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• Manchester United edge closer to January move for £38million-rated Victor Lindelof after Benfica talks

  19-12-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United moved a step closer to signing £38million rated Benfica defender Victor Lindelof on Monday after a delegation from the Portuguese club flew to England for talks.
  
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• Liverpool beat Everton by keeping their heads in the midst of a hostile Goodison Park

  19-12-2016 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FOR old warriors like Graeme Souness or Johnny Morrisey, the whistle for the start of a Merseyside derby even now must set off a Pavlov’s dog-like response involving the raising of an arthritic right leg and the showing of the underside of the Hush Puppy.
  
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• Everton 0-1 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp says Reds gave Everton 'no chance'

  19-12-2016 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp says his side gave Everton "no chance" after Liverpool won the Merseyside derby 1-0.
  
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• Liverpool had to thwart wild Everton football, says Klopp

  19-12-2016 23:49
  Liverpool had to combat "wild football" from Everton before a last-gasp winner from Sadio Mane earned the visitors a 1-0 derby win at Goodison Park on Monday, said manager Juergen Klopp. Klopp's men completely controlled the second half but had to wait until four minutes into stoppage time to break through, Mane sliding in to convert the rebound from close range after substitute Daniel Sturridge's 20-metre shot had struck the post. "The best thing you can do on a night like this is win and you s
  
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• Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praises side for composure in huge Everton victory

  19-12-2016 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp praised his side for keeping their heads in a chaotic Merseyside derby to close the gap on Chelsea at the top of the Premier League to six points.
  
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• Everton 0-1 Liverpool: Sadio Mane wins it in extra time after tempers flare in the Merseyside derby

  19-12-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT GOODISON PARK: It was the softest of winners in the roughest of games. Daniel Sturridge’s shot hit the post, Joel Robles was down slowly, Sadio Mane was quickest to react
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Tuesday, December 20

  19-12-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his best tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Southwell, Taunton and Kempton.
  
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• Theo Walcott reveals big Arsenal fear after Everton and Manchester City defeats

  19-12-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THEO WALCOTT has admitted he fears Arsenal are becoming a 45-minute team.
  
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• Pep Guardiola’s advice that Raheem Sterling be ‘direct and clinical’ pays off

  19-12-2016 23:30
  
  The winner against Arsenal was his first goal since September and came after the Manchester City manager told him to ‘be the player he knows I want to be’Pep Guardiola has told Raheem Sterling to be more “direct and clinical” and the Manchester City forward hopes his decisive goal in the 2-1 home victory over Arsenal is a sign that advice is paying off. Related: Raheem Sterling completes Manchester City turnaround against ArsenalContinue reading...
  
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• Manchester United to return to United States for 2017 summer tour

  19-12-2016 23:30
  
  • United could face City in US as part of International Champions Cup
  • Mourinho has taken Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter to California in pre-seasonManchester United are poised to return to the west coast of the United States for the club’s summer tour and could play Manchester City as part of preparations for next season.The Los Angeles area is a favourite of José Mourinho, who has taken Chelsea, Real Madrid and Internazionale to California in pre-season. Continue readin
  
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• Manchester City ace Raheem Sterling pinpoints what he needs to do after Arsenal heroics

  19-12-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RAHEEM STERLING says he needs to stop talking about goals and assists and start delivering them on a more consistent basis.
  
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• Jose Mourinho wins battle with Manchester United chiefs over summer pre-season tour

  19-12-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOSE MOURINHO has got his way over Manchester United’s pre-season tour plans.
  
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• Everton boss Ronald Koeman opens up on Liverpool defeat: We didn’t deserve to lose

  19-12-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EVERTON manager Ronald Koeman believes his side were unlucky to lose to Liverpool.
  
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• England snubbed Somerset spinner Jack Leach due to concerns over bowling action

  19-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH EXCLUSIVE: Somerset left-arm spinner Jack Leach was passed over for an England call-up due to concerns over the legality of his bowling action, it has emerged.
  
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• England ace Ben Stokes calls for sledging consistency as India duo escape punishment

  19-12-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BEN STOKES has called for consistency when punishing players for sledging after India’s Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin both escaped action during this series against England.
  
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• Chinese property giants set sights on Reading as group who failed in Hull bid make an offer for the Royals

  19-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: Chinese brother and sister Dai Yongge and Dai Xiu Li, whose £130million bid to buy Hull City collapsed last summer, have made an offer for Championship side Reading.
  
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• Chelsea to reject loan offers for deputy striker Michy Batshuayi

  19-12-2016 23:30
  
  • Belgium forward set to start for suspended Diego Costa against Bournemouth
  • Antonio Conte believes training with Chelsea will be better for BatshuayiChelsea will resist attempts by rival clubs to secure Michy Batshuayi on loan next month as the Belgium forward prepares to make his first Premier League start for the leaders in the visit of Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day.Batshuayi, a £33.2m summer signing from Marseille, is poised to deputise for the suspended Dieg
  
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• Liverpool fans taunt Everton's 21 years without a trophy and Tony Bellew watches from stands: Five things you missed from the Merseyside derby

  19-12-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool took away all three points in the dying moments on Monday night as Jurgen Klopp's side won 1-0 at Goodison Park. Sportsmail is on hand to cover the things you might have missed.
  
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• Alistair Brownlee believes Mo Farah struggled for Sports Personality of the Year votes because some sections of the public do not view him as British

  19-12-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER: Brownlee finished second behind Andy Murray, receiving more than twice the number of votes of fourth-placed Farah, who defended both his Olympic distance titles in Rio.
  
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• Bath won't stand in the way of George Ford if the England star wants to leave

  19-12-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: The 23-year-old was unsettled by the sacking of his father, Mike, in May and has a clause that could grant him an early release from his contract in the summer of 2017.
  
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• Mo Farah snub in Spoty award ‘really sad’, says Alistair Brownlee

  19-12-2016 23:00
  
  • Double Olympic champion finished only fourth in voting
  • ‘Maybe some people don’t see him as British’Alistair Brownlee has admitted his surprise that Mo Farah yet again failed to make the top three of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday night and suggested it might be because “some people don’t see him as British”.Brownlee said he would have voted for Farah, who came fourth in the awards despite retaining his Olympic 5,000m and
  
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• Sunderland to discover Ricky Alvarez decision in March

  19-12-2016 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cash-strapped Sunderland expect to learn in March if they will have to pay £8million for a player they do not own. The Black Cats have been
  
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• I study the world's best in bid to improve, says Raheem Sterling

  19-12-2016 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Raheem Sterling has been studying the best as he bids to take his game to the highest level. The England forward has been watching as much
  
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• Giovinazzi appointed Ferrari reserve driver

  19-12-2016 22:51
  Italian Antonio Giovinazzi will be Ferrari's Formula One reserve driver next season, the team said on Monday. President Sergio Marchionne also announced at a Christmas lunch for the media at the Maranello factory that Ferrari's 2017 Formula One car would be unveiled on Feb. 24. "Our working practice is already different to what it was back in August, which is when Mattia Binotto took over the reins (as chief technical officer)...put in the work and the results will come." Ferrari have former wor
  
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• Everton 0 - Liverpool 1: Sadio Mane snatches late winner for Reds in Merseyside derby

  19-12-2016 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SADIO MANE snatched a late winner for Liverpool in the Merseyside derby to keep the Reds' Premier League title hopes alive.
  
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• Manchester United look set to head stateside for next summer's pre-season tour

  19-12-2016 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Manchester United are planning to head to the United States next summer following this year's shambolic pre-season trip to China.Press Assoc
  
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• Everton 0-1 Liverpool: Match Report

  19-12-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mane strikes at the death to earn Liverpool derby spoilsStriker Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to play a pivotal part in Liverpool sn
  
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• Swedish skier Holmlund in coma after training crash

  19-12-2016 22:33
  ROME (Reuters) - Olympic cross-country skiing bronze medallist Anna Holmlund of Sweden was put in a medically-induced coma after sustaining a head injury in a training accident in Italy, Scandinavian media reported on Monday. According to the Expressen newspaper, the 29-year-old crashed while training in Bolzano ahead of Tuesday's FIS World Cup competition in Innichen in northern Italy. "It has been established she has some small bleeding on the brain and she was operated on," Swedish cross-coun
  
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• Brazil to meet Colombia in Chapecoense benefit game

  19-12-2016 22:30
  By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - - The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has announced a benefit game between Brazil and Colombia on Jan. 25, the same day Chapecoense play their first game since the air crash that prompted the friendly. Only Brazilian-based players will be called up for the match at Rio de Janeiro's Engenhao Stadium. Money raised will go to the families of those who died in the Nov. 28 air crash in Colombia.
  
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• Mane strikes at the death to earn Liverpool derby spoils

  19-12-2016 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Striker Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to play a pivotal part in Liverpool snatching a winner in the fifth minute of added time of the 227th M
  
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• Divock Origi player focus

  19-12-2016 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Divock Origi failed to fire at Goodison Park, but Liverpool found a way past neighbours Everton anyway thanks to Sadio Mane's stoppage-time winner
  
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• Watch: Two dogs & a man ride a horse at Olympia

  19-12-2016 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two dogs ride a horse during the final day of the 2016 Olympia Horse Show, as part of equestrian artist Santi Serra's act.
  
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• Olympia Horse Show 2016: Santi Serra's dogs ride a horse at final day of Grand Prix

  19-12-2016 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two dogs ride a horse during the final day of the 2016 Olympia Horse Show, as part of equestrian artist Santi Serra's act.
  
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• Darts prize money to rise: World champion to bank staggering sum

  19-12-2016 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  DARTS will break new ground next year when the prize money on the circuit will rise once again, this time to £11.2 million from £10m - with the world champion banking £400,000.
  
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• Maybe some people don't see him as British - Alistair Brownlee on Mo Farah

  19-12-2016 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Alistair Brownlee has questioned whether the public see Mo Farah as British and feels he deserves more recognition. Double Olympic triathlo
  
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• Jaguars have interest in bringing back Tom Coughlin

  19-12-2016 22:04
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have interest in former New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin.
  
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• Five things we learned as Mane snatches win for Liverpool against Everton in fiesty derby

  19-12-2016 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EXPRESS SPORT brings you five things we learned from the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
  
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• Gary Neville slams 'lazy' Arsenal following the Gunners' lacklustre Etihad display against Manchester City

  19-12-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United legend Gary Neville has not held back when it comes to evaluation of Arsenal's performance against Manchester City, branding Arsene Wenger's side 'lazy' and lacking bravery.
  
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• O'Brien says Savage will start Saturday against Bengals

  19-12-2016 21:53
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Savage will start at quarterback for the Houston Texans on Saturday against the Cincinnati Bengals.
  
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• Lorry ploughs into Christmas market crowd in Berlin

  19-12-2016 21:53
  
  At least nine people killed and many injured in centre of Berlin, police confirm, as suspected driver is arrested.
  
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• IAAF’s Athletics Integrity Unit to be launched in April 2017

  19-12-2016 21:51
  
  • Body to oversee anti-doping programme will have budget of £6.4m
  • Integrity unit key component of IAAF president Lord Coe’s reform programmeThe independent Athletics Integrity Unit which will oversee the sport’s anti-doping programme will be launched in April next year and have a budget of £6.4m, the world governing body has announced.The integrity unit was the key component of International Association of Athletics Federations president Lord Coe’s refor
  
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• NY businessman, veteran is Trump's pick for Army secretary

  19-12-2016 21:42
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped another billionaire businessman for an administration job, naming Army veteran and fellow New Yorker Vincent Viola to be his secretary of the Army.
  
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• FA ready to take Fifa poppy case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

  19-12-2016 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE FA are prepared to take their case all the way to the Court of Arbitration for Sport – after their fine for England wearing poppies was more than some nations’ punishment for homophobia and racism.
  
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• Arsenal have won away against the current top six just THREE times in the last 22 matches

  19-12-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal's second-half display in their defeat at Manchester City has been roundly criticised, but for those connected with the club it may well have been a strong case of deja-vu.
  
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• Arsenal news: Shkodran Mustafi determined to put the Gunners 'back on top'

  19-12-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The influential Gunners defender limped off with a hamstring injury during the victory over Stoke earlier this month and is set to be out of action for Arsene Wenger's side until the new year.
  
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• Wasps hit out at refereeing blunder after Connacht loss: It's hugely disappointing

  19-12-2016 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WASPS have hit out at the “hugely disappointing” refereeing blunder which cost them victory in Connacht at the weekend – and revealed they tried to make the officials aware of the mistake they were making.
  
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• Home countries’ FAs seeing red over poppies could have been avoided | David Conn

  19-12-2016 21:24
  
  The British set the principle of keeping politics and religion out of sport and Sir Stanley Rous was absolute in his interpretation of itWhisper it – you have to, beneath the barrage of furious indignation, bad temper, even declarations of “war”, from the prime minister down, over our gentle symbol of peace – but Fifa has a point about poppies. World football’s governing body, which Fifa still is, tried to articulate this as it unveiled the fines levelled at the foo
  
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• Pakistan's mission improbable against Australia worthy of both tears and smiles | Adam Collins

  19-12-2016 21:11
  
  The dramatic conclusion to the first Test in Brisbane transformed what had looked like a shocker of a match into something restorative and specialIt felt entirely worthy, returning to the Gabba for a fifth day whose existence defied all expectations. No one could begrudge it, Pakistan had earned their shot. They had batted under lights on three consecutive nights, the third of those going two hours beyond the scheduled close of play. Their target of 490 had been whittled down to 108, they had tw
  
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• England are becoming increasingly one dimensional... when the ball is moving they’re a match for anyone, when it's not they're devoid of ideas 

  19-12-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: England aren't the first side to come to India and struggle. But my worry is that they’re becoming increasingly one-dimensional.
  
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• Jamie Vardy: Leicester City appeal against red card in Stoke draw

  19-12-2016 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester City lodge an appeal against the red card shown to striker Jamie Vardy in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Stoke.
  
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