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• Hamilton hold 10-man Celtic after Dedryck Boyata shown red card

  26-02-2016 23:59
  
  Ronny Deila had no problems with the red card shown to Dedryck Boyata and told his player that he must learn to stay on his feet after the Celtic defender was sent off in the 1-1 Premiership draw with Hamilton at New Douglas Park.The visitors were leading through a Leigh Griffiths penalty when Boyata was shown a red card by the referee Craig Thomson just before the break for a last-man tackle on Carlton Morris just outside the box. Continue reading...
  
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• Hull 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Steve Bruce's leaders frustrated as they fail to extend lead at the top against 10-man visitors 

  26-02-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Championship  leaders Hull were frustrated in their attempts to put daylight between them and the chasing pack by a diligent Sheffield Wednesday who were reduced to 10-men.
  
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• Wales 19-10 France PLAYER RATINGS: Liam Williams stars at full-back as Alex Cuthbert struggles to impose himself

  26-02-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wales secured their fifth consecutive victory over France at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff to keep their Six Nations title challenge on track.
  
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• Chelsea U18s 2-1 Reading U18s: Jay DaSilva and Tammy Abraham on target as Blues reach FA Youth Cup semi-finals

  26-02-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You have to wonder what Jay DaSilva makes of playing at left-back. The teenager's game has all the hallmarks of a flying winger. And this week, he's decided to adopt the role of an auxiliary striker.
  
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• Guus Hiddink v Ronald Koeman: the caretaker versus the reluctant No2

  26-02-2016 23:41
  
  The Chelsea and Southampton managers come face to face at St Mary’s on Saturday two years after their uncomfortable battle to take charge of the Holland national sideThe injury, for Ronald Koeman, was being beaten to the Holland job in 2014 by Guus Hiddink but the insult would soon follow. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) plainly wanted the best of both worlds and so they offered Koeman, the runner-up in the race to succeed Louis van Gaal as the national team manager, the role of Hidd
  
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• Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain facing seven weeks out with knee injury

  26-02-2016 23:40
  
  • Arsène Wenger says injury suffered against Barcelona is ‘quite serious’
  • Manager adds the winger was ‘cut in two’ by Javier MascheranoArsène Wenger has said that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss up to seven weeks of Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge as a result of the “quite serious” knee injury that forced the England player to limp out of Tuesday’s Champions League defeat by Barcelona.Wenger suggested that the i
  
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• Hull frustrated by Sheffield Wednesday but stretch lead at the top

  26-02-2016 23:38
  
  Hull moved two points clear at the top of the Championship after being held to a 0-0 draw by fellow promotion contenders Sheffield Wednesday at the KC Stadium, in a match in which the main talking point was the sending-off of Fernando Forestieri in the dying minutes.Wednesday’s manager, Carlos Carvalhal, believes that the referee got it wrong after the Italian forward was shown a second yellow card for simulation. Continue reading...
  
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• Remi Garde questions his Aston Villa stars' pride as the club edge towards relegation

  26-02-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL: Remi Garde has provided a damning assessment of his squad by questioning some players’ commitment and admitting he does not possess enough competition for places.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini is a winner... he'll want to get his hands on as many trophies as possible before leaving Manchester City

  26-02-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: Manuel Pellegrini doesn't have a point to prove to Manchester City. He is a winner and will want to further enhance his c.v. before his next job.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Friday, February 27

  26-02-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Friday's racing at Exeter, Lingfield, Warwick and Wolverhampton. 
  
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• Stuart Lancaster's car park walk axed by players as England look to break away from tradition ahead of crucial Ireland clash

  26-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: England will make another break from recent tradition when they park the bus at Twickenham on Saturday, before hurling themselves into a ‘proper Test match’ against Ireland.
  
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• Elton John got clattered by Tim Sherwood in training! Watford legend Luther Blissett on blood, sweat and tiaras...

  26-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: From dog tracks and Elton John in Watford to dog mess and Harry Redknapp in Bournemouth, Luther Blissett is remembering what made two of his former clubs so special.
  
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• Raheem Sterling seeks Manchester City vindication in Capital One Cup final | Jamie Jackson

  26-02-2016 23:30
  
  The midfielder has endured an inconsistent season since the controversial move from Liverpool that was fuelled by his desire to win silverwareOn Sunday Raheem Sterling has the chance he craves: to be a match-winner in a major final, when he steps out for Manchester City against Liverpool in the Capital One Cup showpiece. If Sterling is pivotal to his new club winning a first trophy since the 2014 Premier League, a season of promise pocked by inconsistency becomes one of undoubted success, after
  
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• Louis van Gaal: ‘It’s been a long time since the dressing room was this happy’

  26-02-2016 23:30
  
  • Manager believes Manchester United’s Europa Cup win will be turning point
  • ‘We can take confidence from our last win into the Arsenal game’Louis van Gaal believes that the first five-goal performance he has witnessed at Manchester United could be a turning point in the season, and says his young players are excited about the prospect of playing Arsenal on Sunday.Marcus Rashford grabbed the headlines with two goals on the 18-year-old’s debut in the 5-1 win aga
  
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• Liverpool are ready for the first leg of a Manchester triple-header as Jurgen Klopp looks to claim his first silverware in England

  26-02-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: Sunday at Wembley it is Manuel Pellegrini’s City, slain so majestically by Liverpool on their own pitch back in November. Then, in mid-March, it is United in the Europa League.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp 'greedy' to win first trophy with Liverpool as he looks ahead to Capital One Cup final against Manchester City

  26-02-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp is 'greedy' to win his first trophy in England and wants Liverpool to show at Wembley why doubters can believe in his reign. The Reds face Manchester City on Sunday.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp can turn doubt into belief with Liverpool Capital One Cup victory | Andy Hunter

  26-02-2016 23:30
  
  The German manager’s motivational work for the cup final against Manchester City includes showing his players a montage of Liverpool’s eight League Cup victories, a record, before the club’s 12th final appearanceIt took 147 weeks for Jürgen Klopp to build Borussia Dortmund into Bundesliga champions and claim the first trophy of his managerial career in Germany. His latest work will not be completed by the Capital One Cup but the process of turning doubt into belief at Live
  
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• Jordan Henderson: ‘As Liverpool captain you will be judged on what you win’

  26-02-2016 23:30
  
  Victory in his first final as Liverpool captain, in the Capital One Cup at Wembley on Sunday, would help Henderson assert greater authority and put his own stamp on the team after an injury-hit seasonJordan Henderson did not take merely an armband from Steven Gerrard last summer. Lifting silverware has been an implicit part of the Liverpool captain’s job since Ron Yeats raised the standard more than 50 years ago and it remains the measure by which his successors are judged regardless of An
  
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• Claudio Ranieri: Riyad Mahrez must stay focused on Leicester City success

  26-02-2016 23:30
  
  • Manager will allow Algerian to leave if he pushes for a transfer in the summer
  • ‘I want only players who are happy to stay here,’ Ranieri saidClaudio Ranieri will not stand in Riyad Mahrez’s way if the Algerian pushes for a transfer in the summer but the Leicester City manager has told the winger to focus on performing at his best to impress his long list of admirers or risk joining him on the bench.With 14 Premier League goals and 10 assists this season, Mahrez ha
  
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• Tottenham’s Ryan Mason: You can only enjoy what is going on here

  26-02-2016 23:29
  
  • Fit-again midfielder relishing chance to be involved in Spurs’ title push
  • ‘I have not played many games, so I feel fresh, I feel good’He’s one of our own. The Tottenham Hotspur crowd love to sing that about Harry Kane but this time the chant was for another product of the club’s academy. Ryan Mason’s number had gone up, in the 87th minute of Thursday night’s Europa League victory against Fiorentina, and the White Hart Lane support rose to a
  
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• The Biggar the better as Wales floor France

  26-02-2016 23:27
  CARDIFF, (Reuters) - Wales climbed to the top of the Six Nations table with a 19-10 victory on Friday as they handed new-look France their first defeat under coach Guy Noves. Les Bleus had a long spell of domination early in the second half but failed to make it count while the hosts proved highly efficient, prevailing with a George North try and four penalties and a conversion from Dan Biggar. France replied through Jules Plisson's first-half penalty, a late try from captain Guilhem Guirado and
  
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• Soccer's world body elects Gianni Infantino as president

  26-02-2016 23:23
  
  ZURICH (AP) — Gianni Infantino is the new president of soccer's corruption-scarred world governing body, winning election after promising national leaders of the sport that he would share the wealth from FIFA's $5 billion World Cup revenues.
  
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• Wales hand France first defeat under Noves

  26-02-2016 23:11
  CARDIFF, (Reuters) - New-look France suffered their first defeat under coach Guy Noves as they lost 19-10 to Wales who underlined their Six Nations credentials with a solid performance on Friday. Les Bleus had a long spell of domination early in the second half but failed to make it count while the hosts proved highly efficient, prevailing with a George North try and four penalties and a conversion from Dan Biggar. France replied through Jules Plisson's first-half penalty, a late try from captai
  
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• Wales power past France to stay on track for Six Nations success

  26-02-2016 23:04
  
  • Wales 19-10 France
  • Wales maintain unbeaten start as France’s 100% record comes to an endA mechanical malfunction meant the ground remained open to the elements, a fitting start to a match in which neither side threatened to raise the roof. Wales will very probably win the championship if they repeat their World Cup feat and overcome England at Twickenham in the next round, with Italy visiting Cardiff on the final weekend, something that would serve to show that the championsh
  
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• Rio Olympics to charge teams for mosquito screens to prevent Zika

  26-02-2016 22:59
  By Pedro Fonseca and Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Even as athletes grow increasingly concerned about the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil, the organising committee for the August Olympics in Rio de Janeiro said it will charge national delegations to have mosquito screens on athletes' rooms. The screens, one measure Brazilians are using to help ward off the mosquito that is the primary transmitter of Zika, will be installed in communal areas "where required" but only affixed to lodg
  
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• Federer plans tour return in April

  26-02-2016 22:43
  World number three Roger Federer has delayed his ATP World Tour return by a month and plans to make his comeback from knee surgery at the Monte Carlo Masters in April. The 17-times grand slam champion had initially intended to return in March at the elite Indian Wells Masters in California where he has won the title four times. In a Facebook post on Friday, the 34-year-old Federer said: "I have now had a lot of great practices on the court and in the gym.
  
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• There’s two big names back in the Mayo starting team to face Donegal

  26-02-2016 22:30
  
  Keith Higgins and Lee Keegan get the nod to start.
  
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• AP Source: Joe Johnson agrees to sign with Miami Heat

  26-02-2016 22:30
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Joe Johnson has agreed to sign with Miami, a move that would give the Heat a shooter that they craved for the stretch run.
  
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• Why Chris Christie is endorsing Donald Trump

  26-02-2016 22:26
  
  The New Jersey governor could be keen on a top job in any Trump administration.
  
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• Wales v France SIX NATIONS RUGBY LIVE:  

  26-02-2016 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Friday night lights in Cardiff as unbeaten France arrive in the Welsh capital for a crunch RBS 6 Nations encounter with Warren Gatland's Wales.
  
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• Infantino triumphs with American help as FIFA blocks break down

  26-02-2016 22:16
  By Simon Evans ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States played a key role in the intense lobbying that saw Gianni Infantino elected FIFA president on Friday, beating Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, as the old political allegiances at world football's governing body collapsed. The traditional voting in blocks along continental lines, characteristic of previous FIFA elections, broke down significantly giving outsiders Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan and France’s Jerome Champagne 34 vot
  
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• Key developments at Friday's FIFA congress

  26-02-2016 22:11
  Key developments and reaction when world football's governing body FIFA elected Gianni Infantino as new president and voted in a series of reforms at its congress on Friday: * Infantino succeeds fellow Swiss Sepp Blatter. * After a year of corruption scandals at the ruling body, a victorious Infantino told the congress: "I will work tirelessly to bring football back to FIFA and FIFA back to football.
  
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• Canada's Kaillie Humphries wins women's bobsled World Cup

  26-02-2016 21:42
  KOENIGSSEE, Germany (AP) — Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries clinched the women's bobsled World Cup title after coming second to Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States in the final race of the season on Friday.
  
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• Title IX lawsuit against Tennessee could loom for some time

  26-02-2016 21:35
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There's been a flurry of activity at and around Tennessee since the university was sued over its handling of sexual assault complaints against athletes with news conferences, legal motions, amendments.
  
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• Gianni Infantino becomes new FIFA president after winning election

  26-02-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gianni Infantino has become FIFA's new president after being elected in Zurich on Friday and has promised to 'restore a new era' to the game.
  
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• Shields and Cadogan back as Cork make 5 changes for Roscommon game

  26-02-2016 21:32
  
  Páirc Uí Rinn is the venue for Sunday’s match.
  
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• Only Brazilians in Rio 2016 golf test event, best ranks 588

  26-02-2016 21:28
  SAO PAULO (AP) — The Olympic golf course that will welcome the sport back to the Games in Rio de Janeiro will only be tested by nine Brazilians in an exhibition closed to the public.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton flies to Los Angeles for a break after racking up nearly 1,000 miles during week of testing in Barcelona 

  26-02-2016 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After getting nearly 1,000 miles underneath his belt during a week of testing, Lewis Hamilton has decided to jet off to Los Angeles for a break ahead of the next round of practice sessions.
  
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• Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov increases stake in club to 30% as billionaire pledges 'long-term investment'

  26-02-2016 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uzbek-born Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has increased his influence at Arsenal after purchasing 18,695 shares, giving him a 30.04 per cent controlling stake in the north London club. 
  
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• Infantino promises 'to bring FIFA back to football'

  26-02-2016 21:09
  Selected quotes from Swiss Gianni Infantino's first news conference after the former UEFA general secretary was elected president of scandal-hit world football's governing body FIFA on Friday: "I will work tirelessly to bring football back to FIFA and FIFA back to football, this is what we have to do. "I want to see football growing all over the world and people looking at FIFA as the organisation that helps each country in the world to develop football. "A new era is starting for FIFA as we spe
  
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• Europe's Infantino chosen to lead FIFA into new era

  26-02-2016 21:08
  By Mike Collett ZURICH (Reuters) - Gianni Infantino vowed on Friday to lead FIFA out of years of corruption and scandal after the former UEFA general secretary was elected to succeed his Swiss compatriot Sepp Blatter as president of football's world governing body. "We will restore the image of FIFA and the respect of FIFA, and everyone in the world will be proud of us," the 45-year-old law graduate, who for the last seven years has been the leading administrator for Europe's governing body, tol
  
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