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• Davis Cup triumph will fuel Australian Open bid - Murray

  30-11-2015 23:56
  
  By Martyn Herman GHENT, Belgium (Reuters) - Fresh from leading Britain to a long-awaited Davis Cup title Andy Murray is already looking ahead to adding more grand slam silverware to his collection next year. The 28-year-old played more than 100 matches this year and worked overtime against Belgium in Ghent at the weekend to ensure Britain won the trophy for the first time since 1936. While the Scot intends to enjoy a 10-day break after a punishing season, it will then be straight back to work as
  
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• Arsene Wenger is NOT to blame for the mounting injury crisis at Arsenal

  30-11-2015 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN - INSIGHT: I know first-hand that Arsenal’s medical staff and facilities are second to none. Arsene Wenger’s attention to detail means they will be doing everything they can.
  
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• Higuain brace takes Napoli top with win over 10-man Inter

  30-11-2015 23:41
  
  Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain scored twice to put them top of Serie A with an extraordinary 2-1 win over Inter Milan who twice hit the woodwork in stoppage time after playing the entire second half with 10 men on Monday. The moody Argentina forward, now the league's leading scorer with 12 goals, fired the hosts ahead after 64 seconds and Inter were in more trouble in the top-of-the-table clash when Yuto Nagatomo was sent off in the 44th minute. The contest seemed to be over when Higuain struck
  
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• Arsenal's Santi Cazorla is first to make 1k passes in Premier League

  30-11-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to EA Sports Player Performance Index, Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has now made 1,034 passes so far in 2015-16, over 200 more than his nearest competitior.
  
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• Moyes wants second chance in Europe

  30-11-2015 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Moyes would be open to managing another club in continental Europe, despite being sacked by Real Sociedad.
  
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• Davis Cup glory will not paper over the LTA cracks as champagne quickly goes flat

  30-11-2015 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN GHENT: This being British tennis, it did not take long before the champagne was going flat, within 18 hours of the scenes that greeted the first Davis Cup triumph since 1936.
  
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• Butland will not be sold - Hughes

  30-11-2015 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland will not be sold in January and is undervalued at £20m, says club manager Mark Hughes.
  
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• Angry Andy Murray believes 'more should be done' to produce top-class talent and is worried about LTA's grass root measures

  30-11-2015 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: Andy Murray led Great Britain’s winning Davis Cup team once again on Monday — in launching a stinging critique of Lawn Tennis Association policies.
  
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• Andy Murray delivers damning verdict on hapless LTA running British tennis after Davis Cup triumph 

  30-11-2015 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL IN GHENT: It had all started so well. There they were, all in a row, Great Britain’s victorious Davis Cup team. Officials of the Lawn Tennis Association looked proudly, paternally, on.
  
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• Stewart Downing believes Cup revival for Middlesborough will provide solace

  30-11-2015 23:30
  
  Former England winger says victory in Capital One Cup quarter-final over Everton would provide ‘massive’ boost to Teesside after closure of steel plantAs soon as you turn into the long, tree-lined driveway leading to Middlesbrough’s training ground it is easy to understand why Stewart Downing was prepared to leave the Premier League behind.The tarmac cuts a swathe through the elegant parkland surrounding Rockliffe Hall – a hotel so luxurious that executives leading Englan
  
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• Roberto Martínez knows Everton must live up to their great expectations | Andy Hunter

  30-11-2015 23:30
  
  The Goodison Park club have a golden chance of success in this season’s Capital One Cup campaign as they head to Middlesbrough in the quarter-finalThe question left no room for manoeuvre and Roberto Martínez, in fairness, responded in kind. “Will Everton step up or break up this season?” he was asked. “We have to achieve,” he replied. That process continues in the quarter-final of the Capital One Cup at Middlesbrough on Tuesday and Martínez has not dis
  
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• Kieran Lee scored on his Manchester United debut... but he had the problem of Cristiano Ronaldo in his way!

  30-11-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: Taking on Cristiano Ronaldo for a place in the team at Manchester United was never likely to end well for Kieran Lee, who left Old Trafford shortly before his 20th birthday.
  
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• Fabian Delph determined to fit in at Manchester City after run of injuries

  30-11-2015 23:30
  
  • Midfielder desperate to win the Capital One Cup• City take on Hull City in the quarter-finalsFabian Delph admits his start at Manchester City has been difficult but the midfielder is confident he can win the first trophy of his career in the Capital One Cup.Delph, who made his full debut and scored in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Southampton at the Etihad on Saturday, has had three hamstring injuries since joining from Aston Villa in the summer. The first came in the pre-season tour
  
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• Grand National start time to be moved to 5.15pm in bid to attract bigger TV audience 

  30-11-2015 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The 2016 Grand National will not be run until 5.15pm, the latest start time ever for the biggest horserace in the sporting calendar. Since 2006, the National has been staged at 4.15pm.
  
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• Manchester United U21 3-2 Liverpool U21: Marouane Fellaini nets in win for Red Devils

  30-11-2015 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marouane Fellaini scored for Manchester United's Under 21 side as they beat Liverpool 3-2 in a dramatic Barclays Under 21 Premier League clash on Monday night.
  
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• Swail beats Holt in UK Championship

  30-11-2015 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Joe Swail moves into the fourth round of the UK Championship by beating Michael Holt 6-1.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, December 1

  30-11-2015 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Tuesday's races at Lingfield, Southwell and Wolverhampton.
  
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• Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Brentford

  30-11-2015 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neil Danns scores a second-half equaliser as the Championship's bottom side Bolton earn a draw with Brentford.
  
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• Liverpool top the table after splashing £14m on agents' fees in the last year, as total Premier League spending hits £130m

  30-11-2015 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NEIL ASHTON: Premier League clubs spent a staggering £130m in agents' fees in the last 12 months. Liverpool top the list of top flight clubs after committing £14m to the game's middle men.
  
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• I am coming for Fury's titles - Wilder

  30-11-2015 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder wants to unify the division by fighting new WBA, IBF & WBO champion Tyson Fury.
  
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• The Davis Cup legacy: an empty tennis centre with no one to practise with | Kevin Mitchell

  30-11-2015 23:00
  
  Andy Murray is calling for action, following GB’s Davis Cup glory, but he remains unsure that British tennis can build on the weekend successOn a wet Ghent morning after a magnificent night before, reality kicked in like a mule for British tennis. As Andy Murray and his team-mates savoured their moment, there was no hiding either their immense satisfaction at having won the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years, or their despondency over the future.It may be that, because of a packed sc
  
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• RFU rules bar Eddie Jones from drastic changes to England World Cup squad

  30-11-2015 23:00
  
  • New coach can only drop 11 players for Six Nations opener
  • Dylan Hartley and Maro Itoje hopeful of call-ups to face ScotlandEddie Jones will have no option but to retain at least two-thirds of Stuart Lancaster’s England World Cup squad when he makes his first Six Nations selection in the new year. Related: RFU announces record revenues of £207.9m for 2014-15Continue reading...
  
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• Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar on Ballon d'Or shortlist

  30-11-2015 22:58
  
  La Liga trio to vie for football's World Player of the Year Award that will be announced in January.
  
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• Bolton 1-1 Brentford: Neil Danns earns a point for crisis-hit Trotters as new Bees' boss Dean Smith watches from the stands

  30-11-2015 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neil Danns' 65th-minute strike rescued a point for rock-bottom Bolton in a close fought battle at the Macron Stadium. On-loan Chelsea midfielder John Swift had given Brentford an early lead.
  
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• Sunderland owner Ellis Short would 'appoint the devil' to keep club in Premier League and chief executive Margaret Byrne said she'd tell Durham Miners 'where to stick their flag' after Paolo Di Canio arrival

  30-11-2015 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland owner Ellis Short said he would ‘appoint the devil’ if it meant the club staying in the Premier League after the arrival of Italian firebrand Paolo Di Canio, a court has heard.
  
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• Un De Sceaux installled as favourite for Tingle Creek Chase after Sprinter Sacre skips Sandown showdown

  30-11-2015 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Un De Sceaux is odds-on favourite for Saturday’s Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown after the expected non-entry of Sprinter Sacre.
  
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• Monk needs to 'wake up' - Roberts

  30-11-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Garry Monk needs to realise that Swansea are in a Premier League relegation battle, says ex-Wales striker Iwan Roberts.
  
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• 'England do not know best side'

  30-11-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Eoin Morgan says it is "not a concern" that in-form England do not know their best side before the World T20.
  
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• Víctor Valdés’s wife criticises Manchester United for snub

  30-11-2015 22:41
  
  • Valdés was not invited to a Unicef charity event alongside rest of squad
  • Club say the player is not a member of first-team squadVíctor Valdés’ wife has hit out at Manchester United for not inviting her husband to a charity function at Old Trafford on Sunday.Louis van Gaal and members of his first-team squad attended the club’s annual dinner for Unicef, which raised £230,000, on Sunday night but Valdés was not invited. The goalkeeper&rsq
  
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• Bryant kicks off hoops goodbye tour in hometown of Philly

  30-11-2015 22:26
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kobe Bryant's farewell tour begins in the city that loves and hates him.
  
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• Zimmermann finalizes 5-year contract with Tigers

  30-11-2015 22:17
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Free agent pitcher Jordan Zimmermann has finalized a five-year contract with the Detroit Tigers.
  
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• England wrap up T20 series with super over win v Pakistan

  30-11-2015 22:17
  
  (Reuters) - England captain Eoin Morgan hit the winning run as the tourists secured their first T20 whitewash with a thrilling super-over win against Pakistan in the third match of the series in Sharjah on Monday. Pakistan were limited to three for one in their super over by the yorkers sent down by Chris Jordan and England reached their goal with a ball to spare after a 154-run tie. "Handing Chris Jordan the ball in that super over epitomised the quality of our squad,” Morgan was quo
  
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• Murray, Fury shortlisted for BBC Sports Personality award - Yahoo News UK

  30-11-2015 22:04
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  Davis Cup hero Andy Murray and newly crowned world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury have been named on the shortlist for the BBC's 2015 Sports Personality of the Year award. Murray led Great Britain to their first Davis Cup title since 1936 over the ...en meer »
  

• USC names Clay Helton permanent coach after strong finish

  30-11-2015 22:03
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clay Helton has twice taken charge of the Southern California football program in moments of crisis and steadied it with calm leadership.
  
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• Sports Personality: 2015 contenders

  30-11-2015 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who will you vote for to be this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year? More on the 12 contenders on the shortlist.
  
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• Bolton 1-1 Brentford: Match Report

  30-11-2015 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bolton's winless run continues as they draw with BrentfordBottom-of-the-table Bolton's winless run extended to a dozen games as they round
  
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• No Dublin players named in Leinster’s inter-provincial squad

  30-11-2015 22:00
  
  The All-Ireland champions won’t play any part in this weekend’s series.
  
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• Chris Jordan keeps his cool in super over as England win third Twenty20 against Pakistan in Sharjah for series clean sweep

  30-11-2015 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN SHARJAH: England’s tour of the UAE finished in dramatic style as they completed a 3-0 Twenty20 clean-sweep over Pakistan with their first ever Super Over finish.
  
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• Phil Neville confirmed as caretaker boss Voro's assistant at Valencia after Nuno quits... with Barcelona next up in La Liga

  30-11-2015 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Voro has been named interim Valencia coach, with Phil Neville as his assistant, following the resignation of Nuno on Sunday evening. The pair will be in charge until a permanent boss is found.
  
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• Award-winning Egyptian reporter held on unknown charges

  30-11-2015 21:37
  
  Ismail Alexandrani detained at Hurghada airport after flying back from Berlin, where he attended counter-terror summit.
  
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• England beat Pakistan as third T20 goes to a super over decider

  30-11-2015 21:29
  
  • England 154-8, beat Pakistan, 154-7, after a super over
  • Vince top scores but Jordan holds his nerve at the endThis England team do not quite know when they are beaten. Here they stubbornly refused to surrender their unbeaten T20 record in 2015, which had stretched to four games. After 40 overs of cricket, the match was tied at 154 runs each when Chris Woakes managed to limit a Pakistan side on the cusp of victory to nine runs in his final over. They had needed 10. Thus England&rsqu
  
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• Andy Murray’s Davis Cup heroics confirm him as a British sporting legend | Jacob Steinberg

  30-11-2015 21:21
  
  Murray’s brilliance in Belgium secured him another stunning victory in an era of three geniuses and he did it with characteristic courage, grace and charmThe night before he made history for his country again, Andy Murray knowingly sabotaged himself by staying up to watch Tyson Fury become the heavyweight champion of the world. Murray loves boxing so much that even though he was in bed by 11pm on Saturday, he was still trying to find an online stream of the fight in his hotel room in Ghent
  
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• John Fury claims Jonathan Ross and the Queen will want to talk to his son... as he unveils the 'eighth wonder of the world'

  30-11-2015 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tyson Fury's dad John called on his son's doubters to 'bow down' as the new heavyweight champion of the world returned home after shocking the world in Germany.
  
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• England win thrilling super over

  30-11-2015 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England complete their UAE tour with a dramatic super-over win against Pakistan to seal a 3-0 Twenty20 series whitewash.
  
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• Cricket fans concerned by Joe Root's SPOTY omission

  30-11-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England batsman Joe Root's exclusion from the list of contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award is a "bit concerning" for crick
  
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• Sligo Rovers have bagged themselves the PFAI Goalkeeper of the Year

  30-11-2015 21:00
  
  Manager Dave Robertson is delighted after securing his first signing.
  
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• Puskas Award 2015 nominations see Lionel Messi, Alessandro Florenzi and Wendell Lira up for FIFA goal of the year gong

  30-11-2015 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ballon d'Or favourite Lionel Messi is in line for another major individual award, after his goal against Athletic Bilbao was nominated in the final three of the Puskas award.
  
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• Pakistan v England: third T20 international – as it happend

  30-11-2015 20:53
  
  Chris Jordan bowled a magnificent super over as England beat Pakistan by the narrowest of margins, to take the T20 series in the UAE 3-0.7.53pm GMTSo England win the series 3-0, although they can hardly claim the last two results were comprehensive. Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi were brilliant for Pakistan but it was all in vain as Chris Jordan bowled a quite magnificent super over to win it for England.It means that England go off to South Africa on a winning note. They end their tour to the U
  
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• Eoin Morgan: 'Jordan's Super Over spell epitomizes the development of the squad'

  30-11-2015 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Eoin Morgan feels that the play of Chris Jordan displayed the development of their one-day and Twenty20 side after England beat Pakistan in a Sup
  
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• Top of Top 25 in men's AP poll the same, but not the bottom

  30-11-2015 20:45
  
  Thanksgiving Week usually shakes up the Top 25 and this year was no different.
  
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