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• Hull City in defensive crisis ahead of EFL Cup semi-final against Manchester United

  09-01-2017 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hull's uphill battle at Manchester United has been made all the more difficult by the defensive crisis facing newly-appointed boss Marco Silva ahead of Tuesday's EFL Cup semi-final.
  
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• The Latest: Alabama seeks 15-0, last reached by Penn in 1897

  09-01-2017 23:48
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the College Football Playoff national title game (all times local):
  
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• Lionel Messi stays away from FIFA awards to avoid playing second fiddle to Cristiano Ronaldo

  09-01-2017 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officially his club wanted him to concentrate on preparing for Wednesday night's Copa del Rey tie against Athletic Bilbao, but it's believed the Argentine simply did not want to play second fiddle to Ronaldo.
  
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• Diego Maradona and Co's health 'put at risk' by FIFA during Legends matches at Zurich headquarters

  09-01-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: FIFA’s medical chief has slammed world football’s ruling body for staging Legends matches at their own headquarters without a pitchside defibrillator.
  
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• Bournemouth close in on capture of £7m-rated Sampdoria right-back Pedro Pereira

  09-01-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 18-year-old defender was the subject of £7million offers from Leicester and Juventus a year ago but stayed in Italy and has gone on to make ten first team appearances this season.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho cameos may be vital for Liverpool’s chances, says Klopp

  09-01-2017 23:30
  
  • Brazilian set to be in squad for EFL Cup semi-final first leg at Southampton
  • ‘It’s been difficult,’ says manager of Roberto Firmino’s off-field problemsJürgen Klopp underlined Philippe Coutinho’s importance to Liverpool when he said brief appearances by the Brazilian could be decisive at Southampton and Manchester United this week.Coutinho will return to the Liverpool squad for the EFL Cup semi-final first leg at St Mary’s Stadium on Wednesd
  
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• Philippe Coutinho cameos may be vital for Liverpool’s chances: Jürgen Klopp

  09-01-2017 23:30
  
  • Brazilian set to be in squad for EFL Cup semi-final first leg at Southampton
  • ‘It’s been difficult,’ says manager of Roberto Firmino’s off-field problemsJürgen Klopp underlined Philippe Coutinho’s importance to Liverpool when he said brief appearances by the Brazilian could be decisive at Southampton and Manchester United this week.Coutinho will return to the Liverpool squad for the EFL Cup semi-final first leg at St Mary’s Stadium on Wednesd
  
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• Manchester United fans forced to pick up tickets on day of Leicester clash as club move to prevent supporters from buying and selling them on

  09-01-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United fans travelling to Leicester will have to pick up their tickets in the city on the day of the game. United have been given 3,271 tickets for the February 5 clash at the King Power Stadium.
  
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• Jermain Defoe: Can Sunderland afford to lose him to West Ham (or anywhere else)?

  09-01-2017 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Relegation battlers Sunderland know how important Jermain Defoe is to their survival hopes - and here's the statistical proof.
  
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• NFL begins review of concussion protocol on Miami QB Moore

  09-01-2017 23:25
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The NFL has begun a review of the concussion protocol conducted on Miami Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore when he left his team's playoff game at Pittsburgh after being shaken up.
  
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• AP source: Jaguars hire Marrone, Coughlin, extend Caldwell

  09-01-2017 23:18
  
  A person familiar with the search says the Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Doug Marrone as head coach and brought back Tom Coughlin in an executive role.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo wins best Fifa men’s player 2016 – video

  09-01-2017 23:15
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo is awarded the best Fifa men’s player of 2016 accolade, following a year in which he was crowned a European champion for Real Madrid and Portugal - with victory in the Uefa Champions League and Euro 2016. Claudio Ranieri was named best FIFA men’s coach for taking his Leicester City side, who were ranked 5000/1 outsiders by some bookmakers, to win the 2015/16 Premier League title Continue reading...
  
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• Reese: Giants investigating hole in wall outside locker room

  09-01-2017 23:12
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese has told star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. that he needs to look at some of his antics on and off the field and be more responsible.
  
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• Leeds United’s Alex Mowatt proves too bright for Cambridge in FA Cup

  09-01-2017 22:55
  
  You might have expected the Cambridge United manager, Shaun Derry, to be pleased that his side gave Leeds United, a team two divisions above his own, a significant scare in their FA Cup third round tie on Monday. Not a bit of it. “I’ve got disappointment seeping through my blood,” said Derry, after Leeds came from a goal down to seal victory at the Cambs Glass Stadium.Derry’s disappointment stemmed from an eight-minute second half spell in which Leeds scored two virtually
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo 'proud' at winning Fifa best player award

  09-01-2017 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo describes 2016 as the "best" year of his career so far after being named the world's best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards.
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers coach Jerry Porter charged with assaulting a cop and doorman

  09-01-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pittsburgh Steelers coach Joey Porter has been charged with assaulting a doorman at a bar and a police officer who intervened hours after the team's win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
  
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• NFL viewership down 7 percent for wild-card round of routs

  09-01-2017 22:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Average TV viewership for the four NFL wild-card telecasts was down about 7 percent from a year ago — in line with lower ratings during the regular season, but also perhaps a result of four routs this time.
  
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• Nats say Scherzer has pitching finger injury, to miss WBC

  09-01-2017 22:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer injured a finger on his pitching hand and will miss the World Baseball Classic.
  
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• Wigan boss returns to Manchester United in FA Cup

  09-01-2017 22:51
  FA Cup holders Manchester United will face Championship side Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford in the FA Cup fourth round after the draw was made on Monday. The match-up will mean a quick return to Old Trafford for Warren Joyce, the club's former reserve team manager who left United after 10 years to join Wigan last November. Second tier side Wigan have struggled since producing one of the competition's biggest ever upsets when they beat Manchester City 1-0 in the final to win the FA Cup in 2013 an
  
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• Mowatt inspires Leeds FA Cup comeback win

  09-01-2017 22:50
  LONDON (Reuters) - Leeds United came from behind to beat Cambridge United 2-1 and claim a place in the FA Cup fourth round. A third-round shock looked possible when powerful striker Uche Ikpeazu put the League Two side ahead on 25 minutes but the visitors, who are fifth in the Championship, rallied with a strong second-half performance. Northern Ireland international Stuart Dallas headed the equaliser from an Alex Mowatt cross on 56 minutes and Mowatt grabbed the winner, flicking on Pontus Janss
  
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• Cambridge 1-2 Leeds: Garry Monk's side come from behind to avoid FA Cup third round upset

  09-01-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER TODD AT ABBEY STADIUM: For all of 56 minutes, this looked like being the upset of the third round. Minnows, 50 places below their opponents, putting in a brilliant shift for a famous win.
  
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• Cambridge Utd 1-2 Leeds: Match Report

  09-01-2017 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leeds see off Cambridge to book their place in FA Cup fourth roundLeeds survived a major first-half scare to win 2-1 at League Two Cambrid
  
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• Odell Beckham Jr headbutted locker and punched hole in wall at Lambeau Field after New York Giants' loss

  09-01-2017 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Odell Beckham Jr was spotted banging his head against his locker and hitting a hole in the wall after the New York Giants' 38-13 playoff loss at Lambeau Field.
  
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• NFL, union begin review of concussion protocol on Miami QB

  09-01-2017 22:23
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The NFL and NFL Players Association have begun a review of the concussion protocol conducted on Miami Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore when he left his team's playoff game at Pittsburgh after being shaken up.
  
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• FA Cup fourth-round draw: Holders Manchester United face Wigan and Chelsea take on Brentford

  09-01-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former United coach and current Wigan boss Warren Joyce will make a swift return to Old Trafford after the Championship strugglers were handed a daunting trip in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
  
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• Mohd Faiz Subri wins FIFA Puskas Award 2016 for best goal of the year

  09-01-2017 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Malaysian, who read his acceptance speech from his phone, received the award after picking up the most votes from football fans across the world. His strike for Penang was voted the best by fans.
  
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• Manchester United U23 1-3 Manchester City U23: Paolo Fernandes wraps up victory for visitors against 10-man neighbours

  09-01-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: The way Manchester City Under 23s won against their rivals will have Pep Guardiola purring when the Spanish manager is handed the edited highlights.
  
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• England head coach Eddie Jones wins Rugby Union Writers' Club award

  09-01-2017 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England head coach Eddie Jones has won the prestigious Rugby Union Writers' Club Pat Marshall Memorial Award as the sport's personality of the year
  
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• Wayne Rooney plumped for Jamie Vardy ahead of Lionel Messi while N'Golo Kante made Gareth Southgate's top three instead of Barcelona star... how the FIFA Player of the Year vote broke down

  09-01-2017 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the dust settles on another glitzy FIFA awards ceremony, football fans take great delight in discovering which captain and manager voted for which player.
  
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• Bournemouth midfielder Emerson Hyndman joins Rangers on loan after FA Cup defeat

  09-01-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The USA international flew into Glasgow over the weekend for talks with Gers boss Mark Warburton, and a deal which will see him join up with the Light Blues for the season has been agreed.
  
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• Leeds see off Cambridge to book their place in FA Cup fourth round

  09-01-2017 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leeds survived a major first-half scare to win 2-1 at League Two Cambridge and progress into the FA Cup fourth round.Garry Monk's side were
  
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• Isle Of Man For The British National Championships

  09-01-2017 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  British Cycling has confirmed that the 2017 HSBC UK National Road Championships will take place
  
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• Clamour grows to review Millwall scheme as Sadiq Khan urged to step in

  09-01-2017 21:25
  
  • Conservative associations in Lewisham add their voice to protest
  • Scheme ‘fraught with problems from the start’ says letter to London mayorThe controversy surrounding Millwall’s stadium has taken another significant turn with the news that three local Conservative associations have written to the secretary of state for local government, Sajid Javid, and the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, urging both men to step in and review the entire development.Lewisham council&rs
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo wins world’s best player at first Fifa ‘The Best’ Awards

  09-01-2017 21:16
  
  • Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann to claim the prize
  • Leicester manager, Claudio Ranieri, named coach of the yearCristiano Ronaldo has been crowned the world’s best player at the inaugural Fifa ‘The Best’ Awards in Zurich.Ronaldo, who led Portugal to the Euro 2016 title as well as scoring the winning penalty in the 2015-16 Champions League final for Real Madrid, beat fellow shortlisted candidates Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann to claim the prize.
  
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• Chelsea launch appeal to Football Association after John Terry's sending off in victory over Peterborough

  09-01-2017 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Terry, who was making his first start since the EFL Cup defeat by West Ham in October, fouled Peterborough striker Lee Angol as he raced towards goal and was shown a straight red.
  
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• Carli Lloyd wins The Best FIFA Women's Player award ahead of Marta and Melanie Behringer

  09-01-2017 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Accepting the award, Lloyd said: 'I wouldnt be here without my team mates. I want to thank them and my coaching staff, helping me evolve my game. I want to continue to get better.'
  
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• Steelers assistant coach accused of assault hours after win

  09-01-2017 21:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Pro Bowl linebacker and current Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter was charged early Monday with assaulting a doorman at a bar and a police officer who intervened hours after the team's wild card win over the Miami Dolphins.
  
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• Gianni Infantino’s 48-team World Cup plan set to be approved by Fifa

  09-01-2017 20:55
  
  • Nigerian federation chief says it would be ‘big surprise’ if plan turned down
  • Fifa council will vote on Tuesday on five potential formats for 2026 finalsThe president of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has said it would be “a big surprise” if Gianni Infantino’s proposals to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from 2026 are not enthusiastically adopted when the Fifa Council meets in Zurich on Tuesday.Pinnick is in Switzerland and, while he
  
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• FIFA Team of the Year 2016 does not include a Premier League player

  09-01-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not a single player plying his trade in England was deemed worthy of a place. In fact, only one man not employed by Barca or Real was picked... Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
  
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• US troops 'kill dozens of ISIL fighters' in Syria raid

  09-01-2017 20:40
  
  Coalition official confirms US soldiers carried out operation against armed group in eastern province of Deir Az Zor.
  
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• Racing blackout on betting shop TV screens adds to gloom for sport of kings

  09-01-2017 20:40
  
  Media rights dispute between bookmakers and racecourses not resolved while TV viewing figures are down on last year despite new ITV dealLive racing coverage was blanked out in the majority of Britain’s betting shops on Monday as the result of an ongoing dispute over media rights payments between bookmakers and racecourses. The situation is unlikely to be resolved in time to prevent another blank day in the shops on Tuesday , while the Racing Post on Monday led its front page on the (not en
  
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• USA's Carli Lloyd wins second straight Fifa best player award

  09-01-2017 20:37
  
  USA forward edges Melanie Behringer, Marta for top individual honor‘I honestly was not expecting this,’ said Lloyd, who also won last yearCristiano Ronaldo picks up award for best male playerCarli Lloyd of the United States has won her second straight Fifa’s best woman player award. Related: Carli Lloyd's memoir explodes myth that US women's soccer is all fun and friendsContinue reading...
  
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• FA Cup fourth-round draw: Southampton or Norwich v Arsenal, Manchester United v Wigan

  09-01-2017 20:32
  
  • Winners of Plymouth v Liverpool replay will host Wolves
  • Non-league Sutton and Lincoln both at home if they win replaysManchester United’s FA Cup defence and bid for a record 13th triumph will continue in a fourth-round tie against Wigan Athletic, the 2013 winners, at Old Trafford.José Mourinho, a winner with Chelsea against United in 2007, has revived his new team after an indifferent start and will look favourably on a draw against the Championship club. Continue read
  
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• Dana White attacks 'uppity 80-year-old' Meryl Streep over MMA comments

  09-01-2017 20:24
  
  Oscar winner took dig at mixed martial arts in Golden Globes speechBellator MMA president Scott Coker invites actress to next event
  It was perhaps not a surprise that Meryl Streep took aim at the president elect, Donald Trump, during her speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday night. Her attack on sports was a little more unexpected though. Continue reading...
  
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• Manning, Spurrier enter College Football Hall of Fame

  09-01-2017 20:21
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Peyton Manning and his Southeastern Conference nemesis, former Florida coach Steve Spurrier, will go into the College Football Hall of Fame together.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri named FIFA coach of the year after Italian guided Leicester to Premier League triumph

  09-01-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ranieri was named coach of the year at the FIFA award ceremony in  Zurich on Monday night. The 65-year-old Italian beat Zinedine Zidane and Fernando Santos to scoop the prestigious award.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo aims dig at Lionel Messi as he wins The Best FIFA Football Player award

  09-01-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't resist a sly dig at Barcelona and arch rival Lionel Messi after winning The Best FIFA Football Player award on Monday.  
  
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• Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez in FIFA Team of the Year but no Premier League players

  09-01-2017 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not a single player plying his trade in England was deemed worthy of a place. In fact, only one man not employed by Barca or Real was picked... Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
  
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