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• Hodgson: Crystal Palace won't sit back against Man City

  29-12-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson promised Crystal Palace will not set up for a damage limitation exercise against Manchester City because they are not equipped to do it. Hodgson will not ask his team to sit back.
  
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• Mourinho is defeatist to complain about a lack of funds

  29-12-2017 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON: Jose Mourinho would have had more credibility if he had said that Manchester United could not compete with Pep Guardiola's Man City side at the beginning of the season.
  
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• Arsenal have overindulged Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil

  29-12-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: I am sure Arsene Wenger will look back on this period as one of the most difficult in his managerial career. He knows he needs Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
  
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• Kane aims to emulate consistency of Messi and Ronaldo - and treats Spurs team-mates to a night out!

  29-12-2017 23:37
  The Tottenham forward reveals all about his incredible 2017 - and hopes for even more in 2018
  
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• Willie Mullins endures a miserable week

  29-12-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leading Champion Hurdle contender Faugheen suffered a miserable defeat at Leopardstown on Friday, prompting most bookmakers to take him out of the Cheltenham Festival betting.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for December 30

  29-12-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Richard Hobson’s choice to step Dame Rose up in trip and class can be vindicated in the Challow Novices’ Hurdle on Saturday. The Grade One prize has attracted a small but select field.
  
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• Max Whitlock flies high to beat Peaty's push-up record

  29-12-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After Adam Peaty’s superhuman push-up comes ‘The Maxi’ . . . and a challenge to the rest of Britain’s sporting community.
  
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• Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez blasts former players

  29-12-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rafa Benitez says it is too easy for former players to criticise managers and insists he would adopt the same game-plan against Manchester City despite the furore his negative tactics has caused.
  
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• West Brom boss Alan Pardew expects Jonny Evans to leave

  29-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alan Pardew admits he is planning for life without defender Jonny Evans as he strives to give his side renewed attacking impetus during the January window. Evans almost left in the summer.
  
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• Stokes facing hardline approach from ECB board member

  29-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE: England’s banished cricketer Ben Stokes is facing a hardline approach from influential ECB board member Lord Patel, who is known to be horrified by the Bristol brawl incident.
  
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• Southampton and Stoke eye Liverpool star Daniel Sturridge

  29-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stoke are ready to challenge Southampton in pursuit of a January move for Daniel Sturridge. Mark Hughes wants to add a striker to his squad when the winter window opens and has big plans.
  
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• Maro Itoje’s giant cousin Beno Obano called up by England

  29-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beno Obano and Gary Graham will join up with the England squad for the first time next week as two surprise picks by Eddie Jones. Obano, 23, the Bath loose-head prop, is a cousin of Maro Itoje.
  
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• Aviva Premiership weekend guide: Sale eye Gloucester win

  29-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are plenty of high quality Aviva Premiership games in the offing this weekend as Sale look to push into the top four. Sportsmail's WILL KELLEHER has his say on this weekend's games.
  
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• Arsenal's stars are sick of Alexis Sanchez

  29-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alexis Sanchez's face was a picture as several of his team-mates declined to join him in celebrating Arsenal's second goal on Thursday night. In truth, he shouldn't have been so surprised.
  
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• New Year Honours for England women's World Cup-winning cricketers

  29-12-2017 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  England women's World Cup-winning cricketers and British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton are recognised in the New Year Honours.
  
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• Cardiff 0-1 Preston: Tom Clarke scores last minute winner

  29-12-2017 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALEX BYWATER AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM: Cardiff City's Christmas to forget continued as Tom Clarke's 90th minute winner gave Preston victory in the Welsh capital.
  
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• Wasps edge nine-try thriller at Bath

  29-12-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Marcus Watson scores twice as Wasps record a thrilling bonus-point win at Bath to move second in the Premiership.
  
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• Millwall 1-0 QPR: Match report

  29-12-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN BAKER AT THE DEN: Steve Morison scored his first goal in 25 games to ensure Ian Holloway had a night of misery. The former Lions boss was abused before and during his first return to his former club.
  
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• 'This moment is for you': how women's sport rocked 2017 and pointed to the future

  29-12-2017 22:59
  The Adelaide Crows broke the dam wall and the Matildas had a year of unrivalled highlights but pay disparity remains• Sam Kerr: ‘Everyone wants to jump on board and be a Matildas fan’With three seconds remaining on the clock and Brisbane trailing by a solitary goal in the AFLW grand final, Nicole Hilderbrand’s long bomb looked set to land in marquee forward Sabrina Frederick-Traub’s safe pair of hands. Instead, Rhiannon Metcalfe punched the ball clear and Erin Philli
  
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• Watson at the double as Wasps hold off Bath

  29-12-2017 22:52
  It was a Premiership thriller at The Rec, but Wasps held on to earn a 31-26 victory over Bath.
  
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• Rob Cross beats Dimitri van den Bergh

  29-12-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World Championship debutant Rob Cross is now only one win away from the Alexandra Palace final and the chance of a £400,000 prize in his first year as a professional darts player.
  
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• Preston strike late as Cardiff miss chance to go second

  29-12-2017 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Cardiff City fail to move back into the Championship top two after losing for the third successive game against Preston.
  
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• The MCG pitch is the real villain here

  29-12-2017 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: The real focus should be what Jimmy Anderson himself spoke about at the end of day one — and that's the surface it has been played on.
  
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• Liverpool youngster Brewster says he was racially abused since age of 12

  29-12-2017 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The Football Association complains to Fifa and Uefa after Liverpool youngster Rhian Brewster says he suffered racial abuse.
  
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• Liverpool youngster Brewster says he has been racially abused since age of 12

  29-12-2017 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The Football Association complains to Fifa and Uefa after Liverpool youngster Rhian Brewster says he suffered racial abuse.
  
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• Ball-tampering is one of cricket's most emotive issues

  29-12-2017 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australia's Channel Nine broadcast footage of Jimmy Anderson's left thumbnail on the ball on the fourth day's play at the MCG.
  
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• Woods 'struggled to walk' during injury lay-off

  29-12-2017 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Tiger Woods says he struggled to walk and needed help getting out of bed during his recovery from a back injury.
  
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• Ludicrous to think Anderson would tamper with the ball

  29-12-2017 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BUMBLE ON THE TEST: It’s no coincidence this so-called ball-tampering story has cropped up in a game where England are doing well. It's not even a storm in a tea cup: it’s a storm in an egg cup!
  
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• Arsène Wenger overhauls Ferguson but legacy may prove a millstone

  29-12-2017 21:02
  As Frenchman prepares for 811th league game in charge to overhaul Sir Alex Ferguson it will sharpen focus on his legacy and who will eventually succeed himBehold, the age of Arsène. The past few years of Arsène Wenger’s extended Arsenal farewell have brought something new, a gradual piling up of gongs and garlands that have little to do with trophies won or goals scored but speak instead to his extreme, unyielding longevity. Longest-serving Arsenal manager. Longest-serving ma
  
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• Pep Guardiola would win title at Man United: Carragher

  29-12-2017 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Carragher believes there is more than just money that separates the Premier League's top two clubs - Manchester City and Manchester United.
  
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• Chelsea Fan View: Stoking the flames, Blues need to add to old favourite Sparky's woes

  29-12-2017 20:50
  Chelsea need to do things a little differently, and cause a former favourite problems in the process
  
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• Farrell or Sonny Bill? Faletau or Read? Who made your rugby union team of the year?

  29-12-2017 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport users selected more than 100,000 teams of the year - so who makes your combined 2017 XV?
  
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• Farrell or Sonny Bill? Faleatu or Read? Who made your rugby union team of the year?

  29-12-2017 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport users selected more than 100,000 teams of the year - so who makes your combined 2017 XV?
  
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• Man Utd, City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea to win is 4/1

  29-12-2017 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five of the Premier League top six are in action over Saturday and Sunday and if you fancy them all you can get 4/1. But will there be any upsets? Click here for tips.
  
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• Fortune and Moloney recognised in Stobart Lesters Awards

  29-12-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two stalwarts of the weighing room who announced their retirement earlier this year have been recognised in the Stobart Lesters Awards for 2017.
  
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• Paul Pogba wears outrageous snakeskin jacket

  29-12-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba was pictured in an unusual snakeskin jacket with a fur collar as he left Manchester United's training ground on Friday. The midfielder stopped to sign autographs for fans.
  
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• Old Firm team news & Saturday's other Scottish Premiership previews

  29-12-2017 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Team news followed by live updates and match reports from Saturday's Scottish Premiership matches.
  
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• Celtic v Rangers: Kris Commons & Barry Ferguson preview Old Firm clash

  29-12-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Celtic midfielder Kris Commons and ex-Rangers captain Barry Ferguson preview Saturday's Old Firm derby.
  
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• What absolutely will happen in the Premier League this weekend: Ending 2017 in stunning style

  29-12-2017 19:30
  The Premier League bids goodbye to 2017, and Adam Hurrey has one last go this year at predicting how the weekend fixture list will pan out...
  
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• Pep Guardiola plans to remain at Man City beyond his deal

  29-12-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Manchester City manager - searching for a record 19th consecutive Premier League win at Crystal Palace - plans to remain in the North West beyond his three-year contract.
  
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• Andy Murray Limps To Defeat In Abu Dhabi Comeback Match

  29-12-2017 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Serious question marks remain about Andy Murray's fitness ahead of the Australian Open after he was beaten 6-2 by Roberto.
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Gerrard has made a great start to management

  29-12-2017 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Ian Ladyman reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week.   
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino: 'Superstar' Harry Kane is out of the market

  29-12-2017 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino says his "superstar" striker Harry Kane is "priceless" and "out of the market".
  
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• Andy Murray heads Down Under for Australian Open

  29-12-2017 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It may have been much later than originally intended, but Andy Murray is finally on his way to Australia to prepare for his comeback at next week's Brisbane International.
  
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• Watford V Swansea at Vicarage Road Stadium : Match Preview

  29-12-2017 18:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Watford midfielder Roberto Pereyra faces fitness test ahead of Swansea matchWatford will check on midfielder Roberto Pereyra for the visit.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp: The price of players is 'the last thing' I think about

  29-12-2017 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says the "last thing" he thinks about when signing a player is the price.
  
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• Premiership dips toe in deep pool of free-to-air viewers with live debut

  29-12-2017 18:20
  Casual rugby fans are target for broadcast of Harlequins v Northampton on Channel 5 in search for balance between pay TV riches and terrestrial TV’s reachFor the first time in its history Premiership Rugby pulls back the curtain to a live free‑to-air TV audience on Saturday. Channel 5 will broadcast Harlequins’ annual festive fixture at Twickenham, against Northampton, and while it may be pushing it to say the rugby revolution will be televised – not least because of
  
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• West Brom donate money to bereaved family of club mascot

  29-12-2017 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard Eades, 42, passed away following a heart attack on the morning before he was due to carry out his role at the Hawthorns. He left behind a fiancée and their two children.
  
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• Mourinho questions Klopp over £75m Van Dijk deal

  29-12-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho questions Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp's 2016 threat to quit rather than spend inflated transfer fees.
  
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• PETER CROUCH: There is always a way to beat the big teams

  29-12-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER CROUCH: The approach is alien to me: the idea of going out to play a game of football and being resigned to losing? Sorry, but I just don’t understand.
  
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