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• Everton boss Koeman has no fears over Lukaku getting booed

  17-03-2017 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronald Koeman is unworried about the prospect of Everton fans jeering Romelu Lukaku- and insists they can reach the Champions League in 2018.
  
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• Special Conte has banished the ghost of Mourinho, says Carragher

  17-03-2017 23:52
  
  Jose Mourinho's status as number one in the eyes of Chelsea supporters has definitely come to an end in the view of Jamie Carragher.
  
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• Leeds can cut gap on automatic promotion places

  17-03-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds United can cut the gap to the automatic Championship promotion places to five points if they defeat promotion rivals Brighton in Saturday's tea-time clash at Elland Road.
  
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• England women win Six Nations grand slam after under-20s do the same

  17-03-2017 23:42
  
  • England women romp to 34-7 victory against Ireland
  • England under-20s grind out 14-10 winTwo down, one to go. Emily Scarratt guided England women to a first Six Nations title since 2012 and with it the grand slam – immediately after the under-20s had also completed their clean sweep – meaning Eddie Jones’s side have another slice of history to aim for today. England women cut loose in the second half with tries from Laura Keates, Amy Cokayne, Scarratt and Lydia Tho
  
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• Why replacing Vincent Janssen would be easier said than done for Tottenham

  17-03-2017 23:39
  
  As Harry Kane begins another spell on the sidelines, the spotlight once again falls on Tottenham’s striking department and a familiar question: just how reliant are Spurs on their prolific homegrown hero?The Lilywhites are certainly in a better position than last season, when there was no specialist back-up striker in the squad.
  
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• Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, March 18

  17-03-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The David Pipe operation have always found the Betfred Midlands Grand National a happy hunting ground. And GEVREY CHAMBERTIN (Uttoxeter, nap, 3.35) could enhance their strike rate today.
  
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• Huddersfield stunned by Bristol City and suffer Hogg injury setback

  17-03-2017 23:37
  
  Tammy Abraham scored his 22nd goal of the season as the Championship strugglers Bristol City thumped promotion-chasing Huddersfield 4-0 at Ashton Gate.They led 2-0 at the break thanks to a Lee Tomlin effort and Abraham’s smart finish in the 14th minute of added time at the end of the first half, played due to a serious-looking head injury suffered by Huddersfield’s Jonathan Hogg. Continue reading...
  
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• Wenger insists refs are too quick to book Arsenal star

  17-03-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsene Wenger admits Granit Xhaka must address a problem with his tackling technique but fears the Swiss international has become a victim of his bad reputation.
  
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• England's Ben Youngs urges team to 'embrace greatness'

  17-03-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ben Youngs has urged his England team-mates to ‘embrace greatness’ as they look to seal an historic back-to-back Grand Slam and smash the All Blacks world-record winning run in Dublin.
  
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• Sunderland boss Moyes calls for managerial stability

  17-03-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following the departure of Middlesbrough’s Aitor Karanka this week, Sunderland are now the only club in the bottom half dozen not to have shown their manager the door this season.
  
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• England forced to adopt huddle by new ITV ad break

  17-03-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The Six Nations — having agreed their joint contract with ITV and BCC — brought in the 'preparation break' on the blindside this season.
  
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• UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl stuns Olympic bosses

  17-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT LAWTON: Liz Nicholl, the under pressure chief executive of UK Sport, stunned sports leaders this week when she dismissed the current crisis at British Cycling as 'a minor tremor'.
  
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• Team Sky used to employ controversial race doctor

  17-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: The race doctor Team Sky claim administered a controversial painkiller toJosh Edmondson actually worked for them on a freelance basis two years earlier.
  
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• Sam Allardyce has moved on from his spell with England

  17-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM CUNNINGHAM: Sam Allardyce has drawn a line under his controversial brief history as England manager to avoid returning to that dark place six months ago that has cast a shadow over his career.
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino urges Vincent Janssen to step up in Kane’s absence

  17-03-2017 23:30
  
  • Tottenham striker expected to be out for six weeks with ankle problem
  • Janssen scored first goal in open play in game when Harry Kane was injuredMauricio Pochettino delivered a “wake-up call” to Vincent Janssen in his office after the striker’s underwhelming start to life at Tottenham Hotspur.Janssen has scored once in the Premier League since his move from AZ Alkmaar last summer and has fallen out of favour in recent months but the possibility of Harry Kane missin
  
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• Harry Redknapp wants the Middlesbrough job

  17-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Tottenham boss has not worked in the Premier League since leaving Queens Park Rangers in 2015 but is said to feel confident his experience would help keep Boro up.
  
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• Granit Xhaka will not be cut any slack until he refines scissor-style tackle

  17-03-2017 23:30
  
  Arsène Wenger claims the Arsenal midfielder’s technique and reputation have made him a marked man for referees in EnglandIt is rare to hear Arsène Wenger criticise one of his players in public but, on this occasion, the Arsenal manager could not help himself. Granit Xhaka had contrived to get himself sent off against Burnley in January for a two-footed tackle on Steven Defour and a comfortable-looking afternoon for his team would be overtaken by angst.In the end, there was re
  
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• Ben Youngs: ‘It won’t feel like we’ve won the Six Nations unless we beat Ireland’

  17-03-2017 23:00
  
  England scrum-half is embracing the challenge of chasing history and aims to avoid the strange feeling of losing but winning in 2011Just occasionally, photographers are right to insist a picture says more than a thousand words. The victory photos taken on the final night of the 2011 Six Nations are a prime example: England in their Dublin hotel, ties at half-mast, trying to look like contented champions but fooling no one. Such is bittersweet life for tournament winners who have just missed out
  
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• Bristol City 4-0 Huddersfield: Robins run riot

  17-03-2017 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Relegation-threatened Bristol City pulled off a vital victory over Huddersfield at Ashton Gate, goals from Lee Tomlin, Tammy Abraham, Aden Flint and David Cotterill sealing all three points.
  
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• Carragher: Romelu Lukaku was right to snub Everton deal

  17-03-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER: After I met Everton striker Romelu Lukaku two weeks ago, he suddenly decided not to sign his new, extended contract with Everton: mission accomplished!
  
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• Lizzie Kelly suffers nasty fall at Cheltenham Gold Cup

  17-03-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY: Lizzie Kelly had further to fall at a five-foot fence than most during the Golf Cup. And the bump on landing was harder in the metaphorical sense than the physical.
  
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• Liverpool FC gear up for away trip to Manchester City

  17-03-2017 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's players increased the intensity in training on Friday as they prepared for their trip to Manchester City in the Premier League. They can climb as high as second with a win.
  
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• Pogba escapes hamstring tear as Mourinho fumes over massed fixtures and missed flights

  17-03-2017 21:07
  
  Manchester United have been bolstered by the news that Paul Pogba is expected to recover from hamstring injury in time to participate in their crucial April 1 Premier League fixture against West Bromwich Albion.The France international was forced out of Thursday’s night Europa League Round of 16 victory over FC Rostov three minutes into the second half.Initial expectations were that Pogba would be sidelined for at least three weeks, jeopardising United’s attempt to secure a top-four
  
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• Chelsea's Antonio Conte has banished Jose Mourinho's ghost

  17-03-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER: We were obsessed last summer. Before the season we couldn’t stop talking about Pep Guardiola’s arrival, the return of Jose Mourinho and the charismatic Jurgen Klopp.
  
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• Maria Sharapova expects suspicious welcome back into tennis fold

  17-03-2017 21:02
  
  • Five-times grand slam winner back in April after 15-month doping ban
  • Sharapova given wild card to play in Porsche Grand Prix in StuttgartMaria Sharapova accepts she will have a cloud of suspicion hanging over her when she returns to the game next month.The five-times grand slam champion is serving a 15-month doping ban after testing positive for the cardiac drug meldonium at the Australian Open in 2016. Continue reading...
  
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• St Helens coach Cunningham tries new approach vs Perpignan

  17-03-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saints, who have lost on their four previous visits to Stade Gilbert Brutus, are following the new trend by making it a day trip as they take on Catalans Dragons hoping to avoid a fourth successive defeat.
  
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• Nick Kyrgios out of Indian Wells with food poisoning

  17-03-2017 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes after the 21-year-old was spotted dipping into a courtside fan's chips during his doubles exit on Thursday. So you would hope his fast food indiscretion has not left him hugging the toilet.
  
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• Pep Guardiola: Manchester City challenge is bigger than Barcelona or Bayern

  17-03-2017 20:10
  
  • Chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak offers backing despite Champions League exit
  • Yaya Touré agent begins negotiations with other clubs over possible movePep Guardiola feels he is having to be a manager in the true sense for the first time because achieving success is a far greater challenge with Manchester City than it was at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.City’s Champions League exit at Monaco in the last-16 ended Guardiola’s run of having reached at least the semi-final
  
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• Numbers still stack up for fidgety Australia captain Shakin’ Steven | Barney Ronay

  17-03-2017 20:00
  
  If Steve Smith has a wider claim on some kind of ultimacy right now it is perhaps a minor role as the greatest Testbatsman to be nobody’s favourite Test batsmanShakin’ Stevens was the biggest-selling British singles artist of the 1980s. It is probably worth remembering this fact the next time a man with a greying beard tells you the 80s were the last real golden age of popular music, a starburst of youthful creativity, artistic collectivism and sad, pale people standing behind s
  
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• Jailed fell runner thought UK Athletics was 'trying to kill her'

  17-03-2017 19:54
  
  Lauren Jeska, convicted of attempted murder, felt ‘at war’ with athletics’ national governing body, says family It was three months before Lauren Jeska walked into the reception of UK Athletics armed with two knives that her parents realised something might be wrong.The 42-year-old champion fell runner had gone home to Lancaster for Christmas in 2015 when she began talking about being “at war” with the national governing body of athletics. UK Athletics (UKA) wanted
  
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• Nick Kyrgios pulls out of Roger Federer clash with food poisoning

  17-03-2017 19:42
  
  Australian says he ‘had a restless night of being sick’ and withdrawsFederer, who will play Kei Nishikori or Jack Sock, admits: ‘It’s a pity’Roger Federer got an unexpected day off Friday at the BNP Paribas Open after Nick Kyrgios withdrew from their quarter-final because of what he suspected was food poisoning.Less than two hours before they were to take the court, Kyrgios tweeted that he “had a restless night of being sick.” He said: “To play a g
  
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• Man Utd fined £20,000 for failing to control players

  17-03-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have been fined £20,000 by the Football Association after accepting a charge of failing to control their players during Monday's FA Cup defeat at Chelsea.
  
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• Manchester United stars unwind with pool training session

  17-03-2017 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United stars opted to unwind following their Europa League victory over Russian side Rostov, celebrating with a well earned dip in the pool and Jacuzzi.
  
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• Manchester United punished after Herrera controversy

  17-03-2017 18:57
  
  The Football Association has opted to fine Manchester United after the club admitted failing to control their players against Chelsea.
  
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• Team Sky faces UCI investigation over possible cover-up

  17-03-2017 18:50
  
  • The International Cycling Union is in touch with UK Anti-Doping
  • Former Team Sky rider Josh Edmondson admitted use of banned injectionsThe International Cycling Union has stepped into the latest controversy involving Team Sky to ask UK Anti-Doping to assess claims the team covered up a rider’s use of banned injections.Josh Edmondson admitted breaking the sport’s “no needle” rule while a member of Team Sky between 2013 and 2014 by injecting the amino acid L-ca
  
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• Stewart Downing has a ‘big part to play’ after Karanka row, says Steve Agnew

  17-03-2017 18:43
  
  • ‘Stewy loves the club … it’s his town. He’s a talented footballer’
  • Agnew brings in Joe Jordan to help make team more attack-mindedStewart Downing’s rift with Aitor Karanka and exclusion from Middlesbrough’s first team played a pivotal role in the Basque’s departure on Thursday but Steve Agnew has no qualms about restoring the former England winger to his starting XI. Related: Middlesbrough control freak Karanka pays price for conserv
  
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• Milan San-Remo preview: Sagan to continue his fine form?

  17-03-2017 18:42
  
  The route of this 2017 edition will remain the same as last year, upholding its many challenges such as the Passo del Turchino (143km) and the Capo Mele (241km).The finish line will be on the Via Roma, the traditional finish of Milan San Remo.After a thrilling race last year which saw a surprise victory from French rider Arnaud Démare (FDJ.com), this year’s race will once again be undecided and truly coveted.
  
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• Man City captain Vincent Kompany left out by Belgium

  17-03-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The injury-hit defender was not even on the City bench for their midweek defeat in Monaco. And now the 30-year-old defender faces a battle to win back his place for club and country.
  
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• Pep Guardiola revels in 'power' at Manchester City

  17-03-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Guardiola failed to reach the semi-finals of the competition for the first time in eight attempts as City crashed out at the last 16 at the Stade Louis II. They now face a battle to finish in the top four.
  
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• WATCH: Inside Manchester City's Etihad Stadium

  17-03-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ever wondered what it's like to see inside a Premier League dressing room?Ordnance Survey have offered fans the chance to sample something close to the real thing.
  
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• Maria Sharapova set for first grass wild-card in Holland

  17-03-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maria Sharapova has had her first invitation to play a grass court tournament this summer – although it has not come from Wimbledon or any of its UK warm-up events.
  
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• Tottenham star Harry Kane hopes to return in just 4 weeks

  17-03-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane has told Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino he can be back soon after the international break. Kane has damaged ankle ligaments and is expected to be out for up to six weeks.
  
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• The Prediction Challenge: Chris Sutton vs Paul Newman

  17-03-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's what millions of us do every day - predicting what the score will be in a Premier League match. Well, now we've challenged Sportsmail's experts to test their prediction power.
  
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• Rhys Webb calls on Wales to go up a level ahead of France

  17-03-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rhys Webb believes Wales will need to go up another level in terms of performance when they target a sixth successive win against France on Saturday.
  
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• Boro avoiding drop would be my biggest achievement - Agnew

  17-03-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The newly-appointed head coach may have seen numerous promotions and relegations in 30 years in the game, and a playing career spent at Barnsley, Leicester City and Sunderland.
  
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• Gennady Golvokin and Daniel Jacobs weigh in before fight

  17-03-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL IN NEW YORK: Golovkin (36-0-0) faces Jacobs (32-1-0) for the WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO belts at New York's Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Few expect it the fight to go the distance.
  
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• Don't listen to Jose Mourinho, Man United won't lose

  17-03-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho made a strange prediction for the weekend Premier League action. We've made a few of our own. Find out who we're backing as United go to Boro, Man City host Liverpool plus much more.
  
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• Bobby Charlton gets United backing for landmines campaign

  17-03-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have lent their backing to club legend Sir Bobby Charlton as he looks to battle the harm caused by landmines.
  
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• Daily Fantasy Gameweek 29 injury report: Who should you pick, and who should you avoid this weekend?

  17-03-2017 18:08
  After a week where the FA Cup took centre stage, the Premier League is front and centre this time around. Below is a game-by-game run down of all the injury news ahead of every fixture for Gameweek 29.
  
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