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• West Brom boss Tony Pulis admits 'management can be a very lonely place' as he prepares for Chelsea showdown

  22-08-2015 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT INTERVIEW: Tony Pulis is talking about great leaders. Chelsea are coming on Sunday but Pulisis not thinking about the Blues equally driven boss Jose Mourinho.
  
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• Crystal Palace consider rejoining race to sign QPR striker Charlie Austin despite concerns over £15m price-tag

  22-08-2015 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace are set to re-enter the race for QPR striker Charlie Austin. Alan Pardew showed an interest in the centre-forward earlier in the summer, but felt his £15m valuation was overpriced.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton tops the grid for the sixth time in a row... he's our POLE STAR

  22-08-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY: For all his glitzy friends and Twitter exposure, it is in the rawer world of Spa-Francorchamps that Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton is himself and at his best.
  
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• Seamus Coleman: We can't be like spoilt kids at Everton and not take criticism 

  22-08-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Seamus Coleman is still only 26 with relatively few miles on the clock for a professional footballer. But he still harbours one ambition whenever he does finish in the Premier League...
  
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• Steve McClaren proved his managerial worth on his return to Old Trafford with Newcastle United

  22-08-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: It was was good to see a fellow former England manager, Steve McClaren, at Old Trafford - and his Newcastle team earned their point.
  
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• STUART BROAD: A few people have said that my Trent Bridge session was the best they have seen in 50 years of cricket

  22-08-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART BROAD: The week following the Trent Bridge Test was among the most surreal of my life. I was floating on adrenaline for a couple of days after we'd won the Fourth Test.
  
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• Deadline day is 'panic day'... the transfer window should shut before season begins

  22-08-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: I think the time has come where something has to change and the best solution is to close the window for Premier League clubs 24 hours before the start of the season.
  
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• France 25-20 England: Stuart Lancaster's side fall to Stade de France defeat as they lose penultimate World Cup warm-up match

  22-08-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS AT STADE DE FRANCE: England's penultimate World Cup warm-up match ended in defeat as France put on a fine performance in front of their fans following their defeat at Twickenham.
  
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• GB's Mo Farah sweeps aside summer of turmoil by claiming 10,000m gold in Beijing

  22-08-2015 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MO FARAH sensationally won a sixth global athletics title - banishing a summer of speculation and emotional turmoil.
  
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• Sebastian Coe is athletics' only chance, but he's made an awful start... and if Justin Gatlin beats Usain Bolt he'll have a problem

  22-08-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: If Justin Gatlin wins, it will be a terrible indictment of a sport. If Usain Bolt wins, it will merely reinforce the idea that he is all that stands between athletics and oblivion.
  
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• West Brom rekindle interest in signing £10m Manchester United defender Jonny Evans

  22-08-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Brom have revived their bid to sign Jonny Evans from Manchester United. Albion were quoted £10million when they first asked for Evans but United may now reduce that.
  
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• Rugby World Cup 2015: George Ford says Bath mates Sam Burgess and Anthony Watson are worth places in England squad

  22-08-2015 23:30
  The season of World Cup selection speculation is almost over, and for a pair of Bath players straining to be in England’s squad when it is announced before the end of this week, two Twickenham matches that bookended the summer have emphasised the ebb and flow of trying to impress the head coach, Stuart Lancaster.
  
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• New Watford signing Berghuis and his dad Frank hope to get one over on Saints boss Koeman

  22-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WATFORD new boy Steven Berghuis is confident he and his dad can get one over Ronald Koeman.
  
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• Matt Prior on The Ashes: This side can become great – but there's still plenty of work to do

  22-08-2015 23:30
  
  1 it takes time to fulfil potential
  
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• Manchester United boss keen to sign £160m rated pair after losing out on Pedro to Chelsea

  22-08-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MANCHESTER UNITED boss Louis van Gaal is confident of making a marquee signing before the transfer window closes with both Real Madrid's Gareth Bale and Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller in his sights.
  
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• Everton vs Manchester City preview: No privileges for captain Vincent Kompany, says Manuel Pellegrini

  22-08-2015 23:30
  
  Manuel Pellegrini insisted the Manchester City captaincy gives Vincent Kompany no protection now that Nicolas Otamendi has become the club’s fourth centre-half, writes Tim Rich.
  
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• Everton vs Manchester City: Phil Jagielka calls for the transfer window to close when season starts as Chelsea circle over John Stones

  22-08-2015 23:30
  “We’ve got a saga now,” said Phil Jagielka. The Everton captain is discussing the pressure that has been building around his young central- defensive partner ever since Jose Mourinho announced John Stones’s future was at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• Everton vs Manchester City: No privileges for captain Vincent Kompany, says Manuel Pellegrini

  22-08-2015 23:30
  
  Manuel Pellegrini insisted the Manchester City captaincy gives Vincent Kompany no protection now that Nicolas Otamendi has become the club’s fourth centre-half, writes Tim Rich.
  
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• Everton captain Phil Jagielka calls for the transfer window to close when season starts as Chelsea circle over John Stones

  22-08-2015 23:30
  “We’ve got a saga now,” said Phil Jagielka. The Everton captain is discussing the pressure that has been building around his young central- defensive partner ever since Jose Mourinho announced John Stones’s future was at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• England Ashes heroes Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad to be rested for Australia ODI series in bid to manage hectic calendar

  22-08-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashes heroes Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson will not feature when England name their one-day international squad to take on Australia this week as the selectors bid to manage their workloads.
  
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• Chelsea vs West Brom: Jose Mourinho and Tony Pulis - the best of enemies

  22-08-2015 23:30
  
  It was December 2013 in the offices at Stamford Bridge, and Jose Mourinho was in one of his better moods, when he can be hugely engaging company. Tony Pulis certainly thought so, even though he had just seen his Crystal Palace side beaten 2-1.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Ian Bell still vulnerable to the hunters in Australian pack

  22-08-2015 23:30
  
  Test cricket may be a game of grace, guile and gentility, but it applies brutally the laws of natural selection. Witnessing the harassment and merciful despatch of Ian Bell had the morbid fascination of watching a pack of hyenas bringing down their prey by eating it alive, mouthful by bloody mouthful.
  
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• Arsene Wenger ready to take Arsenal transfer 'gamble' to keep pace with rivals

  22-08-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is ready to take a punt in the transfer market after being put under pressure by his rivals’ spending - the club have been consistently linked with Karim Benzema.
  
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• A talent squandered? Cristiano Ronaldo has won just two major trophies in six years with Real Madrid... so what's gone wrong?

  22-08-2015 23:30
  This October, Universal Pictures will release Ronaldo, a film documentary that follows the Real Madrid player for a year of his life. Asif Kapadia, who directed Senna, was involved as an executive producer and if the film is as good as the biopic of the Brazilian Formula One driver, it is to be eagerly anticipated.
  
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• A talent squandered? Cristiano Ronaldo has won just two major trophies in six years at Real Madrid... so what's gone wrong?

  22-08-2015 23:30
  This October, Universal Pictures will release Ronaldo, a film documentary that follows the Real Madrid player for a year of his life. Asif Kapadia, who directed Senna, was involved as an executive producer and if the film is as good as the biopic of the Brazilian Formula One driver, it is to be eagerly anticipated.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini warns no one's place is safe following Manchester City spending spree... even captain Vincent Kompany

  22-08-2015 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manuel Pellegrini has warned nobody is safe at Manchester City after their summer spending spree continued last week with the £32million arrival of Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi.
  
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• Formula One's new starting procedures won't shake up the grid, says Allan McNish

  22-08-2015 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New 'manual' start rules for Formula 1 come into effect at the Belgium Grand Prix and are designed to hand more control back to the drivers and less to the engineers. Former F1 driver and BBC analyst Allan McNish explains what will change, and why.
  
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• Victor Wanyama tells Southampton he is unhappy and wants to leave, with midfielder refusing to discuss a new contract

  22-08-2015 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victor Wanyama has told Southampton he will not discuss a new contract and wants to leave the club. Tottenham want Wanyama but Ronald Koeman this week said he was not for sale.
  
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• France 25 England 20: Mike Brown provides a glimpse of what red rose has lacked

  22-08-2015 23:09
  
  There is nothing like a strong, authoritative, steely-eyed performance on a foreign field to steady the nerves ahead of a uniquely demanding World Cup on home soil…and this was nothing like a strong, authoritative, steely-eyed performance from England.
  
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• France vs England match report: Late flurry from Danny Cipriani and Jonathan Joseph cannot hide English faults

  22-08-2015 23:01
  The second of England’s three World Cup warm-up friendlies was heading only one way, and in very painful fashion, until a flurry of two tries by Danny Cipriani and Jonathan Joseph in the last nine minutes suggested at least that the long summer’s training including a stint at high altitude in Colorado, had wrought some effect. It was not enough to rescue the result, though, as mistakes and mishaps had given France too big an advantage to be reined in.
  
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• England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler admits fifth Test has 'had a different feel to the game' after clinching Ashes at Trent Bridge

  22-08-2015 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE OVAL: Jos Buttler admitted England have struggled to get themselves up for the fifth Test against Australia because the Ashes were already in the bag.
  
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• Atletico Madrid 1-0 Las Palmas: Antoine Griezmann the hero as Diego Simeone's men open their La Liga campaign with win

  22-08-2015 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid got their La Liga campaign up and running when Antoine Griezmann's deflected free-kick secured an unconvincing 1-0 home win over promoted Las Palmas on Saturday.
  
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• Stoke boss Mark Hughes confident pocket rocket Xherdan Shaqiri will 'get better when he understands' his new team-mates

  22-08-2015 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Hughes was careful with his words when conversation inevitably turned to his new £12million pocket rocket, Xherdan Shaqiri.
  
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• Italy 12-16 Scotland: Henry Pyrgos try ends six match losing streak in Rugby World Cup warm up match

  22-08-2015 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland ended a six-match losing streak to win their first match of 2015 with a 16-12 victory over Italy in their Rugby World Cup warm up game at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Peter Siddle and Mitchell Marsh leave Australian selectors to ponder what could have been

  22-08-2015 21:56
  
  Peter Siddle and Mitchell Marsh have taken centre-stage in Australia’s bowling – leaving England in a mess and the Aussie selectors to ponder what might have been.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Peter Siddle and Mitchell Marsh leave Australia selectors to ponder what could have been

  22-08-2015 21:56
  
  Peter Siddle and Mitchell Marsh have taken centre-stage in Australia’s bowling – leaving England in a mess and the Aussie selectors to ponder what might have been.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Defeat in the fifth test fails to tarnish Ashes homecoming

  22-08-2015 21:54
  
  Sometime on Sunday, England will lose against Australia.
  
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• Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe warns admirers off hat-trick hero Callum Wilson

  22-08-2015 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eddie Howe has warned any new admirers that Callum Wilson will be going nowhere after the striker brought his brilliant Championship form into the Premier League with a match-winning hat-trick.
  
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• France vs England LIVE: Big guns back for Stuart Lancaster's side as Red Rose target World Cup warm-up victory in Paris 

  22-08-2015 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Le Crunch, Part Deux commences on Saturday night as Stuart Lancaster's side look to continue their World Cup preparations with another win over France.
  
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• France v England: Rugby World Cup warm-up – live!

  22-08-2015 20:47
  England and France meet again with World Cup selection deadline loomingRobert Kitson: Vunipola embraces salad days to give France food for thoughtEmail [email protected] or tweet @niallmcveigh 7.47pm BSTFifteen minutes until kick off. Predictions, anyone? England have won eight of the last 11 installments of Le Crunch, including two victories here in Paris. So, France it is, then. 7.35pm BSTEngland have won the toss and will kick off. South Africa’s Jaco Peyper, seen loo
  
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• Hellas Verona 1-1 Roma: Rudi Garcia's side fail to win opener as Edin Dzeko, Gervinho and Wojciech Szczesny feature for visitors

  22-08-2015 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A side containing Wojciech Szczesny, Edin Dzeko, Mohamed Salah and Gervinho all featured in Roma's 1-1 draw with Hellas Verona during the opening weekend of Serie A. 
  
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• Cardiff City 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Kenwyne Jones and Sammy Ameobi gift Bluebirds home win over Wolves

  22-08-2015 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Goals from Kenwyne Jones and Sammy Ameobi gave Cardiff their first Sky Bet Championship win of the season with a 2-0 triumph over a lacklustre Wolverhampton Wanderers.
  
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• Paul Pogba to Chelsea: Blues ready to break bank for record £70m buy Pogba as Barcelona laugh off Manchester United's Neymar interest

  22-08-2015 20:30
  
  Chelsea will spend the remaining 10 days in the transfer window trying to persuade Juventus to sell them Paul Pogba, the French midfielder rated at £70m who has been identified as the man to reinvigorate the defending champions.
  
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• Australia close in on Ashes fifth Test victory as England end day three 203-6 with captain Alastair Cook dismissed for 85 late on

  22-08-2015 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT THE KIA OVAL: Alastair Cook prodded stiffly at Steve Smith just before the close of another dispiriting day and edged tamely to short leg to end the last hope England earning a draw.
  
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• Australia close in on win after England’s late loss of Alastair Cook

  22-08-2015 20:17
  • Day three: Australia 481; England 149 & 203-6 (following on)
  • Cook falls for 85 to Steve Smith and hosts still trail by 129Alastair Cook showed his age. Faced with the challenge of preventing total humiliation before being handed the urn at the conclusion of this match, he batted like English batsmen used to bat in Test match cricket. As a consequence the game is still going on. England still trail by 129 runs and there are whispers of some nasty weather from Sunday afternoon on
  
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• England's batting is still causing Trevor Bayliss concern... he must find an opening partner for Alastair Cook against Pakistan and South Africa after Adam Lyth's failure

  22-08-2015 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE OVAL: One thing is clear from this series: Ashes winners they may be, but England have work to do if they are to trouble Pakistan and South Africa this winter.
  
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• Yorkshire take control against Sussex after superb 165 from Gary Ballance

  22-08-2015 20:05
  • Yorkshire 494, Sussex 175-4
  • Ballance: ‘It been a tough few weeks so it was nice to get a big hundred’It took just nine balls for Gary Ballance to get the two runs he required to secure his 26th first-class century and send a reminder to the England selectors.It was a no nonsense century although questions will remain about whether his technique stands up to the scrutiny of international cricket – but against county bowlers, albeit ones of the quality of Chris Jord
  
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• Fans boo water breaks at Premier League games around the country as Gary Lineker bemoans 'the game's gone'

  22-08-2015 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fans at Premier League grounds around the country booed as players were given water breaks to cope with the sweltering conditions on Saturday, prompting Gary Lineker to say 'the game's gone'.
  
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• World Championships 2015: Crunch time for a sport fast running out of excuses

  22-08-2015 19:46
  
  Since we are told those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, let us return to Seoul on Tuesday 27 September 1988. It is 3.40am. Telephones begin to ring. Bedroom lights suddenly illuminate the Olympic media village. Shadows stalk walkways and solidify in stairwells.
  
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• Ashes 2015: England v Australia: fifth Test, day three – as it happened

  22-08-2015 19:45
  Australia four wickets away from consolation win in the fifth TestCook falls for 85 in lone vigil as Clarke enforces follow on for the first time Rain predicted for day four with England 203-6 (129 behind) in second innings 6.45pm BSTSo the wait for Alastair Cook’s first home Ashes hundred goes on. What a way to go – to part-time leg-spin, just 13 balls before the close. Whether he was motivated by that milestone or the prospect of tomorrow’s rain, he played a near-perfect hand
  
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