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• Theo Walcott insists there is a change in mentality at Arsenal this season 

  01-10-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER: Arsenal have produced two of their best and most coherent performances for years in beating Chelsea 3-0 and Basle 2-0 with Walcott impressing with a new-found aggression.
  
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• Sergio Garcia pockets it on Ryder Cup day two as Phil Mickelson proves to be a switch hitter

  01-10-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TEE ROOM: Get in the pocket! That is exactly what Sergio Garcia did on Saturday. Having pulled his drive on the fifth hole, Garcia's shot dropped straight into the pocket of a Ryder Cup marshal.
  
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• Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard set to be named in Gareth Southgate's first England squad

  01-10-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The youngster will be part of a strong Old Trafford contingent also featuring Wayne Rooney and Chris Smalling for England's two upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Malta andSlovenia.
  
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• English football's corruption scandal shows trawling for the truth is tough

  01-10-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER: These days many key figures in the game would expect to have a bank account offshore in the regime with the most-opaque regulations.
  
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• Nathan Cleverly beats Juergen Braehmer to win WBA light-heavyweight title

  01-10-2016 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nathan Cleverly beats Juergen Braehmer in Germany to claim the WBA 'regular' light-heavyweight title.
  
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• Arsene Wenger calls England 'paradise' as Arsenal boss flirts with the FA over vacant managerial role

  01-10-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL: Arsene Wenger insists England is ‘paradise’ for him and his football addiction – and that could be what convinces the 66-year-old to become the next Three Lions boss.
  
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• Stuart Lancaster: England World Cup flop helped Aviva Premiership's strongest European Cup showing ever

  01-10-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  English clubs took five out of eight quarter-final spots and made up three of the four semi-finalists as Saracens went on to claim their first-ever European Cup crown by beating Clermont in the final.
  
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• Rugby 'sleepwalking its way into trouble' over management of head injuries and concussion 

  01-10-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Simon Halliday and Vincent Gaillard have responded to alleagtions made by former Clermont player Jamie Cudmore that team doctors ignored strict concussion guidelines.
  
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• Pep Guardiola says Manchester City's perfect Premier League start is down to Fernandinho

  01-10-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: Forget Sergio Aguero or David Silva, Pep Guardiola says Manchester City's 100 per cent start to the Premier League season is down to unsung Brazilian hero Fernandinho.
  
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• Curtis Woodhouse: If I had a pound for everyone I knew that had taken bungs, I would be a millionaire 

  01-10-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British sport's ultimate man-of-the-world Curtis Woodhouse wasn’t surprised at revelations that cost England manager Sam Allardyce his job and threw the national game into crisis.
  
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• Wayne Rooney is a key man... even on the bench, says Jose Mourinho as Manchester United boss hails decision to keep striker as England captain

  01-10-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho has backed Gareth Southgate’s decision to retain Wayne Rooney as England captain and stressed the striker’s importance to Manchester United.
  
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• Swansea to sack Francesco Guidolin and replace him with Man United legend Ryan Giggs

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SWANSEA CITY will turn to Wales legend Ryan Giggs with manager Francesco Guidolin on the verge of the sack after the club's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.
  
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• Ryder Cup: USA wonder golfer Rickie Fowler benched for vital Fourballs

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AMERICAN wonder golfer Rickie Fowler paid the price for his poor Foursomes showing in being benched for the vital afternoon Fourballs.
  
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• Roberto Di Matteo is on the brink of the sack at Aston Villa

  01-10-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: Roberto Di Matteo is on the brink of the sack after Aston Villa's season reached a new low with defeat at Preston on Saturday. The Italian is under mounting pressure from the Villa Park board.
  
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• Raheem Sterling reborn: From the 'Hated One' at England's disastrous Euros to Manchester City's leading light... so how has he turned it around?

  01-10-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: Everyone is Sterling's friend again. They can see he is England's brightest hope and one of the best players in the Premier League who will be on show against Spurs.
  
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• Manchester United star Marcus Rashford to spearhead England attack against Malta

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MARCUS Rashford is set to step into Harry Kane’s boots and lead England’s attack in the World Cup qualifier against Malta next Saturday – then in Slovenia three days later.
  
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• Man United manager Jose Mourinho assures Wayne Rooney over captaincy despite poor form

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOSE MOURINHO has promised Wayne Rooney he will keep the Manchester United captaincy – despite losing his place in the team.
  
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• Man United boss Mourinho tells the FA: Come down hard on corrupt bosses

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOSE MOURINHO has urged the FA to take action against corrupt managers.
  
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• Man United boss Jose Mourinho tells the FA: Come down hard on corrupt bosses

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOSE MOURINHO has urged the FA to take action against corrupt managers.
  
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• Malta goalkeeper Andrew Hogg relishing England challenge as he prepares for Wembley bow

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANDREW HOGG really will be living the dream when he steps out at Wembley on Saturday.
  
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• Gareth Southgate is the England boss we should have had all along... he can bring back dignity to a demeaned post

  01-10-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: Sam Allardyce may not have contributed much to the England cause but he did do his successor a favour. The bar for England managers is lower than it has ever been.
  
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• Gareth Southgate has the steel to succeed as manager... but this has been a traumatic week for England

  01-10-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: Many people misread Gareth Southgate. When he played in my England side, there was a toughness to him. If you asked him to mark a player, he would do so.
  
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• FA chief Martin Glenn urges MPs to sort out corruption allegations in English football

  01-10-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Football Association supremo Martin Glenn admits things are so bad that English football could benefit from a full parliamentary enquiry.
  
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• Exclusive: West Ham considering ex-Roma boss Rudi Garca to replace Slaven Bilic

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RUDI GARCIA is one of the names on the West Ham shortlist with time running out for Slaven Bilic to turn around his side’s fortunes.
  
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• Exclusive: West Brom boss Tony Pulis set to be axed after takeover is completed

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TONY PULIS’ future at West Brom is hanging in the balance.
  
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• Europe's Garcia and Cabrera-Bello produce stunning comeback at the Ryder Cup

  01-10-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SERGIO GARCIA put the Hazeltine hecklers in their place as he and Rafa Cabrera-Bello produced one of the great Ryder Cup comebacks to enable Europe to win a second successive session on Saturday.
  
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• Sexton kick seals hard-fought Leinster win in Cardiff

  01-10-2016 23:17
  
  The visitors had to defend for their lives.
  
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• Middlesbrough fan 'bottled' and three men arrested as unrest grows at West Ham's London Stadium

  01-10-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT LONDON STADIUM: Further unrest on Saturday saw police brought in to separate supporters and West Ham fans accused of violence during the draw with Middlesbrough.
  
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• Ryder Cup 2016 LIVE latest, team scores and golf results: Team USA vs Team Europe

  01-10-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stick with Sportsmail to make sure you don't miss a thing. We'll be here from before the first tee shot is hit until the end of play on Sunday night with our live coverage,  all the news and the best pictures.
  
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• 'I hope he won't get the hump like Yaya Toure'

  01-10-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who has earned themselves a birthday cake and who didn't earn the man of the match award despite two penalty saves?
  
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• Borussia Dortmund slip to defeat at Bayer Leverkusen in Bundesliga

  01-10-2016 22:32
  
  Dortmund failed to take advantage of Bayern Munich’s slip-up earlier in the day and slumped to their second Bundesliga defeat of the season, going down 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen.Admir Mehmedi headed the home side in front early from a poorly defended corner and while Dortmund showed greater urgency after the break, fighting for the win that would have taken them to within a point of Bayern at the top of the table, it wasn’t until the 73rd minute that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang really te
  
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• Rudolph has 3 TD passes, Oklahoma St tops No. 22 Texas 49-31

  01-10-2016 22:29
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Mason Rudolph passed for 392 yards and three touchdowns to help Oklahoma State beat No. 22 Texas 49-31 on Saturday.
  
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• Barrett sets record, Ohio State blows out Rutgers 58-0

  01-10-2016 22:27
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Barrett broke the school record for career touchdown passes with the third of his four TD tosses Saturday, No. 2 Ohio State's stifling defense forced Rutgers to punt on each of its 10 drives and the surging Buckeyes gave Chris Ash a rude welcome in his return to The Horseshoe with a 58-0 victory.
  
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• Monaco rout Metz, Cavani at the double again for PSG

  01-10-2016 22:26
  Monaco went top of Ligue 1 after thrashing 10-man Metz 7-0 on Saturday while Edinson Cavani scored two goals for the second game running to fire champions Paris St Germain into third place with a 2-0 win over Bordeaux. Unai Emery's PSG side put the memory of last week's surprise 2-0 defeat at Toulouse firmly behind them by racing into an early lead when Cavani rose to head home Angel di Maria's cross in the third minute. The Uruguayan doubled the lead on the half-hour mark by helping Layvin Kurz
  
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• The Latest: Reed holes approach shot on 6 for US boost

  01-10-2016 22:25
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):
  
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• Europe keep up challenge in afternoon fourballs

  01-10-2016 22:25
  By Tony Jimenez CHASKA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Europe, who won the morning foursomes at the 41st Ryder Cup, continued to ride the crest of a golfing wave in the afternoon fourballs against the United States on Saturday. Darren Clarke's team trailed 5-3 at the start of the day but narrowed the deficit to 6 1/2 - 5 1/2 after winning two and a half points out of four in the morning. The Europeans, buoyed by the irrepressible Rory McIlroy, then took control of the fourballs, leading in two of the mat
  
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• Galway United end tough week with win in five-goal thriller

  01-10-2016 22:17
  
  Finn Harps were edged out despite an impressive rally.
  
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• Mets beat Phillies 5-3 to clinch top NL wild card

  01-10-2016 22:09
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Mets clinched a playoff spot Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 to secure the top National League wild card.
  
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• League One round-up: Scunthorpe maintain lead at the top

  01-10-2016 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Josh Morris' 12th goal of the season maintained Scunthorpe's lead at the top of Sky Bet League One with a 2-1 win over Bury. The Shakers, meanwhile, drop to third after Bradford beat Chesterfield 1-0.
  
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• Chris Ashtons international career is not doomed - Eddie Jones

  01-10-2016 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England head coach Eddie Jones has urged Chris Ashton to "find a good restaurant" in response to the Saracens wing's 13-week ban for biting.
  
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• 2 TDs by defense help No. 14 Miami beat Georgia Tech 35-21

  01-10-2016 22:07
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Shaquille Quarterman and Joe Jackson each returned fumbles by Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas for touchdowns in a span of less than a minute in the second quarter and No. 14 Miami beat the Yellow Jackets 35-21 on Saturday.
  
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• Trouble flares at the Ryder Cup as spectator behaviour comes into focus

  01-10-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A fan was ejected from Hazeltine National Golf Club after abusing Europe's Rory McIlroy, according to reports. The behaviour of spectators
  
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• Leinster hit back to beat Cardiff Blues

  01-10-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cardiff Blues lost their unbeaten record in the Guinness PRO12 as Leinster came from 10 points behind to win 16-13 at the Arms Park. Blues'
  
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• Kizer covers for shaky D as Notre Dame beats Syracuse 50-33

  01-10-2016 21:53
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — DeShone Kizer threw for a career-best 465 yards to help Notre Dame overcome another shaky performance by its defense and special teams and beat Syracuse 50-33 Saturday.
  
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• Cork man collapses and dies while refereeing under-16s camogie match

  01-10-2016 21:28
  
  The man has been described as a “young family man, who was always very respectful of the players” and “who always had a smile on his face”.
  
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• Verstappen pinning hopes on Red Bull race pace

  01-10-2016 21:24
  By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) - Max Verstappen hoped Red Bull’s race day performance would allow him to take the fight to champions Mercedes after he qualified third for Sunday’s Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix. The Dutch driver, who turned 19 on Friday, was the best of the rest after Lewis Hamilton -- on pole position -- and championship-leading Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg locked out the front row. Verstappen’s fastest lap was more than half a second slower
  
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• Scarlets secure win at Treviso

  01-10-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Scarlets claimed their second win of the season as they defeated Treviso 22-6 to climb into seventh place in the Guinness PRO12 standings.Se
  
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• Valencia confirm appointment of Prandelli

  01-10-2016 21:22
  (Reuters) - Former Italy manager Cesare Prandelli will take charge of Valencia after agreeing a contract until 2018, the La Liga club confirmed on Saturday. The Italian has been in negotiations with Valencia in the last week and finalised a deal with club president Lay Hoon Chan on Saturday. "I'm very happy to be here in Valencia at a glorious club.
  
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• Joseph Parker on course for Anthony Joshua title fight after beating Alexander Dimitrenko

  01-10-2016 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joseph Parker stays on course to challenge Britain's Anthony Joshua for his IBF world heavyweight title with victory over Alexander Dimitrenko.
  
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• Kashmir row: Pakistan slaps ban on Bollywood films

  01-10-2016 21:14
  
  Decision follows move by Indian distributors to bar Pakistani actors and technicians from working on Bollywood sets.
  
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