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• Christian Benteke delighted to have 'great debut' in front of the Liverpool fans at Anfield

  17-08-2015 23:48
  
  Christian Benteke was delighted to break his duck and score the winning goal as Liverpool beat Bournemouth 1-0.
  
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• Newcastle bid £12m for Florian Thauvin and look to sign Marseille winger on six-year deal with Remy Cabella going other way

  17-08-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle have offered £12million for Marseille winger Florian Thauvin with Remy Cabella poised to go the other way on loan. Thauvin has been a long-term target for Newcastle.
  
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• France must not underestimate George Ford threat says legendary flanker Serge Betsen  

  17-08-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  France will need to be on high alert against George Ford at the Stade de France on Saturday, according to legendary blindside Serge Betsen.
  
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• Jermain Defoe insists 'machine' Younes Kaboul will come good after poor start to Sunderland career 

  17-08-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jermain Defoe has pleaded with Sunderland supporters to show patience with Younes Kaboul after his disastrous start to the season – but senior players want to see John O’Shea reinstated.
  
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• Jose Mourinho's first boss Michel Preud’homme eyes scalp of Manchester United as Club Brugge travel to Old Trafford

  17-08-2015 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Club Brugge arrive at Old Trafford aware that nobody gives them much of a chance against Manchester United. But for Michel Preud’homme, titanic battles against the English are nothing new.
  
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• Vincent Kompany: We set traps for Chelsea all over the pitch... I have never been more prepared for a game

  17-08-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vincent Kompany believes he has never felt more prepared for a game than his Manchester City side's 3-0 demolition job of Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium. Kompany scored City's second goal.
  
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• Barcelona 1-1 Athletic Bilbao Spanish Super Cup LIVE: Lionel Messi scores before Gerard Pique sent off and Aritz Aduriz levels

  17-08-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After being thrashed at the San Mames in the first leg, Barcelona trail Athletic Bilbao by four goals going into the Spanish Super Cup second leg at the Nou Camp. Follow the action LIVE with JACK BEZANTS.
  
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• John Terry was NOT in Jose Mourinho's plans ahead of Manchester City defeat

  17-08-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: John Terry feared he had been axed by Jose Mourinho after being left out of the team in training sessions leading up to the chaotic 3-0 defeat at Manchester City.
  
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• Stuart Broad has a 'burning desire' for England to seal 4-1 Ashes victory against Australia with series set for Oval finale

  17-08-2015 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad has spoken of England's desire to finish Australia off at The Oval this week after Alastair Cook rang each member of the team to deliver a timely pep-talk.
  
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• Luther Burrell challenged to prove his worth for World Cup place as head coach Stuart Lancaster prepares to trim England squad

  17-08-2015 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luther Burrell will start in midfield for England on Saturday, under orders to respond to the sudden World Cup threat posed by squad newcomers Sam Burgess and Henry Slade.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho is Liverpool's driving force, but they're not quite firing just yet

  17-08-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT ANFIELD: It was that type of night for Liverpool, a night when the fact this is a new team trying to play in a slightly different way was rather too apparent.
  
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• Injury could rob Brad Barritt of important game time

  17-08-2015 23:32
  
  Brad Barritt, one of precious few fixed points in the ever-changing landscape of England’s midfield strategy, has long been considered a certainty for duty at the World Cup. The uncertainty surrounds his prospects of any meaningful match practice ahead of the big event, thanks to fitness issues that prevented him participating in yesterday’s training session at the team base in Surrey.
  
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• England vs France: Injury could rob Brad Barritt of important game time ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2015

  17-08-2015 23:32
  
  Brad Barritt, one of precious few fixed points in the ever-changing landscape of England’s midfield strategy, has long been considered a certainty for duty at the World Cup. The uncertainty surrounds his prospects of any meaningful match practice ahead of the big event, thanks to fitness issues that prevented him participating in yesterday’s training session at the team base in Surrey.
  
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• Time Test camp in 'win-win-situation' ahead of battle with Golden Horn and Gleneagles in Juddmonte International Stakes at York

  17-08-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team behind exciting colt Time Test believe they are in a ‘win-win situation’ taking on Classic winners Gleneagles and Golden Horn in the £900,000 Juddmonte International Stakes at York.
  
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• Liverpool 1 Bournemouth 0 player ratings: Was Christian Benteke the star man at Anfield?

  17-08-2015 23:21
  
  Christian Benteke scored his first goal for his new club to give Liverpool all three points against newly-promoted Bournemouth.
  
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• Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao Spanish Super Cup LIVE: Lionel Messi scores just before half-time to give Luis Enrique's side hope

  17-08-2015 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After being thrashed at the San Mames in the first leg, Barcelona trail Athletic Bilbao by four goals going into the Spanish Super Cup second leg at the Nou Camp. Follow the action LIVE with JACK BEZANTS.
  
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• GRAHAM POLL: Christian Benteke's goal should not have stood because Philippe Coutinho was offside 

  17-08-2015 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christian Benteke's goal in the first half should clearly have been disallowed because Philippe Coutinho was in an offside position when the ball was played in, but the assistantfailed to signal.
  
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• Liverpool 1 Bournemouth 0: Five things we learnt as the Reds beat the Cherries

  17-08-2015 23:13
  
  Liverpool's owners should be at Anfield more often
  
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• Liverpool 1-0 Bournemouth: Christian Benteke scores on Anfield debut but Cherries unlucky to have Tommy Elphick goal ruled out

  17-08-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Bournemouth now know what that ‘This Is Anfield’ sign signifies. It isn’t about the club, or even the mighty stadium. The history and legend, a bit of that, too. But there’s more.
  
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• Liverpool vs Bournemouth match report: Christian Benteke scores first goal but Cherries feel robbed after Elphick header ruled out

  17-08-2015 23:08
  The Anfield Main Stand was a metaphor what we saw in the football team assembled to play beneath it. A work-in-progress, still a full season from completion, with some shiny new steel in position but jagged remnants of the old parts, too - yet to be dismembered.
  
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• Damien Duff makes his Shamrock Rovers debut as they cruise to victory against Cork 

  17-08-2015 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Damien Duff made his League of Ireland debut for Shamrock Rovers as the Hoops cruised to a 3-0 win over Cork City to keep their hopes of Europa League qualification very much alive.
  
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• England vs France: Danny Cipriani desperate for England chance to prove Rugby World Cup 2015 credentials

  17-08-2015 23:00
  
  It cannot be easy for Danny Cipriani: a top-of-the-bill act for practically the whole of his compelling and occasionally chaotic rugby career, but no more than a marginal figure as the World Cup selection deadline grows near.
  
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• Danny Cipriani desperate for England chance against France

  17-08-2015 23:00
  
  It cannot be easy for Danny Cipriani: a top-of-the-bill act for practically the whole of his compelling and occasionally chaotic rugby career, but no more than a marginal figure as the World Cup selection deadline grows near.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho is Liverpool's driving force now Steven Gerrard and Raheem Sterling have left 

  17-08-2015 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT ANFIELD: Every football team needs a driving force, a natural source of impetus. For Liverpool,the responsibility would appear to be falling to Philippe Coutinho.
  
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• Gary Neville slams the Premier League after claiming they 'c*** around' with the offside rule every year but never make it any better

  17-08-2015 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville has hit out at the Premier League’s constant tampering of the offside rule after Liverpool were incorrectly awarded a goal against Bournemouth on Monday night.
  
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• Manchester United arrive at Lowry hotel ahead of Champions League play-off against Club Brugge 

  17-08-2015 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis van Gaal's Manchester United squad have arrived at the five-star Lowry Hotel ahead of their Champions League play-off against Club Brugge at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.
  
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• Andy Murray ready for US Open after Novak Djokovic drought ends with win in Montreal

  17-08-2015 22:14
  
  Amélie Mauresmo was on the other side of the Atlantic, having just given birth to a baby boy, but the Frenchwoman’s influence was clear as Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic for the first time for more than two years to win the Montreal Masters.
  
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• Andy Murray ready for US Open after Novak Djokivic drought ends with win in Montreal

  17-08-2015 22:14
  
  Amélie Mauresmo was on the other side of the Atlantic, having just given birth to a baby boy, but the Frenchwoman’s influence was clear as Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic for the first time for more than two years to win the Montreal Masters.
  
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• Tony Yeboah admits the Leeds fans were the strength behind stunning effort against Liverpool that earned him legendary status

  17-08-2015 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twenty years ago Tony Yeboah entered the hearts of Leeds fans with a stunning strike against Liverpool. It was an effort that won Leeds the game and one that earned legendary status.
  
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• Jason Day: The love and support that saved the US PGA winner

  17-08-2015 22:08
  
  The tears were not just about victory. In that uncontrollable show of emotion on the 18th green at Whistling Straits, Jason Day’s reddening face told the story of a life that was, from the outset, heading towards a place far removed from the winner’s ceremony at a major golf championship.
  
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• Asli Cakir Alptekin banned: Eight-year suspension for London 2012 gold medallist

  17-08-2015 22:04
  
  Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin has been stripped of the 2012 Olympic women’s 1500 metres gold medal and banned for eight years for a doping offence, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Wide-eyed Stuart Broad struggling still to take in finest moment

  17-08-2015 21:56
  
  Stuart Broad claims to be “not really sure” whether taking eight wickets for 15 runs to bowl Australia out for 60 and regain the Ashes has really sunk in. But you only need to let him speak on the subject for 10 seconds or so to be clear it hasn’t.
  
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• Christian Benteke scores first Liverpool goal - but it shouldn't have stood as new rules for this season put Philippe Coutinho offside

  17-08-2015 21:53
  Christian Benteke prodded the ball home for his first Liverpool goal since making his £32.5million move to the Reds - but it shouldn't have stood.
  
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• Liverpool owner John W Henry attends first home game of the new Premier League season against new boys Bournemouth

  17-08-2015 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's owner John W Henry andattended Monday's game against Bournemouth at Anfield. Henry was accompanied by his wife Linda in the director's box.
  
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• Kevin De Bruyne latest: 'I'm staying at Wolfsburg this season,' says Manchester City target

  17-08-2015 21:44
  
  Manchester City target Kevin De Bruyne has admitted that he will stay at Wolfsburg this season.
  
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• Liverpool 1-0 Bournemouth: Match Report

  17-08-2015 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Benteke scores on Anfield debutChristian Benteke scored a disputed winner on his home debut as Liverpool claimed a controversial 1-0 win o
  
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• Liverpool 1-0 Bournemouth English Premier League 2015-16 LIVE EPL football score: Christian Benteke nets controversial opener on home debut

  17-08-2015 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the Barclays Premier League as Liverpool host Bournemouth at Anfield to wrap up the weekend's fixtures.
  
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• Kevin de Bruyne confirms he will 'definitely be playing for Wolfsburg this season'   

  17-08-2015 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolfsburg winger Kevin de Bruyne has committed his immediate future to the club, dealing a blow to long-term suitors Manchester City. 
  
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• Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao Spanish Super Cup LIVE: Can Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez overturn four-goal deficit at the Nou Camp?

  17-08-2015 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After being thrashed at the San Mames in the first leg, Barcelona trail Athletic Bilbao by four goals going into the Spanish Super Cup second leg at the Nou Camp. Follow the action LIVE with JACK BEZANTS.
  
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• Fifa to investigate itself over presidential candidate Michel Platini 'smear dossier'

  17-08-2015 21:25
  Football’s world governing body, Fifa, was embroiled in another day of accusations, name-calling and allegations yesterday when it announced it was investigating a possible smear campaign emanating from its own headquarters against Michel Platini, the front-runner to succeed Sepp Blatter as president.
  
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• Cesc Fabregas is a fantastic player but he can't defend and lacks tactical intelligence, claims Jamie Carragher 

  17-08-2015 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Carragher believes Chelsea's 3-0 defeat against Premier League rivals Manchester City was partly down to Cesc Fabregas' lack of 'tactical intelligence'.
  
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• The time is rapidly approaching for Manchester United to flex some muscle at Real Madrid - Sam Wallace

  17-08-2015 21:22
  Sir Alex Ferguson explained in his most recent autobiography what he saw as the rationale behind Florentino Perez buying Cristiano Ronaldo for £80m in cash in the summer of 2009, and the former Manchester United manager hardly sounded like a man who believed it was him in charge of the most powerful football institution in the world.
  
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• Benteke scores on Anfield debut

  17-08-2015 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Christian Benteke scored a disputed winner on his home debut as Liverpool claimed a controversial 1-0 win over promoted Bournemouth in the Barcla
  
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• Pompous Louis van Gaal yet to make the pieces fit at Manchester United

  17-08-2015 21:15
  
  At his most irascible, Louis van Gaal can actually be very funny. When someone put to him the eminently logical suggestion that the way of bringing goals out of Wayne Rooney would be to play Juan Mata, United’s best No 10, at No 10, he offered: “Maybe you can ask the board of Manchester United if you are the trainer-coach or the manager. And then you can discuss it with your staff.”
  
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• Liverpool 0-0 Bournemouth English Premier League 2015-16 LIVE EPL football score: Christian Benteke leads attack

  17-08-2015 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the Barclays Premier League as Liverpool host Bournemouth at Anfield to wrap up the weekend's fixtures.
  
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• Cipriani desperate to prove himself

  17-08-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Danny Cipriani is desperate for another chance to prove he should be taken to the World Cup when England meet France in Paris on Saturday.
  
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• Chris Froome to lead Team Sky at Vuelta a Espana with Geraint Thomas in support  

  17-08-2015 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Froome will once again have Geraint Thomas riding in support when he starts the Vuelta a Espana this weekend. Thomas helped Froome to win his second Tour de France crown.
  
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• Jordan Henderson: I'll have 'no problem' speaking out if Liverpool team-mates step out of line under my leadership

  17-08-2015 20:44
  
  New Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has insisted in his first Premier League programme notes that he will have “no problem” speaking out if any member of the dressing room were to step out of line.
  
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• Liverpool vs Bournemouth English Premier League 2015-16 LIVE EPL football score: Line-ups see Christian Benteke lead attack for unchanged Reds

  17-08-2015 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the Barclays Premier League as Liverpool host Bournemouth at Anfield to wrap up the weekend's fixtures.
  
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• Liverpool Main Stand expansion continues at rapid pace with new pictures showing large steel trusses in place

  17-08-2015 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool supporters arriving at Anfield for their first home Premier League game of the season against Bournemouth on Monday would have noticed some big changes in the area.
  
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