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• Rostock v Hertha Berlin Cup tie delayed as fires break out

  14-08-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a game overshadowed by pyrotechnics, bangers and small fires in the stands, Hertha Berlin beat third-division Hansa Rostock 2-0 in the first round of the German Cup on Monday.
  
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• Chelsea stars back Diego Costa in clash with Antonio Conte

  14-08-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Costa is a popular figure in the dressing room and remains in regular contact with close friends Willian, David Luiz and Cesc Fabregas. Some fear they could be the next to be discarded
  
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• Jisheng Gao new owner of Southampton after £210m takeover

  14-08-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Chinese businessman has become the majority owner of Southampton, in a £210million deal which the club hope will cement their status in the Premier League's top 10.
  
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• Cricket: Stuart Broad driven by his ambition to surpass Ian Botham's total of five Ashes series victories

  14-08-2017 23:45
  Given the match that starts in Birmingham on Thursday is the first day-night Test in the UK, with the pink ball expected to hoop around corners against vulnerable opposition, Broad is likely to overtake Botham before the weekend is out.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho's Barcelona transfer fate remains with Liverpool's owners, insists Jurgen Klopp

  14-08-2017 23:44
  Jürgen Klopp has reiterated that the decision over Philippe Coutinho’s future is down to the Liverpool owners, not him.
  
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• Jonjo Shelvey on being called a 'bald racist c**t'

  14-08-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE - IAN LADYMAN: It was not at St James' Park, Newcastle, on Sunday that Jonjo Shelvey realised he had a problem. That reality dawned eight months earlier.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for August 15

  14-08-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Chelmsford City, Ffos Las, Thirsk and Nottingham.
  
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• Manchester City to make £60m bid for Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez

  14-08-2017 23:30
  Manchester City will make a bid to test Arsenal’s resolve to keep Alexis Sánchez before the transfer window shuts with Pep Guardiola still desperate to add the forward to his squad.
  
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• At least Coe's tainted sport won't be back any time soon

  14-08-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHIEF SPORTS WRITER - MARTIN SAMUEL: The World Athletics Championships ended, predictably, in an orgy of self-congratulation. Lord Coe thanked the BBC and they thanked him.
  
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• Alberto Salazar's in London during World Championships

  14-08-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT LAWTON: Mo Farah could have received guidance and support from Alberto Salazar's son during the World Athletics Championships, Sportsmail can reveal.
  
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• New rules set to stop no-hopers running in Group One races

  14-08-2017 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The furore over the participation of rank outsider Diore Lia in this year's Investec Derby will be a thing of the past with the BHA set to introduce a minimum official rating to run at the top level.
  
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• Kyle Edmund loses first round clash at Cincinnati Open

  14-08-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kyle Edmund's tough build-up towards the US Open continued as he was beaten by Portugal's Joao Sousa in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Monday.
  
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• Carragher urges Chelsea not to panic after Burnley loss

  14-08-2017 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte's Chelsea side are already under pressure after they lost 3-2 against Burnley in their first Premier League game of the new campaign on Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• Kyle Walker-Peters steps into big time at Tottenham with a minimum of fuss

  14-08-2017 22:50
  In January 2016 Kyle Walker-Peters had a decision to make.Tottenham had agreed that he could join up with Roda JC, a lower mid-table side in the Dutch top flight, on their mid-season training camp in Portugal.
  
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• Man City's Benjamin Mendy closing in on injury return

  14-08-2017 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mendy has been suffering with a thigh injury since his £52million summer move from Ligue 1 side Monaco and missed City's opening 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton on Saturday.
  
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• Jack Wilshere plays first match for Arsenal since injury

  14-08-2017 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT ST GEORGE'S PARK: Jack Wilshere played his first game in an Arsenal shirt for nearly a year as the club's Under-23 side faced Derby County on Monday night.
  
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• Hoffenheim coach hopes to pull off Liverpool shock

  14-08-2017 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann insists his side can shock Liverpool in their Champions League play-off first leg but will need a top performance to achieve it.
  
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• Dennis Bergkamp wins best Premier League goal of all time

  14-08-2017 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Dutch playmaker netted 87 league goals in his 11-year stint in North London. But even 15 years on, one sticks out from the rest. Tony Yeboah's screamer v Wimbledon came second.
  
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• Sofiane Feghouli signs five-year deal at Galatasaray after completing £3.9m switch from West Ham

  14-08-2017 21:20
  Sofiane Feghouli has left West Ham for Galatasaray in a £3.9m deal after signing a five-year deal with the Turkish giants.
  
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• Anthony Taylor to referee Tottenham v Chelsea

  14-08-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Taylor will referee Sunday's hotly anticipated Premier League match between Tottenham and Chelsea at Wembley. Taylor impressed officials when he took charge of the FA Cup final last season.
  
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• Chelsea demand striker Diego Costa returns to club and gets match fit

  14-08-2017 21:03
  • Forward is set four conditions for repairing relations with the champions
  • Comes after Costa claimed that club had treated him ‘like a criminal’Chelsea have responded firmly to Diego Costa claims of maltreatment, demanding the striker return to training and get himself fit for first-team selection.The Premier League champions have been forced to respond after Costa gave an interview from his home in Brazil where he claimed that Chelsea had treated him “like a crimi
  
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• Celtic suffer blow to hopes of re-signing Roberts on loan

  14-08-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celtic are hoping to re-sign the 20-year-old on loan following a successful 18-month spell in Glasgow and Patrick Roberts is believed to be keen on a return.
  
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• Rafael Nadal to replace Andy Murray as world No 1

  14-08-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only Federer could have prevented the Spaniard from returning to the summit of the ATP Tour for the first time since 2014, with Murray guaranteed to be toppled as he recovers from hip issue.
  
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• Liverpool train in Hoffenheim ahead of UCL qualifier

  14-08-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tuesday night marks Liverpool's return to Champions League football, but Jordan Henderson is taking nothing for granted ahead of the play-off with Hoffenheim.
  
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• Preston's Sean Maguire handed Republic of Ireland call-up

  14-08-2017 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Preston striker Sean Maguire has won a first senior Republic of Ireland call-up for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Serbia in Martin O'Neill's 39-man provisional squad
  
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• Sign up for MailOnline Fantasy Football right NOW!

  14-08-2017 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first weekend of the Premier League season has come and gone. But that doesn't mean it's too late to play our very own Fantasy Football game!
  
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• Sergio Busquets urges Barcelona to make signings

  14-08-2017 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The defensive midfielder believes his team need to reinforce if they are to wrestle power back from their rivals Madrid, who won the Champions League and La Liga double last season.
  
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• Fantasy Football Gameweek 1: Yahoo Cup's £1,000,000 Perfect Lineup

  14-08-2017 19:05
  Gameweek 1’s perfect lineup has been revealed and there's a few surprises.
  
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• Klopp calls for tranfser window to shut before new season

  14-08-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Klopp had to contend with his best player handing in a transfer request on the eve of their first game at Watford, which has threatened to derail the opening month of the campaign.
  
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• Malky Mackay: Scottish teens to reach Premier League level

  14-08-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scottish Football Association performance director Malky Mackay has told the country's newest crop of budding footballers that they will be expected to reach Premier League standards.
  
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• Real Madrid given 10 days to appeal Cristiano Ronaldo ban

  14-08-2017 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid have 10 days in which to appeal after Cristiano Ronaldo was hit with a five-game suspension for pushing the referee following his dismissal during Sunday's meeting with Barcelona.
  
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• Arsenal striker Lucas Perez set to return to Deportivo

  14-08-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucas Perez is on the verge of ending his nightmare stay with Arsenal as the striker nears Deportivo La Coruna return amid a £10.9million bid from the La Liga side.
  
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• Franck Ribery unleashes his inner Ali G in yellow outfit

  14-08-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Franck Ribery followed up his cheeky weekend antics by unleashing his inner Ali G. The Bayern Munich winger scored a free kick after untying the laces of a female referee on Saturday.
  
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• Pink ball manufacturer insists criticism is 'ill-informed'

  14-08-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dilip Jajodia, the man responsible for providing the pink balls for England's first day/night Test this week, is confident they will prove a success and considers scepticism about it as 'ill-informed'.
  
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• Borussia Dortmund give Barcelona Ousmane Dembele deadline

  14-08-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona have been given a two week deadline to sign Borussia Dortmund star Ousmane Dembele. The striker has been earmarked as a replacement for Neymar.
  
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• Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti is 'under observation'

  14-08-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti has been warned by club legend Oliver Kahn that he is 'under observation' at the Allianz Arena and will have to do more than win the Bundesliga to keep his job.
  
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• Tottenham new White Hart Lane stadium makes rapid progress

  14-08-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham fans will take encouragement from the latest pictures of their side's new White Hart Lane stadium, with the state of the art structure well on its way to being completed.
  
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• Despite this clod-hopping powerplay, Diego Costa may be on to something | Barney Ronay

  14-08-2017 18:02
  The Chelsea striker has raised some profound issues about transfer fees and freedom of movement that have troubled even the biggest clubs for some timeW hat is your favourite Diego Costa moment? Perhaps it is the one where he manages to get Gabriel Paulista sent off for a retaliatory kick just by standing quite near him, muttering and smiling like some horrible, handsome, impossibly terrible footballing Iago.Or it may be the 2-2 draw with Tottenham where Mark Clattenburg books 12 players but not
  
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• Despite this clod-hopping powerplay, Diego Costa may be on to something

  14-08-2017 18:02
  Perhaps it’s the one where he manages to get Gabriel Paulista sent off for a retaliatory kick just by standing quite near him, muttering and smiling like some horrible, handsome, impossibly terrible footballing Iago.
  
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• Crystal Palace manager Frank de Boer eyes Lukasz Skorupski

  14-08-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The decision comes as no surprise after the Dutchman watched his new side ship three on the opening weekend of the season against newly-promoted Huddersfield Town.
  
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• Ian Poulter eyes Tour Championship after impressive US PGA

  14-08-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poulter made the most of his reprieve by finishing second in the Players Championship on his next start and has not missed a halfway cut since, finishing 22nd at Quail Hollow.
  
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• Stephen Ward signs new Burnley contract until 2019

  14-08-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old, who scored a terrific goal in the Clarets' shock 3-2 win at Chelsea on Saturday, was due to be a free agent at the end of this season. But is now under contract until the summer of 2019.
  
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• Bournemouth squad fantasy football league revealed

  14-08-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bournemouth stars appear to have given themselves extra motivation in the Premier League this season as it was revealed that several of them had picked themselves on fantasy football.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo should've been handed 12-match ban: Poll

  14-08-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: While I usually favour absolute equity in disciplinary punishments, I am hugely disappointed that he hasn't been handed the heaviest sanction possible - 12 weeks.
  
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• Tottenham transfer target Davinson Sanchez tells Ajax he wants Premier League move

  14-08-2017 17:37
  Davinson Sanchez has told Ajax that he wants to be allowed to leave the club and join Tottenham before the end of the transfer window, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Barcelona target Phillipe Coutinho leaves training ground

  14-08-2017 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Philippe Coutinho has left Liverpool's Melwood training ground as speculation surrounding his future at the club grows. The Brazilian star is trying to force a move through to Barcelona
  
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• Stuart Broad: England must adapt fast as step into unknown

  14-08-2017 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 2pm start, with 'lunch' at 4pm and 'tea' at 6.40pm, raises the prospect of some attacking evening declarations and even juggling of the batting order, while the pink ball could behave differently.
  
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• Chris Froome targets Vuelta a Espana as Sky reveal squad

  14-08-2017 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Briton will look to improve on his three second place finishes at the race as he tries to become the first man to win the Tour de France/Vuelta double since Bernard Hinault.
  
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• Jisheng Gao new owner of Southampton after £200m takeover

  14-08-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Chinese businessman has become the majority owner of Southampton in what is thought to be a £200m deal. Jisheng made the purchase from Katharina Liebherr.
  
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• Everton midfielder Ross Barkley faces injury absence

  14-08-2017 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everton fear midfielder Ross Barkley could face an extended lay-off after injuring his hamstring in training on Monday. The 23-year-old is subject to heavy transfer interest from Tottenham.
  
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