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• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is back in the firing line after Old Trafford defeat

  13-09-2015 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers knows how quickly a sense of optimism can evaporate after seeing Liverpool’s promising start to the season brought to a halt by West Ham and Manchester United.
  
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• Newcastle to revive Charlie Austin interest as Steve McClaren reveals QPR striker remains 'on the radar'

  13-09-2015 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle will revive their interest in Charlie Austin after being put off by Queens Park Rangers’ £15million asking price. The Magpies have been short of goals after failing to land the striker.
  
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• Floyd Mayweather toyed and tormented Andre Berto both verbally and physically... So why is he hanging up his gloves now?

  13-09-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: The clamour for Floyd Mayweather to perform a U-turn as deft and speedy as his manoeuvres in the ring is coming to a crescendo in the wake of his 'final' victory.
  
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• No need for Liverpool to panic - Murphy

  13-09-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Match of the Day 2 pundit Danny Murphy explains why Liverpool fans can be positive despite losing to Manchester United.
  
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• Jose Mourinho upset Chelsea staff over Eva Carneiro treatment, is feuding with Diego Costa and the squad are unhappy: have Blues stars given up on their manager?

  13-09-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NEIL ASHTON: As Jose Mourinho stomps around the training ground, Chelsea employees dive into side rooms or peek around corners to avoid their temperamental manager.
  
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• Nathan Dyer and Ryan Mason incidents highlight the need to clamp down on reckless charging goalkeepers

  13-09-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: WhileNathan Dyer and Ryan Mason's bravery was rewarded after being battered by opposition goalkeepers, I wonder if their assailants should have been punished.
  
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• Russell Slade proving doubters wrong at high-flying Cardiff City - Five things we learned in the Football League

  13-09-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Championship returned following the international break and it added to plenty of action in League One and Two. Sportsmail looks at five things we've learned from the Football League.
  
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• Gillingham manager Justin Edinburgh puts path to glory down to 6-1 defeat by Amiens of the French third tier in pre-season... as side push for promotion to Championship

  13-09-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMES RESTALL - ON THE ROAD: If Gillingham are still chasing promotion to the Championship come May, manager Justin Edinburgh will surely point to a week in Le Touquet as the key to their success.
  
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• Michail Antonio's mum prevented West Ham winger from joining Tottenham when he was 14 and he ended up playing in front of 25 fans at non-League level... but it's paid off

  13-09-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham are less than a year away from moving to the 54,000-seat Olympic Stadium, but Michail Antonio can still remember playing in front of 25 fans. And even they had left by the end.
  
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• Steven Naismith wanted out of Everton on deadline day after £8m Norwich bid rejected 

  13-09-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Naismith admitted he felt frustrated when Roberto Martinez rebuffed Norwich's bid to sign him as he reflected on his best day at Everton.
  
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• George Groves battles to rise again after defeat by WBC champion Badou Jack

  13-09-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: The world championship future for George Groves now seems to depend upon his arch London rival James DeGale still wanting to avenge that narrow defeat by him four years ago.
  
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• Anthony Joshua eyes European title after easing past Gary Cornish in just 97 seconds

  13-09-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tattoo on Anthony Joshua's huge right shoulder says 'Wisdom', but he must wonder how much he can learn when he keeps making his lessons so brief.
  
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• Nemani Nadolo is rolling towards Twickenham and England, full of momentum and feeling unstoppable

  13-09-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: He calls himself a 'big teddy bear', but England won't see that side of Nemani Nadolo at Twickenham on Friday. Instead, the hosts will see a giant threat to their World Cup hopes.
  
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• Sam Burgess poised to be named among England replacements for Fiji World Cup opener amid rugby league return rumours

  13-09-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: Sam Burgess is poised to be named among England's replacements for the World Cup opener against Fiji, as Bath are fending off speculation linking him with a rugby league return.
  
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• Troy Deeney will score soon and is a very important reference point for Watford, says unfazed boss Quique Sanchez Flores

  13-09-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Troy Deeney has so far failed to do this season what he does best and has taken a vow of silence until he finally breaks his duck but Quique Sanchez Flores is not worried.
  
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• Jose Mourinho starts to fray after Chelsea defeat, can't contain anger after being 'made to wait' for press conference by Roberto Martinez

  13-09-2015 23:30
  Jose Mourinho and failure are not easy bedfellows. He has been known to hit out at everybody from referees to rival coaches to his own team doctor when things do not go his way – and Saturday at Goodison Park was no exception.
  
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• Jose Mourinho blasts Everton boss Roberto Martinez in the tunnel after Chelsea manager is 'made to wait' for press conference

  13-09-2015 23:30
  Jose Mourinho and failure are not easy bedfellows. He has been known to hit out at everybody from referees to rival coaches to his own team doctor when things do not go his way – and Saturday at Goodison Park was no exception.
  
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• Jose Mourinho and Roberto Martinez in furious bust-up after Everton beat Chelsea 

  13-09-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING: Jose Mourinho and Roberto Martinez were involved in a furious bust-up as the under-pressure Chelsea manager’s frustrations boiled over.
  
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• Dinamo Zagreb vs Arsenal: Arsenal can stop Croatia's own 'Invincibles', says Nacho Monreal

  13-09-2015 23:30
  
  Nacho Monreal believes Arsenal have the mental strength to come through their opening Champions League test against Dinamo Zagreb’s own “Invincibles” on Wednesday.
  
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• Crystal Palace 0 Manchester City 1: Manuel Pellegrini pleased with resilience after late Kelechi Iheanacho goal

  13-09-2015 23:30
  When you have bought as many good players as Manchester City have over the years, blowing away teams at home, while obviously enjoyable, cannot be the upper limit of your ambitions.
  
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• Counter attacking football has usurped the possession game for Europe's elite teams, Uefa evidence finds

  13-09-2015 23:30
  
  Louis van Gaal may want his Manchester United side dominating possession, but when they return to the Champions League group stage with Tuesday’s trip to PSV Eindhoven, they could find themselves swimming against the tide.
  
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• Chelsea's beleaguered back four need help! Branislav Ivanovic calls on stars to do the dirty work during Premier League slump

  13-09-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING: Branislav Ivanovic carefully considered the question. After five games, three defeats and 12 goals conceded, what is wrong with Chelsea’s defence?
  
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• Brendan Rodgers must find answers to Liverpool problems after defeat to Manchester United - or face the sack

  13-09-2015 23:30
  When asked what he intended to do to reverse Liverpool’s slide, Brendan Rodgers said something about “working harder in training”. Rodgers is the most articulate manager Liverpool have had since Bill Shankly, but in the press room at Old Trafford the power of words failed him.
  
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• Steven Gerrard wants Xabi Alonso or Jamie Carragher as assistant if he ever gets the chance to manage Liverpool

  13-09-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STEVEN GERRARD - MY STORY: If, totally hypothetically, I was going to become Liverpool manager one day I know who I’d love to have as my assistant: Xabi Alonso or Jamie Carragher.
  
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• Luis Suarez told me to look after Philippe Coutinho when he left Liverpool, reveals Steven Gerrard 

  13-09-2015 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STEVEN GERRARD - MY STORY: Before Luis Suarez left Liverpool’s training ground for the last time he spoke to me about Philippe Coutinho. ‘Make sure you look after him,’ Luis said of Philippe.
  
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• Steven Gerrard recounts his role in trying to convince the likes of Willian and Toni Kroos to sign for Liverpool

  13-09-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STEVEN GERRARD - MY STORY: I had an unofficial role at the club, trying to persuade some great players to join Liverpool. It was the same ritual every summer.
  
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• Steven Gerrard reveals how he ran the rule over every new Liverpool signing in their first training session to see if they were a Xabi Alonso or an El Hadji Diouf, a Luis Suarez or a Mario Balotelli

  13-09-2015 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STEVEN GERRARD - MY STORY: People have since asked me if I saw any comparison between El Hadji Diouf and Mario Balotelli - and I’ve always said no. I’ve got respect for Balotelli, none for Diouf.
  
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• Inter Milan 1-0 AC Milan: Fredy Guarin proves the difference for Roberto Mancini's men as substitute Mario Balotelli twice comes close to long-range equalisers

  13-09-2015 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Inter Milan beat local rival AC Milan 1-0 to move top of Serie A on Sunday, as Mario Balotelli failed to make an immediate impact against his old club on his second debut for the Rossoneri.
  
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• RWC 2015: Jones out to end Japan's label for being 'brave' losers

  13-09-2015 23:02
  
  Eddie Jones, the Japan coach, is sick of hearing about his team’s “brave” losses at the World Cup.
  
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• RWC 2015: Richie McCaw refuses to lose focus over All Blacks retirement

  13-09-2015 23:00
  
  Richie McCaw, the record-breaking All Black captain who is attempting to become the first man to lead his country to successive world titles, will not entertain talk of retirement – perhaps because he knows that every other player in the international game wishes he had retired already.
  
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• RWC 2015: England's Ben Youngs feels world on his shoulders as Stuart Lancaster prepares to name XV

  13-09-2015 23:00
  The England head coach, Stuart Lancaster, will make his first big selection call of the World Cup on Monday when he names his team for the first game against Fiji, with one of his senior players, the Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs, acknowledging that the dead weight of pressure will be on the host nation when they set the tournament in motion at Twickenham on Friday night.
  
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• RWC 2015: England and Ben Youngs are aware of Fiji threat in crucial opener

  13-09-2015 23:00
  
  A flying start against the Flying Fijians? That would be nice. England have developed a healthy habit of hitting their opponents hard and early in international matches at Twickenham – they were out of the blocks like a laxative-charged Usain Bolt in the Six Nations finale against France back in March and had decent starts in each of their recent World Cup warm-up matches on home soil – so in theory, they are perfectly placed to cut off the South Seas uprising at source when the seri
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, September 14

  13-09-2015 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daily Mail racing expert Robin Goodfellow (Sam Turner) brings his hottest selections for Monday's meetings at Wolverhampton, Stratford and Brighton.
  
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• Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer US Open final LIVE: Follow all the action as it happens from Flushing Meadows

  13-09-2015 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The evergreen Roger Federer stands between Novak Djpokovic and a third major title in 2015 in the US Open at Flushing Meadows. Follow the action LIVE with JACK BEZANTS.
  
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• Italian Aru wins Vuelta a Espana

  13-09-2015 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astana rider Fabio Aru of Italy claims overall victory in the Vuelta a Espana to win his first Grand Tour title.
  
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• 'It's the saddest day of my life'... Michael Owen describes the fatal injury suffered by Brown Panther in the Irish St Leger

  13-09-2015 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: Former England star Michael Owen described the fatal injury suffered by Brown Panther in the Irish St Leger at the Curragh as ‘the saddest day of my life’.
  
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• Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood distraught after last-minute defeat at Leicester: 'I've never felt this bad. Ever' 

  13-09-2015 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Tim Sherwood claimed last-minute defeat at Leicester plunged him to depths never before experienced in his career.
  
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• Treve odds-on favourite to win historic third Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe after blitzing her Group One Prix Vermeille rivals with ease 

  13-09-2015 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Treve is odds-on favourite to win an historic third Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on October 4 after blitzing her rivals in the Group One Prix Vermeille.
  
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• VIDEO: King helps Britain secure silver

  13-09-2015 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kitty King helps secure Great Britain the team silver medal in the European Eventing Championships at Blair Castle in Perthshire.
  
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• VIDEO: Ranieri only thinking about survival

  13-09-2015 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri says he is only think about survival despite a dramatic 3-2 win over Aston Villa lifting them to second in the Premier League.
  
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• Michael Owen horse death: Former striker suffers 'saddest day of my life', tells how he gave his horse Brown Panther 'last kiss goodbye'

  13-09-2015 20:07
  Former England striker and football commentator Michael Owen has said he experienced "the saddest day of my life" on Sunday after his race horse Brown Panther was put down.
  
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• Tom Daley shows off his strength as he bench-presses fellow Great Britain diver Georgia Ward in amusing Instagram video

  13-09-2015 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tom Daley has not been taking too long to celebrate his gold medal won with Rebecca Gallantree at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan in July.
  
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• Leicester City 3 Aston Villa 2 player ratings: Riyah Mahrez? Jamie Vardy? Jack Grealish? Who was the man of the match?

  13-09-2015 19:58
  Leicester fought from two goals down in the last 18 minutes to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and maintain their stunning start to the Premier League season
  
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• Britain and Ireland claim Walker Cup in record-breaking fashion at Royal Lytham

  13-09-2015 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain and Ireland claimed the Walker Cup in record-breaking fashion on Sunday, as the oldest team trophy of all joined the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup on this side of the Atlantic.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Stupid, gutted, the worst' - Sherwood

  13-09-2015 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood says he has "never felt this bad" after his side let a 2-0 lead slip to lose 3-2 against Leicester.
  
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• Leicester 3 Aston Villa 2: No goal, but Riyad Mahrez impresses yet again during incredible comeback, Jack Grealish goal stands out

  13-09-2015 19:40
  STAR PLAYERRiyad Mahrez. He was a constant thorn in Villa's side all afternoon with his pace, quick feet and trickery and was pivotal in dragging Leicester back from the brink. The Algeria international has been a joy to watch so far this season.
  
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• Emmanuel Adebayor to decide his future whilst on holiday in France after finally being released by Tottenham Hotspur

  13-09-2015 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emmanuel Adebayor will decide his future whilst on holiday in France after he finally departed Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. The Togolese hasn't started a senior game for Spurs since January.
  
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• Live Nation UK COO John Probyn leaves music business for sports event - Music Business Worldwide

  13-09-2015 19:35
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  Live Nation UK COO John Probyn leaves music business for sports event
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  John Probyn, who has acted as COO of Live Nation UK since 2001, has left the music business. The exec joined Live Nation following a three-year stint as Managing Director of Pro Productions Ltd. He has played a key role in building successful Live ...
  

• GB & Ireland regain Walker Cup

  13-09-2015 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain and Ireland beat the USA in dominant fashion to regain amateur golf's Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St Anne's.
  
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• Huddersfield 48-10 Warrington: Giants seal Super League play-off spot

  13-09-2015 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jermaine McGillvary crossed four times to jump to the top of the First Utility Super League try-scoring charts as Huddersfield confirmed their place in the semi-final play-offs.
  
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