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• Red Marauder dies aged 26 after Grand National winner lives out retirement with jockey Richard Guest

  23-11-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The gelding won one of the most memorable Grand Nationals ever run when the attritional conditions led to only four of the 40 starters finishing the race with two of them re-mounted.
  
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• 'Die like a Samurai': Nurmagomedov issues challenge to Conor McGregor

  23-11-2016 23:59
  
  Top-ranked lightweight issues public challenge to newly minted champ“Don’t chicken out please” writes Nurmagomedov in direct messageConor McGregor is brilliant at promotion, better able to crawl under the skin or in the head of almost any fighter around. But ever since he won the UFC’s lightweight title two weeks ago at UFC 205, refusing to relinquish his featherweight belt as well, he’s been pursued by an unexpected equal at drawing attention – and perhaps a
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Thursday, November 24

  23-11-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his best tips ahead of Thursday's meetings at Taunton, Towcester and Chelmsford City.
  
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• Leicester want to make most of Champions League chance, says Marc Albrighton

  23-11-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Leicester winger is refusing to play down the prospect of progressing to May's grand final in Cardiff, drawing on the memories of last season's march to the Premier League title.
  
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• Arsenal 2-2 PSG: Alex Iwobi scores unfortunate own goal as he deflects Lucas Moura's header into net

  23-11-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT THE EMIRATES STADIUM: With both teams already qualified for the Champions League knockout stages, the fear was this clash would turn out to be a damp squib.
  
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• Celtic 0-2 Barcelona: Lionel Messi scores brace in feisty Champions League Group C tie at Parkhead

  23-11-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING AT CELTIC PARK: Luis Enrique's Barcelona outfit beat Celtic 2-0 in a feisty Champions League Group C encounter at Parkhead on Wednesday night.
  
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• Mesut Özil’s vision prevents Arsenal from drifting against PSG | Barney Ronay

  23-11-2016 23:44
  
  Playmaker is an easy target for some but yet again the German World Cup-winner made a decisive intervention in a tournament which brings the best out of himAs game-seizing moments go, Mesut Özil’s part in Arsenal’s defibrillation after a deathly first half against Paris Saint‑Germain was among the more quietly understated acts of on-field leadership. Arsenal needed it, though. They were outplayed by PSG for most of this 2-2 draw, overrun in midfield and flattered to escape
  
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• Meet Federico Todeschini... the ex-Argentine rugby ace who downed England at Twickenham in 2006 and who now gives Lionel Messi tips

  23-11-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON - EXCLUSIVE: Almost a decade after scoring 22 points in Argentina’s only victory at Twickenham, Federico Todeschini's career took a surprise turn when he mentored Lionel Messi.
  
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• Why use drones? Everything you need to know about England's desire to find a new secret weapon in training

  23-11-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England's use of drones in training has seen coach Eddie Jones take an innovative step in his aim to make the Red Rose rugby's No 1. Sportsmail tells you everything you need to know.
  
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• The scandal that could be worse than Jimmy Savile: How football has been shaken to its core by tales of sexual abuse by monsters in tracksuits

  23-11-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER: The name Barry Bennell is not familiar to most football fans but his horrific abuse of young players has shaken the sport to its core over the past week.
  
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• Football's shameful silence has let these tracksuit monsters ruin lives

  23-11-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Worse than Jimmy Savile. Those four words, uttered by abuse victim Andy Woodward, should send a chill through football. And if they do not now, they will do before long.
  
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• Faf du Plessis claims he's been made a 'scapegoat' by ICC

  23-11-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: The man punished for ball-tampering after sucking a mint has called for consistency after India captain Virat Kohli appeared to get away with the same offence.
  
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• FA director of coaching was asked about serial paedophilia in football 21 years ago... that he ignored a reporter's questions spoke volumes

  23-11-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEBORAH DAVIES: I asked him what rules the FA had in place for the protection of young players. He ignored me, not even breaking stride as he walked inside.
  
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• David Lloyd is feeling the effects of having a bodybuilding world champion for a son

  23-11-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER - INTERVIEW: 'Bumble' is extolling the virtues of drinking two glasses of red wine a night but is careful to keep it out of earshot of son Ben, who would never touch a drop.
  
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• ONE Pro Cycling Forced To Drop To Continental Level

  23-11-2016 23:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  British team ONE Pro Cycling have been forced to drop to the Continental level for the 2017 season.Matt Prior's team continue to want to bec
  
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• Jose Mourinho reveals he wants to emulate Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United

  23-11-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mourinho is settled enough to contemplate carrying on past 2019, when his present contract ends. But he also pleaded for more time, citing the Scot’s sticky start as United manager.
  
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• Nick Skelton on making history in Rio: I've not got the best body in the world but I've won an Olympic gold medal!

  23-11-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nick Skelton has a warm, rugged, lived-in face. At 58, he is an unlikely poster boy for the Rio Olympics. But Skelton's success story at the Games, riding the stallion Big Star, captured the public imagination.
  
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• FIFA charge Wales over fans wearing poppies while watching Serbia game 

  23-11-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: The FA of Wales, understandably bewildered at this farce, made public the charge sheet, which included ‘Some supporters in the stands wearing the poppy’
  
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• Tottenham may forget Wembley and head back to White Hart Lane should they end up in the Europa League 

  23-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW: Tottenham Hotspur will consider abandoning Wembley Stadium should they drop to the Europa League, with players eager to return to White Hart Lane.
  
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• 'Like a little kid' RG3 returns to practice with Browns

  23-11-2016 23:31
  
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Robert Griffin's day of thanks came a little early.
  
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• Leeds manager Garry Monk dreaming big at Elland Road: 'If I can take these fans to the Premier League, then wow!'

  23-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM CRAFTON EXCLUSIVE: Victory over Rotherham on Saturday would lift Leeds into the play-off places, then comes Liverpool in the EFL Cup. Hope and optimism aboundaround Elland Road again.
  
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• Atletico Madrid 2-0 PSV Eindhoven: Kevin Gameiro and Antoine Griezmann on target

  23-11-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ATLETICO MADRID 2-0 PSV EINDHOVEN: Goals from Kevin Gameiro and Antoine Griezmann gave the Spanish outfit an unassailable six-point lead over Bayern Munich at the summit.
  
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• Judge won't reverse high school football playoff result

  23-11-2016 23:28
  CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois high school football team that lost a playoff football game because officials made an incorrect call won't be in the state championship contest after a judge on Wednesday rejected its bid to overturn the outcome.
  
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• Arsenal and PSG draw 2-2 as Group A top spot remains undecided

  23-11-2016 23:28
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Paris St Germain put themselves in the box seat to enter the Champions League knockout rounds as Group A winners after an entertaining 2-2 draw at Arsenal on Wednesday. Arsenal, who like PSG had already qualified for the last 16, looked set to finish top of their group for the first time since 2011 after Marco Verratti's comical own goal on the hour. It means PSG have 11 points from five games, the same as Arsenal, but have a superior head-to-head courtesy of
  
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• Aaron Ramsey demonstrated example of modern footballers' duplicity in confrontation with Edinson Cavani

  23-11-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: Aaron Ramsey displayed an example of modern footballers' duplicity in an altercation with Edinson Cavani after Arsenal were awarded a penalty on half-time.
  
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• 'Edinson Cavani's a very lucky boy... he could easily have been sent off,' says Ian Wright after PSG striker lashes out at Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey 

  23-11-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal legend Ian Wright has claimed PSG striker Edinson Cavani was 'very lucky' to avoid being sent-off after coming to blows with Aaron Ramsey during the 2-2 draw at the Emirates. 
  
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• Arsenal 2-2 PSG - FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED: Edinson Cavani has benefitted from Zlatan Ibrahimovic's departure

  23-11-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal squandered the chance to finish as Group A winners as they failed to beat PSG at home in their penultimate Champions League game. Riath Al-Samarrai picks out five key factors from the 2-2 draw.
  
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• Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Manchester City: Pep Guardiola's side through to last 16 with David Silva on target as both sides end game with 10 men

  23-11-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER AT BORUSSIA-PARK: It wasn't pretty by any stretch but Manchester City are through to the last 16 of the Champions League for the fourth year in a row. With a game to spare as well.
  
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• Atletico beat PSV to maintain perfect record and win group

  23-11-2016 23:07
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid sealed top spot in Champions League Group D after second half goals from Frenchmen Kevin Gameiro and Antoine Griezmann gave them a comfortable 2-0 win at home to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday. Gameiro broke the deadlock in the 55th minute with an arrowed first-time finish and Griezmann clinched Atletico's fifth win in five Champions League games with a near post finish in the 66th. Diego Simeone's side are the only team in the competition with
  
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• Man City reach knockout stage with draw at Gladbach

  23-11-2016 23:03
  Manchester City booked a spot in the Champions League last 16 after securing a 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach in their Group C match on Wednesday as both teams had a player sent off. The hosts, who secured third place in the group and will go into the Europa League, took a surprise lead through Brazilian Raffael before David Silva equalised on the stroke of halftime. Gladbach were reduced to 10 men early in the second half when captain Lars Stindl was sent off following a second booking b
  
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• Napoli frustrated at home by Dynamo in stalemate

  23-11-2016 23:02
  Napoli's goalscoring problems surfaced again when they were held to a 0-0 Champions League draw at home by Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, their third Group B game in a row without a win. Last year's Serie A runners-up won 17 corners and had five shots on target compared to none for the Ukrainians but could not find a way past Dynamo goalkeeper Artur Rudko. The result left Napoli level at the top of the group on eight points with leaders Benfica, their opponents in their final group game.
  
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• Shane Sutton and Sir Dave Brailsford to face MPs as investigation into Team Sky mystery package continues

  23-11-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON - EXCLUSIVE: Sutton has agreed to give evidence to the parliamentary select committee that is looking into the Sir Bradley Wiggins therapeutic use exemption controversy.
  
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• Jos Buttler needs time to slot into England Test team, says Mark Ramprakash

  23-11-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England's batting coach believes Buttler is one of the best five limited-overs batsmen in world cricket but he has played only one first-class match for Lancashire since his last Test over a year ago.
  
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• George Kruis earns quick reward from England after rapid return to fitness

  23-11-2016 23:00
  
  Saracens lock is fit and ready to fill a hole for the national side against Argentina a little over a month after ankle surgery and with Joe Launchbury suspendedEddie Jones’s all-or-nothing regime is designed to weed out England players who are not where they should be physically. Training is deliberately full-on, with 11 successive wins under Jones this year testimony to a more ruthless collective mindset. Even individuals recently sidelined by injury are expected to keep up or risk getti
  
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• Mark Ramprakash offers reality check on Jos Buttler’s England Test impact

  23-11-2016 22:59
  
  • White-ball expert undercooked for third Test against India
  • ‘I hope people don’t set expectations too high,’ says batting coachThe England batting coach, Mark Ramprakash, has conceded Jos Buttler’s lack of first-class cricket over the past year is “not ideal” and, along with the limitations of recreating match situations on a tour with no practice matches, hopes this will lead to expectations being tempered regarding the Lancashire player’s
  
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• Lionel Messi scores twice as Barcelona send Celtic crashing out of Europe

  23-11-2016 22:55
  
  Celtic should not feel shamed by falling victim to a Barcelona team inspired by Lionel Messi. More disappointing for Brendan Rodgers than this result in isolation, one assumes, is the fact elimination from Europe was simultaneously confirmed. Celtic’s manager must continue his rebuilding process when engaged only in domestic pursuits, with even the Europa League denied to his side.Barcelona were vastly superior on an evening when they did not seem to touch top gear. They will qualify for t
  
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• Messi back at the double after illness to sicken Celtic

  23-11-2016 22:53
  The dazzling Lionel Messi returned from illness to score yet another double to help Barcelona ease into the knockout stages of the Champions League for a 13th successive year with their 2-0 win at Celtic on Wednesday. Messi, who missed the goalless draw with Malaga on Saturday with a sickness bug, was back to his tormenting best just as he had been when scoring a hat-trick in Barca's 7-0 win in the their Group C fixture at the Nou Camp two months earlier. Celtic were not humiliated in the same m
  
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• Brendan Rodgers welcomes improvement by Celtic team despite defeat to Barcelona

  23-11-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Brendan Rodgers claimed Celtic had made "significant improvement" after they exited Europe following a 2-0 defeat to Barcelona at Parkhead.L
  
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• PSG and Lucas draw Arsenal’s sting to seize initiative in Group A

  23-11-2016 22:52
  
  The sense of deflation which grumbled around the majority of supporters left in this arena at the final whistle told its own story. Arsenal have passed up an opportunity to win Group A and given that Paris Saint-Germain may not grant them a second chance, will approach the weeks ahead with a familiar sense of dread as to what awaits in the new year. The last round of fixtures may yet conjure a reprieve but that seems unlikely. The initiative is undoubtedly with the French club.It seems inconceiv
  
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• Manchester City through after David Silva earns draw at Mönchengladbach

  23-11-2016 22:50
  
  Manchester City are through to the Champions League last 16 with a match to spare though Pep Guardiola had to use four separate defensive units to ensure the required draw.City also had Fernandinho sent off needlessly after Borussia Mönchengladbach had been reduced to 10 men and the visitors displayed a lack of ruthlessness that will concern their manager, particularly as he has previously identified it as a weakness. Still, it is a fine achievement to progress early and City can now concen
  
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• England coach Eddie Jones under fire from Bath stars after dropping Semesa Rokoduguni for Argentina clash

  23-11-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England head coach Eddie Jones came under fire from Semesa Rokoduguni’s Bath team-mates after he was dropped for Saturday’s Test against Argentina.
  
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• Fighting in Central African Republic kills 16 people

  23-11-2016 22:34
  Two days of fighting between armed groups in Central African Republic has left 16 people dead including civilians while 10,000 have fled their homes, the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSCA said on Wednesday. The clashes took place in the town of Bria, about 600 km (375 miles) northeast of the capital Bangui, and pitted the Popular Front for the Renaissance of Central African Republic against the Union for Central African People.
  
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• Philipp Lahm tells 'careless' Bayern Munich to tighten up after Rostov loss

  23-11-2016 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm said his side were "careless" in their surprise defeat to Rostov and must cut out the mistakes.The Russia
  
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• Sunderland’s Paddy McNair to miss rest of season with knee injury

  23-11-2016 22:31
  
  • McNair played on for 46 minutes after being injured against Hull City
  • Defender joined Sunderland from Manchester United in summerSunderland’s Paddy McNair will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament.McNair, who can play in defence or midfield, suffered the injury in the 42nd minute of Saturday’s 3-0 home win over Hull as he closed down Curtis Davies, although he did not come off until the 88th minute. Continue reading...
  
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• Leicester defender Christian Fuchs targets big scalp in Champions League

  23-11-2016 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leicester defender Christian Fuchs has targeted a big scalp in the Champions League after the Foxes reached the knockout stages.Claudio Rani
  
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• Celtic's Scott Brown and Moussa Dembele out but not down after Barcelona defeat

  23-11-2016 22:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Scott Brown and Moussa Dembele both took heart from Celtic's 2-0 home defeat to Barcelona, despite the fact the result dumped the Hoops out of Euro
  
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• Late Lucas Moura equaliser for PSG leaves Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs disappointed

  23-11-2016 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kieran Gibbs admitted Arsenal's 2-2 Champions League draw with Paris St Germain felt more like a defeat after a late leveller for the visitors.
  
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• Kevin De Bruyne happy to draw ugly as Manchester City grind out a point

  23-11-2016 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne admitted the result was more important than the performance as Manchester City ground out a 1-1 draw with Borussia Monch
  
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• Manchester City through to Champions League last 16 after draw in Germany

  23-11-2016 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Manchester City secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League as they came from behind to claim a 1-1 draw at Borussia Monchengladbach
  
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• Football fans lash out at FIFA after the organisation sets out to punish Wales and Northern Ireland fans for wearing poppies

  23-11-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Football fans have lashed out at FIFA after the organisation announced its decision to open disciplinary proceedings against Northern Ireland and Wales after fans wore poppies during matches.
  
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