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• Mercedes leave Renault driver Jolyon Palmer baffled

  28-02-2017 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British driver Jolyon Palmer has admitted he is baffled by the staggering pre-season form displayed by Lewis Hamilton's world championship-winning Mercedes team.
  
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• League Two round-up: Doncaster extend lead, Plymouth lose

  28-02-2017 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leaders Doncaster Rovers took advantage of second-placed Plymouth Argyle's slip-up to move six points clear at the top of Sky Bet League Two with a 3-2 victory at Cambridge United.
  
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• England coach Paul Farbrace urges stars to forget IPL

  28-02-2017 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stand-in coach Paul Farbrace has called for England to stay focussed ahead of Friday’s first one-day international against West Indies after several of them earned lucrative deals at the IPL.
  
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• Rory McIlroy opens up on playing golf with Donald Trump

  28-02-2017 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy spoke for the first time on Tuesday night about the furore that engulfed him after playing golf with US President Donald Trump - and admitted he wouldn’t have voted for him.
  
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• Warren Gatland to be given access to England training

  28-02-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warren Gatland will enjoy behind-the-scenes access to England’s numerous Lions candidates at their Surrey HQ next Thursday, after reaching agreement over a revised, improved training visit.
  
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• Fernandro Alonso frustrated by McLaren-Honda testing

  28-02-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McLaren-Honda will be sweating on Fernando Alonso’s future if he spends more of Wednesday's testing programme outside, rather than inside, their faulty car.
  
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• England prodigy Jacob Umaga keen to outgrow surname

  28-02-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wasps’ 18-year-old prodigy Jacob Umaga was born in Harrogate but his family have a far-away rugby pedigree. His uncle Tana Umaga was a former All Black and his father Mike represented Samoa.
  
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• Leicester City talk to Roy Hodgson as Craig Shakespeare steadies the ship

  28-02-2017 23:34
  
  • Former England manager approached over vacancy
  • Claudio Ranieri’s assistant in charge against Hull CityCraig Shakespeare is set to be given the opportunity to prove he is capable of taking charge of Leicester City until the end of the season, despite the Premier League champions holding talks with Roy Hodgson about the prospect of becoming their manager.Hodgson is understood to have been sounded out before Monday night’s 3-1 victory over Liverpool, when Leicester produce
  
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• Mercedes set pace again in F1 testing as Lewis Hamilton praises new cars

  28-02-2017 23:32
  
  • Familiar story unfolds as Mercedes look dominant once more in Barcelona
  • Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen sets fastest time as McLaren struggleNew rules and a reset for the sport was the plan for Formula One in 2017 but by the end of day two of testing in Barcelona, the time sheets were telling what will for many be a worryingly familiar story.Mercedes, unstoppable for the past three years and largely in a different league from their competitors were quickest once again in the morning
  
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• Pep Guardiola must break the bank and sign Manuel Neuer

  28-02-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amid the carnage it was barely noted, but in the first half as Bayern Munich played Arsenal came a moment that surely holds the key to it all for Pep Guardiola.
  
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• Pep Guardiola hints Joe Hart won't play for Man City again

  28-02-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England international Hart was sent out on loan to Torino last summer but will still have two years left on his £120,000-a-week contract when his stint in Italy finishes at the end of this season.
  
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• Dina Asher-Smith in race to be fit for London 2017

  28-02-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCUSIVE BY MARTHA KELNER: Organisers fear Asher-Smith could miss the showpiece event after scans confirmed her broken foot might require surgery and a long rehabilitation.
  
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• Championship draws more supporters than La Liga or Serie A

  28-02-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Championship is the third most popular league in Europe by attendance, beating out both Serie A and La Liga. English football's second tier has drawn a total of 7.9m fans so far this season.
  
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• Wales Euro 2016 dream documentary lights up the big screen

  28-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE SPORTS AGENDA: A stunning film of Wales’ Euro 2016 heroics that opened this week should be compulsory viewing for England’s under-achieving footballers.
  
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• Rory McIlroy: I talked golf not politics during round with Donald Trump

  28-02-2017 23:30
  
  • World No3 was surprised by criticism after playing the president
  • Ulsterman also ‘had a great time’ over lunch with Tiger WoodsFocus on Rory McIlroy’s return after a seven-week absence from competitive golf and any impact on Masters preparations could wait. Inevitably, as he addressed the media before the WGC-Mexico Championship, deepest intrigue surrounded that McIlroy golf match with Donald Trump.McIlroy, who defended himself in a strongly worded statement on Fri
  
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• Pep Guardiola comments move Joe Hart closer to Manchester City exit

  28-02-2017 23:30
  
  • Catalan professes himself ‘so happy’ with Claudio Bravo and Willy Caballero
  • Manchester City manager says ‘we will talk about it at the end of the season’Pep Guardiola has hinted that Joe Hart’s Manchester City career may be over after stating he is “so happy” with Claudio Bravo and Willy Caballero as goalkeepers. Related: Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola must use his head over Joe Hart | Daniel TaylorContinue reading...
  
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• Liverpool are a disappointing mess under Jurgen Klopp

  28-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FAN VIEW: So much hope. So much expectation. So little progress. Three sentences I thought I’d never write just a few weeks ago when life seemed so rosy under Jurgen Klopp at Anfield.
  
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• Daniel Sturridge’s Liverpool future to be reviewed in summer with exit likely

  28-02-2017 23:30
  
  • Jürgen Klopp says decision will be made at end of season
  • Striker has started five Premier League games for Liverpool this termJürgen Klopp has confirmed that Daniel Sturridge’s future at Liverpool will be reviewed at the end of the season, with the striker likely to be a high-profile departure from Anfield.Sturridge missed Liverpool’s lamentable 3-1 defeat at Leicester City on Monday through illness and was exempt from Klopp’s criticism of the team&rsquo
  
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• League One round up: Scunthorpe and Bolton slip up

  28-02-2017 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sheffield United and Fleetwood Town enjoyed a good Tuesday evening without playing as League One promotion rivals Scunthorpe United and Bolton Wanderers both dropped points.
  
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• Tom Curran 'giddy' after learning of England call with 4.30am text message

  28-02-2017 23:14
  
  • Ball to have scan after injury sustained on Monday
  • Curran in frame to be selected for three ODIs against West IndiesTom Curran, the uncapped Surrey seamer, described himself as feeling “giddy” following a 4.30am message that informed he would be making a 9,000-mile trip from Sri Lanka to join the England one-day squad that is currently touring the Caribbean.Curran, 21, was added to the party as injury cover for Jake Ball after the Nottinghamshire man suffered a knee inj
  
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• David Haye hoping his latest retirement schedule rethink can be his last

  28-02-2017 23:00
  
  • Haye had aimed to become world heavyweight champion and retire at 31
  • The 36-year-old, who fights Tony Bellew on Saturday, now looks to quit at 38David Haye has talked the required amount of trash to pump up pay-per-view sales for his fight with Tony Bellew at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night but away from the cameras he has been more considered and sounds convincing when he says he should become a world champion again and be out of boxing within two years. Related: David Ha
  
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• Aston Villa: What next for one of England's fallen giants?

  28-02-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa have gone from a top-six Premier League team to toiling in the Championship. Why the malaise, and can they mount a revival?
  
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• Freak Mo Diame goal inspires Newcastle win at Brighton

  28-02-2017 22:53
  
  Late strikes from Mo Diame and substitute Ayoze Perez saw the Magpies claim a 2-1 victory against the second-placed Seagulls to regain top spot in the Championship
  
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• Raith Rovers play midfielder Ryan Stevenson in goal

  28-02-2017 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Raith manager John Hughes unable to secure a free agent as a replacement,and an appeal to the SPFL and SFA to postpone the game having failed, Stevenson was forced into action.
  
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• Brighton 1-2 Newcastle: Report

  28-02-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE AT AMEX STADIUM: It was the sort of moment upon which seasons can hinge. Indeed, if defined flukey. It was delivered and cleared. Danger gone, you presumed. Wrong
  
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• Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol City: Kodjia sinks former club

  28-02-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT VILLA PARK: For a moment, Bristol City’s fans seemed to have a point about their former forward. ‘What a waste of money,’ they sang when £11m Kodjia missed a penalty.
  
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• Blackburn 1-0 Derby: Tony Mowbray era up and running

  28-02-2017 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RICHARD GIBSON AT EWOOD PARK: Tony Mowbray sealed his first win as Blackburn Rovers manager as Craig Conway's converted penalty sealed a close contest against Derby.
  
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• Andy Murray dropped his pants for his his mother-in-law

  28-02-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world No 1 has revealed how his mother-in-law diagnosed his recent attack of shingles – after telling him to pull his pants down.
  
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• #AgainstModernFootball - bookmaker stunts

  28-02-2017 21:46
  
  Appearances, though, can be deceptive, especially when paid for by a bookmaker.Leicester’s fans may well be torn over the departure of Ranieri, but they had nothing to do with the hearse parked outside the ground before the 3-1 win over Liverpool earlier this week.Have you spotted a plane dragging a messaged-banner over a Premier League stadium recently?
  
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• Outlander is big hope as Gordon Elliott looks to improve his Festival numbers

  28-02-2017 21:33
  
  • Back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cups remain a possibility
  • Death Duty and Tombstone the other main hopes for FestivalGordon Elliott knows for certain there is one Gold Cup winner in his yard as Don Cossack, successful in last season’s race but since retired due to injury, is still stabled at his County Meath base. But there may soon prove to be two, as Elliott will send Outlander and Don Poli to the Cheltenham Festival’s feature event on 17 March and remains optimistic that
  
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• Fans hurl PLATE at most expensive footballer Paul Pogba

  28-02-2017 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba, who earns £290,000 a week at Manchester United, was backed into a corner of the curry house and accused of insulting fans who wanted him to sign his name on a token.
  
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• British cycling accused of withholding Jess Varnish files

  28-02-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lawyers acting for former Great Britain track rider Jess Varnish have accused British Cycling of withholding information relating to her removal from the Olympic programme.
  
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• Ian Thorpe on bullying, depression and athletes' mental health

  28-02-2017 20:46
  
  His history with mental health has been well-documented, but now the former Olympic champion has turned his attention to a new issue: bullying
  Ian Thorpe is on the eighth floor of ABC headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney, seated in an empty boardroom. Behind him is a floor-to-ceiling window facing west, looking out onto the city. The famous Frank Gehry-designed “crumpled paper bag” building at the University of Technology Sydney rises from the earth like a giant alien root, consuming much
  
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• Brighton v Newcastle, Championship football LIVE score

  28-02-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Championship's top two go head-to-head at Brighton's Amex Stadium, with the home side able to take a four-point lead over Newcastle at the top should they win. Join BEN NAGLE for all the action.
  
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• Ugo Monye has revealed Nick Easter was the worst room-mate he ever had as a player.

  28-02-2017 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England wing Ugo Monye has revealed Nick Easter was the worst room-mate he ever had as a player.
  
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• England coach Paul Collingwood films bumpy Antigua landing

  28-02-2017 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the rest of us ride out the final furrows of winter, the England cricket team are enjoying the sunny delights of the West Indies, but as Paul Collingwood revealed, it hasn't been plain sailing.
  
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• Jess Varnish questions British Cycling’s reform promises amid report secrecy

  28-02-2017 20:01
  
  • Cyclist gagged from speaking out on report into sexism and bullying claims
  • Document ‘so heavily redacted I don’t know what is going on,’ says lawyerJess Varnish is increasingly questioning whether British Cycling is serious about reform after it gagged her from speaking about the details of its internal report into her allegations of sexism and bullying.In December the 25-year-old raised the stakes in her battle with British Cycling by making a formal request to s
  
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• Signs point to intriguing NRL season on field but definitely 'more to do' off it | Paul Connolly

  28-02-2017 20:00
  
  Despite the NRL’s perennial inability to steer clear of scandal, this season at least promises entertainment on the pitch, where anything can happenRunning a sporting competition like the NRL must be like running a large household – or, at times, a school for wayward boys. The moment you sit down with a job-done snifter of brandy the hot water system packs it in or the middle child drops a bombshell: he’s joining the young Liberals.Last season, for instance, wasn’t necess
  
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• West Ham's London Stadium on Stadium of the Year shortlist

  28-02-2017 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham's London Stadium home has been included on the shortlist for Stadium of the Year. The Irons moved from Upton Park into the converted Olympic Stadium for the 2016-17 season.
  
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• Hull's Mbokani set for six-week spell on the sidelines

  28-02-2017 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The DR Congo international, on loan from Dynamo Kiev for the season, was replaced by Oumar Niasse in the second half of Saturday's 1-1 draw with Burnley.
  
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• Is Manchester City's Leroy Sane living in a hotel?

  28-02-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City's Leroy Sane appears to have taken a leaf out of Jose Mourinho's book and decided to live in a hotel, rather than find a more permanent base in the city. 
  
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• Minnesota Vikings decline option on all-time leading rusher Adrian Peterson

  28-02-2017 19:12
  
  Running back was scheduled to make $18m in 2017Peterson was severely limited due to injury last seasonAdrian Peterson, Minnesota’s all-time leading rusher, will be an unrestricted free agent when the market opens next week.As expected, the Vikings declined to exercise their option for next season on Peterson’s contract. Peterson was scheduled to make $18m in 2017, what would have been an unwieldly hit to their salary cap. Continue reading...
  
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• James O'Connor suspended by Toulon following arrest

  28-02-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Australia back James O'Connor has been suspended by his club Toulon after he was arrested last weekend in Paris for a drug offence.
  
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• Roy Hodgson in Leicester City talks to be new manager

  28-02-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Former England manager Roy Hodgson has held secret talks about the Leicester City job. Hodgson is strongly fancied for the job in the long term by Leicester's owner.
  
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• Yahoo Daily Fantasy Gameweek 26 review: Kane stars, as Vardy and Fabregas wind back the clock

  28-02-2017 18:49
  
  After a 13 day layoff, Premier League action returned with a bang this week – even if we were two games short due to the EFL Cup final. Oh well, we can’t have it all!
  
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• Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane prepares for Jese reunion

  28-02-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jese Rodriguez was sold by Real Madrid this summer to Paris Saint-Germain but has failed to establish himself in the first team and has been loaned out to his hometown club Las Palmas.
  
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• Liverpool willing to step in to host troubled 2022 Commonwealth Games

  28-02-2017 18:35
  
  • ‘We are very willing to host them instead [of Durban],’ says city council
  • South Africa sports minister says country does not have enough moneyLiverpool has expressed its interest in hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games after doubts grew over the ability of Durban to carry through its successful bid. Related: Olympic bidders face harsh reality of costs heavily outweighing benefits | Sean IngleContinue reading...
  
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• Manchester United commit to covering £120 visa for fans

  28-02-2017 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have told fans intending to travel to Russia to watch their team play against FC Rostov will have the cost of their visa refunded by the club.
  
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