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• West Ham hand Slaven Bilic a reprieve

  28-08-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING - EXCLUSIVE: After three consecutive defeats to start the Premier League campaign, the latest coming at Newcastle, Bilic was aware that his position was perilous.
  
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• Stan Kroenke is a joke for not sacking Wenger, says Sutton

  28-08-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Sutton has branded Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke 'a joke' for not showing Arsene Wenger the exit door. The calls for Wenger to leave intensified again following the 4-0 thrashing by Liverpool.
  
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• Liverpool targeting £200m spree after signing Naby Keita

  28-08-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool have launched what could be the most expensive recruitment drive in their history with the £60million club record signing of Naby Keita from Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig.
  
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• Jo Konta crashes out in first round of US Open

  28-08-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: Andy Murray did not make the starting grid, and Jo Konta could not progress beyond the first lap as she was shocked in the first round of the US Open.
  
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• Swansea make ambitious move for Bayern Munich midfielder

  28-08-2017 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swansea have made an ambitious move to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Renato Sanches on loan. However, the 20-year-old has several other clubs around Europe also interested in signing him.
  
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• Jack Butland wants Joe Hart's spot for England

  28-08-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate was impressed by Jack Butland’s display in the 1-0 win over Arsenal when watching from the stands while Joe Hart has conceded 10 goals in three Premier League ties.
  
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• Arsenal will lose yet again if Alexis Sanchez fades away 

  28-08-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Alexis Sanchez sat on the bench, his blue shirt pulled up, hiding his face, engulfing his head. This could well be his last season at Arsenal.
  
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• Mayweather and McGregor left all of Las Vegas exhausted 

  28-08-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL IN LAS VEGAS: There was no holding back a sense of relief that it was all over. Out with adrenalin. In with the fatigue. A city that never sleeps was out on its feet.
  
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• Manchester United pencil in ambitious Zlatan Ibrahimovic return date

  28-08-2017 23:30
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic is hoping to be available again in time for Manchester United’s rush of Christmas fixtures.
  
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• England working with Germany and All Blacks as part of plan to win major tournaments 

  28-08-2017 23:30
  England have turned to world champions Germany and New Zealand’s rugby union team in a bid to finally halt their dismal record at major tournaments, it can be revealed.
  
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• Chris Froome could take part in World Championships

  28-08-2017 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Team Sky rider Froome told a press conference on rest day in Spain that he was considering racing in both the team and individual time trials in Norway, but not the road race.
  
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• Richard Cockerill aims to turn Edinburgh into winners

  28-08-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Leicester sacked Richard Cockerill at the start of this year, he declared that he was still the right man for the job and that conviction has been reinforced by events since.
  
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• US Open live: Konta goes out in first round, Venus Williams in action – live!

  28-08-2017 23:02
  Updates from the first day of play at Flushing MeadowsEdmund beats seeded Haase in straight setsSharapova straight in at the deep end after free pass to US OpenEmail Niall or tweet @niallmcveigh 10.00pm BSTThis is Kuzmova’s first senior grand slam appearance – she’s only 19, and ranked 135th in the world. The Slovakian has just broken back, much to Venus’s chagrin.Here’s Kevin Mitchell on one bit of good news for British players today, as Kyle Edmund cruised into th
  
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• Everton set to agree £9m deal for Hajduk Split winger Nikola Vlasic

  28-08-2017 22:56
  • Croatia Under-21 player has scored 10 goals in 85 appearances
  • Chelsea and Tottenham interested in signing Ross BarkleyEverton are close to completing a €10m (£9.26m) deal for the Hajduk Split winger Nikola Vlasic as they look to improve Ronald Koeman’s attacking options before the transfer deadline. Related: Cesc Fàbregas and Álvaro Morata on target as Chelsea dispatch EvertonContinue reading...
  
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• Tennis: British hopes crushed as Jo Konta falls at first hurdle in US Open

  28-08-2017 22:42
  The race for the WTA's number one ranking was narrowed to seven players on Monday as Johanna Konta lost her US Open first-round match.
  
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• Round-up: Toby Roland-Jones does his best to undo patchwork Surrey

  28-08-2017 21:54
  • England bowler takes two early wickets for Middlesex at The Oval
  • Essex recover after being bowled out for 159 against SomersetHad you presented this rather patchwork Surrey XI to Alec Stewart, the director of cricket, back in April, he might just have choked on his tea. Zafar Ansari, Dom Sibley and Mark Footitt are off the staff, Kumar Sangakkara and Mark Stoneman are otherwise engaged, and Tom Curran leads the list of the injured. Thus Ollie Pope and Ryan Patel are debuting as two
  
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• England 'wanted to make West Indies suffer' on day four

  28-08-2017 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ali was one of six half-centurions in England's second innings of 490 for eight declared, leaving the tourists an improbable 321 to square the series on the final day.
  
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• Dawid Malan reins in the big shots to book Ashes spot

  28-08-2017 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whether he will scare Australia's bowlers is another matter. But for the moment, following Mark Stoneman's 52, England will be relieved that their top-order jigsaw is taking some kind of shape.
  
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• Gordon Taylor criticises Raheem Sterling's sending off

  28-08-2017 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Players' union chief Gordon Taylor believes a sense of proportion was lost in the chaotic closing moments of Manchester City's last-gasp win at Bournemouth on Saturday.
  
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• Moeen Ali will add wickets to his runs on day five

  28-08-2017 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Moeen Ali was the star of the show on day four of the second Test as his blistering 84 put England in command against West Indies. Sportsmail's DAVID LLOYD reflects on all the action.
  
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• West Indies need 317 runs to beat England in second Test

  28-08-2017 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT HEADINGLEY: There were twists and turns aplenty during close to four days of what makes Test cricket the greatest form of the game but then Moeen Ali stepped in.
  
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• West Indies captain Jason Holder got it wrong on day four

  28-08-2017 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN AT HEADINGLEY: Jason Holder has had a really good game as captain, but even he showed some mental fatigue and started to make some odd decisions.
  
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• Joe Root'S conversion rate is still cause for concern

  28-08-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's LAWRENCE BOOTH rounds up the best of the stats that came out of the action as England moved into a commanding position against West Indies at Headingley.
  
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• Hannover hit Bundesliga heights but fan fury means atmosphere at all-time low | Andy Brassell

  28-08-2017 21:00
  Protest banners provided the backdrop to victory over Schalke as fans rail against the club president’s plan to take majority control of the club with an exemption to the 50+1 ruleOn paper, it was exactly as Hannover 96 would have wanted it for their return to the Bundesliga. There was a capacity crowd of 49,000 inside the HDI-Arena for their first home game back in the top flight and by the end of it, a second win from two games sent them into the international break in the fledgling tabl
  
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• Britain’s Kyle Edmund beats Robin Haase in straight sets at US Open

  28-08-2017 20:49
  • ‘I know I’m improving,’ he says after 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 win
  • He faces unseeded Steve Johnson in the second roundKyle Edmund resists any suggestion that he is carrying Britain’s hopes at this US Open in the absence of Andy Murray but, after a solid three-set win on day one over the accomplished Dutchman, Robin Haase, he looks as if he will give a credible account of himself.Edmund, in his own quiet way, is getting on with his career, gradually cashing in on a lot
  
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• Umpire Ravi’s wrong call offers England breathing space to take control | Andy Bull

  28-08-2017 20:46
  Moeen Ali takes advantage of umpire’s no-ball mistake to complete a tough day for West Indies whose pacemen were out on their feetThe ball bounced low, lower than Moeen Ali imagined it would when he leaned back and started to bring through his bat to cut it past point. It flicked off the bottom edge and shot through to Shane Dowrich, who dropped down and caught it just before it hit the ground. Dowrich’s grin fell off his face the moment he looked up again. The bowler, Devendra Bisho
  
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• Barcelona fans call for president to quit at Ousmane Dembélé unveiling

  28-08-2017 20:38
  • Pressure on Josep Maria Bartomeu heightened by Neymar departure to PSG
  • Barcelona refusing to give up on Coutinho after securing €145m DembéléBarcelona supporters called for Josep Maria Bartomeu to resign as they waited for the presentation of the new €145m signing Ousmane Dembélé at the Camp Nou, increasing the pressure on the president with the transfer market heading into its final three days and the Catalan club refusing to give up on Philip
  
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• Kylian Mbappe trains with France ahead of move to PSG

  28-08-2017 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kylian Mbappe trained with his France team-mates on Monday morning as he waits for his expected move from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain to be completed.
  
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• Heather Watson crashes out of US Open

  28-08-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: Heather Watson’s strange New York nightmare continued on Monday when she was one of the early fallers in the first round of the US Open.
  
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• Olympic medallist Colin Jackson announces he is gay

  28-08-2017 20:27
  Former world champion hurdler and BBC presenter recalls in Swedish documentary how he told his parents of his sexualityThe British Olympic silver medallist and BBC sports presenter Colin Jackson has spoken publicly for the first time about being gay, saying he thought the time was right to reveal his sexuality.In an interview for a Swedish documentary called Rainbow Heroes, the Welsh two-time 110m hurdles world champion said the reason he had not previously spoken of his sexuality was to avoid i
  
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• Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts returns to Celtic

  28-08-2017 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old winger became a fans' favourite after spending a successful 18 months at Parkhead before returning to his parent club Manchester City at the end of last season.
  
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• Cricket: Magnificent Moeen Ali makes Windies suffer

  28-08-2017 20:12
  West Indies need another 317 to level the series after England piled on the runs at Headingley, declaring on 490-8 to turn the match around.
  
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• Kyle Edmund overcomes Robin Haase at the US Open

  28-08-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: Kyle Edmund’s liking for the US Open shone through again today when he caused an early mini upset by beating number 32 seed Robin Haase.
  
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• England take control and Moeen Ali makes hay as West Indies blow chance

  28-08-2017 19:52
  • England 258 & 490-8dec, West Indies 427 & 5-0
  • Moeen hits 84, Joe Root 72 and Ben Stokes 58 in second inningsIt was not until after tea on the fourth day that England finally managed to get their noses in front of West Indies in a captivating, flawed contest that royally entertained a healthy Bank Holiday crowd in excess of 8,000.Up to that point the game had ebbed and flowed intriguingly with England restoring the situation via Joe Root and Ben Stokes as well as being indeb
  
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• Another early-season breakdown for Arsenal but no sign of any change | Amy Lawrence

  28-08-2017 19:32
  The 4-0 humiliation at Liverpool was one of 20 such in the past five years but no one seems able to initiate the radical changes needed in responseIn the thick of Arsenal’s chronic breakdown at Anfield on Sunday it did not take long for football’s splurging social commentary to begin establishing just how bad this was compared with other abhorrences. How rotten exactly are things in the state of Arsenal? As bad as the 8-2 at Manchester United? On a par with the season they were disme
  
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• Moeen Ali changes momentum to turn West Indies Test England's way

  28-08-2017 19:31
  Moeen Ali changes momentum to turn West Indies Test England's way
  
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• Moeen Ali changes momentum to turn the Test England's way

  28-08-2017 19:31
  Moeen Ali changes momentum to turn the Test England's way
  
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• Barcelona give tentative assurances Lionel Messi won't sign for Manchester City

  28-08-2017 19:27
  The La Liga giants have sought to end any suggestion that their talisman could depart the club, or that a long-serving midfielder could join Juventus
  
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• Barcelona's £96m man Ousmane Dembele fails at kick-ups

  28-08-2017 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ousmane Dembele may be wearing Neymar's old jersey at Barcelona but if first impressions are anything to go by, it could take a while before he replaces the departed Brazilian.
  
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• Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho near to £25m Crystal Palace move

  28-08-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  THE TRANSFER COLUMN: France international defender Mamadou Sakho, who spent part of last season on loan at Selhurst Park, is surplus to requirements at Anfield.
  
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• Patrick Roberts completes Celtic medical ahead of loan

  28-08-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celtic are expected to announce the re-signing of Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts later on Monday after the player was pictured leaving the club following a successful medical. 
  
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• Emre Can’s stellar rise shows how Jürgen Klopp is transforming Liverpool | Andy Hunter

  28-08-2017 19:17
  German’s performance in the 4-0 win over Arsenal at Anfield proves his manager overshadows Arsène Wenger tactically and with individual developmentIn the 130-second press conference that followed Arsenal’s latest capitulation at Anfield Arsène Wenger admitted his team were physically, technically and mentally inferior to Liverpool. It was a damning critique no doubt but, had he held court longer, the Arsenal manager could have given a fuller account of Liverpool’s
  
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• US Open 2017: Heather Watson knocked out by Alize Cornet in round one

  28-08-2017 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Britain's Heather Watson is knocked out of the US Open in the first round, losing 6-4 6-4 to France's Alize Cornet.
  
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• Republic of Ireland: Jeff Hendrick & James McCarthy out of World Cup qualifiers

  28-08-2017 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeff Hendrick and James McCarthy will miss the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Serbia as injuries mount.
  
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• What is the Mayweather vs McGregor prize money and how much did Floyd Mayweather Jnr. take home?

  28-08-2017 18:34
  What is the Mayweather vs McGregor prize money and how much did Floyd Mayweather Jnr. take home?
  
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• Ousmane Dembele claims he feels 'no pressure' at Barcelona

  28-08-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old winger, signed from Borussia Dortmund for a fee which could rise to £136million was presented to over 17,000 fans at the Nou Camp on Monday. 'No pressure,' he said.
  
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• Mbappe will join PSG as Deschamps confirms starlet to move

  28-08-2017 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  France's 1998 World Cup winning captain Didier Deschamps has left little doubt as to where Monaco's £166 million-rated starlet Kylian Mbappe is heading - and it's not Real Madrid.
  
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• Ousmane Dembélé unveiled at Barcelona's Camp Nou after €147m move – video

  28-08-2017 18:23
  Ousmane Dembélé has been unveiled at Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium in front of thousands of expectant fans. Dembélé has become the second most expensive footballer in history, signing a five year contract. The 20-year-old France international takes the shirt number 11 and the position of the only player more expensive than him, NeymarBarcelona is the best club in the world, says Dembélé after €147m moveContinue reading...
  
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