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• Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri admits complacency after Porto thrashing

  08-12-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claudio Ranieri is fighting to avert potential schisms at Leicester with Leonardo Ulloa breaking ranks by insisting on a January transfer if his game-time does not increase.
  
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• Leonardo Ulloa says Leicester need to work harder to arrest poor form... and admits he could leave club in January

  08-12-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leonardo Ulloa has called on Leicester's players to work harder to arrest the side's alarming slump in form — but admitted he will look to leave in January should his game-time remain scarce.
  
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• Mkhitaryan sparkles as United reach Europa last 32

  08-12-2016 23:46
  
  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last 32 with a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk on a freezing night in Ukraine on Thursday. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who made a mockery of his two-month exile from the starting lineup with a superb individual effort, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic secured an easy win that banished memories of their earlier group stage struggles. The victory confirmed United in second place in Grou
  
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• US police set to join probe into sex abuse involving former Southampton youth coach Bob Higgins 

  08-12-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER: Hampshire police are set to contact their counterparts in America about Bob Higgins, the former Southampton youth coach accused of a string of child sex offences.
  
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• England have now found two partners for Alastair Cook in a month!

  08-12-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN - DAILY DOSSIER: What I liked most about Keaton Jennings’s innings was the way he struck a balance between attack and defence. It was almost perfect.
  
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• Everton blow as Yannick Bolasie faces a year on the sidelines after £30m signing suffered knee ligament injury

  08-12-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yannick Bolasie is facing a year on the sidelines after Ronald Koeman admitted the Everton winger's injury is worse than first feared. Everton expect Bolasie to undergo surgery at some point next week.
  
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• West Ham youngster Reece Oxford is similar in physique and playing style to former Hammers defender Rio Ferdinand... he could be a colossus 

  08-12-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  THE SECRET SCOUT:West Ham are conceding goals and the manager has a classic dilemma. Can he introduce a big young hope into the cauldron of Premier League football?
  
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• Sunderland fear improved form of Papy Djilobodji and Lamine Kone could see defenders called up for Africa Cup of Nations

  08-12-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE: Sunderland fear the improved form of Papy Djilobodji and Lamine Kone will see them robbed of their centre-back pairing when the Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in January.
  
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• Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits scoring first goal for Manchester United is 'a weight off' his shoulders: 'I've been waiting a long time for this'

  08-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrated his first goal for Manchester United as Jose Mourinho's side qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League in Odessa on Thursday night.
  
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• Eddie Jones told to go unbeaten in 2017: Make England the Invincibles   

  08-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON - EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Jones has been set the challenge of making England the Invincibles of world rugby by reaching the end of next year with his 100 per cent record intact.
  
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• Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel fighting for place against Manchester City as he tries to convince Claudio Ranieri he is fit following hand injury

  08-12-2016 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Danish goalkeeper has missed six matches after breaking his hand in a Champions' League tie in Copenhagen. Ranieri had initially targeted a comeback against Bournemouth next week.
  
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• Mkhitaryan delights Mourinho with United wonder goal

  08-12-2016 23:19
  (Reuters) - Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho's attitude towards Henrikh Mkhitaryan seems to have thawed after the playmaker chose a sub-zero night in Ukraine on Thursday to score a dazzling first goal for the club. The Armenian endured a prolonged exile from the first team earlier this season and questions were being asked about whether he would ever find favour with Mourinho following the player's 25 million pounds move from Borussia Dortmund in the close season. "It was a strong mentali
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Friday, December 9

  08-12-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his best tips ahead of Friday's meetings at Cheltenham, Newcastle, Doncaster and Bangor.
  
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• Former England captain Charlotte Edwards joins Hampshire after ending 16-year spell at Kent

  08-12-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 36-year-old opening batswoman who scored more than 10,000 runs during a 20-year international career that finished in May, ended a 16-season stay at Kent earlier this week.
  
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• Full circle: RG3 back as Browns starting quarterback

  08-12-2016 23:01
  
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Three months later, Robert Griffin III is starting anew with the Browns.
  
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• Eddie Jones oversees coaching clinic at Twickenham prior to Varsity clash between Oxford and Cambridge 

  08-12-2016 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having guided England to 13 Test victories under his watch, Red Rose head coach Eddie Jones was at Twickenham on Thursday coaching the next generation of England talent.
  
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• Zorya Luhansk 0-2 Manchester United: Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic seal Europa League last-32 place for Jose Mourinho's men

  08-12-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER IN UKRAINE: Henrikh Mkhitaryan's first goal for Manchester United helped Jose Mourinho's men seal a win over Zorya Luhansk and secure their Europa League last-32 progress.
  
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• Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 Dundalk: Stephen Kenny's brave side crash out of Europa League after conceding two first half goals in Israel

  08-12-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dundalk had gone into the game with a chance of progressing from Group D but a penalty from Tal Ben Haim and strike by Dor Micha, both after errors by Gary Rogers, condemned them to defeat.
  
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• Europa League round-up: Moussa Sow scores another brilliant bicycle kick as Fenerbahce claim top spot after beating Feyenoord

  08-12-2016 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fenerbahce pipped Manchester United to top spot in their Europa League group after the Turkish side beat Feyenoord 1-0 thanks to another bicycle kick from Moussa Sow.
  
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• Manchester United are favourites to win the Europa League, according to Paul Scholes and Michael Owen

  08-12-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following the club's 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk on Thursday, the pair said on BT Sport that with the squad Jose Mourinho has at his disposal, they are favourites to win the competition.
  
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• CAS strips Romanian lifter, Russian boxer of Rio medals

  08-12-2016 22:19
  Romanian weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian and Russian boxer Misha Aloian have been stripped of their 2016 Olympic medals after failing doping tests at the Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday. Sincraian, who won bronze in the men's 85kg event, tested positive for exogenous testosterone at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 12, according to a statement from sport's highest tribunal. CAS said the results of both athletes in Rio had been disqualified.
  
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• At West Point, the beat-Navy mindset is everywhere

  08-12-2016 22:07
  
  Army defensive back Gervon Simon has never played against Navy, and he's a senior. Even if he doesn't get his first chance on Saturday when the archrivals meet in Baltimore, he's more than ready for what will be the biggest football game of his life.
  
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• Mkhitaryan sparkles as United reach Europa knockout stage

  08-12-2016 22:00
  Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last 32 with a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk on a freezing night in Ukraine on Thursday.
  
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• Mario Balotelli salutes 'amazing' Liverpool fans before admitting that he would never head back to Anfield and that he 'likes' Arsenal

  08-12-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mario Balotelli endured a torrid spell at Liverpool but the Italian has good things to say about the Merseyside outfit, despite admitting that he would not rejoin the club due to his poor form there. 
  
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• Fenerbahce top Group A with win in Feyenoord

  08-12-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Fenerbahce progressed to the knock-out stages of the Europa League as Group A winners following a 1-0 victory over Feyenoord at De Kuip.Feye
  
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• Keaton Jennings woke up at 5am thinking he missed the England team bus but ended the day with a debut Test century

  08-12-2016 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jennings was the new toast of English cricket after scoring a century on Test debut against India – then admitted he had woken up in a panic at 5am thinking he had missed the team bus.
  
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• Southampton v Hapoel Beer Sheva: Europa League – live!

  08-12-2016 21:21
  
  Minute-by-minute updates from the 8.05pm GMT kick-offPuel says Fonte talk not a distraction ahead of decisive matchScoreboard: all the latest Europa League goals and scorers!Email [email protected] with your thoughts 8.21pm GMT12 min: The first meaningful attack by the visitors, as Sahar drifts in from the right, past a half-arsed challenge by Romeu, and has a shot from the edge of the box deflected out for a throw on the right. Danger over. Saints have started well, but there’s
  
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• Chapecoense add two stars in badge redesign to mark Copa Sudamericana and remember players who died in plane tragedy

  08-12-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seventy one people, including 19 Chapecoense players, were killed in a plane crash last month as the Brazilian club made their way to the Copa Sudamericana final
  
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• WWE's China hopes rest on Bin Wang's big shoulders

  08-12-2016 21:08
  By Jessica Toonkel ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Three mornings a week, 22-year-old Bin Wang, a native of China's Anhui province, enters a beige, low-rise building tucked into an office park in Orlando, Florida, to spend hours body-slamming people. In a few weeks, the 230-pound (104-kg) Wang, who arrived in the United States in June, will be joined by seven other Chinese athletes hand-picked by World Wrestling Entertainment Inc, in the hope that one of them will become the first Chinese WWE "superst
  
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• Kathy Rinaldi new US Fed Cup captain, succeeding Fernandez

  08-12-2016 21:07
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Former top-10 player Kathy Rinaldi is the U.S. Fed Cup team's new captain.
  
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• Carlos Tevez considering move to China as reports claim Shanghai Shenhua have offered striker huge £34million-a-year deal

  08-12-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carlos Tevez admits he could leave boyhood club Boca Juniors for the big bucks of the Chinese Super League after Shanghai Shenhua reportedly offered him €40m (£33.8m) a year.
  
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• Manchester United defeat Zorya Luhansk to advance in Europa League

  08-12-2016 20:59
  
  • Zorya Luhansk 0-2 Manchester UnitedManchester United are through to the Europa League knockout stage courtesy of Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s fine first strike for the club and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s late finish. José Mourinho’s team finish second in Group A so will be unseeded in Monday’s draw for the round of 32.A first away win in the competition was marred by an outbreak of violence during the interval and there was disappointment for Wayne Rooney, who remains stu
  
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• Relief for Fran Escriba as Villarreal edge through

  08-12-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Villarreal coach Fran Escriba admitted his relief after his side claimed a place in the Europa League last 32 with a nervy 2-1 win over 10-man Stea
  
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• Aleppo: No deal reached between US and Russia

  08-12-2016 20:51
  
  US State Department confirms Kerry and Lavrov spoke on the phone but no agreement on ceasefire was reached.
  
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• Trigueros scores late winner against Steaua Bucharest to send Villarreal through

  08-12-2016 20:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Manu Trigueros scored a superb late winner as Villarreal reached the Europa League knockout stages with a nervy 2-1 victory over 10-man Steaua Buch
  
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• Henrikh Mkhitaryan opens his account in style as Manchester United progress

  08-12-2016 20:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Henrikh Mkhitaryan's fine solo goal helped Manchester United through to the Europa League knock-out stages, opening his account in style as Zorya
  
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• Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte bout to go ahead despite fracas

  08-12-2016 20:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dereck Chisora has been fined £25,000 and given a suspended two-year ban following his part in a press conference brawl with Dillian Whyte Manchest
  
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• Southampton vs Hapoel Be'er-Sheva, Europa League LIVE

  08-12-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the UEFA Europa League as Southampton host Hapoel Be'er-Sheva at St Mary's in their final group game looking to book a spot in the round of 32.
  
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• Dereck Chisora v Dillian Whyte fight to go ahead but pair will not go head-to-head for British heavyweight title

  08-12-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dereck Chisora's fight against Dillian Whyte will go ahead but the British Boxing Board Control have confirmed the pair will not be going head-to-head for the British heavyweight belt. 
  
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• Winners, losers and trends at baseball's winter meetings

  08-12-2016 20:10
  
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — All-Star closers Aroldis Chapman, Mark Melancon and Wade Davis moved to different bullpens. Chris Sale boosted a big rotation in Boston. And the Washington Nationals got their fans talking — a lot.
  
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• Northampton ready for ruling on George North concussion controversy

  08-12-2016 20:10
  
  • Saints to discover on Friday whether further action will be taken
  • Charge of bringing the game into disrepute, and a fine, could resultNorthampton are set to discover whether they will face further action over the George North concussion saga. A meeting will be held on Friday between club officials and an independent medical expert as the investigation continues into how North was allowed to return to the field following a heavy knock in last Saturday’s Premiership game at Lei
  
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• Five memorable Liverpool-West Ham matches

  08-12-2016 20:07
  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool, looking to rebound from a dramatic 4-3 defeat at Bournemouth last weekend, face West Ham United, who are just above the relegation zone and licking their wounds following a 5-1 thrashing by Arsenal, on Sunday. March 1981 LIVERPOOL 1 WEST HAM 1 (League Cup final) Around 100,000 fans were packed into Wembley but they had to wait a long time for the match to explode into life and when it did it was hugely controversial. Alan Kennedy scored but Sammy Lee w
  
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• Glenn Maxwell public criticism: disproportionate or good leadership? | Sam Perry

  08-12-2016 20:00
  
  With a culture of solving problems behind closed doors the Australian coach and captain’s public criticism of Glenn Maxwell smacks of cricket politicsDepending on how you like your sport served, cricket either suffers or enjoys a reputation for being political. But while politics is probably no more or less part of the game than most other professional sports, cricket’s nature gives rise to pondering in a way many others cannot. Continue reading...
  
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• Frankie Dettori praises Young Achiever of the Year Abdul Kareem Musa Adam  for showing 'so much strength in getting this far'

  08-12-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frankie Dettori has paid tribute to Abdul Kareem Musa Adam, who has overcome incredible adversity to clinch the Young Achiever of the Year Award at the star-studded Pride of Sport Awards.
  
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• Police investigating racist graffiti in Giants player's home

  08-12-2016 19:51
  
  MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) — Police are investigating racist graffiti scrawled on the walls of a New Jersey home belonging to a New York Giants player.
  
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• Horse racing tips: Friday 9 December

  08-12-2016 19:32
  
  Whatduhavtoget, trained by Dan Skelton, is Greg Wood’s nap selection to win the 17f handicap (3.15) at Cheltenham on Friday12.20 Laurium 12.55 Yes I Did 1.30 Southfield Theatre 2.05 Auvergnat (nb) 2.40 Call To Order 3.15 Whatduhavtoget (nap) 3.45 Pingshou Continue reading...
  
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• Anthony Joshua mocks Dereck Chisora's WWE behaviour after he threw table at Dillian Whyte

  08-12-2016 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Joshua has mocked heavyweight rivals Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte over the violence which marred Wednesday's press conference to promote the pair's British title bout.
  
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• Zorya Luhansk v Manchester United: Europa League – live!

  08-12-2016 19:30
  
  Minute-by-minute updates from the 6pm GMT kick-off in OdessaUnited in Ukraine: How cold is too cold for sport?Scoreboard: all the latest Europa League scores!Email [email protected] or tweet @Paul_Doyle 6.30pm GMT27 min: Strong tackle by Bailly on halfway, foiling an attempted counter-attack. No trace of any fitness problems for the defender so far.6.28pm GMT25 min: Fenebahce are beating Feyenoord 1-0. If that score remains unchanged, United will qualify even if they lose here, and will
  
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• Athletes braced for bombshell from McLaren report

  08-12-2016 19:30
  Frustrated athletes will be watching Friday's release of the McLaren report into doping in Russia and are ready to take action if their voices are not heard, said United States Anti-Doping Agency head Travis Tygart. "There is some discussion about not participating in competitions," Tygart told Reuters. "Where that will ultimately lead them is up to them but their voice has to be heard and that is why you have seen them come together like never before." After a year of scandal Olympic athletes,
  
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• NHL's Vegas Golden Knights denied trademark for nickname

  08-12-2016 19:29
  
  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied the Vegas Golden Knights' trademark application a little more than two weeks after the new NHL franchise unveiled its name and logo. The office cites potential ...
  
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