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• Video Assistant Referee technology explained

  30-12-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Brighton and Crystal Palace walk out at the Amex on Monday week, there will be a Video Assistant Referee sitting in front of several TV screens about 70 miles away.
  
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• Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola offers help to England

  30-12-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola says he would be happy to help if England manager Gareth Southgate wanted to tap into Manchester City's secrets ahead of the World Cup. City are currently on a 18-game winning streak.
  
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• Man Utd to get £1m from Palace if they return Fosu-Mensah

  30-12-2017 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson's January transfer plans have been complicated by Palace using their maximum allowance of two PL loans in season-long deals for Fosu-Mensah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek
  
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• Swansea and Brighton show interest in Jarrod Bowen

  30-12-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swansea City and Brighton have both looked at Hull City's £8million-rated forward Jarrod Bowen as they seek extra firepower in the January transfer window.
  
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• Jan Age Fjortoft gives thoughts on Man City's Guardiola

  30-12-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2014 I was the general manager of the Norway team and I wanted to take our coach to study one of the best clubs, so Bayern Munich let me follow them during their winter training camp in Doha, Qatar.
  
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• Manchester City are finally the team Sheik Mansour wanted

  30-12-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: It has taken them almost 10 years but Sheik Mansour, the owner of Manchester City, must feel that the club are finally where he wanted them to be.
  
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• Russian doping scandal could be deeper than first thought

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Russian doping scandal could be deeper than realised with 'thousands more cheats' still to be exposed in the secret computer files obtained by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
  
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• My critics were right, I've doubted myself in this Ashes

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART BROAD: I have been under pressure for the last couple of weeks, so I did what I've done in the past and that's put on my tin hat leading up to this fourth Test.
  
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• Man City's Sergio Aguero plans to return to Independiente

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, 29, always planned to finish his career in Argentina and intended to move in the summer of 2019 when his contract ends.
  
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• Jos Buttler gives it a bash for Sydney Thunder

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jos Buttler gave Australia a warning that they might not have it all their own way against England in the 50-over and T20 series that follow the Ashes.
  
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• Joe Root issues rallying cry ahead of Sydney Test

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS STOCKS AT THE MCG IN MELBOURNE: Joe Root wants his players to back up the Melbourne draw by signing off the Test series with victory.
  
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• January sales: Sportsmail reveals who is available to sign

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the January transfer window opening on Monday, clubs from England and across Europe will be ready to splash the cash on signings that will bolster their squads.
  
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• Bristol coach Pat Lam vows club are born-again

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sleeping giants of English rugby are poised to wake up in 2018. Bristol are marching towards promotion with a healthy 13 wins from 13, bankrolled by billionaire Steve Lansdown.
  
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• Billy Joe Saunders promises to quit boxing when he is 30

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The next year could be the most important in the career of Billy Joe Saunders. But, all being well, it could also be the last. Earlier this month, the 28-year-old swaggered his way to victory.
  
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• Arsène Wenger marvels at Wilshere but despairs over Sánchez questions

  30-12-2017 23:30
  • Angry Wenger says constant grilling on Sánchez’s future is ‘unbelievable’
  • ‘It’s better we talk about Wilshere. To come back like he has shows character’The warm glow of victory had disappeared as Arsène Wenger entered the cramped corridor next to the press room at Selhurst Park late on Thursday night. Arsenal’s manager had just spent a few minutes batting away questions about Alexis Sánchez’s contractual situation
  
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• Alan Pardew says Arsene Wenger should drop Alexis Sanchez

  30-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alan Pardew believes Arsene Wenger should drop Alexis Sanchez if the Chilean is a disruptive influence in the Arsenal dressing room.
  
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• Alan Pardew praises Arsène Wenger and hopes to reinforce West Brom’s arsenal

  30-12-2017 23:30
  • Wenger to break record for number of Premier League games on Sunday
  • Pardew wants January attacking additions to haul West Brom out of troubleWhen Arsène Wenger breaks the Premier League record for number of games in charge on Sunday afternoon Alan Pardew will be the first rival manager to congratulate him. The new man in charge at West Bromwich Albion has had the odd run-in with his Arsenal counterpart in the past – “It was just the one run-in, there have been pl
  
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• Phil 'The Power' Taylor reaches 21st world darts final

  30-12-2017 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Phil Taylor's extraordinary career is on course for an emotional Hollywood ending after the greatest-ever darts player reached his 21st World Championship final.
  
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• UFC: Conor McGregor and 2017's five defining moments for British and Irish MMA

  30-12-2017 23:15
  Here are five particular moments where British and Irish MMA was front and centre of the media spotlight in 2017.
  
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• Manchester United were booed off after dismal draw

  30-12-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dismal Manchester United were booed off at Old Trafford on Saturday night after being held to a grim 0-0 draw by struggling Southampton, and Jose Mourinho later revealed a double injury blow.
  
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• Northampton fold again against Harlequins as Smith shines

  30-12-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After watching this, Alan Gaffney might want to consider turning around at Heathrow and boarding a return flight to Sydney.
  
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• Birmingham City 1-0 Leeds: Jacques Maghoma goal wins game

  30-12-2017 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATTHEW SMITH AT ST ANDREWS: For 77 minutes, £6million playmaker Jota sat on the bench, dropped for this fixture, symbolising Birmingham's struggles and underachievement.
  
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• Championship: Tony Pulis loses in first Middlesbrough game

  30-12-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tony Pulis tasted defeat in his first proper match as Middlesbrough manager as they were beaten by Aston Villa.
  
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• Southampton ready spend Van Dijk cash

  30-12-2017 22:15
  With Virgil van Dijk's move to Liverpool set to go through on January 1, Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino is ready to splash the cash.
  
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• Lukaku likely to miss at least two matches - Mourinho

  30-12-2017 22:07
  Romelu Lukaku looks set to miss two Manchester United fixtures following a clash of heads against Southampton.
  
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• Australia's sporting year in review – success stories and slip-ups of 2017 | Paul Connolly

  30-12-2017 22:00
  It has been a rollercoaster year across the codes but women’s sport has gone from strength to strength‘This moment is for you’: how women’s sport rocked 2017Australian sports quiz of the year 2017In the 43rd minute of the Matildas’ 30 July match against Japan at the inaugural Tournament of Nations in the USA, the Australian striker Sam Kerr completed a first-half hat-trick before wheeling away in celebration. As the crowd showed its appreciation and as her team-mate
  
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• Ryan Bennett has final say against Bristol City to put Wolves 10 points clear

  30-12-2017 21:39
  Nuno Espírito Santo saw his Wolves side go 10 points clear at the top of the Championship after an injury-time winner at Bristol City and insisted: “It was the performance of a team who are growing with every game.”The manager was in relaxed mood at the end of an eventful afternoon. Wolves had their captain, Danny Batth, sent off early on, and Nuno was also banished to the stands, before Bristol City had their goalkeeper, Frank Fielding, dismissed in the second half. Continue
  
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• Keown says Mourinho has 'lost' Manchester United players

  30-12-2017 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal legend Martin Keown has said Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has 'lost' the Old Trafford dressing room.  
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic has 'a big problem', says Jose Mourinho

  30-12-2017 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic is facing a month on the sidelines at the worst possible time as Manchester United count the cost of losing the Swedish centre forward and fellow striker Romelu Lukaku.
  
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• Mourinho questions referee Pawson's penalty call

  30-12-2017 21:32
  Craig Pawson's decision not to award Manchester United a penalty was pivotal in a disappointing draw with Southampton, said Jose Mourinho.
  
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• Bryony Frost takes giant leap in jumps world and calls it ‘bonkers’

  30-12-2017 21:23
  Frost claimed Grade One victory on Boxing Day to become only the second female jockey in Britain or Ireland to win a top-class race over obstaclesAs a general rule, jockeys who finish fifth in a seven-runner race get a clear run back to the weighing room but not Bryony Frost. Having started the year with almost no profile, she ends it as one of jump racing’s most popular young talents, judging by the number of autographs she was asked to sign on returning from a low-key handicap hurdle at
  
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• Football League: Derby go second with Sam Winnall double at Ipswich

  30-12-2017 21:16
  • Derby end December unbeaten with a 2-1 win at Ipswich to go second
  • Nine-man MK Dons hang on for an hour to beat Peterborough• Derby County completed an unbeaten December by going second in the Championship as they beat Ipswich 2-1 at Portman Road. Rams manager Gary Rowett described the win as their “biggest result of the season” and they got it with goals either side of half-time from Sam Winnall. Joe Garner got the Ipswich goal – the first conceded by Derby
  
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• Manchester United 0-0 Southampton: FIVE THINGS YOU MISSED

  30-12-2017 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United’s festive form continued to nosedive as they laboured to a draw with Southampton. Here, Sportsmail rounds-up all the things you may have missed from Old Trafford.
  
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• Manchester United 0-0 Southampton - PLAYER RATINGS: 

  30-12-2017 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United stuttered to a goalless draw with Southampton as they slipped to third spot in the Premier League on Saturday night. Here, Sportsmail rates the players' performances.
  
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• Serena Williams non-committal over Australian Open

  30-12-2017 21:02
  Serena Williams will take things "one day at a time" on her return to the WTA Tour and grand slam circuit after giving birth.
  
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• Klopp calls on Liverpool to embrace van Dijk signing

  30-12-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has told his defenders they have no reason to be nervous about Virgil van Dijk's arrival and should embrace the challenge of having him at the club.
  
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• That Rhian Brewster issued a wake-up call is both worrying and inspiring | Daniel Taylor

  30-12-2017 21:00
  By taking a stand over racial abuse he has received, Liverpool’s 17-year-old striker shames those who run the game but offers hope for the next generationIt isn’t easy knowing whether the people occupying football’s ivory towers have actually noted what Rhian Brewster has had to say in the past few days. Unless I have missed it, the executives at Uefa and Fifa have not uttered a word in response and, frankly, that is no surprise whatsoever. Anyone calling Uefa since 22 December
  
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• Bristol City 1-2 Wolves: Bennett scores injury-time header

  30-12-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo had to watch from the stands and he showed his passion after the game as his team showed they have got what it takes for the Championship title.
  
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• Manchester United 0-0 Southampton

  30-12-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT OLD TRAFFORD: The fact that Manchester United have made considerable improvements from recent seasons is no longer a balm with which to soothe their wounded pride.
  
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• Manchester United striker Lukaku faces enforced rest

  30-12-2017 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER AT OLD TRAFFORD: When Jose Mourinho said that Romelu Lukaku needed a rest, this is not what the Manchester United manager had in mind.
  
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• Mourinho hits out at referee after Southampton hold Manchester United

  30-12-2017 20:37
  José Mourinho believed the failure of Craig Pawson, the referee, to award a penalty for a Maya Yoshida handball on 32 minutes was crucial as Manchester United were again unable to claim victory. The contest ended in a third consecutive draw for Mourinho’s side, meaning they have dropped six points out of the last nine. Related: Manchester United 0-0 Southampton: Premier League – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Glasgow gain 1872 Cup revenge after Scotstoun evacuation

  30-12-2017 20:35
  The alarm bells were ringing at Scotstoun on Saturday, but there was no danger of Edinburgh suffering back-to-back defeats to Glasgow.
  
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• Slim title hopes fading for Mourinho as United are held

  30-12-2017 20:27
  A third successive draw dealt Manchester United a further setback in their Premier League title challenge, held 0-0 by Southampton.
  
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• Maybe five or six years? Klopp unsure over Van Dijk contract

  30-12-2017 20:20
  Liverpool have made Virgil van Dijk the most expensive defender in world football but Jurgen Klopp does not know how long his contract is.
  
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• Mark Hughes defends decision to field weakened Stoke team in rout by Chelsea

  30-12-2017 20:18
  • Pressure increases on manager after 5-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge
  • But Hughes insists gamble will pay off if they beat Newcastle on MondayMark Hughes admitted his decision to field a weakened team against Chelsea, who coasted to a 5-0 win at Stamford Bridge, has increased the pressure on him in advance of Monday’s showdown with Newcastle. Related: Chelsea’s Davide Zappacosta completes crushing of dire StokeContinue reading...
  
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• The Bayern blueprint: how Pep Guardiola honed Manchester City’s unbeatables | Michael Butler

  30-12-2017 20:00
  A win at Crystal Palace will give City 19 league wins on the trot, a feat the coach also achieved in Munich. How do Pep’s record breakers compare?Manchester City managers of the future have a problem. The football played at the end of 2017 will always be the standard to which they are held. This month, City fan Noel Gallagher, a man not known for his compliments and somebody that has seen 250,000 people at Knebworth sing his name, described what is going on at the Etihad as “the grea
  
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• Liverpool's Mo Salah doubtful for Burnley match

  30-12-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's match-winner Mo Salah limped off when he was substituted late on against Leicester at Anfield on Saturday. Salah was replaced in the 83rd minute.
  
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• Mohamed Salah double inspires Liverpool fightback after Vardy opener

  30-12-2017 19:58
  By Jürgen Klopp’s admission the £75m that Liverpool are paying for Virgil van Dijk is unpleasant but Mohamed Salah represents “a catch” at £36.9m. His valuation of the Egypt international appeared sensible, even understated in the perverse world of football economics, after Salah inspired an outstanding Liverpool recovery against Leicester City.“The best reaction since I’ve been here,” said the Liverpool manager, who celebrated with characteri
  
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• Arsenal midfielder Elneny trolls unsettled Alexis Sanchez

  30-12-2017 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has jokingly trolled his unsettled team-mate Alexis Sanchez about not going to the 2018 World Cup.
  
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• Allardyce let down by 'sloppy' Everton

  30-12-2017 19:44
  Everton lost 2-1 at Bournemouth on Saturday, with Sam Allardyce left frustrated by the gifting of both goals.
  
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