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• Liverpool hit 10-man Everton for four

  20-04-2016 23:55
  (Reuters) - Liverpool maintained their stranglehold over Everton in the Merseyside derby with a one-sided stroll against their local rivals who had Ramiro Funes Mori sent off for a horror-tackle in the second half. Liverpool were never under any serious or sustained pressure and scored twice late in the first half through Divock Origi and Mamadou Sakho, both from James Milner crosses, before Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to make it 3-0 and Philippe Coutinho finished off the rout.
  
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• NHL suspends Blackhawks' Shaw 1 game for anti-gay slur

  20-04-2016 23:53
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — As he watched the video, Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw realized exactly what he did.
  
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• Milik brace keeps Ajax on course for title

  20-04-2016 23:49
  Two second half goals from Polish forward Arek Milik handed Ajax Amsterdam a 2-0 victory away at Heerenveen on Wednesday to return his side to the summit of the Dutch league. The win moves Ajax to 78 points from 32 games and ahead of defending champions PSV Eindhoven on goal-difference with two matches left to play. Milik struck first from the penalty-spot on 57 minutes after a handball in the Heerenveen box, before adding a second shortly afterwards to take his league tally for the season to 21
  
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• West Ham 3-1 Watford: Mark Noble nets twice from the spot and Andy Carroll scores yet again to boost their European hopes

  20-04-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT UPTON PARK: Even the great wall of Heurelho Gomes could not stop West Ham. Four days after Watford’s goalkeeper stopped a pair of penalties from Saido Berahino.
  
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• Saido Berahino could sign new contract at West Bromwich Albion after failed transfer sagas, says manager Tony Pulis 

  20-04-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tony Pulis revealed on Wednesday that he still hopes to tie the 22-year-old down to a new deal despite the widespread expectation that he will leave The Hawthorns at the end of the season.
  
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• Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace PLAYER RATINGS: Anthony Martial shines again as Wilfried Zaha disappoints on return

  20-04-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United strolled to three points against a disappointing Crystal Palace. Damien Delaney put into his own net to give United the lead, before Matteo Darmian scored a stunner.
  
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• Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace: Matteo Darmian and Damien Delaney own goal keep hosts in hunt for Champions League place

  20-04-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER AT OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester United stepped up their pursuit of a Champions League place following a 2-0victory over Crystal Palace.
  
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• Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs in shock running to become next Celtic boss

  20-04-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail understands the 42-year-old has reservations about a move north of the border, even though he sees his long-term future as a manager and is said to be keen on taking a top job.
  
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• Liverpool 4-0 Everton: Divock Origi, Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge on target as Ramiro Funes Mori sees red at Anfield

  20-04-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT ANFIELD: Here was a picture of two teams whose seasons are threatening to head in opposite directions. Liverpool are going one way, Everton the other.
  
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• Deportivo 0-8 Barcelona: Luis Suarez scores FOUR and sets up goals for Neymar and Lionel Messi as Barca bounce back in style

  20-04-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luis Suarez scored four goals and set up three others for Ivan Rakitic, Lionel Messi and Neymar as Barcelona ended a three-match losing streak in emphatic fashion on Wednesday night.
  
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• Andy Murray and Great Britain unlikely to face world No 1 Novak Djokovic in Belgrade quarter-final due to Davis Cup dates  

  20-04-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Britain will play their Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia on clay in Belgrade from July 15 to 17, making it less likely they will have to face world No 1 Novak Djokovic.
  
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• James Haskell vows to heed warning as England flanker insists: I can't be one of Eddie Jones' bad boys

  20-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Haskell has insisted that neither he nor any England team-mates are in danger of becoming complacent - after Eddie Jones’ warning last week about bad attitudes and falling standards
  
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• Arsene Wenger vows to respect his contract at Arsenal as fan pressure begins to mount on the beleaguered Frenchman

  20-04-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Gunners face West Bromwich and defeat would heap more pressure on Wenger, who is splitting opinion amongst fans. Thousands are set to stay away from the Emirates in protest against the boss.
  
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• Juventus 3-0 Lazio: The Old Lady go nine points clear at the top of Serie A after brushing aside 10-man Lazio

  20-04-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paulo Dybala's double saw Juventus go nine points clear at the top of Serie A as the Old Lady brushed Lazio aside 3-0. Mario Mandzukic had earlier given Juventus the lead in the first half.
  
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• Marseille beat Sochaux to reach League Cup final

  20-04-2016 23:22
  Olympique de Marseille reached the French Cup final after Florian Thauvin's second-half strike gave the crisis-hit club a 1-0 win at Ligue 2 side Sochaux on Wednesday. Thauvin found the back of the net with a low shot across goal after being set up by Steven Fletcher to send OM, whose coach Michel was sacked on Tuesday, into the final against bitter rivals Paris St Germain on May 21 at the Stade de France. PSG, who are bidding to replicate last season's domestic treble and take on Lille in Satur
  
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• Suarez on fire as Barca return to winning ways by routing Deportivo 8-0

  20-04-2016 23:17
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - A red hot Luis Suarez scored four goals and contributed three assists as Barcelona's stuttering La Liga title charge sparked back to life with a spectacular 8-0 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday. Atletico Madrid kept the pressure on Barca with a 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao thanks to a first half header from Fernando Torres, although defender Diego Godin was forced off in the ninth minute with a suspected hamstring injury.
  
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• Home ice is not a big advantage in first round of playoffs

  20-04-2016 23:17
  
  Home ice hasn't been an advantage in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs this year.
  
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• Twickenham may be home to Australia as Wallabies consider switching All Blacks clash to rugby HQ

  20-04-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twickenham could stage yet another international fixture not involving England as Australia are considering playing New Zealand at rugby HQ. Argentina are to host Wallabies in London.
  
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• Liverpool 4-0 Everton PLAYER RATINGS: James Milner thriving under Jurgen Klopp but Ramiro Funes Mori had a shocker

  20-04-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captain James Milner inspired Liverpool to an impressive victory in the Merseyside derby. Sportsmail's Jack Gaughan rated the players' performances at Anfield.
  
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• West Ham striker Andy Carroll not listening to Roy Hodgson as he continues to prove he is more than just a flavour of the month

  20-04-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER AT UPTON PARK: Andy Carroll may not have been listening when Roy Hodgson compared the clamour for him to go to Euro 2016 as the ‘latest flavour of ice cream’.
  
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• Argentine player banned for 29 years for kicking rival's head

  20-04-2016 23:07
  An Argentine rugby player has been banned for 29 years for kicking a rival’s head during a match between two local amateur sides, his club’s president told the TN news channel on Wednesday. Pucara prop Cipriano Martinez was found guilty of a premeditated kick at the head of grounded San Albano lock Juan Masi during a match on April 2.
  
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• Hibernian 3-2 Rangers: Niklas Gunnarsson hits winner to bring Gers back down to earth in Scottish Cup final rehearsal

  20-04-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARK WILSON AT EASTER ROAD: Well, they do say it’s better to get the mistakes out of the way in the rehearsal. Rangers will hope that is the case when these teams face up at Hampden on May 21.
  
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• Mamadou Sakho is becoming a cult hero, but Ross Barkley has all but disappeared... FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED

  20-04-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's season goes from strength to strength but Everton’s is in a horrible spiral and the 226th Merseyside Derby showed the differences between the two teams at present. 
  
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• Darmian shines as Manchester United beat Palace 2-0

  20-04-2016 23:00
  (Reuters) - An inspired Matteo Darmian scored his first goal for Manchester United and set up another as Louis van Gaal's side kept alive their hopes of a top-four finish with a 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace on Wednesday. Darmian unleashed a screaming volley with his weaker left foot early in the second half, after Palace defender Damien Delaney turned the Italy fullback's sharp low cross into his own net in the fifth minute. ...
  
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• Noble on the spot as Hammers beat Watford

  20-04-2016 22:59
  A penalty double from Mark Noble helped West Ham United complete a comfortable win over Watford on Wednesday that kept their pursuit of European football firmly on track. Andy Carroll, who has hit a purple patch at the perfect time as he bids to win a spot in Roy Hodgson's England squad for Euro 2016, hit his sixth goal in last five league games with an awkward looking volley to open the scoring after 11 minutes. Noble scored twice from the penalty spot either side of halftime before Sebastian P
  
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• Rats, Octopi and sharks! NHL needs pest control for playoffs

  20-04-2016 22:47
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rats! And Octopi. Even a lifeless shark.
  
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• Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Atletico Madrid: Fernando Torres header keeps pressure on Barcelona at the top of La Liga 

  20-04-2016 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fernando Torres kept up his recent good form as he headed in the winner to keep Atletico Madrid firmly on the tails of Barcelona at the top of La Liga.
  
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• Italian regulator fines Mediaset, Sky over football TV rights

  20-04-2016 22:43
  By Stephen Jewkes and Giulia Segreti MILAN (Reuters) - Mediaset and Sky Italia, a unit of Sky Plc, have been fined 55.4 million euros (44 million pounds) by Italy's antitrust authority for breaching competition laws during the 2014 sale of football TV rights, the authority said on Wednesday. In a statement, the competition watchdog said it had fined the pay TV unit of Mediaset 51.4 million euros. Sky Italia, whose largest shareholder is media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, was f
  
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• Dortmund to face Bayern in German Cup final

  20-04-2016 22:41
  Borussia Dortmund eased past Hertha Berlin 3-0 on Wednesday to set up a mouth-watering German Cup final against treble-chasing Bayern Munich. A 20th-minute goal from Gonzalo Castro and two late goals from Marco Reus and Henrikh Mkhitaryan propelled Dortmund into their third successive Cup final, and they will be hoping it is third time lucky after they finished second best in 2014 and 2015. Bayern, who overcame Dortmund to clinch the 2014 title, beat Werder Bremen 2-0 on Tuesday to book their ti
  
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• Tim Peake on running the London Marathon in space – video

  20-04-2016 22:32
  
  British astronaut Tim Peake says he will partake in the London Marathon, completing the race on a treadmill on board the International Space Station. Peake shows a harness which will keep him bolted on treadmill and says he’s been ‘putting in the miles’. The London Marathon will take place on SundayContinue reading...
  
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• West Ham 3-1 Watford: Match Report

  20-04-2016 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Andy Carroll and Mark Noble on target as West Ham see off understrength WatfordAndy Carroll and Mark Noble were on target as West Ham kept
  
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• Hibernian 3-2 Rangers: Match Report

  20-04-2016 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hibs earn cup final dress rehearsal win over RangersHibernian fired out a cup final warning to Rangers as they boosted their hopes of catc
  
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• Everton midfielder Gareth Barry joins David James at top of Premier League table

  20-04-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Everton midfielder Gareth Barry equalled the record for Premier League starts when he took his place in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday.He
  
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• Eddie Jones right to keep England stars on their toes, says Haskell

  20-04-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Eddie Jones made a "common-sense statement" by warning England's Grand Slam winners not to expect to tour Australia this summer, according to Jame
  
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• Andy Carroll and Mark Noble on target as West Ham see off understrength Watford

  20-04-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Andy Carroll and Mark Noble were on target as West Ham kept their chances of a top-four finish alive with a 3-1 win over Watford.Carroll hit
  
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• Signature moments of the career of the late Pearl Washington

  20-04-2016 21:10
  
  Former Syracuse star Pearl Washington, who died Wednesday in New York from complications of a brain tumor, was a playground star in his native Brooklyn.
  
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• Manchester City hope for bouncing Etihad Stadium after selling-out Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid

  20-04-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City are set to take on Real Madrid in front of another Etihad full house next week. General admission tickets for the Champions League semi-final sold out within days.
  
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• Kenya's marathon runners defend 'clean' and 'noble' sport

  20-04-2016 21:00
  
  LONDON (AP) — Defending the integrity of athletics ahead of Sunday's London Marathon, Kenyan runners insisted Wednesday that they run clean and don't need to resort to doping in the pursuit of glory.
  
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• Eagles acquire No. 2 overall draft pick from Browns

  20-04-2016 20:42
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Desperate for a franchise quarterback, the Philadelphia Eagles can get their man. Soon.
  
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• AP Source: Timberwolves in negotiations with Thibodeau

  20-04-2016 20:38
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have opened negotiations with former Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau to be the team's new coach and president of basketball operations, a person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  
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• APR scores show money remains big factor in college sports

  20-04-2016 20:29
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The wealthiest schools in college sports are still cashing in with high academic performance.
  
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• Rafael Nadal makes serene progress in Barcelona

  20-04-2016 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rafael Nadal's impressive form continued as the Spaniard cruised past Marcel Granollers to reach the third round of the Barcelona Open.Nadal
  
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• Blackhawks player Andrew Shaw apologizes for anti-gay slur

  20-04-2016 20:23
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw apologized Wednesday for yelling an anti-gay slur at someone on the ice after he was sent to the penalty box late in Chicago's Game 4 loss at home to the St. Louis Blues.
  
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• Barcelona hit Deportivo for eight to get title bid back on track

  20-04-2016 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Barcelona restated their title ambitions by thrashing Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 away from home, with Luis Suarez scoring four times and contributing
  
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• Deportivo vs Barcelona and Real Madrid vs Villarreal LIVE La Liga scores, table and results: Plus Atletico Madrid

  20-04-2016 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  La Liga leaders Barcelona will be hoping to bounce back from three consecutive defeats when they take on Deportivo before rivals Real and Atletico Madrid are in action.
  
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• Liverpool FC vs Everton Premier League LIVE scores and table: Plus Man Utd vs Crystal Palace

  20-04-2016 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the Barclays Premier League as the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton features as one of the evening's three top flight games.
  
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• Ronnie O'Sullivan's warning for media no show will be one of the last as Barry Hearn removes 'get out of jail free cards'

  20-04-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Veteran promoter Hearn described O'Sullivan's failure to speak to reporters and television following his first-round victory at the Betfred World Championship as a 'Ronnie moment'.
  
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• Schilling defends Facebook post about transgender people

  20-04-2016 19:37
  
  BOSTON (AP) — ESPN analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is defending himself after making comments on Facebook about transgender people.
  
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• Susie Wolff defends Ecclestone after women racer remarks

  20-04-2016 19:35
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - British racer Susie Wolff has defended Bernie Ecclestone after he doubted whether women would physically be able to drive a Formula One car fast and in any case would not be taken seriously. The comments by the sport's 85-year-old commercial supremo caused a storm on social media, with women racers quick to condemn him, but Wolff felt they need to be put into perspective. "After hearing Bernie's comments in context and speaking to him today, it's clear we both
  
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• Italian regulator fines Mediaset, Sky over soccer TV rights

  20-04-2016 19:30
  Mediaset and Sky Italia, a unit of Sky Plc, have been fined 55.4 million euros (43.61 million pound) by Italy's antitrust authority for breaching competition laws during the 2014 sale of soccer TV rights, the authority said on Wednesday. In a statement, the competition watchdog said it had fined the pay TV unit of Mediaset, owned by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, 51.4 million euros. Sky Italia, whose largest shareholder is media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, w
  
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