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• Nathan Ake the shock choice to start ahead of John Terry

  21-04-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte is plotting a surprise team selection at Wembley on Saturday with Nathan Ake in for a rare start and out of form Diego Costa uncertain of his place in Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final team.
  
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• Dame Katherine Grainger named as the new chair of UK Sport

  21-04-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dame Katherine Grainger, the former rower and medallist at five consecutive Olympic Games, has been named as the new chair of UK Sport.
  
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• Richard Wigglesworth, the overlooked fulcrum in the purring Saracens machine | Robert Kitson

  21-04-2017 23:57
  
  The club have more Lions squad members than any but their influential scrum-half and others like him are just as vital to the team’s successIt says a lot about Saracens that no club will contribute more players to this summer’s British and Irish Lions tour. It says even more that, conceivably, they could have supplied a quarter of the squad. As they hope to demonstrate on Saturday afternoon in a thunderous Champions’ Cup semi-final against Munster, there is no European side pre
  
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• Chelsea have £1billion reasons to be fearful

  21-04-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: There is £1billion worth of pressure on Chelsea’s new commercial director Chris Townsend when he starts work soon at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• Burnley midfielder Joey Barton available for Man Utd clash

  21-04-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barton appeared before an FA commission and it is understood no decision was reached during that session on Friday so Barton is free to feature against Jose Mourinho's men at Turf Moor.
  
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• Racism and sexism... Nastase's behaviour was an outrage 

  21-04-2017 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER IN CONSTANTA, ROMANIA: The Great Britain team had been warned to expect erratic behaviour from a man who was nicknamed Nasty as a player.
  
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• Barcelona appeal Neymar's suspension for a second time

  21-04-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The club said on Friday they were filing an appeal with the country's sports tribunal to annul the suspension that was keeping Neymar from playing at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for April 22

  21-04-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Saturday's meetings at Thirsk, Bangor, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Newbury and Ayr.
  
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• Weir hints at U-turn on retiring after London Marathon

  21-04-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Weir intended to quit the sport after the marathon, having turned his back on the track after a bitter fall-out with elements of British Athletics following his disappointing Rio Paralympics.
  
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• Drug cheats have tarnished the London Marathon, says Pavey

  21-04-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: For Jo Pavey, the worst part was not feeling surprised. She's used to the announcements now, desensitised in ways she wishes she wasn't.
  
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• Conte and Pochetinno are arch rivals daring to dream

  21-04-2017 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In many ways, Conte and Pochettino are kindred spirits. Although they produce contrasting styles of play, they create teams with balance by focusing on improving individuals.
  
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• Derek Fox chasing double in the Scottish Grand National

  21-04-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not many jockeys achieve the dream of winning the Grand National and fewer still manage to achieve the double of following a win at Aintree with success in the Scottish National at Ayr.
  
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• Saracens set to take on Munster in a Lions-packed clash

  21-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warren Gatland will be watching through his fingers when Munster and Saracens go toe to toe. Eight of Gatland’s Lions squad will feature and he will be praying they come away unscathed.
  
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• Prediction Challenge: Jamie Redknapp vs Laura Williamson

  21-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Welcome to The Prediction Challenge. This week Jamie Redknapptakes on Sportsmail sports news editor Laura Williamson in guessing all the FA Cup and Premier League results.
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Alberto Moreno Liverpool days numbered

  21-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week.
  
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• Liverpool eye deal for Hull left back Andy Robertson 

  21-04-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Milner, previously a midfielder, has made the position his own this year ahead of Spanish left back Alberto Moreno, who is expected to leave Anfield at the end of the campaign.
  
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• Ilie Nastase was an accident waiting to happen for Romania

  21-04-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: Many in tennis wondered if the Romanian authorities had taken leave of their senses when they appointed Ilie Nastase as Fed Cup captain - and now a wider audience will.
  
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• Valon Behrami on how football helped him start a new life – video

  21-04-2017 23:30
  
  Watford midfielder Valon Behrami talks about how he and his family fled escalating violence in Kosovo when he was just four years old in search of safety and a better life in Switzerland. Behrami, formerly of West Ham and Napoli, also describes how football helped him adjust to living in a new country and how he came to represent Switzerland at international levelFootball Welcomes is new Amnesty International initiative launching this weekend to celebrate refugee footballersContinue reading...
  
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• Pochettino: Experienced winners Chelsea are FA Cup favourites as Spurs continue to grow

  21-04-2017 23:30
  
  Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea's experience in winning makes them very different from his developing side.
  
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• Leicester City and other clubs work together for refugees’ better future

  21-04-2017 23:30
  
  On the weekend of 80th anniversary of Guernica bombing, from which 3,000 children fled Spain for Britain, English clubs will highlight refugees’ contributionsIt was an atrocity that inspired Picasso’s most famous painting and, more pertinently, a historic U-turn by Britain’s Conservative government. Until the saturation bombing of Guernica 80 years ago on Wednesday Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister, had rejected all calls to accept refugees from the Spanish civil war.Whitehal
  
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• Shutter Speed cut to 6-1 for Oaks after impressive victory

  21-04-2017 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shutter Speed has been halved in price to 6-1 for the Oaks by bookmaker Paddy Power after living up to her tall reputation at Newbury. The Musidora Stakes at York next month could be next.
  
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• West Ham V Everton at Olympic Stadium : Match Preview

  21-04-2017 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Slaven Bilic could drop goalkeeper Darren Randolph for Everton clashWest Ham manager Slaven Bilic is considering dropping goalkeeper Darren Randolph.
  
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• Norwich 2-0 Brighton: Match Report

  21-04-2017 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Norwich topple Brighton thanks to two own goals from goalkeeper David StockdaleNorwich beat newly promoted Brighton 2-0 on Friday night.
  
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• Radamel Falcao watches Monte Carlo Masters tennis 

  21-04-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having come through Monaco's Champions League quarter-final unscathed, the Colombia forward and his wife Lorelei Taron were in attendance for the last eight of the men's singles.
  
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• Gabriel Jesus set for return versus Arsenal in FA Cup semi

  21-04-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Brazil star was expected to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery for the injury he sustained at Bournemouth on February 13 in only his fifth game for the club.
  
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• Chelsea v Spurs could go all the way and City look good

  21-04-2017 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's FA Cup semi-final weekend with Wembley playing host to two crackers and there's also six Premier League games to get stuck into. Find out who we're backing.
  
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• JAMIE CARRAGHER: Here's why John Terry has to be my No 1

  21-04-2017 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE CARRAGHER: An era is coming to an end after John Terry announced he will leave Chelsea at the end of the season. He is one of the best defenders to have ever played the game.
  
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• Legend is used too often but Ugo Ehiogu was at Aston Villa

  21-04-2017 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ASTON VILLA FAN VIEW: Ugo Ehiogu was very much at the heart of the last true successful era of Villa during the 1990s; that included regular European football and our last major trophy.
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic ruled out for rest of season

  21-04-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic landed awkwardly on his right leg after attempting to win a header right at the end of normal time on Thursday night as United searched for a winner to send them through to the semi-finals.
  
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• England's Second City derby is second rate

  21-04-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: Buried beneath the hullabaloo of two FA Cup semi-finals, another important game takes place this weekend. Aston Villa versus Birmingham. The Second City derby.
  
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• Former rower Katherine Grainger named chair of UK Sport - Eurosport.co.uk

  21-04-2017 19:44
  
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  Former rower Katherine Grainger named chair of UK Sport
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  Britain's most decorated female Olympian Katherine Grainger was named on Friday as the new chair of UK Sport. The 41-year-old Scot, who retired from rowing after winning a medal at her fifth successive Games in Rio last year, will succeed Rod Carr as ...en meer »
  
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• Novak Djokovic OUT of the Monte Carlo Masters

  21-04-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Belgian, ranked No 13 in the world, beat Djokovic in a match that lasted two hours and 37 minutes. Goffin joins Lucas Pouille and Alberto Ramos in the last four of the tournament in Monte Carlo.
  
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• For how long can the Messi-CR7 global supershow go on? | Barney Ronay

  21-04-2017 18:56
  
  There is another clásico this weekend, another head-to-head between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. But it is now possible to wonder how many more of these we’re going to getTowards the end of his life Mozart wrote a piece of music called Ein musikalischer Spaß, or “a musical joke”, intended as a satire on bad composers. As you might expect it contained a hilarious discord in the horns section, some off-key sonata and – LOL – a polytonal finale.No d
  
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• Dragons forward Ed Jackson recovering after neck operation

  21-04-2017 18:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Newport Gwent Dragons forward Ed Jackson has undergone neck surgery..
  
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• Luiz: Chelsea must play like 'monsters' to beat Tottenham

  21-04-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazilian centre-back David Luiz, who has been a key player for Chelsea at the heart of the defence this season, is expecting the match at Wembley on the weekend to be 'fantastic.'
  
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• Arsenal V Man City at Wembley Stadium : Match Preview

  21-04-2017 18:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  League form not a factor for FA Cup showdown, says Arsenal boss Arsene WengerArsene Wenger insists Arsenal's recent poor league.
  
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• UEFA: Manchester City have fulfilled obligations after breaching Fair Play rules

  21-04-2017 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Manchester City have fulfilled all the financial obligations imposed on them after breaching Financial Fair Play rules three years ago,.
  
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• Guardiola believes City owners are not happy

  21-04-2017 18:24
  
  Manchester City's billionaire owner Sheikh Mansour will not be satisfied with the club's performances this season, Pep Guardiola believes.
  
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• Laidlaw set to return for Gloucester against La Rochelle

  21-04-2017 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Greig Laidlaw has been named among Gloucester's replacements for the trip to Stade Marcel-Deflandre, where the west country club will face a team unbeaten at home this season.
  
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• RFU ready to push ahead with Six Nations calendar reform

  21-04-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Rugby Football Union is standing by its proposal to reduce the length of the Six Nations from seven to six weeks despite facing widespread opposition to their plans.
  
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• Hull handling Premier League pressure well - Marco Silva

  21-04-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hull manager Marco Silva thinks his players are handling the pressure well as the fight to remain in the Premier League reaches its crucial stage with his side two points above the drop zone.
  
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• Klopp dismisses Hart rumours

  21-04-2017 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jurgen Klopp has poured cold water on suggestions that Joe Hart may be a target for Liverpool in the summer..
  
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• Fed Cup: Romania v Great Britain - pen pics

  21-04-2017 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Romania and Great Britain's Fed Cup teams will do battle over the weekend in Constanta for a place in World Group II..
  
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• Fulham are hitting form at the right time for promotion

  21-04-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fulham are the form team in the Championship and broke into the play-off spots this week - so the big question is can the division's top scorers stay there are return to the Premier League?
  
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• Liverpool V Crystal Palace at Anfield : Match Preview

  21-04-2017 17:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Palace more than a one-man team, says Klopp ahead of Benteke's Anfield returnLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is well aware of.
  
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• Dundee Utd V St Mirren at Tannadice Park : Match Preview

  21-04-2017 17:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stewart Murdoch desperate to secure second for Dundee UnitedDundee United's Stewart Murdoch is relieved to have secure a play-off place.
  
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• Liverpool news: Divock Origi wants Champions League

  21-04-2017 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Divock Origi believes that if Liverpool can maintain their current good run of form then they will put themselves in a great position to finish in the top four.
  
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• Andy Murray will play in Barcelona Open

  21-04-2017 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World number one Andy Murray on Friday took the late decision to play in Spain after a surprise defeat at the hands of Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the last 16 of the Monte Carlo Masters.
  
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• Eastern Mountain Sports, Bob's Purchased By UK Retailer Sports Direct - Consumerist

  21-04-2017 17:25
  
  Consumerist
  Eastern Mountain Sports, Bob's Purchased By UK Retailer Sports Direct
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  After their parent company went bankrupt twice in one year, sporting goods chains Bob's and Eastern Mountain Sports have a new owner: Sports Direct, which already operates hundreds of stores in Europe and has had its eye on U.S. expansion for a while.
  UPDATE 2-UK's Sports Direct deal to enter US market irks analystsReuters
  UK's Sports Direct deal to enter US market irks analystsNasdaq
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• Cristiano Ronaldo urges Lewandowski to join Real Madrid

  21-04-2017 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The duo are said to have told Lewandowski that their club would be the best place for him to further his career, following Bayern's Champions League defeat by Real Madrid.
  
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