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• Tony Pulis urges misfits at top Premier League sides to join clubs lower down table as West Brom make move for Morgan Schneiderlin

  23-12-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Brom are making amove for Morgan Schneiderlin, lodging a bid worth £18million, and Tony Pulis believes his club’s pull lies in the assurance of regular gametime.
  
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• Justin Turner, Dodgers finalize $64M, 4-year contract

  23-12-2016 23:57
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Third baseman Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized their $64 million, four-year contract.
  
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• Former England international Kenny Sansom claims he wants to kill himself

  23-12-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Arsenal full back, who has just £50 to his name, is spending Christmas by himself after splitting from his fiancee and his inability to kick the booze has seen him lose touch with his family.
  
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• Crystal Palace will pay new boss Sam Allardyce £4million if he keeps Eagles up

  23-12-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Allardyce has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal worth £2.5m per year in wages and he will also net a seven-figure bonus, like the one given to Tony Pulis,if he guides the club away from the drop zone.
  
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• Stourbridge manager Gary Hackett criticises BBC and BT Sport for not showing club's FA Cup game live on TV, insisting 'it is absolutely ridiculous'

  23-12-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Northern Premier League club Stourbridge, currently in 147th spot in the football pyramid, travel to League Two Wycombe — ranked 72 places above them — on January 7 in the FA Cup third round.
  
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• Madison Keys admits she will miss Australian Open after wrist surgery 

  23-12-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old American, who is ranked No. 8 in the world, said Friday in a statement on Twitter that she had arthroscopic surgery on her left wrist three days after the season-ending WTA Finals.
  
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• British Cycling sends Bradley Wiggins answer to Department of Culture, Media and Sport select committee

  23-12-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However, it still remains unclear whether they provided any documentary evidence of what was in the medical package that remains the focus of a UK Anti-Doping investigation.
  
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• Andy Woodward believes there are more sex abuse victims waiting to come forward

  23-12-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Woodward believes several ex-players are waiting until Christmas is over before approaching police with their accusations. The former Crewe player was abused at the club.
  
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• Don't bank on Ross Barkley, says Ronald Koeman as midfielder faces challenge to convince Everton boss

  23-12-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Koeman has given a blunt appraisal of Barkley’s form and admitted he is unsure whether the Everton midfielder will fulfil his potential. Barkley’s form has been up and down during 2016.
  
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• Wales's Euro 2016 run nearly ruined Mark Hughes's swoop for Joe Allen 

  23-12-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL: Mark Hughes has admitted he watched Euro 2016 half-hoping Wales would get knocked out so Stoke's pursuit of Joe Allen would run more smoothly.
  
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• Outfielder Ben Revere agrees to $4M, 1-year deal with Angels

  23-12-2016 23:39
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Outfielder Ben Revere has agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, three weeks after Washington allowed him to become a free agent.
  
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• Yuliya Stepanova's former coach Vladimir Mokhnev given 10-year ban from athletics 

  23-12-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Athlete Anastasiya Bazdyreva has also been suspended for two years, starting from August 2015, after the International Association of Athletics Federations referred their cases to the CAS.
  
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• Slaven Bilic wants to let Andy Carroll act as West Ham's 'kid' at Christmas as manager plans to not hold striker back during busy festive schedule

  23-12-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three games in six days for Slaven Bilic's West Ham side, starting at Swansea City on Boxing Day, will test Andy Carroll’s fitness after missing most of the season with a knee injury.
  
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• Gary Anderson breezes into last 16 of PDC World Darts Championship

  23-12-2016 23:31
  
  • Champion sees off Andrew Gilding with comfortable 4-0 win
  • Last year’s runner-up Adrian Lewis also records whitewashThe defending champion, Gary Anderson, eased into the last 16 of the World Darts Championship with a convincing 4-0 win over Andrew Gilding at Alexandra Palace.The 46-year-old second seed, who has won the competition for the past two years, never looked in danger of an early exit as he won each set 3-1 to secure a quick passage to the next round. Continue reading
  
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• Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino admits sealing a new deal for Hugo Lloris is key for the club 

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW: Mauricio Pochettino has hailed the capture of Hugo Lloris on a new long-term contract as the most important of Tottenham's blur of new deals in 2015.
  
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• The Big Turn-Off: TV rights deals are sky high but viewers are switching off as digital video content accelerates

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This has been a year of record-breaking television rights deals and crowning glories from as near as Leicester and as far as Rio — but viewers are switching off due to greater digital video content.
  
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• Saracens giant Will Skelton out to prove he is more than a big body... he's the smallest of three brothers after all

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Will Skelton may have been described as the ‘biggest human being I’ve ever seen’ by Mark McCall but the giant Wallaby lock is not even the biggest in his own family.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: Best bets for Monday, December 26

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his best tips for the Boxing Day meetings at Fontwell, Sedgefield, Kempton, Wetherby, Huntingdon, Wincanton, Market Rasen and Wolverhampton.
  
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• Raheem Sterling must learn to be more prolific, insists Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER: Pep Guardiola has urged Raheem Sterling to be more prolific for Manchester City following his sensational winner against Arsenal last weekend.
  
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• Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri wants vocal dressing room after Kasper Schmeichel issues rally cry at Stoke

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester were trailing 2-0 down at Stoke with 10 men, but Kasper Schmeichel and Wes Morgan were among those to address the group insisting the game was not lost at the Bet365 Stadium.
  
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• Greg Dyke says no to tell-all FA memoir as former chairman turns down six-figure book deal advance

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: Greg Dyke, who would have written the book himself following the success of a previous memoir, had been offered a six-figure advance by publishers for his FA tell-all.
  
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• Forget my injury... not being picked is more frustrating, says Southampton forward Jay Rodriguez

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The two goals he scored against Bournemouth last Sunday were a glimmer of the old Jay Rodriguez, the one who was on the verge of a call-up to England's World Cup squad in 2014.
  
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• Danny Welbeck’s Arsenal return will offer Arsène Wenger new weapon

  23-12-2016 23:30
  
  The forward has spent 17 of the past 20 months on the sidelines but is back in full training and ready to add new dimension to Arsenal’s front threeIt was at the Etihad Stadium in May that Danny Welbeck’s devastated expression, as he lay on the pitch while the Arsenal physiotherapist examined his knee, told of another major problem. He was not long recovered from an injury that kept him out of action for 10 months. The blow of new serious damage was obvious.Seven months down the line
  
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• Crystal Palace could not resist Sam Allardyce even after his England humbling

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM CRAFTON: In an uncertain world, Sam Allardyce offers the nearest thing to a guarantee, and for owners who require Premier League safety, that is an invaluable quality.
  
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• Bob Bradley fighting to convince his Swansea players he is the man to keep them up

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL - EXCLUSIVE: Bob Bradley's training regime is privately being called into question by a clutch of the Swansea playing staff, who see his methods archaic and repetitive.
  
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• Blackpool great Jimmy Armfield on vintage festive fun: Portsmouth came to us on Christmas Day... then we went straight down there! 

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: Forget about a couple of games in quick succession and having to train on the big day. Players of yesteryear had to play on Christmas Day AND Boxing Day!
  
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• Arsene Wenger to keep Arsenal waiting until April as he considers his future at the Emirates

  23-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsene Wenger’s existing deal as Arsenal manager expires at the end of the season, but the 67-year-old is in no hurry to commit himself to the club until a month before his contract is due to end.
  
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• Everton’s Ronald Koeman cannot avoid persistent Ross Barkley quandary

  23-12-2016 23:29
  
  The Everton manager is reluctant to discuss his midfielder but concedes he is unsure if the 23-year-old will ever become the player many hoped he wouldRonald Koeman rolled his eyes when the subject cropped up but Everton’s performance in the Merseyside derby on Monday ensured there was no avoiding a repeat of the question. Namely, will the potential of Ross Barkley morph into the consistent performer David Moyes and Roberto Martínez believed he could be? “I am not sure,”
  
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• APNewsBreak: Rise in MLB average salary lowest since 2004

  23-12-2016 23:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The rise in Major League Baseball's average salary slowed this year as more players got hurt and wound up on the disabled list, leaving the increase at just under $14,000.
  
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• Oklahoma's Joe Mixon tearfully apologizes for punching woman

  23-12-2016 23:21
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon made a tearful public apology Friday, more than two years after punching a woman and breaking bones in her face.
  
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• Marlins finalize $16M, 2-year deal with pitcher Brad Ziegler

  23-12-2016 23:14
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Right-hander Brad Ziegler's $16 million, two-year contract with the Miami Marlins has been finalized after he passed a physical.
  
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• Tevez set to leave Boca in big-money move to China

  23-12-2016 23:13
  Much-travelled striker Carlos Tevez is set to leave Boca Juniors for Shanghai Shenhua in the New Year, Argentine media reports said on Friday. The 32-year-old, who on Thursday married the mother of his three children Vanesa Mansilla, is expected to announce next week that he will sign a two-year contract with Shenhua who are coached by former Uruguay midfielder Gus Poyet. "With the figures that are being handled, it’s impossible he won’t go," Boca president Daniel Angelici was quoted
  
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• Northampton end losing run at Sale's expense

  23-12-2016 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northampton Saints earn a morale-boosting win over Sale Sharks despite a fine debut Premiership try for Denny Solomona.
  
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• Northampton 24-5 Sale: Ben Foden and Tom Wood score to help eliminate memories of Leinster humiliation

  23-12-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Northampton tooks steps to recover from their humiliating 60-13 weekend defeat to Leinster by beating Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership.
  
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• Dundee strike in injury-time to defeat Hearts

  23-12-2016 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marcus Haber's injury-time winner caps a superb Dundee comeback to deny Hearts head coach Ian Cathro a first win in charge.
  
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• Aberdeen win at Motherwell to narrow gap to top two

  23-12-2016 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aberdeen narrow the gap on the top two in the Premiership after a solid win against Motherwell at Fir Park.
  
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• Dundee 3-2 Hearts: Match Report

  23-12-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ian Cathro still waiting for a win as Hearts are sunk by Marcus HaberIan Cathro is still looking for his first win as Hearts head coach af
  
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• Boxing hero Henry Nissen the people's champion in more ways than one | Russell Jackson

  23-12-2016 22:30
  
  ‘I was always happiest when I was helping people rather than bashing them,’ says the man once known as ‘Hammering Henry’Back when he used to bore in on opponents and pummel them into submission his fans called him “Hammering Henry”, “the Miniature Freight Car” and “the Hustling Hebrew”. At 68 years of age, Henry Nissen is still hustling, still hammering away. He has to. Only now the streets are his arena and, while Melburnians need his
  
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• Gambia: Africa bloc vows to send troops if Jammeh stays

  23-12-2016 22:28
  
  West African states pledge to intervene militarily if Yahya Jammeh does not step down by January 19 after election loss.
  
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• Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori to coach Middlesex in T20 Blast

  23-12-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 37-year-old, who played 442 matches for New Zealand over all three formats before retiring last year, has signed a three-year contract with the county.
  
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• Juventus 1-1 AC Milan (AET, 3-4 pens): Gianluigi Donnarumma the hero as spectacular save from Paulo Dybala's penalty decides Italian Super Cup

  23-12-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AC Milan triumphed over Serie A champions Juventus in the Italian Super Cup after coming through a nail-biting encounter to win on penalties.
  
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• Chelsea marathon man N'Golo Kante runs off with my top prize in 2016 Christmas awards

  23-12-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER'S CHRISTMAS AWARDS: I want to hand out some other awards that show, once again, that no other domestic competition comes close to matching the Premier League.
  
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• Premier League festive fixture list: Who gets the most rest this Christmas?

  23-12-2016 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger are questioning the Premier League festive fixture list - so who gets the most rest this Christmas?
  
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• World Rugby criticises handling of North concussion

  23-12-2016 22:03
  By Ken Ferris LONDON (Reuters) - World rugby's ruling body has criticised the handling of the concussion suffered by Northampton's George North against Leicester this month, saying that he should have left the field immediately and not returned. A domestic Concussion Management Review Group (CMRG) investigating the incident decided Northampton wrongly allowed the Welsh winger to resume playing after he sustained the injury in the Premiership game. World Rugby said on Friday it was unhappy with t
  
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• Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool squad pay visit to children's hospital ahead of Boxing Day clash with Stoke 

  23-12-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool stars, including Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana visited the Alder Hey Children's Hospital and enjoyed the chance to put a smile on the youngsters faces on Friday afternoon.
  
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• AC Milan beat Juventus to win Italian Super Cup

  23-12-2016 21:51
  
  Seventeen-year-old goalkeeper the hero for Milan who lift their first trophy since 2011 after a 4-3 win on penalties.
  
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• Cuban pitcher Norge Ruiz gets $2M signing bonus with A's

  23-12-2016 21:24
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cuban right-hander Norge Ruiz agreed to a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics that includes a $2 million signing bonus.
  
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• Sam Allardyce wants to bring 'joy' to Crystal Palace fans as he replaces Alan Pardew in time for Christmas

  23-12-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM CRAFTON: Sam Allardyce has been appointed as the next manager of Crystal Palace and will will take charge of the club's Boxing Day fixture at Watford.
  
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• Milan win Supercoppa Italiana in shootout triumph over Juventus

  23-12-2016 21:21
  
  • Milan 1-1 Juventus (aet)
  • Mario Pasalic scored winning spot-kick in 4-3 shootout victoryMario Pasalic scored the winning penalty as Milan lifted the Supercoppa Italiana for the first time in five years with a 4-3 shootout victory over the holders Juventus in Doha.The Chelsea loanee kept his nerve to find the top left corner with Milan’s fifth spot-kick after their 17-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma had denied Paulo Dybala. Continue reading...
  
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• World Rugby step in to George North concussion controversy amid concerns over 'non-compliance'

  23-12-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World Rugby will seek further information from the Rugby Football Union about an 'apparent non-compliance' with its protocols over the handling of George North's recent head injury.
  
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