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• Nemanja Vidic sends farewell message to fans after Inter Milan confirm defender has had contract terminated

  18-01-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic is a free agent after formally rescinding his contract with Inter Milan. The 34-year-old made 28 appearances, scoring one goal for the Nerazzurri.
  
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• England winger Ashton, Scotland flanker Wilson face bans

  18-01-2016 23:51
  England winger Chris Ashton and Scotland flanker Ryan Wilson could be ruled out of the Six Nations tournament after being cited on Monday for match incidents. Ashton, a former rugby league player, has won 39 international caps in union, the last against New Zealand in 2014.
  
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• Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth hopes a freezing cabin and MasterChef-style cooking competitions

  18-01-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW: Wycombe Wanderers spent a few days on the frozen moors of North Yorkshire, last week, housed in log cabins in groups chosen by the manager.
  
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• O'Sullivan wants sixth world title

  18-01-2016 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Masters champion Ronnie O'Sullivan confirms for the first time his intention to challenge for a sixth world title this year.
  
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• Brady: 'I never imagined' playing in 10 AFC title games

  18-01-2016 23:35
  
  As a 24-year-old in 2001, his second NFL season, Tom Brady stepped in when Drew Bledsoe was injured and led the New England Patriots into the playoffs.
  
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• Swansea City 1-0 Watford

  18-01-2016 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swansea, watched by new head coach Francesco Guidolin, beat Watford 1-0 to climb to 17th in the Premier League table.
  
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• Chelsea need a goalscorer and Tottenham want support for Harry Kane... so why can't Premier League clubs find top strikers?

  18-01-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost two thirds into a remarkably quiet January transfer window and some of the Barclays Premier League’s biggest clubs are wrestling with a familiar dilemma. Where are the centre forwards?
  
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• Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet signs contract extension

  18-01-2016 23:27
  Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has been handed a contract extension in a strong vote of confidence by the Premier League club that media reports said would keep the Belgian international at Anfield until 2021. "I am very pleased that I can be at Anfield and a part of Liverpool for a long future," the 27-year-old, who arrived in 2013, told the club website (www.liverpoolfc.com) after signing the deal on Monday. No details were given but the BBC and Sky Sports said it was a five-year deal.
  
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• Walker scores team-record 52 points, Hornets top Jazz in 2OT

  18-01-2016 23:21
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kemba Walker scored a franchise-record 52 points and the Charlotte Hornets won in double overtime, beating the Utah Jazz 124-119 on Monday.
  
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• Oregon St suspends Reid at least 4 games for tripping ref

  18-01-2016 23:20
  
  Oregon State forward Jarmal Reid was suspended at least four games on Monday, a day after sticking out his leg and tripping a referee late in a loss against Utah.
  
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• Swansea beat Watford to move out of relegation zone

  18-01-2016 23:19
  LONDON (Reuters) - Swansea City climbed out of the relegation zone after a first-half header by captain Ashley Williams gave them a 1-0 win over Watford on Monday just hours after they named Francesco Guidolin as their new head coach. The 60-year old, appointed until the end of the season to work alongside caretaker manager Alan Curtis, watched from the terraces as Swansea leapfrogged Newcastle into 17th position on 22 points from as many games, one more than the Magpies. ...
  
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• 'Horrible' Aussie memories spur Hogg

  18-01-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Hogg hopes Scotland can produce 'something special' in the Six Nations to erase memories of their World Cup exit.
  
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• Kiev expected to host 2018 Champions League final despite racism issue in Ukraine

  18-01-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian officials are confident that Kiev will be awarded the 2018 Champions League final despite repeated problems with racism at games in their country.
  
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• Watford sign Morocco forward Amrabat from Malaga

  18-01-2016 22:54
  LONDON (Reuters) - Watford have signed Morocco international forward Nordin Amrabat from Spanish La Liga side Malaga, the Premier League club said on Monday. The 28-year-old Dutch-born player, whose previous clubs include PSV Eindhoven and Galatasaray, was due to join up with his new team mates after Monday's league game at Swansea City, Watford said on their website (www.watfordfc.com). Sky Sports television reported the Hornets had activated a six million pound ($8.54 million) release clause i
  
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• Andros Townsend impresses for Tottenham U21s against Manchester City as Newcastle and Watford still fight for England winger

  18-01-2016 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andros Townsend played the full 90 minutes in the 2-2 draw with Manchester City and is wanted by Barclays Premier League clubs Newcastle and Watford during the January transfer window.
  
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• West Ham win the race to sign Leeds defender Sam Byram - reports

  18-01-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  West Ham appear to have beaten Everton to the signing of Leeds defender Sam Byram. The Toffees had a bid for the 22-year-old right-back a
  
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• Jonathan Trott and Ashley Giles among the mourners at funeral of Tom Allin

  18-01-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former county colleagues Jonathan Trott and Ashley Giles were among the mourners at the funeral of ex-Warwickshire bowler Tom Allin. The
  
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• Henri Saivet hopes to help Newcastle push further up Premier League table

  18-01-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New signing Henri Saivet has vowed to play his part in returning Newcastle to where they ought to be. The 25-year-old Frenchman made his
  
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• Belgium set up friendly with Portugal in Euro-2016 build-up

  18-01-2016 22:51
  Belgium will play four friendly matches and hold a training camp in Switzerland to prepare for the European Championship in France, coach Marc Wilmots said on Monday. The top-ranked Belgians will meet Portugal, Finland and Norway in Brussels and Switzerland before they leave for the tournament in June. The will play fellow finalists Portugal on March 29 -- the only international Belgium have scheduled before league seasons end across Europe in May. “I don’t think that is a bad thing,
  
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• Newport County 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

  18-01-2016 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackburn will play Oxford in the fourth round of the FA Cup after Jordan Rhodes headed his team's winner at Newport.
  
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• Swansea 1-0 Watford: Match Report

  18-01-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Francesco Guidolin watches Swansea beat Watford thanks to Ashley Williams goalNew Swansea head coach Francesco Guidolin saw his side ease
  
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• Newport County 1-2 Blackburn: Match Report

  18-01-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jordan Rhodes guides Blackburn throughJordan Rhodes guided 10-man Blackburn into the FA Cup fourth round by breaking Newport's resistance
  
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• Watford in talks to sign Sunderland keeper Costel Pantilimon as club remain in the hunt for Tottenham winger Andros Townsend

  18-01-2016 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Romanian Costel Pantilimon, 28, is available on a free transfer and is wanted to provide competition for Heurelho Gomes. He also has interest from Espanyol.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, January 19

  18-01-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Tuesday's race meetings at Ayr and Southwell.
  
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• Francesco Guidolin watches Swansea beat Watford thanks to Ashley Williams goal

  18-01-2016 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New Swansea head coach Francesco Guidolin saw his side ease their Barclays Premier League relegation worries with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Watf
  
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• Defender Vidic leaves Inter Milan

  18-01-2016 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nemanja Vidic has had his Inter Milan contract cancelled after failing to make an appearance this season.
  
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• Newport 1-2 Blackburn: Jordan Rhodes fires 10-man Rovers into FA Cup fourth round in hard-fought win over League Two side

  18-01-2016 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Scotland international has been linked with a £12m move away from Rovers but grabbed his 10th of the season to set up a fourth round clash with Oxford United.
  
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• Jose Mourinho, Brendan Rodgers, Garry Monk and more... English football on course for highest number of managerial casualties

  18-01-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The LMA Mid-Season Manager Statistics Report figures makes grim reading and suggests the all-time high of 53 dismissals in 01-02 could be exceeded by the end of the current campaign.
  
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• Ex-Ireland and Sunderland striker training with Shamrock Rovers

  18-01-2016 22:10
  
  Stephen Elliott is aiming to regain his fitness with the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division club.
  
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• ‘I’d hate to play in a game in the melting pot and have to come off based on being 35′

  18-01-2016 22:03
  
  Former Limerick skipper Donal O’Grady on the highs and lows of his hurling career, and his decision to call it a day.
  
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• England winger Ashton faces 12-week ban after citing

  18-01-2016 22:00
  LONDON (Reuters) - England winger Chris Ashton faces a minimum 12-week ban that could rule him out of this year's Six Nations after being cited for allegedly making contact with the eyes of an opponent, the BBC reported on Monday. The 28-year-old, recalled to the England squad last week by new coach Eddie Jones, will be the subject of a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday following an incident in Saracens' European Champions Cup game against Ulster on Saturday. Ashton, a former rugby league player
  
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• Norwich sign Swiss defender Klose from Wolfsburg

  18-01-2016 21:57
  Swiss international defender Timm Klose has joined Norwich City from Germany's Vfl Wolfsburg on a three-and-a-half year deal as the Premier League side's fourth signing of the January transfer window. Norwich, currently 16th in the 20-team league, did not disclose a fee for the 27-year-old centre-back who has made 39 appearances for the side that finished runners-up to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga last season. Klose follows winger Matt Jarvis, Portugal under-21 right back Ivo Pinto and teenag
  
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• What’s all the fuss about? The Irish company fuelling the world’s top athletes

  18-01-2016 21:53
  
  We tried out the hugely-popular Wyldsson snacks in our latest gear guide review.
  
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• Duke falls out of poll for 1st time in 16 years

  18-01-2016 21:46
  Duke's streak in the Top 25 is over after a 16-year run.
  
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• Timm Klose becomes Norwich's fourth January signing after defender makes £7.6m move from Wolfsburg

  18-01-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Norwich's busy transfer window continues after they made Wolfsburg defender Timm Klose their fourth January signing. The Switzerland centre-back has agreed a three-and-half-year deal.
  
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• Pacha Du Polder 'ideal' for Victoria Pendleton, says trainer Paul Nicholls

  18-01-2016 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Paul Nicholls reckons Pacha Du Polder is ‘ideal’ for Victoria Pendleton after the gelding was unveiled as the Olympic track cycling champion’s intended mount at Cheltenham.
  
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• Federer wants names in match-fixing allegations

  18-01-2016 21:13
  Roger Federer called for 'concrete' facts while Novak Djokovic spoke of his team once being offered $200,000 (140,361 pounds) to fix a match as the multiple grand slam champions reacted to claims of widespread match-rigging in tennis on Monday. The opening day of the Australian Open was overshadowed by reports in the BBC and online BuzzFeed News accusing tennis authorities of failing to deal with 16 players repeatedly flagged up to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions of matches being
  
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• VIDEO: Watch Byrne's superb equaliser for Newport

  18-01-2016 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newport equalise in style as skipper Mark Byrne powers a fierce effort in off the underside of the bar to level the scores against Blackburn in the FA Cup third round.
  
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• Oklahoma back on top of AP poll for 1st time in 26 years

  18-01-2016 21:06
  
  Oklahoma is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since the final two weeks of the 1989-90 season. The Sooners took the top spot in style, getting all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel. They are the first unanimous No. 1 since Kentucky did it for 12 polls last season.
  
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• Record number of manager sackings

  18-01-2016 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A record 29 managers were sacked in the first half of this season, according to the League Managers' Association.
  
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• 'Miracle' jockey in training switch

  18-01-2016 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jockey Brian Toomey, who survived a life-threatening fall in 2013 to ride again, will become an assistant trainer in February.
  
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• Watford sign Morocco forward Amrabat

  18-01-2016 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watford sign forward Nordin Amrabat, capped 23 times by Morocco, from Spanish side Malaga.
  
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• Corruption unit battling to stay ahead of the game

  18-01-2016 20:23
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Professional tennis's anti-corruption unit, accused of failing to pursue allegations of match-fixing by leading past and current players, insists that it has both the ability and the determination to nail miscreants big and small. The London-based Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) was set up in 2008 by all the sport's four governing bodies - the men's ATP, women's WTA, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Grand Slam Board - to address concerns that the
  
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• Watford complete £6m signing of Nordin Amrabat from Malaga as the winger pens three-and-a-half year contract

  18-01-2016 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Premier League side Watford have completed the £6million signing of Malaga forward Nordin Amrabat but are still eyeing Tottenham winger Andros Townsend.
  
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• Swansea City vs Watford Premier League LIVE: Follow all the action as the Hornets travel to the Liberty Stadium  

  18-01-2016 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's been an eventful day in South Wales with Swansea naming a new head coach but attention will be turned to tonight's game against Watford. Follow all the action with ANTHONY HAY.
  
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• England's Ashton faces lengthy ban

  18-01-2016 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saracens wing Chris Ashton is cited for making contact with the eyes and is likely to miss the Six Nations if found guilty.
  
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• Mercedes have 'chinks in their armor', says Symonds

  18-01-2016 20:08
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Dominant Formula One world champions Mercedes have 'chinks in their armor' that Williams must be ready to exploit this season, according to the latter team's technical head Pat Symonds. Speaking to Reuters, Symonds declared himself "reasonably optimistic' about the latest wind tunnel data and looked forward to seeing how that translated on track when testing starts in Spain next month. "I have to say I am quite pleased with the improvements on paper that we&rsq
  
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• Mercedes have 'chinks in their armour', says Symonds

  18-01-2016 20:06
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Dominant Formula One world champions Mercedes have 'chinks in their armour' that Williams must be ready to exploit this season, according to the latter team's technical head Pat Symonds. Speaking to Reuters, Symonds declared himself "reasonably optimistic' about the latest wind tunnel data and looked forward to seeing how that translated on track when testing starts in Spain next month. "I have to say I am quite pleased with the improvements on paper that we&rs
  
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• Adnan Januzaj starts for Manchester United Under 21s against Southampton as Louis van Gaal looks to build up Belgian's fitness 

  18-01-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Van Gaal recalled Januzaj from his loan at Borussia Dortmund earlier this month after the club became annoyed at the forward's lack of game time in Germany.
  
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• Norwich sign Swiss defender Klose

  18-01-2016 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norwich sign Switzerland defender Timm Klose from German side Wolfsburg for an undisclosed fee.
  
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