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• Porto win breathless classico as Casillas defies Benfica

  12-02-2016 23:51
  An inspired performance by goalkeeper Iker Casillas and a second-half goal from Vincent Aboubakar helped give Porto a 2-1 win at Benfica in a breathless, end-to-end 'classico' on Friday. Benfica, who had won their previous eight Primeira Liga games, went ahead through Kostas Mitroglou only for Hector Herrera and Aboubakar to hand the visitors their first victory at the Stadium of Light for four years. Porto, who completed a league double over their arch-rivals, are now within three points of Spo
  
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• Facebook India MD Kirthiga Reddy stepping down

  12-02-2016 23:44
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's India managing director, Kirthiga Reddy, said on Friday she is stepping down and returning to the United States to "explore new opportunities" at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Reddy, who joined Facebook in 2010 as its first employee in India, said in a Facebook post she would be relocating in the next 6-12 months. Reddy is working closely with William Easton, MD of emerging markets (Asia Pacific), and Dan Neary, vice president of Asia Pacific, t
  
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• Bosh out of NBA All-Star Game due to calf injury

  12-02-2016 23:43
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat will miss Sunday's All-Star Game with a calf injury, and has been replaced on the Eastern Conference roster by Atlanta's Al Horford.
  
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• Steph Curry returns to Toronto at the height of his powers

  12-02-2016 23:38
  
  TORONTO (AP) — When the Toronto Raptors signed Dell Curry in 1999 to provide some shooting on the perimeter, they also acquired two young children in the deal that would dart around the back hallways of the Air Canada Center dribbling basketballs and bouncing off the walls.
  
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• US Open organisers admit banned umpire worked at 2015 tournament as linesman

  12-02-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US Open organisers have admitted a banned umpire was allowed to work as a linesman during last year's tournament. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has launched an investigation.
  
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• Martin Castrogiovanni feared he would never walk again after surgery... now the veteran Italy prop is gearing up to face England in Rome 

  12-02-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: Veteran Italy tighthead Martin Castrogiovanni feared he might never walk again when surgeons made an eight-inch incision to remove a tumour from his spine.
  
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• Connor Wickham let Crystal Palace down by elbowing Jan Vertonghen, admits Alan Pardew

  12-02-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wickham was suspended for an elbow on Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen last month and is now firmly behind Emmanuel Adebayor in Palace strikers pecking orde
  
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• Andy Goode’s 15 points help Newcastle to surprise win over Leicester

  12-02-2016 23:36
  
  • Newcastle 26-14 Leicester
  • Falcons move off bottom as Tigers lose second successive Premiership matchNewcastle breathed life into their hopes of avoiding relegation from the Aviva Premiership with a stunning victory over Leicester at Kingston Park to move them off the bottom of the table.The 26-14 defeat was Leicester’s second successive league loss – they went down 10-3 to Sale last weekend – and owed much to the intensity they faced from a fired-up home side. One
  
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• Eddie Jones calls for 'ruthless' strike from England ahead of Six Nations showdown with Italy in Rome 

  12-02-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: Eddie Jones will order England to launch a ‘brutal’ and ‘ruthless’ onslaught against Italy in Rome on Sunday to ignite their RBS Six Nations title challenge.
  
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• West Indians Narine and Pollard out of World Twenty20

  12-02-2016 23:34
  By Kayon and Raynor KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 12 (Reuters) - West Indies' hopes of winning the World Twenty20 for the second time in four years suffered a setback on Friday when off-spinner Sunil Narine and all-rounder Kieron Pollard pulled out of their squad. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) also announced that all the players would be given until Sunday to settle a dispute by signing their tournament contracts. Earlier this week, captain Darren Sammy said mediation was the best way to settle
  
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• Wales don't need to chill out... Mike Phillips has just been in France for a bit too long, says defence coach Shaun Edwards 

  12-02-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: Shaun Edwards claims Mike Phillips has ‘spent too much time in France’ after the Sportsmail columnist suggested Wales’s coaching staff should ‘chill out’ in training.
  
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• Tim Howard may be nearing the end at Everton, hints Roberto Martínez

  12-02-2016 23:30
  
  • American under pressure after Joel Robles proves able deputy
  • Bryan Oviedo signs new Goodison deal until 2019Roberto Martínez has given a strong indication that Tim Howard’s Everton career is nearing the end by urging fans to show the USA international “warmth” for the remainder of the season and not to forget his outstanding service at Goodison Park.The 36-year-old has been linked with a summer return to MLS, in particular Colorado Rapids, after a difficult
  
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• Steve McClaren: old school Steven Taylor must earn new Newcastle deal

  12-02-2016 23:30
  
  • Taylor is back in the side but his contract expires this summer
  • ‘He has to stay in the team and help keep us in the Premier League’Steve McClaren, the Newcastle United manager, has challenged Steven Taylor to extend his one-club career by earning a new contract. Related: Chelsea v Newcastle United: match previewContinue reading...
  
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• Sam Allardyce clings to hope amid desperate circumstances at Sunderland | Louise Taylor

  12-02-2016 23:30
  
  Sunderland are second-bottom in the league and have just sacked their best player, leaving ‘Fireman’ Sam’s record of never having been relegated under threatDown by the river Wear the sirens are wailing, the blue lights cannot seem to stop flashing and “Fireman Sam” acknowledges he is in real peril of failing to live up to his moniker.Sam Allardyce remains rightly proud of a managerial CV unblemished by the stain of a single relegation from the top tier but he now k
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino likens Tottenham to lions before Manchester City test

  12-02-2016 23:30
  
  • Manager says Sunday’s game will be ‘important but not decisive’ in title race• Pochettino tells players to collectively deal with threat of Sergio AgüeroFielding questions at Tottenham Hotspur’s training ground, Mauricio Pochettino looked momentarily baffled upon being asked to describe what kind of animal his team plays like. Upon being reminded that the Watford manager, Quique Sánchez Flores, had highlighted Tottenham’s bestial qualities in
  
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• Jürgen Klopp admits he has no magic formula to change Liverpool’s fortunes

  12-02-2016 23:30
  
  • ‘To change things you need time,’ says Liverpool manager
  • Klopp says Benteke is ‘waiting for all his skills to come back’Jürgen Klopp has said he took the Liverpool job because it was the right one, not the easiest one, and that it would need David Copperfield to conjure an immediate transformation at Anfield.Liverpool head to bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa on Sunday in ninth position having taken five points from a possible 18 in 2016 and with hopes of
  
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• Guus Hiddink warns Chelsea his successor may struggle to lure top talent

  12-02-2016 23:30
  
  • Lack of Champions League football would call for a novel sales pitch
  • ‘If a club can offer ambition then you can still be attractive to players’Guus Hiddink believes the Chelsea hierarchy will have to develop an enticing sales pitch to lure signings this summer when the club is unlikely to be able to offer Champions League football in the wake of this season’s toils.Chelsea languish 17 points behind the top four, who play each other this weekend, with 13 games rema
  
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• Arsène Wenger: Premier League title noise may get too loud for Leicester

  12-02-2016 23:30
  
  • Arsenal manager doubts Claudio Ranieri’s claim that pressure is off leaders• Wenger predicts Sunday’s game will be tighter than 5-2 win in SeptemberThere are few more practised than Arsène Wenger when it comes to shifting the spotlight away from his players but the Arsenal manager believes it will be difficult for Leicester’s team to avoid the noise around their title chase.Claudio Ranieri suggested earlier this week the established order were nervous of Leic
  
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• Van Gaal would be disappointed if Manchester United have approached Mourinho

  12-02-2016 23:29
  
  • Manager says owners would tell him if they were sounding out replacements
  • ‘I shall be disappointed, because that is the consequence of what I have said’Louis van Gaal would be disappointed if Ed Woodward, Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman, and the club’s owners, the Glazers, went behind his back to approach a prospective new manager.The Dutchman’s position has been in the balance since the poorest December in the club’s 138-year history
  
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• Wigan’s Josh Charnley grabs dramatic win over injury-hit Huddersfield

  12-02-2016 23:26
  
  • Huddersfield 13-18 WiganJosh Charnley broke Huddersfield hearts with a try four minutes from the end as Wigan snatched a sixth successive win over the injury-hit Giants. Related: Salford hit their stride in eight-try romp against stunned St HelensContinue reading...
  
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• France too strong for Ireland with dominant performance in Narbonne

  12-02-2016 23:26
  
  It was a 21-point defeat for Nigel Carolan’s side.
  
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• Newcastle 26-14 Leicester: Tigers stunned at Kingston Park as Simon Hammersley and Adam Powell tries secure precious victory 

  12-02-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle breathed life into their hopes of avoiding relegation with a stunning victory over Leicester Tigers at Kingston Park.
  
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• Carpi 1-3 Roma: Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah score late goals to move Luciano Spalletti's side up into third in Serie A

  12-02-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roma climbed to third place in Serie A with a convincing 3-1 victory at relegation-threatened Carpi courtesy of two late goals by Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah.
  
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• Mets pitcher Jenrry Mejia 1st to draw lifetime drug ban

  12-02-2016 23:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia has become the first player to receive a lifetime ban under baseball's drug agreement after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the third time.
  
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• Talib, Jackson, Webb fined for Super Bowl infractions

  12-02-2016 23:04
  
  Denver Broncos fiery cornerback Aqib Talib was fined a total of $26,044 on Friday for taunting and face mask fouls in the Super Bowl.
  
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• Eddie Jones urges England to ignore history and show Italy no mercy

  12-02-2016 23:00
  
  • Jones: ‘If you look at the rankings we’re a better side than Italy’
  • Coach wants Maro Itoje to go from ‘Vauxhall Viva to BMW’Eddie Jones has challenged his England team to show no mercy when they collide with Italy in Rome on Sunday. The Azzurri have never beaten England in the Six Nations Championship and Jones, who has taken the unusual step of naming six forwards on the bench, wants to ensure life is even tougher for the hosts.For the past four succe
  
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• Eddie Jones hoping confidence can do the trick for England in Italy | Robert Kitson

  12-02-2016 23:00
  
  Eddie Jones has been busy instilling pride into the inward-looking squad he inherited and believes a positive approach in Rome can build on England’s Six Nations win in ScotlandBagshot was not built in a day but a difference in England’s pre-match demeanour from a week ago is already noticeable. The team to face Italy in Rome on Sunday has been judiciously tweaked, the bench implies a squad that means business and victory over Scotland has soothed a few nervous systems. If the Azzurr
  
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• Banned umpire worked at 2015 U.S. Open due to 'flaw'

  12-02-2016 22:55
  Denis Pitner was suspended by the International Tennis Federation in August after sending information about a player to a coach during a tournament and regularly logging on to a betting account from which bets were placed on tennis matches. "We had a flaw in our system. Denis Pitner did work as a linesman at the 2015 U.S. Open," Chris Widmaier, the USTA's managing director of corporate communications, told Reuters on Friday via email.
  
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• Remi Garde highlights the threat of former Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke

  12-02-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aston Villa boss Remi Garde has warned that misfiring Christian Benteke could return to haunt his old club.The Frenchman also feels Liverpoo
  
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• Leicester look every inch title contenders, says Arsene Wenger

  12-02-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger acknowledged Leicester as potential Barclays Premier League champions after they showed "special force" to beat fell
  
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• Aled Thomas penalty wins it for Scarlets

  12-02-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Scarlets were grateful to a late penalty from replacement fly-half Aled Thomas as they snatched a last-gasp victory in a gripping Guinness Pro12 t
  
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• Kilkenny name 12 of the side that won last September’s All-Ireland for league opener

  12-02-2016 22:47
  
  While Waterford also go with the tried and tested.
  
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• Pope meets Russian Orthodox head after 962-year split

  12-02-2016 22:46
  
  Church reconciliation and the welfare of Christians in M East and Africa in the agenda of historic talks held in Cuba.
  
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• AP Source: Bosh out of NBA All-Star Game due to calf injury

  12-02-2016 22:46
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says that Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat will miss Sunday's All-Star Game with a calf injury, and has been replaced on the Eastern Conference roster by Atlanta's Al Horford.
  
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• Irresistible Napoli meet immovable Juventus as Serie A title race gets serious

  12-02-2016 22:35
  
  Napoli’s compelling bid for a first Serie A crown since 1990 faces a major hurdle as they travel to Turin to face defending champions Juventus, who are on a 14-game winning streak as they have clung to their opponents’ heelsMaurizio Sarri is not always too fussed about watching his words but there was something about one of his pre-match sentences, uttered the day before a fixture that has flung Serie A to the forefront of this weekend’s affairs, that teed up the occasion perfe
  
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• Dundee 1-0 St Johnstone: Match Report

  12-02-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kane Hemmings double spurs Dundee to victory over St JohnstoneKane Hemmings struck twice for Dundee to sink struggling St Johnstone in the
  
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• Burton Albion 1-0 Chesterfield: Match Report

  12-02-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Burton dig deep to edge out ChesterfieldBurton stretched their lead at the top of the League One table to seven points with a scrappy 1-0
  
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• LUIS SUAREZ INTERVIEW WITH JAMIE CARRAGHER: I want to be remembered for winning trophies and scoring goals... not just for the bad things I've done 

  12-02-2016 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: It's a quiet morning at Barcelona’s new training ground but old friends are about to be reunited. Sportsmail's JAMIE CARRAGHER flew to Spain to catch up with LUIS SUAREZ.
  
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• LA heat to test Rio hopefuls in U.S. marathon trials

  12-02-2016 22:30
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Unseasonably high temperatures will challenge runners at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials on Saturday with the top three finishers in the men's and women's races earning spots on the United States Olympic team. A record field for the trials, comprising more than 370 athletes, will have to cope with temperatures of up to 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 Celsius) in downtown Los Angeles where the race will start and end. "Coming into it, I think it's the tra
  
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• Luis Suarez admits he misses the atmosphere in the Premier League but would only return to play for Liverpool

  12-02-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luis Suarez misses the atmosphere and unpredictability of the Premier League, but would only return if it meant playing in front of the Kop with Liverpool again.
  
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• Luis Suarez on Barcelona's star trio: Lionel Messi and Neymar 'took it as a sign' I was joining to help and not compete with them

  12-02-2016 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Luis Suarez has opened up about his relationship with Lionel Messi and Neymar and says the forwards ‘took it as a sign’ that he joined Barcelona to help, not compete with them.
  
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• Euro 2016 hopeful Gudjohnsen joins Solskjaer's Molde

  12-02-2016 22:25
  Former Chelsea and Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen has signed a two-year deal with Norwegian side Molde as he bids to secure a place in Iceland's 2016 European Championship squad. Gudjohnsen, capped 84 times, made three appearances in qualifying and scored one goal as his country reached the finals of a major tournament for the first time. "Obviously I want to play for the national team, these are exciting times for Iceland," the 37-year-old told the Verdens Gang newspaper on Friday.
  
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• Newcastle clinch brilliant Premiership win over Leicester

  12-02-2016 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Newcastle breathed life into their hopes of avoiding relegation with a stunning victory over Leicester Tigers at Kingston Park. The 26-14 d
  
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• Jonathan Davies

  12-02-2016 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jonathan Davies readily admits that winning his 50th cap seemed a long way away during the injury-induced frustration of missing Wales' 2015 World
  
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• Jimmy Hill memorial service: Football's great and good including England manager Roy Hodgson, Trevor Brooking, Gary Lineker and John Motson pay tribute to a man 'truly worth celebrating'

  12-02-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Football's great and good including John Motson, Roy Hodgson and Gary Lineker were among a host of stars to attend a Jimmy Hill memorial in Coventry on Friday night.
  
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• England drop the ball as Chris Morris smashes South Africa to series leveller

  12-02-2016 22:10
  
  • England 262; South Africa 266-9. South Africa win by one wicket• Series drawn at 2-2 before deciding ODI at Newlands on Sunday
  • Full scorecard from WanderersChris Morris, South Africa’s million dollar man – for that is the worth of his IPL contract with the Delhi Daredevils, which seemed a lot at the time – pummelled South Africa to a famous victory in front of an ecstatic capacity crowd. A pink mass revelling in a red-blooded contest gloried in an epic ninth-
  
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• Broncos basking in glory of first title since '99

  12-02-2016 22:04
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — While general manager John Elway maps out plans to keep his team intact, the Denver Broncos are enjoying the spoils of their Super Bowl victory.
  
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• Ulster's good form goes on with win over Glasgow

  12-02-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ulster notched up their third consecutive PRO12 win to keep them set for a top-four finish as they just about overcame Glasgow Warriors 13-10 at a
  
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• Leinster crush Zebre with eight-try performance

  12-02-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leinster ran in eight tries to maintain their push for a PRO12 play-off place with a 52-0 victory over Zebre at the RDS. New Zealander Hayd
  
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• England boss Roy Hodgson joins tributes to Jimmy Hill

  12-02-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England manager Roy Hodgson led tributes to Jimmy Hill on Friday and labelled the former Coventry boss an innovator.Hodgson attended a memor
  
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