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• Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink plotting FA Cup victory against Manchester City as he takes inspiration from Tottenham and Leicester

  20-02-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY: Guus Hiddink is ready to copy Leicester and Tottenham’s blueprint as he plots victory over Manchester City on Sunday.
  
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• Finally, Wild get outdoor game, fittingly against Blackhawks

  20-02-2016 23:55
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Finally, after years of lobbying to host an outdoor game, the Minnesota Wild will take their skates and sticks to the ice under the winter sky.
  
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• Mind the gap... Premier League wages soar with average salaries during 2014-15 season around £1.7million as the rest creep along

  20-02-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal the gap between the Premier League and everyone else continues to widen — but lower-league salaries have remained close to ordinary family incomes.
  
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• Three-goal Inter boost Champions League push

  20-02-2016 23:47
  Inter Milan's ambitions for Champions League football next season were boosted by a 3-1 triumph over Sampdoria that lifted them to fourth in Serie A on Saturday. A first-half volley from Danilo D'Ambrosio and strikes after the break from Miranda and Mauro Icardi enabled Roberto Mancini's men to secure a hard-earned win at the San Siro before Sampdoria replied with a stoppage-time consolation by Fabio Quagliarella. The victory, watched by former coach Jose Mourinho, meant Inter leapfrogged Roma,
  
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• PGA Tour in town but Tiger Woods's return to the game remains uncertain 

  20-02-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON: Six months on from his last competitive round, and Tiger Woods's return to the game remains shrouded in mystery.
  
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• Leicester Tigers face fine after TV documentary shows Richard Cockerill hiding Manu Tuilagi's return from injury 

  20-02-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS: Leicester Tigers could be fined by Premier Rugby after a TV documentary showed director of rugby Richard Cockerill publishing misleading team information
  
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• I'm glad Manny Pacquiao revealed his abhorrent views: We shouldn't be happy just to swallow whole the PR-buffed image of our sporting heroes 

  20-02-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: After this week, we know Manny Pacquiao rather better than we knew him last week. It doesn’t change the fact that he was once a great fighter. But a great man? Many of us probably think a little differently about that now.
  
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• England have no world-class players at the moment... but they will have in four years, says Eddie Jones  

  20-02-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS: Eddie Jones's reign may have got off to the perfect start with two Six Nations wins out of two, but he says his current squad does not possess any world-class players.
  
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• Mo Farah secures his first victory of the year with 3,000m triumph at the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix 

  20-02-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER: Mo Farah's legs were bloody but his pride, bruised after an unexpected defeat in the Edinburgh Cross Country last month, was restored after a first victory of the season.
  
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• All eyes on Crystal Palace striker Emmanuel Adebayor as exile makes White Hart Lane return to face Tottenham in FA Cup tie

  20-02-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emmanuel Adebayor's fall from grace helped clear the way for Harry Kane to become one of the Premier League's most effective strikers, according to Tottenham goalkeeper Michel Vorm.
  
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• Victoria Pendleton's Cheltenham dream left hanging in the balance after Fakenham fall

  20-02-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria Pendleton's dream of riding at next month's Cheltenham Festival look like being decided after she rides in another Hunter Chase at Wincanton a week on Wednesday.
  
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• Football fights for its future: FIFA prepare to elect Sepp Blatter's replacement but FBI considers another raid, new bribery allegations for Sheik Salman... and how it could be disbanded within months

  20-02-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NICK HARRIS - EXCLUSIVE REPORT: FIFA are approaching a crossroads in their 112-year history and the favourite to replace Sepp Blatter as the most powerful man in world football faces fresh and troubling allegations.
  
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• As England prepare for T20 series decider The 'Trevorlution' is only a limited success 

  20-02-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Had England's tour of South Africa ended after the second one-day international in Port Elizabeth it would have been considered — apart from a dead- rubber final Test defeat - a success.
  
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• Rip it up and start again! Every presidential candidate for the FIFA election is tainted

  20-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAMIAN COLLINS – CO-FOUNDER OF NEW FIFA NOW: FIFA are not fit for purpose and whoever wins Friday’s presidential election will not be fit for purpose either.
  
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• Manchester United fan Ian Black ready to put the final nail in Louis van Gaal's coffin as Shrewsbury prepare for FA Cup tie 

  20-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian Black used to spend eight hours on the road just to watch Manchester United.  He would travel from his Edinburgh home by car with his dad and brother, leaving at eight in the morning.
  
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• It was said we must fight to protect the magic of the FA Cup, but it's already too late... the battle to save it was lost long ago

  20-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: Plenty of hand-wringing accompanied the predictable news last week that FA Cup replays may soon be scrapped to ease fixture congestion in the English game.
  
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• West Ham keeper Darren Randolph: 'I've never been involved in a team that's had a good cup run... winning the FA Cup would be perfect goodbye to the Boleyn Ground'

  20-02-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER TODD FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY: West Ham keeper Darren Randolph can remember one good cup run in his career — and even that is one he would rather erase from his memory.
  
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• 'I'd find it strange myself... I think Manuel Pellegrini has done a good job,' says Gary Cahill as Chelsea star reveals surprise at Manchester City announcing Pep Guardiola

  20-02-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL- EXCLUSIVE: When it comes to managerial uncertainty; Gary Cahill knows what he is talking about. It’s part and parcel with playing for Chelsea.
  
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• FA Cup upset against West Ham can be catalyst to owners giving me a transfer war chest, says Blackburn boss Paul Lambert

  20-02-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Lambert hopes an FA Cup upset against West Ham can help trigger the next part of his re-building plan at Blackburn Rovers by persuading the club's owners to give him the spending power he needs.
  
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• ITV could make British boxing a feature of terrestrial TV, showing up to 20 fights a year if chiefs agree new deal

  20-02-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ITV bosses will meet this week to discuss a potentially seismic new deal for British boxing. The channel is considering a new project which will see as many as 20 fight nights a year broadcast across their platforms.
  
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• Uganda's Museveni re-elected amid controversy

  20-02-2016 23:20
  
  Veteran leader declared winner with 60 percent of votes in election marred by violence and allegations of ballot fraud.
  
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• Charles replaces Bravo as Windies Twenty20 team finalised

  20-02-2016 23:19
  By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON (Reuters) - Johnson Charles has replaced Darren Bravo in the West Indies team for the World Twenty20 in India next month, selectors said on Saturday. Charles, 27, has been brought in after Bravo declined to sign the remuneration contract by last Sunday's deadline, opting instead to focus on the longer formats of the sport. Charles, a top order batsman, was part of the West Indies team that won the 2012 World Twenty20, though he made a duck in the final against Sri Lanka.
  
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• Moratti sister lets slip Mourinho 'is going to Manchester'

  20-02-2016 23:18
  The growing rumours that Jose Mourinho will be the next manager of Manchester United were further fuelled by a throw-away remark from Inter Milan dignitary Bedy Moratti on Saturday. The Portuguese's name has been increasingly linked by the media with the job amid the struggles of incumbent Louis van Gaal to win over the United faithful. The speculation was sent spinning into overdrive when Moratti, sister of former Inter president Massimo, let slip to reporters after a meeting with Mourinho that
  
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• Ex-PM Touadera wins Central African Republic presidential vote

  20-02-2016 23:13
  By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - Former Central African Republic prime minister Faustin-Archange Touadera has won a presidential run-off, the electoral commission said on Saturday, in what was widely seen as a step towards reconciliation after years of violent turmoil. "It's the central African people who have won tonight," said Max Farafei, a 32-year-old motorcycle taxi driver. "Now we all need to rally behind (Touadera) to rebuild the country." Touadera, 58, a former mathematics pr
  
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• Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 Reims: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores brace as runaway Ligue 1 leaders cruise to victory

  20-02-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic played chief tormentor when he scored two goals and set up the others in Paris St Germain's 4-1 home victory over Stade de Reims in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
  
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• Police could finish Johnny Manziel case by next week

  20-02-2016 22:47
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say they could conclude their domestic violence investigation of Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel by late next week.
  
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• West Brom fan facing life ban after throwing coin at his team's own midfielder Chris Brunt as police launch official probe

  20-02-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tony Pulis has called for criminal charges to be brought against the ‘barbaric’ West Bromwich Albion supporter who threw a coin at Chris Brunt following the club’s FA Cup defeat to Reading.
  
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• Earnhardt notches fastest lap in final Daytona 500 practice

  20-02-2016 22:33
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the fastest lap in final practice for the Daytona 500.
  
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• Brunt 'ashamed' of WBA fans after hit by coin

  20-02-2016 22:18
  
  West Bromwich Albion's Chris Brunt said he was "ashamed" of his club's supporters after being struck under the eye by a coin thrown by a fan after their surprise 3-1 defeat at Reading in the FA Cup on Saturday. Reading, 16th in the Championship, hit back with goals from Paul McShane, Michael Hector and Lucas Piazon after visiting Albion, 14th in the Premier League, had taken the lead in the fifth-round tie through captain Darren Fletcher. After the final whistle midfielder Brunt, an Albion stalw
  
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• Two sent-off in fiery finale as Waterford defeat Cork to go top of the table

  20-02-2016 22:17
  
  Derek McGrath’s side continued on their winning ways tonight.
  
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• Farah overcomes spiked leg to win first race of 2016

  20-02-2016 22:16
  Mo Farah suffered a cut that left blood streaming down his leg but the mid-race spiking could not stop the world's leading distance runner recording his first track victory of Olympic year in Glasgow on Saturday. A month after Britain's double Olympic champion was beaten into second place at the boggy Great Edinburgh cross country meeting, he returned to Scotland to make amends by winning the 3,000 metres in the more comforting surrounds of the Emirates indoor arena. Farah, who is expected to de
  
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• ‘l had to nearly hold back tears before the game’ – Heslin pays tribute to UCD great Billings

  20-02-2016 22:15
  
  John Heslin remembers the late Dave Billings after today’s victory.
  
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• Presidential rivals Champagne, Infantino clash over FIFA finances

  20-02-2016 21:42
  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne has criticised the plans of rival Gianni Infantino as financially "dangerous" for global football's beleaguered ruling body. Infantino's campaign organisers said in response his proposals were feasible and could be achieved by savings in FIFA and possibly an increase in revenue. In a letter to FIFA's 209 member national associations (FAs), who each hold one vote in the election, Champagne suggested on Saturday that
  
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• Farah to hang up track spikes at World Championships next year to concentrate on marathons

  20-02-2016 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MO FARAH admits he is already planning a golden exit strategy as he prepares to bring the curtain down on his medal-laden career.
  
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• Thomas Müller downs Darmstadt with bicycle kick for Bayern Munich

  20-02-2016 21:34
  
  • Bayern Munich 3-1 Darmstadt
  • Müller 49, 71, Lewandowski 84; Wagner 26Thomas Müller scored twice, including a spectacular 71st-minute bicycle kick, in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 comeback win over Darmstadt which enables the Bundesliga leaders to move 11 points clear at the top of the table on Saturday.Müller scored both goals in the second half as Bayern, who face Italy’s Juventus in the Champions League round of 16 next week, were made to work hard against the pr
  
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• Liam Sutcliffe and Jordan Lilley prepared to meet idol Johnathan Thurston

  20-02-2016 21:27
  
  Leeds Rhinos rising half-backs are massively inexperienced compared to the North Queensland Cowboys’ leader but they will all appear in their first World Club Challenge on SundayThe prospect of playing against Johnathan Thurston, the North Queensland captain and the world’s best player, would be enough to make some players tremble in their boots – but not Liam Sutcliffe and Jordan Lilley. They say you should never meet your idols for fear of disappointment, but the Leeds Rhinos
  
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• New owners and a debut to forget

  20-02-2016 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Jordan to Colchester, BBC Sport looks at five of the things you may have missed from Saturday's Football League action.
  
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• Wales carp over Six Nations’ Friday kick-offs but Sam Warburton happy

  20-02-2016 21:00
  
  • WRU’s Gareth Davies says countries should share Friday dates
  • Welsh captain says: ‘It gives the rare chance of a weekend off’Wales want Friday night Six Nations games to be shared around when the television schedule is drawn up after next season.Sam Warburton’s side host France on Friday with an 8.05pm kick-off and by next year Wales will have hosted six of the seven matches played on a Friday, with the other match taking place in Paris seven years ago. In co
  
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• Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen insists he doesn't regret leaving Arsenal despite injury-plagued spell in Spain: 'I see it as a challenge... you have to fight for it'

  20-02-2016 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Olivier Giroud? 'Physical. Very physical.' Mesut Ozil? 'He's in great form. He can always create something, an assist, find a goal.' Aaron Ramsey? 'With his runs, he always gets in the box at the right time.'
  
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• Brunt 'ashamed' of West Brom fans after being hit by coin

  20-02-2016 20:32
  
  West Bromwich Albion midfielder Chris Brunt said he was "ashamed" of his club's supporters after being struck under the eye by a coin thrown by a fan after their surprise 3-1 defeat at Reading in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday. Reading, 16th in the Championship, hit back with goals from Paul McShane, Michael Hector and Lucas Piazon after visiting Albion, 14th in the Premier League, had taken the lead through captain Darren Fletcher.
  
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• Bournemouth 0-2 Everton: Charlie Daniels rues penalty miss after Ross Barkley's deflected effort and Romelu Lukaku's 21st goal of the season puts Roberto Martinez's side into the FA Cup last eight

  20-02-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT AT THE VITALITY STADIUM: It was mid-afternoon and the forecourt at the Vitality Stadium was starting to fill up with expectant fans but they left disappointed after Everton cruised to victory.
  
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• Suarez and Neymar strike again in Barca win

  20-02-2016 20:30
  Goals from the prolific Luis Suarez and Neymar earned Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Las Palmas on Saturday that propelled them nine points clear at the top of La Liga. The league's leading marksman Suarez opened the scoring after six minutes, meeting Jordi Alba's cross at the far post to net his 12th goal in seven matches in all competitions and take his La Liga tally for the season to 25. Las Palmas equalised four minutes later when striker Willian Jose beat the offside trap to latch on to Jonatha
  
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• Mueller double earns Bayern win over Darmstadt

  20-02-2016 20:29
  By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN (Reuters) - Thomas Mueller scored twice, including a spectacular 71st-minute bicycle kick, to trigger Bayern Munich's 3-1 comeback win over Darmstadt 98 and enable the Bundesliga leaders to move 11 points clear at the top of the table on Saturday. Mueller scored both goals in the second half as Bayern, who face Italy's Juventus in the Champions League round of 16 next week, were made to work hard against the promoted club. Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski, in f
  
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• Cilic beats Paire to set up Kyrgios showdown

  20-02-2016 20:29
  Croatian fourth seed Marin Cilic cruised into the final of the Open 13 by beating local favourite Benoit Paire 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 in Marseille on Saturday. Cilic will take on Nick Kyrgios in Sunday’s final after the Australian eased past Czech second seed Tomas Berdych 6-4 6-2 in the other semi-final. While Cilic conceded eight points on his service games in a one-sided first set against Paire, the Frenchman's first-serve percentage was only 33.
  
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• Ibrahimovic on fire as PSG beat Reims

  20-02-2016 20:28
  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic played chief tormentor when he scored two goals and set up the others in Paris St Germain’s 4-1 home victory over Stade de Reims in Ligue 1 on Saturday. “After a good game against Chelsea it would have been disappointing not to play well tonight,” midfielder Adrien Rabiot told Canal Plus after PSG extended their unbeaten run in the league to 36 games. Ibrahimovic, who also scored in PSG’s 2-1 win against Chelsea in the
  
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• Romelu Lukaku deals Bournemouth knockout blow sending Everton onward

  20-02-2016 20:27
  
  Brinkmanship is second nature to Everton and the manner of this victory might add to Roberto Martínez’s sense that they can pull this season from the fire. Had Joel Robles not saved Charlie Daniels’ first-half penalty, this might have been the latest tale of wayward finishing and skittish defending; in the event, Ross Barkley’s deflected shot tipped things in their favour and Romelu Lukaku completed the job against a Bournemouth side that played its part but, in the bigg
  
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• Wenger calls for more Arsenal efficiency against Barca

  20-02-2016 20:26
  Flummoxed by a rearguard action from Championship leaders Hull City in the FA Cup on Saturday, manager Arsene Wenger knows his Arsenal side must sharpen up for next week's Champions League last-16 clash with Barcelona. While the Frenchman made nine changes to the team that beat Premier League leaders Leicester City a week ago, they still unleashed the likes of Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud off the bench but it was to no avail as the fifth-round tie ended 0-0. Holders Arsenal enjoyed plenty o
  
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• FA Cup: Arsenal held 0-0 by Hull, West Brom out in disgrace

  20-02-2016 20:22
  
  Arsenal's bid for a third straight FA Cup title was checked by a frustrating 0-0 draw against Hull in the fifth round on Saturday, forcing the teams into yet another meeting in the competition and reigniting the debate over replays.
  
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• Errani races to Dubai title

  20-02-2016 20:21
  Italy's Sara Errani thrashed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-0 6-2 to win the Dubai Tennis Championship final on Saturday. Former French Open runner-up Errani has fallen to 22nd in the WTA rankings after a slump but showed she is rediscovering her best form with a dominant display as she claimed her ninth title. "It's been a tough week and I'm really happy for me, my team and my family and friends," she told the WTA website.
  
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• Joel Robles hastening Tim Howard's Everton departure with yet another outstanding goalkeeping performance

  20-02-2016 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Howard is not the sort of man to watch a team-mate's successes through gloved fingers but it would only be human nature if he felt a degree of envy over Joel Robles's performances for Everton.
  
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