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• Olympia Horse Show 2016: GB & Ireland share Puissance gold

  15-12-2016 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Holly Smith and Ireland's Christopher Megahey share gold in the Puissance at Olympia after both cleared a height of 2m 15cm.
  
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• Man Utd news: Eric Bailly hopeful of being available for Old Trafford club's festive fixtures

  15-12-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United defender limped out of the win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday with an injury to his left knee which is likely to keep him out of Saturday’s trip to West Brom.
  
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• Johanna Konta looking to build on her stellar year amid a surprise coaching split and tragedy behind the scenes

  15-12-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the British No 1 has moved quickly to find a new mentor befitting her top 10 status, she is in no hurry to replace her sports psychologist Juan Coto, who died last month aged 47.
  
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• Sean Woods resigns as Morehead State men's basketball coach

  15-12-2016 23:41
  
  MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Sean Woods has resigned as Morehead State's coach following an independent investigation into allegations by two players that Woods assaulted them.
  
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• Pablo Zabaleta admits Manchester City's style can leave them exposed 

  15-12-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pablo Zabaleta admitted Manchester City's swashbuckling style can leave them defensively exposed. Pep Guardiola was heavily criticised after two capitulations against Chelsea and Leicester.
  
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• U.S. election agency breached by hackers after vote

  15-12-2016 23:36
  The U.S. agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards was itself penetrated by a hacker after the elections in November, according to a security firm working with law enforcement on the matter. The security firm, Recorded Future, was monitoring underground electronic markets where hackers buy and sell wares and discovered someone offering logon credentials for access to computers at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, company executives said. Posing as a potenti
  
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• Simon Mignolet offers Loris Karius support and insists on need for mental strength as Liverpool goalkeeper

  15-12-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Belgium goalkeeper was restored to the starting line-up at Middlesbrough and Jurgen Klopp is now expected to give him a prolonged run after taking the decision to remove Karius from the spotlight.
  
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• Chelsea will run through a brick wall to win title - Antonio Conte's men look like they're on an unstoppable charge

  15-12-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP, MARTIN KEOWN AND CHRIS SUTTON: Chelsea will be top at Christmas after 10 Premier League wins in a row. Sportsmail's Three Wise Men assess their title credentials.
  
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• Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is taking son Kai, age seven, for training sessions with neighbours Manchester City! 

  15-12-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The seven-year-old had been playing with Manchester United’s development team since October. But since then the schoolboy talent has turned up at the City Football Academy.
  
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• Tottenham face fight to keep Dele Alli with PSG and Real Madrid watching him

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham are bracing themselves for a fight to keep Dele Alli from the clutches of Europe’s elite clubs with PSG, Real Madrid and Manchester City among those watching him regularly.
  
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• Manchester United's reckless Marcos Rojo is a fool if he doesn't change his tackling after Crystal Palace tie

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: I look at Marcos Rojo and think I would find it difficult to get my body to do the two-footed lunges he did against Everton and Crystal Palace. It is reckless.
  
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• Manchester United offer support to Chapecoense as Ed Woodward pens letter to Brazilian club after crash

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail understands that United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward penned a letter the day after the South Americans’ flight to Colombia ran out of fuel and hit the crest of a mountain last month.
  
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• Leicester ready for January clear-out as Claudio Ranieri tells unhappy stars they are free to leave

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri says any unhappy players can go in the January transfer window with Leonardo Ulloa, Jeffrey Schlupp and Bartosz Kaputska the most likely to go.
  
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• Chelsea’s perfect 10 but are they that good and have they any weak points?

  15-12-2016 23:30
  
  Antonio Conte’s side are six points clear at the top of the Premier League after 10 straight wins but can they maintain their form to clinch the title?Chelsea have won 10 straight Premier League games, they are six points clear at the top of the table and their progress towards the title seems inexorable. But are Antonio Conte’s team really that good? Can they answer some critical questions? Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea enjoy demoralising Premier League rivals according to Thibaut Courtois after Sunderland victory

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte's side made it 10 consecutive wins at Sunderland to extend their lead at the top to six points. Liverpool, Spurs, Manchester City and United won on the same night.
  
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• Cesc Fabregas could be next Chelsea player to head for China as Guangzhou Evergrande eye £40m summer move

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cesc Fabregas could follow Oscar out of Chelsea in a mega-money move to China in the summer. The 29-year-old midfielder is the subject of interest from Guangzhou Evergrande.
  
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• Barnsley starlet James Bree may be next success following John Stones and Mason Holgate

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  THE SECRET SCOUT: Barnsley seem to have continued a line of successful young players. After the transfers of John Stones and Mason Holgate comes their next young star James Bree.
  
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• Arsenal offer Alexis Sanchez £9.3m a year but forward won't budge on wage demands over new contract

  15-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: Arsenal have offered Alexis Sanchez £9.3million a year to sign a new contract — but the Gunners are still significantly short of meeting their forward's wage demands.
  
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• Johanna Konta: Juan Coto is still very much a part of everything I do

  15-12-2016 23:29
  
  British No1 broke into the top 10 this year and says her personal adviser, who died last month, ‘gifted me with an incredible amount of tools and habits’Johanna Konta is leaving behind a stressful end to 2016, which included the death last month of her personal adviser, Juan Coto, followed quickly by an amicable split with her tennis coach, Esteban Carril. Related: John Tomic blows up at umpire as daughter Sara fails to reach Australian OpenContinue reading...
  
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• Eric Cantona tells Manchester City's defence to stop their 'mannequin challenge' as the United legend jokes about going to the Winter Olympics

  15-12-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eric Cantona has urged Manchester City's defenders to stop their own 'mannequin challenge' after conceding eight goals in three Premier League matches. City rank 14th in the league for clean sheets.
  
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• Williams want Felipe Massa to replace Mercedes target Valtteri Bottas

  15-12-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton will have to wait until the New Year to find out who his new team-mate will be after Mercedes decided to delay the appointment on Thursday.
  
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• BBC Unsung Hero 2016: Vanessa Weedon-Jones wins BBC East award for sailing work

  15-12-2016 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vanessa Weedon-Jones, member of Hunts Sailing Club and founder of Women on the Water, wins the BBC Unsung Hero award for the East.
  
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• Williams open to Bottas move to Mercedes

  15-12-2016 23:10
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Williams would be open to Valtteri Bottas joining Formula One champions Mercedes next season if a suitable replacement for the Finn can be found, deputy team principal Claire Williams said on Thursday. "Williams has its own ambitions and we must always ensure we give our team the best opportunity to move forward," she told the BBC in the first open recognition by either side that a deal could be done. "If we did allow Valtteri to leave, we would only do this if
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Friday, December 16

  15-12-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his best tips ahead of Friday's meetings at Ascot, Newcastle, Uttoxeter and Wolverhampton.
  
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• Domestic violence case against Familia dropped

  15-12-2016 23:00
  
  FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — A judge dismissed a charge Thursday stemming from a domestic violence complaint against New York Mets star relief pitcher Jeurys Familia after the player's wife told a prosecutor that her husband did not hurt her.
  
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• Genoa win Serie A match which started three months ago

  15-12-2016 22:40
  Darko Lazovic scored to give Genoa a 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Thursday as they finally completed a match that began on Sept. 11 and was interrupted by torrential rain. The match at the Marassi stadium re-started with a drop ball and Fiorentina were quickly in trouble. The error-prone Violets repeatedly gifted Genoa chances and paid when Federico Bernardeschi slipped and Nikola Ninkovic's inswinging cross found its way to the back post where Lazovic nipped in to score 10 minutes after the re-st
  
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• Lewis Hamilton warns Mercedes over big-name Nico Rosberg replacement

  15-12-2016 22:39
  
  • Former world champion not keen on Fernando Alonso reunion
  • Williams now open to Valtteri Bottas’s exitLewis Hamilton says Mercedes must consult him on who should replace Nico Rosberg next season but warned them against signing a big name like Fernando Alonso.Mercedes have identified Valtteri Bottas, currently under contract at Williams, as their preferred choice to replace the recently retired world champion, Rosberg, but the team’s head of motorsport, Toto Wolff, admitt
  
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• Coventry 1-2 Sheff Utd: Match Report

  15-12-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Pitch battles go on for Coventry as Billy Sharp brace gives Sheffield United winBilly Sharp struck twice to hand Sheffield United a 2-1 wi
  
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• Rugby player banned for three years for tackling female referee in match

  15-12-2016 22:30
  
  • Bruno Andres Doglioli barged over Maria Beatrice Benvenuti in Italian league
  • It is an incident for which there is no justification whatsoever, say VicenzaAn Argentinian rugby player has been banned for three years after tackling a female referee during an Italian league match. Related: Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints lose their way in new world order | The BreakdownContinue reading...
  
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• Jockey Garrett Gomez found dead at 44 in Arizona hotel room

  15-12-2016 22:21
  
  Garrett Gomez, who won nearly 4,000 horse races in a 25-year career that included 13 Breeders' Cup victories and struggles with substance abuse, has died in southern Arizona, according to authorities. He was 44.
  
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• Turner: Colorful NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager, 65, dies

  15-12-2016 22:15
  
  Craig Sager, the longtime NBA sideline reporter famous for his flashy suits and probing questions, has died after a battle with cancer, Turner Sports announced Thursday. He was 65.
  
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• Millwall compulsory purchase order hearing adjourned by Lewisham council

  15-12-2016 22:10
  
  • Council says it is responding to new information over effect on club
  • Millwall welcome decision and reiterate concerns over impact on academyOn a night of high-stakes manoeuvring in the council chambers the final hearing of the compulsory purchase order of Millwall’s land around The Den was dramatically adjourned, to be reheard on 11 January.Representatives of Millwall, their supporters and fellow residents who stand to be evicted had gathered in the Civic Suite at Lewisham To
  
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• Biggest D-I women's rout: No. 3 Baylor tops Winthrop 140-32

  15-12-2016 22:06
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — In the biggest Division I women's basketball rout ever, No. 3 Baylor overwhelmed Winthrop 140-32 Thursday.
  
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• Hokies AD: Ex-Wake assistant shared game plan in 2014

  15-12-2016 22:00
  
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock has confirmed that a former assistant coach-turned-broadcaster at Wake Forest provided a former Hokies assistant with "some game plan information" in 2014.
  
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• Gianfranco Zola in last chance saloon but relishing challenge at Birmingham

  15-12-2016 21:59
  
  The Italian’s managerial reputation may not survive another setback but he admits the lure of taking over at St Andrews was an offer he could not refuseIt was three years ago that Gianfranco Zola admitted his last attempt to conquer the Championship had failed and resigned as manager of Watford. It was at the end of a nine-game winless run that featured five successive home defeats and concluded with his theoretically promotion-chasing team in 14th place. This week he agreed to have anothe
  
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• Felipe Massa U-turn could open the door for Valtteri Bottas to join Mercedes

  15-12-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Williams have hinted they could let Valtteri Bottas join Mercedes in 2017 if they can persuade Felipe Massa to step out of retirement, it has been
  
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• Oscar £60m to Shanghai: Will China's 2017 spending hit new heights?

  15-12-2016 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese football is once again set to flex its financial muscle with the recruitment of another worldwide football star.
  
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• Roberto Pereyra faces lengthy spell out with knee injury, says Watford boss Walter Mazzarri

  15-12-2016 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old midfielder had started to impress with the Hornets before being forced off in the first half of Watford's 2-0 loss to Manchester City on Wednesday night.
  
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• Hopkins ready for final fight in championship career

  15-12-2016 21:17
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernard Hopkins hobbled into the gym before a sparring session using a cane to aid his small steps. He scrapped his usual stylish Prada glasses for a cheap pair old fogeys might wear and a fake gray beard that sprouted several inches past his chin.
  
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• Southampton agree new contract with Harrison Reed

  15-12-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Southampton have agreed a new long-term contract with promising academy graduate Harrison Reed, who is now tied to St Mary's until the end of the 2020/21 season.
  
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• From New York to London, rapid talks seal Sky-Fox deal

  15-12-2016 21:04
  By Kate Holton and Sophie Sassard LONDON (Reuters) - British business veteran Martin Gilbert was at his desk in early December when he received the call he had been expecting for years. James Murdoch wanted to meet. Days later, Gilbert, the deputy chairman of Sky , was in the New York offices of Twenty-First Century Fox meeting James, brother Lachlan, father Rupert and the U.S. firm's finance director John Nallen.
  
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• Cricketer hits 160 runs and is only player to score for team in remarkable victory

  15-12-2016 20:47
  
  • Shania-Lee Swart hits 18 fours and 12 sixes as eight team-mates fail to score
  • Match took place during Cricket South Africa’s Under-19s weekShania-Lee Swart hit 160 runs and was the only player to score in her side’s innings as all eight of her fellow batters failed to get off the mark at Cricket South Africa’s Under-19s week in Pretoria.The Mpumalanga batter Swart opened and struck 18 fours and 12 sixes in her side’s total of 169 for eight, facing 86 balls i
  
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• Dimitar Berbatov poses with Wayne Rooney as former Manchester United striker returns to train at Carrington

  15-12-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Red Devil is currently a free agent and has returned to Manchester to build up his fitness and observe Jose Mourinho's training techniques.
  
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• Le Prezien excels in a Paul Nicholls treble at Exeter to cut JLT price

  15-12-2016 20:39
  
  • Trainer takes total in December to 13 victories from 42 runners
  • Suzie Best applies for trainer licence while husband Jim serves suspensionLe Prezien, who ran the exceptional Yorkhill to two and a quarter lengths in a Grade One hurdle at Aintree in April, emerged in front after a fascinating duel with L’Ami Serge on Thursday that illuminated a miserably wet afternoon at Exeter. Paul Nicholls’s young chaser was cut to around 16-1 for the JLT Novice Chase in a market heade
  
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• Former Saudi international Noor handed four-year doping ban

  15-12-2016 20:31
  Former Saudi Arabia international Mohammed Noor, one of his country's most successful players, has been given a four-year ban for doping, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. CAS said it had upheld an appeal from soccer's governing body FIFA which complained that a four-month ban imposed on the retired player by an appeal tribunal in Saudi Arabia was too short.
  
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• Report details widespread sexual abuse at USA Gymnastics facilities

  15-12-2016 20:26
  
  At least 368 gymnasts have alleged sexual abuse over last 20 yearsInvestigation alleges systematic failures that enabled predatory coachesAt least 368 gymnasts in the United States have alleged some form of sexual abuse over the past 20 years, a joint investigation by the Indianapolis Star and USA Today has revealed.The nine-month investigation into police files and court documents found hundreds of cases of alleged sexual abuse by a total of 115 coaches and other adults they worked with, and sy
  
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• Nico Rosberg: Formula 1 world champion's real car problems

  15-12-2016 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newly crowned Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg reveals whether he washes his own car, can change a tyre or has ever had a speeding ticket.
  
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• Hopkins looks to end stellar career on a high note

  15-12-2016 20:03
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - Boxing great Bernard Hopkins, who defended the middleweight title a record 20 times from 1995 to 2005 and has never been knocked out, intends to "overdo" himself when he ends a career of extraordinary longevity on Saturday. The 51-year-old former champion will return to the ring for the first time since November 2014 for his final fight when he takes on fellow American Joe Smith Jr., the second-ranked World Boxing Council contender, at the iconic Forum in Los A
  
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• Manchester United finally show some signs of life under José Mourinho | Jonathan Wilson

  15-12-2016 20:00
  
  One defeat in 11 games shows an upturn under the latest manager but problems remain with the reliance on Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Michael Carrick, both 35A win secured late against a struggling side, in a game blighted by a series of baffling refereeing decisions that afflicted both sides. A performance that was often slow and disjointed. The gap to the top still 13 surely insurmountable points. If this was the start of an upsurge, it was a low-key, unconvincing one but Manchester United’s v
  
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• Lawro's Premier League predictions v tennis legend Boris Becker

  15-12-2016 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on tennis legend Boris Becker in the weekend Premier League fixtures.
  
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