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• Supporters fearing sexual abuse revelations will stick to Crewe Alexandra's name like mud

  26-11-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM CUNNINGHAM: The recent revelations about the sexual abuse scandal are sticking to Crewe Alexandra's name like mud. That is the fear of fans who have read how their club was used by Barry Bennell.
  
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• Monaco 4-0 Marseille: Valere Germain stars in a win that leaves Ligue 1 club averaging OVER THREE goals a game

  26-11-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monaco's firepower was far too hot to handle for Marseille as the Principality side continued their final form in front of goal to move top of the Ligue 1 standings with a 4-0 home win on Saturday.
  
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• France 19-24 New Zealand: Beauden Barrett stars as All Blacks edge past Les Bleus in final autumn international

  26-11-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fly half Beauden Barrett scored a try and kicked nine points, to add to Israel Dagg and Charlie Faumuina's tries, ensuring that the All Blacks remained unbeaten in Paris since 1973.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton advised to use the dark arts to stitch up Nico Rosberg if he wants to retain his world title

  26-11-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton has far more to lose than the F1 world title. And if he follows the advice of the schemers and plotters in the bulb-lit paddock he will do so by playing a game that compromises his name.
  
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• Paddy Crerand: Sir Bobby Charlton vs Wayne Rooney... it really is such a tough call to make 

  26-11-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wayne Rooney is on 248 goals for Manchester United, just one behind Sir Bobby Charlton’s club record, going into Sunday’s game against West Ham. Paddy Crerand, compares the two players.
  
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• LSU goes native; Ed Orgeron to stay on as coach

  26-11-2016 23:48
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ed Orgeron, the burly, boisterous Cajun who energized LSU's football program in the wake of coach Les Miles' dismissal, briefly and uncharacteristically struggled to speak.
  
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• Milan thump Empoli, Chievo furious after Torino defeat

  26-11-2016 23:41
  Gianluca Lapadula scored his first Serie A brace to help AC Milan thump Empoli 4-1 away on Saturday while Chievo were left fuming after their 2-1 defeat at Torino. The win moved second-placed Milan, who are enjoying a revival this season under coach Vincenzo Montella, within four points of leaders Juventus who face an awkward trip to Genoa on Sunday. Lapadula, signed in the close season after scoring 30 goals to help win Pescara promotion from Serie B last season, put the visitors ahead after 15
  
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• England 27-14 Argentina: how the players rated at Twickenham

  26-11-2016 23:41
  
  Jonny May produced an inspired display and got through a tremendous amount of work after Eliot Daly’s sending-off, earning himself 8 out of 10Mike Brown, Full-Back 7/10 If only he’d consummated his performance with the try it deserved. Could have been two, as would have finished the penalty try. Rock solid and metres galore. Great battle with Cordero.Jonny May, Wing 8/10 England’s best player in our opinion. When his mate went off he had twice the work and did it. Defence remar
  
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• Texas gets its top target in Tom Herman

  26-11-2016 23:36
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tom Herman now gets his chance for a Texas takeover.
  
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• The sexual abuse scandal gets deeper: 15 sports coaches and players from multiple sports under investigation... and claims some Barry Bennell victims committed suicide

  26-11-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPECIAL REPORT BY NICK HARRIS AND ROB DRAPER: The Mail on Sunday have learned that police forces around the country are already aware of other allegations across multiple sports.
  
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• Manuel Lanzini has been left puzzled by West Ham's form but insists: We are too good to go down

  26-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: Hailed as the next big thing to emerge from Argentina, River Plate's precocious 20-year-old playmaker Manuel Lanzini was offered to several Premier League clubs in 2013.
  
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• England continue to build momentum and confidence after coming through tough experience against Argentina

  26-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sometimes you just have to win ugly. From the moment Elliot Daly got sent off after just five minutes and England went down to 14 men against Argentina it was always going to be a dog-fight
  
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• Colin Tizzard adds Native River to Gold Cup options after triumph at Newbury

  26-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everything trainer Colin Tizzard touches is currently turning to gold and he now has three strong contenders for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in after Native River triumphed at Newbury.
  
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• Wales 27-13 South Africa: Justin Tipuric makes mincemeat of Springboks at Principality Stadium

  26-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER IN CARDIFF: A clinical Wales inflicted the final wound on a limping Springbok in Cardiff, as they eased past South Africa with Justin Tipuric the chief big-game hunter.
  
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• Steven Gerrard would be a real manager and not just a big name says Dirk Kuyt

  26-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kuyt, who played alongside Gerrard for six years until 2012, says the former Liverpool and England captain surprised him with his interest in world football when they shared a dressing-room.
  
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• Ronald Koeman focuses on Everton rather than his return to Southampton

  26-11-2016 23:30
  
  Going back to St Mary’s holds no worries for the manager who has Champions League ambitions for his new clubRonald Koeman pauses for a moment to think of a succinct answer to the question that has been bothering Southampton supporters since his summer departure and is already hovering over his return to St Mary’s with Everton on Sunday. Are the prospects at his new club really that much better than at his old one? Southampton are already in the Europa League, after all, and that seem
  
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• Return of Phil Jones has turned the tide for Jose Mourinho at a time when Manchester United are suffering from an injury crisis 

  26-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: While Pep Guardiola invests £47.5million in a young footballing centre-half, Jose Mourinho is happy to stick with the tried and trusted formula that brought him three Premier League titles.
  
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• Phil Jones top of the class with old-school skills, says José Mourinho

  26-11-2016 23:30
  
  The Manchester United defender stepped up exactly when his manager needed him and has since earned his confidenceJosé Mourinho feared the worst when he lost both his central defenders in the middle of last month but misfortune for Eric Bailly and Chris Smalling turned into an opportunity for Phil Jones. In something approaching desperation Mourinho threw a player who had been injured for most of the season and Manchester United have not looked back since.Should Jones start against West Ha
  
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• London Stadium headache set to continue with £50m of new seating

  26-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £750million cost of converting the London Stadium could rise by a further £50million because the owners may rip out the retractable seating and replace it with a superior system.
  
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• FA to appoint Gareth Southgate as England manager ahead of a board meeting on Wednesday

  26-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER: Gareth Southgate will be appointed England manager this week with an announcement likely to be delayed to coincide with the FA board meeting taking place on Wednesday.
  
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• Everton defender Phil Jagielka needs to improve, warns Ronald Koeman ahead of return to Southampton

  26-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Koeman has offered his support for the 34-year-old defender who was named in Gareth Southgate's last England squad but acknowledged his performances need to get better.
  
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• Arsène Wenger fears young footballers are ‘isolated’ from normal life

  26-11-2016 23:30
  
  • Arsenal manager concerned about pressure placed on promising players
  • Wenger suggests youth footballers are overly coached and lack normality Arsène Wenger has proposed a debate about the pressures young footballers are under as he is far from convinced that today’s environment for hothousing talent is the best way to prepare tomorrow’s players.“The modern education in the youth teams today has many questions,” he said. “Do we specialise them too
  
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• Arsene Wenger advises Eddie Howe to ignore England while he is young as Arsenal boss reveals he turned down France at a similar age

  26-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wenger has revealed that he was offered the France national team job when he was in his late 30s, just as his opposite manager, Bournemouth’s Howe is in contention for the England job.
  
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• Clinical All Blacks end autumn series with 24-19 win in France

  26-11-2016 23:27
  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - World champions New Zealand were often on the back foot but a clinical three-try performance helped them beat a wasteful French side 24-19 in their final autumn test at the Stade de France on Saturday. Flyhalf Beauden Barrett scored a try and kicked nine points, to add to Israel Dagg and Charlie Faumuina's tries, ensuring that the All Blacks, who demolished Les Bleus 62-13 in last year's World Cup, remained unbeaten in Paris since 1973. Maxime Machenaud kicked
  
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• Hot-blooded Costa takes his revenge for Chelsea against Spurs – and serves it cold | Barney Ronay

  26-11-2016 23:20
  
  Chelsea’s chief provocateur is a master at pushing the right buttons, especially against Spurs, but it was his craft that was most notable at Stamford BridgeSo much for the battle of The Bridge. This was a more controlled kind of warfare. Not to mention a more controlled, cold-blooded kind of Diego Costa, who led by stealth from the front as Chelsea came from one down to beat Tottenham 2-1 in a thrilling, high-tempo match.So often at times like these Costa has found himself at the cen
  
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• Chelsea have a weaker first team than Tottenham Hotspur... I'm not sure they will win Premier League, says Harry Redknapp

  26-11-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp says he feels the North Londoners have a stronger starting eleven than Chelsea, despite the Blues beating Spurs on Saturday evening.
  
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• Football legend Maradona mourns 'second father' Castro

  26-11-2016 23:19
  For football great Diego Maradona, Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro was more than a friend and fellow Latin American legend, he was "a second father." Maradona said Castro's death late on Friday hit him like a tennis ball to the chest served by Juan Martin del Potro, the Argentine player he cheered on in the Davis Cup final where he received the news. "After my father, it's the deepest sorrow I know." The two controversial figures first met in 1987, a year after Maradona helped Argentina win the
  
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• Syrian army captures part of rebel-held east Aleppo

  26-11-2016 23:05
  
  Government forces capture largest rebel-held district of Aleppo as rebels admit to a collapsing frontline.
  
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• The Agenda: Tiger Woods back on course and the FA Cup returns

  26-11-2016 23:00
  
  Woods is ranked No879 in the world and he’s set to return alongside Jason Day and Jordan Spieth in the Bahamas, while rugby sevens is back and the Spoty shortlist revealedAfter one false start, cautious optimism best be the watchword in anticipating Tiger Woods making his comeback to competitive golf. He was due to play the Safeway Open in October after a 16-month absence from the game following surgery on his back but withdrew from the tournament. The 14-times major winner is now ranked N
  
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• Nico Rosberg v Lewis Hamilton: seven races that set up thrilling title decider

  26-11-2016 23:00
  
  From Rosberg’s third consecutive win of the championship in China to Hamilton’s victory in Mexico via the Brit’s crucial triumph in Monaco Continue reading...
  
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• With playoff spots at stake, Ohio St beats Michigan in 2OT

  26-11-2016 22:58
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Curtis Samuel swept in for a 15-yard touchdown after Ohio State barely converted a fourth-and-1 and the second-ranked Buckeyes beat No. 3 Michigan 30-27 in double overtime Saturday to win one of the greatest games in the history of one of college football's greatest rivalries.
  
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• Makeshift Ireland hand Schmidt one of his 'proudest days'

  26-11-2016 22:57
  By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland coach Joe Schmidt had said he wanted to try a few things against Australia to prepare for the Six Nations but playing with a third-choice flyhalf at fullback and replacement scrumhalf on the wing were probably not among them. It wasn't perfect but you probably can't expect perfection when those young guys step up," Schmidt told a news conference. "Simon Zebo said it was like the creche out there, he was the old guy looking after the kids running aroun
  
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• Lewis Hamilton has the speed but the F1 force is with Nico Rosberg | Paul Weaver

  26-11-2016 22:56
  
  Lewis Hamilton claimed pole for Sunday’s F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but his celebrations were more subdued than normal because Nico Rosberg is the overwhelming title favouriteLewis Hamilton snared pole for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but there was still a glint of destiny in the eyes of Nico Rosberg. Hamilton’s celebrations were more subdued than normal. Rosberg is the overwhelming championship favourite – the German needs to finish in the top three to secure his first tit
  
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• When I started talking to Barry Bennell’s victims, I had no idea how deep abuse ran in football

  26-11-2016 22:49
  
  The 10 days since my raw interview with Andy Woodward have lifted the lid on a story that goes back decadesOver the past few days I have been looking through some of the yellowed newspaper cuttings of the Barry Bennell case, snipped out from the pages of the Crewe Chronicle, and there is one in particular to which I keep returning, from 13 June 1998, with the headline: “We could not believe Bennell guilty – Gradi.”It was here that Crewe Alexandra’s manager, Dario Gradi, e
  
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• Ohio State work double overtime to defeat Michigan in heart-stopping finish

  26-11-2016 22:49
  
  No2 Buckeyes prevail 30-27 over No3 Wolverines in rivalry gameOSU’s Curtis Samuel scores game-winning TD in second overtimeThriller marks first overtime game in 113 meetings between rivalsCurtis Samuel swept in for a 15-yard touchdown after Ohio State barely converted a fourth-and-1 and the second-ranked Buckeyes beat No3 Michigan 30-27 in double overtime Saturday to win one of the greatest games in the history of one of college football’s greatest rivalries.Related: Ohio State wins
  
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• No title talk from Conte after leaders Chelsea win again

  26-11-2016 22:49
  By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea manager Antonio Conte felt his side had passed a major examination by beating Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday but the Italian was not about to get carried away with talk of winning the Premier League, even after a seventh straight win. This league is very tough," said Conte, who was his usual excitable self on the touchline during the match but cut a rather more measured figure afterwards with his side still a point clear at the top. After a run of s
  
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• Mats Hummels strikes for Bayern Munich to keep Bayer Leverkusen at bay

  26-11-2016 22:45
  
  Bayern Munich recovered from back-to-back defeats to Borussia Dortmund and FC Rostov with a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen.Thiago Alcântara put the home side ahead with a close-range header on the half-hour mark but Hakan Calhanoglu equalised superbly five minutes later after a clever one-two with Julian Brandt had ripped open the home side’s defence. Continue reading...
  
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• Crewe to launch independent review into handling of child abuse allegations

  26-11-2016 22:38
  
  Review follows revelation that Barry Bennell was allowed to stay at football club for years despite warningsCrewe Alexandra football club announced it will launch an independent investigation into how it has dealt with child sex abuse allegations concerning a former youth team coach. Continue reading...
  
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• Battle with Argentina reveals England’s enormous progress | Andy Bull

  26-11-2016 22:38
  
  Victory over Argentina in a thrilling and brutal encounter was further proof that England have been transformed under the leadership of Eddie JonesLate on Saturday afternoon a brilliant red sunset settled over south-west London, making a fitting backdrop for a bloody match at Twickenham. It was a game that contained, as Eddie Jones said, more drama than your average EastEnders omnibus. It was bracketed by two red cards, one for Elliot Daly four minutes from the start, another for Enrique Pierett
  
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• Chelsea defender David Luiz busts out some unique dance moves for Diego Costa after Tottenham win

  26-11-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luiz celebrated Chelsea returning to the top of the Premier League following their 2-1 defeat of London rivals Tottenham by busting out some unusual dance moves in the dressing room.
  
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• Favourite Native River clings on to claim victory in the Hennessy Gold Cup

  26-11-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Native River dug deep to hold off the late thrust of Carole’s Destrier to land the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury as trainer Colin Tizzard continued his brilliant run of form.
  
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• UCI Say Numbers Of Riders Won't Change In 2017

  26-11-2016 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The U.C.I cycling governing body has said that there will be no changes to the amount of riders in a team in 2017.The governing body have is
  
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• Guardiola defends Sterling as Manchester City winger is targeted by Burnley fans at Turf Moor

  26-11-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Burnley supporters took issue with Sterling's form for England, chanting 'you've let your country down' during City's 2-1 win, and cheered when he was injured and had to be substituted.
  
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• Wales put the boot into beleaguered South Africa

  26-11-2016 22:08
  Justin Tipuric capped an outstanding individual performance with a late try to give Wales a 27-13 victory over South Africa on Saturday and condemn the Springboks to their worst ever year. Wales scored two tries and Leigh Halfpenny added 17 points with the boot to secure only the third Welsh win ever over South Africa in more than a century of tests. Flanker Tipuric ran the perfect line to burst through the visitors' defence for a 77th-minute try just as South Africa were mounting a late bid to
  
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• Ireland survive injuries to edge Australia in thriller

  26-11-2016 22:06
  By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland claimed a third southern hemisphere scalp in six months by surviving a slew of injuries and an improbable comeback to beat Australia 27-24 on Saturday and inflict the Wallabies' first defeat on their European tour. Leading 17-0 just before halftime, Ireland were forced to field their replacement scrumhalf and flyhalf at fullback and wing and Australia took advantage to move ahead before a Keith Earls try completed a famous and wild home victory. There
  
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• England coach Eddie Jones questions Australia scrum after beating Argentina

  26-11-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eddie Jones opened a war-of-words with Australia on Saturday as he called for a meeting with referee Jaco Peyper to raise his concerns ahead of their upcoming Autumn International.
  
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• Meet the cycling team out that runs on TUEs to beat diabetes

  26-11-2016 22:00
  
  Team Novo Nordisk have to take insulin to compete – a positive application of the sport’s therapeutic use exemptions“It is pretty simple,” says Stephen Clancy, in a voice so soft one fears it might shatter. “We don’t abuse TUEs. We don’t get performance gains. For us it is literally a matter of life or death: if we don’t take them we will die. And I think it would be unfair if someone said I shouldn’t be granted one for a lifelong condition.&
  
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• Chelsea stay at the summit, Aguero at the double for Man City

  26-11-2016 21:56
  By Neil Robinson LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea stayed at the top of the Premier League after coming from a goal down to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday after earlier winners Manchester City and Liverpool also briefly scaled summit on a topsy turvy day. City came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 with two Sergio Aguero goals in the day's early kick off with Liverpool later edging above them on goal difference after Divock Origi and James Milner finally broke fierce Sunderland
  
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