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• James McCarthy follows advice of Everton boss Ronald Koeman and pulls out of Republic of Ireland squad

  07-11-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The midfielder, who has found himself at the centre of a war of words between Ireland boss Martin O'Neill and club manager Ronald Koeman, will miss Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier in Austria.
  
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• Sid vs. The Kid; Crosby, McDavid meet for 1st time Tuesday

  07-11-2016 23:51
  
  The comparisons are inevitable. Connor McDavid understands it. So does Sidney Crosby.
  
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• Bautista, Encarnacion, Cespedes get $17.2M qualifying offers

  07-11-2016 23:46
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Toronto sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, and New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and second baseman Neil Walker were among 10 players to receive $17.2 million qualifying offers from their teams Monday as general managers gathered for their annual meeting.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: The best bets for Tuesday, November 8

  07-11-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his best tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Huntingdon, Newcastle, Lingfield and Sedgefield.
  
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• Kurt Zouma to star for Chelsea's Under 23s against Oxford as centre-back prepares for first-team return after international break

  07-11-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kurt Zouma will appear for Chelsea's Under 23s again on Tuesday night with the centre-back approaching a first-team return after the international break.
  
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• Marco Verratti and Ciro Immobile among those working hard on training pitch as Italy prepare to take on Liechtenstein and Germany

  07-11-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italy's players have been pictured working hard in training ahead of two fixtures over the next week. Giampiero Ventura's side are unbeaten in their World Cup 2018 qualifying group.
  
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• Ben Barba released by Cronulla Sharks after positive drugs test

  07-11-2016 23:33
  
  Fullback leaves NRL premiers to attend overseas rehabilitation clinicBarba says he needs time away from the game to deal with issuesBen Barba has been released from his playing contract by NRL premiers Cronulla after failing a drugs test in the days following the Sharks’ grand final triumph.The Sharks released a statement on Tuesday saying fullback Barba would be taking time away from the game to address “some significant personal issues”. Continue reading...
  
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• Ben Barba released by Cronulla Sharks after positive cocaine test

  07-11-2016 23:33
  
  Fullback leaves NRL premiers to attend overseas rehabilitation clinicBarba says he needs time away from the game to deal with issuesThe latest incident in Ben Barba’s chequered NRL career has left the fullback without a playing contract, undergoing intensive rehabilitation in an overseas facility and facing a difficult road back to professional rugby league fields in Australia.The former Dally M medal winner was released by Cronulla after testing positive for cocaine in the wake of the Sha
  
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• Jordan Henderson hails the strikers who have fired Liverpool top of the Premier League

  07-11-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordan Henderson has sounded a warning for Liverpool's rivals by confidently predicting their new attacking trident of Coutinho, Firmino and Mane is just getting started.
  
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• Jack Wilshere has put pedal to the metal in order to get back in the England squad

  07-11-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack Wilshere feels like he has travelled the longest journey ever on a bike that goes nowhere. The on-loan Bournemouth midfielder is back in the England squad after a year-long fight for fitness.
  
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• Jordan Henderson praises work rate of Liverpool’s ‘world-class’ forwards

  07-11-2016 23:30
  
  • Captain lauds Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané
  • Club are top of Premier League for the first time since May 2014Jordan Henderson has described the Liverpool forward line of Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané as world-class and insisted their work rate is responsible for the team’s rise. Related: Roberto Firmino personifies Jürgen Klopp’s impact in Liverpool’s rise to top | Andy HunterContinue reading...
  
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• Jess Varnish was vilified for the Shane Sutton sexism claims to Sportsmail that rocked British Cycling... Now, she says 'I stand by everything'

  07-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jess Varnish holds yapping sausage dog Hugo on her lap in the kitchen of her home and discusses for the first time the decision to speak out about what has been confirmed as sexism in British Cycling.
  
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• Gordon Strachan LIVE... if you thought Scotland's boss was dour and taciturn, read these hilarious (and mischievous) football anecdotes and think again!

  07-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland's 59-year-old manager Gordon Strachan held a discussion with fans at Elland Road on Friday, November 4, and was back to his hilarious best. Sportsmail was there for the best anecdotes.
  
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• George Ford admits that he did not agree with sacking of dad Mike as Bath head coach

  07-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: George Ford has admitted for the first time how he was left unhappy and unsettled by the abrupt sacking earlier this year of his father, Mike, from his role as Bath’s head coach.
  
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• Gareth Southgate: ‘Only Gazza could have done that celebration’

  07-11-2016 23:30
  
  England’s interim manager played in the 2-0 Euro 96 defeat of Scotland at Wembley and wants similar emotion from his players in Friday’s World Cup qualifierIt was while Gareth Southgate was looking ahead to England’s game against Scotland and reiterating the importance of “emotional control” in these fixtures that his mind went back to Euro 96 and the kind of sketch that probably felt perfectly normal then bearing in mind the identity of the man around whom the stor
  
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• Gareth Southgate insists international game is NOT dead... as England interim boss prepares for Scotland clash that can help him win over fans

  07-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: England's interim manager Gareth Southgate, for all that he still looks about 35, has seen enough international football over the years to understand what it is about.
  
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• Gareth Southgate backs Luke Shaw against José Mourinho’s injury jibe

  07-11-2016 23:30
  
  • England interim manager says defender should be ‘handled with care’
  • Manchester United have confirmed Shaw’s and Chris Smalling’s injuries Gareth Southgate believes it is unfair to question Luke Shaw’s competitive courage and vigorously defended the Manchester United left-back in light of José Mourinho’s thinly veiled attack on his own player for pulling out of the game against Swansea City. Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Murray vows not to flop in London again as Brit bids to stay at World No 1

  07-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: Andy Murray admits that there have been times when he has felt 'fried' coming into the last event of the tennis season. His relatively average record at the ATP Finals backs that up.
  
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• Andy Murray to decline invites from both camps to head to Wembley Stadium for England vs Scotland

  07-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL and ADAM CRAFTON: Andy Murray, the new tennis world No 1, has been invited to watch England against Scotland at Wembley Stadium on Friday.
  
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• RBs Perine, Mixon set to return for No. 9 Sooners vs Baylor

  07-11-2016 23:27
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine is expected to play Saturday against No. 25 Baylor after missing three games with a pulled muscle in his right leg.
  
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• National League Southport earn FA Cup replay in dour 0-0 with League One Fleetwood Town

  07-11-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A drab draw threatened to descend into farce at Southport as mindless home supporters hurled flares at Fleetwood Town pair Chris Neal and Nathan Pond, missing their heads by inches.
  
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• England’s Ben Youngs seeks overdue victory against bruising South Africa

  07-11-2016 23:00
  
  • England have not beaten South Africa since 2006
  • ‘Everyone knows the biggest thing they bring is physicality’England are planning to give South Africa a taste of their own powerful medicine as they look to end a 10-year stretch without a win against the Springboks on Saturday. The home side are ready for a traditionally full-blooded encounter but the scrum-half Ben Youngs is predicting a happier ending for England supporters than this fixture has supplied in the past dec
  
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• James McCarthy out of Republic of Ireland’s trip to Austria due to injury

  07-11-2016 22:42
  
  • Everton player ruled out of match in Vienna with hamstring injury
  • Ward, Christie and Quinn also sidelined for Republic of IrelandJames McCarthy is out of the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifier in Austria through injury. The Everton midfielder, who has found himself at the centre of a war of words between the Ireland manager, Martin O’Neill, and his club manager, Ronald Koeman, will miss Saturday’s Group D match in Vienna with a hamstring problem. Related: E
  
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• José Mourinho and injuries: a long, public, darkly productive relationship | Barney Ronay

  07-11-2016 22:38
  
  The Manchester United manager has always demanded a level of athletic masochism from his players and not everyone at Old Trafford is appreciating it“I do not like talking about injured players,” José Mourinho announced a few months before he left Real Madrid – shortly before going on to talk, rather darkly, about assorted injured players and provide in the process another in a series of similar digressions through the sullen, dying autumn of his time at the Bernabé
  
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• Inexperience, inconsistency cost Eagles; 3-0 start a memory

  07-11-2016 22:38
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carson Wentz is playing like a rookie and Doug Pederson is making decisions like a first-year coach.
  
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• Southport 0-0 Fleetwood Town: Match Report

  07-11-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Southport hold League One Fleetwood to earn FA Cup replayJimmy Ryan came closest to breaking the deadlock but Fleetwood Town had to settle
  
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• Aaron Cresswell called up by Gareth Southgate as Danny Drinkwater pulls out of England squad with injury

  07-11-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aaron Cresswellhas been handed his first England call-up after Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater withdrew due to injury. Cresswell has impressed since joining West Ham in 2014.
  
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• Nadal to return next month in Abu Dhabi exhibition

  07-11-2016 22:06
  Rafael Nadal will return from a wrist injury to play an exhibition in late December in United Arab Emirates.
  
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• Everton owner backs Koeman, promises new stadium

  07-11-2016 21:50
  (Reuters) - Everton's billionaire owner Farhad Moshiri will back manager Ronald Koeman if he wants to buy players in the January transfer window and will push forward with plans for a new stadium to compete in what he called "the new Hollywood of football". "The job of the owner and chairman is simply to hire and fire a manager. Once we hire a manager, we back him.
  
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• Rising Western Michigan looks to stay perfect vs. Kent State

  07-11-2016 21:44
  
  KENT, Ohio (AP) — While the nation counts ballots, No. 14 Western Michigan might be able to influence some voters Tuesday night.
  
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• FA Cup second-round draw: Bolton home to Sheffield United

  07-11-2016 21:27
  
  • Westfields will host Bury or AFC Wimbledon if they can beat Curzon Ashton
  • Charlton v MK Dons; Woking v Accrington Stanley; Chesterfield v WycombeBolton have been handed a tough FA Cup second-round draw at home to Sheffield United. Bolton beat United 1-0 on the opening day of the season, with both teams chasing promotion in League One.Westfields, who play in the ninth tier and are the lowest ranked side left in the competition, will host Bury or AFC Wimbledon, if they can beat Curzo
  
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• Huskers QB Tommy Armstrong day-to-day with concussion

  07-11-2016 21:23
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. is going through a concussion protocol and listed day-to-day for this weekend's home game against Minnesota.
  
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• Arsenal’s Héctor Bellerín close to agreeing new contract extension

  07-11-2016 21:22
  
  • Agent has held talks with Arsenal officials
  • Defender has three years left and has been linked with BarcelonaHéctor Bellerín is close to agreeing a contract extension at Arsenal after his agent held productive talks in London last week.The Spain defender has been in sparkling form for Arsène Wenger’s side this season, helping them remain unbeaten since the opening day of the Premier League season. Catalonia-born Bellerín, who joined Arsenal in 2011
  
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• Jordi Murphy blow for Ireland after flanker ruled out for up to nine months by knee injury 

  07-11-2016 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ireland with be without Murphy for the remainder of their autumn internationals after the flanker was ruled out for up to nine months with a knee injury sustained in the win over New Zealand.
  
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• NFL HALFWAY: Surprises and disappointments in NFC

  07-11-2016 21:12
  
  It's not difficult to pinpoint the teams that have unexpectedly prospered or just as stunningly plummeted halfway through the 2016 season.
  
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• Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo says five-year contract is not his last

  07-11-2016 20:58
  
  • Thirty-one-year-old wants ‘to go on until I’m 41’
  • ‘I want to win more and more for the best club’Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a new five-year deal with Real Madrid but insists it will not be his last as he targets another decade at the top. Related: Cristiano Ronaldo signs new five-year Real Madrid contractContinue reading...
  
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• FA Cup second-round draw: Four-time winners Bolton and Sheffield United to play in clash of League One teams

  07-11-2016 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United will take a break from their League One promotion bids to take on one another in the FA Cup second-round during the first weekend of December.
  
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• NFL HALFWAY: Surprises and disappointments in AFC

  07-11-2016 20:48
  
  It's not difficult to pinpoint the teams that have unexpectedly prospered or just as stunningly plummeted halfway through the 2016 season.
  
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• Scott Taylor hopes he has done enough to keep England place for Four Nations clash with Australia 

  07-11-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scott Taylor admits he is sweating on his selection for England's crunch clash with Australia as coach Wayne Bennett threatens to wield the axe.
  
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• UFC's Jon Jones given one-year ban after taking pill to boost sexual performance

  07-11-2016 20:31
  
  US Anti-Doping Agency rules Jones was careless rather than a cheatPanel says interim light heavyweight champion could lose $9m in earnings
  Jon Jones, the UFC’s interim light heavyweight champion, and one of the organization’s biggest draws, has been given a one-year suspension by the US Anti-Doping Agency.The 29 year-old had entered arbitration with Usada last month over an out of competition test in June. The test showed Jones had used the prohibited substances clomiphene and letroz
  
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• Italy's injury woes mount as Marchisio, Gabbiadini and Barzagli ruled out

  07-11-2016 20:20
  (Reuters) - Italy coach Giampiero Ventura faces an injury headache as midfielder Claudio Marchisio, striker Manolo Gabbiadini and defender Andrea Barzagli have all been ruled out with injuries from Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein. The 30-year-old Marchisio was left out as a precautionary measure so that he can rest a left leg injury, the Italian FA said on Monday in a statement on their website.
  
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• Bristol will not rush to replace Andy Robinson but they have a 'very interesting group' of candidates

  07-11-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bristol chairman Chris Booy says a 'very interesting group of people' have put themselves forward to replace Andy Robinson, but insists they won't rush into naming a new coach.
  
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• BHA ‘considers urgently what action is warranted’ after three jockeys accused of rape

  07-11-2016 20:19
  
  • The men were arrested by Wiltshire police in connection with alleged incident
  • Professional Jockeys Association reminds members to ‘respect formal process’The British Horseracing Authority is considering whether immediate action is required in the case of three jockeys accused of rape.The men were arrested by Wiltshire Police on Friday and Saturday in connection with an alleged incident at a home in Chiseldon, Swindon, on Thursday night. Continue reading...
  
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• BRDC in talks with investor for Silverstone circuit after JLR pulls out

  07-11-2016 20:18
  (Reuters) - Owners of the British Grand Prix track said it had granted exclusivity to an overseas investor on future investment in the Silverstone Circuit, after talks with carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) were terminated. In April, the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) said it was in talks to lease the circuit's property to JLR, which had been considering turning the site into a "heritage centre" to show off its luxury cars. BRDC said it could not disclose the identity of the investor due to
  
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• Dynamo Dresden fined £54,000 after fans threw a severed bulls head near the pitch during RB Leipzig clash

  07-11-2016 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dynamo Dresden have been fined after fans threw a severed bull's head near the pitch during a match against RB Leipzig, a team bankrolled by the Red Bull energy drink maker.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo made me a better player, claims Arsenal star Mesut Ozil

  07-11-2016 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mesut Ozil spent three years with Real Madrid before joining Arsenal, in which time he learnt to 'enjoy' pressure and met some lifelong friends, including Cristiano Ronaldo.
  
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• Leonardo Bonucci denies contacting Manchester City over summer transfer

  07-11-2016 20:09
  
  Serie A defender Leonardo Bonucci has disputed claims he contacted Manchester City regarding the possibility of completing a summer move to the the Etihad Stadium. The denial comes after City CEO Ferran Soriano suggested last month that the Juventus centre-back personally called the Premier League title contenders in order to register his keen interest in playing under Pep Guardiola. "At the moment there are a lot of players that want to play under Pep," Soriano told Catalan radio station RAC1.
  
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• Inter Milan closing in on naming Stefano Pioli as new manager following sacking of Frank de Boer

  07-11-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Inter Milan are close to finalising Stefano Pioli as their new manager. The struggling Italian side had held talks with Gianfranco Zola, Guus Hiddink and Villarreal coach Marcelino over the weeken.
  
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• Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic says 'sorry' to fans after booking against Swansea sees him banned for clash against Arsenal

  07-11-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic has apologised to Manchester United fans after his fifth booking of the season yielded a one-match ban, ruling him out of theclash against Arsenal on November 19.
  
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• England’s Itoje, Farrell and Billy Vunipola nominated for world player of year

  07-11-2016 20:01
  
  • England players dominate World Rugby’s six-strong shortlist
  • Jamie Heaslip, Dane Coles and Beauden Barrett complete listEngland have received further recognition for a glory-laden 2016 after Owen Farrell, Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje were included on World Rugby’s six-strong shortlist for player of the year.The winner will be announced in London on Sunday night amid an unprecedented level of Red Rose interest in the prestigious awards in which Itoje could also be crowne
  
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