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• Chris Robshaw on devastating World Cup loss: I got late call against Wales wrong 

  23-12-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: Chris Robshaw has admitted for the first time that he made the wrong call in England's devastating World Cup loss to Wales.
  
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• Demarai Gray is only 19 but has impressed for Birmingham... if teenager can add goals to his game the Premier League awaits

  23-12-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Our secret scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. He’ll bring you his verdict in Sportsmail.
  
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• Wanted: Billionaire seeks club in the Premier League...Jordanian tycoon Hasan Abdullah Ismaik in talks with two teams

  23-12-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordanian billionaire Hasan Abdullah Ismaik is planning to add another club to his expanding empire after opening talks with two Premier League clubs.
  
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• John Jaso agrees to $8 million, 2-year deal with Pirates

  23-12-2015 23:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Free agent John Jaso and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to an $8 million, two-year contract.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for the bumper Boxing Day action

  23-12-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of a bumper Boxing Day of racing including Kempton, Wetherby, Fontwell, Wolverhampton and Sedgefield.
  
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• Premier League of Nations - last weekend's fixtures saw players from 48 countries play in top flight, as English numbers plummet

  23-12-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Premier League has seen players from Albania to Zimbabwe, with Burkina Faso the latest nation to feature thanks to Chelsea’s Bertrand Traore this season.
  
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• Southampton boss Ronald Koeman slams festive fixture scheduling for putting players at risk... 'It's impossible. It's too much'

  23-12-2015 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All 20 Premier League clubs play on Boxing Day and then everyone — bar Leicester, Manchester City, Sunderland and Liverpool — have games again two days later during the festive season.
  
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• Playing elf can be dangerous for player's tenure with Mets

  23-12-2015 23:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Serving as an elf at the New York Mets' holiday party can be dangerous to one's tenure with the team.
  
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• England can shine again without Jimmy Anderson, says coach Trevor Bayliss

  23-12-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England look sure to go into the Boxing Day Test without their best bowler as Jimmy Anderson looks increasingly unlikely to have recovered from a calf injury that has derailed the perfect start to the tour.
  
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• Dale Steyn out to blitz England as South Africa paceman vows to improve record 

  23-12-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dale Steyn has admitted South Africa are in need of ‘coaching and guidance’ as they prepare to face England on Boxing Day following their recent meltdown in India.
  
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• Hoyer uses acupuncture during recovery from concussion

  23-12-2015 23:10
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston quarterback Brian Hoyer has turned to acupuncture after suffering his second concussion in a month.
  
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• Real Madrid president Florentino Perez poses with manager Rafa Benitez in club's Christmas portrait but Jose Mourinho rumours refuse to go away   

  23-12-2015 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has posed alongside manager Rafa Benitez for the club's annual Christmas portrait, despite rumours circling that he is lining up Jose Mourinho to replace him.
  
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• Norwich City agree cut-price £2.5m deal with West Ham for loanee winger Matt Jarvis

  23-12-2015 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Norwich City have agreed a cut-price £2.5million deal with West Ham for winger Matt Jarvis. The fee represents a hefty loss for West Ham who signed him from Wolves for a then club record fee in 2012.
  
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• Doping claims are 'silly' insists Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko

  23-12-2015 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vitaly Mutko has denied accusations his government has covered up doping in athletics, declaring it ‘impossible’ because you ‘cannot sleep together with each of the athletes’.
  
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• 'Christmas starts when Christmas is over'

  23-12-2015 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record breaker Ruby Walsh on what the festive season is like for jockeys, before the King George VI Chase on 26 December.
  
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• Louis van Gaal doesn't understand English football, blasts former Manchester United winger Andrei Kanchelskis    

  23-12-2015 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have the wrong manager in Louis van Gaal because the Dutchman does not understand English football, according to former Old Trafford winger Andrei Kanchelskis.
  
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• Bayliss delighted by England preparations for first test

  23-12-2015 21:55
  Victory in their last warm-up game before the first test against South Africa has delighted England coach Trevor Bayliss, who sees it as a good omen for the four-test series that starts on Saturday. "It's good to have a win," he told England cricket’s website (ecb.co.uk) on Wednesday. "I'm a believer in playing some four-day games leading up to the test series and I think it's important to actually get into a winning habit and not just be going through the motions as teams can in practice
  
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• Ashley Young determined to 'put things right' with faltering Manchester United

  23-12-2015 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashley Young is insistent that Manchester United's players are committed to putting things right after a string of substandard results, and are determined to pick up three points at Stoke City.
  
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• Willian admits signing for Chelsea was 'the best moment of his life' as Brazilian midfielder reflects on rejecting Tottenham

  23-12-2015 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Willian has opened up about the dramatic late developments in his move to England back in August 2013, when he needed little convincing from Jose Mourinho to choose Chelsea over Tottenham.
  
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• 'I'll be back', vows Blatter after football ban

  23-12-2015 21:39
  
  Suspended football boss is unlikely to let overwhelming evidence stop him from aiming to oversee FIFA presidential vote.
  
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• Barcelona front three are best in club's history says former striker David Villa    

  23-12-2015 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona's attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar is the best in the history of the club according to former fan favourite David Villa.
  
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• Sports Page Live Chat Replay - Upcoming U of L / UK matchup, Indiana's success ... - WDRB

  23-12-2015 21:10
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  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- It's Christmas Eve-Eve -- and that means a special holiday edition of the Sports Page Live chat with Rick Bozich and Eric Crawford. A number of topics were discussed, not the least of which was Saturday's upcoming matchup ...
  

• IAAF taskforce to make Russia inspection early next year

  23-12-2015 21:10
  (Reuters) - A taskforce from the governing body of world athletics will make a first visit to Russia on Jan. 10-11 to check on progress towards cleaning up the doping scandal that led to Russia's suspension from the sport last month. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has set out a series of steps that Russia must take to be reinstated before the Rio Olympics in August.
  
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• Tiger eyes pain-free 2016 after a year of struggle

  23-12-2015 21:08
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - With his 40th birthday just one week away, Tiger Woods looks optimistically forward to playing golf pain-free next year while he reflects on a 2015 campaign blighted by injuries, poor form and a plummeting world ranking. The greatest player of his generation and arguably of all time, Woods has not won a tournament anywhere since the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and his title drought in the major championships dates back to the 2008 U.S. Open. Woods, the wo
  
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• Michigan boxer dies after collapsing during pro debut

  23-12-2015 21:07
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio boxing official says a Michigan-based fighter has died days after he collapsed and lost consciousness during his professional debut.
  
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• Dubai's ruler to merge racing and breeding under top British trainer

  23-12-2015 21:06
  Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, one of the world's top race horse owners, plans to merge his global racing and breeding operations in the New Year, United Arab Emirates state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. John Ferguson, currently a top trainer in Britain and bloodstock adviser to Sheikh Mohammed, will move to become chief executive and racing manager at the ruler's Godolphin stable, which will be reorganised and streamlined, WAM said. The best horses at Ferguson's B
  
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• Oldham court controversy again after giving convicted road killer Courtney Meppen-Walter a trial

  23-12-2015 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oldham face another public backlash after taking road killer Courtney Meppen-Walter on trial - just months after trying to land rapist Ched Evans.
  
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• Premier League force Swansea to give Sunderland fans their money back

  23-12-2015 20:56
  Finally fans are being taken into account when it comes to fixture rescheduling.
  
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• Louis van Gaal storms out of Manchester United press conference!

  23-12-2015 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis van Gaal dramatically walked out of his press conference on Wednesday in protest over speculation that he could be replaced by Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
  
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• Former England defender and influential coach Don Howe dies aged 80

  23-12-2015 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Howe made 379 appearances for West Bromwich Albion before the full back joined the Gunners in 1964, going on to play play 74 times for the north London club.
  
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• A new born-king! Vautour is the best since Kauto Star, claims Irish jockey Ruby Walsh

  23-12-2015 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The most successful jockey in King George VI Chase history is hoping another star will been born at Kempton on Boxing Day. Ruby Walsh landed the £200,000 chase five times on Kauto Star.
  
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• Saints coach Payton: Brees is day-to-day with foot injury

  23-12-2015 20:04
  
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton said Wednesday that it remains unclear whether quarterback Drew Brees will play in Sunday's home finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  
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• Steven Gerrard pays visit to Alder Hey Hospital with gifts for children

  23-12-2015 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Gerrard visited Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool on Wednesday - a place that is very close to the former Liverpool captain's heart.
  
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• A thinker, a gentleman and a good friend to anyone who genuinely loves football... Don Howe was a unique figure in our game

  23-12-2015 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Don Howe was the epitome of the coach's coach. Even at 80, he was a shining tactical light and that beacon to which many a manager still turned for illuminating has now been extinguished.
  
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• Robshaw would back England successor

  23-12-2015 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Robshaw says he will back his successor if new head coach Eddie Jones strips him of the England captaincy.
  
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• William Fox-Pitt returns to saddle for first time since coma and thanks supportive fans

  23-12-2015 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British eventer William Fox-Pitt has ridden for the first time since being in an induced coma after a fall in October.
  
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• Swede Soderling retires from tennis

  23-12-2015 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sweden's former world number four Robin Soderling ends his tennis career after suffering glandular fever since 2011.
  
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• Don Cossack heads King George field

  23-12-2015 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Don Cossack must overcome a strong field to claim his most prestigious win in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day.
  
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• Former Newcastle and Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek remains in induced coma with condition unchanged 

  23-12-2015 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors in the Czech Republic are still monitoring Former Newcastle keeper Pavel Srnicek as he remains in an induced coma after suffering a cardiac arrest while out running.
  
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• Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal cools link with vacant Swansea City job

  23-12-2015 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal has dismissed speculation linking him with the vacant manager's job at Swansea.
  
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• Norwich have turned a corner in Premier League survival bid says boss Alex Neil 

  23-12-2015 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Norwich manager Alex Neil believes his side have proved they can hold their own against the big boys in the Barclays Premier League.
  
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• South African bowlers glad to be back on friendly wickets

  23-12-2015 19:15
  A change from spin-friendly wickets in India to ones favouring seamers means South Africa’s pace attack are keenly looking forward to the test series against England, which starts on Saturday. The pacemen toiled in India last month when South Africa were thrashed 3-0 by their hosts but they will find tailor-made wickets for the four-test series against the English. “It’s always fun for a fast bowler starting off in the nets to see a bit of bounce but the whole bowling unit is e
  
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• Sam Allardyce urges Jeremain Lens to step up. but Sunderland boss will not rule out letting £8m signing leave in January

  23-12-2015 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Holland international, who joined the Black Cats from Dynamo Kiev this summer for an initial £8million, this week hinted that he might look for a move away from the Stadium of Light.
  
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• Robin Soderling calls it a day as two-time French Open finalist retires after illness

  23-12-2015 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Soderling had not played a match since July 2011 after falling ill with mononucleosis and has now given up on his attempts to return to the sport in order to focus on his business interests.
  
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• Russia rejects accusations of killing Syrian civilians

  23-12-2015 19:00
  
  Moscow denies claims after Amnesty accuses it of killing civilians in air strikes that may be treated as war crimes.
  
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• Sky Sports gives 1966 World Cup final the full Monday Night Football treatment to celebrate 50th anniversary of England glory

  23-12-2015 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville may no longer be around to offer his verdict on Sir Alf Ramsey's 'wingless wonders', but Sportsmail's Jamie Carragher and Ed Chamberlin will be analysing the game.
  
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• Guus Hiddink press conference: New Chelsea boss says club in a 'frightening' position

  23-12-2015 18:57
  New Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has said that he has inherited a club in a "frightening" position after the reigning Premier League champions find themselves going into Christmas just three points above the relegation zone. Chelsea are in 15th place, having lost nine of their opening 17 Premier League games this season, a poor run of form that eventually saw popular manager Jose Mourinho sacked on 17 December.
  
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• Alan Curtis eyes Swansea job until the end of the season as Marcelo Bielsa talks cool

  23-12-2015 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caretaker boss Alan Curtis is prepared to remain in charge of Swansea until the end of the season with the Welsh club's search for a new manager having stalled. Swansea face West Brom on Boxing Day.
  
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• Former England defender and esteemed coach Don Howe dies

  23-12-2015 18:52
  Former England defender and respected coach Don Howe has died, aged 80, the Football Association said on Wednesday. Howe earned 23 international caps and played at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden where he was part of the defence that shut out eventual champions Brazil in a 0-0 draw. After finishing his club career, during which he played 379 times for West Bromwich Albion and 74 times for Arsenal, Howe established himself as one of the country's top coaches.
  
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• VIDEO: A football Christmas party in 1989

  23-12-2015 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport checks in on Hartlepool United's Christmas party in 1989, which they held in January to accommodate their busy FA Cup schedule that year.
  
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