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• Ross Barkley's role in Everton win not a suprise: Williams

  16-04-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT GOODISON PARK: Williams revealed Barkley, who orchestrated Everton's latest victory, had shrugged off the incident before arriving at training last week.
  
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• Florida's Barnhill dominates UK softball in weekend series - Kykernel.com (subscription)

  16-04-2017 23:53
  
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• Jack Wilshere ankle not broken as Bournemouth sweat knock

  16-04-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL EXCLUSIVE: Wilshere suffered the blow in an accidental collision with Harry Kane, taking a hefty kick to the same area of his left fibula that was fractured last season.
  
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• Arsenal fans’ jeers at Héctor Bellerín were unfair, says Arsène Wenger

  16-04-2017 23:43
  
  • Right-back has ankle injury and been playing with pain, manager points out
  • Wenger believes it is not ideal Bellerín plays for Spain Under-21s in JuneArsène Wenger believes the anger directed by Arsenal fans towards Héctor Bellerín in the debacle at Crystal Palace last Monday was unfair on a player who has battled an ankle injury for much of the season.Bellerín was in outstanding form until early November, when the problem forced him out for five w
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan accuses Barry Hearn and World Snooker of bullying him

  16-04-2017 23:33
  
  • O’Sullivan launches tirade after victory at World Championship
  • ‘They’ve pushed me too far. If I didn’t have good lawyers I’d walk away’Ronnie O’Sullivan accused the snooker authorities of bullying and intimidating him in a breathtaking outburst at the World Championship.The 41-year-old five-time Crucible champion pointed the finger at the World Snooker chairman, Barry Hearn, and his board. And he revealed the extent of his distress at recei
  
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• Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino fires early shot at 'artificial' Chelsea

  16-04-2017 23:30
  
  If there is one thing those associated with Chelsea do not like it is the claim that their success during the Roman Abramovich era has been inauthentic.
  
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• Spurs’ Pochettino scratches old sore over super-rich Chelsea | Sachin Nakrani

  16-04-2017 23:30
  
  Tottenham manager insists before FA Cup semi-final his club are building in a ‘natural’ way: ‘It is not about putting in money, money, money’If there is one thing those associated with Chelsea do not like it is the claim that their success during the Roman Abramovich era has been inauthentic. Trophies bought rather than earned, plastic achievements from a club with no history. The most vehement taunts have come from Liverpool supporters whenever they have visited Stamford
  
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• Michael Dawson hopes Hull's home form can be enough

  16-04-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A season full of clouds can end with the Silva lining of safety thanks to Hull's new manager and their impressive home record, according to defender Michael Dawson.
  
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• Manchester City players need fear factor to perform, says Pep Guardiola

  16-04-2017 23:30
  
  • ‘Premier League pressure is not the same as in Spain and Germany’
  • Vincent Kompany’s return a boost before FA Cup semi-final with ArsenalPep Guardiola has suggested Manchester City need to develop a mentality where they continually feel pressure to win, and are afraid to lose, if they are to realise their potential.The City manager believes there is less pressure on players and staff in the Premier League than in La Liga or the Bundesliga and though he emphasi
  
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• Harry Kane can beat Alan Shearer's Premier League record

  16-04-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP: Spurs are getting better every year and there is no reason why Kane cannot become a Premier League title winner like Shearer, Van Nistelrooy and Henry.
  
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• Football club owners can be fit and proper but useless 

  16-04-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL:The problem with football is that there is no useless owners test. Fit and proper isn’t quite the same. You can be fit, you can be proper — but you can still be useless.
  
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• Leicester hopeful Morgan will be back for Champions League tie with Atlético

  16-04-2017 23:29
  
  • Captain battling to play in second leg following back injury
  • Shakespeare considers options after injuries and Huth suspensionLeicester City are increasingly confident that Wes Morgan will be fit to feature in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Atlético Madrid on Tuesday after more than a month on the sidelines with a back injury.Morgan played a full part in training with Craig Shakespeare’s squad on Friday and having sat out his side’s
  
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• Tony Adams starts with a jolt against Celta Vigo as Granada head for drop

  16-04-2017 23:03
  
  Tony Adams stood on the touchline at his new home ground, with his arms crossed as behind him Granada’s fans began heading for the exit. There were still 15 minutes to go but it was all over – the match and maybe even the season. They had just seen their side concede the third goal of the game, hope extinguished, and left quietly, resigned to relegation. Others made their voices heard, calling for the board to resign – the same board that he came to advise and that appointed hi
  
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• Ben Youngs makes a ‘nice little last push’ for Lions squad place

  16-04-2017 23:00
  
  • Scrum-half impresses for Leicester ahead of Wednesday squad announcement• Jamie George and Dylan Hartley waiting for outcome of hookers’ battleAs final auditions go, Ben Youngs could hardly have done more to press his case for inclusion in Warren Gatland’s British & Irish Lions squad when it is announced on Wednesday. A last-ditch try-saving tackle to stop Newcastle edging ahead was followed by a wonderful solo effort that sealed Leicester’s bonus point.It was t
  
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• Andy Murray admits paying price of battle to reach top of world rankings

  16-04-2017 23:00
  
  • Scot returns to action in Monte Carlo after month out with elbow injury
  • Murray expects fight to retain No1 spot after poor start to 2017In the yin and yang of the sporting world, Andy Murray returns to action at the Monte Carlo Masters this week admitting that the effort of ending last year as world No1, for the first time in his career, may well have contributed to his stop-start beginning to the 2017 season. Having returned home after an early exit at the Australian Open to find
  
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• LaLiga: Tony Adams' Granada bow ends in 3-0 defeat to Celta Vigo

  16-04-2017 22:57
  
  Tony Adams did not have an immediate impact on Granda's survival bid as they went down to a poor defeat against Celta Vigo.
  
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• Max Verstappen: Brake failure robbed Bahrain GP chances

  16-04-2017 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Dutchman had made a pit-stop on lap 11 and looked to be on course to move up into second place before curiously running off at the top of turn four and out of the race the following lap.
  
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• Antonio Conte says Spurs are now ‘the best team’ in the Premier League

  16-04-2017 22:44
  
  • Chelsea manager says his team now only have 50% chance of winning title
  • Conte: ‘The fault is mine’ for defeat to Manchester UnitedAntonio Conte admitted that Tottenham Hotspur were now “the best team” in the Premier League and said Chelsea had only a 50-50 chance of winning the title after their defeat at Manchester United restricted the league leaders to a four-point lead at the top of the table. Related: Marcus Rashford and Manchester United sink Chelsea t
  
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• Lewis Hamilton apologises to Mercedes for Bahrain Grand Prix penalty

  16-04-2017 22:42
  
  • Five-second penalty leaves him second behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel
  • ‘Losing points for a team, particularly when you could have won, is painful’Lewis Hamilton has apologised to his Mercedes team after he incurred a penalty that ensured he finished second behind the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel at the Bahrain Grand Prix.The two teams had been very evenly matched in race pace but Ferrari’s aggressive pit strategy gave Vettel the advantage, and when Hamilton
  
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• Conte: Chelsea only have '50-50 chance' of 'miracle' title win

  16-04-2017 22:17
  
  Chelsea are being reeled in by Tottenham in the Premier League title race and Antonio Conte now rates his side's chances as 50-50.
  
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• Fernando Alonso slams lack of power in McLaren Honda car

  16-04-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Spaniard pulled into the McLaren garage on the final lap through an 'engine problem' while down in 13th, having struggled near the back of the field for much of the race.
  
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• County cricket round-up: Alastair Cook’s return powers Essex past Somerset

  16-04-2017 21:30
  
  • Cook hits century in first match since resigning England captaincy• Yorkshire’s Ben Coad takes 10 wickets in match against WarwickshireEssex and Alastair Cook are back and mean business. In his first competitive match since resigning the England captaincy in February Cook’s 110 – his 57th first-class century – provided the backbone of Essex’s remarkable chase of 255 against Somerset at Taunton, their first win since returning to the top flight after a si
  
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• Willie Mullins may aim errant Yorkhill at the 2018 Champion Hurdle

  16-04-2017 21:25
  
  • Mullins considers return to hurdles after exasperating Fairyhouse display• He looks like either a Champion Hurdle horse or a Gold Cup horse, trainer saysYorkhill might be returned to hurdles next season after an astonishing, self-destructive performance that cost him what should have been an easy victory in the Ryanair Gold Cup at Fairyhouse on Sunday. The chestnut, heralded by Willie Mullins as possessing “huge ability”, jumped violently left at times yet would still hav
  
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• Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea: five talking points from Old Trafford | Jamie Jackson

  16-04-2017 21:11
  
  Mourinho puts one over on Conte, Rashford and Lingard offer United vision of post-Ibrahimovic era and Hazard’s lack of hunger whets Spurs’ appetiteAt times José Mourinho has been cast as a fading force. Not after this. By the end Antonio Conte stood in rain in the technical area looking clueless. Manchester United’s victory derived from Mourinho’s tactical masterclass with the attacking axis of Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford, and Ander Herrera’s man‑
  
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• Lyon's Ligue 1 clash at Bastia off after player attacks

  16-04-2017 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As Lyon went through their final preparations for the match, around 100 Bastia supporters invaded the pitch and attempted to attack the visiting players, despite the efforts of overrun security staff.
  
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• Anthony Joshua insists 'it's my time' ahead of Klitschko

  16-04-2017 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pair showed huge respect for one-another during their half-hour conversation with Johnny Nelson, but were both clear in their aims ahead of their April 29 fight at Wembley.
  
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• Man Utd forward Rashford steps up and ticks a big box

  16-04-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD:Responsibility will either burden you or inspire you and Marcus Rashford took a significant step forward in his Manchester United career against Chelsea.
  
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• Boro boss Steve Agnew has sympathy for Arsene Wenger

  16-04-2017 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steve Agnew will go head-to-head with embattled Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitting the Frenchman's plight shows just how difficult Premier League management can be.
  
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• British F4 racing driver collides with another car

  16-04-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British F4 racing driver Billy Monger, 17, was airlifted to hospital after crashing into Finnish driver Patrik Pasma's vehicle during a race at Donington Park on Sunday.
  
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• Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea - PLAYER RATINGS

  16-04-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho reminded Chelsea of his tactical genius as Manchester United blew the Premier League title race wide open. Sportsmail reporter Alex Martin rates how both sets of players performed.
  
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• Gary Neville questions Chelsea without Marcos Alonso

  16-04-2017 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville has questioned the fragility of Chelsea's table-topping side when they are forced to adjust to player absences. Marcos Alonso missed the defeat against Manchester United.
  
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• Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea: Premier League match report

  16-04-2017 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT OLD TRAFFORD: Jose Mourinho put his side back into the hunt for the Champions League places, and he did so making his old charges at Chelsea look second best.
  
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• Ronnie O'Sullivan sees off debutant Gary Wilson

  16-04-2017 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronnie O'Sullivan made a winning start to his 25th Crucible campaign as he saw off plucky debutant Gary Wilson in the first round of the Betfred World Champioship on Sunday.
  
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• Seven things you missed from the Bahrain Grand Prix

  16-04-2017 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pulsating Bahrain GP saw Sebastian Vettel keep Lewis Hamilton at bay to triumph in Sakhir, with the Brit counting the cost of a five-second penalty. But here are seven things you missed from the race.
  
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• Vettel claims second win as Hamilton pays for time penalty

  16-04-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mercedes did everything they could to help Hamilton, even asking their other driver Valtteri Bottas to let their star man through. Bottas, who started on pole, followed the instruction obligingly.
  
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• Gary Cahill defends role in Manchester United goal

  16-04-2017 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea defender Gary Cahill refused to concede that his decision to help Jesse Lingard back up to his feet before Manchester United's second goal in the defeat at Old Trafford was a costly mistake.
  
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• Marcus Rashford offers Manchester United a brighter, faster future | Barney Ronay

  16-04-2017 20:33
  
  Having suffered a dip in confidence during a tricky second season, the striker sprang to life against Chelsea and powered United towards a 2-0 victoryThe most sustained cheer on a sodden Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford came as Marcus Rashford left the pitch after 83 minutes of this 2-0 victory, that familiar loping trot to the sidelines drawing a great barrelling wave of electricity around the stands.On days like these the solution to United’s ongoing snarling of the gears can look a fair
  
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• Mourinho: My tactics totally controlled Chelsea

  16-04-2017 20:31
  
  Jose Mourinho felt Manchester United's style of play and impressive performance from his players led to dominance against Chelsea.
  
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• Tottenham fans condemned for cheering Jack Wilshere injury

  16-04-2017 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bournemouth defender Steve Cook has criticised Tottenham fans for cheering when on-loan Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere fell down injured on Saturday.
  
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• Should Marcus Rashford's goal against Chelsea stood?

  16-04-2017 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frank Lampard and Graeme Souness, on punditry duty for Sky Sports concluded that Ander Herrera handled the ball in the build-up to Manchester United's first goal.
  
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• Man United should have seen Marcus Rashford goal ruled out

  16-04-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: Bobby Madley will have enjoyed the second half of this game more than the first half. The players attitude early on was really poor and everything I don't like about the modern game.
  
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• Alastair Cook hits century for Essex

  16-04-2017 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alastair Cook hit an untroubled century as Essex clinched the first victory of their return to the County Championship top flight with an eight-wicket success against Somerset.
  
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• Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea: Six things you missed

  16-04-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho got the better of his old side to slow their title charge in an engrossing contest at Old Trafford. Do not worry if you missed the finer points though, Sportsmail has you covered.
  
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• Rugby Union: Relegation confirmed for hosts after 17th league defeat of season

  16-04-2017 19:44
  
  This was Bristol’s 17th league defeat of a season to forget as Wasps ran in six tries to all but confirm the Ashton Gate side’s relegation back to the Championship
  
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• Worst in a decade: Chelsea fail to record shot on target in humbling Man Utd defeat

  16-04-2017 19:35
  
  Antonio Conte saw Chelsea produce their worst display in front of goal for 10 years in the defeat to Manchester United.
  
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• Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet hails defensive unity

  16-04-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet hailed Liverpool's defensive unity as they moved up to third in the Premier League after a hard-fought 1-0 win at West Brom on Easter Sunday.
  
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• Bristol go down fighting after spirited battle against Wasps

  16-04-2017 19:25
  
  • Bristol 21-36 Wasps
  • Bristol lacked the overall class of the league leaders and are relegatedBristol are down but they were far from out against the Premiership leaders. They matched Wasps in spirit, pressing at the end when the cause had long been lost and scoring two tries, but they lacked the overall class and polish of their opponents which too often meant that opportunity knocked on.A 10-minute period of play in the first half summed up Bristol’s season. They were trailin
  
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• Jamie O'Hara fined two weeks' wages following fan clash

  16-04-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Tottenham and Portsmouth midfielder, who recently appeared on the reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother, was filmed on a mobile phone pushing a young supporter.
  
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