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• England vs Scotland at Euro 96: The best Three Lions goal ever and the best celebration! The epic Wembley encounter by the men who were there 

  08-11-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Memories of David Seaman's penalty save, Paul Gascoigne's goal and the wild Wembley celebrations still trigger an emotional recall for those who were part of this epic showdown.
  
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• Super Saracens trio Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and Billy Vunipola can take England to new heights, says their club boss

  08-11-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall spent Tuesday watching England train in Surrey, he saw further proof of why three of his men are on the World Rugby Player of the Year shortlist.
  
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• Red Bull planning to buy English club to add to portfolio of football teams around the globe

  08-11-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: Energy drink giants Red Bull are planning to add to their portfolio of football teams around the world by buying an English club.
  
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• Liverpool eyeing up 'Iranian Messi' Sardar Azmoun as Jurgen Klopp looks to strengthen side

  08-11-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool are watching Sardar Azmoun, the FC Rostov striker who has been dubbed 'the Iranian Messi'. The 21-year-old was linked with a move to Everton last season.
  
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• NFL Halfway: Jags' Gus Bradley could be first coach to go

  08-11-2016 23:45
  
  The Gus Bus might be first to hit the road.
  
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• Alistair and Jonny Brownlee on their famous moment of brotherly love, new found fame and doping: 'Everyone thinks a TUE is cheating. I b***** well needed a TUE in Cozumel'

  08-11-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER EXCLUSIVE: Alistair's rescue of Jonny at the Triathlon World Series finale in Mexico a few weeks after the Olympics pitchforked the brothers to a new kind of fame.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo shows international football DOES matter... Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill's defence of playing for your country

  08-11-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MICHAEL WALKER: It’s another international break, when this form of the game will again be under scrutiny. We asked Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill what he thinks of the debate.
  
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• Alastair Cook is NOT ready to give up as captain yet... and the last thing that England need is for speculation to start unsettling the camp

  08-11-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN; After spending a few days out here in India, I can honestly say that Alastair Cook does not look like a man who's on the verge of giving up the captaincy.
  
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• Axe by England U19s has only made Haseeb Hameed a stronger cricketer, says Andy Hurry who dropped the young opening batsman this year

  08-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RICHARD GIBSON: Haseeb Hameed’s Test debut came less than 11 months after he was axed from England’s U19 World Cup squad and the bearer of that bad news says his reaction sums him up.
  
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• Scotland crank up the pressure on England as winger Robert Snodgrass says: 'Your own fans want you to lose'

  08-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM CRAFTON: Scotland winger Robert Snodgrass has stoked the fire for Friday's World Cup qualifying clash at Wembley by claiming that English fans 'don't want England to do well'.
  
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• Of course we must remember but, with the best intentions, we've gone too far 

  08-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The order of ceremony was comprehensive, but long. Fans kept it in as long as they could, were utterly respectful, but enthusiasm got the better of them. They forgot the silence.
  
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• Harry Kane in frame to replace Wayne Rooney as next England captain

  08-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL and DOMINIC KING: Harry Kane is emerging as the leading candidate to replace Wayne Rooney as England's next permanent captain.
  
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• England play straitjacket football... watching them is purgatory, says former captain Terry Butcher 

  08-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The captain of the most successful England team since 1966, Terry Butcher fears Gareth Southgate’s current crop do not share that passion ahead of the clash with Scotland on Friday night.
  
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• David Moyes relives his time as a 14-year-old with the Tartan Army: 'Kevin Keegan bet me a fiver we'd lose'

  08-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE: David Moyes was a 14-year-old schoolboy wearing his Bay City Rollers trousers on the summer’s day at Wembley in 1977 when he found himself sitting in front of Kevin Keegan.
  
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• Ex-Venezuela soccer official to plead guilty in U.S. bribe case

  08-11-2016 23:28
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former president of Venezuela's soccer federation is expected to plead guilty to U.S. charges stemming from a bribery investigation involving FIFA, the sport's world governing body, according to court records filed on Tuesday. Rafael Esquivel, who was also an executive committee member with South American football's governing body CONMEBOL, is set to plead guilty on Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn, becoming the latest individual to admit wrongdoing in the case. ...
  
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• Lionel Messi seems to have had a change of heart about his leg tattoos...

  08-11-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi is no stranger to tattoos, but his recent inking may be the most drastic the Argentina and Barcelona superstar has undergone yet, after he was snapped with his left leg completely inked in
  
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• Officiating again the story after mistakes in Seattle's win

  08-11-2016 23:21
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Richard Sherman took the opportunity last week to criticize NFL officiating for what he deemed incorrect calls, almost daring the league to fine him for being so outspoken.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: The best bets for Wednesday, November 9

  08-11-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his best tips ahead of Wednesday's meetings at Bangor, Exeter, Ayr and Kempton.
  
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• Kurt Zouma plays 90 minutes for Chelsea youngsters at Stamford Bridge as centre-back nears first-team return after international break

  08-11-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Kurt Zouma stepped up his recovery from the horrific knee injury that kept him sidelined for seven months as he turned out for Chelsea's youngsters.
  
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• Identity Thief set to take on rival Altior in the Racing Post Arkle Trophy Trial at Cheltenham

  08-11-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A potential mouthwatering clash between Identity Thief and Altior is a possibility in Sunday's Racing Post Arkle Trophy Trial at Cheltenham.
  
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• England coach Eddie Jones picks Ben Te’o and Nathan Hughes in squad to face South Africa

  08-11-2016 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eddie Jones has called upon the Polynesian muscle of Ben Te’o and Nathan Hughes as England plot to end their 10-year wait for a victory over South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.
  
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• Scotland draw England for debut match at women’s European Championship

  08-11-2016 22:10
  
  • Scotland meet England in Utrecht on 19 July
  • Spain and Portugal are the other teams in Group DThree days before England face Scotland in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley the women’s teams were drawn to meet each other on what will be an historic occasion at next year’s European Championship finals in the Netherlands.In what will be the first match in a major competition for Scotland, Anna Signeul’s team will take on the auld enemy at Utrecht on 19 July at the same
  
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• Manchester City women take fight to Europe after transforming game at home | Jamie Jackson

  08-11-2016 22:00
  
  Nick Cushing’s side swept all before them domestically and are chasing Champions League glory three years into a groundbreaking projectOn the Monday before Manchester City Women play Brondby in the Champions League last-16, Keira Walsh is pinging 25-yard diagonals on to Jane Ross’s instep. As the 19-year-old midfielder hits the striker with metronomic precision, the rest of Nick Cushing’s squad play a practice game for Wednesday night’s tie on another of the training pitc
  
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• Manchester City prepare to face Brondby in Women's Champions League – video

  08-11-2016 21:58
  
  Manchester City have already made history this year by winning the club’s first Women’s Super League title and the Continental Cup. The club now has its sights set on Europe and will face Danish side Brondby in the last 16 of the Women’s Champions League. We spoke to captain Steph Houghton and manager Nick Cushing about the side’s successes so far, growing the women’s game further and the upcoming meeting with BrondbyJamie Jackson: Manchester City women take fight t
  
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• Prop Sinckler set for England debut against South Africa

  08-11-2016 21:45
  Prop Kyle Sinckler is set to make his England debut after being named in a 25-man squad by coach Eddie Jones for the game against South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday. Sinckler, 23, was one of four props retained by Jones along with Dan Cole, Joe Marler and Mako Vunipola. Flanker Tom Wood is still in contention to make his first appearance under Jones, one of four back-row forwards in the squad along with former captain Chris Robshaw, Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes.
  
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• Northampton Saints' Tom Wood set to end his England exile against South Africa at Twickenham

  08-11-2016 21:44
  
  Tom Wood has been named in England's 25-man squad for Saturday's Test against South Africa at Twickenham. The 30-year-old Northampton Saints star will reportedly make his first England appearance in over a year against the Springboks, starting the game at open-side flanker.
  
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• Paul Pogba and France team-mates in high spirits as they prepare for World Cup qualifier against Sweden

  08-11-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite being under early pressure at Manchester United after a series of underwhelming displays, Paul Pogba managed to score an excellent goal in the club's 3-1 victory over Swansea City on Sunday.
  
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• Northern Ireland to wear black armbands instead of poppies during Azerbaijan clash following FIFA warning 

  08-11-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland players will wear a plain black armband during Friday's World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan to mark Armistice Day.
  
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• England set to start Tom Wood in back row against South Africa

  08-11-2016 21:17
  
  • Northampton player recalled to Eddie Jones’s squad
  • Alex Goode and Semesa Rokoduguni dropped from squadEngland are poised to restore Northampton’s Tom Wood to their back row against South Africa but have dropped Alex Goode and Semesa Rokoduguni from the squad to face the Springboks. The uncapped Nathan Hughes, Ben Te’o, Kyle Sinckler and Josh Beaumont have made the cut, with at least three set to be on the replacements’ bench at Twickenham on Saturday.The 30-
  
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• Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud wants to stay at the club and fight for his place

  08-11-2016 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has no plans to leave the club despite limited first team opportunities this season. The Frenchman has made only one start this season, against Ludogorets.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo tops up new Real Madrid contract with mega-bucks Nike deal the Portuguese claims is for 'life'

  08-11-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After penning a Real Madrid contract until 2021 that will see him pocket £500,000-a-week after tax, Nike have announced their own deal with the Portuguese sees him tied to the brand for 'life'.
  
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• FANTASY PLAYS: Looking toward playoffs with waiver options

  08-11-2016 21:03
  
  Fantasy owners can heave a sigh of relief now that the two worst bye weeks have passed.
  
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• Mediaset insists on pay-TV deal with Vivendi despite third quarter hit

  08-11-2016 21:00
  Italian broadcaster Mediaset still expects a pay-TV deal with Vivendi , it said on Tuesday, despite a legal war with the French group and a heavy impact from the soured accord on its third-quarter results. The two companies have been feuding since July when Vivendi backed out of an agreement that would give it full control of Mediaset's pay-TV Premium, and hand both groups a 3.5 percent stake in each other. "We are still firm on the validity of the existing binding contract signed in April... an
  
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• Mediaset insists on pay-TV deal with Vivendi despite Q3 hit

  08-11-2016 20:33
  Italian broadcaster Mediaset still expects a pay-TV deal with Vivendi , it said on Tuesday, despite a legal war with the French group and a heavy impact from the soured accord on its third-quarter results. The two companies have been feuding since July when Vivendi backed out of an agreement that would give it full control of Mediaset's pay-TV Premium, and hand both groups a 3.5 percent stake in each other. "We are still firm on the validity of the existing binding contract signed in April... an
  
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• Paddy Jackson set for swift Ireland return in place of Jonathan Sexton

  08-11-2016 20:25
  
  • Jackson missed win against All Blacks after his arrest became public
  • Sexton suffered cramp and is likely to be saved for New Zealand returnPaddy Jackson is in line to be selected by Ireland against Canada in Dublin on Saturday after the fly-half missed the historic victory against New Zealand in Chicago as a result of his arrest for alleged sexual offences becoming public.Jackson and his Ulster team-mate Stuart Olding were arrested in June in connection with offences that had alleg
  
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• Belgium players work hard in training with assistant coach Thierry Henry as Roberto Martinez hints he may drop Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne

  08-11-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Belgium boss Roberto Martinez has hinted that Kevin De Bruyne may have to settle for a place on the bench on his return to the squad. De Bruyne missed last month's World Cup qualifying matches.
  
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• Newcastle's Shelvey hit with FA misconduct charge

  08-11-2016 20:23
  Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has been charged with misconduct for using abusive and/or insulting language towards a Wolverhampton Wanderers player, the FA said on Tuesday. "It is alleged that in or around the 87th minute of the (Championship) fixture (on Sept. 17), he (Shelvey) used abusive and/or insulting words towards an opponent," said an FA statement on the governing body's website (www.thefa.com). "It is further alleged that this breach of Rule E3(1) is an “Aggravated Br
  
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• Arsenal's Sanchez out of Chile qualifier with muscle strain

  08-11-2016 20:21
  Arsenal midfielder Alexis Sanchez has suffered a muscle injury and will miss Chile's World Cup qualifier against Colombia, the Chilean Football Federation said on Tuesday. Chile, who sit fifth in the 10-team South American qualifying competition for Russia 2018, are scheduled to play Colombia -- the team directly above them in the standings -- in Barranquilla on Thursday.
  
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• Chelsea midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah trains with England ahead of Scotland qualifier

  08-11-2016 20:18
  
  Nathaniel Chalobah is one of three England U21 internationals who have been training with the senior side. The versatile Chelsea midfielder joined Southampton duo James Ward-Prowse and Nathan Redmond on Tuesday (8 November) as Gareth Southgate's side continued preparations for their latest 2018 Group F World Cup qualifying tie against old rivals Scotland at Wembley. Chalobah, a veteran of England's youth set-up who has made over 80 appearances for his country from U16 level but is yet to win a f
  
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• Rangers' Barton signed off with stress - reports

  08-11-2016 20:17
  Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has been signed off due to stress as negotiations continue with the Scottish Premiership club over a severance deal, British media reported on Tuesday. Barton, who joined Rangers on a two-year contract in May, is no stranger to controversy having served bans for violent conduct on and off the pitch during his career. The former Manchester City, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers and Burnley player has also been charged by the Scottish Football Association with p
  
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• Frustrated Adam questions Brown's Scotland recall

  08-11-2016 20:06
  Charlie Adam has criticised the decision to bring Celtic midfielder Scott Brown back into the Scotland squad to play England in a World Cup qualifier less than three months after he announced his international retirement. Adam, who admitted his frustrations about being continually overlooked by Gordon Strachan and questioned whether the Scotland manager was picking his best players, said the inclusion of Brown would be a kick in the teeth for others in the squad. The 31-year-old Brown has admitt
  
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• 'I always believe there's a way': the journey that inspires Cricket Australia's Sam Almaliki

  08-11-2016 20:00
  
  The official broadening the appeal of the summer game is a refugee from Iraq who spent eight months in detention as a child. Now he’s bringing big ideas to reform cricket. ‘We can’t be selective about equality and respect,’ he says The first thing you notice about Sam Almaliki is that he’s a bundle of energy. Cricket Australia’s (CA) head of community engagement talks clearly and fast, bursting with a constant stream of big ideas, which are even more interesti
  
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• Newcastle’s Jonjo Shelvey charged by FA for allegedly abusing Wolves player

  08-11-2016 19:57
  
  • Shelvey alleged to have included a reference to ethnicity, race or nationality
  • Midfielder faces minimum five-match ban if found guilty of misconductNewcastle’s midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association after he allegedly used abusive language toward an opponent that included reference to ethnicity, race or nationality.The charge relates to an incident which allegedly occurred during the 2-0 Championship defeat by Wolves at St James&
  
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• West Ham United flop Diego Poyet discussing deal with Derby County

  08-11-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diego Poyet is discussing a contract with Derby County. The 21-year-old is a free agent after leaving West Ham United in the summer and has been training with Derby.
  
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• Arsenal fears over Alexis Sanchez 'low-grade muscular injury' while training with Chile

  08-11-2016 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal have been dealt a fitness scare after it was revealed by the Chilean FA that Alexis Sanchez has suffered a muscle injury.
  
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• Jonjo Shelvey allegedly made abusive comment to Wolves player relating to ethnicity, race or nationality

  08-11-2016 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonjo Shelvey has been charged for misconduct in relation to Newcastle United's Championship game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, September 17.
  
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• England to meet Scotland in Women's Euro 2017 Group D opener

  08-11-2016 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England and Scotland will meet in their opening Women's Euro 2017 game after they were drawn together in Group D. Scotland will be taking part in their first major championships in Holland.
  
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• Arsenal blow as Alexis Sánchez limps out of Chile training with calf tear

  08-11-2016 19:41
  
  • Chile forward has ‘low-grade muscle tear’
  • Sánchez could miss important Arsenal matchesAlexis Sánchez could miss pivotal matches for Arsenal after suffering a calf tear while on international duty with Chile.The forward, who has scored eight goals this season, will remain in Santiago while he is evaluated by medical staff but the initial statement confirmed a muscle tear before Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Colombia in Barranquilla. Continue
  
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• Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey charged for using discriminatory language by the FA

  08-11-2016 19:38
  
  Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has been charged with using abusive language about an opponent's race, ethnicity or nationality during the Magpies' game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday 17 September. The 24-year-old England international - who signed for Newcastle from Swansea City earlier this year – is alleged to have used offensive language towards the end of Newcastle's 2-0 defeat at St James' Park. The 27-year-old Dutchman was dismissed for a challenge on Wolves s
  
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• Haseeb Hameed is no ordinary teen... he's a 19-year-old boy wonder who will open batting for England in India

  08-11-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH IN RAJKOT: Haseeb Hameed smiles when he’s told that Alastair Cook described him, on the eve of his Test debut in the land of his forefathers, as ‘unflappable’.
  
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