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• The secrets of set-piece king Christian Eriksen: 'I felt lost on trial at Barcelona but now I am at home with Tottenham'

  04-12-2015 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: There aren't many players in the real world who can do what Christian Eriksen does. There are even fewer who can match his form for picking locks this season.
  
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• Wayne Rooney injured as Louis van Gaal claims: I'll leave if my players are unhappy

  04-12-2015 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis van Gaal claimed on Friday that he would quit Man United if he did not have the right chemistry with his players as he revealed Wayne Rooney will be out of action for at least the next two games.
  
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• Lions could have done more on Green Bay's Hail Mary

  04-12-2015 23:52
  
  DETROIT (AP) — There's no such thing as an easy Hail Mary.
  
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• Harlequins' Marland Yarde on his MRSA scare and targetting Six Nations glory: 'One leg was twice the size of the other'

  04-12-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: Marland Yarde feared the worst when he was taken to hospital with potentially deadly MRSA last weekend. The Harlequins wing's leg swelled to twice it's size.
  
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• Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri hails Jamie Vardy for lighting up Premier League: 'He's electric... if he takes a bulb, it switches on'

  04-12-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the latest search for superlatives to describe what Jamie Vardy is bringing to Leicester City, manager Claudio Ranieri threw some light on the subject.
  
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• factbox - Football officials in Americas charged in FIFA bribery probe

  04-12-2015 23:46
  
  (Reuters) - Twenty-seven football officials are under indictment in the United States over allegations they ran bribery schemes totalling as much as $200 million (£132 million) in the sale of television and marketing rights for football tournaments and matches. In addition, 12 people and two sports marketing companies have been convicted in the investigation by U.S. prosecutors. The following are some of the most prominent officials charged by the U.S. Department of Justice: Jack Warner (T
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Grand National to draw more viewers with new TV slot as Leeds United enrage fans with controversial 'pie tax'  

  04-12-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Hot or Not time again as Laura Williamson reveals what's been making her feel warm and what's been leaving her cold inside.
  
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• Gloucester 23-19 Sale: Sione Kalamafoni double gives Gloucester the win despite impressive Nev Edwards league debut

  04-12-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys defended his decision to rest England star Ben Morgan after his replacement Sione Kalamafoni rescued a victory over Sale Sharks.
  
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• Jordan Spieth in a 3-way tie for the lead in Bahamas

  04-12-2015 23:38
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Jordan Spieth feels like he's on vacation in the Bahamas. On the golf course, he's all business.
  
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• Packers riding high after stunning win in Detroit

  04-12-2015 23:37
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Packers coach Mike McCarthy left no doubt about where the team's no-time-left win in Detroit stands for him.
  
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• West Brom boss Tony Pulis challenges Saido Berahino to return to form: 'For six months he's been nowhere near as good'

  04-12-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Brom boss Tony Pulis believes Saido Berahino must find his peak fitness and earn back a regular starting place, ignoring ideas about a possible move away from the club in January.
  
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• BDO World Darts Championship expected to be shown by BBC for final time in 2016

  04-12-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is expected to axe its coverage of the BDO World Darts Championship after 38 years of broadcasting the event.
  
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• No. 2 Alabama's SEC dominance shows no signs of letting up

  04-12-2015 23:35
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Alabama has set the bar high for the rest of the Southeastern Conference.
  
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• Ballet puts Jordan Henderson back on his feet as the Liverpool captain aims to forget about his recent injury nightmare 

  04-12-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING: As the father of two young girls, Jordan Henderson knew ballet had the potential to become part of his life. What he didn’t expect was for it to help in one of his darkest moments.
  
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• Valencia vs Barcelona: Key match facts, stats and predicted line-ups ahead of fascinating clash at the Mestalla in first game for Los Che since Gary Neville's appointment as manager  

  04-12-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been an eventful week for Valencia after manager Nuno Espirito Santo quit his role following the defeat by Sevilla and former Manchester United defender Gary Neville was appointed as his successor.
  
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• Under-fire Newcastle boss Steve McClaren facing new battle as backroom staff clash

  04-12-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE - EXCLUSIVE: Steve McClaren’s reign at Newcastle United is continuing to unravel with members of his own backroom team now at loggerheads.
  
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• What crisis? FIFA eyeing ambitious 27 new sponsors before 2018 World Cup in Russia

  04-12-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE FOR THE DAILY MAIL: FIFA have failed to attract a single new sponsor since the corruption crisis began in May, but they are still hoping to land 27 new partners.
  
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• Stoke boss Mark Hughes relishing challenge of facing big-spenders Manchester City and tips former club to continue to grow as global force   

  04-12-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Hughes can remember receiving the call to learn Manchester City had been transformed into one of the world’s wealthiest clubs believes the that the growth will long continue.
  
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• Neil Robertson holds off John Higgins to secure spot in semi-finals of UK Championships

  04-12-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NEIL ROBERTSON held off John Higgins and a rogue butterfly in the match of this season's Betway UK Championship last night.
  
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• Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe to start third-choice Ryan Allsop at Stamford Bridge as goalkeeping crisis grows 

  04-12-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BEN FISHER: Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe will give third-choice goalkeeper Ryan Allsop his first league start for the club in more than two years against Chelsea on Saturday. 
  
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• South America: A 'breeding ground' for soccer corruption

  04-12-2015 23:26
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The South American lands that are home to some of soccer's greatest players now are at the center of the sport's biggest corruption scandal.
  
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• Fedora: UNC deserves to be in playoff with win vs. Clemson

  04-12-2015 23:18
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Larry Fedora believes his North Carolina Tar Heels deserve a spot in the College Football Playoffs if they snap Clemson's 15-game winning streak Saturday night in the ACC championship.
  
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• Salford City 1-1 Hartlepool: Non-League side earn FA Cup replay after Stephen O'Halloran equalises in front of Paul Scholes and Co

  04-12-2015 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER AT MOOR LANE: Another memorable Friday evening under lights ended with at least another chapter to run in the most fascinating story from this season’s FA Cup.
  
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• Fans will need to gamble online to access League of Ireland streams

  04-12-2015 23:16
  
  The service won’t be free.
  
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• Fans will need to gamble online in order to access League of Ireland streams

  04-12-2015 23:14
  
  The service won’t be free.
  
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• Juve extend winning run as Dybala masterclass sinks Lazio

  04-12-2015 23:11
  
  (Reuters) - Juventus won 2-0 at Lazio on Friday to extend their winning run in Serie A to five matches thanks to an early own goal from Santiago Gentiletti and a glorious Paulo Dybala effort. After a tricky start to the season, the champions have improved dramatically, and moved level on 27 points with fourth-placed Roma after a comfortable victory over lacklustre Lazio. Second-placed Inter Milan host Genoa on Saturday, while Roma are at Torino.
  
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• Ibrahimovic breaks PSG's league scoring record

  04-12-2015 23:09
  
  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic broke Paris St Germain's league scoring record with two goals as the French champions continued to streak away from their Ligue 1 rivals with a 3-0 win at 10-man Nice on Friday. Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 35th minute from Ibrahimovic's cross before the Sweden striker doubled the tally on the stroke of halftime from the penalty spot following the sending off of Niklas Hult. Ibrahimovic made it 3-0 after the break with his 12th le
  
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• Henderson stretchered off as Ulster injuries mount during win over Edinburgh

  04-12-2015 23:08
  
  Two first half tries were enough for Ulster to take four points against a side who started the night a place above them in the table.
  
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• Sizzling Spieth in three-way tie for lead at Albany

  04-12-2015 23:05
  
  (Reuters) - Jordan Spieth rebounded from a shaky start to get his title defence back on track as he charged into a share of the lead after the second round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Friday. The American world number one covered his final 13 holes in a sparkling seven under par to complete a six-under 66 in calm, receptive conditions at Albany Golf Club in New Providence.
  
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• Vonn wins World Cup downhill for 16th Lake Louise victory

  04-12-2015 23:04
  
  LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Lindsey Vonn won the season-opening World Cup downhill Friday for her 16th victory at Lake Louise.
  
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• Anthony Martial and Manchester United team-mates celebrate Frenchman's birthday with cake on eve of West Ham clash

  04-12-2015 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United striker Anthony Martial will turn 20 on Saturday and while training at Carrington went ahead as usual, he was at least treated to a birthday cake.
  
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• Guatemalan judge arrested on Disney cruise ship on football bribery charges

  04-12-2015 23:03
  
  Federal agents boarded a Disney cruise ship in Florida on Friday to arrest a Guatemalan judge who is one of dozens of football officials charged by U.S. prosecutors investigating corruption in the sport's world governing body FIFA. A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that Héctor Trujillo, 62, was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who went to his cabin door. Another law enforcement source said Trujillo was on a Disney cruise ship docked at Port Ca
  
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• U.S. stun New Zealand in World Rugby Sevens opener

  04-12-2015 23:00
  
  (Reuters) - England, South Africa and Fiji all went unbeaten on day one of the new HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series that kicked off in Dubai but New Zealand suffered a shock defeat by the United States. Twenty four pool matches in the Dubai sunshine concluded with England's 21-5 defeat of Australia which saw them top Pool D with three wins from three. England also beat Wales and Kenya.
  
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• Geis scores on comeback as Schalke beat Hanover 3-1

  04-12-2015 22:56
  
  Midfielder Johannes Geis scored on his comeback after a five-game suspension as Schalke 04 beat Hanover 96 3-1 on Friday to go fourth with their first win in six Bundesliga matches. Geis fired in a 51st minute penalty, with the 22-year-old making his return after being banned following a violent tackle on Borussia Moenchengladbach's Andre Hahn on Oct. 25. Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar doubled their lead in the 73rd and Franco Di Santo scored their third, a minute after Hanover had pulled a g
  
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• Missouri AD put new coach Barry Odom "through the wringer"

  04-12-2015 22:51
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The second time Barry Odom interviewed for the Missouri coaching job was supposed to be a rough ride to see how he'd react.
  
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• Nice 0-3 PSG: Zlatan Ibrahimovic becomes club's all-time leading scorer after netting a double to inspire his side to victory 

  04-12-2015 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PSG made it six league wins on the bounce as they eased past Nice, with talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring a double in the Ligue 1 encounter.
  
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• Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal wins 3rd straight World Cup race

  04-12-2015 22:42
  
  BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — There were times when Aksel Lund Svindal wanted to slow down just a little bit, because the course was becoming way too harrowing for his comfort.
  
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• David Beckham says new site secured for Miami football stadium

  04-12-2015 22:27
  
  By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - After a two-year-long search, retired English football star David Beckham and a team of investors said on Friday they had secured a site in Miami where they hope to build an arena for a Major League Soccer team. Miami Beckham United said in a statement that most of the nine-acre tract just west of Interstate 95 in the urban Overtown neighbourhood was private property that it had under contract to buy for an undisclosed sum. Miami-Dade County owns the remaind
  
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• Norman Parke’s conqueror ‘provisionally suspended’ under UFC’s anti-doping rules

  04-12-2015 22:15
  
  The Brazilian veteran most recently competed at UFC Fight Night 77.
  
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• David Beckham's team of investors acquires Miami stadium site for MLS franchise  

  04-12-2015 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Beckham's team of investors has acquired a site in Miami to build a new stadium for Major League Soccer franchise Miami Beckham United, after a year of searching for a suitable location.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Saturday, December 5

  04-12-2015 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Saturday's races at Aintree, Sandown, Wetherby, Chepstow and Wolverhampton.
  
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• US probing California attack as an 'act of terrorism'

  04-12-2015 21:32
  
  FBI says new evidence uncovered related to the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 and wounded 21.
  
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• Nicky Henderson-trained Simonsig latest to pull out of Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown

  04-12-2015 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Simonsig, one of the leading contenders for Saturday’s Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown, has been pulled out because he is lame. It is a second blow to the Grade One race.
  
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• Mo Farah trained with one of Italian athletes facing two-year doping ban at the Alberto Salazar-run Nike Oregon Project

  04-12-2015 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT LAWTON: A former member of Mo Farah’s training group is among the 26 Italian athletes now facing a two-year ban for evading dope tests.
  
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• Pain for Ben Pauling as defective tack robs Silvergrove of Coldunell Handicap Chase

  04-12-2015 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: Defective tack caused amateur jockey Tom David falling from Silvergrove with victory in the Coldunell Handicap Chase at Sandown seemingly in the bag.
  
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• FBI says San Bernardino shooting an 'act of terrorism'

  04-12-2015 20:49
  
  Reports Tashfeen Malik expressed her support for group on Facebook before deleting post on the day of the attack.
  
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• Coming home: Miami introduces Richt as its football coach

  04-12-2015 20:44
  
  CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Mark Richt needed help to figure out which way he should be driving, accidentally said Georgia once when meaning to say Miami and barely recognized his former campus.
  
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• Real thrown out of Cup over ineligible player

  04-12-2015 20:42
  
  Real Madrid's woes deepened on Friday when the Spanish football federation (RFEF) expelled them from the King's Cup for using an ineligible player in Wednesday's last 32, first leg match at third-tier Cadiz. Real included Denis Cheryshev in their starting lineup for their first match of the 2015-16 competition even though he should have been serving a one-match suspension and the Russia forward opened the scoring in a 3-1 victory. Real president Florentino Perez insisted on Thursday the club had
  
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• Eight killed in Central African Republic days after pope's visit

  04-12-2015 20:31
  
  Armed men in the Central African Republic killed eight civilians at a camp for displaced people and wounded one U.N. peacekeeper, just days after the pope visited the capital, the country's U.N. humanitarian coordinator said on Friday. The attacks took place at Ngakobo, about 60 km (40 miles) south of the central town of Bambari on Thursday, coordinator Aurelien Agbenonci said in a statement. Five of the rebels from the mainly Muslim coalition called the Seleka that attacked the camp were killed
  
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• FBI target high-ranking FIFA official as criminal suspect in $10million 2010 South Africa World Cup bribe

  04-12-2015 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A high-ranking FIFA official has been identified by the FBI as a criminal suspect in a $10million (£6.6m) bribe paid in return for votes for 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa, it has emerged.
  
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