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• Ronnie O'Sullivan compares snooker to a 'car boot sale' after another Sports Personality of the Year shortlist snub

  28-11-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronnie O'Sullivan insists a 'car boot sale' mentality is responsible for snooker's continued omission from the 12-person shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.
  
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• Hearts boss Robbie Neilson on the brink of joining MK Dons

  28-11-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robbie Neilson is on the brink of joining Milton Keynes Dons and will head south for final talks immediately after leading Hearts into Wednesday night’s clash with Rangers at Tynecastle.
  
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• Internazionale beat 10-man Fiorentina to hand Stefano Pioli his first win

  28-11-2016 23:51
  
  • Inter win 4-2 after leading 3-0 after 19 minutes in Serie A
  • Napoli’s title hopes hit by 1-1 draw against SassuoloInternazionale held on to beat 10-man Fiorentina 4-2 and hand their manager, Stefano Pioli, his first win since taking charge.Four days after throwing away a two-goal lead to lose to Hapoel Be’er Sheva and exit the Europa League, Inter were almost pegged back in Serie A despite leading 3-0 after 19 minutes. Continue reading...
  
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• England land Chelsea coach Steve Holland as Gareth Southgate's No 2 

  28-11-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea coach Steve Holland has agreed to join Gareth Southgate’s England regime. Southgate is expected to be named England manager in the next 24 hours after a board meeting on Wednesday.
  
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• Mo Diame admits he's 'been sleeping' since he joined Newcastle but needs to wake up ahead of EFL Cup clash with former club Hull

  28-11-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diame is keen to front up to his shortcomings in Newcastle and, ahead of Tuesday's return to Hull in the EFL Cup quarter-final, he delivered an honest critique of his form on Tyneside.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho loss is 'no excuse' for Liverpool, says Jurgen Klopp ahead of EFL Cup quarter-final with Leeds

  28-11-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coutinho is set for six weeks out with ankle ligament damage - ruling him out of the entire festive period.The injury is not as bad as first feared after the Brazilian underwent hospital scans on Monday.
  
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• Gareth Southgate wants Steve Holland to join England coaching staff permanently

  28-11-2016 23:41
  
  • Former Crewe manager currently first-team coach with Chelsea
  • Interim manager Southgate set to be appointed Allardyce successorGareth Southgate will attempt to persuade his assistant with the England Under-21s, Steve Holland, to join the national coaching staff on a permanent basis as the Football Association prepare to confirm his appointment as senior manager. Related: David Squires on … Gareth Southgate's pitch for the England jobContinue reading...
  
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• Jürgen Klopp insists Liverpool can cope without injured Philippe Coutinho

  28-11-2016 23:40
  
  • Brazil midfielder likely to be out for six weeks due to ankle ligament damage
  • ‘He’s a very important part of that but of course we can handle it’ says KloppJürgen Klopp has said Liverpool will cope without Philippe Coutinho and the Brazilian’s absence is “no excuse” for his team’s form to falter.Liverpool’s influential No10 is expected to be sidelined for five to six weeks after scans confirmed he suffered ankle ligament damage d
  
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• Sprint legend Usain Bolt focused on having fun in his final season

  28-11-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 30-year-old claimed he feels less pressure than at any point in his career despite the desire to bow out with gold at next year’s World Championships in London.
  
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• Inter survive Fiorentina rally as Pioli claims first win

  28-11-2016 23:34
  Inter Milan scored three early goals before surviving a second-half fightback to beat 10-man Fiorentina 4-2 and give new coach Stefano Pioli his first win on Monday. Mauro Icardi netted twice for Inter, taking his Serie A tally for the season to 12, while Fiorentina had defender Gonzalo Rodriguez sent off in first-half stoppage time. Hosts Napoli lost ground on the leaders when they were held 1-1 by Sassuolo in the other match after Gregoire Defrel grabbed a memorable late equaliser for the visi
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Tuesday, November 29

  28-11-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his best tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Lingfield, Southwell and Newcastle.
  
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• Vasyl Lomachenko is putting himself in the frame to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in the world after his destruction of Nicholas Walters 

  28-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: The eternal debate as to who is the Greatest Pound-for-Pound Boxer in the World has thrust to the forefront another phenomenal candidate for that mythical title.
  
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• Investigation into historical sex abuse in youth football widens after Greater Manchester Police launch own probe 

  28-11-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail understands they have received more than 10 calls from people claiming they were abused while they played youth football. The investigation is in the early stages and they will speak to clubs.
  
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• RFU bigwig John Spencer in a right royal mess after making sexist remark about Princess Charlene of Monaco 

  28-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: John Spencer, in line to be the next RFU president, caused controversy by making a sexist remark about Princess Charlene of Monaco before England's match against South Africa.
  
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• He was at Manchester United and had the world at his feet... but Matthew Monaghan had been abused by Barry Bennell for three years at Crewe

  28-11-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: Matthew Monaghan had the football world at his feet. He had been signed by Manchester United and had captained Wales at three different youth age groups.
  
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• I'm not dead yet! After 470 days Tiger Woods is back and eager to prove he still has plenty in the tank

  28-11-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twenty years after his ‘Hello, world’ proclamation that introduced an era of unprecedented dominance, Woods heralded his return with another announcement. ‘I’m ready.’
  
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• Inter Milan 4-2 Fiorentina: Inter hold on against 10-man Viola after racing into three goal lead

  28-11-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Inter Milan earned a much needed three points after holding on against 10-man Fiorentina having raced into a three-goal lead inside 20 minutes at the San Siro to heap pressure on Paulo Sousa.
  
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• Huddersfield 1-2 Wigan: Yanic Wildschut is faster than Cristiano Ronaldo, claims an ecstatic Warren Joyce

  28-11-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALAN BIGGS AT THE JOHN SMITH'S STADIUM: Wigan's first win of the Warren Joyce era quelled fears of relegation with.
  Reece Burke and Yanic Wildschut scoring either side of Aaron Mooy's goal.
  
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• Paul Pogba asks 'who's lucky now?' after being kissed by Julia Roberts in Instagram picture

  28-11-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hollywood actress Julia Roberts caused a stir on Sunday as she dropped into Old Trafford, and afterwards gave a kiss to Manchester United's star midfielder, France international Paul Pogba.
  
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• Big Ten reprimands Harbaugh for criticizing officials

  28-11-2016 23:15
  
  The Big Ten reprimanded Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and fined the school $10,000 on Monday for violating the conference's sportsmanship policy by criticizing officials after the Ohio State game.
  
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• Baylor's Jim Grobe has no plans to coach after this season

  28-11-2016 23:11
  
  Jim Grobe came out of semiretirement to help Baylor get through a tumultuous season. After that is done, he has no plans to coach again.
  
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• Punishing Lewis Hamilton for Abu Dhabi antics could end up hurting Mercedes

  28-11-2016 23:02
  
  Fallen champion could have been more gracious to Nico Rosberg but should not be censured for his tactics on the track in F1’s absorbing climaxThere was only one instance when Lewis Hamilton disappointed in Abu Dhabi as he lost his Formula One world championship to his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.It was not when he slowed down to back Rosberg into the jaws of the Ferrari and the Red Bull that followed them. It was not even when he twice ignored rather optimistic team orders to pick up h
  
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• No Texas football teams in AP poll for 1st time since 1997

  28-11-2016 22:53
  College football in Texas has hit a low point not seen for nearly two decades.
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan: snooker’s treatment by BBC’s Spoty is ‘complete insult’

  28-11-2016 22:51
  
  • ‘Snooker is like a car-boot sale but with other sports it’s shopping at Harrods’
  • No snooker player has made Spoty shortlist since its introduction in 2010Ronnie O’Sullivan insists a “car-boot sale” mentality is responsible for snooker’s continued omission from the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.The five-times world champion described the sport’s treatment by the programme as “a complete insult”
  
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• BBC Sports Personality Award: Andy Murray heads SPOTY list - Belfast Telegraph

  28-11-2016 22:50
  
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  BBC Sports Personality Award: Andy Murray heads SPOTY list
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  Andy Murray celebrates winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2, London. (PA file photo dated 20-11-2016). Andy Murray heads an unprecedented 16-strong shortlist for this year's BBC Sports Personality Award which will be announced in ...
  Who should win Sports Personality of the Year 2016?AOL UKalle 81 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• Liberty names former Baylor AD McCaw new athletic director

  28-11-2016 22:42
  
  LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Ian McCaw, former athletic director at scandal-plagued Baylor, is the new athletic director at Liberty University.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton grants wish of ill fan as youngster gets to sit in British driver's car

  28-11-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton's dreams of winning this year's F1 world championship may not have come true, but he did manage to grant the wish of one seriously ill young fan, eight-year-old Nathan Ampofo-Anim.
  
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• Huddersfield 1-2 Wigan: Match Report

  28-11-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New boss Warren Joyce gets first win as Wigan end Huddersfield hoodooWigan secured a first-ever league win at Huddersfield thanks to a cla
  
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• Alabama's Nick Saban: 'It's never OK to lose a game'

  28-11-2016 22:23
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban doesn't want to hear that maybe Alabama can lose in the Southeastern Conference championship game and still get into the playoffs.
  
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• FANTASY PLAYS: Gronkowski injury big Week 13 question

  28-11-2016 22:22
  
  With just one crucial week left in the fantasy regular season, Week 12 snuck a few shots of chaos into the mix.
  
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• Andy Murray leads BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees

  28-11-2016 22:20
  
  Andy Murray leads the 16-person shortlist for the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The 29-year-old won his second Wimbledon and Olympic singles titles before becoming the first Briton to finish the year as world number one.
  
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• Crystal Palace’s Steve Parish set to meet Alan Pardew to discuss future

  28-11-2016 22:05
  
  • Manager is under pressure after six Premier League defeats in a row
  • Pardew addressed players at training ground on MondayThe Crystal Palace chairman, Steve Parish, is to speak with Alan Pardew in the next 24 hours as he seeks evidence that the manager has drawn up a clear plan aimed at extricating the team from their dismal six-game losing run.Parish, who has been supportive of Pardew throughout a difficult year, was keen to allow the dust to settle after the numbing 5-4 defeat at
  
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• Sunni warning Iraq could split if militias enter Mosul

  28-11-2016 21:52
  
  Iraqi politician Khamis Khanjar says his Turkey-trained Nineveh Guards Force should spearhead Mosul attack on ISIL.
  
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• Andy Murray heads Spoty list but no place for Chris Froome and others

  28-11-2016 21:39
  
  • World No1 chases third BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
  • Olympians and paralympians dominate Spoty listAndy Murray heads an expanded 16-strong shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, which is predictably dominated by Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic stars. But there is no place for the triple Tour de France winner Chris Froome or Sir Bradley Wiggins, whose exploits in Rio made him the most decorated British athlete in Olympic history. Related: Sport
  
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• Fenerbahce honour Moussa Sow's latest overhead strike by releasing shirts with striker's name and number printed upside down

  28-11-2016 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Senegal international has become renowned for his acrobatic efforts this season, which included a memorable strike in the Turkish club's 2-1 defeat of Manchester United in the Europa League.
  
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• Tiger and Jeter play golf, and only 1 of them is retired

  28-11-2016 21:27
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — They were voted rookie of the year 20 years ago in their respective sports and quickly piled up championships. Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter finally had a chance to play golf together Monday.
  
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• Douvan’s Tingle Creek run in balance as Sandown tries to play the field

  28-11-2016 21:27
  
  • Sandown’s big two-mile race reopened to further entries• Willie Mullins may run Douvan at Punchestown insteadSandown-bound racegoers can still hope to see Douvan on Saturday, as the exciting young chaser is one of eight horses put in the Tingle Creek at Monday’s entry stage. The top-class two-mile contest has been reopened to further entries until Tuesday morning under rules intended to encourage larger field sizes but the mere possibility of bumping into Douvan is likely
  
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• Stars of sport turn out for premiere of new Usain Bolt film I Am Bolt including Arsenal stars Hector Bellerin and Santi Cazorla and Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas

  28-11-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it comes to famous sports stars, there are few more iconic around the world than sprinter Usain Bolt. A number of other top sport stars turned out for the premiere of his new film on Monday.
  
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• Newcastle midfielder Jack Colback hit with £25k fine as he admits bet charge

  28-11-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colback's offence came two days after Newcastle lost 1-0 at Leicester and four days before they drew 1-1 with his former club Sunderland as they fought desperately to remain in the Premier League.
  
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• Rotherham left 'disappointed' and in 'shock' as Kenny Jackett resigns

  28-11-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kenny Jackett has resigned as manager of Championship strugglers Rotherham after only five matches in charge. Jackett is understood to have handed in his notice on Monday evening.
  
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