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• Shane Watson back to his best in Sydney Thunder Big Bash win

  19-12-2017 23:54
  Watson hits 74 off 46 to steer Thunder past Sixers in season openerFormer Test player says win bodes well for rest of campaignShane Watson has proved he is back to his devastating best and he says the Sydney Thunder have rediscovered that winning feeling. After piloting the Thunder to a thrilling season-opening last-ball win over crosstown rivals the Sydney Sixers, Watson proclaimed his side is ready for a bumper Big Bash League season. Related: England’s Craig Overton desperate to be fit
  
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• Arsenal 1-0 West Ham - FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED

  19-12-2017 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT THE EMIRATES STADIUM: Arsenal moved into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 win over West Ham. Here, Sportsmail highlights five things we learned.
  
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• Vardy sinks from hero to zero as Leicester striker scores stoppage-time penalty but misses in shootout

  19-12-2017 23:43
  Manchester City are into the semi-finals of the EFL Cup thanks to a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over Leicester City following a 1-1 draw.
  
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• Swansea manager Paul Clement is one defeat from the sack

  19-12-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The Swansea hierarchy had intended to give Clement the chance to make the January changes needed to transform their season. But that is in doubt after defeat at Everton.
  
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• Nathan Ake says he has nothing to prove to Antonio Conte

  19-12-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nathan Ake says he has nothing to prove to Chelsea or Antonio Conte on Wednesday night despite their decision to offload him six months ago.
  
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• Football's elite discuss the problems facing youth players

  19-12-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsene Wenger, Steven Gerrard and Gareth Southgate are among those discussing the opportunities available to young players in a new BT Sport film titled 'No Hunger in Paradise'.
  
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• Sam Allardyce backs Wayne Rooney to prolong his career in a deeper role

  19-12-2017 23:30
  Sam Allardyce is convinced Wayne Rooney’s future lies in a deeper role but the Everton manager believes England’s record goalscorer can prolong his career after helping his boyhood club move into the top half of the Premier League table.
  
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• Nike name building after Lord Coe as link keeps on running

  19-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT LAWTON: In November 2015, Coe terminated his agreement as a £100,000-a-year ambassador for Nike in the face of accusations that a conflict of interest existed.
  
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• Newcastle relegation position may hamper club sale

  19-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Newcastle's position in the relegation zone could jeopardise takeover talks between owner Mike Ashley and Amanda Staveley’s PCP Capital.
  
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• How drones and the SAS got Bristol City flying high

  19-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As storm clouds gathered over Bristol City’s campaign in winter last year, head coach Lee Johnson made an unusual offer to owner Stephen Lansdown.
  
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• Darren Campbell wants drug cheats banned for life

  19-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gatlin has rejected the allegations, for which he is considering suing the newspaper, and has sacked Mitchell, who won 4x100m relay gold for the USA in 1992 before being banned in 1998.
  
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• Conte backs Andreas Christensen to emulate John Terry

  19-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte is backing Andreas Christensen to emulate Chelsea legend John Terry. After two years on loan in Germany, the 21-year-old has now become a regular in the Chelsea team.
  
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• Bournemouth’s Nathan Aké: I’ve got nothing to prove to Chelsea

  19-12-2017 23:30
  Nathan Aké tackles Chelsea’s Davide Zappacosta in October’s Premier League game at Bournemouth, but the former Chelsea defender is back at his former home ground in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
  
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• Batshuayi must prove he's better than Morata and Hazard - Conte

  19-12-2017 23:30
  Michy Batshuayi's hopes of becoming a Chelsea regular hang on him becoming "better than" Alvaro Morata and Eden Hazard, says Antonio Conte.
  
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• Chelsea keep faith with Andreas Christensen for Bournemouth cup tie

  19-12-2017 23:29
  Andreas Christensen has been hailed by Antonio Conte as ‘maybe the best surprise’ of the season for Chelsea so far.
  
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• England batsman Duckett to miss Lions tour after Anderson drink incident

  19-12-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Ben Duckett will miss the 2018 England Lions tour to West Indies after pouring a drink over James Anderson.
  
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• Ben Duckett omitted from England Lions squad to tour West Indies

  19-12-2017 23:00
  • Northamptonshire opener will not go on Caribbean trip next February
  • ECB confirms omission is further punishment for Perth drinking incident
  Ben Duckett has paid a heavy price for his off-field indiscretions in Australia by being left out of the England Lions squad that will tour the West Indies next year.The Northamptonshire opener was a notable absentee from the squads announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday after he was suspended, fined and given a final writt
  
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• Arsenal ease past West Ham but Olivier Giroud suffers hamstring injury

  19-12-2017 22:54
  It was an evening when Arsène Wenger was left with a particular regret. Olivier Giroud pulled up in the 76th minute and when the Arsenal striker shot his hand back to the hamstring on his right leg, it did not look good. Wenger suggested the forward would be out for three weeks – in other words, the whole of the congested festive programme.It was an occasion when Arsenal got the job done. It was not pretty and the headline statistic showed there had been only one shot on target thro
  
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• Arsenal 1-0 West Ham - 19-Dec-2017 : Match Report

  19-12-2017 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Welbeck sinks West Ham and earns Arsenal a Carabao Cup semi-final placeDanny Welbeck scored the only goal of a forgettable.
  
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• Welbeck confirms Arsenal's Carabao Cup semi-final spot

  19-12-2017 22:43
  Danny Welbeck scored the only goal as Arsenal edged West Ham to advance to the EFL Cup's semi-finals.
  
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• Five things we learned from Arsenal's comfortable EFL Cup quarter-final victory over London rivals West Ham

  19-12-2017 22:40
  Arsenal are through to the semi-finals of the EFL Cup after a comfortable 1-0 victory over London rivals West Ham.
  
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• Marion Bartoli announces shock comeback from retirement

  19-12-2017 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marion Bartoli has shocked the world of tennis by announcing her comeback nearly five years after retiring following her unlikely triumph at Wimbledon in 2013.
  
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• Justin Gatlin: Sprinter 'shocked' by allegations about coach & athletics agent

  19-12-2017 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  World champion sprinter Justin Gatlin is "shocked and surprised" at doping allegations made against his coach and an agent.
  
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• Richard Keys launches bizarre tirade against Rafa Benitez

  19-12-2017 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Premier League new boys are currently languishing three points and two places above the foot of the table following a run of eight defeats in nine matches. Benitez is still popular among fans.
  
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• Man United fans fury as Sevilla charge £133 for tickets

  19-12-2017 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have been allocated 2,650 seats for the match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium which have been split into two price groups.
  
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• Moneyball comes to Barnsley as group including Billy Beane seals takeover

  19-12-2017 20:58
  • Baseball pioneer part of consortium led by Nice’s owner Chien Lee
  • EFL has already ratified takeover of struggling Championship sideSouth Yorkshire and Brad Pitt may not at first glance seem the most obvious of bedfellows but, after Tuesday’s seismic events at Barnsley, the two may forever be connected.Barnsley, who are 20th in the Championship and have lost five of their past seven games, saw their takeover by the Chinese investor Chien Lee completed, with the baseball
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo to fund new children's hospital in Chile

  19-12-2017 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo is to help fund the construction of a children's hospital in Santiago, Chile. The world's highest paid footballer earns £450,000 per week.
  
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• Who are Foden and other Man City's Carabao Cup youngsters?

  19-12-2017 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AMITAI WINEHOUSE: Pep Guardiola hands starts to four players from Manchester City’s academy for the game against Leicester. Here Sportsmail takes a look at the youngsters involved.
  
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• Hughie Morrison alleges ‘malicious’ doping plot on first day of BHA hearing

  19-12-2017 20:43
  • Trainer’s filly Our Little Sister returned positive nandrolone test in January
  • Morrison says should not be penalised under strict liability regulationsThe battle lines were drawn on Tuesday in a case that could result in the Group One-winning trainer Hughie Morrison banned from racing for at least a year. The British Horseracing Authority’s disciplinary panel heard a claim that Morrison had been the victim of a “malicious” plot and should therefore not be pe
  
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• Justin Gatlin denies taking PEDs and plans legal action against newspaper

  19-12-2017 20:24
  • World 100m champion also sacks coach Dennis Mitchell after claims
  • Mitchell and agent Robert Wagner accused of supplying banned substancesJustin Gatlin has denied he is using banned drugs and plans to take legal action against a newspaper that claimed he was embroiled in a doping scandal.The 35-year-old American, who won the 100m world title in London last summer, spoke out after his coach, Dennis Mitchell, and an athletics agent, Robert Wagner, offered to supply performance-enhanci
  
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• Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli to return to WTA Tour in 2018

  19-12-2017 20:24
  Bartoli retired in 2013 shortly following surprise Wimbledon victoryFrenchwoman, 33, says she will make comeback at March’s Miami OpenFormer Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli announced on Tuesday that she will return to professional tennis in 2018.Bartoli captured her maiden grand slam title as a No15 seed at Wimbledon in 2013 before walking away from the sport less than two months later at a career-high ranking of No7 in the world. Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-Wimbledon champion Bartoli to return to WTA Tour in 2018

  19-12-2017 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli says she will return to the WTA Tour in 2018, ending more than four years in retirement.
  
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• Tennis: Bartoli to make shock return

  19-12-2017 20:07
  Following her abrupt retirement six weeks after winning Wimbledon in 2013, Marion Bartoli is to make a return to professional tennis.
  
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• Leicester v Man City, Arsenal v West Ham, Carabao Cup LIVE

  19-12-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carabao Cup action returns on Tuesday night. Leicester City host Manchester City, while Arsenal host West Ham. Follow Sportsmail's TOM FARMERY for all the live action.
  
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• Gloucester stand by coach Johan Ackermann and No8 son Ruan

  19-12-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gloucester have given their ‘unreserved’ backing to the club’s head coach and his son over allegations of a confrontation in a nightclub.
  
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• England may lose injured Elliot Daly and Nathan Hughes for Six Nations start

  19-12-2017 19:35
  • Daly (ankle) and Hughes (knee ligament) sidelined for at least a month
  • Wasps urge Danny Cipriani to make quick decision over futureEngland face an anxious wait to discover if Elliot Daly and Nathan Hughes will be fit for the start of the Six Nations championship after Wasps confirmed both players would be sidelined for at least the next month and may require operations. Daly has damaged his left ankle while Hughes has a strained medial knee ligament.If a specialist decides this wee
  
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• Lewis Hamilton's personalised Ferrari shown off by friend

  19-12-2017 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton may be receiving a phone call from disgruntled Mercedes chiefs soon, after images of his personalised La Ferrari made their way online.
  
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• Gloucester back coach Johan Ackermann and son after nightclub incident

  19-12-2017 19:21
  • Chief executive Stephen Vaughan dismisses claims they started the fight
  • Gloucestershire Constabulary investigating Sunday morning’s confrontationGloucester have given their full support to head coach, Johan Ackermann, and his son Ruan, a back-row forward at Kingsholm, after claims they instigated a fight at a nightspot in Cheltenham were dismissed by the club. Related: Gloucester hoping Johan Ackermann can work another miracle | The BreakdownContinue reading...
  
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• PSG are '200 per cent' behind Emery, says sporting director

  19-12-2017 19:14
  Unai Emery is one of the best coaches in the world, according to Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Antero Henrique.
  
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• Could a fight against Tyson Fury compromise Anthony Joshua’s clean-cut image?

  19-12-2017 19:05
  Will Magee asks whether a clash with the controversial former champ could actually tarnish Joshua's public image.
  
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• England’s Craig Overton desperate to be fit for fourth Test against Australia

  19-12-2017 19:00
  • Cracked rib has made new boy a doubt for Boxing Day start
  • ‘We’ll wait and see. I hope three or four days will help’Craig Overton is, by his own admission, a work in progress. But amid the wreckage of England’s Ashes loss he has stood out as a player with the temperament for Test cricket and one of courage, too, risking a possible punctured lung when playing on in Perth with a cracked rib.A worst case scenario, perhaps, but one that was put to the 23-year-old
  
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• Juventus star Dybala can do more, claims boss Allegri

  19-12-2017 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old has already netted 12 Serie A goals this season – more than he managed in the whole of the last campaign. But he has scored only one goal in 10 matches.
  
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• Manu Tuilagi’s England hopes under threat after citing for dangerous tackle

  19-12-2017 18:49
  • Leicester centre’s tackle on Munster’s Chris Cloete deemed worthy of red card
  • Tuilagi to learn his fate at disciplinary hearing on WednesdayManu Tuilagi’s hopes of an England recall for the Six Nations have been placed in jeopardy after he was cited for an alleged dangerous tackle during Leicester’s Champions Cup defeat by Munster on Sunday.Tuilagi will face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday following the incident which took place in his first match since
  
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• Bundesliga: Gladbach interested in Aussie teenager

  19-12-2017 18:44
  Red tape looks set to scupper Borussia Monchengladbach's approach for 16-year-old Jacob Italiano.
  
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• Ashes 4th Test, Melbourne: start time, betting odds and how to watch on TV

  19-12-2017 18:34
  The AshesTue 19 Dec, AT 17:38Ashes 4th Test: start time, odds and how to watch on TV
  Australia captain Steve Smith says he would ‘love’ to whitewash England 5-0
  
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• José Mourinho could recall Henrikh Mkhitaryan for quarter-final clash

  19-12-2017 18:25
  • Manchester United midfielder might make first start since 5 November
  • Paul Pogba set to return against Bristol City after suspensionJosé Mourinho has said he will consider recalling Henrikh Mkhitaryan to the Manchester United side for the Carabao Cup quarter-final at Bristol City on Wednesday. The Armenian has yet to make an appearance this month and has played only once since United’s defeat at Chelsea on 5 November, but Mourinho intends to rotate his squad as much as
  
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• Celtic In No Mood To Over-react To Shock Hearts Loss

  19-12-2017 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brendan Rodgers will resist making a knee-jerk over-reaction to Celtic's first domestic defeat in 18 months, according to his right-hand.
  
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• Atletico Madrid Make Complaint To Fifa Over Barcelona's Griezmann Approach

  19-12-2017 18:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  FIFA has received a complaint from Atletico Madrid over an alleged illegal approach from Barcelona for Antoine Griezmann..
  
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• Manchester City duo De Bruyne and Otamendi enjoy time off

  19-12-2017 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City duo Kevin De Bruyne and Nicolas Otamendi were making the most of a day off on Tuesday as they took their other halves out of an afternoon stroll.
  
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• Mourinho hints at Mkhitaryan return in EFL Cup

  19-12-2017 18:03
  Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been out in the cold at Manchester United over recent weeks, but he may be offered a way back in the EFL Cup.
  
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