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• Castleford 23-22 St Helens: Cas through to Grand Final

  28-09-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luke Gale was the hero as Castleford held off a late fightback from St Helens to win through to their first Grand Final.
  
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• Give managers like Mourinho an inch and they take a mile

  28-09-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: It was only six inches. Everyone said so. In the studios, on the radio. The lads around the monitors for Soccer Saturday looked aggrieved.
  
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• Manchester United sign five Huddersfield youngsters

  28-09-2017 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have snapped up five of Huddersfield Town’s fledgling talents after the downgrading of the Yorkshire club’s academy earlier this month.
  
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• Great Scottish Run: The Dundee granny on a fitness mission

  28-09-2017 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Maureen Murray has 10 children, 14 grandchildren and a niggly knee but nothing gets in the way of her passion for fitness.
  
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• Ben Stokes has been indulged to a scandalous extent

  28-09-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: Ben Stokes is the ugly and unacceptable face of cricket. That England are even contemplating taking him to Australia — worse of all as vice-captain — beggars belief.
  
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• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Owner John Gosden raises fears

  28-09-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Gosden fears the combination of an 18-runner field and Chantilly’s tight track could turn Sunday’s Qatar Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe into a lottery
  
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• Ben Stokes facing life of regrets... his career is on line

  28-09-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: Ben Stokes does have regrets. He voiced a few in an interview he did in these pages last March. Nothing, however, will compare to the regret he feels after recent events.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's best bets for Friday, September 29

  28-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Thursday's meetings at Haydock, Newmarket, Newcastle and Worcester.
  
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• Richard Scudamore caught in £1bn Premier League scrap 

  28-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Scudamore needs to persuade another five clubs to switch their support in time for the expected vote at the PL summit next Wednesday.
  
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• McIlroy: Tiger Woods is the greatest player I have seen

  28-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the most decorated golfer since the Tiger Woods era, and a player who grew up idolising the American, Rory McIlroy is well qualified to comment on Woods' admission that he may never play again.
  
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• Manchester United fear Paul Pogba will not return to action before November

  28-09-2017 23:30
  Paul Pogba is facing a battle to return to action before the international break in November.
  
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• Hull forward Jarrod Bowen has taken his chance to impress

  28-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  THE SECRET SCOUT:Our scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. This week, he's on the trail of Hull City forward Jarrod Bowen.
  
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• Gareth Southgate backs FA’s Dan Ashworth over Mark Sampson controversy

  28-09-2017 23:30
  • England manager believes FA technical director would ‘work ethically’
  • Southgate says Sampson should have known potential safeguarding dangersGareth Southgate has defended the Football Association’s under-fire technical director, Dan Ashworth, over allegations that the governing body orchestrated a “sham” inquiry into the Mark Sampson affair and tried to cover up an allegation of racism.Ashworth, one of the FA executives at the centre of the Sampson con
  
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• Gareth Southgate admits some players in England squad 'do not deserve to be there'

  28-09-2017 23:30
  Gareth Southgate has made the frank admission that there are players in his current England squad who “do not deserve to be there”, with injuries having opened the door to some who have barely figured his season.
  
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• County cricket: Last term's champions Middlesex relegated

  28-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last year’s county champions Middlesex were relegated on a dramatic final day of the domestic season after Hampshire, their rivals for the drop, clung on for a draw at Edgbaston.
  
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• Ben Stokes must not go to the Ashes after Bristol brawl

  28-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN: There is no need for England’s supremo to wait and see whether Stokes will face criminal charges nor even try to discover the extent of Hales involvement. We have seen enough.
  
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• Ben Stokes has to stay home or the Ashes will be a circus

  28-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: The images in the video that will have been seen around the world are so serious that it looks almost impossible for the ECB to allow him on the plane.
  
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• What we learned in the Europa League as Everton's slump continues and two Arsenal stars re-emerge

  28-09-2017 23:23
  Paul Wilkes takes a look back on matchday two in the Europa League on a night of contrasting emotions for the Premier League's representatives.
  
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• Luke Gale golden point beats St Helens and puts Castleford in Grand Final

  28-09-2017 23:14
  • Castleford 23-22 St Helens
  • Luke Gale scores winner 16 days after appendectomyOn nights like these, it seems unfortunate that someone has to lose. For Castleford’s critics, the argument had been for months that when the play-offs came around, the runaway Super League leaders would fail to cope with the expectations of a do-or-die play-off semi-final.Next Saturday will dictate whether they have the credentials to go all the way and become Super League champions at Old Trafford,
  
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• Everton's wait for a Europa League win goes on after late Apollon Limassol leveller

  28-09-2017 23:07
  Everton looked set for their first Europa League group stage win of the season but were pegged back by a late Apollon Limassol goal.
  
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• Real Madrid to face happy minnows Fuenlabrada

  28-09-2017 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid will face the short trip to Fuenlabrada in thefourth round of the Copa del Rey, and the minnows could not be happier to be facing the back-to-back European champions.
  
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• Man City to win 5-2 at Chelsea? Foo Fighters guitarist takes on Lawro

  28-09-2017 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Lawrenson takes on Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett in the next round of Premier League matches.
  
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• Five things you missed from BATE Borisov 2-4 Arsenal

  28-09-2017 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail were on hand to pick up anything you might have missed as Arsenal cruised to victory over BATE Borisov in the Europa League on Thursday night.
  
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• Martin Keown hails Reiss Nelson and compares him to Neymar

  28-09-2017 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown has heaped praise on youngster Reiss Nelson after his auspicious performance during the Gunners' 4-2 Europa League victory over BATE Borisov.
  
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• Alex Hales' overseas Twenty20 contracts at risk after street fight

  28-09-2017 21:58
  Alex Hales is not part of England’s Ashes squad but he will be worried his Twenty20 contract this winter could be put at risk by his involvement in the street fight that has led to him being called in for questioning by police.
  
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• Manchester City confirm Benjamin Mendy has ruptured ACL in right knee

  28-09-2017 21:37
  • £52m defender faces battle to feature again this season
  • Left-back injured knee against Crystal PalaceManchester City have suffered a major setback before their trip to Chelsea on Saturday after the club confirmed Benjamin Mendy has sustained a serious knee injury that leaves his chances of returning this season remote.After tests in Barcelona, it emerged that Mendy ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, the injury coming in a tackle with Andros Townsend in
  
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• Theo Walcott double sets Arsenal on way to victory at Bate Borisov

  28-09-2017 21:15
  To butcher a phrase Arsène Wenger coined many years ago, if you eat caviar every day, sometimes it is not so bad to return to sausages. After all those seasons of Champions League, Arsenal have rather taken to life in the Europa League. It is not always easy to get the blend right with a reshuffled team, a mix of older pros who are perhaps not getting as much football as they want, and kids desperate for opportunities. But Arsenal got stuck into their sausages, established enough “c
  
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• Five things we learned from Arsenal's erratic 4-2 win against BATE Borisov in the Europa League

  28-09-2017 20:56
  The hosts were low on quality and Arsenal held on to run out comfortable winners. Here are five things we learned.
  
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• Arsenal stroll to Europa League victory in Belarus as Olivier Giroud reaches milestone

  28-09-2017 20:49
  Theo Walcott scored twice and Olivier Giroud reached a personal milestone as Arsenal beat BATE 4-2 in the Europa League.
  
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• Everton v Apollon Limassol, Europa League LIVE updates

  28-09-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Toffees must get their European campaign back on track against the Cypriot side, with nothing less than a win required. Follow all the action from Goodison Park live with TOM FARMERY.
  
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• Manchester City confirm Benjamin Mendy has ruptured ACL

  28-09-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City have suffered a devastating injury blow after confirming their new left-back Benjamin Mendy has suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
  
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• Arsenal's Mesut Ozil is a transfer target for Inter Milan

  28-09-2017 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil is a target for Serie A side Inter Milan, confirms club president. The 28-year-old is out of contract in the summer and is free to speak to foreign clubs from January.
  
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• Manchester City confirm ligament damage for Benjamin Mendy

  28-09-2017 20:23
  The France international is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after tests revealed the extent of the damage to his right knee.
  
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• Man United icons Cristiano Ronaldo & Rio Ferdinand reunite

  28-09-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United fans were treated to a brief reminder of their former glory days as Rio Ferdinand caught up with his former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.
  
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• 'The state needs it': Crows tasked with putting South Australia back on map

  28-09-2017 20:00
  Excitement has not yet reached fever pitch in Adelaide but victory in Saturday’s AFL grand final would give the region a huge boost Late last week at a gathering in Victoria of 30 university vice-chancellors from around the world, as happens even in upper academia, the footy came up. Melbourne, of course, is the home of football exclaimed one VC.“No, Adelaide is,” crowed professor Mike Brooks the interim head at the University of Adelaide. It raised a laugh but, tellingly, broa
  
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• Melbourne overwhelming NRL grand final favourites but sport often surprises

  28-09-2017 20:00
  Unlike the Storm, the Cowboys go into the decider unburdened by favouritism and with the backing of the majority of the crowdAt the recent launch of his new book at Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre former Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos questioned the popular notion that a sporting team has only a brief “premiership window” in which to challenge before it regresses into the dreaded rebuilding phase, that long winter of discontent that so troubled Shakespeare, who must have been a North
  
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• Johanna Konta insists women's tennis 'kicked arse' in 2017 and deserves credit

  28-09-2017 19:57
  Johanna Konta insists women's tennis 'kicked arse' in 2017 and deserves credit
  
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• England coach Trevor Bayliss speaks on Ben Stokes brawl

  28-09-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England coach Trevor Bayliss has described the fallout of the incident involving Ben Stokes and Alex Hales in the early hours of Monday morning as among the most difficult challenges of his career.
  
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• Ben Stokes incident unlikely for England stars: Southgate

  28-09-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stokes has been suspended from international cricket until further notice in the wake of footage being published on The Sun's website which allegedly shows him in a street fight.
  
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• Carlo Ancelotti eyes return to Premier League after being sacked by Bayern Munich

  28-09-2017 19:31
  Carlo Ancelotti would prefer a return to the Premier League to continue his management career after being sacked by Bayern Munich.
  
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• Arsenal and Liverpool furious at Christmas Eve fixture

  28-09-2017 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal and Liverpool will be powerless to prevent change if their fixture at the Emirates Stadium is switched to Christmas Eve. The prospect of the switch has left both clubs furious.
  
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• Arsenal announce record turnover of £422m during 2016-17

  28-09-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal have, however, seen their cash reserves fall from £226.5m to £180.1m, while their wage bill rose by £1m to £195.4m. The club spent 47 per cent of total football revenue on wages.
  
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• Rory McIlroy pays tribute to Tiger Woods and looks to his own legacy | Andy Bull

  28-09-2017 18:53
  Rory McIlroy calls Woods ‘the greatest he has seen’ and says he is looking to get fit in the off season in preparation for next decade of his careerSoon after Rory McIlroy finished his first round at the British Masters, talk turned to Tiger Woods, who said on Wednesday he may not play competitive golf again. “If he doesn’t play again, then he’s been the greatest player that I’ve ever seen,” McIlroy said. “So if this is it, he doesn’t have an
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino wants England to release Dele Alli back to Tottenham if FIFA suspend the player

  28-09-2017 18:52
  Mauricio Pochettino insists he wants England to release Dele Alli back to Tottenham Hotspur should the midfielder be banned by Fifa for swearing while on international duty last month.
  
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• PSG stars Neymar and Dani Alves attend Paris Fashion Week

  28-09-2017 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian stars Neymar and Dani Alves attended Olivier Rousteing's Spring/Summer 2018 Balmain show at Paris Fashion Week.
  
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• Leicester: Craig Shakespeare in the dark over Adrien Silva

  28-09-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare admits he is in the dark over the Adrien Silva saga - and that he is kept abreast of some developments through the media.
  
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• Carlo Ancelotti failed to deliver goods at Bayern Munich

  28-09-2017 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIT HOLDEN: Bayern's array of early season troubles, from tactics to dressing room disputes, had caught up with the head coach sooner than anyone had expected.
  
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