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• Leicester 2-1 West Ham (AET): Andy King fires Foxes into Capital One Cup fourth round after Joe Dodoo's early strike is cancelled out by Mauro Zarate

  22-09-2015 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM CUNNINGHAM AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Andy King struck in the second half of extra-time to put Leicester through to the Capital One Cup fourth round at the expense of West Ham.
  
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• The biggest women’s sporting event in Europe could be in Croke Park this Sunday

  22-09-2015 23:56
  
  LGFA hoping to draw 30,000+ to Croke Park as Cork and Dublin meet once again.
  
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• Preston vs Bournemouth match report: Adam Federici the shootout hero for the Cherries

  22-09-2015 23:52
  
  Goalkeeper Adam Federici saved three penalties as Bournemouth eventually overcame Preston in a penalty shoot-out at Deepdale to progress in the Capital One Cup.
  
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• VIDEO: Villumsen wins thrilling time trial

  22-09-2015 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealander Linda Villumsen wins a thrilling women's individual time trial at the Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia.
  
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• Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat remains positive after Man City thrashing

  22-09-2015 23:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DICK ADVOCAAT watched Manchester City rip Sunderland to shreds - and then bizarrely heaped praise on his players.
  
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• Diego Costa may be a nasty piece of work but there’s a grudging admiration for him

  22-09-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Diego Costa is that guy. You know That Guy. The one everyone hates; the villain. There remains some grudging admiration for Costa. He is That Guy. And he just doesn’t care.
  
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• British Horseracing Authority to hear Simple Verse appeal on Wednesday

  22-09-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The controversial duel for the 2015 Ladbrokes St Leger reconvenes this morning when the British Horseracing Authority hear the appeal by Simple Verse against demotion at Doncaster.
  
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• Clashing cousins... Fiji's Nadolo set for battle with Australian Kuridrani in Cardiff 

  22-09-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium is a long way from the Fijian beach where Tevita Kuridrani and Nemani Nadolo used to tackle each other during the summer holidays.
  
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• Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud eyes leading striker role ahead of Theo Walcott

  22-09-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NEIL ASHTON: After nearly two decades winning the battle with Tottenham for north London supremacy, Arsene Wenger is watching another healthy rivalry take shape.
  
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• Leicester vs West Ham match report: Andy King scores extra-time winner as Foxes beat Hammers for the second time this season

  22-09-2015 23:34
  Leicester youngster Joe Dodoo upstaged England’s Andy Carroll by extending his amazing Capital One Cup story on his home debut, with Andy King sealing the home side’s place in the fourth round with a late extra-time winner.
  
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• Anger at Valencia as cracks appear in Lim's project

  22-09-2015 23:34
  
  By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA (Reuters) - Less than a year after being hailed as a hero for saving debt-ridden Valencia, the first cracks are beginning to appear in Singapore billionaire Peter Lim's project. Fans are openly questioning his involvement and the atmosphere in the Mestalla Stadium is becoming increasingly hostile with fans whistling and jeering underfire coach Nuno Espirito Santo. There were chants of "Nuno go now" and others of "mercenaries" directed at the Valencia players following the
  
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• Pendleton 13th in Beverley race

  22-09-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Double Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton finishes 13th in her second race as an amateur jockey.
  
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• Wales captain starts mind games with England by claiming he feels sorry for Chris Robshaw

  22-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WALES captain Sam Waburton has revealed he feels 'sorry' for opposite number Chris Robshaw.
  
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• PSG 3-0 Guingamp: Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets off the mark but misses from the spot as French champions cruise

  22-09-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Angel di Maria are off the mark in Ligue 1 this season after both scored in Paris Saint-Germain's comfortable three points at home against Guingamp. 
  
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• England set to take massive gamble and repleace injured Jonathan Joseph with Sam Burgess

  22-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ENGLAND are preparing to take a massive gamble by starting Sam Burgess in the centre against Wales on Saturday.
  
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• Eddie Jones confident Japan can run Scotland ragged and cause another World Cup upset

  22-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JAPAN are lining up another pillar of the rugby establishment for a dramatic toppling today with coach Eddie Jones casting doubt over Scotland's ability to live with the speed of the buzzing Brave Blossoms for 80 minutes.
  
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• Five-goal Lewandowski nets fastest Bundesliga hat-trick

  22-09-2015 23:26
  
  Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski netted the Bundesliga's fastest hat-trick on his way to a sensational five-goal haul as a halftime substitute in their 5-1 demolition of VfL Wolfsburg on Tuesday. "This was just crazy," Lewandowski told reporters having instantly turned the game around after the Bavarians trailed 1-0 at halftime. This was a great evening for me." "We were behind at the end of the first half and I wanted to step on the gas because we needed two goals," said the Poland capt
  
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• American Baumann living the dream on logs and dishes

  22-09-2015 23:25
  
  By Ed Osmond LONDON (Reuters) - United States prop Chris Baumann does not get paid for playing rugby -- he does it for the sheer love of the game. "I’ve done a bunch of different jobs, but the one where I didn’t need to work out was working at a woodmill in Steamboat Springs (Colorado)," Baumann told reporters on Tuesday. "You get real big logs where you need machinery to move them, but some of the smaller ones you can move yourself." Baumann has travelled the world to pursue his pas
  
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• Stylish City down Sunderland, Villa win League Cup derby

  22-09-2015 23:24
  
  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City produced a blistering first-half performance to win 4-1 at Sunderland in the League Cup third round on Tuesday, inflicting more misery on Dick Advocaat's struggling side. Premier League Swansea City suffered a 1-0 defeat at second-tier Hull City, but Everton avoided a similarly embarrassing fate as second-half goals from Ross Barkley and Gerard Deulofeu helped them come back to beat Championship side Reading 2-1.
  
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• Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski comes on to score FIVE goals in nine minutes to change the game against Wolfsburg

  22-09-2015 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With his team trailing Wolfsburg 1-0 at half-time, Robert Lewandowski came on to change the game for Bayern Munich by scoring an incredible FIVE goals in the space of justnine minutes.
  
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• Chelsea agony as Diego Costa is banned and Eva Carneiro comes out fighting

  22-09-2015 23:19
  
  Chelsea were back under siege again last night as they were hit by the double blow of Diego Costa receiving a three-game ban for violent conduct and the news that team doctor Eva Carneiro had decided to leave the club and is considering legal action against the champions for constructive dismissal.
  
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• Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham: Rudy Gestede's bullet header secures second city derby win for Tim Sherwood's side in Capital One Cup 

  22-09-2015 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT VILLA PARK: When the breakthrough goal came, Villa Park erupted and Tim Sherwood looked to the skies. He has been acutely aware of the importance of this fixture since the draw.
  
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• Reading 1-2 Everton: Gerard Deulofeu and Ross Barkley help Toffees come from behind for Capital One Cup victory

  22-09-2015 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE MADEJSKI: A mediocre performance and two excellent goals. What a peculiar night for Everton in a Capital One Cup run that is not quite ready to end.
  
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• Balotelli off the mark in Milan win

  22-09-2015 23:16
  
  Mario Balotelli scored his first goal since rejoining AC Milan to set them on the way to a 3-2 win at Udinese in Serie A on Tuesday. Milan raced to a 3-0 halftime lead before surviving a second-half fightback from the hosts as they picked up their third win in five Serie A outings under new coach Sinisa Mihajlovic. Balotelli, on loan from Liverpool, needed only six minutes in his first start of the season to open his account when he curled a 20 metre free kick past Ornestis Karnezis who barely m
  
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• Reading vs Everton match report: Ross Barkley and Gerard Deulofeu on target as Toffees come from behind to beat Royals

  22-09-2015 23:15
  Everton reached the fourth round of the Capital One Cup after a deserved 2-1 defeat of Championship opponents Reading.
  
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• Middlesbrough 3-0 Wolves: Albert Adomah scores twice for the hosts in comfortable Capital One Cup victory at the Riverside 

  22-09-2015 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT THE RIVERSIDE STADIUM: At least one club in the North East is providing value for money. Middlesbrough secured their sixth consecutive win against Wolverhampton.
  
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• Ibrahimovic on the spot at last as PSG beat Guingamp

  22-09-2015 23:13
  
  Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first Ligue 1 goal this season before missing a penalty as they beat En Avant Guingamp 3-0 to extend their lead to four points on Tuesday. Pastore netted in the 18th minute and fellow Argentine Angel Di Maria doubled the tally in the 77th before Ibrahimovic wrapped up the victory six minutes from time to put PSG on 17 points from seven games after two consecutive draws. Ibrahimovic, whose start to the campaign has been hampered by injuries, missed
  
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• Griezmann double sends Atletico top

  22-09-2015 23:12
  
  By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - - In-form Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann struck twice to earn a comfortable 2-0 derby victory over toothless visitors Getafe that sent his side top of La Liga on Tuesday. The France striker, who is developing into a talisman for Atletico, scored at the start of the first half and the end of the second after a competent display by the hosts. ...
  
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• Hull City 1-0 Swansea: David Meyler goal stuns Swans as Garry Monk's side are sent crashing out of Capital One Cup  

  22-09-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hull City have edged into the Capital One Cup fourth round after defeating Swansea 1-0 at the KC Stadium on Tuesday night. David Meyler scored the winner for the hosts from close-range in the first-half.
  
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• Habana warns Springboks about focus vs. Samoa

  22-09-2015 23:10
  
  By Mark Gleeson BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept 22 (Reuters) – - Mental focus must be much higher for South Africa as they anticipate a bruising clash with Samoa in their second Rugby World Cup Pool B match after the shock defeat by Japan, veteran winger Bryan Habana warned on Tuesday. “Our mental capacity and focus must be both on a higher level and much improved,” he told reporters as the Springboks tried to pick themselves up after an embarrassing setback in which they lost 34-32
  
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• Sunderland 1-4 Manchester City: Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling all score as the Citizens turn on the style

  22-09-2015 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT: If ever proof was needed of the gulf in class between the top and bottom of the Premier League then this was it. Table-topping City cruised to victory.
  
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• Plenty at stake in season-ending Tour Championship

  22-09-2015 23:00
  
  By Larry Fine ATLANTA (Reuters) - It is a numbers game at this week's Tour Championship, with numerals one, three, five and 10 dominating conversation at East Lake Golf Club. The Sept. 24-27 Tour Championship brings together the top 30 players on the FedExCup points list, but besides the nearly $1.5 million first prize on offer in this fourth and last event of the playoffs, there is much more at stake. The number one ranking in golf, which now belongs to red-hot Australian Jason Day, is yet agai
  
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• Hull vs Swansea match report: David Meyler puts Tigers through as Jake Livermore plays first game since positive cocaine test

  22-09-2015 23:00
  David Meyler poached the only goal of the game as Hull defeated Swansea in a Capital One Cup third-round tie that saw a return to action for Jake Livermore.
  
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• Villumsen wins time-trial gold

  22-09-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand's Linda Villumsen wins gold in the women's individual time trial at the Road Cycling World Championships.
  
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• Kiwi Villumsen finally claims time trial gold

  22-09-2015 22:58
  
  By Steve Keating RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - New Zealand's Linda Villumsen powered to victory in the road cycling world championship individual time trial on Tuesday, claiming the title that had always eluded her. Twice runner-up and three-times a bronze medallist, Villumsen finally got to the top of the podium with a time of 40 minutes 29.87 seconds over the 29.9 km course, according to unofficial results. Dressed all in black and riding a stealth black bike, Villumsen had looked set for a c
  
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• Fulham vs Stoke match report: Peter Crouch scores first of the season as Potters book place in fourth round

  22-09-2015 22:58
  Peter Crouch's first goal of the season was enough to see Stoke into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup at the expense of Fulham.
  
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• Middlesbrough vs Wolves match report: Albert Adoma scores twice as Boro ease through

  22-09-2015 22:56
  
  Middlesbrough cruised into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup as they extended their winning run to five matches with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wolves.
  
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• Aston Villa vs Birmingham match report: Rudy Rudy Gestede settles Second City derby

  22-09-2015 22:55
  
  Rudy Gestede settled a scrappy Second City derby as Aston Villa edged past rivals Birmingham in the Capital One Cup.
  
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• Aston Villa vs Birmingham match report: Rudy Rudy Gestede on target but Jack Grealish the star of the Second City derby

  22-09-2015 22:55
  
  We await Jack Grealish’s international declaration with interest but in the meantime there is no doubt that the English-born 20-year-old with Irish heritage can lay claim to a little local supremacy after deciding a particularly rancorous Capital One Cup tie in his hometown of Birmingham.
  
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• Aston Villa vs Birmingham match report: Rudy Gestede on target but Jack Grealish the star of the Second City derby

  22-09-2015 22:55
  
  We await Jack Grealish’s international declaration with interest but in the meantime there is no doubt that the English-born 20-year-old with Irish heritage can lay claim to a little local supremacy after deciding a particularly rancorous Capital One Cup tie in his hometown of Birmingham.
  
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• The Baylor Effect: Spread energizes Bowling Green, Tulsa

  22-09-2015 22:53
  
  Baylor's spread offense is spreading and making opposing defenses sick.
  
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• Sunderland vs Manchester City match report: Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling all score as City cruise to win

  22-09-2015 22:53
  Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling were on top-form as Manchester City cruised to a 4-1 Capital One Cup victory at Sunderland to end a two-game losing run in explosive fashion.
  
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• Olympiakos win again to open five-point lead at the top

  22-09-2015 22:51
  
  By Graham Wood ATHENS (Reuters) - Olympiakos Piraeous continued their 100 percent start to the Super League season with a 3-1 win at Skoda Xanthi thanks to a Kostas Fortounis double on Tuesday to open a five-point lead over AEK Athens at the top. Swedish forward Jimmy Durmaz put them ahead with a long-range strike three minutes before halftime but they were pegged back five minutes after the break by Nikolay Dimitrov’s strike. Olympiakos’s Greece midfielder Fortounis then struck twic
  
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• Five-star Lewandowski terrorises Wolfsburg - fast

  22-09-2015 22:50
  
  Bayern Munich substitute Robert Lewandowski single-handedly obliterated VfL Wolfsburg by scoring five times in nine minutes, including the league's fastest hat-trick, as the champions crushed their rivals 5-1 on Tuesday to extend their perfect Bundesliga start to six wins. The Poland striker came on after the break and stunned Wolfsburg with three goals in four minutes, starting in the 51st from close range, to turn the game on its head. The win lifted Bayern to a maximum 18 points, three ahead
  
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• Fulham 0-1 Stoke: Peter Crouch's first-half goal sees Mark Hughes' side into Capital One Cup fourth round

  22-09-2015 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Crouch scored his first goal of the season as Stoke booked their place in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup with a hard fought win over Championship side Fulham.
  
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• England vs Wales team news - RWC 2015: George Ford to be dropped with Owen Farrell coming in at fly-half

  22-09-2015 22:42
  George Ford will be dropped for England's crucial World Cup Pool A clash with rivals Wales at Twickenham this Saturday, with Owen Farrell in line to fill the fly-half position.
  
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• Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski comes on to score FIVE goals in nine minutes to change the game against Wolsburg

  22-09-2015 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With his team trailing Wolfsburg 1-0 at half-time, Robert Lewandowski came on to change the game for Bayern Munich by scoring an incredible FIVE goals in the space of justnine minutes.
  
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• Griezmann hits double as Atletico sink Getafe to go top

  22-09-2015 22:36
  
  By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid's in-form striker Antoine Griezmann struck twice to earn a comfortable 2-0 derby victory over toothless visitors Getafe that took his side top of La Liga on Tuesday. Atletico have 12 points from five games, having only dropped points against Barcelona who have a 100 percent record from four games so far and face Celta Vigo away on Wednesday when Real Madrid, with 10 points from four matches, visit Athletic Bilbao. Atletico controlled the game,
  
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• Sam Burgess and Owen Farrell set to play for England against Wales in Rugby World Cup with George Ford axed

  22-09-2015 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Burgess will be unleashed in England’s starting team against Wales on Saturday and George Ford is to be ousted at fly-half by Owen Farrell for the World Cup showdown.
  
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• Liverpool flop Mario Balotelli rediscovers scoring touch as striker nets stunning free-kick against Udinese in Serie A clash  

  22-09-2015 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mario Balotelli, the maverick striker cast out by Liverpool on loan to AC Milan this season, scored a stunning free-kick during the Serie A match against Udinese on Tuesday night.
  
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