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• Dixon leaving Pittsburgh to take over at TCU, his alma mater

  21-03-2016 23:58
  
  Jamie Dixon is leaving Pittsburgh to become head coach at TCU, where he played in the 1980s.
  
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• Brumbies CEO Michael Jones stood down by Super Rugby club

  21-03-2016 23:47
  
  Jones gave radio interview in which he was critical of club’s financesUnclear whether he will fight or accept decision to stand him downBrumbies chief executive Michael Jones has been stood down by the Super Rugby club’s board following a radio interview in which he was critical of the club’s finances.Jones’ standing down followed a surprise visit to Canberra by Australian rugby boss Bill Pulver on Monday, with Brumbies chairman Rob Kennedy informing the CEO of his decisi
  
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• Spain squad begin preparations for rematch of Euro 2012 final showdown against Italy

  21-03-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Spanish squad met up at the Sports City complex in Las Rozas near Madrid ahead of their friendly clash with Italy in Udine on Thursday for a training session under the floodlights.
  
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• British athletes told they are 'hiding' from competition by Seb Coe after World Indoor Championships

  21-03-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER: With the Olympics less than five months away, Britain won just one silver and two bronze medals in Portland and Coe delivered a stinging verdict on those who remained at home.
  
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• Wayne Rooney expected back for Manchester United after internationals

  21-03-2016 23:30
  
  • Jesse Lingard believes it will be a ‘massive boost’ for the squad
  • Marcus Rashford tipped to continue his impressive formWayne Rooney is expected to resume training with Manchester United after the international break. The 30-year-old has not played since suffering a knee injury in the 2-1 defeat at Sunderland on 13 February.Jesse Lingard indicated Rooney will rejoin Louis van Gaal’s first-team squad when training resumes at the club before Everton’s visit to
  
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• Martina Navratilova expects female players to boycott Indian Wells as angry stars return fire in sexism row over equal prize-money

  21-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Novak Djokovic and veteran administrator Ray Moore met a tide of outrage from figures in women's tennis on Monday after questioning their right to equal prize-money.
  
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• Manchester City have served up a season of pap before the coming of Pep | Jamie Jackson

  21-03-2016 23:30
  
  Injured and unmotivated players and a suspect recruitment policy have contributed to a disappointing league campaignIf Pep Guardiola is to fulfil Manchester City’s wish to build a dynasty, leading the club in the Europa League during his first season would not be the ideal start.This is the scenario facing City and the Spaniard unless his soon-to-be players wake up. After taking only seven points from 21 since Guardiola was announced as Manuel Pellegrini’s successor on 1 February it
  
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• Manchester City guarantee Guardiola money and love to build a dynasty

  21-03-2016 23:30
  
  • City believe Catalan tired of the politics at Barcelona and Bayern Munich
  • Toni Kroos and Paul Pogba among targets but Vincent Kompany will stayManchester City want Pep Guardiola to stay beyond his three-year contract and build a dynasty, with the club confident he will enter the best working environment of his managerial career. Related: With Pep Guardiola on his way all Manchester City need is new players | Daniel TaylorContinue reading...
  
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• Harry Kane eyes golden boot after Spurs star pulls ahead of Leicester's Jamie Vardy 

  21-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane has set his sights on winning the Golden Boot after joining a select band of English strikers to hit 20 Premier League goals in consecutive seasons.
  
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• GRAHAM POLL: Referees must get to grips with shirt pulling in the penalty area NOW 

  21-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann wrestling the shirt off the back of his Leicester counterpart Robert Huth might be the extreme image required to get a reaction from our select group of referees.
  
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• Paolo Di Canio admits 'it's an honour and privilege' to play in Mark Noble testimonial as he prepares for return to Boleyn Ground

  21-03-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paolo Di Canio has revealed his gratitude at being given the chance to play one final time at the Boleyn Ground, with the former West Ham forward set to be involved in Mark Noble's testimonial.
  
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• It's a catch! No it's not!

  21-03-2016 23:11
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — It's a catch.
  
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• Sebastian Coe chides UK athletes for hiding away from competition

  21-03-2016 23:03
  
  • ‘There’s no substitute for competition,’ he says after World Indoors flop
  • Neil Black replies, ‘We don’t want tired athletes’ at Rio OlympicsThe IAAF president, Sebastian Coe, has accused some British athletes of hiding away from major competitions following the team’s disappointing performance at the World Indoor Championships.Coe was speaking after the 23-strong British squad left Portland with only one silver and two bronze medals –
  
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• Lewis Hamilton prepares for ‘a battle’ with Nico Rosberg for F1 title

  21-03-2016 23:00
  
  • Rosberg has won the last four grands prix, Hamilton the last two driver’s titles
  • Ferrari’s performance in Australia acclaimed despite third-place finishLewis Hamilton supporters concerned that his only serious rival, Nico Rosberg, has topped the podium on the past four occasions will not have their worries assuaged by the news that their concerns are shared by the three-times world champion himself.When asked after his defeat by Rosberg at the Australian Grand Prix whet
  
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• Eddie Jones hits road to demand clubs buy into his England revolution

  21-03-2016 23:00
  
  • Relentless Australian meets Premiership directors of rugby
  • Exeter’s Henry Slade told he has chance of spot on Australia tourEddie Jones spent the start of his first week as a grand slam winning coach by travelling up the M1 to visit Leicester, preparing for the future and not dwelling for an instant on England’s greatest success for 13 years. He will visit Bath, Saracens and Northampton in the coming days and the other clubs in the following fortnight as part of his dri
  
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• LSU freshman Ben Simmons announces he'll enter the NBA draft

  21-03-2016 22:56
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons, who led the Tigers in scoring, rebounds and assists this season, has decided to turn pro and relinquish his final three seasons of college eligibility.
  
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• Manly enjoy first win under Trent Barrett but Martin Taupau faces ban

  21-03-2016 22:55
  
  Manly Sea Eagles 22-12 Cronulla SharksTaupau put on report for high tackle on Jack BirdManly broke through for their first NRL win under coach Trent Barrett, but could be without star forward Martin Taupau for an extended period after he was put on report for a high shot on Cronulla’s Jack Bird.The Sea Eagles defeated the Sharks 22-12 at Brookvale Oval on Monday night before 5,122 fans in the final game of the NRL’s third round, as Cronulla extended their terrible record at the subur
  
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• Katie Swan follows up Fed Cup heroics with career-best win in Miami

  21-03-2016 22:52
  
  • Briton, 16, fights back to shock Lauren Davis 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
  • Naomi Broady and James Ward also progress in qualifyingThe British teenager Katie Swan recorded a career-best win with victory over the American Lauren Davis in Miami Open qualifying. Related: The WTA needed a strong response to Djokovic and Moore – and it failed | Stephanie MylesContinue reading...
  
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• Zamparini plans to sell Palermo after chaotic season

  21-03-2016 22:41
  Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini said on Monday he was preparing to sell the Serie A club after a chaotic season which has seen six coaches sit on the bench, one of them twice. The 75-year-old, who has run the Sicilian club since 2002 and overseen about 35 changes of manager during that period, told reporters he had "other things to do." "I've got two more months in Italian football and then I'm leaving," said Zamparini, who has employed several coaches more than once, occasionally reappoint
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Tuesday, March 22 

  21-03-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Exeter, Wetherby and Southwell.
  
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• Manchester City fans threaten protest over Champions League ticket prices

  21-03-2016 22:36
  
  • Tickets for home game against Paris Saint-Germain priced from £45 to £60
  • ‘The club need to really listen to the fans now on ticket prices’Manchester City fans are considering walkout protests after criticising the club for crossing the line over ticket prices for the forthcoming Champions League quarter-final with Paris Saint-Germain.The club claim the £60 cost of top-priced tickets (the cheapest is £45) is a “fair reflection of the profile
  
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• Harry Redknapp takes first training session with Jordan national team

  21-03-2016 22:36
  
  • Bangladesh and Australia to face Jordan in World Cup qualifiers
  • Assistant Kevin Bond also present for session at Amman stadiumJordan’s latest manager, Harry Redknapp, took training for the first time on Monday as he tries to keep them on course for the World Cup. The former Queens Park Rangers and Portsmouth manager is in charge for their 2018 qualifiers against Bangladesh on Thursday and in Australia next week.Jordan are second in Group B, two points behind Australia, with 1
  
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• St Helens chairman makes statement rejecting Lance Hohaia's claims

  21-03-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eamonn McManus has reiterated his club's intention to take legal action against Hohaia over his allegation that they failed to support him in the aftermath of his 2014 Grand Final assault.
  
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• Milosevic shuts door on angry Tadic's Serbia future

  21-03-2016 22:18
  Dusan Tadic's Serbia career is over after the winger slammed coach Radovan Curcic for leaving him out of this month's friendlies with Poland and Estonia, said national team director Savo Milosevic. The Southampton player told Belgrade's Beta news agency on Monday that he did not want to represent his country again while Curcic was in charge and accused the 44-year-old of "humiliating and disrespecting" him. "Tadic is wrong if he thinks his national team status will change in the future after wha
  
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• Andy Murray gears up for Miami Open with a practice session as he seeks a third title

  21-03-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Will it be third-time lucky for Andy Murray? The British No 1's quest for a hat-trick of Miami Open titles continued on Monday in the East Coast heat during a practice session.
  
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• The NFL's plans for China show the league is increasing its global grab

  21-03-2016 22:03
  
  China is still perceived as a largely unexploited market by the NFL, and a regular season game there could help bring in huge revenueJust because the NFL is serious about playing a regular season game in China that doesn’t mean the league is scaling back their plans for the UK. If anything, this signals that the NFL is determined to keep pushing the sport beyond the US borders even more than before.
  American football fans will probably hate Monday’s report from Fox Sports’s Ale
  
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• Atlanta sports events could be threatened by religious bill

  21-03-2016 21:56
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Towering cranes dot the city's skyline, signaling the rise of a $1.4 billion retractable-roof stadium that is supposed to keep major sporting events streaming to Atlanta.
  
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• David Beckham: What I think of Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford

  21-03-2016 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DAVID BECKHAM has heaped praise on Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford.
  
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• Cubans celebrate Obama's charm offensive

  21-03-2016 21:33
  
  President winning over fans by conveying a kinder, gentler image of "The Empire" - as the US is known on the island.
  
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• Arsenal’s captain Scott is bullish about new Women’s Super League season

  21-03-2016 21:19
  
  Gunners have a new training facility, new players and an even more positive outlook as they go into tomorrow’s big kick-off against ReadingAlex Scott has been around long enough to know quality when she sees it and on the eve of a new Women’s Super League season, has a message for Arsenal’s rivals.“Since I came back to Arsenal in 2012 this is the strongest team we’ve had,” she says. “We’ve built a new team and we’ve also got a new training fa
  
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• Rockets' Howard upset by being called a cheater

  21-03-2016 21:14
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dwight Howard is surprised and disappointed that he's being labeled a cheater.
  
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• Patriots owner Kraft seeks 'Deflategate' draft picks back

  21-03-2016 21:09
  
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has asked the NFL to reinstate the draft picks the team lost in the deflated footballs investigation stemming from the 2014 AFC title game.
  
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• France boss Didier Deschamps says there is 'no need to talk about' Paris terror attacks as he calls for players to 'move forward' 

  21-03-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deschamps has called on his players to move on from the terrorist attacks on the Stade de France last November when they make what will be an emotional return to the national stadium.
  
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• Howe, Donato among eight cleared by Italy of doping claims

  21-03-2016 20:59
  Italy's Olympic Committee (CONI) has acquitted eight athletes, including bronze medallist Fabrizio Donato and former European champion long jumper Andrew Howe, of failing to supply doping samples. The eight were among 26 athletes facing two-year bans after being accused by the National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) in December of evading doping controls or failing to be available for them. CONI said in a statement that decisions on the remaining 18 had still to be taken.
  
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• Daily fantasy sports sites agree to stop taking bets in NY

  21-03-2016 20:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's two largest daily fantasy sports websites have agreed to stop taking bets in New York, potentially through most of the professional baseball season, as lawmakers consider legalizing the popular online contests, the state attorney general announced Monday.
  
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• 2016 AFL season preview: Richmond and Western Bulldogs | Russell Jackson

  21-03-2016 20:30
  
  Richmond and the Bulldogs both departed the finals in week one last year but will look to significantly improve on their showing in 20162015 ladder position: 5th Continue reading...
  
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• Southampton's Dusan Tadic insists he won't play for Serbia boss Radovan Curcic again after being 'humiliated and disrespected'

  21-03-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Southampton midfielder Dusan Tadic will not play for Serbia again while Radovan Curcic, who left him out of this month's friendlies with Poland and Estonia, remains coach.
  
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• PSG superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic takes up offer to skip Sweden friendly with Turkey

  21-03-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Striker Ibrahimovic, 34, who recently secured his fourth Ligue 1 title with Paris St Germain, scored 11 goals in 10 Euro 2016 qualifying games to carry Sweden through to the Finals in France.
  
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• Upsets create new Final Four paths for 1-seeds Virginia, UNC

  21-03-2016 20:23
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Upsets and wild finishes have altered the NCAA Tournament landscape for No. 1 seeds Virginia and North Carolina in their bids for the Final Four.
  
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• Mark Noble to put England to the back of his mind after West Ham star's call-up snub

  21-03-2016 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham captain Mark Noble is keen to forget about England after being overlooked by Roy Hodgson for their upcoming friendlies.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo could face £7.8m court battle with real estate firm

  21-03-2016 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Proto Enterprises, led by property-tycoon Alessandro Proto, had linked the Real Madrid striker with acquiring a string of properties, including a £11.8m loft apartment in Trump Tower in New York.
  
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• Castro urges Obama to end trade embargo

  21-03-2016 20:14
  
  At unprecedented joint press conference, US and Cuban presidents go toe-to-toe on human rights and economic punishment.
  
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• Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma takes his recovery ‘step by step’

  21-03-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea centre half Kurt Zouma is stepping up his rehabilitation work after suffering a season-ending knee injury last month. The 21 year-old has shared a video of his workout on an exercise bike.
  
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• A late dunk, a last-second 3 add to Cincinnati's heartbreak

  21-03-2016 20:13
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Octavius Ellis slumped on a stool near the basket for the longest time, unable to fathom how he's just missed giving Cincinnati a game-tying dunk. Myles Davis pulled his white, No. 15 jersey over his face and slid to the court, unable to comprehend how Xavier's season had just ended.
  
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• Eddie Jones’s new Jonny Wilkinsons: five emerging England players to watch

  21-03-2016 20:11
  
  After winning the grand slam, England’s head coach said he needed to find five players in the mould of Jonny Wilkinson to take England to the next level. Here are five who could fit the billIn the aftermath of Saturday’s grand slam win Eddie Jones said he needed to find five players in the mould of Jonny Wilkinson to take England to the next level. Here are five who could fit the bill Continue reading...
  
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• Steven Gerrard 'at a crossroads' as former Liverpool skipper ponders reunion with Jamie Carragher in coaching role 

  21-03-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits he will be open to offers both as a player and a coach in December. The 35-year-old's contract with LA Galaxy expires in eight months.
  
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• Khawaja guides Australia to three-wicket win

  21-03-2016 20:05
  By Simon Jennings BENGALURU (Reuters) - Usman Khawaja stroked a half-century as Australia survived another middle-order collapse to beat Bangladesh by three wickets in the World Twenty20 Super 10 on Monday to get their campaign up and running. Both teams were looking to bounce back from losing their opening Group Two games and Australia skipper Steve Smith chose to field after winning the toss. Smith's men picked up wickets at regular intervals to restrict Bangladesh to a modest 156 for five des
  
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• Robert Kraft: I pray NFL will give Patriots' draft picks back

  21-03-2016 20:03
  
  New England owner says he has written to league over issueAlso says Roger Goodell has done ‘very good job’ as commissionerRobert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, said on Monday that he personally asked NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to reinstate the draft picks the Patriots lost as part of their punishment for the Deflategate scandal.Kraft said he wrote to the league over a month ago in response to Goodell’s claim that he would reconsider the punishment if any new
  
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• Michael Carrick and Morgan Schneiderlin should play together more often - 10 THINGS WE LEARNED

  21-03-2016 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was the final weekend of Premier League fixturesbefore the international break. RALPH ELLIS shares the ten things he learned from the action, including the Tyne-Wear and Manchester derbies.
  
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