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• Republic of Ireland link was crucial as Drogheda earned comeback point against Bohs

  25-09-2015 23:55
  
  Keith Treacy conjured a superb strike for Mark Kinsella’s side in an entertaining 2-2 draw.
  
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• Everton unlikely to risk John Stones at West Bromwich Albion

  25-09-2015 23:55
  
  • Defender suffered knee ligament strain in League Cup win at Reading
  • Ramiro Funes Mori set for full debut at The Hawthorns on MondayRoberto Martínez has said he will not risk John Stones’ fitness against West Bromwich Albion on Monday after the Everton defender suffered a medial knee ligament strain in the Capital One Cup win at Reading.Stones was substituted in the second half of Everton’s 2-1 victory at the Madejski Stadium on Tuesday with a knee problem and, th
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino: Harry Kane is paying price for summer exertions

  25-09-2015 23:52
  
  • Kane has begun season with no goals in eight appearances for Tottenham
  • ‘It’s true that maybe the summer did not help him,’ says PochettinoMauricio Pochettino believes Harry Kane has paid a price for his exertions over the summer, when he represented England at the European Under-21 Championship and the Tottenham Hotspur manager said that the striker was short on confidence.Pochettino would have preferred that Kane did not go with England to the tournament in the C
  
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• Japan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton says 'I have no doubts Mercedes will bounce back'

  25-09-2015 23:52
  
  Lewis Hamilton said it was too early to determine whether Mercedes had rediscovered their mojo after finishing second and third behind Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat in the second practice session here in Japan.
  
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• Wigan 47-12 Castleford: Dom Manfredi scores four tries but Warriors settle for second after Leeds Rhinos win league

  25-09-2015 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dom Manfredi scored four tries as Wigan Warriors romped to an emphatic 47-12 win over Castleford Tigers, but had to settle for second place after Leeds Rhinos won late at Huddersfield to finish top.
  
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• Oldham Athletic's David Dunn rues lack of dedication – and that failed 'rabona'

  25-09-2015 23:49
  
  David Dunn is sitting in the Oldham Athletic manager’s office reflecting on the unfairness of it all. He is in the 18th season of his professional football career, a career that brought 378 appearances for his hometown club Blackburn Rovers and England recognition, yet to some people he is best known for a single banana-skin incident.
  
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• Arsene Wenger fancies himself as as fly-half and a Wales fan has turned his home into a pub with a Martin Johnson punch bag

  25-09-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON'S WORLD CUP DIARY: Arsene Wenger has revealed he is more Jonny Wilkinson that Martin Johnson, which is just as well, as the later has been turned in to a punch bag in Bristol.
  
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• Rugby World Cup 2015 England vs Wales: Comeback man George North is ready to make a pain of himself

  25-09-2015 23:41
  At the last World Cup, George North was a wide-eyed teenager in the infancy of his career. His forfeit for being the youngest member of the squad was to carry around a Welsh lovespoon with him: that particular honour has now passed from Hallam Amos to Tyler Morgan since the latter was called up as injury cover for Cory Allen.
  
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• RWC 2015 England vs Wales: Why the Welsh game's lifeblood is running dry

  25-09-2015 23:40
  
  “The House of Pain” states a sign at the entrance to Pontypridd Rugby Club’s ground. There was a time when that warned visiting sides what they should expect to encounter here but now it provides a commentary on the creaking, careworn stadium too.
  
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• Huddersfield 16-20 Leeds: Ryan Hall's last second try wins League Leaders Shield for Leeds Rhinos

  25-09-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds snatched a remarkable victory amid unbelievable tension to lift the league leaders' shield on a night of high drama in Super League. Ryan Hall grabbed the winner in the last move of the game.
  
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• Ross McCormack scores twice as Fulham thrash QPR

  25-09-2015 23:34
  
  Ross McCormack scored twice as Fulham thrashed QPR 4-0 in the west London derby at Craven Cottage.QPR would have moved up to third in the Championship with a win but goals from Moussa Dembélé, Ben Pringle and McCormack in the first 31 minutes scuppered that plan. Continue reading...
  
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• Brendan Rodgers will fight on as Liverpool manager despite Carlo Ancelotti and Jurgen Klopp links

  25-09-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers has insisted there is 'no chance' mounting pressure would make him quit Liverpool after a week in which Carlo Ancelotti and Jurgen Klopp were strongly linked with his job.
  
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• Wayne Rooney still on for 25 goals despite league drought, says Van Gaal

  25-09-2015 23:30
  
  • Manchester United striker last scored in Premier League on 4 April
  • Manager hints Rooney may play behind Anthony Martial
  Louis van Gaal believes Wayne Rooney can still score 25 times for Manchester United this season despite the captain nearing 1,000 minutes since his last Premier League goal.Rooney has found the net four times for the club this season, though these have been in the Champions League and Capital One Cup. During the club’s summer tour of the US, Van Gaal stated
  
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• Paul Casey set to snub Ryder Cup as he admits he is not sure he will rejoin European Tour

  25-09-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE - BY DEREK LAWRENSON: Paul Casey is ready to rule himself out of playing for Europe in the Ryder Cup in Minneapolis next year, in a move that would send shockwaves through the game.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini still waiting to pick preferred Manchester City XI

  25-09-2015 23:30
  
  • David Silva misses out on trip to Tottenham Hotspur
  • Sergio Agüero and Vincent Kompany back to fitnessManchester City have seven players out injured for their visit to Tottenham Hotspur this afternoon, though Manuel Pellegrini is not unduly concerned because Vincent Kompany is back and Sergio Agüero and Kevin De Bruyne are fit and playing well.The queue for the Etihad treatment room includes David Silva, Eliaquim Mangala, Gaël Clichy, Wilfried Bony, Fabian Delph, Kele
  
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• FIFA still think Sepp Blatter can remain as president, despite a criminal investigation being launched against him

  25-09-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FIFA pantomime is such that Zurich insiders startedbelieving on Friday that there was still a pathway for lame duck Sepp Blatter to stay on as president after the February elections.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers says he will not step down from Liverpool job

  25-09-2015 23:30
  
  • Rodgers would respect Liverpool owners if they sack him
  • Manager aims for 1,000 games in charge at AnfieldBrendan Rodgers has stated he would “totally respect” Liverpool’s owners if they decided on a change of manager but will not walk away from Anfield of his own volition.The embattled Liverpool manager is in the most precarious position of his tenure after an alarming sequence of results and performances dating back to March, and faces Aston Villa on Saturday in
  
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• Arséne Wenger says he loves rugby after meeting French World Cup team

  25-09-2015 23:30
  
  • Arsenal manager invited France rugby squad to watch training
  • Wenger and Philippe Saint-André swapped ideas on both sports
  Arsène Wenger has declared his love for rugby after swapping tips with France’s World Cup squad.The Arsenal manager dined with Philippe Saint-André and France’s players near their base in Croydon on Monday before many of Les Bleus visited London Colney to watch Wenger’s footballers train on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• The net closes on Sepp Blatter as an investigation starts into the criminal mismanagement of funds - with the FIFA president quizzed by police in his own office

  25-09-2015 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just when you thought Sepp Blatter’s farcical FIFA regime could not plummet to any new lows, it did just that on Friday. And so spectacularly.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers, Dick Advocaat and Steve McClaren are all suffering under clubs' recruitment policies

  25-09-2015 23:11
  It is repugnant to bet on people losing their jobs, but that does not stop the bookmakers setting odds on which Premier League manager will be the first to leave his post. Barely a month into the campaign the 20-strong field already appears reduced to three: Brendan Rodgers, Steve McClaren and Dick Advocaat.
  
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• A retro celebration was in order as Danny North celebrated his new arrival and a Rovers win

  25-09-2015 23:08
  
  The new Dad was on the mark while Gavin Brennan also found the net against Galway.
  
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• MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix 2015: Where to watch qualifying live and practice review

  25-09-2015 23:00
  
  Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo was the fastest during both Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 of the 2015 Aragon Moto Grand Prix. He will be hoping to finish Saturday's session on top and clinch pole for Sunday's race.
  
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• Fulham 4-0 QPR: Charlie Austin off injured as Chris Ramsey's problems go from bad to worse with west London derby drubbing

  25-09-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: Spare a thought for Charlie Austin. On the day he admitted his Euro 2016 prospects were effectively over, QPR were thrashed at the hands of Fulham.
  
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• Lacklustre City’s title hopes take a huge blow on Leeside as Derry grab a deserved point

  25-09-2015 22:46
  
  John Caulfield’s side are now ten points behind league-leaders Dundalk.
  
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• RWC 2015 England vs Wales: 'Some want Sam Burgess to fail, but he won't' says former coach Brian Noble

  25-09-2015 22:28
  
  The scrutiny of the rugby union world will be fixed obsessively on Sam Burgess this weekend, but the pressures on him will be nothing compared with some of the traumas he has already overcome.
  
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• Emmanuel Petit blasts modern football: ‘Players are just focused on what they’re earning’

  25-09-2015 22:24
  
  The Frenchman has also revealed he was close to joining Manchester United after his successful spell at Arsenal.
  
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• Sepp Blatter: Six things you need to know about the Swiss criminal proceedings against the Fifa president

  25-09-2015 22:13
  What is Blatter accused of doing?
  
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• Joint-leader Fisher angling for second European Open win

  25-09-2015 22:13
  Ross Fisher, looking to win the European Open for the second time, shared the lead with compatriot Graeme Storm and South African Charl Schwartzel after the second round in Germany on Friday. Former Ryder Cup player Fisher, who captured the title at the London Club in 2008 in the penultimate staging of the event before it dropped off the schedule for six years, shot a six-under-par 65 for a 10-under aggregate of 132. "It is a course that suits me," the 34-year-old Englishman told reporters at th
  
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• Pumas appeal to sense of fun to overwhelm Georgia

  25-09-2015 22:09
  
  By Rex Gowar GLOUCESTER, England (Reuters) - Argentina shook off first-half nerves and played the attacking rugby they enjoy to overwhelm Georgia 54-9 in their Pool C match on Friday, coach Daniel Hourcade and captain Agustin Creevy said. The score was 14-9 to the Pumas at halftime after they had scored an early try in an even first half before a one-sided second half in which Argentina added another six tries with two each from wings Juan Imhoff and Santiago Cordero. “I’m obviously
  
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• Chelsea will start to ask themselves if Diego Costa is worth all the hassle... he's more interested in fighting every defender he faces than scoring goals 

  25-09-2015 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER: Is he worth the hassle? It is a question all managers will ask themselves about the players who give them most trouble, like Diego Costa at Chelsea.
  
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• Mass hunger strike looms against Israeli detention

  25-09-2015 21:56
  
  Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners threaten to join mass fast if Israel does not stop detaining people without charge.
  
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• Letter from London: Schmidt’s Ireland get World Cup show on the road

  25-09-2015 21:55
  
  Murray Kinsella has landed in the English capital after a week at St. George’s Park.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner has name, gender change officially approved in California

  25-09-2015 21:46
  Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner, who is one of the biggest stars in reality television, had her name and gender change officially approved on Friday by a Los Angeles County judge. A court spokeswoman said Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg gave the approval. Jenner is a 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medalist who had been known as Bruce before she became the highest-profile American to transition publicly from male to female this year.
  
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• Charl Schwartzel claims share of halfway lead in Porsche European Open 

  25-09-2015 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel carded a second consecutive 66 to claim a share of the halfway lead in the Porsche European Open at the end of the second round.
  
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• Neymar could lose a staggering amount of money after allegations of tax evasion

  25-09-2015 21:32
  
  The Brazilian star has had £33.1m worth of assets frozen.
  
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• Jackson thinks Kobe plays on, but maybe not with Lakers

  25-09-2015 21:28
  
  GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Phil Jackson doubts this is Kobe Bryant's final season — though thinks it may be Bryant's last in Los Angeles.
  
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• Pumas ease past Georgia; England and Wales primed for battle

  25-09-2015 21:13
  By Justin Palmer LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina picked up their first Pool C win at the Rugby World Cup by dispatching Georgia in convincing fashion on Friday as the tournament prepared to lower the drawbridge for the Twickenham blockbuster between England and Wales. The Pumas had given holders New Zealand a scare or two in their opener at Wembley but gave their noisy and plentiful support in Gloucester even more to cheer, serving up a seven-try treat as they cantered to a 54-9 victory. Georgia's
  
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• Swiss target world football chief Blatter in criminal probe

  25-09-2015 21:02
  By Brian Homewood and Mark Hosenball ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world football body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds, the Swiss attorney general's office said on Friday. It said Blatter was interrogated after a meeting of FIFA's executive committee in Zurich, and authorities carried out a search at the organisation's headquarters on Friday. "The office of the FIFA President has
  
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• Fulham 4-0 QPR: Match Report

  25-09-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  McCormack nets double as Fulham put QPR to the swordRoss McCormack scored twice as Fulham thrashed QPR 4-0 in the west London derby at Cra
  
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• Christian Benteke was a bargain for Liverpool says Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood

  25-09-2015 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Sherwood has insisted Aston Villa would not have accepted £32.5million for Christian Benteke had his release clause not existed and joked he pulled out phone cords to avoid the sale.
  
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• Mumm the dad rewarded for punt on Wallabies return

  25-09-2015 20:56
  Dean Mumm's return to the Australia test team this year was already remarkable enough but the towering lock must have been pinching himself after the events of Thursday evening. Straight after being told he would be named as Australia's 84th captain for Sunday's Rugby World Cup clash against Uruguay, the 31-year-old dashed from Bath to London to be at the bedside of his wife as she gave birth to their second child. "He's going to start learning about the 'benefits' of no sleep, isn't he?" Austra
  
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• Hell would break loose if McIlroy gave up Euro Tour - Casey

  25-09-2015 20:54
  
  All hell would break loose if world number two Rory McIlroy ever gave up his membership of the European Tour, according to former Ryder Cup player Paul Casey. Briton Casey made his home in the U.S. several years ago. Northern Irishman McIlroy is also based in America and makes only occasional forays back to his home circuit, mainly to play in the bigger events.
  
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• Arsenal's Gabriel banned for Leicester game

  25-09-2015 20:53
  The fall-out from Arsenal's feisty derbies against Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur continued to dominate the build-up to their important weekend Premier League game at Leicester City, with Gabriel banned for the match. The 24-year-old Brazilian defender, sent off last Saturday for retaliating against Chelsea's Spain striker Diego Costa, had his dismissal rescinded but was handed a one-match ban on Friday after admitting an FA charge of improper conduct. Costa, who appeared to have escaped with a y
  
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• Becky James back on her bike in quest to make Rio 2016 squad as boyfriend George North prepares to face England

  25-09-2015 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BECKY JAMES: It's been an emotional roller-coaster but I'm finally getting my confidence back. After the National Championships this weekend I can focus on making it to the Olympics in Rio next year.
  
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• Chris Eubank Jnr signs with Eddie Hearn and adds Adam Booth to coaching team

  25-09-2015 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Eubank Jnr has joined Eddie Hearn's stable of fighters - and teamed up with David Haye's former trainer Adam Booth. Eubank Jnr has been out of action since February.
  
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• No. 9 Bruins, No. 16 Wildcats kick off their Pac-12 season

  25-09-2015 20:33
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jim Mora has spent the past three years rebuilding UCLA's depth, bringing in one strong recruiting class after another.
  
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• Saints QB Brees to miss Sunday's game at Carolina

  25-09-2015 20:26
  
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Drew Brees will be sidelined for New Orleans' game at Carolina on Sunday, Saints coach Sean Payton said Friday.
  
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• Argentina 54-9 Georgia: Pumas run rampant with six second-half tries in Rugby World Cup pool C clash

  25-09-2015 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE RIDGE AT KINGSHOLM: Three tries in 10 minutes at the start of the second half put any hopes of another World Cup shock to bed as Gloucester witnessed an Argentinian invasion.
  
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• Wales Rugby World Cup stars presented shirts for England clash by Sir Tom Jones

  25-09-2015 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After Warren Gatland vowed his Wales side would 'smash' England on Saturday, the man responsible for some of the country's biggest ever hits has been enlisted for a final pep talk.
  
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• Former Shamrock Rovers, Man United & Ireland goalkeeper Pat Dunne has died

  25-09-2015 20:14
  
  The Dubliner was a First Division winner in 1965 but is best-remembered for his two stints with the Tallaght outfit.
  
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