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• West Brom boss Tony Pulis insists his side need one point to ensure Premier League survival after Manchester United victory

  06-03-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER: Tony Pulis was still urging caution on Sunday but he wore the look of a manager who knows that his West Brom side are safe from relegation for another season.
  
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• Barcelona, Juventus win away to maintain title charges

  06-03-2016 23:58
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Barcelona and Juventus maintained their league title charges in Spain and Italy with away wins on Sunday, when Liverpool and Manchester United had contrasting fortunes after being reduced to 10 men.
  
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• Edinson Cavani a target for Chelsea should Antonio Conte be appointed new manager but Paul Pogba would be out of reach  

  06-03-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edinson Cavani will be a summer transfer target for Chelsea if Antonio Conte takes control but there is little prospect of Paul Pogba following his former Juventus boss to Stamford Bridge.
  
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• IAAF to investigate new Russia doping claims

  06-03-2016 23:47
  MOSCOW (AP) — The IAAF said Sunday it will investigate claims that Russia is flouting demands for anti-doping reforms as it seeks readmission to world track and field in time for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August.
  
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• VIDEO: Highlights: Celtic 3-0 Greenock Morton

  06-03-2016 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celtic comfortably beat Greenock Morton in their Scottish Cup quarter-final (UK only).
  
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• Greg Dyke wants to lift lid with FA book as he prepares tell-all about fall of Sepp Blatter

  06-03-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: Greg Dyke is considering a tell-all book about his turbulent three years at the helm of the FA after he leaves the organisation in the summer.
  
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• Slaven Bilic boys love to gatecrash... West Ham happy to join top-four party after late comeback against 10-man Everton 

  06-03-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  So is this a flash in the pan like 30 years ago? Not since 1986 have West Ham United approached the final nine games of a season with such a glorious opportunity.
  
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• Paul Collingwood believes England are among front-runners ahead of T20 in India next week despite defeat in South Africa

  06-03-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The past year has seen England emerge as one of the most exciting sides in limited-overs cricket, thanks largely to a gung-ho approach and an explosive batting line-up.
  
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• Bernie Ecclestone blasted by Mercedes boss after F1 chief says sport is worst it has ever been and he would not pay to watch it

  06-03-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bernie Ecclestone has been criticised by the big boss of Lewis Hamilton’s world-conquering Mercedes Formula One team. The 85-year-old accused Mercedes being part of a ‘cartel’
  
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• Call of Duty fan Jamie Vardy is gunning down rivals as Leicester striker lifts lid on Claudio Ranieri's playful persona 

  06-03-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From the pitch to the PlayStation, Jamie Vardy cannot stop shooting. The title may be at stake, but for Leicester City and the Barclays Premier League’s top goalscorer, it is all fun and games.
  
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• Watching Wales isn’t dull... but listening to their past players moaning certainly is 

  06-03-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I don’t get all this negativity about Warren Gatland’s team, although most of it seems to come from Welsh fans on social media and former players.
  
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• Andy Murray beats Kei Nishikori in five-set thriller to hand Great Britain Davis Cup win over Japan to reach quarter-finals

  06-03-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN BIRMINGHAM: If anyone doubted that Andy Murray would have the hunger for another run at the Davis Cup title they got their answer in Birmingham on Sunday.
  
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• More Murray heroics as Britain beat Japan

  06-03-2016 23:25
  Britain's Andy Murray won a gripping five-set match against Japan's Kei Nishikori to secure a 3-1 Davis Cup win for the champions and a quarter-final with Novak Djokovic's Serbia. Murray, whose heroics helped clinch the title against Belgium last year, was pegged back after taking the first two sets, but eventually prevailed against the world number six 7-5 7-6(6) 3-6 4-6 6-3 in four hours and 54 minutes. It was Murray's first event back on court since the birth of his daughter, but any doubts o
  
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• Fiji to meet Australia in Vegas sevens final

  06-03-2016 23:22
  (Reuters) - Reigning World Series champions Fiji ended the impressive run by hosts the United States as they advanced to the final of the Las Vegas Sevens on Sunday with a 21-14 victory in the last four at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Fijians were typically brilliant on the counter-attack as Jasa Veremalua, Vatemo Ravouvou and Pio Tuwai crossed the line for tries, and the Pacific Islanders survived a late U.S. fightback despite having two players sin-binned. Danny Barrett and the lightning-fast Perry B
  
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• West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Manchester United: Salomon Rondon scores Baggies' winner as 10-man United are sunk following Juan Mata's reckless red card

  06-03-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WEST BROM 1-0 MAN UNITED - IAN LADYMAN AT THE HAWTHORNS: Salomon Rondon struck West Bromwich Albion's winner as they ended 10-man Manchester United's four-match winning run
  
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• Messi bags brace as Barca strike trio hit century

  06-03-2016 23:12
  Lionel Messi's double helped Barcelona secure a 4-0 victory at Eibar in La Liga on Sunday that kept them eight points clear at the top and brought up 100 goals for their lethal strikeforce. Munir El Haddadi, standing in for the suspended Neymar, tapped in the first goal for the Catalans early on before Messi's brace, while Luis Suarez completed the rout. Barca's lethal attacking trio of Messi (35 goals), Suarez (42) and Neymar (23) have scored a century of goals in all competitions this season.
  
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• Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal fumes over Juan Mata's sending off: 'The first was a stupid yellow card... but referee has to know the characters of the players'

  06-03-2016 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louis van Gaal criticised the ‘stupid yellow card’ that contributed to the first sending-off of Juan Mata’s career as Manchester United’s hopes of a top-four finish suffered a major setback at the Hawthorns.
  
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• Sunderland chief executive Margaret Byrne returns to North East with answers wanted over club's decision to play Adam Johnson

  06-03-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland chief executive Margaret Byrne will return to the North East this week with supporters and MPs demanding answers over why the club continued to play child-sex offender Adam Johnson.
  
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• Native tribe in the US fights to save its language

  06-03-2016 22:55
  
  UNESCO estimates that more than 6,000 languages will go into extinction if no efforts are made to preserve them.
  
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• Trump arrives by helicopter at Cadillac Championship

  06-03-2016 22:53
  
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump's helicopter landed on the course bearing his name, and before long, the Republican presidential front-runner was busy autographing a woman's shirt, driving a golf cart through throngs of screaming fans and boasting about how he hosts one of the elite golf tournaments in the world.
  
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• Newcastle to call time on sorry Steve McClaren as beleaguered manager faces the axe after defeat at home to Bournemouth  

  06-03-2016 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United would not survive with Steve McClaren in charge. They will struggle to do so with anyone else, even if David Moyes arrives this week, as is likely when McClaren surely goes.
  
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• Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish add to gold medal haul with winning performance at the velodrome

  06-03-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish won gold in the non-Olympic Madison on the final day of the Track Cycling World Championships in London.
  
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• China's 'Golden Lily' drops retirement for Rio

  06-03-2016 22:31
  By Alexander Smith LONDON (Reuters) - China's Xu Lijia, who won Olympic gold in 2012, says she will medal again at the Rio Games having made the "sudden" decision to get back into a dinghy. Until last year the 28-year-old from Shanghai was studying at Southampton University in southern England, after drawing a line under her Olympic career following her 2012 Games victory further along the coast in the women's Laser Radial class. "The Rio Olympic Games is just a new beginning of my active sailin
  
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• World Cup referee Collina welcomes video trials

  06-03-2016 22:13
  By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - Former World Cup final referee Pierluigi Collina has welcomed the introduction of video technology trials to assist officials and said on Sunday it will end years of frustration for the men in the middle. Collina, the most distinctive and famous referee of modern times, remembered for his piercing blue eyes and bald head, also said the revised laws of the game were a major development in bringing all interested parties in the game together. The decisions to all
  
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• Maria Sharapova sparks retirement rumours as Russia tennis ace calls Monday press conference to make major announcement 

  06-03-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speculation was rife about Maria Sharapova’s future last night after the Russian superstar of women’s tennis called a press conference to make what was termed a ‘major announcement’.
  
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• Super Saturday: A nightmare for the Republicans?

  06-03-2016 22:02
  
  Going by recent results, battle for the party's presidential nomination could be between the two the party least wanted.
  
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• PAOK manager Tudor refuses to quit after latest setback

  06-03-2016 21:59
  By Graham Wood ATHENS (Reuters) - PAOK Salonika's Croatian coach Igor Tudor said he would not quit despite a shock 2-1 defeat at relegation-threatened Panthrakikos on Sunday that could damage their hopes of a place in Europe. PAOK, whose midweek Greek Cup semi-final against legue champions Olympiakos Piraeus was abandoned over crowd violence, went behind to goals by Igor de Souza and Thanasis Papagoergiou after taking the lead through defender Dimitris Chatziisaias. “I will not quit, why d
  
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• Ed Slater replaces Courtney Lawes in England's training squad with Manu Tuilagi also included for game against Wales

  06-03-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eddie Jones and his England coaching assistants will continue wrestling with some awkward selection dilemmas, after adding reinforcements to their training squad.
  
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• Battle of Tralee, Waterford clinical – Sunday GAA talking points

  06-03-2016 21:40
  
  Lots to discuss after a busy day of GAA action.
  
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• Duo earn synchronised place for Rio

  06-03-2016 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unfunded synchronised swimming pair Katie Clark and Olivia Federici claim a berth for Great Britain in the 2016 Olympics.
  
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• Greece refugee crisis: 18 drown off Turkey coast

  06-03-2016 21:35
  
  EU leaders to discuss unfolding humanitarian crisis on Greece-Macedonia border where thousands are stranded.
  
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• No. 2 Notre Dame wins 3rd straight ACC Tournament title

  06-03-2016 21:32
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Madison Cable never lost a conference tournament game while playing for Notre Dame. The sharpshooting senior wants to find out what it's like to conquer an even bigger bracket.
  
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• Barcelona stars Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar hit 100 goals for the season as their season goes from strength to strength 

  06-03-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar been the story of the season and now Barcelona's deadly trio have broken the 100-goal milestone for this campaign.
  
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• Wiggins and Cavendish enjoy one last golden gig

  06-03-2016 21:27
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Back together again, British duo Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish proved the long wait had been worthwhile as they reunited in a blaze of glory to win Madison gold at the world track championships on Sunday. Despite accumulating points in the early sprints, they still trailed world champions France, Switzerland and Colombia by a lap after 168 laps when Wiggins launched a blistering attack that Cavendish continued, with a little help from Spain. Legs pumping,
  
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• Will a new Conor McGregor emerge from the rubble of his UFC 196 collapse?

  06-03-2016 21:21
  
  “When he elected to follow that route to success, McGregor knew it was a potentially perilous policy.”
  
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• India win Asia Cup as Dhawan hits form against Bangladesh

  06-03-2016 21:18
  India won the Asia Cup with an eight-wicket triumph over hosts Bangladesh on Sunday as opener Shikhar Dhawan returned to form with a half-century in a 94-run stand with Virat Kohli in a rain-hit final. The bad weather saw the Twenty20 match starting two hours late and being reduced to 15 overs a side after India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and put Bangladesh in to bat. Bangladesh, who lost to India in the group stages, got off to a slow start and only a late flurry of runs from Mah
  
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