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• Deadly twin bomb attack strikes police near Istanbul stadium

  10-12-2016 23:58
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Two explosions struck Saturday night outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home, in an attack that caused fatalities and wounded at least 20 police officers, Turkish authorities said. A private television channel put the wounded at nearly 70.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says some killed in Istanbul attack - statement

  10-12-2016 23:52
  Some people were killed and others wounded in explosions outside an Istanbul soccer stadium on Saturday, an attack which targeted police and civilians and aimed to cause as many casualties as possible, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement. "A terrorist attack has been carried out against our security forces and our citizens.
  
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• European Champions Cup roundup: Glasgow stand firm to stun Racing 92

  10-12-2016 23:51
  
  • Coach Gregor Townsend praises his Glasgow Warriors after 23-14 win
  • Ulster keep hopes alive at home with 39-32 victory over Clermont AuvergneGregor Townsend hailed Glasgow’s heroic defensive effort after a famous 23-14 win at Racing 92. Townsend’s side claimed only their third win on French soil to give their hopes of qualifying from the pool stage of the European Champions Cup a huge boost.Tries from Alex Dunbar and Ali Price put Glasgow on the road to victory a year on
  
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• Tony Bellew hits back at David Haye's threats to send him to hospital after watching Luke Blackledge receive oxygen in the ring: 'There's nothing good about that you knob'

  10-12-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tony Bellew launched a foul-mouthed rant at David Haye in Manchester as the British title fight betweenCallum Smith and Luke Blackledge ended with the latter needing urgent medical attention.
  
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• Slaven Bilic insists struggles have made him 'stronger' as West Ham head to Liverpool in the relegation zone

  10-12-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham are winless in five Premier League games, including last weekend’s 5-1 thrashing by Arsenal that Bilic admitted was a ‘humiliation’, as the travel to Anfield
  
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• Chelsea boss Antonio Conte praises 'real warrior' Diego Costa for curbing anger issues ahead of West Brom visit

  10-12-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Firebrand Costa has 11 Premier League goals and five assists this season but, perhaps more surprisingly, has not been booked in his last nine games — a record streak in his time in England.
  
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• England head coach Eddie Jones must decide whether to stand by Dylan Hartley after latest red-card shame

  10-12-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Northampton hooker was sent off for a swinging arm to the back of Leinster flanker Sean O'Brien's head just six minutes after coming on as a second-half replacement in Friday night's home defeat.
  
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• 'Concussion test lets brain-damaged stars like George North play-on': Former World Rugby medical advisor fears for players' safety

  10-12-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Northampton's medical team are under investigation by Premier Rugby after North, who has a history of concussions, was allowed to play on after appearing to lose consciousness.
  
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• Spurs midfielder Eric Dier elbows aside talk of feud with Manchester United's Ander Herrera

  10-12-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dier's battle with Herrera could be lively after the pair clashed during last month’s England friendly with Spain. The Tottenham midfielder chased the Spaniard after he elbowed him in the face.
  
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• Harry Kane is England's best striker since Alan Shearer, according to Teddy Sheringham

  10-12-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No strikers, not even Diego Costa, Alexis Sanchez or Sergio Aguero, have been in a richer scoring vein than Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Harry Kane in the past few weeks.
  
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• Consumed by a peculiar kind of self-pity, some at Crewe think they’re the real victims here... of a witch-hunt 

  10-12-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: Crewe, the football club at the epicentre of the historic child sexual abuse scandal that has overwhelmed English football in the last three weeks, played a home game on Saturday. 
  
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• Ralf Rangnick was wanted by the FA... did England miss out on Germany's miracle man? 

  10-12-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He is the man who almost became England manager last summer, the coach who represents what the FA want England to look like and as a sporting director he is overseeing a a revolution in Germany.
  
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• Kal Yafai becomes Britain's 13th current world champion by claiming WBA super-flyweight title

  10-12-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham’s Kal Yafai boosted Britiain’s roll-call of current world champions to a remarkable 13 with a masterful display in the Manchester Arena against Luis Concepcion.
  
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• George North's latest head injury makes you wonder... how serious does it have to get before rugby takes responsibility for its players?

  10-12-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: How many times does the sport have to be told that the stakes are very, very high here and that they simply cannot afford to keep making these kind of catastrophic misjudgments?
  
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• Tom Ince has carved out his own career at Derby County despite having to live up to the family name 

  10-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: Thomas Ince can pinpoint the moment he picked up the family baton from his famous father, Paul. 'He challenged me to a race at Wolves towards the end of his career,' says Tom.
  
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• John Terry on the sidelines but still involved in Chelsea’s title chase

  10-12-2016 23:30
  
  Antonio Conte has praised injured centre-half’s great commitment as he continues to be a cajoling and encouraging leader in the dressing roomJohn Terry cropped up in Antonio Conte’s pre-match briefing for Sunday’s game. It says much about the Italian’s reinvention of this team over recent months that the subject of Chelsea’s captain of 15 years had rather faded from the news agenda. There had been talk of the England setup using the defender as a mentor for younger
  
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• Eric Dier ready to put his strange start to the season for Tottenham behind him

  10-12-2016 23:30
  
  The England midfielder believes he is finally returning to the form and feeling that made him an integral part of Spurs’ rise last seasonEric Dier is recreating the flashpoint with Ander Herrera from England’s friendly at Wembley last month. Not the one when he copped an elbow to the face from the Manchester United and Spain midfielder, which left him fuming. Rather, what happened after the 2-2 draw in the mixed zone – the stretch of the stadium that is devoted to player interv
  
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• Dereck Chisora v Dillian Whyte fight LIVE: Plus Katie Taylor v Viviane Obenauf results

  10-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arguably the biggest grudge match in British boxing sees Dereck Chisora face British heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night.
  
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• Munster 38-0 Leicester:  Tigers suffer record European defeat as Ed Slater, George Worth and Manu Tuilagi are sin-binned

  10-12-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This was an absolute hammering. Munster were utterly dominant, scored four tries to take the bonus-point and beat Leicester up in every single department.
  
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• Trump cheered by fans at annual Army-Navy game

  10-12-2016 23:21
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Donald Trump was greeted with cheers on his arrival at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday, basking in the one of the nation's most storied football rivalries as he prepares to enter the White House.
  
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• Sergio Ramos does it again as Real Madrid grab late win over Deportivo

  10-12-2016 23:21
  
  Sergio Ramos again came to Real Madrid’s rescue as they snatched a dramatic 3-2 victory over Deportivo La Coruña to stay six points clear at the top of La Liga and set a club record 35 games unbeaten.Ramos, the scorer of Real’s 90th-minute equaliser the previous week against Barcelona, headed in Toni Kroos’ corner in the third minute of stoppage time to complete a stunning turnaround after the former Real forward Joselu threatened to unravel the unbeaten run. Continue re
  
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• Guardiola facing searching questions as City slump

  10-12-2016 23:21
  (Reuters) - Pep Guardiola was hailed as the best thing to happen to English football when he swanned into Manchester City at the start of this season and immediately swept all before him with 10 cultured victories in a row. In the subsequent 15 matches in all competitions, Guardiola's team have won just four times. If that was all worrying enough, Saturday's 4-2 defeat at Leicester City was positively alarming, a shambolic performance with a striking absence of the pass-and-move crispness of the
  
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• David Haye threatens to send Tony Bellew to hospital on a stretcher when they meet as British pair exchange heated words in Manchester

  10-12-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tony Bellew launched a foul-mouthed rant at David Haye in Manchester as the British title fight betweenCallum Smith and Luke Blackledge ended with the latter needing urgent medical attention.
  
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• Everton plan move for playmaker Alan Dzagoev as competition for Ross Barkley

  10-12-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Russia international scored for CSKA in their 3-1 Champions League defeat by Tottenham in midweek and Everton director of football Steve Walsh was sat in the Wembley crowd.
  
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• Deaths reported in blasts in Turkey's Istanbul

  10-12-2016 23:10
  
  At least 13 killed and 20 wounded in attack two hours after a football match at Besiktas sports arena.
  
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• Real Madrid 3-2 Deportivo la Coruna: Sergio Ramos rescues stoppage time win again as La Liga leaders set club record of going 35 games unbeaten

  10-12-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON AT THE BERNABEU: Real Madrid equalled the club record of going 35 consecutive games without defeat by coming back to rescue a stoppage time 3-2 victory over Deportivo Coruna.
  
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• Pep Guardiola may tweak tactics after Leicester beat Manchester City

  10-12-2016 23:07
  
  • Guardiola: ‘I’m not disappointed with my players’
  • Manchester City manager admits he must improvePep Guardiola admitted that he needs to tweak his approach to the Premier League but denied that there was any need for a major change after watching his Manchester City crash to a heavy 4-2 defeat at Leicester City.The visitors were 2-0 down after five minutes at the King Power and then conceded two more goals before striking back with a couple of their own late on. Th
  
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• Ramos stages another late show to snatch dramatic win for Real

  10-12-2016 23:05
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos again came to his side's rescue as they snatched a dramatic 3-2 victory over Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday to keep Zinedine Zidane's side six points clear at the top of La Liga and set a club record 35 games unbeaten. Ramos, the scorer of Real's 90th-minute equaliser last week against Barcelona, headed in Toni Kroos' corner in the 93rd minute to complete a stunning turnaround after former Real forward Joselu threatened to
  
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• West Ham need the hunger to keep clean sheets, says Slaven Bilic

  10-12-2016 23:00
  
  • Londoners head for Anfield after 5-1 thrashing by Arsenal
  • Speculation has mounted over the commitment of the squadWest Ham United must develop a “clean sheet mentality” if they are to arrest the slide that has seen them slip to the edge of the relegation zone, according to Slaven Bilic. The Hammers face a challenging trip to Anfield on Sunday, the fourth in a run of big games. After taking a point from Manchester United, however, the Hammers were beaten by north London
  
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• Jimmy Gopperth gives Wasps measure of control from the centre

  10-12-2016 23:00
  
  Versatile New Zealander has enjoyed move across from 10 to 12 and is ready to face Connacht in the European Champions CupThe Champions Cup meeting between Wasps and Connacht on Sunday promises a feast of tries. Both sides believe in flair play and Wasps will be bolstered by the presence of Kurtley Beale in the midfield, the Australian international’s first appearance for the club after recovering from a leg injury he sustained seven months ago.A few years ago this fixture would have been i
  
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• England and Lions face Dylan Hartley headache as red-card hearing looms

  10-12-2016 23:00
  
  • Hartley will learn extent of latest ban on Tuesday or Wednesday
  • Possibility of 10-week suspension would rule out Six Nations openerDylan Hartley will discover on Tuesday or Wednesday the extent of his ban that could cost him the England captaincy in the short term and significantly damage his chances of leading the Lions on the three-Test tour to New Zealand next summer.The disciplinary hearing will adjudicate on what punishment the Northampton hooker will receive for being sent of
  
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• Barnsley’s slip suggests football’s child protection system still has holes

  10-12-2016 23:00
  
  The FA’s chairman has admitted clubs were ‘sleepwalking’ in the 1980s and 1990s but Barnsley’s confirmation they hired an academy physio in 2011 without full checks poses wider questions for the sportIt hasn’t been an easy few weeks, to say the least, for what we used to know as the good old days and no doubt there are plenty of us who desperately want to believe football has wised up and everything is different now. It just isn’t easy to be entirely sure when
  
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• Predictability and lack of X factor feeds into Manchester United’s lucklessness

  10-12-2016 22:59
  
  José Mourinho claims his team are unlucky but, whatever the reason, if they do not start winning soon, a Champions League place will be out of rangeManchester United’s disappointing Premier League form: is it bad luck or suspect management? José Mourinho will attempt to answer that question yet again when Tottenham Hotspur visit Old Trafford on Sunday. Related: José Mourinho demands more goals from Manchester UnitedContinue reading...
  
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• Blasts hit near Istanbul soccer stadium, wound 20 police

  10-12-2016 22:59
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Two explosions struck Saturday night outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home, an attack that wounded about 20 police officers, Turkish authorities said. One of the blasts was thought to be a car bomb and the second appeared to have been caused by a suicide bomber.
  
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• Anderson shines as Lazio beat Sampdoria 2-1

  10-12-2016 22:52
  Lazio beat Sampdoria 2-1 on Saturday with Felipe Anderson setting up both their goals as they rebounded from last week's derby defeat to AS Roma to climb up to fourth in Serie A. Lazio forward Ciro Immobile should have put the visitors ahead on 15 minutes when he was left completely unmarked in front of goal but his header was saved on the line by Christian Puggioni. The keeper was beaten, however, when Sergej Milinkovic-Savic rose high to drill in his header from an Anderson cross in the 40th m
  
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• One of Istanbul blasts was suspected suicide bomb - Turkish interior minister

  10-12-2016 22:50
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - One of two explosions that struck outside an Istanbul football stadium on Saturday night was thought to have been caused by a suicide bomber, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters in comments broadcast live on television. The suspected suicide bomber struck in Macka park, next to the Vodafone Arena, home to Istanbul's Besiktas football team, while the second explosion hit directly outside the stadium, Soylu said, describing the attack as a "cruel plot". (Re
  
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• Trump expected to tap Exxon's Tillerson for State Dept. post

  10-12-2016 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump moved closer to nominating Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State Saturday, meeting privately with the business leader for the second time in a week. Trump's transition team cautioned that no announcement was expected over the weekend.
  
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• Alan Pardew insists Robert Snodgrass 'will be embarrassed' by the dive which won Hull a penalty against Crystal Palace

  10-12-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew refused to criticise referee Mike Jones for awarding the first-half spot-kick, from which Robert Snodgrass scored the game’s opening goal.
  
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• Blast outside Istanbul football stadium killed 13 - police sources

  10-12-2016 22:29
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suspected car bomb outside an Istanbul football stadium on Saturday killed at least 13 people, police sources said. Broadcaster NTV said 38 people had been wounded but gave no details of any death toll. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu earlier said around 20 people had been wounded and that there was no immediate information on any deaths. (Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by David Dolan)
  
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• Leicester 4-2 Manchester City: Jamie Vardy's hits first Foxes hat-trick as Premier League champions burst into life against Pep Guardiola's men

  10-12-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT KING POWER STADIUM: Eighteen minutes was showing and the possession stats flashed up. Pep Guardiola would have been happy had it not been for the scoreline.
  
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• Riyad Mahrez finds perfect opportunity to show off all his creative beauty | Barney Ronay

  10-12-2016 22:24
  
  Leicester’s midfield mastermind dawdled one way, drifted the other and all the time produced an artful display that took Manchester City apartJamie Vardy scored a brilliant hat-trick at the King Power Stadium, but of all the old steamrollering Leicester City title tropes to return on a sodden night it was the sight of Riyad Mahrez in regal, unimpeded form that will linger in the memory.It is not often a football match is decided by a pair of near-identical cushioned backspun half-voll
  
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• Sport picture of the day: Skaters speeding by in Shanghai

  10-12-2016 22:23
  
  This colourful multiple-exposure photograph shows speed skaters competing in the men’s 500m short-track semi-final at the ISU World Cup in Shanghai Continue reading...
  
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• Schenn's hat trick leads Flyers to 8th straight win

  10-12-2016 22:18
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brayden Schenn scored three power-play goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to their eighth straight victory, a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday.
  
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• Twins minor league pitcher Yorman Landa dies in Venezuela

  10-12-2016 22:14
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Yorman Landa, a minor league pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, has died in Venezuela.
  
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• Pep Guardiola insists he isn't 'a coach for the tackles' after Manchester City concede four against Leicester 

  10-12-2016 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola launched an incredible defence of his managerial philosophy after Manchester City's humbling 4-2 defeat at Leicester on Saturday by insisting: 'I am not a coach for the tackles.'
  
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• Shkodran Mustafi set for at least a month on the sidelines after picking up a hamstring injury in Arsenal's win over Stoke 

  10-12-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  German international Shkodran Mustafi, who has made a huge impact since his £35million arrival from Valencia in the summer, limped off after 25 minutes against Stoke on Saturday.
  
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• Welcome back to Vardy and 'the true Leicester'

  10-12-2016 22:03
  (Reuters) - Former England striker Gary Lineker, Leicester City's most famous and perhaps favourite son, wondered aloud last week whether last season's Premier League triumph had all been a crazy dream, so dismal had their defence of the title been. The collective will seemed to have long evaporated, along with Jamie Vardy's goals and Riyad Mahrez's magic. Mahrez looked like the player of the year again with his exquisite assists, Vardy scored his first-ever hat-trick for the Foxes and Claudio R
  
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• Second McLaren report: five questions on the Russian doping scandal

  10-12-2016 21:59
  
  After the damning second part of Richard McLaren’s report into Russia’s state doping programme, what now for world sportVery little. Barring an unforeseen act of God, the 2018 World Cup is staying put. True, there are growing calls for Russia to be excluded from international competitions – with Richard Ask, the head of Denmark’s anti-doping agency, specifically referencing taking it away. Yet within football’s corridors of power nothing has changed: Fifa simply has
  
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• Turkish minister says Istanbul stadium blast was terror attack

  10-12-2016 21:42
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An explosion outside an Istanbul football stadium that wounded around 20 people on Saturday was a terrorist attack, Turkish Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Twitter. (Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Writing by Nick Tattersall)
  
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• Leicester 4-2 Man City PLAYER RATINGS: Vardy's party while Bravo and Stones suffer

  10-12-2016 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's LAURIE WHITWELL was at the King Power Stadium to rate the performances of both sets of players as the champions demolished Pep Guardiola's side in the Premier League.
  
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