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• PSG 2-0 Toulouse: Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria strikes send holders into third successive League Cup final

  27-01-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holders Paris St Germain reached their third consecutive League Cup final when goals by Argentina's Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria gave the French champions a 2-0 victory.
  
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• Former Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos leaves Aston Villa after mutual agreement to terminate defender's contract 

  27-01-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Switzerland defender Philippe Senderos has left Aston Villa, after a mutual agreement was reached to terminate his contract.
  
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• Louis van Gaal should be given more time to develop Manchester United says Derby boss Paul Clement ahead of FA Cup clash 

  27-01-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Clement believes Manchester United must allow Louis Van Gaal time to develop the team having appointed him in the first place knowing his approach.
  
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• Brazil's Rousseff declares war on mosquito spreading Zika virus

  27-01-2016 23:39
  President Dilma Rousseff said on Wednesday that Brazil must wage war against the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus linked to a surge in cases of a dangerous birth defect, focusing on eliminating the insect's breeding grounds. Since September, Brazil has registered 3,700 cases of babies with microcephaly, a condition linked to Zika infection in which children are born with an abnormally small head and a brain that has not developed properly. Without a Zika vaccine and with little
  
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• Crystal Palace have Louis Vuitton to thank for Emmanuel Adebayor's arrival... but striker has more than money on his mind

  27-01-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emmanuel Adebayor bumped into a Crystal Palace board member in Louis Vuitton last summer. Less than a year later the Togo forward is set to make his Premier League return with the club.
  
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• Luis Suarez has taken just 31 games to reach 30 goals for Barcelona

  27-01-2016 23:29
  
  The Catalan giants are safely though to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey after tonight’s victory.
  
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• ‘Sponsors were scared of cycling because of the doping problems and it was difficult for us’

  27-01-2016 23:23
  
  Ahead of the team’s tenth season on tour, we caught up with Sean Kelly at the team’s training base in Spain.
  
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• Aguero heads Manchester City into League Cup final

  27-01-2016 23:22
  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City reached the League Cup final after recovering from a shaky start as Sergio Aguero's brilliant header sealed a 3-1 win over Everton in the semi-final second leg on Wednesday to clinch a 4-3 aggregate victory. Ross Barkley's bullish run and powerful finish put Everton ahead on the night after 18 minutes, but the lead was soon wiped out when Fernandinho's effort was deflected into the visitors' net. If that was a lucky break for City, they were even
  
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• Rampant Juventus sweep aside Inter with Morata brace

  27-01-2016 23:21
  Holders Juventus swept aside old rivals Inter Milan 3-0 with some flowing attacking football and a brace from Alvaro Morata in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final on Wednesday. Paulo Dybala continued his fine run of form by coming off the bench to score the third and Juan Cuadrado gave possibly his best performance since joining Juve at the start of the season as he repeatedly rampaged down the right flank. Juventus created a flurry of early chances, Cuadrado firing narrowly wide of t
  
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• Manchester City 3-1 Everton (agg 4-3): Sergio Aguero heads home side into Capital One Cup final

  27-01-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE ETIHAD: He's not a big man, Sergio Aguero. Nobody would have guessed that, though, from the goal that took Manchester City to Wembley.
  
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• Angel Di Maria's shocking mishit could be worst shot ever as PSG ace left red-faced in French League Cup tie

  27-01-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Players have been ridiculed after watching a miscued shot sail off in the direction of the corner flag. But Angel Di Maria was left red-faced on Wednesday night with a shocking effort.
  
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• Argentine duo send PSG into third straight League Cup final

  27-01-2016 23:15
  Holders Paris St Germain reached their third consecutive League Cup final when goals by Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria gave the French champions a 2-0 victory over Toulouse on Wednesday. After beating Toulouse twice in Ligue 1 and in the French Cup this month, PSG left it late to subdue the visitors and set up a final clash with Lille who knocked out Girondins Bordeaux 5-1 on Tuesday. Coach Laurent Blanc fielded a largely reserve side with key players Zlatan Ibrahimovic, T
  
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• American Ligety suffers knee injury

  27-01-2016 23:05
  (Reuters) - American Ted Ligety suffered an injury to his right knee while training in Oberjoch, Germany and will return home for assessment, U.S. Ski Team medical director Kyle Wilkens said on Wednesday. The 31-year-old giant slalom specialist has won two Olympic gold medals, in the combined event in 2006 and giant slalom in 2014, and five world titles. "We all know ski racing is a dangerous sport but I always thought I could avoid a season ender. Unfortunately today I tore my ACL GS training a
  
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• PSV win at Excelsior to close on Dutch leaders Ajax

  27-01-2016 23:04
  Luuk de Jong’s early goal set PSV Eindhoven on their way to a 3-1 victory at Excelsior in the Dutch league on Wednesday that moved them to within one point of leaders Ajax Amsterdam. De Jong’s header was his 15th goal of the season and extended his lead in the scoring charts as the champions moved to 47 points, behind Ajax who were held to a 0-0 home draw by Heracles on Tuesday. Jorrit Hendrix hammered home an errant clearance for the second soon after halftime and Luciano Narsingh m
  
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• Juventus 3-0 Inter Milan: Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala both score as hosts continue their sensational form with Coppa Italia win

  27-01-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alvaro Morata ended his goalscoring drought with two goals as holder Juventus beat 10-man Inter Milan in the first leg of their Italian Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
  
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• Atletico Madrid 2-3 Celta Vigo: John Guidetti stunner puts Celta Vigo into Copa del Rey semi-final for first time in 15 years 

  27-01-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester City striker John Guidetti scored a stunning 30-yard effort as Celta Vigo knocked Atletico Madrid out of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday night.
  
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• Swansea City in advanced talks to sign £7.8m-rated Chievo striker Alberto Paloschi

  27-01-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swansea City will stake their Premier League survival on a move for former AC Milan prodigy Alberto Paloschi, with an offer of £7.8million for the Chievo striker believed to have been accepted.
  
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• Controversial De Bruyne goal gives City League Cup semi-final edge

  27-01-2016 22:25
  
  The home side had fallen 1-0 down in the second leg.
  
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• Defending champion Day pulls out of pro-am competition

  27-01-2016 22:24
  (Reuters) - Jason Day's preparations for his title defence at this week's Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego were badly hampered on Wednesday when he withdrew from the pro-am competition because of flu-like symptoms. The Australian world number two, who triumphed at Torrey Pines last year in a four-way playoff, also pulled out of his scheduled pre-tournament news conference on Wednesday. Day, who enjoyed a career-best season on the PGA Tour last year that included his first major title at
  
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• Sunderland finally seal £6million permanent deal for Lorient defender Lamine Kone

  27-01-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland have completed the signing of Lorient central defender Lamine Kone for £6million. Kone has signed a deal which commits him to the Wearside club until end of the 2019-20 season.
  
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• Swiss defender Senderos leaves Aston Villa

  27-01-2016 21:59
  Switzerland central defender Philippe Senderos has left Aston Villa by mutual consent, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. The 30-year-old former Arsenal, Fulham and Valencia player made eight league appearances for Villa after joining them in 2014. "Aston Villa and Philippe Senderos have mutually agreed to terminate the defender's contract," Villa said in a statement on their website.
  
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• Manchester City set up Liverpool final - but controversy surrounds second goal

  27-01-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Manchester City controversially came from behind on the night to overturn a first-leg deficit and reach the Capital One Cup final with a 4-3 aggr
  
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• Sunderland sign defender Kone

  27-01-2016 21:36
  LONDON (Reuters) - Sunderland have signed central defender Lamine Kone from FC Lorient on a four-and-a-half-year contract, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Ivory Coast international played over 100 games for French Ligue 1 team Lorient. Sunderland are second-bottom of the Premier League, four points adrift of safety, and have conceded 46 league goals this season, more than any other team in the top flight. (Reporting by Ed Osmond; editing by Toby Davis)
  
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• Oosthuizen, Larrazabal set the pace in Qatar

  27-01-2016 21:08
  (Reuters) - South African Louis Oosthuizen shot a first-round seven-under-par 65 in windy conditions at the Qatar Open on Wednesday to share the lead with Spain's Pablo Larrazabal. Former British Open champion Oosthuizen made seven birdies at Doha Golf Club to make an excellent start in his bid to win his first tournament of 2016, a feat he has achieved in four of the last five years. "I like windy conditions," Oosthuizen told the European Tour website.
  
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• Rio will be success despite 'situation of crisis' - Bach

  27-01-2016 21:06
  By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) - This year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be successful despite the country's financial and political turmoil which have made final preparations harder, International Olympic Committee President (IOC) Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. Brazil is faced with a severe economic downturn, having been awarded the Olympics with the country experiencing a financial boom back in 2009. "It is, as you know, six months before the Olympic Games and it is the most dif
  
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• Belvo blow Newbridge away with four first-half tries

  27-01-2016 20:57
  
  The northsiders kept Newbridge to nil in Donnybrook.
  
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• Tendonitis forces Terry Flanagan to delay showdown with Derry Mathews

  27-01-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Terry Flanagan's WBO lightweight title defence against Derry Mathews has been put back four weeks due to the champion suffering from severe tendo
  
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• We’ll Leave It There So: Munster exodus cancelled, slow race for Lions job and all today’s sport

  27-01-2016 20:52
  
  Let that news about Conor Murray and Keith Earls sweep you past Hump Day.
  
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• ‘There are guys giving up good sums of money to stay where they are’

  27-01-2016 20:48
  
  Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is heartened to see Irish players staying at home.
  
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• Johanna Konta targeting becoming No1 in the world after booking her place in the last four of the Australian Open

  27-01-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jo Konta targeted becoming No1 in the world after booking her place in the last four of the Australian Open. The 24-year-old is Britain’s first female Grand Slam semi-finalist since Jo Durie.
  
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• Venus Williams to end Indian Wells boycott

  27-01-2016 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Venus Williams will end her 15-year boycott of Indian Wells in March.Williams has not played the BNP Paribas OpenWTA event since 2001 af
  
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• Bournemouth's Lee Tomlin joins Bristol City on loan

  27-01-2016 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bristol City have signed forward Lee Tomlin from Bournemouth on loan for the rest of the season.Tomlin, 27, will be included in interim-bo
  
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• Gary Cahill fears spell on the Chelsea bench is costing him his Euro 2016 starting spot... but club unlikely to let him leave in January

  27-01-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Cahill fears his spell on the Chelsea bench is costing him his Euro 2016 starting slot. The England international has grown frustrated at his reduced role at Stamford Bridge under Guus Hiddink.
  
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• Alex Teixeira 'frustrated' as Shakhtar Donetsk reject £24.5million Liverpool bid: 'I don't know why... it was a great offer'

  27-01-2016 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Teixeira has admitted it would be an 'honour' to play for Liverpool and has revealed his agent is doing 'everything possible' to get a deal over the line before the January transfer window closes.
  
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• Brilliant Hurley try helps Crescent to six-try win over Glenstal

  27-01-2016 19:44
  
  Crescent are headed for the Munster Senior Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• Pato arrives in London ahead of Chelsea move - report

  27-01-2016 19:40
  Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato arrived in London ahead of a loan move to Chelsea, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Corinthians and former AC Milan forward has spent the last two seasons on loan at Sao Paulo. "I really want to play for Chelsea," he told reporters.
  
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• Newcastle sign Townsend from Spurs

  27-01-2016 19:38
  Newcastle United have completed the signing of Andros Townsend from Tottenham Hotspur on a five-and-a-half-year deal, the Premier League clubs said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old winger was a regular in the England squad last season, but has made just seven appearances for Spurs in all competitions this campaign and has not started a Premier League game. "As soon as I heard Newcastle were interested in me, there was only one place I wanted to go so I can't wait to get started," Townsend told the
  
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• Newcastle sign Andros Townsend for £12m from Tottenham as winger pens five-and-a-half-year contract worth £55,000 per week

  27-01-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United have completed the £12million signing of Andros Townsend from Tottenham. The 24-year-old England winger has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract.
  
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• Neymar ordered to pay $113,000 in taxes owed to Brazil

  27-01-2016 19:34
  (Reuters) - Barcelona forward Neymar and his father must pay nearly 460,000 reais (79,250 pounds) to Brazil’s inland revenue in taxes owed from 2007 and 2008, a Sao Paulo federal judge ordered in a ruling made public on Wednesday. The pair, both called Neymar, had appealed against the payment which dates back to the Brazil captain’s time at his first club Santos but Judge Bruno Cezar da Cunha Teixeira ruled on Jan. 15 there were no grounds for granting the appeal. Neymar Junior owes
  
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• Why Marc Ó Sé has returned for a 15th Kerry senior campaign ahead of his 36th birthday

  27-01-2016 19:33
  
  The long-serving defender is back comitting to the cause for 2016.
  
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• Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao LIVE: Lionel Messi and Co look to finish the job in Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg

  27-01-2016 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Catalans carry a 2-1 advantage from the first leg at the San Mames where Munir and Neymar scored before a final minute strike from Aritz Aduriz gave the visitors a lifeline ahead of the return.
  
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• England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland head into Six Nations without a European coach for first time in tournament's history

  27-01-2016 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After Eddie Jones took the helm of England ahead of the Six Nations, the tournament will feature non-European coaches for each of the four home nations for the first time in its history.
  
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• Tyson Fury escapes British Boxing Board of Control punishment for comments made about women and homosexuality but is warned about his 'heavy responsibilities' 

  27-01-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tyson Fury will face no punishment from the British Boxing Board of Control for his controversial remarks relating to women and homosexuals.
  
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• Philippe Senderos departs Aston Villa by mutual consent

  27-01-2016 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Switzerland defender Philippe Senderos has left Aston Villa.Senderos, who had previously played in England for Arsenal, Everton and Fulham
  
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• Caught off-guard by Zika, Brazil struggles with deformed babies

  27-01-2016 19:21
  By Anthony Boadle RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Angela Rocha, a paediatrician in northeastern Brazil, measures the head of a child born with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked to Zika, the mosquito-borne virus sparking a health scare across the Americas. More than 1,000 cases of microcephaly have been reported in just a few months in Pernambuco state, the epicentre of the Zika outbreak. "We were taken by surprise," says Rocha, a veteran infectious disease specialist at the Oswa
  
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• Towell eager for more first team football with Brighton

  27-01-2016 19:17
  
  The Irish midfielder has had to make do with U21s matches since his debut for the Seagulls.
  
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• Eddie Jones seeks fresh start as England boss reveals he is not a big fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies

  27-01-2016 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arnold Schwarzenegger's quote on the wall of England's high performance centre has been erased after Eddie Jones revealed: "I'm not a big fan of his movies."
  
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• Ex-sailing CEO says pushed out for Rio water concerns - AP

  27-01-2016 19:12
  World Sailing's chief says his efforts to get the Olympic sailing venue shifted from Rio's polluted Guanabara Bay to the cleaner and safer Buzios, a coastal resort some 160 km (100 miles) away, resulted in his being voted off the body. Peter Sowrey, who left in December, told the Associated Press news agency that he had been told "to gag myself" on the subject, and that the board had found him "way too aggressive." Rio officials had pledged to reduce pollution in the notoriously fetid Guanabara
  
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• Fury warned on conduct after comments

  27-01-2016 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has been told by authorities not to make controversial non-boxing comments.
  
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