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• Materazzi shares snap with fellow 'bad boy' Diego Costa

  26-05-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Costa is set to start up top for Chelsea when they face Arsenal on Saturday, as the Premier League championslook to secure a league and cup double this season.
  
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• Petr Cech injury hands David Ospina surprise FA Cup final start for Arsenal

  26-05-2017 23:54
  
  • Cech devastated to miss showpiece
  • Per Mertesacker expected to play in back threePetr Cech has been dropped by Arsène Wenger for the FA Cup final against Chelsea on Saturday and David Ospina will make a surprise start in goal. Cech is devastated by the decision. It was thought that he suffered a slight knock in training but he is now ready to take his place on the bench.Wenger has had to mix and match at the back in the face of selection problems and he will ask Alex Oxlade-C
  
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• Arsène Wenger drops Petr Cech and gives David Ospina nod for FA Cup final

  26-05-2017 23:54
  
  • Cech devastated to miss showpiece
  • Per Mertesacker expected to play in back threePetr Cech has been dropped by Arsène Wenger for the FA Cup final against Chelsea on Saturday and David Ospina will make a surprise start in goal. Cech is devastated by the decision. It was thought that he suffered a slight knock in training but he is now ready to take his place on the bench.Wenger has had to mix and match at the back in the face of selection problems and he will ask Alex Oxlade-C
  
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• Wakefield 28-26 Huddersfield: Top-four hopes still alive

  26-05-2017 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wakefield came from behind to snatch a 28-26 victory over Huddersfield to maintain their push for a top-four spot in the Betfred Super League.
  
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• Northampton 23-22 Stade Francais: Saints secure Euro spot

  26-05-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Northampton fought back from being 22-6 down and having Tom Wood sent off to secure a thrilling victory over Stade Francais and secure European Champions Cup rugby next season.
  
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• Sir Alex Ferguson talks about friend and mentor Jock Stein

  26-05-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY HUGH MACDONALD: If you could listen in to one conversation about football, Sir Alex Ferguson talking about his great friend Jock Stein would be the place to be.
  
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• Wembley Stadium roof repairs may take 10 years to complete

  26-05-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Wembley needs significant repairs to its roof that could take at least 10 years to complete. The faults, in a roof built in 2007, first became obvious in 2013.
  
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• Man United target Antoine Griezmann: Rumours are unfounded

  26-05-2017 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann has dismissed reports he has already agreed to leave this summer but stopped short of committing his future to the club.
  
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• George Groves aims for fourth time lucky against Chudinov

  26-05-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surely the time has come for George Groves, at his fourth attempt, to win that world title he so desperately craves.
  
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• Arsene Wenger reveals he doesn't keep any Arsenal winners' medals in endless pursuit to make himself a better coach

  26-05-2017 23:31
  
  If Arsenal beat Chelsea on Saturday it would be one of Arsene Wenger’s greatest achievements as a manager, in what could yet be his final match in charge.
  
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• Arsène Wenger defiant and focused before FA Cup final against Chelsea

  26-05-2017 23:29
  
  Arsenal manager does not look back, does not keep his medals and despite the incessant clamour he is still giving nothing away about his futureArsène Wenger has not been forthcoming in his media conferences for some time and the regulars who travel to see him at Arsenal’s training ground in St Albans would say he is particularly guarded before a big game. This week was no exception. But before the FA Cup final against Chelsea on Saturday, the manager brought some extra ingredients &
  
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• Matt Parcell shines as Leeds storm to clinical victory over Warrington

  26-05-2017 23:03
  
  • Leeds 40-0 Warrington
  • Wolves attacking frailties brutally exposedThere have been many moments already this season to suggest Leeds and Warrington are on different paths – this was perhaps the most conclusive of them all. A year ago, it was Leeds toiling at the wrong end of Super League while Warrington pressed ahead for major honours, finishing with the League Leaders’ Shield and appearances in both major finals.There is a way to go yet before Leeds can reach any of tho
  
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• Harry Mallinder kicks Northampton back into Champions Cup

  26-05-2017 23:01
  
  • Northampton 23-22 Stade Français
  • Harry Mallinder kicks match-winning conversionNorthampton have done next to nothing the easy way all season so perhaps their circuitous route into next season’s Champions Cup should not come as a surprise. But they can take enormous credit for the resilience shown to cap an exhilarating victory over Stade Français thanks to Ahsee Tuala’s dramatic late try and Harry Mallinder’s nerveless conversion.When Tuala went over
  
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• Wasps’ Danny Cipriani takes ‘better brain’ into Premiership final | Michael Aylwin

  26-05-2017 23:00
  
  The fly-half has matured and curbed his more rebellious instincts with the club looking for their first Premiership title since 2008 as they face ExeterIt is a common storyline in sport, and it is common in life, legend and literature. The brilliant youth; the effortless, vertiginous rise; the prosaic, enraging restrictions; the exile and fall.And then – well, it depends on our hero. Icarus fell straight into the sea, but Danny Cipriani came again. As he prepares to step out at Twickenham
  
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• Bernardo Silva Q&A: Who is Man City's possible £43m man?

  26-05-2017 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City look set to get the Premier League transfer ball rolling after agreeing a £43m fee for Monaco midfielder Bernardo Silva. The 22-year-old flew into England on Friday morning.
  
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• Danny Rose: Harry Kane wants to break records with Tottenham but others may leave

  26-05-2017 22:08
  
  Danny Rose feels Tottenham can "only do so much" to keep players amid Manchester City's interest in fellow defender Kyle Walker.
  
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• Watford close in on Marco Silva as Crystal Palace weigh up Sean Dyche

  26-05-2017 22:06
  
  • Former Hull City head coach holds talks with Vicarage Road club
  • Silva had also been linked with Palace and PortoWatford are closing in on their No1 managerial target after holding talks with the former Hull City head coach Marco Silva.Silva, who has also been linked with a move to Porto and Crystal Palace, is understood to be close to agreeing a deal with the Vicarage Road club, who are looking for a swift replacement for the departed Walter Mazzarri. Continue reading...
  
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• Cricket: Kumar Sangakkara hits fifth consecutive first-class century to lead Surrey comeback against Essex

  26-05-2017 21:46
  
  Kumar Sangakkara struck a fifth consecutive County Championship hundred and his 99th career century as Surrey recovered from a dreadful start to post 334-7 against Essex on day one of the Division One match at Chelmsford.
  
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• Bernardo Silva joins Man City in a £43m deal from Monaco

  26-05-2017 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City made a serious statement of intent on Friday by landing Monaco midfielder Bernardo Silva for £43million. Sportsmail understands they also want Benjamin Mendy.
  
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• Thomas Pieters on top after BMW PGA Championship day two

  26-05-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON AT WENTWORTH:Here a classy leaderboard took shape featuring one of the great young talents, Thomas Pieters, Open champion Henrik Stenson and Lee Westwood.
  
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• England star Ben Stokes passed fit for South Africa ODI

  26-05-2017 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH: England’s Champions Trophy prospects received a shot in the arm after Ben Stokes was passed fit to play in the second one-day international against South Africa.
  
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• Bernardo Silva signs for Manchester City in £43m move from Monaco

  26-05-2017 20:42
  
  The Monaco playmaker has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League club to kick off a busy summer of arrivals and departures at the Etihad
  
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• Porn sex career tempts Benoit Assou-Ekotto amid transfer

  26-05-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham manager Harry Redknapp has revealed he would like to sign former Tottenham and QPR full-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto - but the player is mulling over a move into pornography. 
  
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• Manchester City Games: Holly Bradshaw wins pole vault with GB record

  26-05-2017 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw wins the pole vault event at the Great City Games in Manchester with a national record of 4.80m.
  
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• F1 star Max Verstappen goes jet-skiing in Monaco harbour

  26-05-2017 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Max Verstappen has clearly taken to the lavish Monaco lifestyle as he went jet-skiing ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix. The Formula 1 drivers are on their day off ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.
  
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• Chelsea two good as they go for the Double - tips and odds

  26-05-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BETTING GUIDE: Two things Chelsea have enjoyed over the past few years is the FA Cup and playing against Arsenal - so they should be looking forward to Saturday’s final at Wembley.
  
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• FA Cup final to have unprecedented police presence

  26-05-2017 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police presence will be at an unprecedented level as hundreds of thousands of football supporters descend on Wembley over the Bank Holiday weekend.
  
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• Manchester City Games: Watch a tribute to victims of the Manchester attack

  26-05-2017 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Manchester hosts the City Games, watch a tribute to the victims of the Manchester attack incorporating Tony Walsh's poem, 'This Is The Place'.
  
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• Etihad set to host Take That concert after terror attack

  26-05-2017 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pop group were scheduled to play the Manchester Arena on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week, but all three nights were cancelled in the wake of Monday's events.
  
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• Sergio Romero wants Manchester United No 1 jersey

  26-05-2017 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David De Gea was first choice in the Premier League, featuring in 36 of the 38 fixtures, but the Spain international continues to be linked with a move back home to Real Madrid
  
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• How the English game could learn from the Chinese Super League | Barney Ronay

  26-05-2017 20:00
  
  For all the nationalism and political will, China is ploughing millions into youth development and the intention is to win the World Cup within the next 30 yearsThis week I watched the Chinese Super League so you don’t have to, taking in the full, slightly wild 90 minutes of the champions Guangzhou Evergrande versus last year’s runners-up Jiangsu Suning, the most recent of the CSL fixtures being shown in dribs and drabs by Sky Sports.There was a vague point to all this beyond simple
  
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• Alex Gray: Atlanta Falcons' new signing on his switch from rugby to the NFL

  26-05-2017 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England Sevens captain Alex Gray's only experience of NFL was from playing computer games, but now he's off to the Atlanta Falcons.
  
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• Marco Silva closing in on Watford job after speaking to Southampton, Porto and Crystal Palace

  26-05-2017 19:57
  
  Watford sacked Walter Mazzarri after a disappointing 17th placed finish in the Premier League this season.Silva will have to reinvigorate a squad that has seen a high turnover of players in the last few years, with captain and fan favourite Troy Deeney subject to serious interest from West Bromwich Albion.
  
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• Kumar Sangakkara makes history for Surrey with fifth consecutive century

  26-05-2017 19:57
  
  • Sri Lanka legend sees visitors recover from 31 for five
  • He finishes the day unbeaten on 177 at ChelmsfordWith Essex top of the table, there is a chirp about Chelmsford right now, and it only became louder when Jamie Porter and Matt Quinn, destroyers of Hampshire last time out, reduced Surrey to 31 for five. But, like Lancashire, Warwickshire and Middlesex before them, Essex met Kumar Sangakkara. They were undone by something old and something new.There was a 61st first-class centur
  
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• Is McLaren’s lack of competitiveness harming their reputation and heritage?

  26-05-2017 19:55
  
  McLaren’s blank season needs to get going this weekend at Monaco although the team admit they show little sign of improving any time soonWhen Howden Ganley arrived for his first day at work with Bruce McLaren, as the team’s third employee, he found a concrete prefab full of earthmoving equipment on a dirt floor. Humble beginnings for a team that would become one of the longest serving and most successful in Formula One, driven not only by the vision and ambition of its founder but al
  
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• Sky's Mikel Landa wins dramatic stage 19 of Giro d'Italia

  26-05-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Landa, twice beaten in the final metres of stages this week, made sure on stage 19 as he went clear from the breakaway with under 10 kilometres left, starting his celebrations hundreds of metres from home.
  
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• Katarina Johnson-Thompson wants to love heptathlon again

  26-05-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katarina Johnson-Thompson has travelled to a tiny mountain town in Austria on a mission to find love. After all the heartbreak of the past two years, she needs it to be a successful pursuit.
  
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• Ian Poulter: Manchester attack causes FA Cup final worry

  26-05-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian Poulter admitted he would be wary of attending the FA Cup final between his beloved Arsenal and Chelsea in the wake of Monday's terrorist attack in Manchester.
  
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• Man Utd hero Patrice Evra celebrates Old Trafford return

  26-05-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is fair to say that Patrice Evra is quite excited about the prospect of pulling on a Manchester United shirt one more time at Old Trafford for Michael Carrick's testimonial game next month.
  
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• Tennis: Andy Murray confident of shaking off his sickness bug ahead of French Open first round against Andrey Kuznetsov

  26-05-2017 19:36
  
  Murray has been feeling ill all week and has suffered from a cough in the days leading up to the second Grand Slam of the season, having been diagnosed with shingles in February.
  
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• David Beckham nearly joined Roma because Francesco Totti

  26-05-2017 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Beckham has paid tribute to Roma legend Francesco Totti ahead of his final game for the club. He will leave at the end of the season with his last match on Sunday at home against Genoa in Serie A.
  
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• Ben Stokes fit to play for England in second ODI against South Africa

  26-05-2017 19:17
  
  • All-rounder passed fit after England training session
  • Ben Stokes had restricted role in Headingley win over South AfricaBen Stokes will be fit to play against South Africa in the second ODI in Southampton on Saturday. It is an indication of Stokes’ status that a gaggle of newshounds kept a constant eye on him throughout a long training session, in which he did little bowling. At one point Stokes was batting right-handed and missing the ball on purpose in order to give Jos But
  
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• French Open return a 'dream come true' for Petra Kvitova – video

  26-05-2017 19:10
  
  Petra Kvitova says it is a ‘dream come true’ to be making her return to tennis at the French Open after being stabbed during a burglary at her home in December. The two-time Wimbledon champion suffered serious hand injuries in the attack and has not played competitively since the incidentPetra Kvitova says she has won ‘biggest fight’ on French Open knife attack returnContinue reading...
  
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• Formula 1: Nico Rosberg 'completely fulfilled' in retirement

  26-05-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nico Rosberg talks about life as a retired F1 world champion, his predictions for this season and whether his Mercedes replacement Valtteri Bottas can compete for the title.
  
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• Frankie Dettori gets Derby boost from Khalidi victory at Goodwood

  26-05-2017 18:53
  
  • Cocked Hat Stakes victory a boost for Classic hope Cracksman
  • Winner will bypass Epsom to head for a race at Royal AscotThirty years ago next month a 16-year-old apprentice called Frankie Dettori rode his first winner at this breathtaking downland track and, if Ascot is the racecourse most readily associated with his long career, Goodwood cannot be far behind. Dettori has long since mastered its contours and quirks and he was impeccable again aboard Khalidi on Friday as the colt too
  
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