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• Slaven Bilic mixes football with music as Russell Brand and Noel Gallagher rock and roll on down to watch West Ham clash

  23-01-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When he is not leading the Hammers charge up the table, Bilic writes and performes lyrics for Rawbau, a prog-metal project based in his hometown of Split.
  
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• Is this just fantasy? Football Manager... the computer game that identified Lionel Messi as a talented schoolboy and has more scouts than any club in the world

  23-01-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NICK HARRIS - SPECIAL REPORT: When Alex McLeish was the manager of Rangers in 2002, his son Jon told him Barcelona had a kid on the fringes of their C team who was going to be the best.
  
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• Chelsea must keep captain marvel John Terry... I'd give him a new contract to keep his presence in the dressing room 

  23-01-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: You couldn’t put Chelsea’s problems this season simply down to the departure of Petr Cech. It clearly has been a much deeper issue than that. 
  
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• Lam delighted as Connacht set to meet Grenoble in Challenge Cup quarter-final

  23-01-2016 23:54
  
  Robbie Henshaw was among the try scorers on his return from injury.
  
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• Gareth Bale must survive the madness of Real Madrid after egos, politics and interference from Florentino Perez put paid to Rafa Benitez's ill-fated reign

  23-01-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER - SPECIAL REPORT: Gareth Bale was enjoying the moment as he absorbed the praise of the fans inside the Bernabeu. It has not always been like this for him.
  
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• Ashley Cole to sign LA Galaxy deal despite interest from injury-hit Manchester United

  23-01-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former England defender Ashley Cole is expected to end speculation about his futureby signing a contract to play alongside Steven Gerrard and Robbie Keane for MLS franchise LA Galaxy.
  
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• Scarlets 10-22 Northampton: Dylan Hartley gears up for expected England captaincy by inspiring his side to victory

  23-01-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George North scored on his return to Scarlets to put Northampton on the brink of the European Champions Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea set for £50m battle to sign Everton's John Stones

  23-01-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Stones will be at the centre of a £50million transfer scramble in the summer, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City and Chelsea all keen to sign him.
  
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• Tyrone secure Dr McKenna Cup 5-in-a-row after extra-time triumph

  23-01-2016 23:36
  
  Mickey Harte’s side earned a thrilling win over Derry this evening.
  
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• Empoli 2-2 AC Milan: Former Middlesbrough flop Massimo Maccarone scores as Mario Balotelli fluffs his lines to grab late winner 

  23-01-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Rossoneri came into the match on the back of a 2-0 home win over Fiorentina and reaching the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.
  
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• Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink believes Cesc Fabregas is winning the fans back after being berated for Jose Mourinho's exit

  23-01-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER: Guus Hiddink says Cesc Fabregas has taken the first steps to winning back Chelsea fans after they turned on him following Jose Mourinho’s departure from the club.
  
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• West Ham 2-2 Manchester City: Sergio Aguero salvages Manuel Pellegrini's title-chasing side a point after Enner Valencia's double 

  23-01-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT UPTON PARK: They’ll miss the old ground when it’s gone. Of course, next season they’ll be broad concourses, modern seating and architectural features.
  
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• Louis van Gaal puts his Manchester United future into doubt again as he accepts his relationship with fans has hit a new low

  23-01-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis van Gaal’s future was cast into fresh doubt after admitting his relationship with Manchester United’s supporters has hit rock bottom.
  
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• Liverpool prepare to raise Alex Teixeira bid as he tells Shakhtar Donetsk he wants exit

  23-01-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool target Alex Teixeira has told Ukranian side Shakhtar Donetsk he wants a January move as the Anfield club prepare to increase their £24.5million offer for the Brazilian attacker.
  
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• Irish trainer Willie Mullins tightens his grip on the Cheltenham Festival with Ascot wins 

  23-01-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vice-like grip Irish trainer Willie Mullins is exerting on the build up to the Cheltenham Festival intensified after Un De Sceaux and Vroum Vroum Mag both cruised to victory at Ascot.
  
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• 'He makes you want to go and buy a West Ham season ticket,' Jamie Redknapp's has his say on Dimitri Payet's 'fantastic' display

  23-01-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Redknapp might not be a hardened West Ham United fan but Dimitri Payet's performance against Manchester City has left him wanting to buy a season ticket at Boleyn Ground.
  
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• Plenty of intrigue in Cardinals-Panthers in NFC title game

  23-01-2016 22:44
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hey, don't forget about us.
  
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• Charlie Austin shows why Southampton's Premier League rivals missed a £4m trick after netting winner at Manchester United

  23-01-2016 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: Heads in Premier League boardrooms should be rolling this morning. Charlie Austin cost Southampton £4million.
  
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• Wasps 51-10 Leinster: Elliot Daly stakes Six Nations claim as hosts ease into Champions Cup quarter-finals

  23-01-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elliot Daly pressed his claim to starting England's RBS 6 Nations openerwith an electric try as Wasps stormed into the Champions Cup quarter-finals with a 51-10 rout of Leinster.
  
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• Tunisia PM appeals for 'patience' after street protests

  23-01-2016 22:31
  
  Habib Essid's plea comes after an emergency cabinet meeting following wave of violent protests over unemployment.
  
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• Daley & Goodfellow 'can be better'

  23-01-2016 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow say they can improve after a mixed display in their debut as a synchronised 10m pair.
  
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• Italian Malori stable after Tour de San Luis crash

  23-01-2016 22:28
  Italian Adriano Malori, individual time-trial runner-up at last year's world cycling championships, is in a "stable condition" after crashing at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina. A doctor said in a statement on Saturday that Malori was in intensive care but that his condition had improved in the first 24 hours since he was taken to San Luis hospital on Friday.
  
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• Austin hits the ground running for Saints

  23-01-2016 22:28
  One of the mysteries of the English season so far has been Charlie Austin lurking in the second tier with several Premier League clubs crying out for a reliable goalscorer. Austin scored 18 top-flight goals last season, no mean feat considering he was part of a Queens Park Rangers side that was relegated, yet when the pre-season transfer dealing was concluded in September, he stayed put. The 26-year-old continued to score regularly in the Championship this season and was rewarded with a move to
  
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• Cook, Turner, Isaac inducted into NASCAR Hall

  23-01-2016 22:19
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Modified great Jerry Cook was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Saturday to cap a career that featured six championships.
  
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• Wasps thrash Leinster to make quarters, Toulon advance

  23-01-2016 22:16
  Wasps booked their place in the European Champions Cup quarter-finals with a crushing 51-10 home victory over Leinster on Saturday and defending champions Toulon joined them with a tight victory over Bath. Ulster finished second behind Saracens in Pool One after picking up a bonus point in their 56-3 home demolition of Oyonnax, but their progress depends on Sunday's results, when victory for Clermont Auvergne or Stade Francais could eliminate the Ulstermen. Wasps ensured top spot in Pool Five --
  
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• Vardy ends goal drought in Leicester win; Man United beaten

  23-01-2016 22:11
  
  LONDON (AP) — The expectation is the rails will come off Leicester's title challenge and Manchester United will get back on track. Little goes to the script in this Premier League season.
  
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• Sexton Six Nations concern after another concussion

  23-01-2016 22:09
  (Reuters) - Johnny Sexton, the conductor of Ireland's back-to-back Six Nations triumphs, is an injury worry for this season's tournament after again suffering concussion in Leinster's Champions Cup defeat by Wasps on Saturday. The flyhalf, key to Ireland's hopes of becoming the first team ever to win the Six Nations (and the old Five Nations) outright three times in succession, was forced off after nine minutes of Leinster's record 51-10 defeat. It followed a clash of heads with his old Leinster
  
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• Fill wins in Kitzbuhel, Svindal out for rest of season

  23-01-2016 22:09
  Italian Peter Fill won the downhill competition in Kitzbuhel on Saturday, while World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal's season came to an abrupt end after he crashed out and suffered a torn cruciate ligament before skiing was stopped for safety reasons. "It does not seem to be as cold as before and the course may not be as icy so skis sink a bit deeper," said winner Fill.
  
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• City need Aguero firing on all cylinders - Pellegrini

  23-01-2016 22:07
  By Jamie McGeever LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City need a fully-fit Sergio Aguero firing on all cylinders to maintain their Premier League title push, said manager Manuel Pellegrini after the striker scored twice in Saturday's 2-2 draw at West Ham United. Second-placed City have won only once away from home in the league this season and looked set for another defeat on the road when they trailed 2-1 to West Ham, who are sixth in the table, with nine minutes to go. Aguero then popped up with an
  
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• Man City's Yaya Toure may well be off in the summer... but he needs to remember he still has work to do for his current employers

  23-01-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM CUNNINGHAM AT THE BOLEYN GROUND: Yaya Toure will consider offers in the summer as he rolls into the final year of his Man City contract. But he he needs to remember there is work to do here.
  
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• Borussia Monchengladbach 1-3 Borussia Dortmund: Marco Reus, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Ilkay Gundogan all on the score sheet

  23-01-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored one goal and set up another for Borussia Dortmund to win 3-1 at Borussia Monchengladbach.
  
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• ‘I feel for Man United fans after one of our worst performances’

  23-01-2016 21:54
  
  The Dutchman said he felt just as frustrated as the supporters following Saturday’s ignominious home loss.
  
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• Preston secure loan deal for West Brom goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard as Sam Johnston heads back to Manchester United

  23-01-2016 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Championship side Preston have snapped up West Brom goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard on loan for the rest of the season. Lindegaard will replace Sam Johnstone who has been recalled.
  
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• Alli stakes Euro 2016 claim with Spurs stunner

  23-01-2016 21:43
  By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - Dele Alli took another step towards booking a starting place at Euro 2016 when he scored an outstanding goal in Tottenham Hotspur's 3-1 win at Crystal Palace in front of England manager Roy Hodgson on Saturday. The 19-year-old midfielder, pursued by Liverpool but grabbed by Spurs for what now looks a bargain five million pounds ($7.13 million) in February, struck after 84 minutes to put the visitors 2-1 ahead. Alli, who spent last season on loan at lower league
  
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• Muhammad Ali's famous Deer Lake boxing training camp on sale for £347,000

  23-01-2016 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The training camp which boxing legend Muhammad Ali prepared for several of his high-profile fights such as Joe Frazier and George Foreman is up for sale. The five-acre site is in Owigsburg, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Snow, ice not expected to be a factor for NFC title game

  23-01-2016 21:12
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers aren't concerned about wintry conditions playing a factor for Sunday night's NFC championship game against the Arizona Cardinals.
  
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• Leitrim U21 player ‘doing well’ after defibrillator drama

  23-01-2016 21:09
  
  Alan McTague is being kept in hospital overnight for tests, according to a Leitrim GAA spokesman.
  
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• Matteo Darmian injury leaves Manchester United looking for reinforcements as Italian becomes FIFTH full-back to be sidelined

  23-01-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darmian was hurt in a collision with Southampton's Shane Long and was spitting blood as club physios went to his aid. It has been confirmed he has a broken rib and punctured lung.
  
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• Reus sparkles as Dortmund cruise past Gladbach

  23-01-2016 20:52
  Marco Reus scored one goal and laid on another as Borussia Dortmund won 3-1 at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday to tighten the hold on second place on their Bundesliga return following a one-month winter break. Germany international Reus, plagued by injuries for much of the season, drilled the ball home in the 41st minute and set up Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the second goal nine minutes later. Gladbach, in fourth place, cut the deficit with a fine low drive from Raffael but Armenia internation
  
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• Thrilling Liverpool win is a real spectacle for Klopp

  23-01-2016 20:49
  Juergen Klopp said his crumpled glasses might end up in the Anfield museum after he broke them celebrating Liverpool's stoppage time winner in a bizarre Premier League match at Norwich City that had him rubbing his eyes in amazement. Liverpool took the lead, then fell 3-1 behind, went 4-3 ahead only to concede a stoppage time equaliser before Adam Lallana secured a 5-4 victory for his side at Carrow Road. The former Borussia Dortmund coach celebrated wildly with his players and in the resulting
  
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• Bath 14-19 Toulon: Bryan Habana scores one of the easiest tries of his career but the reigning champions miss out on top spot

  23-01-2016 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Denying Toulon a home quarter-final will be no consolation for Bath after handing a 19-14 victory to the three-time European champions.
  
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• Aguero double rescues vital point for Man City title push

  23-01-2016 20:38
  (Reuters) - West Ham United 2 Manchester City 2 Sergio Aguero scored twice to answer an Enner Valencia double for West Ham United and earn Manchester City a crucial point in their push to regain the Premier League title on Saturday. The Hammers' livewire Ecuadorian Valencia had put them ahead after 53 seconds with a sharp shot but City responded within eight minutes, Aguero equalising from the penalty spot after he had been fouled by Carl Jenkinson.
  
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• Snowstorm postpones 2 NHL games, strands 2 college teams

  23-01-2016 20:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A blizzard socking the Eastern United States disrupted the sports schedule Saturday for a second day, forcing the postponement of two more NHL games and several college basketball games and stranding two college teams on the snowy Pennsylvania Turnpike.
  
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• West Ham 2-2 Man City: Match Report

  23-01-2016 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sergio Aguero equalises twice as Manchester City snatch a point at West HamSergio Aguero scored twice to rescue a point for stuttering Man
  
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• Heisman Trophy winners Newton, Palmer meet in NFC title game

  23-01-2016 20:34
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton and Carson Palmer have a few things in common.
  
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• Koeman slams ‘bulls***’ Chelsea links after United victory

  23-01-2016 20:31
  
  The former Barcelona star insists his words then had been misinterpreted.
  
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• Manchester United vs Southampton PLAYER RATINGS: New boy Charlie Austin has debut to remember with crucial goal  

  23-01-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis van Gaal's side failed to follow up their win against Liverpool last week and more questions will be asked about the Dutchman following this result.
  
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• No. 1 Oklahoma beats No. 13 Baylor 82-72

  23-01-2016 20:25
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 14 of his 19 points after halftime, including consecutive 3 pointers that put No. 1 Oklahoma ahead to stay in an 82-72 victory at No. 13 Baylor on Saturday.
  
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