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• Minute’s silence at Capital One matches for Shoreham air crash victims

  24-08-2015 23:57
  • Two players for non-league Worthing United died in airshow disaster
  • Both supported Brighton, who play at Walsall on TuesdayThe Football League has announced that a minute’s silence will be held before all Capital One Cup matches on Tuesday and Wednesday as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in the Shoreham air disaster.Two Worthing United players, Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, both 23, were among the victims of Saturday’s crash. Continue reading...
  
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• BT Sport want Kevin Pietersen as an Ashes pundit after sealing five-year deal for £80m

  24-08-2015 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: Kevin Pietersen fits the bill, having already proved himself a good cricket voice on TV and radio, and would be in Australia at that time of year for the Twenty20 Big Bash.
  
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• Alberto Salazar claims he will be cleared of involvement in doping... and insists he is still coaching Mo Farah from afar

  24-08-2015 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Controversial coach Alberto Salazar has claimed he will be cleared of any involvement in doping – and that he is still coaching Mo Farah from long distance.
  
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• VIDEO: Cech was man of the match - Rodgers

  24-08-2015 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers praises Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech for a "man of the match" display in their 0-0 Premier League draw.
  
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• John Stones, Alexandre Pato, Victor Wanyama and the other stars who could move in this transfer window

  24-08-2015 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The transfer window shuts at 6pm next Tuesday and there could still be plenty of players on the move between now and then. Sportsmail's Simon Jones gives the low-down on some potential moves.
  
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• Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool: Martin Keown's player ratings from the draw at The Emirates

  24-08-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Arsenal defender and Sportsmail columnist MARTIN KEOWN gives his verdict on both sides as they fought out a goalless draw at The Emirates on Monday night.
  
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• West Brom in disputes with wantaway Saido Berahino and unwanted Joleon Lescott

  24-08-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Bromich Albion are embroiled in bitter disputes with two of their top stars - Tottenham target Saido Berahino and unwanted Joleon Lescott - as their early season woes escalated.
  
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• Sam Warburton reveals all about Wales Gareth Bale and his dream of playing for Tottenham

  24-08-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WHO I AM: Sam Warburton, the Wales and Irish Lions captain, tells all to Sportsmail's Andrew Magee in the first part of an occasional series revealing some of sport's biggest stars.
  
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• Dick Advocaat's Sunderland future in doubt as Dutchman reveals frustration at lack of transfer funds provided by owner Ellis Short

  24-08-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dick Advocaat was eager to send a not-so-thinly-veiled message to billionaire Ellis Short, who he believes should be investing more in a squad in danger of relegation from the Premier League.
  
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• Walker Cup is star struck as Open star Paul Dunne and silver medal winner Jordan Niebrugge prepare for Royal Lytham

  24-08-2015 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WORLD OF GOLF: They used to say the Walker Cup was the place to go to watch future stars of the game. But Royal Lytham will feature players who have been making names for themselves already.
  
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• Jessica Ennis-Hill shows she still has the hunger for success and proves doubters wrong with third global heptathlon title

  24-08-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After winning a third global heptathlon title on Sunday, surely cementing her status as Britain's greatest female athlete, Jessica Ennis-Hill thanked her 'team' for their unwavering support since childbirth.
  
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• Jessica Ennis-Hill: Abuse from Twitter trolls and doubters drove me to World Championships glory

  24-08-2015 23:40
  
  Jessica Ennis-Hill has revealed that doubts from coaches and fellow athletes about her physical size and abuse from Twitter trolls provided her with the drive to win heptathlon gold here over the weekend.
  
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• Newcastle United boss Steve McClaren is up for the Capital One Cup as he bids to finally end club's trophy drought

  24-08-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steve McClaren admits that his League Cup win with Middlesbrough helped launch his managerial career and has welcomed Newcastle's new policy of prioritising the competition.
  
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• John Stones to Chelsea: Everton defender's performances impress team-mate Tim Howard amid £30m transfer speculation

  24-08-2015 23:36
  Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard has been impressed by the unflappable performances of team-mate John Stones amid considerable speculation over his future.
  
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• Arsenal eye shock swoop for PSG striker Edinson Cavani after missing out on Karim Benzema

  24-08-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are exploring a shock swoop for Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani as their hopes fade of landing top target Karim Benzema. The Gunners have started looking at alternatives.
  
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• The Hartlepool Blues Brothers: How three of Jose Mourinho's teenage Chelsea hopefuls ended up at the League Two club

  24-08-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE: One of them was the £5million schoolboy at the centre of a tapping-up storm, one was the winner of reality TV show Football Icon, while the other was billed as the next John Terry.
  
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• Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 analysis: Calum Chambers remains off pace, Brendan Rodgers nearer top combo

  24-08-2015 23:31
  
  Missing backs leave big gapWhen Arsenal took the field in the soaking rain, their fans could be forgiven for a rather different form of anxiety. Their two reliable centre-backs, Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny, the two foundations of their recent stability, their two FA Cup wins, their lockdown of the top four, were both absent.
  
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• Saido Berahino to Tottenham: Spurs set to make £21m bid after West Brom reject transfer request

  24-08-2015 23:30
  
  Saido Berahino moved closer to joining Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night as he submitted a written transfer request to his club West Bromwich Albion.
  
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• Dick Advocaat demands Sunderland buy ‘two or three more players’

  24-08-2015 23:30
  • Manager impatient over need to strengthen team• ‘I’ve told everyone – but not much has happened’Dick Advocaat’s growing discontent with life at Sunderland is reaching the stage where it would be no surprise if he decided to resign.Much depends on whether Ellis Short, the club’s owner, strengthens Advocaat’s squad before next week’s transfer deadline. “I am not happy at all,” said Sunderland’s manager as he approached T
  
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• Danny Cipriani has two explosive training sessions left to show Stuart Lancaster he is worth a place in England's World Cup team

  24-08-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danny Cipriani and the rest of England’s fringe squad contenders face two tense and potentially explosive days of training before learning their World Cup fate by Thursday lunchtime.
  
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• ‘A middle-order from Yorkshire could be England’s long-term solution’ | Jason Gillespie

  24-08-2015 23:30
  A right-handed opener who plays with positive intent could better complement Alastair Cook than another leftie in place of Adam Lyth on the forthcoming toursThe noises coming from the England camp after their Ashes win should be encouraging for supporters because the message is not one of mission accomplished but that they are aware improvements are needed before two tough Test assignments this winter.Trevor Bayliss, the head coach, has been very impressive during his short time in charge and wa
  
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• Vincent Kompany relishes challenge as Man City build their title bid on strong backline

  24-08-2015 23:29
  • City have won all three games, with no goals against
  • ‘It is so important to have quality players all over’Vincent Kompany believes Manchester City’s extra competition in central defence will prove pivotal throughout the Premier League campaign following the signing of Nicolas Otamendi.Kompany, the City captain, has played 90 minutes in each of his side’s three league games this season. The 2013-14 champions have won every match, scoring eight times and have
  
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• Mo Farah will be back training with me soon, says Alberto Salazar

  24-08-2015 23:17
  • Coach adamant he will be cleared of doping allegations by Usada
  • Salazar says he masterminded Farah’s 10,000m gold from afarMo Farah’s coach, Alberto Salazar, has told the Guardian he is increasingly confident the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation into him will find no evidence of any wrongdoing and insisted the two-time Olympic champion would be staying with his Nike Oregon Project training group despite recent rumours to the contrary.Salazar has bi
  
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• Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 player ratings: Petr Cech stars, but how did the misfiring strikers Olivier Giroud and Christian Benteke fare?

  24-08-2015 23:17
  Arsenal and Liverpool played out a goalless draw, but despite the scoreline, it was an entertaining affair at the Emirates.
  
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• Petr Cech proves West Ham nightmare was just a blip as he returns to his best to keep out Liverpool and earn Arsenal a point

  24-08-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: The real Petr Cech stood up on Monday night. Just as well, too, because this Liverpool performance was as vibrant as those on their failed title tilt in 2014.
  
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• Arsene Wenger's title talk is looking hollow after Arsenal's goalless draw with Liverpool

  24-08-2015 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NEIL ASHTON'S INSIDE TRACK: Arsenal are nervous and vulnerable, particularly at home and they could not break down Brendan Rodger’s team in their goalless draw at the Emirates. Here is why.
  
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• Arsenal vs Liverpool match report: Pure frustration for Arsene Wenger after Aaron Ramsey goal is disallowed

  24-08-2015 23:07
  Arsene Wenger has grown accustomed to the fundamental questions of ambition, courage and basic goalscoring competence being asked of his Arsenal team at some point in recent seasons, but rarely has he experienced it as early as three games into a campaign that promises so much.
  
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• Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 reaction: Calum Chambers and Gabriel endure torrid first half but recover to keep Reds out

  24-08-2015 23:07
  The news of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny’s absence, for the visit of Liverpool, was greeted with an audible groan around the Emirates as the announcer revealed the teams before kick-off.
  
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• Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0: Calum Chambers and Gabriel Paulista endure torrid first half but recover to keep Reds out

  24-08-2015 23:07
  The news of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny's absence, for the visit of Liverpool, was greeted with an audible groan around the Emirates as the announcer revealed the teams before kick-off.
  
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• Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool: five talking points from the Emirates Stadium

  24-08-2015 23:04
  Petr Cech proves he still has it for an Arsenal side lacking muscle and Liverpool show early-season balance but both sides look short of being title contendersBoth will argue they are but, even this early in the season, doubts have already surfaced. As sumptuous as Arsenal are as an attacking force – they were wrongly denied the opening goal here by an assistant’s flag, were much improved in the second half and Alexis Sánchez also smacked the woodwork – they surely canno
  
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• Petr Cech: Arsenal goalkeeper saves Gunners from first-half Liverpool onslaught

  24-08-2015 23:03
  
  John Terry said prior to Petr Cech's move to Arsenal that the goalkeeper was worth 12 to 15 points over the course of a season to any side he played for.
  
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• Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0: Stalemate underlines Arsene Wenger's striker problems, but will he act amid latest Karim Benzema development?

  24-08-2015 23:02
  Arsene Wenger, principal lecturer in the art of longevity, is at pains to show any sympathy towards those who have done him wrong in the two decades he has spent at Arsenal.
  
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• Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 reaction: Stalemate underlines Arsene Wenger's striker problems, but will he act amid latest Karim Benzema development?

  24-08-2015 23:02
  Arsene Wenger, principal lecturer in the art of longevity, is at pains to show any sympathy towards those who have done him wrong in the two decades he has spent at Arsenal.
  
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• Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 reaction: Stalemate underlines Arsene Wenger’s striker problems, but will he act?

  24-08-2015 23:02
  Arsene Wenger, principal lecturer in the art of longevity, is at pains to show any sympathy towards those who have done him wrong in the two decades he has spent at Arsenal.
  
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• Jessica Ennis-Hill sets sights on crowning glory at Rio Olympics

  24-08-2015 23:00
  After world championship gold, the athlete says retaining her Olympic title in 2016 as a mother would be her greatest achievement of allNo sooner had Jessica Ennis-Hill celebrated her world heptathlon triumph with a small beer than she set her mind on what she hopes will be the crowning glory of her career: becoming only the third track and field athlete to retain an Olympic title after giving birth.Only the Australian hurdler, Shirley Strickland, and the French-Cameroon triple jumper, Fran&cced
  
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• F1: Lewis Hamilton nears ‘crazy dream’ of matching his hero Ayrton Senna

  24-08-2015 23:00
  • Briton is two wins behind late Brazilian’s total of 41• Hamilton leads championship rival Rosberg by 28 pointsLewis Hamilton has said he is taking nothing for granted in his bid to win a third Formula One world championship this year, after a commanding win at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. The British driver maintains he is fully focused on the task but did admit, as he approaches matching his hero Ayrton Senna’s achievements, he is finding it hard to comprehend just
  
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• England coach Trevor Bayliss happy to remain out of the spotlight after plotting his countrymen's downfall to regain the Ashes

  24-08-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the England team posed for pictures on the Oval outfield on Sunday evening, they gestured up to the dressing-room, urging coach Trevor Bayliss to join them. But the Australian stayed put.
  
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• Arsenal thank Petr Cech and Liverpool a linesman in goalless chaos

  24-08-2015 22:59
  This was Arsenal at their most bewildering. They were startlingly poor for so long Liverpool will have to consider this result a source of regret. Arsène Wenger’s men demonstrated some familiar flaws before shaking their heads clear and cannot expect to win the league by playing so chaotically. Yet they could also claim, legitimately, they would have won but for a trigger-happy linesman. It was a perplexing, error-strewn match, full of missed chances and misplaced passes, and neithe
  
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• Arsenal v Liverpool: Premier League – live!

  24-08-2015 22:52
  Premier League minute-by-minute updates from the Emirates clashArsène Wenger: Arsenal must ‘play with good pace’ to beat LiverpoolRoberto Firmino hopes Coutinho connection fires Liverpool and BrazilAnd you can email your thoughts to [email protected] 9.52pm BSTAnd that’s the very last act of the game! As good a goalless draw as you’ll see all season. A deserved result, with Liverpool the better side in the first half, Arsenal on top in the second. 9.51pm
  
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• Gary Neville labels Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger's refusal to sign a replacement for Patrick Vieira as 'naive or arrogance'

  24-08-2015 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville launched a withering attack on Arsene Wenger's failure to sign a robust midfielder, describing it as 'naive or arrogance' and says it is why they haven't won the league since 2004.
  
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• Olympiakos cleared to play in Champions League amid match-fixing allegations as CAS reject Panathinaikos appeal 

  24-08-2015 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UEFA says Olympiakos will enter the Champions League groups draw on Thursday despite match-fixing allegations after sport's highest court rejected an appeal by Panathinaikos.
  
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• Five things we learned from the Belgian Grand Prix | Giles Richards

  24-08-2015 22:05
  McLaren are still having a miserable time despite supposedly making improvements but Lotus are on the up thanks to Romain Grosjean’s driveAnother race weekend and another terrible time for McLaren. Spa was expected to show a real step forward in performance for their Honda engine but, despite going through two new power units per driver, they were a second down on the car ahead of them in qualifying and managed to finish only in 13th and 14th in the race. Continue reading...
  
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• Celtic boss Ronny Deila likens Champions League play-off clash in Malmo to cup final 

  24-08-2015 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronny Deila has described Celtic's Champions League play-off clash with Malmo on Tuesday night as a cup final. The Hoops are 3-2 up from last week's first leg.
  
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• Liliya Shobukhova will not be welcomed back at London Marathon despite having doping ban reduced for helping out WADA

  24-08-2015 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London Marathon chiefs have pledged to maintain their zero tolerance policy on drug cheats after 2010 winner Liliya Shobukhova was let off the final seven months of a ban.
  
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• Nick Kyrgios hit with ban and hefty fine for 'aggravated behaviour' aimed at Stan Wawrinka

  24-08-2015 21:19
  
  Australian Nick Kyrgios has been given a suspended 28-day ban and $25,000 fine for the vulgar comments he directed towards Stan Wawrinka at the Rogers Cup earlier this month, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) said on Monday.
  
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• Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool: Match Report

  24-08-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  No lack of effort - but no goals. Both Arsenal and Liverpool enjoyed a half of dominance at the Emirates Stadium on Monday - but neither side cou
  
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• Stoke assistant manager Mark Bowen not fazed by winless run ahead of Luton clash

  24-08-2015 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Assistant manager Mark Bowen is unconcerned that Stoke head to Luton in the Capital One Cup still searching for their first win of the season after posting two draws and a defeat so far in the league this term.
  
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• TV audience for York’s International shows trouble with the Flat

  24-08-2015 20:54
  • Gleneagles absence no help to Channel 4 figures
  • Viewing peak for big race 4% down on 2014The difficulties of promoting major Flat races in the face of uncertain running plans may be seen from the latest viewing figures from Channel 4 Racing, showing that last week’s Juddmonte International Stakes at York achieved a slightly smaller audience than the same race last year. A peak figure of 468,000 for last Wednesday’s race is disappointing on the face of it, following a fu
  
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• Malmo vs Celtic preview: Ronny Deila needs lions, not pigs, if he’s going to reach his target

  24-08-2015 20:47
  
  Celtic manager Ronny Deila reaches his cup final on Tuesday night. Back in mid-July, when Celtic began their effort to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League, Deila described qualification as an end in itself: success.
  
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• Minute's silence will precede ties

  24-08-2015 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Football League has announced that a minute's silence will be held before allCapital One Cup matches on Tuesday and Wednesday as a mark of
  
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