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• Newcastle 29-17 London Irish: Falcons top the Premiership

  29-09-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 59th-minute try from captain Will Welch secured Dean Richards' high-flying Newcastle a bonus-point victory over London Irish that took the Falcons to the top of the Premiership.
  
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• Leeds reach 10th Grand Final after thrilling win over Hull FC

  29-09-2017 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Leeds reach a record-equalling 10th Super League Grand Final after holding on to win a thrilling semi-final against Hull FC.
  
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• Jermain Defoe talks to Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp

  29-09-2017 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: We are at Bournemouth, the club where Jermain Defoe and Jamie Redknapp launched their careers. This is what happened when the former team-mates caught up.
  
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• QPR 1-2 Fulham: Visitors claim West London bragging rights

  29-09-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT LOFTUS ROAD: Queens Park Rangers suffered an 11th Friday night league loss in a row as Fulham bagged the west London bragging rights at Loftus Road in a tight game.
  
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• Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero suffers fractured rib in car accident

  29-09-2017 23:35
  • Manchester City striker fractures rib in car accident in Amsterdam
  • Pep Guardiola: ‘It was his day off. I am not the police’Pep Guardiola believes Sergio Agüero should not apologise for fracturing a rib in a car accident and ruling himself out of Manchester City’s trip to Chelsea, with the head coach saying: “I’m not the police.”Agüero suffered the injury in Amsterdam at 11pm on Thursday when his taxi hit a lamp-post as the striker was b
  
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• England plan for life without Ben Stokes

  29-09-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England’s management are resigned to travelling to Australia without Ben Stokes — and have already discussed how to replace him in their touring party.
  
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• Manchester United want more Premier League TV money

  29-09-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  SPORTS AGENDA: Comments by Woodward last summer continue to rile clubs opposing Big Six-led attempts to grab more of the Premier League's TV cash.
  
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• England cricket stars decide to snub Jos Buttler’s stag do

  29-09-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England’s Ashes cricketers have pulled out of team-mate Jos Buttler’s stag do in Amsterdam this weekend. The move comes following pressure from ECB director of cricket Andrew Strauss.
  
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• Aviva Premiership - weekend guide:

  29-09-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With three matches scheduled for Friday night in the Aviva Premiership, there are fewer games this weekend. That said, the two clashes on Saturday and one on Sunday are all mouth-watering games.
  
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• Antonio Conte achievements at Chelsea deserve more credit

  29-09-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: I don't think Antonio Conte gets enough credit. He won the Premier League in his first season but throughout the summer, all the talk was about Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
  
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• Sergio Aguero was selfish to go to Holland - Martin Keown

  29-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: What was Sergio Aguero doing out of the country less than 48 hours before Manchester City’s biggest game of the season so far? as a professional, you need to prioritise football.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's best bets for Saturday, September 30

  29-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The weekend focus may be on the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly on Sunday, but before then there is one of the most important Saturdays of the Flat season at Newmarket
  
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• Pontus Jansson: ‘Let them hate us, I don’t care, Leeds are on the way back’

  29-09-2017 23:30
  The guiding hand of the Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani is fuelling a Leeds resurgence after a decade and more in the doldrums.Carvahal’s job is in jeopardy in advance of Sunday’s visit from Wednesday’s fellow Yorkshiremen and fallen giants, Leeds United.Wednesday have gone close to returning to the top flight in the last two seasons while, for the last decade and more, success for Leeds has tended to mean averting farce for a few months.
  
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• Pep Guardiola challenges City to roll with punches in summit meeting with Chelsea | Jamie Jackson

  29-09-2017 23:30
  Sergio Agüero’s car accident and the loss of Benjamin Mendy to injury are two severe blows but manager is not interested in excusesEarly Friday morning and Pep Guardiola is receiving a second piece of terrible team news before Manchester City’s pivotal trip to Chelsea for Saturday’s late match.Sergio Agüero, who has scored seven goals in eight appearances, has been injured in a car accident in Amsterdam and is ruled out of the game with a broken rib. Twenty-four hours
  
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• Leicester City chairman-owned Beat The Bank one to watch

  29-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beat The Bank, the exciting gelding owned by the Leicester City chairman is 7-1 for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot winning at Newmarket.
  
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• Leeds star Pontus Jansson: ‘Let them hate us, I don’t care, we are on the way back’

  29-09-2017 23:30
  Carvahal’s job is in jeopardy in advance of Sunday’s visit from Wednesday’s fellow Yorkshiremen and fallen giants, Leeds United.
  
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• Brighton's Anthony Knockaert talks about his dad’s death

  29-09-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: Anthony Knockaert sits in a room at Brighton’s training ground and folds his arms across his chest. They remain that way for the next 45 minutes.
  
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• Antonio Conte sees it as his task to exploit Eden Hazard’s ‘God-given talent’

  29-09-2017 23:30
  • Chelsea manager wants to get ‘decisive moment’ from Belgian every game
  • ‘I see with Ronaldo if he scores once, he wants two, three. Eden can improve’Antonio Conte is intent upon coaxing “decisive moments” from Eden Hazard in every appearance as the Belgium forward seeks to establish himself as one of the best players in the world by excelling in the Champions League as well as the Premier League.Hazard is ready to start his first top-flight game o
  
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• Andreas Christensen hoping to show Chelsea he has learned his trade | Dominic Fifield

  29-09-2017 23:30
  Andreas Christensen is beginning to live up to his immense potential at Chelsea.Andreas Christensen may still be forging a reputation in the Premier League but, when it comes to confrontations with Manchester City, he can at least call upon personal experience in preparation.During a two-season spell on loan at Borussia Mönchengladbach there were four collisions with these opponents, contests decorated by Sergio Agüero’s goals, with each an education for the Dane.
  
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• Andreas Christensen hoping to show Chelsea he has learned his trade

  29-09-2017 23:30
  Andreas Christensen may still be forging a reputation in the Premier League but, when it comes to confrontations with Manchester City, he can at least call upon personal experience in preparation.
  
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• No rest for the wicked, Jose Mourinho warns Romelu Lukaku as United wait on Zlatan Ibrahimovic return

  29-09-2017 23:27
  Jose Mourinho has warned his prolific centre-forward Romelu Lukaku that he will be required to start every game for Manchester United, at least until Zlatan Ibrahimovic has returned from injury and has regained full match fitness.Lukaku, 24, has been a revelation, for club and country, so far this season and has scored 14 goals in 11 games for United and Belgium.Mourinho said: “Look, in here, without Zlatan we cannot rotate the striker, especially because Marcus Rashford is playing also in
  
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• Goneva-inspired Newcastle move top of the Premiership

  29-09-2017 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Newcastle Falcons secure their fourth win in five Premiership matches to move to the top of the table.
  
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• Roy Hodgson insists he remains positive despite Crystal Palace's grim reality

  29-09-2017 23:26
  Taking his team to Lyon in the third round of the Uefa Cup, he had no option but to play Jason Wilcox up front.Wilcox was sent off and Blackburn were knocked out.19 years on, Hodgson is taking his Crystal Palace team to Manchester United this weekend again without a specialist centre-forward.
  
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• Rangers fight back to beat Hamilton - highlights & report

  29-09-2017 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Defender Declan John scores a double as Rangers come from behind to beat Hamilton Academical 4-1 in the Premiership.
  
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• QPR 1 Fulham 2: Late drama as Holloway's men suffer first home defeat

  29-09-2017 23:24
  QPR are without a win in five Championship games after suffering a dramatic London derby defeat at the hands of Fulham.
  
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• Johansen helps Fulham keep QPR at bay despite late rally

  29-09-2017 23:24
  QPR are without a win in five Championship games after suffering a dramatic London derby defeat at the hands of Fulham.
  
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• Chris Wyles leads the way as Saracens sail past wretched Worcester

  29-09-2017 23:20
  • Worcester 3-25 Saracens
  • Newcastle go top of Aviva Premiership, Warriors stay bottomWhen Saracens take Maro Itoje off after less than an hour it is a safe bet they have the match won and so it proved with a routine victory to compound Worcester’s woes. It was a contest that exposed the Warriors’ limitations rather than Saracens’ strengths and, for all the hosts’ huff and puff, the lack of quality is concerning. Related: Wales international Scott Baldwin is bi
  
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• Scrum V Pro14 highlights: Scarlets 36-27 Connacht

  29-09-2017 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch Pro14 highlights as Scarlets win a nine-try thriller against Connacht.
  
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• Hamilton 1-4 Rangers: Declan John scores twice in easy win

  29-09-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rangers lifted the pressure from manager Pedro Caixinha's shoulders with an impressive win on the artificial surface of Hamilton's New Douglas Park.
  
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• England clamp down on player behaviour after Ben Stokes affair

  29-09-2017 23:06
  • Joe Root and Stuart Broad pull out of Jos Buttler’s Amsterdam stag do
  • Andrew Strauss understood to have ‘lightly pushed’ others to withdrawEngland have moved to clamp down on player behaviour in the aftermath of the Ben Stokes affair with Joe Root and Stuart Broad among members of the Ashes squad to have pulled out of Jos Buttler’s stag do in Amsterdam this weekend after encouragement by the team management.Stokes and Alex Hales are missing the social trip t
  
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• Tony Bellew vows to end David Haye's career in rematch

  29-09-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'I'll be victorious and end Haye's career. Another loss to me closes the curtain on the Hayemaker,' former world champion Bellew said after the date was confirmed.
  
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• Fulham hold on to win west London derby

  29-09-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Fulham hold off west London rivals QPR's late rally to earn back-to-back Championship wins for the first time this term.
  
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• Sam Underhill, Bath’s new No7, well-placed to solve old problem for England

  29-09-2017 23:00
  Openside is settling into new life after Ospreys on and off the field and may be the long-awaited solution for Eddie Jones and EnglandThese are supposedly tough days for specialist open-side forwards. Not only is their profession increasingly brutal but the laws of the jungle have altered, banning the tackler’s old freedom to get up and cause legitimate mischief on the opposition’s side of the breakdown. It is not intended to make life easier for defenders, let alone up-and-coming En
  
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• Man City ace Sergio Aguero: Taxi crash could've been worse

  29-09-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City star Sergio Aguero has confirmed he sustained a broken rib after his taxi driver took a 'wrong turn' and crashed into a pole in the centre of Amsterdam on Thursday night.
  
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• World Rowing Championships: Britain win lightweight men's quadruple silver

  29-09-2017 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain take a lightweight men's quadruple silver for the team's first medal at the Rowing World Championships.
  
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• Nick Malouf opens up about life at Leicester Tigers

  29-09-2017 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Nick Malouf scored his first Leicester try against Gloucester a fortnight ago it was a relief for two reasons. Stepping off his right showed his knee had recovered from cruciate surgery.
  
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• Bitten by a lion - Ospreys reveal reason for 'stupid' Baldwin's absence

  29-09-2017 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Wales hooker Scott Baldwin was ruled out of Ospreys' Pro14 loss to Cheetahs after being bitten trying to pet a lion in South Africa.
  
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• Bitten by a lion - Ospreys reveal reason for Baldwin's absence

  29-09-2017 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Wales hooker Scott Baldwin was ruled out of Ospreys' Pro14 loss to Cheetahs after being bitten trying to pet a lion in South Africa.
  
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• Scott Baldwin misses Ospreys clash after lion bite

  29-09-2017 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scott Baldwin is an early contender for the most bizarre injury of the year after being bitten by a lion in Bloemfontein. The Wales hooker required stitches on his hand.
  
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• Catalan independence could see Barcelona join Prem

  29-09-2017 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The thought of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta turning out for Barcelona in the Premier League seems like a distant fantasy. 
  
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• Wales international Scott Baldwin is bitten by a lion in South Africa

  29-09-2017 21:58
  Wales international Scott Baldwin missed the Ospreys’ 44-25 Pro14 mauling by the Cheetahs after being bitten by a lion in Bloemfontein.
  
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• Scott Baldwin misses Ospreys mauling by Cheetahs after being bitten by Lion

  29-09-2017 21:58
  • Ospreys hooker sits out Pro14 mauling by Cheetahs with hand injury
  • Steve Tandy: ‘It’s pretty stupid on Scott’s behalf’The Wales international Scott Baldwin missed the Ospreys’ 44-25 Pro14 mauling by the Cheetahs after being bitten by a lion in Bloemfontein.The hooker’s late withdrawal from the match was described as hand problem before kick off but the whispers around the ground began to suggest this was not your usual injury. Continue reading...
  
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• England v West Indies: Jonny Bairstow hits record 141

  29-09-2017 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Jonny Bairstow hits an unbeaten 141 in the final match of the one-day series as England secure a nine-wicket victory to seal a 4-0 series win.
  
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• World Rowing Championships: Rebecca Chin on overcoming Paralympic disappointment

  29-09-2017 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  GB women's eight rower Rebecca Chin says having a Paralympic silver medal taken from her made her more determined to succeed when she switched sports.
  
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• Bairstow's ton helps England to 4-0 series win - report & highlights

  29-09-2017 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Jonny Bairstow makes 141 not out and Jason Roy 96 as England cruise to a nine-wicket win over West Indies to seal a 4-0 one-day series victory.
  
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• Jonny Bairstow and England set aside Ben Stokes controversy to end longest summer with nine-wicket romp

  29-09-2017 21:29
  Jonny Bairstow and England set aside Ben Stokes controversy to end longest summer with nine-wicket romp
  
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• UK hosts Eastern Michigan looking to get back on track - Ledger Independent

  29-09-2017 21:23
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  UK hosts Eastern Michigan looking to get back on track
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  Kentucky quarterback Stephen Johnson (15) hands off to Kentucky running back Benny Snell Jr. (26) during the second half Saturday, Sept. 16, in Columbia, S.C. Kentucky defeated South Carolina 23-13. Associated Press. LEXINGTON — Kentucky is more ...en meer »
  
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• Aguero 'hurting but fine' after Amsterdam car crash

  29-09-2017 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola had "no problem" with Sergio Aguero being in Amsterdam after the striker was in a car accident.
  
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• Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow rocket England to ODI victory over West Indies

  29-09-2017 21:09
  • West Indies 288-6; England 294-1• England won by nine wicketsJason Roy, handed a place back in the ODI side because of the absence of Alex Hales, seized his chance with rare ruthlessness. At The Oval he struck a fluent 84; here he batted just as well but for a little longer, finishing with 96, more than enough to ensure another English victory by nine wickets, yet still a source of some frustration.However, things are looking up for Roy. Five days ago after England’s win in Bri
  
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