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• Yemeni truce begins amid reports of clashes

  10-04-2016 23:53
  
  Warring sides say they will observe ceasefire amid reports of deadly fighting.
  
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• Napoli brush aside Verona, chaos as Palermo lose

  10-04-2016 23:51
  Napoli overcame the absence of suspended top scorer Gonzalo Higuain to brush aside rock bottom Verona 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday while Palermo's poor season continued with a shambolic 3-0 home defeat by Lazio. The Sicilians stayed in the relegation zone after a game that was twice interrupted as Palermo fans, furious at their team's performance, threw firecrackers on to the pitch and tore up plastic seats. Fiorentina's recent dismal run continued when they lost to smaller Tuscan neighbours Empoli
  
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• Manchester United will always be superior to Tottenham, claims Louis van Gaal

  10-04-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an astonishing post-match rant, Louis van Gaal, who could have become Spurs manager in 2014, insisted United will always be 'bigger' than the north London club despite the comprehensive defeat.
  
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• Van Gaal defends tactics, says United still 'ahead' of Spurs

  10-04-2016 23:44
  Louis van Gaal had Manchester United fans scratching their heads with a baffling halftime substitution then suggested his lacklustre side are still "ahead" of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday despite a crushing 3-0 defeat. The Dutchman, who has been under incessant pressure this season, took off young striker Marcus Rashford and played winger Ashley Young as a centre forward in the second half at White Hart Lane. United had restricted Tottenham before the break without offering much goal threat, but
  
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• West Ham striker Diafra Sakho to discover his fate over four-letter outburst on social media after withdrawing from Arsenal draw

  10-04-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW AND SAMI MOKBEL: The forward could find himself in hot water with Slaven Bilic for withdrawing from Saturday's match-day squad under mysterious circumstances.
  
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• Grand National winning trainer Mouse Morris targets unique treble with victories in Irish, English and Scottish steeplechases

  10-04-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND AT AINTREE: Grand National winning trainer Mouse Morris will shoot for an unprecedented three-week National treble on Saturday with Folsom Bluein Scotland.
  
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• Rule The World was not first horse to claim Grand National with debut win over fences... and the last one became a West End star

  10-04-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND AT AINTREE: Two other horses have won the race on their debut over fences. Five-year-old Alcibiade,beat 22 rivals in the 1865 race. But the story of Volumptuary is special.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, April 11

  10-04-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Monday's meetings at Windsor, Kelso and Redcar.
  
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• Let bean counters call all the shots and the numbers will never add up

  10-04-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Players who arrived on the promise of a lucrative move to a Champions League club are now wedded to a relegation battle, and plainly have no appetite for it.
  
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• Grand National time trial is a success... as Channel 4 attracts over 10million viewers

  10-04-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: A peak audience of just over 10million viewers for the Grand National on Channel 4 provided plenty of vindication for putting back the start of the race by an hour.
  
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• Leicester City's fans stayed well after the final whistle at Sunderland

  10-04-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MICHAEL WALKER AT STADIUM OF LIGHT: Up in the top tier of the away end, the 3000 Leicester City fans were singing: ‘We’re going to win the league – and now you’re gonna believe us.’ We do.
  
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• Anthony Joshua's first title defence WON'T clash with Fury-Klitschko rematch

  10-04-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: The first battle between Britain’s two world heavyweight champions — over the optimum July 9 date for the next collision of the big men —appears to have been won by Tyson Fury.
  
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• Vincent Kompany will be given chance to prove his fitness ahead of Manchester City's Champions League clash against PSG

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: Manchester City will leave a decision on Vincent Kompany’s fitness until the last minute before their Champions League tie against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
  
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• Swansea slip-up shows the scale of Guus Hiddink's rebuilding job at Chelsea

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE LIBERTY STADIUM: It took a rotten mess of a performance to offer a reminder of just how far Chelsea have come since Guus Hiddink arrived.
  
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• Rafa Benitez still believes his side can avoid the drop but do his Newcastle United stars?

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD: Reflecting on another miserable afternoon, Rafa Benitez was asked whether he may have bitten off more than he could chew in accepting the Newcastle United job.
  
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• Manchester United were outclassed in every department by Tottenham... too many of their stars look scared to play 

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP: Manchester United looked so far off being a competitive side at White Hart Lane. The trouble is it’s difficult to know what their biggest problem is. 
  
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• Manchester City star Samir Nasri believes he is a perfect fit for Pep Guardiola 

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: Samir Nasri is already looking forward to the first day of the rest of his career. It is early July, Pep Guardiola rolling in to take a first real look at what is on offer.
  
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• Grafter Sean Dyche has Burnley on the brink of the Premier League once again

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER TODD: When Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League was confirmed 11 months ago, Sean Dyche, rather than mourning, immediately stepped his work up a gear.
  
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• Aston Villa caretaker Eric Black: 'Promotion at the first attempt will be extremely difficult, it's a massive challenge for any club'

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RALPH ELLIS: Eric Black won’t be the man asked to salvage stricken Aston Villa’s status as a Premier League giant but he has a dire warning for whoever does get the task.
  
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• Anthony Joshua intends to rule heavyweight division for a decade

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: No longer the only British world heavyweight champion. Brace yourself for gladiator night in the colosseum called Wembley Stadium, Tyson Fury.
  
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• Andy Carroll hopes seven-minute hat-trick against Arsenal can propel him into England boss Roy Hodgson's Euro 2016 plans

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW AT UPTON PARK: Andy Carroll has not spoken to Roy Hodgson for nearly three years but he would appreciate a call from the England boss.
  
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• Alan Pardew's relief as Crystal Palace end 112 days of hell with win over Norwich

  10-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL: After 112 days and 14 games without a win in the Premier League, Crystal Palace’s fall from fighting for Europe to scrapping for survival was playing tricks on Alan Pardew’s mind.
  
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• Jets, Broncos announce trade that sends Clady to New York

  10-04-2016 23:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets' search for a new left tackle didn't take long.
  
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• The Latest: Third Masters hole-in-one at No. 16 on the day

  10-04-2016 23:23
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest from the final round of the Masters on Sunday (all times local):
  
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• Spieth in control with a Masters victory in sight

  10-04-2016 23:22
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Spieth closed out the front nine with four straight birdies to build a five-shot lead going into the final stretch of the Masters.
  
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• Highlights - Day Four at the Masters

  10-04-2016 23:22
  Latest news from the final round of the 80th Masters golf tournament on Sunday (all times GMT): 2110 OOSTHUIZEN MAKES AN ACE FOR THE AGES As if aces by Shane Lowry and Davis Love III at the par-three 16th were not enough excitement for one day, Louis Oosthuizen outdid them when his ball collided with that of J.B. Holmes, who had previously hit his tee shot to five feet, and took a slight deviation into the hole. 2105 FRONT NINE BIRDIE BINGE HAS SPIETH SEEING GREEN Jordan Spieth was closing in on
  
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• Graeme Souness slams Manchester United: 'They are asking boys to do men's jobs, one shot on target is just not acceptable' 

  10-04-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After watching Manchester United comfortably beaten by Tottenham, Graeme Souness was less than impressed and feels Louis van Gaal is relying too much on youth.
  
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• Frith wins second Euro archery gold

  10-04-2016 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Jo Frith retains her women's W1 title at the European Para-archery Championship in France.
  
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• Spieth moves five ahead in Masters final round

  10-04-2016 23:15
  Jordan Spieth, bidding for a second consecutive wire-to-wire win at the Masters and another slice of golf history, extended his overnight lead to a commanding five shots midway through Sunday's final round. The 22-year-old, aiming to become only the fourth player to claim back-to-back Green Jackets, was his usual unflappable self as he mixed five birdies with a lone bogey to reach the turn in four-under 32 at a sun-bathed Augusta National. Should runaway leader Spieth go on to triumph, he would
  
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• Marquez claims fourth straight Texas win

  10-04-2016 23:14
  Honda's MotoGP leader Marc Marquez won the Grand Prix of the Americas for the fourth year in a row on Sunday while bitter rival Valentino Rossi was one of several riders who crashed. Spain's Marquez was again in a race of his own at the Circuit of the Americas track, starting on pole position for the fourth successive year and pulling away after a brief tussle on the opening lap with Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo. World champion Lorenzo finished second, 6.107 seconds behind his compatriot, and Italian
  
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• Suspect arrested in death of ex-Saints player Will Smith

  10-04-2016 23:08
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was shot and killed in what appeared to be a road rage incident, city police said Sunday. The death shocked fans of the much-loved athlete.
  
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• Retired NFL star Will Smith shot dead in New Orleans

  10-04-2016 23:00
  
  By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Will Smith, a prominent member of the New Orleans Saints team that won the NFL's Super Bowl in 2010, was killed by a gunman who shot the retired football player after ramming into his car near the city's famed French Quarter, police said on Sunday. Investigators were trying to determine whether the shooting, which also wounded Smith's wife, was a case of road rage or whether there was some other motive, police said. The suspect, Cardell Hayes, 28, was arrested and
  
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• Marc Marquez dominates Grand Prix of the Americas to strengthen MotoGP title lead as Valentino Rossi crashes out in Texas

  10-04-2016 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From pole position Honda's Marc Marquez coasted to a fourth straight win at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday, staying clear of the wrecks that took out several top riders behind him.
  
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• American Stephens wins Volvo Car Open, beats Vesnina

  10-04-2016 22:38
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Sloane Stephens invited a friend to come watch her play at the Volvo Car Open.
  
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• Ian Stannard on Paris-Roubaix podium as Sky team-mate Elia Viviani gets struck by a motorbike in cobbles crash carnage 

  10-04-2016 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was a turbulent Paris-Roubaix for Team Sky as Ian Stannard managed to finish third but Elia Viviani was forced to abandon his race after a motorbike careered into the Italian in a huge crash pile-up.
  
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• Poulter puts aside Twitter feud to card a decent round

  10-04-2016 22:24
  By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Ian Poulter put his Twitter feud aside, temporarily at least, to bounce back from a nightmare third round with a competent one-under 71 in the final round at the Masters on Sunday. After signing his scorecard, Poulter initially refused a request to talk to reporters, before relenting when asked a second time by a Masters official. But after talking to half a dozen golf writers for a minute or two about his round, the Englishman alluded to his online sp
  
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• Stephens beats Vesnina in Charleston final

  10-04-2016 22:22
  (Reuters) - American seventh seed Sloane Stephens captured her third title of 2016 by defeating Russian qualifier Elena Vesnina 7-6(4) 6-2 in the final of the Volvo Car Open clay court event in South Carolina on Sunday. The 23-year-old American raced out to a 5-2 lead before Vesnina, the 2011 Charleston finalist, used a slew of winners to win four consecutive games before moving within one point of winning the opening set. Stephens, however, held her nerve producing some of her best tennis in th
  
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• Spain out of handball event for first time in 40 years

  10-04-2016 22:20
  (Reuters) - Spain will miss the men's Olympic handball event for the first time since the 1976 Games in Montreal despite beating hosts Sweden 25-23 in a qualifying tournament on Sunday. The Spaniards, twice former world champions and triple Olympic bronze medallists, finished behind Slovenia and Sweden due to an inferior head-to-head record after all three teams claimed four points from three games. Roared on by their fans in the Malmo Arena, Sweden clinched their berth and knocked out the Spani
  
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• Tottenham stars Dele Alli and Eric Dier joke around on Snapchat after emphatic win over Manchester United keeps heat on Leicester

  10-04-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The England pair starred in the crushing victory at White Hart Lane which reduced the gap to leaders Leicester back to seven points following their 2-0 win at Sunderland earlier in the day.
  
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• UConn celebrate NCAA women's title with victory parade

  10-04-2016 21:58
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut women's basketball team was feted Sunday with a victory parade and rally in downtown Hartford following its unprecedented fourth consecutive NCAA tournament championship.
  
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• Dier targets five wins as defiant Tottenham stay in hunt

  10-04-2016 21:54
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur stayed on course to finish above north London rivals Arsenal for the first time in 20 years with a 3-0 demolition of Manchester United on Sunday but their eyes are still fixed on a greater prize. Just when it seemed Leicester had reduced the season to a one-horse title race by moving 10 points clear with a 2-0 win at Sunderland, second-placed Tottenham responded to the pressure with a commanding performance against United.
  
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• Leicester march on, Tottenham not giving up chase

  10-04-2016 21:51
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Leicester City continued their inexorable march towards the Premier League title as Jamie Vardy's brace earned them victory at Sunderland on Sunday but Tottenham Hotspur showed they will not give up the chase after demolishing Manchester United 3-0. Vardy's late goals in a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light sent Claudio Ranieri's side 10 points clear before second-placed Tottenham kicked off at White Hart Lane and judging by the way the Leicester fans reacted the
  
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• Leicester edges closer to EPL title, Spurs beats Man United

  10-04-2016 21:06
  
  LONDON (AP) — Leicester's first target was exceeded long ago: Premier League survival. Another landmark was achieved Sunday: Champions League qualification for the first time. By the end of the month, Leicester should have secured the prize once simply unthinkable for such a team: the Premier League trophy itself.
  
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• Valencia 2-1 Sevilla: Alvaro Negredo scores injury-time winner

  10-04-2016 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alvaro Negredo scored a last-gasp winner for Valencia against Sevilla as they recorded their first win since Gary Neville's departure.
  
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• Solid defence keeps Leicester on track

  10-04-2016 20:53
  By Steve Tongue LONDON (Reuters) - Striker Jamie Vardy may have returned to the headlines as Leicester City closed in on the Premier League title on Sunday, but the contribution by the team's defenders cannot be overlooked. In the 2-0 victory at Sunderland Vardy became the club's first player to reach 20 top-flight league goals since Gary Lineker's 24 in 1984-5. Just as significant, however, was the clean sheet kept by goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and those in front of him.
  
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• Viviani hit by motorbike on Paris-Roubaix

  10-04-2016 20:49
  Italian rider Elia Viviani was taken to a hospital for checks after his bike was hit by a race motorbike during the Paris-Roubaix classic on Sunday, Team Sky said. A video taken by a spectator and posted on social media showed the motorbike sliding on its side before hitting Viviani's back wheel after the peloton was slowed down by a crash on the cobbled sector of Arenberg. Safety has been a hot topic in cycling since Belgian rider Antoine Demoitie died last month after being hit by a motorbike.
  
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• Racing 92 19-16 Toulon: Maxime Machenaud kicks defending champions out of European Cup to set up semi-final clash with Leicester

  10-04-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A penalty two minutes from time from the boot of Racing 9's French scrum-half Maxime Machenaud kicked the Paris club over the line and into their first semi-final with a 19-16 triumph.
  
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• Leicester City secure historic Champions League spot after Premier League title rivals Tottenham dismantle Manchester United

  10-04-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Top four and Champions League football next season, tick! The Foxes are guaranteed to finish the season with at least a place in Europe's premier team competition in the 2016-17 campaign.
  
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• Golden start for champion Ozkan

  10-04-2016 20:30
  By Brian Oliver FORDE, Norway (Reuters) - Turkey's Sibel Ozkan won the first gold medal on the opening day of the European Weightlifting Championships on Sunday. Ozkan won the women’s lightest category, 48kg, for the second year in succession. The first men’s event, the 56kg, was won by the Italian favourite, Mirco Scarantino, who had been a bronze medallist last year.
  
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• Tottenham 3-0 Manchester United PLAYER RATINGS: Toby Alderweireld stands firm for Spurs as Marcos Rojo is outmuscled

  10-04-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham secured a 3-0 victory over Manchester United to stay seven points behind Premier League leaders Leicester City. Here, SAMI MOKBEL rates the performance of both sets of players on Sunday.
  
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