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• Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham have 'enough players to cover' after ruling out replacement for injured Jan Vertonghen 

  29-01-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mauricio Pochettino is set to gamble on Tottenham’s title challenge by not signing cover for Jan Vertonghen. Pochettino confirmed on Friday that the defender would be out for two months.
  
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• Saido Berahino has wasted 'three or four months' of his career says West Brom boss Tony Pulis who tells striker to focus on playing football following difficult season 

  29-01-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saido Berahino has ‘wasted three or four months’ of his career, according to West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis. The 22-year-old is set to stay at the Hawthorns
  
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• Derby 1-3 Manchester United: Daley Blind and Juan Mata ease pressure on Louis van Gaal

  29-01-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE iPRO STADIUM: Louis van Gaal almost got out of his seat. He rose, still in the crouching position, to celebrate Daley Blind’s winning goal and then sat back down again.
  
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• JERMAINE JENAS: Young lads who don't even play are on £20k a week with Range Rovers... football is about money and power

  29-01-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN, FOOTBALL EDITOR: For Jermaine Jenas, the beginning of the end came alone, on a weights machine in a gym at Queens Park Rangers.
  
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• United Cup win over Derby eases pressure on Van Gaal

  29-01-2016 23:36
  (Reuters) - Under-pressure Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal enjoyed a rare highlight after weeks of gloom when his side comfortably beat Derby County 3-1 on Friday to reach the FA Cup fifth round. Goals from Wayne Rooney, Daley Blind and Juan Mata put the 11-times Cup winners through, with second-tier Derby only briefly threatening a shock when George Thorne equalised shortly before the break at a noisy Pride Park. Dutchman Van Gaal has been under mounting pressure after a recent poor ru
  
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• Jonny Wilkinson will be good for Eddie Jones but legendary fly-half has to get experience at club level before coaching England

  29-01-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: So, after a ‘chance’ encounter with Eddie Jones in Waitrose, Jonny Wilkinson has already been into Pennyhill Park this week and conducted his first skills sessions.
  
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• Greg Dyke forced out by blazer power as FA chairman decided not to seek re-election for another term

  29-01-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: A secret meeting of FA council blazers three weeks ago sealed chairman Greg Dyke’s fate over his extra year at the helm.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Saturday, January 30

  29-01-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Saturday's racing at Cheltenham, Doncaster, Lingfield and Uttoxeter.
  
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• 'I'm overweight and 52, but I will ride at Newmarket,' says Sportsmail's Marcus Townend on crash course to be a jockey

  29-01-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: So here goes. It is a challenge that both inspires me and terrifies me in equal parts but if everything goes to plan over the next five months I will be riding in the historic Town Plate.
  
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• 'I just missed out on the Class of 92 by one year...' Oxford United manager Michael Appleton reveals the best advice he received was from Manchester United legend Eric Cantona

  29-01-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oxford United manager Michael Appleton (below) today takes on Blackburn Rovers, the club who sacked him in 2013, in the FA Cup. The Manchester United, Preston & West Brom midfielder
  
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• Djakadam in bid to prove Gold Cup quality with Cheltenham Festival around the corner

  29-01-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cheltenham Festival is just over six weeks away and key trials are staged this weekend. MARCUS TOWNEND highlights the key battles which should hopefully shed more light on the meeting.
  
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• Wayne Rooney set the tone with his curling beauty, it wasn't vintage Manchester United but they played the way Louis van Gaal must be aspiring towards

  29-01-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE iPRO STADIUM: Wayne Rooney’s glorious strike was one of those goals that telegraphed its brilliance a second or two before crossing the line.
  
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• Real Madrid transfer ban suspended during appeal

  29-01-2016 23:17
  
  The Fifa sanction has been lifted while they appeal to world football’s governing body.
  
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• This is the best West Ham team I've seen, but I hope they go the same way as 2006... Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard remember that classic FA Cup final

  29-01-2016 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Gerrard will watch Saturday’s FA Cup tie between Liverpool and West Ham in Los Angeles, but earlier this week he rang Jamie Carragher to reminisce about that day 10 years ago.
  
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• Wayne Rooney form shows no sign of slowing down for Manchester United as Daley Blind proves a worthy match-winner - PLAYER RATINGS

  29-01-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT THE iPRO STADIUM: Manchester United saw off Championship outfit Derby County on Friday night to secure their place in the FA Cup fifth round draw.
  
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• Rooney, Mata and Blind send Man United into the FA Cup fifth round

  29-01-2016 23:07
  
  The Red Devils were 3-1 winners over Derby County this evening.
  
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• Mixture of youth & experience as Mayo name team to face Cork

  29-01-2016 23:03
  
  Lee Keegan will captain the team, though no captain for the season has been appointed yet.
  
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• Mixture of youth & experience as Mayo named team to face Cork

  29-01-2016 23:02
  
  Lee Keegan will captain the team, though no captain for the season has been appointed yet.
  
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• Brazilian Pato signs for Chelsea on loan

  29-01-2016 22:45
  
  Premier League champions Chelsea have signed Brazilian forward Alexandre Pato on loan from Corinthians until the end of the season, the London club announced on Friday. "I am so happy to sign for Chelsea. "I thank Chelsea for their support and hope I can repay this faith to the club and its fans." Pato left AC Milan for his native Brazil in 2013, having scored 63 goals in 150 appearances for the Rossoneri and helping them to the Serie A title in 2010-11.
  
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• Swansea City sign Alberto Paloschi for £8m from Serie A side Chievo 

  29-01-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swansea have completed the £8million signing of Alberto Paloschi from Chievo. The former AC Milan striker arrived in Wales on Friday morning to finalise terms on his four-year contract.
  
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• Gladbach slip up at Mainz to make it two losses in a row

  29-01-2016 22:43
  Borussia Moenchengladbach slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Mainz 05 on Friday for their second straight defeat since the Bundesliga restart as their air of invincibility under coach Andre Schubert has failed to spill over into this year. Christian Clemens drilled in the winner from 20 metres for the hosts after 21 minutes with fourth-placed Gladbach only turning up the heat in the second half. The visitors missed a golden chance through Raffael, who saw his close range effort spectacularly blocked by
  
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• Harry Kane may control his emotions on the pitch but he has a different side on the golf course, says close friend George Moncur as Tottenham prepare to face Colchester 

  29-01-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL - EXCLUSIVE: George Moncur is more aware than anybody of Harry Kane’s potential for reacting badly should Colchester United inflict an FA Cup shock.
  
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• Diamond League should ban dopers like we do-marathon boss

  29-01-2016 22:38
  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Any athlete convicted of a serious doping offence should be banned from the Diamond League, following the “zero tolerance” approach of the London Marathon, the race’s chief executive told Reuters on Friday. City marathons have, like the rest of athletics, been hit hard by doping in recent years. Russian Liliya Shobukhova, who won the London race in 2010 and was runner-up in 2011, has since been banned for doping and turned whistle-blower to
  
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• Here’s the Dublin starting XV to take on Kerry this weekend

  29-01-2016 22:34
  
  Paul Mannion returns to the starting team as Jim Gavin’s men prepare for a repeat of the 2015 All-Ireland SFC final.
  
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• Derby 1-3 Man Utd: Match Report

  29-01-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Manchester United see off Derby in FA Cup to ease pressure on Louis van GaalLouis van Gaal is able to breathe a little easier after Manche
  
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• Paul Gustard urges England duo George Ford and Owen Farrell to take their chance

  29-01-2016 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  George Ford and Owen Farrell have been urged to prove their time has come by establishing themselves as England's twin playmakers.The pair
  
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• Manchester United see off Derby in FA Cup to ease pressure on Louis van Gaal

  29-01-2016 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Louis van Gaal is able to breathe a little easier after Manchester United made light work of a potentially tricky FA Cup assignment against D
  
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• Two columnists at Glasgow Herald lose jobs after Rangers FC board 'Billy Boys' song row

  29-01-2016 22:16
  
  Two columnists at the Glasgow Herald have lost their jobs after being forced to apologise to Rangers FC, which claimed a board member praised an anti-Catholic anthem. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) accused The Herald of "pandering to the mob" after their actions which prompted complaints by the football club. Experienced journalist Graham Spiers had written a column saying that an unnamed director at the club had expressed his approval of the infamous 'Billy Boys' song while they were a
  
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• Jurgen Klopp coy about Alex Teixeira move as Liverpool train ahead of West Ham FA Cup tie... but there's still no sign of Daniel Sturridge

  29-01-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp admits he will choose a different team to play West Ham in FA Cup fourth round on Saturday to the one that beat Stoke City in the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup.
  
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• Wasps end Franklin's Gardens hoodoo

  29-01-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wasps claimed their first win at Franklin's Gardens since November 2005 as they put Northampton Saints to the sword in ruthless fashion in the Av
  
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• Jason Tovey leads Newport to victory against second-placed Leinster

  29-01-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leinster missed the opportunity to go top of the Guinness Pro12 after they were beaten 23-13 at strugglers Newport Gwent Dragons.Fly-ha
  
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• France to recognise Palestine if talks fail

  29-01-2016 21:53
  
  Foreign minister says Israeli "colonisation continues" and if renewed efforts collapse, France will recognise Palestine.
  
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• Newcastle interested in signing Guilherme Siqueria and Lucas Orban for problem left-back position as club also hunt new striker   

  29-01-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle are interested in Atletico Madrid left-back Guilherme Siqueria. The Magpies have
  enquired about a potential loan switch until the end of the season.
  
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• European, U.N. troops accused of sexual abuse in Central African Republic

  29-01-2016 21:41
  By Stephanie Nebehay and Michelle Nichols GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Twelve more children in the Central African Republic have accused European soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers of sexual abuse, the United Nations said on Friday, with one senior official saying such abuse was "rampant" there. Foreign troops were deployed in Central African Republic after mainly Muslim rebels seized power in the majority Christian country in 2013, provoking reprisals and fuelling religious and inter
  
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• Jos Buttler: I must follow Ben Stokes' lead to earn back my England place... he had a fantastic Test series in South Africa

  29-01-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: Jos Buttler will look to the example of Ben Stokes for encouragement that he really can take his high-octane methods into the Test arena and finally be a success.
  
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• Swansea sign Alberto Paloschi from Chievo

  29-01-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Swansea have completed the signing of Italian striker Alberto Paloschi from Chievo.The 26-year-old has been signed for an undisclosed fee,
  
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• Connor Wickham handed three-match ban for elbow on Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen

  29-01-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace striker Connor Wickham has been handed a three-game ban by the FA for his elbow on Jan Vertonghen on Saturday.
  
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• VIDEO: James Woods lands jump on one ski

  29-01-2016 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British freeskier James Woods somehow lands a jump on just one ski while competing at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup.
  
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• Real and Atletico transfer bans suspended pending appeals

  29-01-2016 21:08
  Real Madrid and their neighbours Atletico Madrid have had their bans on signing new players for the next two transfer windows suspended pending the outcome of appeals to FIFA, the clubs said in separate statements on Friday. The pair, who are third and second respectively in La Liga, were hit with the suspensions by FIFA for breaching rules on signing non-Spanish under-18 players. “The FIFA appeals committee has conceded a provisional suspension while our appeal is presented,” Atleti
  
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• Players at Greek match stage protest in support of migrants

  29-01-2016 21:06
  A Greek soccer match was delayed on Friday when players staged a sit-down protest in a moving tribute to migrants who have lost their lives trying to reach Greece's Aegean islands. The show of solidarity took place before the kickoff of the second-tier Football League match between home side AEL Larissa and Acharnaikos in the Thessalian city of Larissa.
  
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