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• Valencia reach Copa del Rey semi-finals with defeat of Las Palmas

  28-01-2016 23:58
  
  Las Palmas 0-1 Valencia (aggregate 1-2)
  Moreno 20Stuttering Valencia reached the Copa del Rey semi-finals after a Rodrigo Moreno goal earned a morale-boosting 1-0 second-leg victory at Las Palmas and a 2-1 aggregate win.Valencia are yet to win in seven La Liga matches under their coach, Gary Neville, and lie 11th in the table but this victory will ease some of the tension surrounding the club. Continue reading...
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Friday, January 29

  28-01-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of FrIday's racing at Huntingdon, Doncaster, Lingfield and Wolverhampton.
  
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• Triumph Hurdle hope Fixe Le Cap may head for Haydock after Warwick stroll 

  28-01-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fixe Le Cap is the new second-favourite for the JCB Triumph Hurdle after strolling to victory in the Lighthorne Lamb Juvenile Hurdle at Warwick.
  
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• O’Neill names team for first league game with Kildare as Harte selects four Tyrone debutants

  28-01-2016 23:49
  
  Kildare travel to Westmeath on Sunday while Tyrone are at home to Cavan.
  
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• Schmidt: ‘The game plan in the World Cup, I thought, served us really well’

  28-01-2016 23:40
  
  The Ireland head coach says his side don’t have just one set of tactics.
  
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• NHL suspends Flames' Dennis Wideman for brutal cross-check on linesman

  28-01-2016 23:39
  
  Wideman will attend a personal hearing on Tuesday, and could be suspended for up to 20 games if the NHL deems the hit to have been intentionalCalgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL for cross-checking a match official during the Flames’ 2-1 loss to the Predators on Wednesday.Wideman will attend a personal hearing with the NHL on Tuesday. He was not penalised for the hit on linesman Don Henderson, which Wideman said was unintentional. Continue rea
  
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• One Direction star could be set to play Jamie Vardy in Hollywood movie*

  28-01-2016 23:34
  
  *No, really.
  
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• Louis van Gaal attacks ‘horrible’ reports and plans to see out contract

  28-01-2016 23:31
  
  • Van Gaal fails to give direct answer on whether he offered to resign
  • Manchester United manager admits FA Cup defeat at Derby would put him at riskLouis van Gaal went on the attack at his pre-FA Cup press conference when asked to clarify whether he had offered to resign after last weekend’s home defeat by Southampton, before admitting that a similar result in Friday night’s tie at Derby County could get him the sack. “We cannot lose to a Championship club,” h
  
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• Paul Cook puffs out Portsmouth’s chests before Bournemouth FA Cup visit

  28-01-2016 23:30
  
  • ‘If you look at fanbase and support, reality is we probably are bigger club’
  • ‘Our dark days definitely behind us,’ says manager of 2008 FA Cup winnersPaul Cook’s praise of Bournemouth is nothing short of effusive and, while the Portsmouth manager admitted he is attempting to emulate the rise of Eddie Howe’s squad from the doldrums to the Premier League, Cook believes in many aspects his team remain a bigger club. Related: Colchester’s Darre
  
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• Newcastle signing Andros Townsend: ‘I’m in the best shape of my life’

  28-01-2016 23:30
  
  The England winger is confident a run of games under his belt can help revive both Newcastle and a career that had stalled at TottenhamAt first Andros Townsend treats the question with the sort of tentative caution that would fail to carry him beyond the most limited full-back. Then, after a few diplomatic platitudes, the England winger bins all false modesty and reveals his real feelings.Newcastle United’s new £12m signing from Tottenham Hotspur has just been asked if he was worth t
  
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• Flagging Feyenoord suffer fourth straight league defeat

  28-01-2016 23:27
  Third-placed Feyenoord lost 2-1 at home to Heerenveen after Joey van den Berg's late goal inflicted a fourth successive Dutch league defeat on the out-of-form club. The 84th minute strike by the visiting captain came after Feyenoord substitute Anass Achahbar equalised in the 71st with a brilliant overhead kick after controlling the ball on his chest. Henk Veerman had put Heerenveen ahead six minutes before halftime but Feyenoord looked to be fighting back in the second half before Van den Berg's
  
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• Eddie Hearn confident Amir Khan will agree deal to face Kell Brook at Wembley in June

  28-01-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the national stadium will host its second major fight in two years after positive talks between the two camps. The purse stands at a potential £12million.
  
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• Olympic torch relay to highlight refugee plight

  28-01-2016 23:09
  
  Refugee to carry torch to camp in Greece, while refugee athletes will march behind Olympic flag in Brazil.
  
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• Blow for Man City’s title hopes as De Bruyne confirms extended layoff on Twitter

  28-01-2016 23:08
  
  The 24-year-old was influential in helping City past Everton in Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final.
  
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• Man City's De Bruyne out for about 10 weeks

  28-01-2016 23:00
  (Reuters) - Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will be out for about 10 weeks after tearing ankle and knee ligaments in Wednesday's League Cup semi-final win against Everton, he tweeted on Thursday. De Bruyne was carried off on a stretcher after suffering the injury late in the 3-1 League Cup second-leg win at The Etihad Stadium that secured City's place in the final. As well as the cup final, he will miss both legs of City's Champions League last 16 tie against Dynamo Kiev and will be d
  
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• Johanna Konta: Australian Open run no guarantee of further success

  28-01-2016 23:00
  
  • Konta will ‘continue working hard’ after semi-final loss to Angelique Kerber
  • British No1 will rise to 28 in rankings and could be seeded for WimbledonLeaving the best party she has attended was, ultimately, not as tough for Johanna Konta as she or her quickly growing band of fans might have imagined.Certainly, hitting 36 unforced errors in one hour and 22 minutes to give Angelique Kerber a 7-5, 6-2 victory in front of a near-full Rod Laver Arena overwhelmingly on her si
  
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• Jamie Murray: British experience at Australian Open has been incredible

  28-01-2016 23:00
  
  • Doubles finalist lauds Melbourne form of his brother Andy and Johanna Konta
  • ‘Chemistry I have struck up with Bruno Soares bodes well for doubles final’“It has been incredible,” Jamie Murray said of the British experience at the 2016 Australian Open – and, he might have added, it could become more incredible.“Obviously, for Andy [his brother] to get into the semi-final, I guess people are used to that because that is what he has been doing for so
  
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• Elliot Daly’s England time will come – he must show he can be a Test animal | Dean Ryan

  28-01-2016 23:00
  
  The Wasps centre is a fantastic player but Test caps should be hard won and they will be under the new management of Eddie Jones as the Six Nations beckonsA lot of people seem to have been surprised and disappointed that Elliot Daly was sent back to Wasps by Eddie Jones, along with the nine other players who did not make the cut for the Calcutta Cup, including me. But, in a way, I was also quietly encouraged by it. Too many people have played Test rugby too quickly in the past four years.Daly is
  
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• 12 Irish players who’ve moved during the Transfer Window & 4 who could still

  28-01-2016 22:45
  Everton pair Darron Gibson and Aiden McGeady are among those that have been linked with moves.
  
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• San Francisco sets up for Super Bowl 50, but where will the homeless go?

  28-01-2016 22:43
  
  Many believe efforts to relocate homeless people to make space for massive Super Bowl 50 festivities is a ‘further example of the inequity in the city’Rolf Stagg huddled near the city’s waterfront on a recent morning, rolled some loose tobacco inside a torn scrap of newspaper and watched with a mix of derision and curiosity as a massive football fan village rose before his eyes. “They chase us out like cattle,” the 62-year-old Stagg said, as his hangouts disappeared
  
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• Swift ends long wait for skeleton gold

  28-01-2016 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's David Swift wins for the first time in more than 80 races, taking skeleton gold in Switzerland.
  
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• Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne out for 10 weeks due to knee injury

  28-01-2016 22:32
  
  • Belgium midfielder tore ankle and knee ligaments against Everton• Agent fears he could miss European Championships in FranceKevin De Bruyne is set to miss at least 10 weeks after scans revealed the Belgium international tore ligaments in his knee and ankle in the Capital One Cup semi-final victory over Everton on Wednesday. That would mean he would return to action in mid-April and his agent fears the Manchester City attacking midfielder could miss the European Championship as a resu
  
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• Sevilla ease to cup win over lower league Mirandes

  28-01-2016 22:27
  Sevilla eased into the semi-finals of the King's Cup on Thursday after a Vicente Iborra penalty helped them on their way to a 3-0 second leg win over second tier Mirandes and a 5-0 aggregate success. Sevilla were firmly in charge from the start and went ahead after Sebastian Cristoforo was upended by Ion Velez and Iborra sent keeper Raul Fernandez the wrong way with his spotkick after nine minutes. Mirandes caused little danger and Sevilla could have added to their lead but Yevhen Konoplyanka fi
  
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• Sport picture of the day: on the gallops

  28-01-2016 22:18
  
  It looks like a beautiful morning to be on the gallops at Upper Lambourn, Berkshire Continue reading...
  
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• Walsh starts at full-forward as Kerry reveal team for rematch with Dublin

  28-01-2016 22:09
  
  Croke Park is the venue for Saturday night’s clash between last year’s All-Ireland finalists.
  
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• Tipp’s O’Dwyer and Cork’s Coughlan the scoring stars as CIT claim 24-point Fitzgibbon win

  28-01-2016 22:00
  
  Comfortable win for the Cork college against GMIT tonight.
  
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• Davy’s LIT hit four goals en route to Fitzgibbon Cup win as WIT and IT Carlow also triumph

  28-01-2016 21:50
  
  Austin Gleeson hit the net for WIT as did his Waterford colleague Colin Dunford for IT Carlow.
  
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• Magnussen set to replace Maldonado at Renault: reports

  28-01-2016 21:48
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Denmark's Kevin Magnussen is set to replace Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado at the Renault Formula One team, Sky Sports television and specialist websites reported on Thursday. Renault are due to present their driver lineup and management structure at an event in Paris next Wednesday. Maldonado's future has been uncertain since Renault announced their return to Formula One as constructors and took over the financially-troubled team last month.
  
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• Sebastian Coe denies he warned UKA of 2017 world championship bribes

  28-01-2016 21:39
  
  • IAAF president said to have passed on rumours of ‘brown envelopes’
  • Doha was London’s main bidding rival for the showpiece eventSebastian Coe, the under-fire president of the IAAF, has denied knowing that “bribes were being offered or received” in relation to the award of the 2017 World Athletics Championships after it was claimed that he passed on rumours of “brown envelopes”.After the Daily Mail reported it was Lord Coe to whom the UK Athl
  
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• Mizzou dismiss quarterback Maty Mauk after string of suspensions

  28-01-2016 21:24
  
  Controversial video of Mauk emerged earlier this weekMore pressure placed on new coach Barry OdomMissouri dismissed quarterback Maty Mauk from the football program on Thursday after a series of missteps that included three suspensions over the past four months.New coach Barry Odom said he met with Mauk in December and gave him a fresh start. But Missouri suspended Mauk again this week after a brief video was posted to Twitter. It shows a person appearing to snort a white
  
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• Utrecht case over Michel Vorm sale from Swansea to Tottenham set for CAS hearing

  28-01-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Swansea's sale of Michel Vorm to Tottenham will be the subject of a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday .Utrecht a
  
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• 4 changes to Cork football team for Sunday’s league opener against Mayo

  28-01-2016 21:19
  
  Páirc Uí Rinn is the venue for next Sunday’s clash.
  
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• IOC to issue Zika guidance as virus spreads before Rio Games

  28-01-2016 21:08
  By Karolos Grohmann and Stephen Eisenhammer ATHENS/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee will issue guidelines this week aimed at protecting athletes and visitors from Zika, a mosquito-borne virus spreading rapidly across South America months before the Rio de Janeiro Games in August. IOC President Thomas Bach said on Thursday a note would be sent to National Olympic Committees (NOCs) "today or tomorrow at the latest," as Rio prepares to host the world's biggest sporting
  
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• Gareth Bale watches Anderson Silva's greatest hits as injured Real Madrid star looks forward to UFC London

  28-01-2016 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Bale has been gaining inspiration in his battle against injury by watching UFC star Anderson Silva's greatest hits. The Brazilian fights Michael Bisping in London on February 27.
  
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• Chelsea set sights on Italy's Antonio Conte as long-term replacement for Jose Mourinho

  28-01-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italy manager Antonio Conte has emerged as the leading candidate for the Chelsea job as the club close in on their search for Jose Mourinho’s long-term replacement.
  
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• Say goodnight to the bad guy: villain role fits Novak Djokovic against Federer

  28-01-2016 21:02
  
  With yet another win over sentimental favorite Roger Federer, the world No1 showed he’s willing to embrace the role of the cowboy in the black hatThe most extraordinary sequence from Thursday’s Australian Open semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer happened seven points from the end of the match. Federer, down two sets to one and 15-30 on his serve, uncorked a 120mph missile out wide that a fully extended Djokovic could barely get a racket on. What followed was a hyperki
  
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• Manchester United's Louis van Gaal blasts speculation over future as 'awful and horrible'

  28-01-2016 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Dutchman came under renewed pressure following last weekend's defeat at home by Southampton amid speculation that he offered to resign halfway through his three-year contract.
  
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• Football League Q&A: Coventry defender Sam Ricketts on being a Liverpool fan, Gareth Bale and regaining trust in FIFA

  28-01-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In spite of dropping out of the Football League as a 21-year-old and spending two seasons at Nuneaton and Telford, Sam Ricketts has packed a lot of memorable experiences into his career.
  
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• FIFA candidates head to Qatar as Sexwale says 'time for alliances'

  28-01-2016 20:53
  By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - Four of the candidates for president of FIFA are heading to Qatar for meetings on Saturday, with one of them, South African Tokyo Sexwale, saying "the time for alliances is coming". The development suggests that electoral horse-trading might be about to begin in the battle to replace Sepp Blatter as head of football's world governing body. Spokesmen for the frontrunners, Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and Gianni Infantino, and for Sexwale confirmed to Reute
  
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• Jamie Roberts is fuelled for the Six Nations and ready to rekindle his formidable partnership with Jonathan Davies for Wales

  28-01-2016 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies will, in all likelihood, start their 40th Test together for Wales in next weekend's RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland in Dublin. It has been a long time coming.
  
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• Manchester City stars hit the gym a day after reaching Wembley final as focus turns to FA Cup clash with Aston Villa

  28-01-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fresh from sealing their place in the Capital One Cup final the Manchester City players were back in the gym on Thursday as they began preparations for this weekend's trip to Aston Villa.
  
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• Novak Djokovic sports personalised adidas trainers with a picture of his face stitched onto the tongue as he beats Roger Federer

  28-01-2016 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic is one of the most recognisable sportsmen on the planet having won 10 Grand Slam singles titles... and he has jumped on the hyper-personalised footwear bandwagon.
  
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