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• Virginia No. 1 seed in NCAA Midwest without conference title

  13-03-2016 23:57
  
  Virginia is a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament even without a conference title this season.
  
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• Wales prop Tomas Francis cited after Six Nations defeat by England for alleged eye gouge on Dan Cole

  13-03-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Television footage showed the Exeter forward appearing to make contact with the eye area of England tighthead Dan Cole late in the game, which England won 25-21.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, March 14 

  13-03-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Monday's Taunton and Plumpton.
  
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• Dele Alli is proving instrumental for title chasing Tottenham with his instinctive play, he must start for England at Euro 2016

  13-03-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just when it looked like it could be one of those days, 19-year-old Dele Alli’s quick-thinking got Tottenham Hotspur on their way to a win that piles the pressure on leaders Leicester City.
  
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• Tottenham fans urged to dream by Mauricio Pochettino

  13-03-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham’s win at Aston Villa moved them two points behind Leicester, who play Newcastle at the King Power Stadium. 'Our supporters have the right to dream,' Pochettino said afterwards
  
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• Arsenal must hold fire on Arsene Wenger's future for now, this is not the time to panic

  13-03-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP: The fans aren't happy after losing to Watford and it doesn’t get any easier for Arsene Wenger with Barcelona up next. But any big decisions should be left until the summer.
  
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• Fast Eddie Jones' tough talk makes the difference for his soaring England side

  13-03-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since Eddie Jones has taken charge of England's rugby, everything has happened, fast. The game, fast; the rise of Maro Itoje, fast; the very real chance of a first Grand Slam since 2003, fast, fast, fast.
  
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• MOTD2: Barton searches for Villa positives

  13-03-2016 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MOTD2 pundit Joey Barton sees hope for Premier League bottom club Aston Villa, but only when they rebuild in the Championship.
  
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• It hurts watching McLaren struggle, they should be challenging for F1 title along with Mercedes and Ferrari, claims Martin Brundle

  13-03-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the new Formula One season starting next weekend, Martin Brundle has claimed the sport is in desperate need for McLaren to return to their place as a traditional title contender.
  
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• Is Wenger nearing the end at Arsenal?

  13-03-2016 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsene Wenger must consider his future if they end this season without a trophy, says BBC Sport's Phil McNulty.
  
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• Diego Costa escapes action over Gareth Barry bite but he could still face FA charge 

  13-03-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diego Costa could still face two FA disciplinary charges after he escaped action for attempting to bite Gareth Barry. The striker forced his head into Barry's face twice during a coming together.
  
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• Cole Harden can repeat his World Hurdle triumph, claims trainer Warren Greatrex

  13-03-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: Walk around Uplands stables in Lambourn and you stride through racing history. If trainer Warren Greatrex's dreams come to fruition the stable's future will be just as rich.
  
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• Rafa Benitez is happy to swap glamour of managing clubs like Real Madrid for tough world of a survival scrap with Newcastle  

  13-03-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rafa Benitez insists he is not concerned about starting the season with Real Madrid and finishing it fighting Premier League relegation with Newcastle.
  
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• Leicester winning the Premier League would out-do Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest... they would be overcoming an entire system

  13-03-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A few may make a case for Manchester United's treble, or Arsenal's Invincibles, but in terms of a journey, from obscurity to the summit, there has been nothing quite like Forest. Until Leicester.
  
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• Chelsea have had 12 managers in 13 years... is it any wonder they have no philosophy? 

  13-03-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: The word is that there will be no wholesale clear-out of playing staff at Chelsea next season. Too expensive and, now without European football, too fraught with danger. 
  
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• Oregon tops out West for first No. 1 seed in program history

  13-03-2016 23:31
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oregon had its best regular season in 77 years and turned the Pac-12 championship game into a laugher.
  
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• Nigel Clough keeps Burton hoping as fans sing 'Derby we're coming for you' with side six points clear at the top of League One 

  13-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a town built on beer, something very special is brewing. Burton Albion, a non-league club for 90 per cent of its existence, stand on the brink of promotion into English football's second tier.
  
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• Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City can still win the Premier League title... despite being nine points off Leicester

  13-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The target is already slipping away and save for something astonishing Manchester City’s title race is now run. Nine wins from the last 10 matches was Manuel Pellegrini’s mantra.
  
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• Nottingham Forest sack manager Freedman

  13-03-2016 23:23
  (Reuters) - Nottingham Forest sacked Dougie Freedman as manager of the former European champions on Sunday after 13 months in charge of the second-tier English side. Kuwaiti-owned Forest have lost five of their last six league matches and are 14th in the Championship, conceding nine goals and scoring two. They were beaten 3-0 at home by Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Freedman, a former Forest player, took over from former England international Stuart Pearce in February 2015. The club, who won
  
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• Ross County win Scottish League Cup for first major honour

  13-03-2016 23:06
  (Reuters) - Ross County beat Hibernian 2-1 with a last-minute goal to win the Scottish League Cup on Sunday and claim their first major trophy since joining the league in 1994. Dutch forward Alex Schalk scored the late winner at Hampden Park after an early Michael Gardyne opener for County was cancelled out by Liam Fontaine who fired in an equaliser for second-tier side Hibs just before the break. With extra time looming, Schalk made the most of a bungled Fontaine clearance to tap in from close
  
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• Relief for Van Gaal, misery for Wenger in Cup dramas

  13-03-2016 22:30
  (Reuters) - The heat on Arsene Wenger intensified but Louis van Gaal could breathe a sigh of relief after a weekend of high drama in the FA Cup quarter-finals piled more pressure on the Premier League's two most high-profile managers. Arsenal boss Wenger now faces a season without silverware and a growing crescendo of discontent at the Emirates Stadium after his Cup holders surrendered their grip on the trophy with a 2-1 home defeat by Watford on Sunday. Just a couple of hours later, his Manches
  
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• Deadly attack hits Ivory Coast tourist resort

  13-03-2016 22:28
  
  At least 16 people, including four Europeans, dead after six armed men target Grand Bassam beach town, officials say.
  
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• Cotter praises Scotland character after famous victory

  13-03-2016 22:25
  Scotland coach Vern Cotter believes his side are putting the pieces in place to continue their upward momentum following a 29-18 Six Nations victory over France on Sunday. An outstanding team display ended the Scots' six-game losing streak at Murrayfield and secured a first Six Nations winover France since 2006, only their second victory over the French since the tournament began in 2000. "They know their strengths and are getting to know them better and playing to them.” Scotland fullback
  
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• Champions Olympiakos grab late goals to beat Panathinaikos

  13-03-2016 22:21
  By Graham Wood ATHENS (Reuters) - Recently-crowned Greek champions Olympiakos Piraeus scored twice in the last three minutes to beat Panathinaikos 3-1 thanks to late goals by Manuel da Costa and Brown Ideye in a thrilling Athens derby on Sunday. Olympiakos' central defender Da Costa headed home a Kostas Fortounis set-piece in the 87th minute before Ideye dispossessed defender Stavros Tavlaridis and slotted home two minutes later for a final scoreline that flattered the hosts. Panathinaikos had t
  
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• Wales prop Francis cited for eye contact

  13-03-2016 22:03
  LONDON (Reuters) - Wales prop Tomas Francis has been cited for allegedly making contact with the eyes of England prop Dan Cole during the Six Nations match at Twickenham on Saturday. The citing commissioner also issued a warning to England flanker James Haskell for a neck-roll tackle early in the match which England won 25-21. Francis's disciplinary hearing will be held by an independent committee later this week. England won the Six Nations after France lost 29-18 in Scotland on Sunday. (Report
  
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• VIDEO: England women v Wales women

  13-03-2016 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  See highlights of the Wales women's match against England at Twickenham Stoop.
  
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• Maria Sharapova should avoid 'overdone' maximum four-year ban after failing a drugs test, insists former pro Pam Shriver

  13-03-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Russian, having confessed to using banned substance meldonium, has been provisionally suspended and the matter is now in the hands of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Russia whistleblowers talk to anti-doping group

  13-03-2016 21:41
  The whistleblower in the Russian doping scandal has the support of anti-doping leaders in her quest to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this summer.
  
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• Referee Martin Atkinson should have given Manchester United a penalty as Winston Reid handled in penalty area... he also made too many errors for someone of his calibre

  13-03-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: Martin Atkinson made too many mistakes for a referee of his standing in the FA Cup quarter-final 1-1 draw between Manchester United and West Ham.
  
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• England coach Eddie Jones targets Grand Slam after his side are crowned Six Nations champions as France falter in Scotland

  13-03-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A thrilling 25-21 victory over Wales at Twickenham on Saturday, followed by Scotland's 29-18 home win against France, guaranteed England a first title since 2011 with a round to spare.
  
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• Defending champion leading in Alaska's Iditarod race

  13-03-2016 21:18
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Defending champion Dallas Seavey was leading Sunday in Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, gunning for his fourth win in the nearly 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) contest, with his father among his closest rivals.
  
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• Residents not in tune with Texas cultural festival

  13-03-2016 21:16
  
  South by Southwest helped Austin become a capital of cool but hastened the process of displacing many.
  
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• Explosion in Turkey's Ankara kills dozens

  13-03-2016 21:08
  
  Bomb-laden car blows up near transport hub in the second deadly attack to hit the capital in the span of a month.
  
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• Montoya wins at St. Pete to lead Team Penske to 1-2 sweep

  13-03-2016 21:02
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — There seemed little doubt that a Team Penske driver would win the IndyCar season-opening race even after Will Power was sidelined Sunday with a concussion.
  
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• Ibrahimovic's PSG future uncertain after title triumph

  13-03-2016 20:52
  Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 100th Ligue 1 goal as they thrashed Troyes 9-0 on Sunday to win a fourth straight French league title but his future at the Parc des Princes remains uncertain. "As things stand, I won’t be at PSG next season,” the forward told beIN Sports after scoring four times against the league's bottom side. PSG's hierarchy and his team mates want Ibrahimovic to stay with club president Nasser al-Khelaifi leaving the door open for the Swede to rem
  
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• Manchester United 1-1 West Ham PLAYER RATINGS: Mark Noble wins midfield battle as Marouane Fellaini struggles yet again

  13-03-2016 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United and West Ham will have to do it all again at Upton Park following a quarter-final draw. Here, Sportsmail's Chris Wheeler rates the performances of every player at Old Trafford.
  
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• The Latest: Defending champ leading in Alaska's Iditarod

  13-03-2016 20:43
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the Iditarod Sled Dog Race (all times local):
  
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• 'Unbelievable' Kane boosts Spurs' title push with double

  13-03-2016 20:26
  (Reuters) - Aston Villa 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Harry Kane was hailed as "unbelievable" after the England striker's 21st and 22nd goals of the season inspired Tottenham Hotspur to a routine win at hapless Aston Villa on Sunday that boosted their Premier League title ambitions. Kane ended Villa's resistance in the space of three minutes either side of halftime, taking his tally to 18 goals in his last 20 league appearances, assisted on each occasion by a superb delivery from Dele Alli. Kane's doubl
  
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• Lin leaves best to last for sixth All-England title

  13-03-2016 20:18
  By Rod Gilmour BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - China’s Lin Dan swept to his sixth All-England Championships title on Sunday and then insisted he was good enough to win a third Olympic men’s singles gold medal at Rio 2016. Nozomi Okuhara celebrated her 21st birthday by prevailing in a brutal 99-minute women’s final to win Japan’s first singles title since 1977. Lin produced his best performance of the week as he outclassed Tian Houwei 21-9 21-10 in an all-Chinese final to
  
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• England end five-year wait as Scotland beat France

  13-03-2016 20:16
  England won the Six Nations for the first time since 2011 after Scotland beat France for only the second time in the competition with a 29-18 victory at Murrayfield on Sunday. Defeat means France, who were beaten 19-10 by Wales a fortnight ago, remain on four points and cannot overhaul Eddie Jones’s side when they meet in Paris next Saturday with England looking for a grand slam. England, who secured a thrilling 25-21 victory over Wales on Saturday, have eight points after four matches and
  
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• Charlton Athletic supporters stage funeral procession in protest of club's ownership

  13-03-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A coffin, said by protestors to ‘represent the hopes and dreams of Charlton fans under Roland Duchatelet’, was followed by hundreds of supporters before kick-off in the Championship clash.
  
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• Tamim keeps promise, Bangladesh make World T20 main draw

  13-03-2016 20:12
  Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal kept his promise and struck the first century of this year's World Twenty20 tournament to help secure a place in the main draw with a 54-run victory over Oman in their rain-hit match on Sunday. The opener, who had told the team coach he would hit a tonne, became the first Bangladesh player to score a hundred in a Twenty20 International as his side proved they are too good to jostle with associate nations to qualify for the Super 10 stage. Put into bat, Bangladesh posted
  
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• Tom Daley eyeing Olympic medal after star seals fourth-placed finish in Beijing  

  13-03-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Tom Daley has vowed to be back in top form for the Olympic Games after being edged into fourth place in the men's 10m platform event at the FINA/NVC Diving World Series in Beijing.
  
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• Scotland 29-18 France: Stubborn Scots end French hoodoo to hand England their first Six Nations title since 2011

  13-03-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a bright start Fofana set up Guirado to go over after a rampaging run from Vakatawa to give the French an early lead.
  Their dangerous start was short-lived.
  
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• Deadly attack hits Ivory Coast beach resort

  13-03-2016 19:56
  
  At least 16 people, including four Europeans, dead after six armed men target Grand Bassam beach town, officials say.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton is adamant he will not out-stay his welcome in Formula One as world champion aims for third successive title

  13-03-2016 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old has admitted on the eve of the new season that he does not see himself still doing what he is doing in a decade's time, and will eventually step aside for new talent.
  
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• Arsenal 1-2 Watford: Adlene Guedioura rocket fires holders out of the FA Cup as Hornets book Wembley spot

  13-03-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT THE EMIRATES STADIUM: A screamer from Adlene Guedioura fired Watford into the FA Cup semi-finals as holders Arsenal were eliminated despite a late fight-back.
  
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• Many Clouds cut to 8/1 to win back-to-back Grand Nationals following simple Kelso win

  13-03-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many Clouds is into 8-1 to win back-to-back Grand Nationals after an impressive 10-length defeat of Unioniste in the Premier Chase under Leighton Aspell at Kelso.
  
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• Antrim maintain winning record as Wexford and Louth remain hot on their heels

  13-03-2016 19:47
  
  Wexford hit four goals past Wicklow in the highest-scoring game across all divisions.
  
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• Castleford 16-32 Salford: Justin Carney shines on return against former club as Denny Solomona's hat-trick proves in vain

  13-03-2016 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Justin Carney scored two tries on his return to Castleford as Salford earned a hard-fought 32-16 victory in a bruising Super League clash, despite Denny Solomona'shat-trick for the hosts.
  
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