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• Graham Poll on diving Dele Alli: 'He can't stop cheating'

  01-10-2017 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: Dele Alli has a major flaw in his game — he can't stop cheating. The FA need to look at their disciplinary regulations. Currently, they will only ban a player if a dive is successful.
  
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• West Ham manager Slaven Bilic is safe... but for how long?

  01-10-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defeat by Swansea would have had grave consequences for the Hammers boss. Instead, Bilic watched his team dig in, with substitute Diafra Sakho’s last-minute goal clinching victory.
  
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• Who is the 'great white shark' in Garth's team of the week?

  01-10-2017 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Which player was like a great white shark? Who is the new Gareth Bale? Find out in Garth Crooks' team of the week.
  
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• LEAGUE ONE ROUND-UP: Plymouth stars keep getting sent off

  01-10-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shrewsbury Town continue to lead the way at the top of League One after yet another victory over the weekend. SAM MORSHEAD picks out the weekend's big winners and losers.
  
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• Bournemouth's Lewis Cook tipped for the top by Eddie Howe

  01-10-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The highly-rated 20-year-old has had to be patient since a £7m move from Leeds United last year, but was handed a first Premier League start on Saturday and impressed with his performance.
  
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• Watford's wonders will be starting to dream of Europe

  01-10-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Silva will not entertain the idea, nor tolerate talk of it in his changing room, but what if Watford were still in contention for a European spot towards the end of the season? 
  
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• NFL highlights: Los Angeles Rams vs. Dallas Cowboys

  01-10-2017 23:42
  Check out highlights from the Week 4 game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys.
  
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• Everton boss Ronald Koeman's days are numbered

  01-10-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON: Ronald Koeman's days are numbered at Everton. In truth, I struggle to see him lasting the international break.
  
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• Guardiola backs Pique criticism of Spanish government

  01-10-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Manchester City coach also urged the Spanish to learn from the British and allow Catalonia to vote. He said: ‘You can be in agreement with him or not but Pique is a brave guy.'
  
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• Max Verstappen shocked sluggish Lewis Hamilton

  01-10-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men in fluorescent tops had almost finished packing Formula One's travelling paraphernalia into boxes, when, out of the gloaming, Lewis Hamilton finally emerged from one of the longest debriefs.
  
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• BRYAN ROBSON: Harry Kane should not be England captain

  01-10-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BRYAN ROBSON: I have never been an advocate of strikers being captain. There is a clamour for Harry Kane to lead England and I understand that. He's scoring goals and is full of confidence.
  
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• Wolves hungry and ready to feast at top of Championship

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER LANSLEY AT THE PIRELLI STADIUM: The last time Wolves started better than this, with 25 points from 11 games in 2008-09, Mick McCarthy’s mostly-British team went up as champions.
  
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• Samit Patel is no Ben Stokes but is right man for England

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Stokes is virtually irreplaceable. It's true that no team is a one-man band — and his absence in Australia does not mean England can't win the Ashes.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Monday, October 2

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Monday's meetings at Newton Abbot, Stratford and Bath.
  
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• My dad's dementia makes me rage at the PFA

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON: Dementia means my dad won't have the slightest idea how the club he loved and played for 51 times — Norwich City — have done this weekend.
  
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• LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UP: Crawley and Carlisle lose control

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Notts County remain top of League Two but only on goal difference after defeat by Mansfield. TOM FARMERY picks out the big winners and losers from the most recent round of fixtures.
  
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• Kevin De Bruyne is in line to win PFA Player of the Year

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He is the most influential player in the Premier League. I call De Bruyne the locksmith. With his passing range, he can unpick defences and find spaces that do not seem to exist.
  
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• Joe Gomez yellow for high boot was deserved

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: The St James’ Park crowd tried to pressurise Craig Pawson into sending off Joe Gomez for a high boot on Christian Atsu. Pawson took his time before issuing a yellow card.
  
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• England should look at homegrown coaching talent

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: After the RFU’s new CEO, Stephen Brown, mentioned that England must start planning for the day when Jones steps down, I want to highlight the excellence of homegrown coaches.
  
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• England really can take on the world... don't laugh

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALAN PARDEW: Harry Kane’s record speaks for itself and then you can add the likes of Jamie Vardy, Raheem Sterling and Adam Lallana when fit, so these are exciting times.
  
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• EFL Q&A: Jack Marriott is a big fan of Sergio Aguero

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail sits down with EFL stars for a quickfire quiz on their lives in and outside of football. This week, the subject is Peterborough United's freescoring striker Jack Marriott.
  
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• Chelsea were running scared of Pep Guardiola's Man City

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Guardiola would appear to have his rivals where he wants them. As he says, we’re just through September and a lot of football is still to be played.
  
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• CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP: Aiden McGeady celebration

  01-10-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cardiff sit top after a goalless draw against Derby, while Sunderland and Birmingham continue to struggle. Sportsmail's AMITAI WINEHOUSE reflects on the some of the heroes and zeroes.
  
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• Manchester United injuries are chance to trust others, says José Mourinho

  01-10-2017 23:29
  • ‘We never miss the players who are injured; it’s a moment for others to step in’
  • Juan Mata lauds side’s greater efficiency and Romelu Lukaku’s contributionJosé Mourinho said he has complete trust in all of his Manchester United players after his side crushed Crystal Palace 4-0 for a fifth consecutive victory without the injured Paul Pogba.The Frenchman sustained a hamstring problem in the 3-0 win over Basel in a Champions League group game on 12
  
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• NFL highlights: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens

  01-10-2017 23:18
  Check out highlights of the Pittsburgh Steelers versus the Baltimore Ravens.
  
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• Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: Isco's brace inspires home win

  01-10-2017 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Isco struck twice as champions Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-0 to claim their first home win of the season in La Liga on Sunday. The impressive Spaniard found the net in each half.
  
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• AC Milan 0-2 Roma: Edin Dzeko and Alessandro Florenzi net

  01-10-2017 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edin Dzeko seems determined to retain the Serie A top goalscorer award, after he netted his seventh goal of the season to set Roma on their way to a 2-0 win at AC Milan on Sunday.
  
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• New Orleans Saints 20-0 Miami Dolphins: Jay Ajayi loses

  01-10-2017 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was low-scoring and anything but a classic as Jay Ajayi’s first outing at Wembley ended in disappointment for the impotent Miami Dolphins.
  
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• NFL round-up: Cam Newton raises clenched fist as Panthers shock Patriots

  01-10-2017 22:31
  Super Bowl champions slump to 2-2 record after defeat against CarolinaRookie quarterback Deshaun Watson stars as Texans thrash TitansThe Carolina Panthers pulled off their biggest win of the season – and inflicted another defeat on the New England Patriots on Sunday – as Cam Newton took control of the game.Newton threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Panthers held off a late Patriots rally to win a thrilling contest 33-30. Newton also caused a stir for non-football re
  
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• Lewis Hamilton: I was lucky to take second from tough weekend in Sepang

  01-10-2017 22:09
  • Briton loses out to Max Verstappen but extends championship lead
  • ‘This is a good result but we’ve a lot of work to do with this car‘Lewis Hamilton has admitted he believed he was lucky to achieve second place in the Malaysian Grand Prix after a difficult weekend that culminated in the Mercedes driver being comprehensively outpaced by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who won in Sepang. Related: Max Verstappen beats Lewis Hamilton to win F1’s Malaysian Grand P
  
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• Real Madrid vs Espanyol, La Liga LIVE

  01-10-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barca's victory behind closed doors over Las Palmas earlier in the day maintained the Catalans' 100 per cent record, and they now lead Madrid by 10 points prior to kick-off at the Santiago Bernabeu.
  
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• Gerard Pique in tears at violent clashes in Barcelona

  01-10-2017 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona's Gerard Pique was reduced to tears by the images of police brutality against people trying to vote in a referendum in Catalonia on Sunday.
  
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• Carragher on Liverpool: 'It takes them too long to switch'

  01-10-2017 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carragher believes the root of Liverpool's defensive woes is his former team's inability to switch out of their composed passing mentality into a more aggressive and 'nasty' defensive mode.
  
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• 'More than a club' - How Barca found themselves at centre of Catalan controversy

  01-10-2017 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  FC Barcelona, an inherently political club, find themselves at the centre of the Catalan independence debate, writes Andy West from an empty Nou Camp.
  
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• Jonjo Shelvey claims he repaid his Newcastle team-mates

  01-10-2017 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: Jonjo Shelvey believes he repaid his Newcastle team-mates with his point-saving assist against Liverpool on Sunday.
  
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• New Orleans Saints beat Miami Dolphins in Wembley stinker

  01-10-2017 21:11
  • Touchdowns by Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara seal stodgy 20-0 win
  • 80,000 crowd enjoys spectacle despite error-strewn encounterFor years, Americans have been told that to truly love soccer they must learn to appreciate a 0-0 draw. At Wembley on Sunday the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins served up the equivalent for British NFL fans – an error-riddled, penalty-strewn, stodgy stinker of a match between two teams the wrong side of average. And yet, curiously, 80,000 people
  
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• Liverpool are not out of the title race: Jurgen Klopp

  01-10-2017 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool should not be written off as Premier League title contenders despite another unconvincing display at Newcastle.
  
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• Franck Ribery suffers serious looking knee injury

  01-10-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are fears Franck Ribery's football career may be over following his serious looking injury on Sunday. The winger went down in the second half of Bayern Munich's 2-2 draw with Hertha Berlin.
  
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• Jonjo Shelvey showed guile and precision to hurt Liverpool

  01-10-2017 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: Newcastle midfielder Jonjo Shelvey said in July that England were crying out for a playmaker like him. There is, an asterisk attached to the midfielder.
  
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• Jo Konta place at WTA Championship uncertain after loss

  01-10-2017 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: The British No 1 was painful to watch as she went down 6-1, 6-2 at the Beijing Open to world number 65 Monica Niculescu, at times resembling a complete novice.
  
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• Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe: Frankie Dettori hails Enable

  01-10-2017 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frankie Dettori labelled Enable ‘the best filly I have ever ridden’, after she made the Italian the most successful jockey in the 97-year history of the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe.
  
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• Sinckler may miss autumn games after gouging citation

  01-10-2017 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saints lock Michael Paterson angrily informed referee Luke Pearce that Sinckler had made contact with his eyeduring their weekend game – although the accused man protested his innocence.
  
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• Luis Suarez rips his shirt and walks off in Barcelona win

  01-10-2017 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were two minutes of time added on at the end of Barcelona's 3-0 win over Las Palmas at the Nou Camp on Sunday afternoon... but Luis Suarez decided that was one too many.
  
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• Semesa Rokoduguni try seals victory for Bath over dispirited Wasps

  01-10-2017 20:25
  • Wasps 9-25 Bath
  • Hosts fall to third consecutive Premiership defeat; Bath sit fifth in tableWasps have been playing rugby union for 150 years and have known far gloomier predicaments than three consecutive Premiership defeats in a row. As they slipped and stumbled to this latest one in the Coventry rain, even so, the celebratory mood of their anniversary weekend was hard to discern with the premature departure of their England No8 Nathan Hughes causing spirits to droop even further.
  
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• Marcelo given red for flicking yellow card out of referee's hand

  01-10-2017 20:07
  Lyon's defender proceeded to throw his arm away from the referee in a dismissive gesture but made contact with the card by mistake and was given his marching orders
  
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• Barcelona win on a sad day for Spain and Catalonia

  01-10-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON AT THE NOU CAMP: The scenes around the Nou Camp 90 minutes before kick-off were typical of most weekend games here but supporters were not able to watch their teams play.
  
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• Highlights: New Orleans Saints shut out Miami Dolphins in Wembley showdown

  01-10-2017 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  New Orleans Saints beat Miami Dolphins 20-0 with Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara scoring the touchdowns as the nominal away team cruised to a comfortable victory.
  
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• Jay Ajayi stands during US national anthem at Wembley

  01-10-2017 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last week, Ajayi was one of 10 Miami players to wear an #IMWITHKAP T-shirt and one of seven to stand during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner before defeat by the New York Jets.
  
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• Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool: Joselu scores bizarre equaliser

  01-10-2017 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT ST JAMES' PARK: Liverpool surrendered a first-half lead on Sunday as they struggled to break down an obdurate Newcastle despite dominating for large parts.
  
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• Newcastle United 1-1 Liverpool - SEVEN THINGS YOU MISSED

  01-10-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle and Liverpool can usually be relied upon to put on an entertaining match when they come head to head, and their Sunday afternoon Premier League encounter was no different. 
  
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