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• Chelsea consider £20m move for Scott Dann as Pep Guardiola looks to make John Stones his first Manchester City signing  

  27-02-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea bid £38m for Stones last summer but City now look favourites to sign the England defender when Guardiola takes over as manager in June.
  
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• No. 1 Villanova pulls away for 89-79 win over Marquette

  27-02-2016 23:50
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Villanova coach Jay Wright seemed relieved being able to leave Marquette with a victory.
  
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• Liverpool can replicate 2003 League Cup win by beating Manchester City, says former assistant manager Phil Thompson 

  27-02-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Phil Thompson has urged Liverpool to summon up the spirit of 2003 to improve their chances of upsetting Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Tap-ups hurt past title pushes - Wenger

  27-02-2016 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some of Arsenal's past Premier League title challenges were damaged as players were tapped up, manager Arsene Wenger says.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo says 'if everyone else was at my level maybe we would be top of the table' as Real Madrid suffer another setback in losing derby to Atletico  

  27-02-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo added fuel to the flames on Saturday night as Real Madrid's season threatened to burn to the ground with three months still left of the campaign.
  
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• The Capital One Cup final is Raheem Sterling's chance to show he is worth the money Manchester City paid for him

  27-02-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: It is a huge day for Raheem Sterling, against his former club, when all eyes will be on him and plenty of abuse will be coming his way from the Liverpool fans.
  
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• Gianni Infantino faces a huge task as Mail on Sunday reveals that ticketing at past World Cups is at centre of police probe 

  27-02-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY NICK HARRIS: Size of the task facing Gianni Infantino is huge as MoS can reveal Swiss legal authorities are investigating alleged corruption in sale of World Cup tickets
  
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• Jones's England take a step forward

  27-02-2016 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The displays of Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje show Eddie Jones's England are heading in the right direction, says Tom Fordyce.
  
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• Arsene Wenger says selfish stars trying to move has killed previous title bids... as Arsenal travel to Manchester United ahead of crucial Premier League push

  27-02-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsene Wenger has admitted that Arsenal have thrown away their title chances in the past because of bad team spirit fuelled by players wanting to leave after being tapped up by richer clubs.
  
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• World Cup torment won't be on England's minds, warns Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards ahead of Six Nations clash

  27-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shaun Edwards believes the 'psychological damage' of the World Cup will have no impact on England's performance when they face Wales in their RBS 6 Nations showdown.
  
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• Pep Guardiola will lift Manchester City to new heights, believes Frank Lampard

  27-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frank Lampard has warned the rest of the Premier League that Manchester City could dominate now they have signed Pep Guardiola as their next manager.
  
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• Frank Lampard: I watch the big games back home and think I'd love to be mixing it with Barcelona or Tottenham again... but I won't go out with a whimper at New York City

  27-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Frank Lampard smiles when he nods towards his hotel pool, reminded that some said he was coming to America for a holiday.
  
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• Chelsea had a fantastic spirit with big personalities but I worry where they are now, warns club legend Frank Lampard

  27-02-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea legend Frank Lampard on Saturday night told his old club they are in danger of losing the fighting spirit that made them great as they try to pursue a brand of beautiful football.
  
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• Becky James fighting to qualify for Rio Olympics with Team GB

  27-02-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TRACK cycling star Becky James returns to the world stage in London this week with her Rio dream hanging by a thread.
  
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• Manchester United set to risk fitness of defender Marcos Rojo against Arsenal

  27-02-2016 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis van Gaal is preparing to gamble on the fitness of Marcos Rojo to strengthen his threadbare defence against Arsenal on Sunday.
  
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• Guus Hiddink slams FA's fixture scheduling as Chelsea face trip to Everton three days after Champions League clash with PSG  

  27-02-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea manager Hiddink is frustrated as Chelsea were originally scheduled to play a Premier League game on the Sunday and had assumed their FA Cup tie would be on the same day.
  
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• Another impressive win as Connacht remain top of Pro12

  27-02-2016 23:19
  
  Pat Lam’s men completed their first double over their Welsh opponents in more than a decade.
  
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• Give me 11 more scrappy wins like that, says Claudio Ranieri after Leicester leave it late at Norwich

  27-02-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claudio Ranieri admitted he would take another 11 scratchy performances if it meant three points each time after watching Leicester beat Norwich with an 89th minute goal.
  
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• Manx Missile Mark Cavendish hopes to break Olympic duck in omnium in Rio

  27-02-2016 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Cavendish has a love-hate relationship with the Olympic Games in so far as he would love to win a medal and hates the fact that he hasn’t.
  
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• Lally breaks English discus record

  27-02-2016 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jade Lally produces the longest discus throw by a British woman since 1983 to move to fourth in the 2016 world rankings.
  
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• England 21-10 Ireland PLAYER RATINGS: Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje were immense

  27-02-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England made it three wins out of three under Eddie Jones despite having James Haskell and Danny Care sent to the sin bin. Sportsmail's Nik Simon rated the players' performances.
  
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• Kyle Busch takes Xfinity race at Atlanta for 77th career win

  27-02-2016 23:08
  
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Check another one off the list for Kyle Busch.
  
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• Arsenal star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ruled out until end of April with knee injury but should be fit for England's Euro 2016 bid

  27-02-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are hopeful Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be available for the season run-in. The Gunners hope he will be fit again by the end of April after damaging knee ligaments on Tuesday.
  
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• England women beat Ireland

  27-02-2016 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England extended their winning start to three Six Nations games with a tense 13-9 success against 2015 champions Ireland.
  
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• Branislav Ivanovic to the rescue as Guus Hiddink's ruthless ditching of Baba Rahman helps Chelsea overcome defensive issues

  27-02-2016 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Branislav Ivanovic’s late winner summed up the re-discovered steel of Guus Hiddink’s Chelsea, but even in the glow of victory there was time to look back on the lingering problems of this team.
  
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• Plymouth close gap at top of League Two to 10 points with win over Notts County as Hartlepool halt Northampton winning streak

  27-02-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LEAGUE TWO ROUND UP: League Two leaders Northampton saw their winning run end in a goalless stalemate at struggling Hartlepool as Plymouth beat Notts County.
  
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• Six Nations: Ask Jeremy Guscott

  27-02-2016 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Do you have a question about the Six Nations for the BBC rugby union expert?
  
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• Berahino 'is West Brom's Kane or Vardy'

  27-02-2016 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saido Berahino is as important to West Brom as Harry Kane is to Tottenham or Jamie Vardy to Leicester, says manager Tony Pulis.
  
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• Vunipola again England's go-to man

  27-02-2016 21:58
  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - England coach Eddie Jones raved about Billy Vunipola after his first game in charge and was again delighted by the number eight as Saturday’s Six Nations win over Ireland kept his team on course for a first grand slam in 13 years. Vunipola was a one-man wrecking ball at Twickenham, carrying 18 times for 96 metres and draining the energy from an Ireland team who saw their hopes of a third successive title disappear with a 21-10 defeat. “He’s
  
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• The Frampton-Quigg row over the ‘star’ dressing room has definitively been resolved

  27-02-2016 21:54
  
  Barry McGuigan claimed at Friday’s weigh-in that, in truth, his fighter’s team “couldn’t give a toss” about it.
  
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• American rider Evelyn Stevens sets cycling's hour record

  27-02-2016 21:54
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Gritting her teeth in pain, and wobbling ever so slightly aboard her sleek time trial bike, Evelyn Stevens kept churning her legs even as the clock hit one hour and she could finally let up.
  
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• England performances are improving - Jones

  27-02-2016 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's 21-10 victory over Ireland at Twickenham shows they are an improving force, says head coach Eddie Jones.
  
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• England stay on course for title with Ireland win

  27-02-2016 21:48
  
  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Eddie Jones took another significant step in the rebuilding of England on Saturday as a 21-10 victory over champions Ireland at Twickenham kept them on course for a first Six Nations title since 2011 and a possible first grand slam since 2003. England had dominated the game but trailed 10-9 after a Conor Murray try early in the second half before well-crafted scores by Anthony Watson and Mike Brown put the hosts in control. Ireland, seeking a third consecutiv
  
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• Suicide attacks kill dozens in Afghanistan

  27-02-2016 21:45
  
  Taliban claims bombing outside defence ministry in Kabul, just hours after militia commander's death in blast in Kunar.
  
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• Hall of Famer Rod Carew touched by Twins' tribute

  27-02-2016 21:45
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Hall of Famer Rod Carew reached his goal of attending the Minnesota Twins first full day of spring training, five months after a massive heart attack.
  
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• Vonn suffers knee injury in super-G crash

  27-02-2016 21:38
  (Reuters) - World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn damaged her left knee as she crashed out of Saturday's super-G race in Andorra in a heavy fall and was taken off the slope on a sled after receiving medical attention next to the course. Vonn, chasing her fifth overall World Cup title, was leading by 0.32 seconds when she appeared to lean too far into a turn in the soft snow and slid into the safety fencing. The American, who has suffered several knee injuries in her career, later put a message on Instag
  
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• Ronaldo backs Zidane after first defeat as Real coach

  27-02-2016 21:34
  Cristiano Ronaldo gave Zinedine Zidane a ringing endorsement as Real Madrid coach after their 1-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid in the city derby at the Bernabeu on Saturday. “He’s doing a phenomenal job,” Ronaldo told reporters. Real are nine points behind leaders Barcelona, who host Sevilla on Sunday, with 12 matches to go in La Liga, while Atletico consolidated second place five points off the pace.
  
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• West Brom 3-2 Crystal Palace: First half blitz helps Baggies closer to safety as Alan Pardew's men are sucked towards drop zone 

  27-02-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE HAWHORNS: This meeting of 13th and 14th in the Premier League hardly seemed a salivating prospect. How wrong we were.
  
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• England 21-10 Ireland

  27-02-2016 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England record a third consecutive win under new coach Eddie Jones, beating Ireland 21-10 to go top of the Six Nations table.
  
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• 'The worst thing I've seen in football'

  27-02-2016 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport looks at a few things you may have missed in the Football League plus a couple of controversies in non-league.
  
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• Theatre Guide hands trainer Colin Tizzard a Gold Cup lift with Betbright glory

  27-02-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cue Card's Cheltenham Gold Cup credentials received a massive endorsement at Kempton when Theatre Guide, his regular galloping companion, ran away with the Betbright Chase.
  
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• UFC disappointment for Antrim’s Norman Parke following narrow defeat in London

  27-02-2016 21:23
  
  Parke suffered his third loss in four outings.
  
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• No. 2 Jayhawks beat Texas Tech 67-58 for Big 12 title share

  27-02-2016 21:23
  
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jamari Traylor handed Kansas forward Perry Ellis a pair of navy blue scissors to take the final snips of the net, and with them the crowd in Allen Fieldhouse began to chant his name.
  
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• Joe Schmidt keeps faith during 'transition period'

  27-02-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Joe Schmidt has branded Ireland a team in transition and pleaded with fans "don't lose faith" after 21-10 defeat to England ended their RBS 6 Natio
  
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• Richard Kilty cries foul as world 60m title hopes in the balance after being disqualified at the British trials

  27-02-2016 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard Kilty's hopes of defending his world 60m title are hanging by a thread after he suffered elimination at the British trials — then cried double standards.
  
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• Top-ranked UConn wins 65th straight, 80-40 over Tulane

  27-02-2016 21:11
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Katie Lou Samuelson scored 21 points on senior day to lead top-ranked UConn to an 80-40 win over Tulane on Saturday.
  
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• England on course for title after beating Ireland

  27-02-2016 21:11
  
  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Eddie Jones took another significant step in the rebuilding of England on Saturday as a 21-10 victory over champions Ireland at Twickenham kept them on course for a first Six Nations title since 2011 and a possible first grand slam since 2003. England had dominated much of the game but trailed 10-9 after a Conor Murray try early in the second half, but well-crafted scores by Anthony Watson and Mike Brown around the hour mark put the hosts in control. Ireland,
  
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• Sam Allardyce says Sunderland are kicking themselves after coming away from West Ham with nothing

  27-02-2016 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Allardyce was left cursing his luck after Sunderland slipped to a narrow defeat at West Ham.Michail Antonio's first-half strike secured three points for the Hammers.
  
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• Pedro could miss Champions League tie with PSG after Chelsea winger injures hamstring in 2-1 win over Southampton

  27-02-2016 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Guus Hiddink risked Pedro- who was a pre-match doubt - at St Mary’s, but he lasted just six minutes before being forced off. Oscar is expected to replace the Spanish winger.
  
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• Leicester's dream stays alive with late Ulloa winner

  27-02-2016 21:07
  By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders Leicester City belatedly grasped their golden opportunity to pile the pressure on their Premier League pursuers on Saturday as a late strike from Leonardo Ulloa sank struggling Norwich City 1-0 at the King Power Stadium. With closest challengers Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal not in action until Sunday, Leicester had the stage to themselves to forge five points clear at the summit and made the most of their chance with a victory they scarcely deserved. I
  
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