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• Johnson takes 1-shot lead at Tour Championship

  23-09-2016 23:59
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Dustin Johnson powered his way down the fairways and occasionally out of the brutal rough for a 3-under 67 to take a one-shot lead at the Tour Championship and move closer to the $10 million FedEx Cup prize.
  
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• Harden focused on helping Rockets improve after tough season

  23-09-2016 23:58
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden was second in the NBA with 29 points per game last season and his 7.5 rebounds were a career high.
  
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• Bristol 17-41 Exeter:Andy Robinson's men still searching for first Premiership win

  23-09-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bristol slipped to a fourth successive Aviva Premiership defeat as dominant Exeter underlined the huge task facing Andy Robinson's team to secure top-flight survival this season.
  
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• CAA to move women's golf event from NC if law not repealed

  23-09-2016 23:57
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Colonial Athletic Association has announced it will pull its women's golf championship from North Carolina unless a state law that limits protections for LGBT people is repealed or voided by Jan. 10.
  
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• 'Medically unfit' Fury postpones Klitschko rematch again

  23-09-2016 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury postpones his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko again after being declared "medically unfit".
  
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• Dortmund beat Freiburg 3-1 to join Bayern on top

  23-09-2016 23:55
  Title contenders Borussia Dortmund twice hit the woodwork as they beat Freiburg 3-1 to join leaders Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga. Dortmund, who have now scored 14 goals in their last three league games, should have killed off the match long before Freiburg pulled a goal back on the hour to set up a nervous finale.
  
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• Jealous Jose Mourinho was left stunned as women flocked around Al Pacino... he couldn't understand why they preferred the famous actor to the super-cool football manager

  23-09-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB BEASLEY: Jose is a big fan of the movies and his favourite actors are Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins. So Jose’s meeting with Pacino should have been an awesome experience.
  
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• Arsène Wenger admits regret at failing to sign Chelsea’s Diego Costa for Arsenal

  23-09-2016 23:53
  
  • Arsenal manager was close to signing Chelsea striker from Atlético Madrid
  • ‘We have to be cold-blooded, just focus on the game and not respond’Arsène Wenger has suggested that Diego Costa would be a better player if he cut out the provocative side to his game while the Arsenal manager also revealed that he would have pushed to sign the Chelsea striker in 2014 if he had known that Atlético Madrid were prepared to sell him.Costa, who faces Arsenal in S
  
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• Tony Pulis: ‘You get pigeonholed. You accept it or fight it. I’ve accepted it’ | Daniel Taylor

  23-09-2016 23:49
  
  As he reaches his 1,000th match as a manager with West Brom’s trip to his old club Stoke, Tony Pulis is wearily accustomed to people denigrating his management style but says the secret of his longevity is his ability to adjustAutumn 1992. Tony Pulis is a rookie manager at Bournemouth setting out on the long road that has brought him to the point of his 1,000th match. His first company car, a gift from the chairman, Norman Hayward, has already been to the garage after smoke started pouring
  
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• Jose Mourinho was desperate to take the England job... but bungling Football Association chiefs blew their chance to land the Special One

  23-09-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB BEASLEY: Not long after he’d left Chelsea in September 2007, Jose sent me a memorable text. I was at the Sopwell House Hotel in Hertfordshire listening to Steve McClaren.
  
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• Jose Mourinho didn't like it at Real Madrid... they lacked team spirit and he was furious when the club's stars snubbed Michael Essien's birthday

  23-09-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB BEASLEY: I visited Mourinho at Real Madrid in January 2013 and he gave me a quick guided tour of the superb training facilities. I told him: ‘It’s magnificent, you’ve got everything here!’
  
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• Jose Mourinho can't cook and has his children's names tattooed on his wrist... his wife Matilde and their relationship is the real love of his life

  23-09-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB BEASLEY: While in public Jose is the outspoken, charismatic star; at home it’s a rather different story. Once he steps through the front door everything changes. Suddenly he’s a mortal.
  
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• Toulouse 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain: Unai Emery's men suffer their second defeat of the season 

  23-09-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yann Bodiger gave the hosts the lead early the second half from the penalty spot after Serge Aurier, who was sent off for two bookable offences, fouled Ola Toivonen in the area.
  
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• Newcastle midfielder Mo Diame will contact Sunderland's Patrick van Aanholt about his cardiac concerns

  23-09-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mo Diame should have been a Premier League champion with Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson had identified him as the man to replace contract rebel Paul Pogba in the summer of 2012.
  
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• Pep Guardiola warns Manchester City squad that he will keep making tough decisions and will not tolerate a lack of respect for the club 

  23-09-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola has warned his Manchester City players that he will continue to make tough decisions — and come down hard on anyone who shows a lack of respect for the club.
  
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• Jose Mourinho is on the ropes as boss of Manchester United after a difficult week at the centre of Old Trafford

  23-09-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: It's not like a manager of Manchester United to take criticism lying down. Sir Alex Ferguson tended to take unkind words like a good boxer takes a right to the chin. If get hit, hit harder.
  
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• Tony Pulis prepares for his 1,000th game as a manager as West Brom face Stoke, but still hates losing just as much as day one

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There is a room in Tony Pulis’s Bournemouth home which probably explains why he will join the elite band of 24 managers who have taken charge of 1,000 games during their career.
  
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• Tiger Woods could be used to intimidate Europe's rookies in Ryder Cup says Colin Montgomerie 

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colin Montgomerie thinks Tiger Woods will be used by the Americans as a powerful psychological weapon at the Ryder Cup next week in a bid to intimidate Europe’s six rookies.
  
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• Sunderland: David Moyes urges Patrick van Aanholt to behave like role model

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  • Dutchman photographed with shisha pipe in Newcastle this summer
  • ‘I’ve told him I don’t expect it at any time, even the off-season,’ manager saysPatrick van Aanholt and his Sunderland team-mates have been warned not to smoke shisha pipes and advised that being caught doing so will result in heavy fines.David Moyes was “not impressed” by newspaper pictures of Van Aanholt apparently smoking such a hookah at a central Newcastle shisha lounge this sum
  
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• Pep Guardiola urges Sergio Agüero to be ‘smart’ on his return from ban

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  • Manchester City manager tells Agüero and Nolito to focus on the game
  • Vincent Kompany’s latest setback diagnosed as groin muscle fatiguePep Guardiola wants Sergio Agüero to be “smart and intelligent” and focus solely on playing when the striker returns at Swansea City on Saturday following a three-game suspension for elbowing. Related: Football transfer rumours: Manchester City back in for Leonardo Bonucci?Related: Vincent Kompany sidelined for Manchester
  
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• Mohamed Diamé says he made right decision joining Rafa Benítez’s project

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  • Diamé: ‘I have to do everything to get Newcastle back in Premier League’
  • ‘Seeing Steve Bruce leave Hull like he did had a big impact on me’Mohamed Diamé has an unequivocal answer to almost incessant questions about why he turned his back on the Premier League in order to sign for Championship side Newcastle United.“I’ve always wanted to play for a big club in the UK,” says the former Wigan Athletic and West Ham United midfield
  
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• Lee Westwood aiming for a photo finish and Sir Nick Faldo's Ryder Cup record 

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A photograph that has come to mean a lot to Lee Westwood was taken during his accomplished Ryder Cup debut at Valderrama in 1997.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp gives Loris Karius No1 role and warns Liverpool on complacency

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  • Liverpool’s summer signing from Mainz to start in goal against Hull
  • Klopp focusing on performances rather than title at this stage of seasonJürgen Klopp has said it is better for Liverpool to perform than dream of challenging for the Premier League title as he prepares to hand Loris Karius the No1 spot against Hull City on Saturday.Liverpool’s impressive start to the season – featuring seven points from trips to Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea plus a c
  
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• Jose Mourinho reveals that Wayne Rooney isn't coping under pressure as Manchester United boss admits: He's my captain but he could be benched

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: Jose Mourinho claims that England captain Wayne Rooney is being worn down by constant criticism of his performances. The United boss says he will only be picked on merit.
  
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• José Mourinho tells Manchester United players: feel good and fight hard

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  The Manchester United manager was in relaxed mood before Saturday’s match against Leicester as he urged his players to respond positively to criticismJosé Mourinho strolled to his seat, offered a smile, and said: “First of all, good morning to my friends from the media.” This was a breezy start and mischievous reference to his critics – “Einsteins” as he calls them – who have offered analysis of why Manchester United have lost three of their last
  
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• José Mourinho says there are ‘no privileges’ for droppable Wayne Rooney

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  • Manchester United manager also says captain affected by England criticism
  • Mourinho considering leaving Rooney out of Leicester match on SaturdayJosé Mourinho has blamed Wayne Rooney’s disappointing form on the criticism he attracted when playing for England against Slovakia and said his Manchester United captain can be dropped.Mourinho is considering leaving the 30-year-old out of Saturday’s game at home to Leicester City and made it clear that Rooney no longer e
  
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• 'I'm not in a destructive mood. Never. I'm more constructive...' Arsene Wenger brushes off Jose Mourinho's threats to 'break his face'

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho's comments were logged in a new biography by football writer Rob Beasley, serialised by Sportsmail this week, but Arsene Wenger says he has no plans to read the book.
  
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• Harlequins’ Jack Clifford out of autumn internationals as Eddie Jones widens search for England No 7

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England coach Eddie Jones has to widen his search for a No 7 after Harlequins’ Jack Clifford was ruled out of the autumn internationals with an ankle injury.
  
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• Greg Laidlaw is the man who just refuses to miss for Gloucester and Scotland 

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whenever the next chance comes, Greig Laidlaw can’t imagine missing. Whether it is this afternoon or next week, the sharpest shooter in the game at present will expect to add to his perfect tally.
  
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• FA keen to field Team GB football team at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and will accommodate all requests from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland  

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: The FA are preparing to accommodate all requests from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in an attempt to field men’s and women’s Team GB football teams at Tokyo 2020.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri: Danny Drinkwater deal will keep him at Leicester

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  • England international’s new contract does not include release clause
  • ‘We want to keep all the players and maybe improve squad,’ manager saysClaudio Ranieri believes Leicester City will not be vulnerable to losing Danny Drinkwater in the same way as they were with N’Golo Kanté because the England international’s new contract does not include a release clause.Drinkwater returns to Old Trafford on Saturday, following speculation this week that Manc
  
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• Antonio Conte preaches patience at Chelsea but needs statement of intent

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  The new man in the Stamford Bridge hot seat has made a mixed start to the campaign and a win over Arsenal would help settle the nervesAntonio Conte has been in situ at Chelsea for only a little more than 10 weeks but, even at this early stage, he deemed the time right to deliver a reminder of the merits of long‑term thinking. The Italian spent much of his pre-match media conference on Friday fielding questions about Arsène Wenger’s durability over two decades across the capita
  
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• Antonio Conte aims to emulate Arsene Wenger and remain Chelsea chief for the next 20 years

  23-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte faces Arsene Wenger in a game that will mark the final Premier League game at the Emirates Stadium before the Arsenal boss celebrates his 20th anniversary at the helm.
  
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• Preston 1-0 Wigan: Jordan Hugill deflected effort seals the points and keeps visitors miserable run going 

  23-09-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During his time as a barman, Jordan Hugill openly boasted about perfecting the art of mixing cocktails. The Preston striker has not always enjoyed the luxury afforded to professional
  
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• Mark Hughes denies player unrest but admits Stoke’s critics scent blood

  23-09-2016 23:29
  
  • Hughes rejects parallels with dismal time at QPR before West Brom test• ‘I’ve proved myself here. We’re consistently a top-10 side now’Mark Hughes has strongly defended his record as Stoke City manager and insisted he has total faith in the players’ ability to climb the table, with the Welshman dismissing reports of dressing-room unrest after a poor start to the season and claiming there are no parallels to be drawn with his dismal experience at Queens P
  
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• Jose Mourinho: Man Utd boss 'civilised' with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger

  23-09-2016 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he has a civilised relationship with Arsene Wenger, denying claims he said he would break his face.
  
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• Martin Kaymer bemoans long delays at the European Open in build up to the Ryder Cup

  23-09-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German admitted he had not enjoyed the ideal preparation for next week's Ryder Cup after he endured a second frustrating day of weather delays at the Porsche European Open.
  
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• Pep Guardiola is not afraid to make tough decisions - just ask Yaya Toure and Joe Hart

  23-09-2016 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Pep Guardiola claims he does not like making the difficult decisions which have characterised his first few months in charge of Manchester City.
  
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• Westbrook on police shootings: "Something has to change"

  23-09-2016 23:13
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook is a multi-millionaire basketball player, far removed from the rough community he came from in the Los Angeles area.
  
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• Welsh exiles can be picked despite selfish decision - Howley

  23-09-2016 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales interim boss Robert Howley describes some of the nation's exiles as "selfish", but says they can still win caps.
  
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• Olly Woodburn double helps Exeter rediscover old selves against Bristol

  23-09-2016 23:13
  
  • Bristol 17-41 Exeter
  • Thomas Waldrom also scores twice as Chiefs secure first away winSomerset may have missed out on the County Championship but the West Country is currently enjoying a sporting renaissance. For the first time there are four clubs from the region in the Premiership and the title of “best in the west” has never been so keenly contested. Exeter, on this evidence, stand every chance of being crowned cider kings, while Bristol could already do with some urg
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Saturday, September 24

  23-09-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Saturday's meetings at Newmarket, Hamilton, Chester, Haydock, Market Rasen and Ripon.
  
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• Injured back forces Day out of Tour Championship

  23-09-2016 23:08
  (Reuters) - Jason Day downplayed any concerns over his playing future after an on-going back injury prompted the world number one to pull out of the Tour Championship during the second round in Atlanta on Friday. Day, 28, also withdrew during the final round of his previous tournament, the BMW Championship two weeks ago.
  
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• American superstar Lady Aurelia primed to deliver at Newmarket

  23-09-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American trainer Wesley Ward has confidently predicted a ‘big’ performance from Lady Aurelia in the Connolly’s Red Mills Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket.
  
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• Ten-man PSG slump to second league defeat of season

  23-09-2016 23:03
  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain suffered their second defeat of the Ligue 1 season when they lost 2-0 at Toulouse after being reduced to 10 men on Friday. The champions succumbed to second-half goals by Yann Bodiger and Jimmy Durmaz as they dropped to third in the table with 13 points from seven games. Toulouse are now second on 14 points, trailing Nice on goal difference before the leaders travel to Nancy on Sunday.
  
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• Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Freiburg: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores on 100th appearance to keep pressure on Bayern Munich

  23-09-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Borussia Dortmund kept up the pressure on Bayern Munich by drawing level on points with the Bundesliga champions following a 3-1 victory over Freiburg at the Signal-Iduna-Park.
  
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• Wales’s Sam Warburton leads race for British and Irish Lions captaincy

  23-09-2016 23:00
  
  • Wales captain led Lions to 3-1 victory over Australia in 2013
  • England’s Dylan Hartley also in frame to lead team in New ZealandSam Warburton will captain Wales in their four-match autumn Test series and in next year’s Six Nations in a significant departure by the men in red before the Lions tour to New Zealand next summer.Warburton led the Lions in Australia in 2013 and, with Warren Gatland taking a year-long sabbatical from Wales before the 10-match trip to New Zealand
  
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• Warrington beat Hull to secure League Leaders' Shield

  23-09-2016 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warrington beat Hull to win the League Leaders' Shield and secure a home play-off semi-final against St Helens.
  
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• AP Source: Kevin Garnett plans to retire after 21 seasons

  23-09-2016 22:53
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that Kevin Garnett has informed the Minnesota Timberwolves that he will retire after 21 seasons.
  
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• Watch: Glasgow slip to defeat by new leaders Ulster

  23-09-2016 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ulster move top of the Pro12 with a superb victory over a brave Glasgow in a brutal contest at Scotstoun.
  
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