dublin and putting untold squillions of points past the Premiership All-Stars, although the poor souls in that godforsaken team of 1999 were neither stars nor, in some cases at least, Premiership players. Things have moved on since then, happily, as events at Twickenham tonight will surely demonstrate.
  
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• Greg Rutherford continues attack on new Team GB kits after Twitter outburst  

  14-08-2015 21:21 via
  
  Olympic champion Greg Rutherford has defended his criticism of the new Great Britain team kits, claiming the lack of a Union Jack on them diminishes his reason for competing.
  
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• Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United English Premier League 2015-16 LIVE EPL football score: Adnan Januzaj scores opener in first Red Devils start for six months

  14-08-2015 21:20 via
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the Barclays Premier League as Aston Villa host Manchester United at Villa Park to begin the weekend's action.
  
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• Sam Turner's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Saturday, August 15

  14-08-2015 21:16 via
  
  Daily Mail racing expert Sam Turner brings his hottest selections for Saturday's races at Newbury, Market Rasen, Ripon, Doncaster, Newmarket and Lingfield.
  
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• Roberto Soldado cut a frustrated figure up front at Tottenham, struggling to impress in an awkward formation 

  14-08-2015 21:10 via
  
  PETE JENSON: When Tottenham signed Roberto Soldado from Valencia two years ago all the signs were that it was £26million well spent. Even the translation of his surname ‘Soldier’ seemed to fit.
  
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• Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira almost joined Louis van Gaal at Ajax in 1996... before Arsene Wenger stole in to poach star

  14-08-2015 20:56 via
  
  Arsene Wenger has revealed how an eleventh-hour phone call to Patrick Vieira persuaded him to join Arsenal instead of Louis van Gaal's Ajax in 1996.
  
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• England must hit the ground running with a convincing win over France... the World Cup warm-up games are crucial

  14-08-2015 20:52 via
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England’s three warm-up games are crucial given their tough opening trio of World Cup matches and are vital to create real momentum going into the tournament.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini refuses to comment on Jose Mourinho's spat with Eva Carneiro as Manchester City prepare to host Chelsea  

  14-08-2015 20:50 via
  
  Manuel Pellegrini insists that Manchester City’s clash with champions Chelsea at the Etihad on Sunday will be decided by ‘football things and not other things.'
  
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• Xherdan Shaqiri made to wait for Stoke City debut as domestic ban from Italy rules record signing out of Tottenham clash

  14-08-2015 20:49 via
  
  Stoke boss Mark Hughes may have created a nice problem for himself with his strengthened squad but he won't be able to use Xherdan Shaqiri at Spurs due a suspension rolling over from his time in Italy.
  
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• Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United English Premier League 2015-16 LIVE EPL football score: Adnan Januzaj makes first Red Devils start for six months

  14-08-2015 20:40 via
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the Barclays Premier League as Aston Villa host Manchester United at Villa Park to begin the weekend's action.
  
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• England left with mountain to climb in Women's Ashes series after Australia secure 161-run Test victory

  14-08-2015 20:19 via
  
  Australia clinched a mammoth 161-run victory over England in the only Test to give themselves an eight points to two lead in the seven-match Ashes series.
  
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• Tottenham confirm fee agreed with Villarreal for sale of striker Roberto Soldado

  14-08-2015 20:14 via
  
  Roberto Soldado is on the verge of moving back to Spain after Tottenham announced they had reached an agreement to sell the striker to Villarreal.
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Joey Barton continues to polarise opinion... Michael Clarke should be remembered for more than this Australian defeat... Dunga goes with Kaka over Philippe Coutinho

  14-08-2015 20:06 via
  
  It's Hot or Not time again as Ian Ladyman reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold inside.
  
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• Aston Villa vs Manchester United team news: Adan Januzaj comes in for Ashley Young while David De Gea sits out due to Real speculation

  14-08-2015 19:57
  Adnan Januzaj has replaced Ashley Young on the wing for Manchester United in their match against Aston Villa tonight in Louis van Gaal's only change from the team who defeated Tottenham 1-0 in their opening Premier League fixture of the season.
  
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