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• Aston Villa defender Jordan Amavi suffers horrific knee injury on France Under-21 duty

  12-11-2015 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa left-back suffered a horrific knee injury while on France Under-21 duty on Thursday night during a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in Euro 2017 qualifier.
  
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• Chelsea striker Diego Costa needs to 'smooth out' his behaviour, according to the striker's Spain boss Vicente del Bosque 

  12-11-2015 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diego Costa has been told to clean up his act by Spain manager Vicente del Bosque. The Chelsea striker has been a central figure in a number of unsavoury scrapes this season.
  
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• Alonso says he has been in 'economy mode'

  12-11-2015 23:53
  
  McLaren's Fernando Alonso says he has been 'on standby', or economy mode, this season to save his energies for what the Spaniard hopes will be a much better 2016. "When you are at the front and you have more motivation that helps...but I'm on standby, let's say, in economy mode, to have full energy next year." Alonso joined McLaren at the end of last season from Ferrari, where he finished championship runner-up in three of his five seasons at Maranello. At McLaren, he and British team mate Jenso
  
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• From Brechin to France: Michael O’Neill is the man who brilliantly guided Northern Ireland to Euro 2016... here’s how he did it

  12-11-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: Michael O'Neill is not one to look for advice. ‘I don’t really do mentors,’ is how he puts it. Sometimes, though, it finds you anyway, including two messages that stood out when he took the job.
  
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• Lorenzo suffers burns during title celebration

  12-11-2015 23:42
  
  Jorge Lorenzo's celebration of his MotoGP world title on his home island of Mallorca on Thursday was interrupted unexpectedly when the Spanish Yamaha rider suffered what appeared to be minor burns to his leg from a motorcycle. Lorenzo, who wrapped up his third title when he won Sunday's Valencia Grand Prix, was about to leave the airport near the capital Palma to ride in a cavalcade with fans when hot smoke poured out of the machine forcing him to leap off. "If I was able to race in Assen having
  
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• King of the Jungle crown and world title shot on the radar of Chris Eubank Jr and his 'I'm a Celebrity' dad

  12-11-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Eubank Jnr has backed his famous father to win 'I'm a Celebrity' and himself to complete the family double by knocking out Spike O'Sullivan on December 12.
  
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• Hodgson 'luckier than Lancaster'

  12-11-2015 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England boss Roy Hodgson says he is more fortunate than Stuart Lancaster, having kept his job after an early World Cup exit.
  
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• IAAF vice-president Sergey Bubka: We have to make right decision... but clean Russian athletes should not be punished

  12-11-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAAF vice-president Sergey Bubka has broken his silence on athletics' doping crisis as Russia brace themselves for a blanket ban from international competition.
  
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• England's potential can be unlocked by dream team of Eddie Jones, Shaun Edwards and Rob Baxter... nationality is irrelevant

  12-11-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: When the Lions beat Australia in Sydney two years ago, to clinch their first series victory since 1997, not a single dissenting voice was heard decrying the nationality of the coach.
  
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• Andy Murray calls on tennis to do more in the war on drugs as British No 1 admits concerns over LTA strategy

  12-11-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON EXCLUSIVE: Andy Murray has called for tennis to devote more resources to anti-doping measures, in order to ensure it avoids any athletics-type scandals.
  
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• Republic of Ireland must not blow it now, insists Martin O'Neill ahead of Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina

  12-11-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE FROM ZENICA: Four years ago in Estonia it was easy. Having just enjoyed a 4-0 first-leg rout, Republic of Ireland celebrated their place at Euro 2012 as they took off from Tallinn.
  
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• Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic insists it is a 'privilege' to work under Jose Mourinho as he backs under-fire manager  

  12-11-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE IN ZENICA: Asmir Begovic says it is a 'privilege' to play for Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho and has hit back at those questioning his ability to reverse their current slump.
  
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• Barry Geraghty: Everything AP McCoy did was brilliant so it's a huge challenge to fill his boots

  12-11-2015 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Acts to follow do not come any tougher than AP McCoy, and Barry Geraghty, despite his own illustrious record, admits trying to fill the boots of a racing legend will be one of his greatest challenges.
  
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• Red Bull will be on 2016 F1 grid

  12-11-2015 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Red Bull will race in Formula 1 next season after months of crisis talks about obtaining a competitive engine.
  
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• Norway 0-1 Hungary: Laszlo Kleinheisler hands side advantage with first-half strike

  12-11-2015 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hungary took a step towards their first major tournament in 30 years as a strike from debutant Laszlo Kleinheisler steered them to a 1-0 away win over Norway.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Friday, November 13

  12-11-2015 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Friday's races at Lingfield, Hexham, Wolverhampton and Cheltenham.
  
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• VIDEO: Wales must continue form - Coleman

  12-11-2015 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manager Chris Coleman wants Wales to pick up where they finished their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign when they face the Netherlands.
  
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• Euro play-offs: All you need to know

  12-11-2015 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Euro 2016 play-offs are under way with eight teams battling for four spots in next year's tournament.
  
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• Norway 0-1 Hungary

  12-11-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hungary edge towards their first major finals since the 1986 World Cup by winning the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off.
  
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• Harlequins 41-18 Montpellier

  12-11-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harlequins overturn a nine-point deficit to secure a bonus-point Challenge Cup victory over Montpellier.
  
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• Argentina legend Diego Maradona recreates Barcelona star Lionel Messi's orange juggling exploits on stage

  12-11-2015 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Argentina legend Diego Maradona has sensationally upstaged Lionel Messi's orange juggling exploits on stage as he showed he's still got the dazzling skills and silky touches.
  
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• ATP World Tour Finals draw: Andy Murray avoids Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer

  12-11-2015 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray will play round-robin matches against Stan Wawrinka and Spanish pair Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer at the ATP World Tour Finals.
  
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• Kompany out of Belgium’s friendlies with Italy and Spain

  12-11-2015 23:02
  
  Belgium captain Vincent Kompany has pulled out of the friendlies against Italy and Spain because of a slight calf injury hours after midfielder Mousa Dembele was declared unfit on Thursday. Kompany had sparked a club versus country tussle last month when he played in Belgium's last Euro 2016 qualifier against Israel to the annoyance of his Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who claimed he was injured.
  
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• Harlequins 41-18 Montpellier: Rampant Quins score six tries to stun French side

  12-11-2015 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jake White’s Montpellier were stunned by a rampant Harlequins side at the Twickenham Stoop – a drop kick away from the RFU headquarters - conceding six unanswered tries in 41-18 defeat.
  
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• No. 19 Florida State RB Dalvin Cook lists his 5 biggest runs

  12-11-2015 23:00
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a season that has seen plenty of highlight-reel runs by Dalvin Cook, the tailback for 10th-ranked Florida State listed his top five jaunts in an interview with The Associated Press:
  
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• Arsenal ace Mesut Ozil puts his sensational early form down to extra shooting practice 

  12-11-2015 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil claims extra shooting practice is the reason behind his attacking improvement so far this season. Ozil has been sensational, grabbing two goals and 10 assists.
  
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• Tom Hardy takes a break from filming Peaky Blinders to send well wishes to BAMMA rising star Jack McGann 

  12-11-2015 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mad Max actor Tom Hardy took a break from filming BBC drama Peaky Blinders to send best wishes to up-and-coming British MMA fighter Jack McGann.
  
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• Murray avoids Federer in Tour group

  12-11-2015 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray will play Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer in the group stage of the ATP World Tour Finals.
  
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• Arjen Robben to take struggling Manchester United attacker Memphis Depay under his wing to help him overcome difficult start 

  12-11-2015 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arjen Robben has told Memphis Depay he must find resolve within to overcome a difficult start to his Manchester United career. The Bayern Munich winger will offer Depay advice
  
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• Germany unveil new grey adidas away kit with green sleeves for Euro 2016

  12-11-2015 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World champions Germany have shown off their new away kit ahead of next summer's European Championship in France - a grey adidas shirt, with white shorts and socks.
  
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• ISIL claims suicide bombings in southern Beirut

  12-11-2015 21:48
  
  Twin explosions in the Burj el-Barajneh area of Lebanon's capital kill at least 43 people and wound about 200.
  
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• Will free agents take $15.8M qualifying offers Friday?

  12-11-2015 21:47
  
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Will any of the 20 free agents accept the $15.8 million qualifying offers they were given last week?
  
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• Video shows Barrett telling cops he's the Ohio State QB

  12-11-2015 21:44
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dash cam video shows Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett asking an officer arresting him for driving while impaired whether there's anything he can do since he's the university quarterback.
  
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• Hamilton feeling good after fever and accident

  12-11-2015 21:25
  
  (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he was feeling good for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix after making a delayed arrival in Sao Paulo on Thursday due to sickness and a car accident. "I'm on the up-slope, so I am a lot closer to 100 percent," the Mercedes driver told reporters at the Interlagos circuit ahead of the penultimate race of a championship that he has already won. Hamilton had revealed late on Wednesday, via Instagram and after the team had said he was suffering f
  
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• We’ll Leave it There So: Irish PL deal, tributes paid to ex-Sunderland keeper and all today’s sport

  12-11-2015 21:22
  
  Meanwhile, Ireland have suffered another injury below ahead of their qualifier with Bosnia tomorrow.
  
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• VIDEO: Red Bull to race in 2016 - Horner

  12-11-2015 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Red Bull will be on the grid for the start of the 2016 season.
  
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• Patrice Evra reveals surprise egg allergy that went unnoticed at Manchester United as France train for friendly double-header

  12-11-2015 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juventus left-back Patrice Evra has revealed that he discovered a surprise allergy to eggs after joining the Serie A club from Manchester United in the summer of 2014.
  
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• 'Jessie J sang at my mum's 60th birthday'

  12-11-2015 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton on his delayed arrival in Brazil, competing with Nico Rosberg - and Jessie J singing for his mum.
  
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• Andre Villas-Boas thought it'd be 'easy' to manage Chelsea... that was his mistake, believes Didier Drogba 

  12-11-2015 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea legend Didier Drogba believes Andre Villa-Boas' demise in the Stamford Bridge hotseat was due to his inability to communicate with his squad.
  
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• Rio Ferdinand withdraws from charity match featuring John Terry and Ashley Cole due to calf injury

  12-11-2015 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rio Ferdinand has been forced to pull out of Saturday's charity match at Old Trafford due to a calf injury. The formerdefender was expected to play for a Great Britain and Ireland side.
  
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• Norway 0-0 Hungary LIVE score: Martin Odegaard named as substitute for first leg at Ullevaal Stadium

  12-11-2015 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the UEFA Euro 2016 play-offs as Norway host Hungary in the first leg, as both sides attempt to end a long wait to feature in a major tournament.
  
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• Manchester City’s Vincent Kompany withdraws from Belgium squad

  12-11-2015 20:31
  
  • Defender replaced by Anderlecht midfielder Steven Defour
  • Kompany will miss friendly matches against Italy and SpainManchester City’s captain, Vincent Kompany, has withdrawn from the Belgium squad for their friendlies against Italy and Spain.The 29-year-old, who was not involved in full training with his country on Tuesday or Wednesday, was the subject of a club-versus-country row during the previous international break when he played in a Euro 2016 qualifier against Israel de
  
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• Friday Focus: Jean-Paul de Marigny, the quiet achiever helping revive Newcastle Jets | Joe Gorman

  12-11-2015 20:30
  
  Scott Miller’s assistant has always put family first but is now working tirelessly to nurse the A-League club back to good healthJean-Paul de Marigny’s move from assistant coach at Melbourne Victory to assistant coach at Newcastle Jets was one of the more curious transfers of the off-season. Why would anyone leave a championship-winning club to go to the last-placed, crisis-ridden club he had taken to court just a few years earlier?
  It was family, not football, that forced “JP&
  
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• Swiss anti-doping lab says it obeyed rules when destroying samples

  12-11-2015 20:26
  
  A Swiss laboratory named in a World Anti-Doping Agency report that alleged a state-sponsored drugs culture in Russian athletics denied on Thursday it had acted wrongly in destroying 67 samples sent from Moscow for testing. An independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday that Russia's athletics federation should be suspended after uncovering widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs. The report said the samples were important evidence regarding allegatio
  
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• Russian athletics chief says sent report on doping to world body

  12-11-2015 20:26
  
  By Lidia Kelly and Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's athletics federation said on Thursday he had sent the sport's governing body a report responding to doping allegations made by the world anti-doping agency. A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission on Monday alleged widespread graft and collusion by Russian officials, including state security services, to cover up drug test results, destroy samples and intimidate laboratory staff. Athletics officials gave Russia u
  
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• Juan Mata defends under-fire Wayne Rooney ahead of Spain friendly with England - while David de Gea appears to ruffle up Diego Costa in training

  12-11-2015 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL IN ALICANTE: Juan Mata has launched an impassioned defence of his Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney as scrutiny over his starting role for England intensifies.
  
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• Coe must salvage athletics' credibility

  12-11-2015 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lord Coe is not to blame for the athletics' crisis and has not helped himself but he has a chance to help his sport, writes Dan Roan.
  
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• Alastair Cook hoping to end turbulent year with success in South Africa... but not before he's headed back into farming life

  12-11-2015 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOHN DOWNES IN ABU DHABI: Alastair Cook has headed back to his family's Bedfordshire farm but before he left the UAE he found time to check out Etihad Airways' Abu Dhabi flight simulator facilities
  
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• Andrew Strauss determined to get England's white ball cricket up to scratch before country hosts the World Cup in 2019

  12-11-2015 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN ABU DHABI: Andrew Strauss wants England to turn their backs on more than a century of tradition and treat what was once known as 'hit and giggle' cricket just as seriously.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton crashed £1.5m supercar just hours before he was due to fly to Brazil... a day later than F1 world champion claimed

  12-11-2015 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton crashed his £1.5million Pagani Zonda supercar in Monaco in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The accident happened just hours before he was due to fly to Brazil.
  
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