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• Franks' field goal seals Dolphins' 34-31 OT win over Bills

  24-12-2016 23:53
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Jay Ajayi ran for 206 yards and broke loose for a 57-yarder in overtime to set up Andrew Franks' 27-yard field goal with 47 seconds left to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 34-31 win over the Buffalo Bills on Saturday.
  
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• Bowles returns from hospital stay, coaches Jets in 41-3 loss

  24-12-2016 23:38
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Jets coach Todd Bowles arrived in New England a day later than planned, saying gallstones and kidney stones kept him from taking the team flight.
  
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• Conor McGregor impersonators left stunned as UFC superstar interrupts their comical play fight on Dublin street during festive night out

  24-12-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two young men on a night out were given the surprise of their lives on Friday evening after bumping into 28-year-old Irish UFC star Conor McGregor in amusing fashion.
  
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• Rodgers, Nelson shred Vikings as surging Packers win 38-25

  24-12-2016 23:29
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns, Jordy Nelson shredded Minnesota's secondary for 154 yards and two scores, and the resurgent Green Bay Packers beat the Vikings 38-25 on Saturday.
  
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• Real Madrid news: Gareth Bale continues ankle injury rehab on Christmas Eve

  24-12-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christmas Eve is a time for most people to relax and unwind but Gareth Bale did not get to the top of world football by resting on his laurels, as his latest Twitter post proves.
  
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• Christmas gift: Browns get first win, beat Chargers 20-17

  24-12-2016 22:56
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — On the verge of infamy and more embarrassment, the Browns triumphed.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo has message for fans as Real Madrid star wishes them a Happy Christmas on return to Madeira

  24-12-2016 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo has regained his perch at the top of world football after winning the Ballon d'Or, and the Real Madrid star - and his waxwork - were keen to wish his fans a very Merry Christmas.
  
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• NFL round-up: Browns win for first time in a year; Titans lose Mariota for season

  24-12-2016 22:48
  
  Cleveland avoid winless season with 20-17 win over ChargersPatriots edge towards No1 seed in AFC with easy win over woeful JetsThe Browns are winless no more. Cleveland avoided that fate on Saturday by beating the San Diego Chargers 20-17 for their first victory in more than a year. San Diego’s Josh Lambo missed a 45-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Browns (1-14) their first win in 377 days.When the kick sailed right, Cleveland’s small crowd erupted in celebration and Brow
  
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• Melbourne’s last great independent cricket bat-maker closes up shop | Russell Jackson

  24-12-2016 22:30
  
  Lachlan Fisher has hand-crafted bats for decades but cheap imports and consumer indifference have put an end to an institution. ‘I’m out of here, I’ve had a gutful,’ he tells Russell JacksonKingsville in Melbourne’s inner west is the perfect location for a workshop like Lachlan Fisher’s. Little more than a lofted drive down Williamstown Road from the alluring facade of Yarraville Oval, and a few blocks from Charles Street, where Australian cricket bat pioneers
  
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• Patriots close in on AFC top seed with 41-3 win over Jets

  24-12-2016 22:15
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady passed for 214 yards and three touchdowns , and the Patriots moved a step closer to securing home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs with a 41-3 win over the New York Jets on Saturday.
  
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• Virgil van Dijk wears Manchester City shirt given from Secret Santa as Pep Guardiola's side plan £50m swoop for Southampton centre back

  24-12-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Van Dijk's Southampton centre back partner, Jose Fonte, took to Instagram on Saturday to post photos of some of the squad wearing their Secret Santa gifts ahead of their fixture with Tottenham.
  
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• Chelsea striker Diego Costa pines for Atletico Madrid days as he admits he misses clashing with Real Madrid defenders Sergio Ramos and Pepe

  24-12-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diego Costa knows how to wind up the opposition and the Chelsea striker enjoyed doing exactly that to Real Madrid stars Sergio Ramos and Pepe during his days with Atletico Madrid more than anything.
  
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• Exeter 31-10 Leicester: Thomas Waldrom scores twice but impressive Chiefs lose Henry Slade to injury

  24-12-2016 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exeter claimed a convincing 31-10 win over Leicester to leapfrog the Tigers into fourth place in the Aviva Premiership with the prolific Thomas Waldrom scoring twice in the opening 20 minutes
  
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• As Tottenham unveil images of their dramatic White Hart Lane overhaul... Sportsmail looks at the incredible stadium constructions taking place all over the world

  24-12-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new year brings with it another clutch of clubsmoving ever-closer to entering brand new home. Sportsmail looks ahead to the future of the terraces from as near as Brentford to as far as Budapest.
  
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• The Latest: Browns' Joe Haden has neck injury

  24-12-2016 21:49
  
  The Latest on week 16 of the NFL season on Saturday (all times local):
  
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• Tampa Bay RB Martin sits in coach's decision vs. New Orleans

  24-12-2016 21:28
  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will try to keep their playoff hopes alive without running back Doug Martin.
  
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• Football at Christmas: Discover how George Best, Paul Gascoigne and Zinedine Zidane celebrated with historical photographs taken across six decades

  24-12-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Christmas just around the corner, Sportsmail looks back at some of the most iconic football moments over the decades, featuring Bill Nicholson, George Best and Paul Gascoigne.
  
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• Wasps 40-26 Bath: Christian Wade scores a hat-trick as hosts see off Aviva Premiership title rivals 

  24-12-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christian Wade scored a hat-trick as Wasps claimed an emphatic 40-26 win over Aviva Premiership title rivals Bath. Jimmy Gopperth weighed in with 20 points in the win in Coventry.
  
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• Saracens 21-6 Newcastle: Chris Ashton marks return from suspension by scoring try as Sarries remain top of Aviva Premiership standings

  24-12-2016 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Ashton came on as a second half replacement after completing his latest ban, for biting the arm of Alex Waller in September, and made the immediate impact he would have hoped for at Allianz Park.
  
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• Watford strike a better balance to compensate for front duo’s lack of goals

  24-12-2016 19:51
  
  Despite Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney misfiring Walter Mazzarri’s team are coping well but will want to improve on recent results at home to Crystal PalaceLast Christmas was a particularly sweet one for Watford’s supporters, who went into the festive period on the back of a four-game winning run that culminated in their finest result of the season, a 3-0 victory against Liverpool. As they pulled their crackers and donned their paper party hats the team was seventh in the Premier Leagu
  
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• Crystal Palace Exclusive: Shock £15m bid for Prem ace, boardroom split over Sam Allardyce

  24-12-2016 19:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SAM ALLARDYCE is eyeing Sunderland's Lamine Kone as his first big signing for Crystal Palace.
  
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• Chelsea legend Frank Lampard jokes 'I'm still waiting for the five-year contract to come through' as he admits he would love return to Blues

  24-12-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking on Soccer AM on Saturday morning, Blues legend and midfielder Frank Lampard reminisced with captain John Terry about their time together at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• UEFA announce Champions League breakthrough team of the year with Portugal's Euro 2016 star Renato Sanches and Victor Lindelof included

  24-12-2016 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just seven clubs are represented in UEFA's Champions League breakthrough team of the year, with Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona players making up nearly half of the side.
  
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• Jets without RB Matt Forte, Pats without Hightower, Amendola

  24-12-2016 18:41
  Jets running back Matt Forte is missing his first game Saturday against the New England Patriots with a torn meniscus in his right knee and an injured shoulder.
  
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• Indomitable Exeter heap pain and misery on Leicester’s Richard Cockerill

  24-12-2016 18:18
  
  • Exeter 31-10 Leicester• Chiefs leapfrog Tigers into top fourWhen Exeter Chiefs give it a real lash at home there is a hint of classic Munster about them. From Leicester’s perspective there were certainly echoes of their 38-0 drubbing at Thomond Park a fortnight ago as they slumped to the latest bleak away defeat of a season that is in danger of going nowhere fast.Richard Cockerill remained defiant afterwards, predicting his side would still finish in the top four in May. &ldquo
  
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• Jets say Todd Bowles to coach from sideline vs. Patriots

  24-12-2016 18:12
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Jets say Todd Bowles will coach from the sideline against the Patriots on Saturday, a day after a medical scare sent him to the hospital.
  
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• Rob Baxter happy as Exeter get the better of Leicester

  24-12-2016 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Exeter's head coach Rob Baxter hailed the importance of his side's 31-10 win over Leicester.The impressive success helped catapult Exeter
  
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• Woods has wild week: white Santa goatee, golf with Trump

  24-12-2016 17:52
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is having quite the week.
  
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• Rangers 1-0 Inverness: Gers scrape past visitors after Caley Thistle's Brad McKay scores own goal in first half

  24-12-2016 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 13th minute own goal from Caley Thistle defender Brad McKay at the Ibrox on Saturday provided some festive cheer on a day when Mark Warburton's team were largely off key.
  
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• Wilfried Zaha sorry to see Alan Pardew sacked by Crystal Palace: 'He believed in me when many didn't'

  24-12-2016 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alan Pardew's tenure at Selhurst Park was ended on Thursday after almost two years with the club 17th in the top-flight, a point above the relegation zone. But Wilfried Zaha has thanked him.
  
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• Dai Young pleased with Wasps' hard-fought win over Bath

  24-12-2016 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wasps director of rugby Dai Young admitted his weary side had earned their Christmas rest after a thrilling 40-26 victory over Bath Rugby.
  
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• Formula 1 quiz: Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen said what!?

  24-12-2016 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test your knowledge of some of the more surreal things to come out of an F1 driver's mouth at 200mph.
  
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• Exeter replace Leicester in fourth with impressive win at Sandy Park

  24-12-2016 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Exeter claimed a convincing 31-10 win over Leicester to leapfrog the Tigers into fourth place in the Aviva Premiership.The prolific Thoma
  
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• Kentucky Basketball: UK Lands 5-Star Recruit Jarred Vanderbilt - FOXSports.com

  24-12-2016 17:19
  
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  Kentucky Basketball: UK Lands 5-Star Recruit Jarred Vanderbilt
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  Kentucky Basketball: UK lands five-star recruit Jarred Vanderbilt, adding a versatile, skilled athlete to the already No. 1 ranked 2017 recruiting class. Nov 11, 2016; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari smiles during the ...en meer »
  
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• Frank Lampard says he would love to return to Chelsea as a player

  24-12-2016 17:13
  
  • Midfielder eager to maintain Chelsea links after leaving New York City
  • ‘If the right thing comes, I’ll take it,’ says LampardFrank Lampard says he would love to return to Chelsea as a player and plans to spend plenty of time at Stamford Bridge even if he is not offered a deal.Chelsea’s all-time leading goalscorer is considering his options after his contract expired with the Major League Soccer side New York City. Continue reading...
  
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• Lampard to stay in close contact with Chelsea

  24-12-2016 17:12
  Former England midfielder Frank Lampard says he will be "in close contact" with his old club Chelsea as he decides on his next career move. Lampard watched Premier League leaders Chelsea's 1-0 home win over West Bromwich Albion earlier this month and was an onlooker at training on Wednesday when manager Antonio Conte said he was in good enough shape to continue his playing career. "I'm still waiting for the five-year contract to come through from Chelsea, they haven't called yet," Lampard joked
  
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• Personalise your BBC Sport app and sign up for alerts

  24-12-2016 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With latest scores and headlines sent straight to your device, personalisation and much more, ensure you have a great sporting life with BBC Sport.
  
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• Conor McGregor strips down to his underwear and poses in front of a Lamborghini Aventador after vowing to 'break' Floyd Mayweather's face

  24-12-2016 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conor McGregor posted a provocative Instagram post just hours after claiming he would 'break' Floyd Mayweather's face and conquer the boxing world on the same platform.
  
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• Christian Wade scores hat-trick and breaks records as Wasps beat Bath

  24-12-2016 17:07
  
  • Wasps 40-26 Bath
  • Wade scores record 18th try of calendar yearThis was ostensibly a showcase for current England and Wales internationals but, in unseasonably fine Coventry conditions, it was a man best known for his three-years-and-counting absence from the England team who caught the eye.Christian Wade has just a solitary 2013 cap to his name but just 47 minutes had passed when he took Kurtley Beale’s fine pass – after Elliot Daly’s searing break had carved Bath
  
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• Sam Allardyce: The new Crystal Palace manager's turbulent year

  24-12-2016 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Sam Allardyce is appointed as the new manager of Crystal Palace, BBC Sport has a look back at what has been an up and down year for the man they call 'Big Sam'.
  
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• James DeGale not holding back at Christmas despite Badou Jack title fight

  24-12-2016 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James DeGale takes on Badou Jack to unify the world super-middleweight title in January, but will not will go without his Christmas dinner.
  
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• Chris Ashton makes try-scoring return as Saracens see off Newcastle

  24-12-2016 16:40
  
  • Saracens 21-6 Newcastle
  • Ashton comes on as replacement after 13-week banThe Saracens show reel of recent times is long, but this match will not feature on it. Chris Ashton rounded it off with a try on his return from suspension, a finish in the corner, but the game had long since dwindled by then to the expected conclusion. Newcastle were worthy of a bonus point and certainly not the 15-point deficit they ended up staring at, but neither did they ever threaten to make this an absor
  
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• Wing Chris Ashton is praised by boss Mark McCall after scoring on his return

  24-12-2016 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Saracens boss MarkMcCall praised Chris Ashton after the wing marked his return from a 13-week biting ban with a late try in the 21-6 win over Ne
  
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• Livingston 1-2 Queen's Park: Match Report

  24-12-2016 16:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Runaway leaders Livingston stunned by Queen's ParkLeague leaders Livingston suffered a surprise 2-1 home defeat to Queen's Park on Saturda
  
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• Hamilton 0-3 Celtic: Leigh Griffiths and Stuart Amstrong fire champions to victory

  24-12-2016 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Moussa Dembele came off the bench to add a third, scoring his first goal from open play since October, to maintain Brendan Rodgers' side 14-point lead at the top of the table in Scotland.
  
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• Christian Wade scores a hat-trick as Wasps beat title rivals Bath

  24-12-2016 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Christian Wade scored a hat-trick as Wasps claimed an emphatic 40-26 win over Aviva Premiership title rivals Bath.Jimmy Gopperth weighed
  
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• Chris Ashton scores on return from suspension as Saracens edge out Newcastle

  24-12-2016 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chris Ashton made a try-scoring return from his 13-week suspension to help Saracens down Newcastle 21-6 and remain top of the Aviva Premiership sta
  
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• Football supporters shouldn't have a problem when a manager gets an offer to move

  24-12-2016 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN ALLEN: Football supporters complain left, right and centre if their team are not winning and want the boss sacked. On the other hand, they shouldn't moan when they get a chance to leave.
  
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• Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur: match preview

  24-12-2016 16:00
  
  A punishing schedule of three matches in six days would suggest Southampton have somehow got themselves on the Premier League fixture computer’s naughty list this year. Claude Puel’s side will benefit from the 10-day break since their 3-1 win at Bournemouth but they risk losing the momentum generated by that impressive performance just as they head into a crucial run of fixtures. Rich FlowerKick-off Wednesday 7.45pmContinue reading...
  
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• How Hallam FC began Feast of Stephen’s glut of Christmas football

  24-12-2016 16:00
  
  Since the first Boxing Day match 156 years ago, fans have gorged on festive servings of goals, none more so than in 1963 when Fulham beat Ipswich 10-1When Hallam FC entertain Pontefract Collieries in the North Eastern Counties Football League Division One at Sandygate Road on Boxing Day, the club based in the Sheffield suburb of Crosspool will continue a tradition they helped start exactly 156 years ago. An offshoot of the local cricket club, Hallam FC are the world’s second oldest footbal
  
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