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• Chelsea boss Conte praises Blues 'great' determination

  06-03-2017 23:59
  
  Chelsea moved 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League win a 2-1 win over West Ham but Antonio Conte still feels they can improve.
  
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• Chelsea star Hazard wants Premier League title race over as soon as possible

  06-03-2017 23:38
  
  Man-of-the-match Eden Hazard called for Chelsea to wrap up the Premier League title as soon as possible after orchestrating a controlled 2-1 win at West Ham.
  
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• England will live in fear of defeat, claims Scotland coach

  06-03-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland coach Nathan Hines claims England could be ‘paralysed’ by the pressure of extending their 17-Test winning run at Twickenham on Saturday.
  
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• Laura Muir balancing track career with veterinary degree

  06-03-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vets surgery in Milnathort, a small town 35 miles north of Edinburgh, will be full of sick cats and dogs this morning but the student lending a hand might cause a bit of a stir.
  
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• Finn Russell bids to become Mr Scotland for right reasons

  06-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Never mind who he is dating, they will be calling Finn Russell 'Mr Scotland' again if he inspires his country to end 34 years of Twickenham pain.
  
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• England cricket set to benefit from BT Sport rights grab

  06-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: England cricket looks likely to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the UEFA decision to award monopoly TV rights for the Champions League and the Europa League to BT Sport.
  
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• BT Sport get Champions League and Europa League TV rights

  06-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UEFA's pursuit of maximum revenue from their Champions League TV rights saw them use a terrestrial bid for highlights to hike up the price of a £1.182billion monopoly agreement with BT Sport.
  
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• England prop Dan Cole: I've still not reached my peak

  06-03-2017 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dan Cole believes he is approaching the best years of his career — and puts his success down to ice baths. The 29-year-old prop has not missed a Test since August 2015.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for March 7

  06-03-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Southwell, Exeter and Newcastle.
  
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• England and Australia players face being sent off in Ashes

  06-03-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England and Australia will have to watch their manners during this winter’s Ashes after the introduction of new laws giving umpires the power to send off players.
  
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• Laura Muir has mentality and genetics to live up to ‘once-in-a-generation’ tag

  06-03-2017 23:11
  
  Scottish middle-distance runner has the tools to live up to high praise after winning double gold at the European Indoor ChampionshipWhen a bleary-eyed British team gathered at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla airport on Monday morning after equalling their best result at a European Indoor Championships, Neil Black, the UK Athletics performance director, was asked just how high Laura Muir’s star might soar. His response was short yet striking. “She is a once-in-a-generation athlete.&rdq
  
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• Eden Hazard and Diego Costa on target as Chelsea breeze to derby success

  06-03-2017 22:57
  
  Eden Hazard's superb opener and Diego Costa's 49th Premier League goal saw leaders Chelsea past West Ham on Monday.
  
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• Real Madrid boss Zidane: '1st-leg doesn't change mindset'

  06-03-2017 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane is taking nothing for granted ahead of his side's Champions League last-16 second-leg clash with Napoli, despite their 3-1 lead.
  
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• West Ham 0-1 Chelsea, EPL LIVE score

  06-03-2017 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea will aim to re-establish their 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League with victory over West Ham at the London Stadium on Monday night. Follow the action with Ben Grounds.
  
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• Paul Pogba is a 'liability defensively' - Frank Lampard

  06-03-2017 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba is not a 'game changer' despite his world-record fee, according to Monday Night Football's Frank Lampard. The pair were speaking ahead of the West Ham vs Chelsea game.
  
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• Arsenal can't finish in top four without Sanchez, Lampard 

  06-03-2017 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal can't finish in the Premier League's top four without star man Alexis Sanchez, according to former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard after the Chilean was dropped against Liverpool.
  
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• Hughes: Jack Butland may not make Stoke return this season

  06-03-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old announced on Monday that his broken ankle had completely healed. But amid Grant's good form, Hughes said the priority was ensuring Butland was fit next season.
  
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• Six Nations: Scotland feeling inspired to England streak

  06-03-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England stand on the brink of history ahead of Saturday's Calcutta Cup tie but Scotland centre Huw Jones is excited about the prospect of throwing a spanner in the works.
  
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• Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill tempted by Leicester

  06-03-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill admits he would be 'tempted' if Premier League side Leicester wanted him to become Claudio Ranieri's successor.
  
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• Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka confident his job is safe

  06-03-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough slipped into the bottom three after a 2-0 defeat to Stoke at the bet365 Stadium on Saturday. Karanka's side have not won in the league since before Christmas.
  
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• Tyson Fury announces he will return to the ring on May 13

  06-03-2017 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former unified heavyweight champion of the world has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015. An opponent for his comeback bout has not been confirmed.
  
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• West Ham United v Chelsea: Premier League – live!

  06-03-2017 20:44
  
  Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT London derbyWest Ham confident there will be no repeat of fan troubleChelsea’s new £500m stadium gets green lightAnd email Jacob or tweet @JacobSteinberg with your thoughts 7.44pm GMTIt's a question we've asked a lot this season...Why have #WHUFC struggled at home?@MichailAntonio has the answer. pic.twitter.com/0EZxNYm338 7.40pm GMT“This league is very tough,” Antonio Conte says. “To be in this position, we must be very proud.
  
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• British Cycling turns to FA director Julie Harrington as cloud hangs over sport

  06-03-2017 20:44
  
  • New chief executive’s first task will be to deal with doping questions
  • ‘This is the right time to be joining this governing body,’ says HarringtonAt quieter times, British Cycling’s appointment of Julie Harrington as its chief executive might have been seen as a landmark appointment: she will be the first woman to hold a position this senior in the governing body and after recent accusations of sexism, that sends an obvious message.As it stands, however, Bri
  
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• Arsenal news: Ancelotti feels sorry for Arsene Wenger

  06-03-2017 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich acclimatised to their north London surroundings on Monday evening as they trained under floodlights at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium ahead of their Champions League clash.
  
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• Eddie 'the Eagle' soars again: ski jumper returns 30 years after Calgary Olympics

  06-03-2017 19:48
  
  Eddie Edwards, who charmed spectators at 1988 Winter Olympics despite finishing last, describes successful landing of six jumps as ‘absolutely relief’Nearly three decades after he finished last in two Olympic events – and charmed the world in the process – the British ski jumper Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards has again soared through the air in Calgary, Canada. Related: Reappraising Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards: a dedicated athlete who made the best of his talentConti
  
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• Cheltenham 2017: Mark Walsh trusted on Yanworth in Champion Hurdle

  06-03-2017 19:32
  
  • Walsh has never ridden a winner at Festival but is handed ride on favourite
  • ‘I don’t know him at all, but he’s a very good rider,’ says trainer Alan KingMark Walsh, whose 19 previous rides at the Cheltenham Festival have failed to yield a single success, will have two more outstanding chances to break his duck at the meeting next week after he was booked to ride Yanworth in Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle and Uxizandre in the Ryanair Chase.Walsh has multiple
  
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• Sonny Colbrelli sprints to Paris-Nice stage two victory

  06-03-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Italian started his sprint with about 200m to go and held off John Degenkolb of Trek-Segafredo to claim the most important win of his career by half-a-bike length.
  
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• David Haye confident of a '100 per cent recovery'

  06-03-2017 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Haye has updated his fanbase on the extent of the achilles injury which contributed to an 11th-round knockout by Tony Bellew at the O2 Arena, saying he has undergone successful surgery.
  
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• Osasuna on their way out of La Liga after a miracle too far | Sid Lowe

  06-03-2017 19:07
  
  Unexpected promotion meant Osasuna were always going to struggle in La Liga this season. Now, with 12 games still to go, that struggle seems overEnrique Martín Monreal was in Madrid when his club called, the phone ringing as he headed back to the hotel from an awards ceremony held by Marca in early November. He hadn’t won – the award for the second division’s best manager in 2015-16 went to Leganés’s Asier Garitano – but he had been a candidate, having
  
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• West Ham v Chelsea, EPL LIVE score

  06-03-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea will aim to re-establish their 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League with victory over West Ham at the London Stadium on Monday night. Follow the action with Ben Grounds.
  
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• Brazilian footballer scores direct from kick-off in league match – video

  06-03-2017 19:01
  
  Striker Mirrai cannot have hoped for a more spectacular first goal for his new side Comercial than the one he scored on Saturday in São Paulo. In his third appearance for the club, the 23-year-old opened his account with an audacious long-range strike directly from the kick-off against opponents CatanduvenseWatch more clips on our amazing world of sport pageContinue reading...
  
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• Bayern Munich star Mats Hummels spills drink on suit

  06-03-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich might be 5-1 up going into their last-16 Champions League second leg clash with Arsenal but German defender Mats Hummels won't be in the best of moods right now.
  
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• Crystal Palace squad loving training camp in Morocco 

  06-03-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palace winger Jeffrey Schlupp took to Instagram to post a photograph of himself with team-mates Ezekiel Fryers and Jason Puncheon riding bikes around in the Moroccan sunshine.
  
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• Greatest training ground bust-ups

  06-03-2017 18:29
  
  You can't get sent off on the training ground... and these footballers all know it!
  
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• Floyd Mayweather's van burned outside Birmingham hotel during UK tour

  06-03-2017 18:26
  
  West Midlands police are investigating a fire that engulfed a vehicle belonging to the retired boxer outside a posh Birmingham hotel as an arson attackAuthorities are investigating a fire that engulfed a vehicle belonging to Floyd Mayweather Jr outside a posh Birmingham hotel as an arson attack.West Midlands police said no one was injured following the blaze at 3.30am on Sunday morning outside the Park Regis hotel on Broad Street.Continue reading...
  
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• Sarri breaks ice with president ahead of Real Madrid clash

  06-03-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri has broken a frosty three-week silence with club president Aurelio Di Laurentiis, but said the pair discussed cinema rather than Tuesday's clash with Real Madrid.
  
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• Wales warn George North to cut out defensive mistakes in Six Nations

  06-03-2017 18:15
  
  • Shaun Edwards highlights team’s weakness on right wing before Ireland match
  • Edwards: ‘Players didn’t do what they practised in the buildup to the game’Wales expect a reaction from George North against Ireland in Cardiff on Friday having given the wing a “warning” after defensive lapses against Scotland.The Wales defence coach, Shaun Edwards, highlighted the right wing, where North has been playing out of position for his country this season, as d
  
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• Greg Clarke: FA reform proposals 'once in a generation'

  06-03-2017 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clarke, who took over in September, is confident he can do what has proved beyond his predecessors by dragging the organisation into the 21st century after a government vote of 'no confidence'.
  
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• BT denies squeezing customers after paying £1.2bn for Champions League

  06-03-2017 18:04
  
  Telecom firm retains exclusive rights by paying three times the sum Sky and ITV were paying to broadcast the football competition until 2014-15 seasonBT has denied customers are being forced to foot the bill for a new £1.2bn Champions League football rights deal after securing the contract in the wake of inflation-busting price rises for its broadband and phone services.The group has paid £1.18bn to fend off Sky and renew exclusive broadcast rights for Champions League and Europa Lea
  
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• Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland set for long-awaited return

  06-03-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old has been sidelined for almost a year with a series of niggling ankle injuries, but has now received the all-clear from his surgeon to return to the pitch in the coming weeks.
  
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• Liverpool vs Arsenal produces most injury-time goals

  06-03-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool had more than deserved their 2-1 lead heading into injury time and Georginio Wijnaldum put the result beyond doubt by finishing off a crisp counter attack in the 91st minute.
  
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• Arsenal were 'not ready for a fight', says Per Mertesacker

  06-03-2017 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Per Mertesacker has conceded Arsenal were 'not ready for a fight' in recent weeks but insists everyone remains happy to play under Arsene Wenger.
  
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• Rafa Benitez warns Newcastle to take nothing for granted

  06-03-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Magpies head for Reading knowing a third victory in eight days against a promotion rival following their wins at Brighton and Huddersfield would further enhance their title credentials.
  
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• Ronald Koeman has beer named after him for Barca triumph

  06-03-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After Sunday's narrow 3-2 defeat by Tottenham at White Hart Lane in the Premier League, Everton manager Ronald Koeman has been given some good news to brighten up his mood.
  
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• Orlando City open stadium with safe standing and flares

  06-03-2017 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The standing area in Orlando City's new stadium is built with noise in mind, with an aluminium floor and an error designed for fans to let off smoke bombs and flares during games.
  
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• Mark Walsh to ride numerous Cheltenham favourites

  06-03-2017 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Low-key Walsh, McManus’s No 2 jockey in Ireland, is chief beneficiary of injured Barry Geraghty’s absence from the biggest meeting of the season but also steps in for some pressure rides.
  
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• Was Zlatan Ibrahimovic the biggest Premier League villain of the weekend

  06-03-2017 17:27
  
  Mark Lawford and James Dickens go through the bad boys that made the news for the wrong reasons
  
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• Jared Payne set to miss Six Nations clash with Wales

  06-03-2017 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old made a successful comeback from a long-term kidney injury in Ulster's 19-7 win over Treviso on Friday night, but missed Ireland's session on Monday owing to new bruising.
  
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