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• Tottenham star Harry Kane on the secrets of his success

  03-02-2017 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Footage of Harry Kane's first-ever league goal is hard to come by. A report from Leyton Orient's 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in January 2011 described it as a 'neat finish.'
  
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• Eddie Jones's formidable England should crush France

  03-02-2017 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: England will launch their crusade for more glory at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon with the monumental task of trying to build on the perfect start to Eddie Jones's reign.
  
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• Ozil must graft for Arsenal to stand chance of Chelsea win

  03-02-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: Dennis Bergkamp worked incredibly hard in that central position. That is what Ozil needs to do. If he ups his work-rate by 10 per cent Arsenal could seriously test Chelsea.
  
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• Arsene Wenger aims to keep faint Arsenal title hopes alive

  03-02-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was good day for Arsenal, and probably their best this term, but that is part of the old problem for Wenger - former glories always seem to make the current troubles sting that little bit more.
  
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• Davis Cup, Canada v Great Britain: Dan Evans beats Denis Shapovalov in opener

  03-02-2017 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the best of the action as Dan Evans sees off Canada's 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov in straight sets in the Davis Cup.
  
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• Southampton boss Puel has no regrets on selling Jose Fonte

  03-02-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claude Puel has taken a swipe at Jose Fonte ahead of his return to Southampton by telling his former captain: I don’t regret selling you.
  
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• Anne Keothavong says GB are playing for Elena Baltacha

  03-02-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Even before Anne Keothavong accepted the position of Fed Cup captain the competition was responsible for some of her finest memories in tennis, often cheering on Elena Baltacha.
  
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• Karanka reveals Traore swaps wings to stay within earshot

  03-02-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE: Aitor Karanka has revealed that he cannot trust Adama Traore to play alone - and so he swaps wings at half-time to keep him in front of the dugout.
  
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• As Donald Trump looms, welcome to the toxic Super Bowl

  03-02-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL IN HOUSTON: 25 miles north-west of Houston is the suburb of Cypress. On Tuesday, that the pupils of Cypress Ranch High School gathered for their annual photograph.
  
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• West Ham face opposition over bid to move Champions statue

  03-02-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: West Ham had given the impression to fans that the statue would be relocated by the start of next season and only red tape was delaying the move.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's tips: Best bets for Saturday February 4

  03-02-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Runners are scarce in the premier Sandown events today, but there is no doubting the quality of the five who contest the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase.
  
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• David Luiz could be player of the year - Jamie Carragher 

  03-02-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER: Conte has turned Luiz into one of the Premier League's outstanding performers. A measure of his new-found discipline is that his goal at Liverpool was his first of the year.
  
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• Berahino's drug ban casts cloud over his West Brom return

  03-02-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rival managers Mark Hughes and Tony Pulis have confirmed Sportsmail's exclusive story that Saido Berahino was banned for failing a drugs test earlier this season.
  
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• Tiger Woods unfit for purpose after pulling out in Dubai

  03-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: As so often when it comes to a saga involving Tiger Woods, there were more questions than answers following his withdrawal at the Dubai Desert Classic.
  
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• 'Players must know aim is to win' - Mourinho on Man Utd mentality & transfers

  03-02-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says some of his players need to leave their "comfort zone" and to learn how to win.
  
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• Manchester United players have been slow off the mark, José Mourinho says

  03-02-2017 23:30
  
  • Manager expected squad to adapt quickly to culture of winning every match
  • ‘I didn’t know that some players need time to live with this’José Mourinho has admitted some Manchester United players have taken longer to emerge from their comfort zone than he expected when he was appointed manager.When he took over last summer the Portuguese said United had to aim to become champions this season. His side is now sixth, 14 points behind Chelsea with 15 matches rema
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Guardiola deserves credit for easing out Bravo

  03-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri faces growing unrest among Leicester players and staff

  03-02-2017 23:30
  
  • Manager has become increasingly distant from backroom staff
  • Tactics and selection decisions have left squad scratching headsClaudio Ranieri believes the promise he made to Leicester City’s owners at the start of last season to stay with the club in the event of relegation should mean that his loyalty is repaid during a hugely disappointing second campaign, yet there is growing unrest among players and staff about the team’s predicament and the Italian’s management
  
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• Andy Woodward steps down as director of The Offside Trust

  03-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Woodward, the footballer who triggered the sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the sport, is no longer a director of a campaign group he helped set up to support victims.
  
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• LT, Taylor, Dawkins, Jones, Tagliabue among hall candidates

  03-02-2017 23:28
  HOUSTON (AP) — It seems that one word is commonly used by candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  
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• Titans player Quinton Spain reports being drugged, robbed

  03-02-2017 23:17
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Orlando are searching for a woman suspected of drugging and robbing Tennessee Titans offensive lineman Quinton Spain.
  
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• Wigan 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday

  03-02-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALAN BIGGS AT DW STADIUM: Jordan Rhodes celebrated his 27th birthday this weekend with a debut win for Sheffield Wednesday. The Owls are up to sixth place in the league after their win.
  
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• Blip, or was this the year fans started tuning out the NFL?

  03-02-2017 23:13
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — It may have been a blip, explained as much by the must-watch presidential debates as by some wholesale turn away from football. Or, decades from now, 2016 could be remembered as the season fans started falling out of love with the NFL.
  
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• Leicester Riders beat Glasgow Rocks - five best shots

  03-02-2017 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch a selection of the best shots from Leicester Riders' dominant 94-74 victory over Glasgow Rocks to cement their lead at the top of the BBL.
  
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• Same old Arsenal? Why Wenger's team are faltering again

  03-02-2017 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal lack the consistency to challenge for the title even if they beat Chelsea on Saturday, says Match of the Day pundit Chris Sutton.
  
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• FIFA rejects Bolivian appeal against docked points

  03-02-2017 22:53
  (Reuters) - Bolivia’s appeal against being docked points for fielding an ineligible player in two World Cup qualifiers has been rejected, FIFA said on Friday. FIFA docked points from the Bolivians and gave them to Chile and Peru in a Nov. 1 decision after Paraguayan-born Nelson Cabrera’s inclusion in their team for the South American qualifiers. “The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject the appeals lodged by the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) and to confirm in its en
  
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• Hamburg's on-loan Papadopoulos stuns Leverkusen with late winner

  03-02-2017 22:52
  Hamburg SV defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos headed home in the second half to secure a 1-0 win over his parent club Bayer Leverkusen on Friday. The victory was Hamburg's first in three matches and lifted them out of the bottom two and into the relegation playoff place. Greece international Papadopoulos, who joined Hamburg in January on loan from Leverkusen after a hapless spell at RB Leipzig earlier this season, capped an outstanding performance with a 76th minute header at the far post.
  
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• Twins take Byung Ho Park off 40-man roster to sign reliever

  03-02-2017 22:29
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have designated slugger Byung Ho Park for assignment following a disappointing major league debut in 2016.
  
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• Paris can handle security, says mayor

  03-02-2017 22:23
  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris showed on Friday that it can offer a safe environment to host the Olympics after an attack was thwarted at the Louvre Museum on the day when the city submitted its bid file to host the 2024 Games, mayor Anne Hidalgo said. A French soldier shot and wounded a man armed with machetes and carrying two bags on his back on Friday as he tried to enter the Paris Louvre museum in what the government said appeared to have been a terrorist attack. "I went straight t
  
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• French female jockey rule 'offensive' and 'patronising'

  03-02-2017 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new rule in France giving a weight concession to female jockeys draws criticism from across horseracing in the UK.
  
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• Women's Six Nations: Ireland beat Scotland with dramatic late try

  03-02-2017 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland open their Women's Six Nations campaign with a hard-fought victory over Scotland thanks to a last-gasp try from Jenny Murphy.
  
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• St. Louis bans smokeless tobacco at Busch, other venues

  03-02-2017 21:51
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Baseball players with big wads of chewing tobacco in their cheek are now a thing from the past at Busch Stadium.
  
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• British National Cup: Jack Laugher & Chris Mears win on return

  03-02-2017 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic champions Jack Laugher and Chris Mears win synchronised 3m springboard gold at the British National Cup.
  
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• La Liga aiming to close financial gap with Premier League

  03-02-2017 21:49
  La Liga expects to cut the gap with the Premier League and come close to matching its financial strength by 2020, the Spanish soccer federation's president Javier Tebas said on Friday. La Liga is predicting total revenues of 3.32 billion euros ($3.58 billion) at the end of the current season, a 1.23 billion-euro increase from the 2011-12 campaign and around 270 million euros up from last year. Despite Spanish clubs having many of the world's leading players, including Lionel Messi and Cristiano
  
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• Pep insists Aguero still has a future at Manchester City

  03-02-2017 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: The Argentine, an unrivalled talisman up front for City since joining from Atletico Madrid in 2011, was dropped for Wednesday's 4-0 win at West Ham.
  
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• Ireland score late to beat Scotland in Women's Six Nations opener

  03-02-2017 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jenny Murphy scores a last-gasp try as Ireland open their Women's Six Nations campaign with a hard-fought victory over Scotland.
  
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• Lawyers: Man shot former NFL running back in self-defense

  03-02-2017 21:20
  
  GRETNA, La. (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting former NFL player Joe McKnight acted in self-defense because McKnight was threatening him and trying to climb into his car, his lawyers say.
  
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• Meeting may move NHL closer to decision on 2018 Olympics

  03-02-2017 21:15
  
  A key meeting on the topic of whether NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea a year from now ended Friday without a decision.
  
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• US wrestlers in limbo after Iran bans them from tournament

  03-02-2017 21:13
  
  American wrestler Jordan Burroughs saw this month's tournament in Iran as a chance to redeem himself after a rough performance at the Rio Olympics.
  
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• LTA chief wants Sir Alex Ferguson to help boost the game

  03-02-2017 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: British tennis would be open to calling on the expertise of a managerial legend like Sir Alex Ferguson to try and support coaches in producing the next Andy Murray.
  
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• Randy Cross among 30 players to donate brains for research

  03-02-2017 21:02
  BOSTON (AP) — Former 49ers offensive lineman Randy Cross is among 30 retired NFL players who have pledged to donate their brains to concussion research.
  
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