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• Willian is the only Chelsea player in my composite XI... but Guus Hiddink's men will be up for the battle against Arsenal

  22-01-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: The table suggests Arsenal will steamroller Chelsea, but Arsene Wenger certainly won’t be underestimating the Premier League’s 14th-placed side tomorrow.
  
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• Jamie Vardy hoping to catch Stoke cold as Leicester enjoy gifts from the NFL's Carolina Panthers

  22-01-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vardy, along with team-mates Kasper Schmeichel, Christian Fuchs and Wes Morgan had all received personalised jerseys from NFL football side the Carolina Panthers on Friday morning.
  
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• Alexei Ramirez, Padres finalize $4 million, 1-year contract

  22-01-2016 23:55
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shortstop Alexei Ramirez and the San Diego Padres have finalized a $4 million, one-year contract.
  
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• Willie Mullins has four odds-on favourites with Un De Sceaux really expected to turn on the style at Ascot  

  22-01-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Such is the domination of Willie Mullins that the Closutton trainer has no fewer than four odds-on favourites in Graded races this weekend.
  
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• Manchester United close in on £60m Renato Sanches as they step up plans to sign Benfica starlet following interest from rivals

  22-01-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIMON JONES AND CHRIS WHEELER: Renato Sanches has a buy-out clause of nearly £60m but Manchester United are negotiating hard to get the price down.
  
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• Banned from global track, Russians compete at small meets

  22-01-2016 23:38
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Just five months ago, Maria Kuchina won the world high jump title in front of tens of thousands of fans in Beijing. On Friday, she competed at a low-key meet with a few dozen athletes and fewer spectators.
  
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• Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: 'I only want good guys after Dani Osvaldo mistake'

  22-01-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino refuses to be rushed into signing a striker after having his fingers burned with Dani Osvaldo at Southampton.
  
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• Verizon eyes brands, content for go90 sponsored video

  22-01-2016 23:35
  By Malathi Nayak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc is in talks with advertisers and content makers to offer sponsored video, such as sports games and music concerts, to users of its mobile-video service go90 at some time in the future, CFO Fran Shammo told Reuters. Sponsored data is like a toll-free line to consume data on mobile phones from video streaming to app activity. Wireless providers bring in sponsors such as brands and advertisers to pay for data usage so that it does not
  
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• Jimmy Anderson's first ball gift sent wrong signal as debutant Stephen Cook stole the show for South Africa 

  22-01-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: It has to be said that Jimmy Anderson has been under par this series. I don’t think he’s a massive fan of the Kookaburra ball.
  
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• Newcastle will still be fighting relegation come the final weeks of the season fears Toon boss Steve McClaren 

  22-01-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Magpies head coach believes the nature of a congested bottom half in which all teams are picking up points makes it impossible to escape the threat of the drop.
  
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• Man Utd's Louis van Gaal encourages more dressing-room wars as boss takes a back seat

  22-01-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LOUIS VAN GAAL is demanding more bust-ups between his Manchester United stars to save him from the sack.
  
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• Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp won't be childish over Alex Teixeira as if he's at 'Disneyland'

  22-01-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JURGEN KLOPP will not spend money like he is in "Disneyland" as Liverpool consider increasing their offer for Shakhtar Donetsk striker Alex Teixeira.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp: I am only at Liverpool because something went wrong

  22-01-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JURGEN KLOPP has admitted he is only at Liverpool because “something went wrong” following their ultimately forlorn title challenge two years ago.
  
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• Guus Hiddink calls on Chelsea to show champion class against Arsenal and maintain unbeaten run over Premier League leaders

  22-01-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since Arsenal last won the Premier League title in 2004, Mourinho has won it three times with Chelsea, twice before being sacked then returning to win it again — and being sacked again.
  
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• Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink wants controversial Diego Costa focused yet intense at Arsenal

  22-01-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GUUS HIDDINK wants Diego Costa to carry on fighting - so he can cause Arsenal chaos again tomorrow.
  
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• Bob Wilson: Petr Cech's value to Arsenal in points saved makes them title favourites

  22-01-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOHN TERRY said Petr Cech would be worth 15 points to Arsenal this season. Well by my reckoning as a regular Arsenal watcher, he has already earned them that so far - and by the end of the campaign I expect him to have earned them more than 20 points.
  
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• Arsene Wenger reveals he had doubts about signing Petr Cech and questioned the former Chelsea goalkeeper's fitness

  22-01-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Chelsea made it clear they would do the unthinkable, allowing Petr Cech to move across London to bitter rivals Arsenal last summer, Arsene Wenger initially held back.
  
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• Aguero to repay Man City for self-inflicted injury with goals ahead of West Ham trip

  22-01-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SERGIO AGUERO says he is to blame for the latest in a long line of hamstring injuries which disrupted the first half of Manchester City’s season – but has promised to make amends with a “flow” of goals to fire them to a third title.
  
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• AP source: Cavaliers fire coach David Blatt in second season

  22-01-2016 23:15
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — David Blatt's second NBA season seemed to be going better than his first. Now, it's over.
  
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• Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee: Adam Rooney's 16th goal of the season proves decisive as Dons close gap on leaders Celtic to three points

  22-01-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STEPHEN MCGOWAN: Aberdeen are hanging in there courtesy of Adam Rooney’s first-half effort on Friday night. Chipping and gnawing away at Celtic’s lead.
  
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• Hamburg 1-2 Bayern Munich: Robert Lewandowski at the double as champions win first game back after winter break

  22-01-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Robert Lewandowski brace ensured Bayern Munich carried on where they left off following a lengthy winter break. The Poland international flicked home a Thomas Muller shot to seal the win.
  
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• Lewandowski double lifts Bayern on Bundesliga restart

  22-01-2016 23:04
  Robert Lewandowski struck twice as champions Bayern Munich won 2-1 at Hamburg SV on Friday to stretch their lead at the top to 11 points as the Bundesliga resumed following a one-month winter break. Hamburg remained disciplined at the back and got their reward eight minutes into the second half when Xabi Alonso put through his own net. Lewandowski restored Bayern's lead in the 61st minute, deflecting a Thomas Mueller shot and wrong-footing keeper Rene Adler to take his Bundesliga goal tally for
  
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• Former big league pitcher Jared Burton suspended 50 games

  22-01-2016 22:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former big league pitcher Jared Burton has been suspended 50 games under baseball's minor league drug program following a second positive test for a drug of abuse.
  
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• Inter accept Sarri & Napoli apologies over Mancini clash

  22-01-2016 22:40
  
  The Nerazzurri coach accused his counterpart of using homophobic language during Tuesday’s Coppa Italia tie.
  
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• Former Newcastle stalwart Harper joins rivals Sunderland

  22-01-2016 22:37
  (Reuters) - Veteran goalkeeper Steve Harper, who spent 20 years at Newcastle United before leaving on a free transfer in 2013, signed for north-east rivals Sunderland on Friday. "The experienced shot-stopper will be the third goalkeeper, supporting Vito Mannone and Jordan Pickford," Sunderland said on their website (www.safc.com). Harper, 40, who has been without a club since quitting Championship team Hull City at the end of last season, has agreed a short-term deal that will keep him at the St
  
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• Snowstorm wreaks havoc on sports schedule and team travel

  22-01-2016 22:30
  
  A blizzard menacing the Eastern United States disrupted the sports schedule Friday while wreaking havoc with team travel plans.
  
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• Prince Ali confident he can win FIFA presidential election

  22-01-2016 22:27
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Prince Ali of Jordan is confident he can win the FIFA presidential election and turn around what he says is a critical situation facing football's governing body.
  
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• Is it the end for Beastmode? Marshawn Lynch is ‘leaning towards retirement’

  22-01-2016 22:14
  
  ‘I’m just here so I don’t get fined’.
  
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• Hurley points the way as Cork collect McGrath Cup title with win over Clare

  22-01-2016 22:13
  
  New manager Peadar Healy has picked up silverware at his first attempt.
  
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• Pumas could host Wallabies at Twickenham in October - UAR

  22-01-2016 22:08
  (Reuters) - Argentina are in talks to host their Rugby Championship match against Australia at Twickenham in October, according to the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). UAR president Carlos Araujo confirmed the talks during his visit to Australia this week for a meeting of the southern hemisphere Sanzar body which runs the Rugby Championship.
  
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• Litex Lovech results annulled for team walk off

  22-01-2016 22:05
  By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - Litex Lovech's results for the season have been annulled after the players walked off in protest at refereeing decisions in a match at Levski Sofia last month, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU)s said on Friday. Litex had already been expelled from the top flight but the BFU said they can play in the second division next term and in this season's Bulgarian Cup having reached the semi-finals. The decision to cancel Litex's results means champions Ludogorets a
  
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• Quique Sanchez Flores confesses his ‘love’ for Fiorentina star Mario Suarez as Watford boss eyes reunion with Spanish midfielder

  22-01-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hornets have held discussions with Suarez’s Italian owners about bringing the former Atletico Madrid in on loan until the end of the season.
  
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• Oklahoma's Hield lifts teammates, Bahamians by upping game

  22-01-2016 21:53
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Buddy Hield's rise from a raw talent in the Bahamas one of the top scorers in college basketball has lifted everyone he's touched on his journey.
  
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• Lewis-Francis on standby for GB

  22-01-2016 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic sprinting gold medallist Mark Lewis-Francis is on standby for the GB bobsleigh squad for the World Championships.
  
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• Jaguars promote Wash to DC, give Bradley 1-year extension

  22-01-2016 21:40
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley took an unusual approach to finding a new defensive coordinator: He brought the front-runner along for every interview.
  
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• Hamburg 0-1 Bayern Munich Bundesliga LIVE: Star striker Robert Lewandowski opens the scoring from the spot 

  22-01-2016 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich will be hoping to avoid a repeat of last season when they return to action against Hamburg on Friday night. Follow all the action with Sportsmail's Matt Maltby.
  
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• Stephen Cook and Hashim Amla hit centuries for South Africa before England fight back on day one of final Test

  22-01-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN PRETORIA: Stephen Cook and Hashim Amla threatened to take the game away from England inside a day, before four wickets in the final session put the tourists back in.
  
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• UEFA will now accept debit cards from Irish fans applying for Euros tickets, FAI say

  22-01-2016 20:55
  
  FAI chief John Delaney says he made the request.
  
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• Chelsea steward sacked after calling midfield star Cesc Fabregas a 'snake'

  22-01-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video of the Stamford Bridge incident, which took place earlier this season, emerged online on Friday and Chelsea confirmed action had been taken against the steward.
  
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• Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini accepts Maurizio Sarri's apologies over comments during Coppa Italia clash 

  22-01-2016 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roberto Mancini and Inter Milan have accepted Maurizio Sarri's apologies after the Napoli coach used 'highly insulting' language during a Coppa Italia match.
  
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• 96 players, including Alabama RB Henry, early draft entries

  22-01-2016 20:26
  NEW YORK (AP) — Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry and Ohio State stars Joey Bosa and Ezekiel Elliott are among 96 players granted early entry into the NFL draft.
  
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• Capitals, Wizards home games postponed because of blizzard

  22-01-2016 20:18
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The NHL's Capitals and NBA's Wizards each had a home game postponed because of the blizzard hitting the Washington area.
  
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• England were shocking during first two sessions but I did manage to see warthog run away from lion during safari with Viper 

  22-01-2016 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The action between England and South Africa in the final test of the series is underway in Centurion and DAVID LLOYD has given Sportsmail his thoughts.
  
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• Sunderland sign Newcastle stalwart Steve Harper until the end of the season

  22-01-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland are set to complete the signing of former Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper. The 40-year-old will pen a short-term deal until the end of the season at the Stadium of Light.
  
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• Amir Khan hits back at Manny Pacquiao by insisting Filipino boxer's 'middle men' claim is 'false and wholly inaccurate'

  22-01-2016 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: Amir Khan has refuted Manny Pacquiao’s claim that 'middle men' ruined plans for their super fight. Khan blames team Pacman for the breakdown of their long running talks.
  
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• Steve Harper: How Newcastle past secured my Sunderland future

  22-01-2016 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  STEVE HARPER admits his Newcastle connections got him his move to Sunderland.
  
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• Bill Johnson, brash Olympic downhill champion, dies at 55

  22-01-2016 19:46
  
  Bill Johnson craved speed — the faster, the better. He stole cars as a kid, got in trouble for it and was ordered by a judge to make a choice: Ski school or jail.
  
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• Amir Khan told to 'put up or shut up' by Kell Brook after being offered £7m for British battle 

  22-01-2016 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amir Khan has been told to 'put up or shut up' after he was offered more than £7million in a bid to finally coax him into a fight with Kell Brook.
  
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• 5 of Galway’s All-Ireland final team to face Dublin in Parnell Park on Sunday

  22-01-2016 19:35
  
  Parnell Park is the venue for the Walsh Cup semi-final.
  
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• US denies taking control of Rmeilan air strip in Syria

  22-01-2016 19:34
  
  CENTCOM says US is not controlling "any airfield in Syria", despite images appearing to show air strip expansion works.
  
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