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• The Manchester derby was a sideshow instead of title bout

  27-04-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: Welcome to Manchester in April 2017. One team not confident enough to go after a game they needed to win, the other not good enough to take advantage
  
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• Sunderland players fear backlash from supporters

  27-04-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland players are braced for a supporter backlash amid fears they could be relegated in front of their own fans on Saturday.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for April 28

  27-04-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Friday's meetings at Huntingdon, Sandown, Doncaster, Perth and Chepstow.
  
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• Man Utd news: Jose Mourinho close to being HIT by TV cam

  27-04-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marouane Fellaini's red card dominated the Manchester derby as neither City or United could break each other down. Eleven things you missed from Thursday night's Premier League fixture.
  
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• Manchester derby 2017: Jose Mourinho holds on for draw

  27-04-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE ETIHAD: The brains trust strikes again. Two fouls and a headbutt. Remember the old joke about there being no famous Belgians. Well, there are certainly some infamous ones.
  
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• Newcastle boss Benitez future dependent on Ashley talks

  27-04-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rafa Benitez says he will only stay on as manager of Newcastle United if owner Mike Ashley shares his ambition when they sit down for talks next week. He will lay out his plan for the summer.
  
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• Barton to receive pay cut for rest of Burnley contract

  27-04-2017 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joey Barton will spend his remaining weeks at Burnley on significantly reduced wages after his 18-month ban for gambling. Barton is thought to earn in the region of £20,000 a week.
  
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• West Ham news: Slaven Bilic hints at Daniel Sturridge move

  27-04-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Slaven Bilic has hinted that Daniel Sturridge could be the man to end West Ham's quest for goals. Sturridgehas endured another season ravaged by injury and could be set for the exit.
  
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• Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United: five talking points from the Etihad | Jamie Jackson

  27-04-2017 23:38
  
  The derby proved a fine night for the Manchester sides in the race for the Champions League, but it is also abundantly clear where both teams need to reinforce before next seasonThis draw suits Manchester City and Manchester United as it moved them a point closer to Liverpool and will allow each to overtake Jürgen Klopp’s side in the race for a Champions League berth if they win their game in hand. José Mourinho had said: “Our mentality now is to try to forget what is wai
  
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• Man City 0-0 Man Utd - RATINGS: Fellaini the villain

  27-04-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ten-man Manchester United held on for a point as rivals City were unable to capitalise late on after Marouane Fellaini's sending off. Sportsmail's JACK GAUGHAN provides his ratings.
  
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• Joshua vs Klitschko: Ring announcer Buffer ready to rumble

  27-04-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: As Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko make their entrances on Saturday night, look closely and you will see a well-dressed man speaking gibberish to himself in the ring.
  
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• Meet Everton's dream academy that beat the big spenders

  27-04-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There was a point during Everton's recent 4-2 beating of Leicester when David Unsworth swelled with pride. This was his utopia: academy products playing lead roles with Goodison Park packed.
  
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• Joshua vs Klitschko predictions: Wladimir sure he'll win

  27-04-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: The video stick displaced Klitschko’s first idea of sealing his prediction in an envelope and handing it to Joshua before their battle, with a note saying: ‘Not to be opened until after the fight.’
  
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• Southgate skips Manchester derby to watch rugby league

  27-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instead of watching two of England's biggest football teams go head-to-head on a huge night at the Etihad, Southgate sat 45 miles down the road watching Leeds Rhinos take on Huddersfield Giants.
  
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• Toby Alderweireld set to double his money

  27-04-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Though the 28-year-old has a contract that lasts until 2019, Tottenham are aware Alderweireld is attracting attention from home and abroad.
  
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• Indian cricket cash threatens ECB plans for T20 tournament

  27-04-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA:Indian cricket’s financial muscle could derail the England Cricket Board’s new franchise-style T20 tournament before a ball is bowled in 2020.
  
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• Chelsea news: Antonio Conte was once plagued by self-doubt

  27-04-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giovanni Trapattoni can still remember the moment he changedeverything for Antonio Conte. He was new to Juventus, thrust into a team with players he idolised like Roberto Baggio and Toto Schillaci.
  
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• Arsenal want to appoint a director of football

  27-04-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal hope the appointment of a director of football will avoid a repeat of the contract uncertainty that has overshadowed their season.
  
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• Rafael Benítez to have talks with Mike Ashley before extending Newcastle stay

  27-04-2017 23:30
  
  • Newcastle manager to meet the club’s owner in the next 10 days
  • Talks will focus on Benítez’s remit and summer transfer budgetRafael Benítez’s future at Newcastle United will be determined when he sits down for talks with Mike Ashley, the club’s owner, in the next 10 days.Benítez is happy on Tyneside and hopes to remain in charge at St James’ Park but will require reassurances about his spheres of autonomy and transfer budget b
  
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• Oliver Roberts caps surprise win for Huddersfield at second-placed Leeds

  27-04-2017 23:21
  
  • Leeds 12-31 HuddersfieldThis will not rank among the contenders for the end‑of‑season highlights DVD but for Huddersfield it will not matter one bit.Five days before this surprise win the Giants, without a win in nine games, were beaten by a part-time side, Swinton, in the Challenge Cup. They were visiting a Leeds side who would have gone top of Super League with a fourth successive victory. Continue reading...
  
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• Elliot Daly wants to be Warren Gatland's Mr Versatile

  27-04-2017 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has not been decided which position Daly will play but the Wasps and England star has featured at outside centre, wing and full-back in his career and feels he can fill in across the backline.
  
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• Manchester Derby of imperfections sums up Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho's 'if only' seasons

  27-04-2017 23:10
  
  This was a Thursday night derby about avoiding Thursday night football and dropping into the booby prize of the Europa League.
  
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• UK Phone Hacking Scandal Fast Facts - KITV Honolulu

  27-04-2017 23:03
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  (CNN) -- Here's a look at the phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom. Journalists at British newspapers are accused of making payments to police and hacking into the phones of celebrities, law makers, royalty, murder victims and other figures in ...en meer »
  
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• Premier League Round-Up: Fellaini tests Mourinho's patience, Chelsea maintain edge over Spurs, Moyes misery and more

  27-04-2017 23:03
  
  Alex Netherton looks back on the midweek action as the fixtures came to a close with a fiery Manchester derby stalemate.
  
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• Manchester United hothead Marouane Fellaini sees red in fiery derby draw with Manchester City

  27-04-2017 23:01
  
  The points were shared at the Etihad Stadium as City maintained their advantage in the race for a top-four finish.
  
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• Unowhatimeanharry wins the Champion Stayers' Hurdle

  27-04-2017 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Harry Fry was so disappointed Unowhatimeanharry could only finish third at the Cheltenham Festival that he has not felt able to watch a replay.
  
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• Tymal Mills: RCB require big comeback in IPL

  27-04-2017 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TYMAL MILLS: I'm not sure many, myself included, would have thought Royal Challengers Bangalore would be in this position at the start of the tournament. We may well need to win all our remaining games.
  
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• Anthony Joshua predictions: AJ on HOW he’ll beat Klitschko

  27-04-2017 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: Britain’s world champion has rehearsed mentally how he will apply the pressure of youthful strength on the Ukraine legend who ruled heavyweight boxing for more than a decade.
  
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• Five things we learned as 10-man United hang on against City in the Manchester derby

  27-04-2017 22:03
  
  The Manchester derby at the Etihad was the biggest game of the Premier League season for both United and City but Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola reacted to it in different ways.
  
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• West Brom keen on £100k deal for Lincoln defender Raggett 

  27-04-2017 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old has played a key role in his club's National League title-winning season, helping The Imps to a Football League return - while also impressing in the FA Cup.
  
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• France investigates votes for 2018 and 2022 World Cups and questions Blatter

  27-04-2017 21:56
  
  • Fifa’s former president interviewed as Swiss authorities co-operate
  • Michel Platini, Uefa’s former president, has not been spoken toFrench prosecutors have opened an investigation into potential corruption relating to Fifa’s vote for Russia and Qatar to host respectively the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals, sources close to the investigation have confirmed.Investigators are understood to have interviewed Sepp Blatter, who was the Fifa president at the time of the co
  
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• Man United news: How Paul Scholes 'would kick' Paul Pogba

  27-04-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nemanja Vidic has revealed how Paul Pogba was made to grow up fast at Manchester United - as Paul Scholes aimed kicks at him on the training pitch.
  
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• Man City: Sergio Aguero will step aside for Gabriel Jesus

  27-04-2017 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sergio Aguero has admitted he will have to work harder to keep his place at Manchester City after Gabriel Jesus' return to fitness and refused to commit his long-term future to the club.
  
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• Racing news and tips: Fehily and Unowhatimeanharry avenge Cheltenham loss

  27-04-2017 21:16
  
  • Fehily judges race perfectly to secure horse’s third Grade 1 win
  • ‘He has the heart of a lion and he doesn’t give up on you,’ says FehilyFor the second day running, the feature event here on Thursday was in the balance until its final moment as Unowhatimeanharry, the beaten favourite behind Nichols Canyon in the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, turned around the form under a bold ride by Noel Fehily and held off his old rival by a head.Ruby Walsh threw ev
  
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• Chelsea news: Antonio Conte's moving speech to youth team

  27-04-2017 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea's Under 18s were given a glimpse of their potential future on Wednesday night after head coach Antonio Conte was first to congratulate them on their FA Youth Cup triumph.
  
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• Watford owner Gino Pozzo is happy: Mazzarri

  27-04-2017 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Watford boss Walter Mazzarri feels owner Gino Pozzo would be happy with his first season in charge, which has seen the team overcome injury problems to move towards mid-table security.
  
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• Barcelona Open 2017 results: Andy Murray in to quarters

  27-04-2017 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray is through to the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open after beating Feliciano Lopez in straight sets. Murray is aiming to win his first Barcelona Open title.
  
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• Tennis: Rusty Murray outlasts Lopez in Barcelona

  27-04-2017 20:25
  
  World number one Andy Murray was not at his best against Feliciano Lopez, but dug deep to make the last eight in Barcelona.
  
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• Mkhitaryan and Rashford lead Manchester United attack as Jesus returns to City squad

  27-04-2017 20:12
  
  The two front men return as Jose Mourinho makes four changes from the team which beat Burnley on Sunday.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton inspired by Serena Williams response to Ilie Nastase abuse

  27-04-2017 20:11
  
  • Williams a ‘powerful, independent black woman’, says Briton
  • Mercedes driver says he does not want team orders and never hasLewis Hamilton has spoken out in support of Serena Williams after she was the victim of racial abuse from the former player Ilie Nastase last week. The British driver, speaking before the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, hailed Williams’s reaction to the abuse and said she was an inspiration as a “powerful, independent black woman”.Nas
  
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• Ding Junhui takes 5-3 overnight lead on Mark Selby in Crucible semi-final

  27-04-2017 20:03
  
  • 2016 finalist comes back from 3-2 down to seize initiative
  • World No1 had only dropped 11 frames en route to last fourThe 2016 champion Mark Selby was left with plenty to think about overnight following an enthralling first session of his world championship semi-final with China’s Ding Junhui.There was little to split the pair in Sheffield on Thursday before Ding, who lost against Selby in the final last year, won the final three frames to secure a 5-3 advantage. Continue read
  
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• Experts warn of £12.6bn scale of UK gambling problem | Paul MacInnes

  27-04-2017 19:56
  
  Explosion in online gambling and funding of research by betting industry leads one professor to say: ‘We’re not facing up to the potential for harm’Experts are warning that the UK must face up to the scale of its gambling problem with a lack of research, and industry influence, preventing proper scrutiny of a growing national habit.Joey Barton’s 18-month suspension from football on betting-related charges, and the player’s response in which he spoke of an “exp
  
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• Notts County Ladies players given nod to join new clubs

  27-04-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Notts County Ladies players have been given permission by the Football Association to sign for new clubs in England with immediate effect. The Women's Super League side went out of business.
  
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• Does football have a gambling problem? – video

  27-04-2017 19:36
  
  The industries of professional football and gambling have grown ever closer in recent years but has the relationship become a problem? After Joey Barton was banned for 18 months by the Football Association on charges of betting, we explore gambling’s increasing presence in modern football and ask whether this has indeed become a concern for the gameJoey Barton banned for 18 months by FA and says it effectively ends his careerContinue reading...
  
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