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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for March 21

  20-03-2017 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Southwell, Wetherby and Exeter.
  
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• England boss Gareth Southgate faces Kopke against Germany

  20-03-2017 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Gareth Southgate wanders over to the opposition bench to greet his German counterparts on Wednesday evening, he will come face to face with a ghost from his past, Andreas Kopke.
  
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• Roger Federer talks down retirement from stellar career

  20-03-2017 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  His career was in question last year but In January, after five years without a Grand Slam and a season sidelined by injury, Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open.
  
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• Jockey James Doyle to continue wearing Godolphin blue

  20-03-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MARCUS TOWNEND: Jockey James Doyle is to continue his role as Godolphin’s main jockey in Australia for the foreseeable future, limiting the time he will be riding in Britain this summer.
  
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• Wayne Rooney misses England meeting despite Gareth Southgate's invitation 

  20-03-2017 23:30
  
  Wayne Rooney did not attend a meeting of England players yesterday in which manager Gareth Southgate laid out his ambitious vision of eventually turning them into world champions
  
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• Tymal Mills: The Indian Premier League's £1.5m man

  20-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Tymal Mills was on his own in a hotel room when he switched on the TV todiscover his life had changed for ever.
  ‘It was unbelievable to watch,’ says the young Sussex bowler
  
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• Tottenham want to sign Ross Barkley from Everton

  20-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE - IAN LADYMAN: Tottenham are at the front of the queue to sign Ross Barkley from Everton this summer. Barkley is back in the England squad this week after a good run of form.
  
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• Tony Pulis to be offered new West Brom contract this summer

  20-03-2017 23:30
  
  Tony Pulis will be offered a new contract by West Bromwich Albion this summer, as the club close in on their best ever Premier League points total
  
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• Sagna says Wenger doesn't deserve what's happening to him

  20-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bacary Sagna has admitted the storm engulfing Arsene Wenger has left him shattered but he will not spare his mentor any sympathy in the next defining month.
  
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• Manchester City defender: Arsene Wenger is a great man and does not deserve this cricitism

  20-03-2017 23:30
  
  Bacary Sagna has launched a passionate defence of Arsène Wenger and claimed the Arsenal manager is “an institution”
  
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• Jurgen Klopp: I should have been consulted over Ben Woodburn's Wales call-up

  20-03-2017 23:30
  
  Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, says he is surprised Chris Coleman failed to consult him over the Wales call-up of teenager Ben Woodburn
  
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• Jamie Vardy received death threats after Ranieri sacking

  20-03-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON - CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER: Jamie Vardy has claimed he has received death threats to his family since Leicester City took the shock decision to sack Claudio Ranieri.
  
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• Gareth Southgate’s personal video nasty missed by England no-shows

  20-03-2017 23:28
  
  • Wayne Rooney misses presentation outlining manager’s international vision
  • New manager showed squad his Euro 96 penalty miss in ‘powerful message’Gareth Southgate showed his England players the video of him missing the decisive penalty in the Euro 96 semi-final against Germany as part of an impassioned speech to begin the new era with him as full-time manager.However, Southgate’s first international get-together since signing a four-year contract took place a
  
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• Olivier Giroud: Arsenal players want Arsène Wenger to stay on

  20-03-2017 23:13
  
  • Striker says the players hope manager will renew his contract
  • Wenger digging in after vicious criticism from pundits and fansOlivier Giroud believes the Arsenal players are right behind manager Arsène Wenger and want him to stay on at the club despite mounting fan unrest and a poor run of form.Wenger is determined to continue and, with a two-year contract on the table, says an announcement will be made “very soon”. Continue reading...
  
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• England’s largest cricket crowd could fill London Stadium at World Cup

  20-03-2017 23:13
  
  • Deal to stage two 2019 ICC World Cup games close to being secured
  • ECB looks set to ratify plans for new, eight-team T20 tournament
  A deal to stage cricket World Cup matches at the London Stadium, potentially creating the biggest crowd in England in the modern history of the sport, is close to being secured as part of a wider push to popularise the game with new, younger audiences.As exclusively revealed in the Guardian in December, the ECB is understood to be hopeful of staging two
  
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• Eddie Jones defends Dylan Hartley over British Lions selection doubts

  20-03-2017 23:00
  
  • Warren Gatland hints England captain could miss out on Lions selection• England coach says All Blacks are ‘there for the taking’ in summerEddie Jones has defended his captain, Dylan Hartley, and compared him to Mike Brearley after Warren Gatland hinted he may not select the hooker in his British & Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand in the summer.After Jones’s side failed to complete consecutive grand slams, Gatland also suggested Hartley, who is still among t
  
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• Classification system for Paralympic track and field 'open to abuse'

  20-03-2017 23:00
  
  Review by UK Athletics, the sport’s governing body, finds number of ways in which ‘flawed’ system can be underminedThe classification system for Paralympic track and field athletes is flawed and open to abuse by the unscrupulous, according to a report into the subject by the sport’s own governing body.UK Athletics’ review found a variety of ways in which the existing classification rules could be undermined, and uncovered a widespread belief inside Paralympic sport
  
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• Gatland: Lions will take All Blacks on at their own

  20-03-2017 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forget about Warrenball, British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has implored his squad to throw the ball around against the All Blacks during this summer's three-Test series.
  
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• African footballer clarifies 'wife and girlfriend' speech

  20-03-2017 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ghanaian Mohammed Anas has clarified his recent man-of-the-match speech thanking his 'wife and girlfriend' which made him an online sensation, insisting he was in fact referring to his daughter.
  
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• Chelsea’s Eden Hazard facing fitness race for visit of Manchester City

  20-03-2017 22:33
  
  • Belgium coach Roberto Martínez says Hazard faces 10 to 15 days out
  • Chelsea play Crystal Palace and Manchester City on 1 and 5 AprilChelsea’s Eden Hazard will miss Belgium’s international matches this week owing to a calf injury, and faces a race to be fit for Chelsea’s next two Premier League matches against Crystal Palace and Manchester City.The 26-year-old forward sat out the 2-1 win at Stoke on Saturday, and the Belgium coach Roberto Martinez revealed th
  
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• Juan Carlos Unzue interested in replacing Luis Enrique

  20-03-2017 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona assistant coach Juan Carlos Unzue has outlined his interest in replacing Luis Enrique as manager in the summer by claiming that he doesn't want to have too much time to enjoy his hobbies.
  
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• Leicester Tigers appoint Matt O'Connor as new head coach 

  20-03-2017 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester have announced the Welford Road return of Australian Matt O'Connor as their head coach. O'Connor is set to begin work early next month, with current head coach Aaron Mauger leaving.
  
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• Tim Tebow assigned to Columbia Fireflies, New York Mets' low-A affiliate

  20-03-2017 22:02
  
  Former Heisman Trophy winner, 29, attempting to make it in baseballTebow is hitting .235 (4-for-17) in seven games at Mets spring trainingTim Tebow’s professional baseball career will continue with the Columbia Fireflies, the Mets’ low Class-A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.The former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner was informed of the assignment on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal stars want Arsene Wenger to sign a new contract

  20-03-2017 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal's senior players want Arsene Wenger to sign a new contract and stay with the club beyond the current campaign despite a disastrous run of results, claims Olivier Giroud.
  
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• British No 3 Naomi Broady beaten in Miami qualifying tie

  20-03-2017 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British No 3 Naomi Broady failed in her bid to qualify for the Miami Open after losing to Marina Erakovic. The New Zealand No 1 will next face Canada's Francoise Abanda or Nao Hibino of Japan.
  
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• Donnarumma 'wants to stay at AC Milan, because I am a fan'

  20-03-2017 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gianluigi Donnarumma has handed his legion of giant European suitors a blow to their hopes of signing him after stating his intention to stay at AC Milan.
  
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• Tiger Woods opens up on racial slurs that drove his desire for dominance | Ewan Murray

  20-03-2017 21:29
  
  Former world No1 says in book on his extraordinary triumph at the 1997 Masters ‘I wanted us to be colour blind. Twenty years later, that has yet to happen’It is sad a reminder of Tiger Woods’s brilliance arrives at a point when his career has never been clouded in more doubt. With little over a fortnight to go until the Masters, the 41-year-old still cannot confirm his participation as he battles recurring back problems. Still, there was an upbeat Woods in Manhattan on Monday a
  
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• Barcelona risk upsetting Lionel Messi: This transfer will be hard to complete

  20-03-2017 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BARCELONA face a battle to offload flop signing Paco Alcacer this summer, according to reports.
  
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• Tim Sherwood given stadium ban for foul-mouthed rant at referee, FA reveals

  20-03-2017 21:26
  
  • Swindon director of football suspended for comments made to Mark Brown
  • Incident occurred at half-time in February’s 1-0 defeat to BurySwindon Town’s director of football, Tim Sherwood, was given a two-game stadium ban by the Football Association for his foul-mouthed rant towards referee Mark Brown during a game against Bury.The FA published the written reasons for Sherwood’s suspension and £2,000 fine on Monday, including Brown’s report on the incident
  
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• Matt O’Connor to return to Leicester Tigers to replace Aaron Mauger as coach

  20-03-2017 21:23
  
  • Australian is back for a second spell• Club languishes fifth in PremiershipLeicester have announced the Welford Road return of the Australian Matt O’Connor as their coach. He is set to begin work early next month, subject to a visa, with Aaron Mauger leaving the club.The 46-year-old worked at Leicester between 2008-2013, initially as a backs coach and then as the coach. During that period, they won three Premiership titles. Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea star Eden Hazard ruled out for 10-15 days

  20-03-2017 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea will keep a close eye on Eden Hazard's availability after Belgium manager Roberto Martinez listed an expected 10-15 day injury absence for his star winger. Chelsea face Crystal Palace in 12 days.
  
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• Adam Lallana apology: Liverpool midfielder says sorry to team-mates after Man City draw

  20-03-2017 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ADAM LALLANA apologised to his Liverpool team-mates for fluffing a chance to beat Manchester City yesterday.
  
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• Universities condemn outbreak of violence at student rugby match

  20-03-2017 21:15
  
  The varsity fixture between the universities of Sussex and Brighton was cancelled, with several students taken to hospital and one man arrestedPolice are investigating after a brawl broke out at a rugby match between two universities. Bottles were thrown among the crowds in scenes condemned as “shocking and disgraceful” by the two institutions.Numerous people were injured during the disturbances at the annual fixture between the universities of Sussex and Brighton in Falmer, East Sus
  
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• Eden Hazard injury: Roberto Martinez reveals how long Chelsea star will be out

  20-03-2017 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHELSEA star Eden Hazard will be sidelined for around two weeks with injury, according to Belgium manager Roberto Martinez.
  
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• Arsenal players want Arsene Wenger to stay, insists Olivier Giroud

  20-03-2017 20:56
  
  Olivier Giroud wants Arsene Wenger to sign a contract renewal at Arsenal despite recent fan protests.
  
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• Were '01 Juventus the greatest team of managers ever?

  20-03-2017 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An incredible 14 players from the 2000/01 Juventus squad went on to become managers or coaches. Sportsmail decided to take a closer look at this remarkable team.
  
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• Conor McGregor reveals how Floyd Mayweather feels about super fight

  20-03-2017 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CONOR MCGREGOR insists Floyd Mayweather is petrified of fighting him - but says their super fight will take place in September.
  
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• No 'concrete date' for Kvitova return after knife attack

  20-03-2017 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There is still "no concrete date" for Petra Kvitova's return to tennis following the knife attack at her home in December.
  
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• Vincent Kompany enjoys training with Man City team-mates

  20-03-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vincent Kompany, who could not make the bench for Manchester City's defeat to Monaco, enjoyed a training session led by Pep Guardiola following the club's 1-1 draw with Liverpool.
  
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• Volta a Catalunya first stage: Chris Froome makes return

  20-03-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FDJ sprinter Davide Cimolai beat Nacer Bouhanni by just 00.04 seconds in the opening stage of the Volta a Catalunya as Chris Froome completed his first ride in Europe this season.
  
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• Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships: Commentary capers in Sierra Nevada

  20-03-2017 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport commentator Tim Warwood describes the action from the final days of the Snowboarding Slopestyle finals, including the sublime to the ridiculous.
  
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• Tom Harrison - What he said

  20-03-2017 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On the day the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) launched its first nationwide initiative for young children, the governing.
  
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• Eddie Jones expects Dylan Hartley to continue as England captain

  20-03-2017 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Eddie Jones expects Dylan Hartley to continue leading England despite persistent calls for his demotion as captain..
  
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• ECB pins English cricket's future on bold play, T20 shake-up and starting young

  20-03-2017 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  England captains Eoin Morgan and Joe Root have been told to play brave cricket with smiles on their faces as.
  
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• The Guardian’s guide to playing netball – part seven: goal defence

  20-03-2017 20:00
  
  Our series concludes with the focus falling on goal defenders, who must instantaneously morph into the attackers they hunt and have just a bit of ‘pizazz’Goal defenders are netball’s great chameleons, required to be fast-moving, canny and adaptable to change. They may have to fly for every contest with an aerial specialist or execute a quiet, grinding game in the shadow of more a dazzling defensive partner, who picks off loose balls generated by their tireless work.
  Whatever va
  
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• Lewis Hamilton lands in Melbourne ahead of 2017 F1 season

  20-03-2017 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton touched down in Melbourne on Monday ahead of new F1 season getting under way, setting his sights on reclaiming the title he surrendered to former team-mate Nico Rosberg.
  
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• Doctor at centre of Sir Mo Farah controversy summoned to give evidence to MPs

  20-03-2017 19:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE DOCTOR who gave Sir Mo Farah an infusion of a controversial supplement before his London Marathon debut has been summoned to give evidence to MPs.
  
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• Matt O'Connor: Leicester's former Australia international to return to Tigers as coach

  20-03-2017 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Australia international Matt O'Connor will return to Leicester in the role of head coach, replacing Aaron Mauger.
  
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• John Elway urges confirmation of Trump supreme court pick Gorsuch

  20-03-2017 19:48
  
  Broncos general manager endorses Gorsuch on official team letterheadHall of Fame quarterback praises nominee for ‘character and fairness’Denver Broncos general manager John Elway has urged the Senate judiciary committee to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the US supreme court in an endorsement letter written on official team letterhead. Related: Neil Gorsuch hearing: Democrats make case against supreme court nomineeContinue reading...
  
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• Calf injury keeps Chelsea's Eden Hazard out of Belgium games

  20-03-2017 19:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chelsea's Eden Hazard will miss Belgium's international commitments owing to a calf injury..
  
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