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• Nasri set for swift return to Premier League at West Ham 

  20-01-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham have been offered Samir Nasri from Turkish club Antalyaspor.
  The 30-year-old midfielder joined Antalyaspor from Manchester City in August following six years at the Etihad.
  
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• Top-level rugby doping fears revealed in Aviva Premiership

  20-01-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Concerns have been raised about anti-doping procedures in top-level English rugby, with the extent to which players are being tested described as ‘worryingly inadequate’.
  
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• Ligue 1: Malcom dreams of Premier League move but remains unsure of future

  20-01-2018 23:42
  Reportedly a target for Arsenal and Tottenham, Malcom has spoken openly of his desire to play in England in the future.
  
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• World Cup voting scandal reignited amid Qatar deal claim

  20-01-2018 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY NICK HARRIS: The controversy storm over the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar has been reignited, more than seven years after the votes took place.
  
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• Manchester City chiefs hold transfer meeting before win

  20-01-2018 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City chiefs held a transfer meeting hours before Saturday's victory over Newcastle as they look to close in on a deal for Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Fred.
  
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• Kiwi Brad Shields could be England's next No 6

  20-01-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: For Brad Shields, January usually involves diving for paua shellfish and chasing waves off the coast of New Zealand.
  
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• D’Arcy Short sheds the pounds to make history

  20-01-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Short by name, slimmer by nature. That has been the secret behind the rise of a player who will become the first indigenous batsman to represent Australia when he faces England next month.
  
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• Glasgow 28-21 Exeter: Stuart Hogg's brilliance wins game

  20-01-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Temperatures hit freezing point in Glasgow and Exeter’s European dream slipped out of their hands like a block of melting ice after a brilliant performance from Glasgow's Stuart Hogg.
  
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• Alexis Sanchez is a bargain and Man Utd should be praised

  20-01-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: I’m sorry, but I really don’t get the outpouring of outrage and sanctimony that has greeted Manchester United's apparently imminent signing of Alexis Sanchez.
  
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• Manchester United complete signing of Alexis Sanchez

  20-01-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sanchez is due in Manchester for a medical on Sunday evening to complete his transfer from Arsenal, with Jose Mourinho declaring: ‘I think we are going to be successful.’
  
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• Man City chiefs hold transfer meeting ahead of bids for Fred and Evans

  20-01-2018 23:30
  Senior club officials held a transfer meeting ahead of Saturday's game with Newcastle as they continue working on at least two deals this month
  
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• If Sanchez wants to be better he shouldn't join Man Utd

  20-01-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MICHAEL OWEN: There is clearly one reason why Sanchez is choosing United over City. Naturally he wants to maximise his earnings but I’m still surprised he would opt for Jose Mourinho.
  
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• Leeds fail in £4m raid for West Brom starlet Tyler Roberts

  20-01-2018 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds United have had a £4million bid rejected for West Bromwich Albion forward Tyler Roberts. The 19-year-old is out of contract in the summer.
  
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• Wolves 0-2 Nottingham Forest: Karanka shows what he can do

  20-01-2018 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolves missed out on the chance to move 15 points clear of third place as they lost at home for only the second time this season, on a day when Karanka indicated what he can bring to Forest.
  
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• UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou preview - Heavy and light-heavyweight heroes guarantee explosive knockout drama

  20-01-2018 23:15
  Ngannou's last four fights have been over before the two minute mark and his explosive power is responsible for a ‘Knockout of the Year’ award in 2017.
  
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• Manchester City seek to push through £50m move for Fred

  20-01-2018 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shakhtar are reluctant to lose the Brazilian while they are still in the Champions League but City are wary of rival interest from the likes of Manchester United and want to get a deal tied up.
  
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• Chelsea close on £44m swoop for Dzeko and Palmieri

  20-01-2018 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dzeko is expected to start for Roma against Inter Milan on Sunday but Roma recognise, despite his goals, this is their best opportunity to cash in on the Bosnia international who will be 32 in March.
  
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• West Brom set to make new move for Watford striker Deeney

  20-01-2018 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manager Alan Pardew will need to bankroll the deal from sales with Jonny Evans and Jake Livermore the subject of interest from rival Premier League sides.
  
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• Guardiola reveals the points target he has given Man City squad to secure the title

  20-01-2018 23:08
  After watching his side beat Newcastle United, Pep Guardiola wants another 10 victories to make certain of a first Premier League title.
  
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• Mike Ashley and Amanda Staveley are adding to the fog on the Tyne

  20-01-2018 23:00
  Daniel Taylor takes a look at the mess at Newcastle United as a takeover bid now looks as far away as ever before.
  
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• Anthony Joshua desperate to make Joseph Parker pay for ‘king of steroids’ jibe

  20-01-2018 22:59
  Anthony Joshua has admitted Joseph Parker got under his skin with jibes about his supposed glass jaw and being “the king of steroids” – but said he will come in faster and lighter and make the New Zealander pay when they fight in March.
  
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• Scarlets 30-27 Toulon: Scarlets in Champions Cup quarters

  20-01-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALEX BYWATER AT PARC Y SCARLETS: Scarlets ensured there will be Welsh representation in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup as they downed Toulon in Llanelli.
  
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• Klopp addresses Liverpool links to Butland and goalkeeper alternatives

  20-01-2018 22:14
  The Reds continue to be linked with reinforcements between the sticks, but their manager insists he has no intention of buying in the winter window
  
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• Oleksandr Zinchenko's chance the product of hard work

  20-01-2018 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola’s year will rightly be defined by luscious attacking football but his improvisation at left back should not be far behind. There is more than a touch of genius in converting Fabian Delph.
  
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• Benetton 28-47 Bath: Bath seal victory but out of Europe

  20-01-2018 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Freddie Burns bemoaned a huge opportunity wasted as Bath slipped sadly and despairingly out of Europe despite a seven-try romp in Italy. 
  
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• Man City 3-1 Newcastle: Aguero's perfect hat-trick deja-vu

  20-01-2018 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  City's first goal was eventually given to Aguero after it was deemed by eagle-eyed Premier League bigwigs that Kevin De Bruyne's cross had brushed the striker's hair.
  
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• Manchester United agree Henrikh Mkhitaryan swap deal for Alexis Sánchez

  20-01-2018 21:45
  Manchester United value Mkhitaryan at around £35mBoth players set to undergo medicals at new clubsManchester United have finally agreed to sign Alexis Sánchez from Arsenal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan to move in the other direction in what is understood to be a straight swap deal. This means that as there would not be any money exchanged between the clubs, United valued Mkhitaryan at around £35m, the fee Arsenal were demanding for Sánchez.Sánchez, who was out of contr
  
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• Crystal Palace to sign Benfica starlet Erdal Rakip on loan

  20-01-2018 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace are signing Benfica midfielder Erdal Rakip on loan for the rest of the season.The 21-year-old Swede underwent a medical on Saturday after flying to London on Friday.
  
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• Exclusive: Real Madrid tell Cristiano Ronaldo he can leave, putting PSG and Manchester United on red alert

  20-01-2018 21:23
  Manchester United and PSG could swoop for one of the greatest in world football after Real Madrid tell Cristiano Ronaldo he can leave the club this summer.
  
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• Saracens still not safe, Scarlets battle through

  20-01-2018 21:20
  Saracens were big winners on Saturday but could yet be eliminated from the European Champions Cup on Sunday.
  
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• Guardiola salutes 'outstanding' Manchester City

  20-01-2018 21:20
  Sergio Aguero scored three as Manchester City returned to winning ways against Newcastle United, leaving Pep Guardiola impressed.
  
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• Saracens 62-14 Northampton: McCall’s men face anxious wait

  20-01-2018 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RORY KEANE AT ALLIANZ PARK: Saracens kept their Champions Cup hopes alive with a seven-try trouncing of Northampton on Saturday.
  
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• Watford still battling relegation from the top half, insists Silva

  20-01-2018 21:07
  Watford may be in the top half of the Premier League, but they are still battling relegation - or so says manager Marco Silva.
  
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• Rondon 'devastated' after Everton's McCarthy suffers horror injury

  20-01-2018 21:04
  James McCarthy suffered a double leg break in a challenge with Salomon Rondon on Saturday, and the West Brom man has sent his support.
  
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• Sergio Agüero puts Manchester City back on track against Newcastle

  20-01-2018 20:41
  In different circumstances, Manchester City might have been parading Alexis Sánchez as their new A-list signing and Sergio Agüero, one assumes, might have been left wondering what it meant for his own position. It is all hypothetical now Sánchez is heading Manchester United’s way but, on this evidence, it does seem perplexing that Agüero’s place had ever come under threat and that Pep Guardiola felt it necessary to investigate changing his attacking options. R
  
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• Dan Jones inspires Scarlets to edge past Toulon and into knockout rounds

  20-01-2018 20:40
  • Scarlets 30-27 Toulon
  • Welsh side into knockout stage for first time since 2007The Scarlets will have to wait until Sunday afternoon to learn if they will have home advantage in the quarter-finals but, at the end of a draining encounter in which they were as steely as they were silky, they did not care having made the last eight for the first time since 2007.They scored only three points in the second half, and these came at its start. Toulon chipped away at the home side’s le
  
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• Moyes impressed despite Hammers draw

  20-01-2018 20:38
  West Ham failed to secure the points against Bournemouth, but boss David Moyes was buoyed by Javier Hernandez's first goal since October.
  
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• Man City 3-1 Newcastle: Sergio Aguero scores hat-trick

  20-01-2018 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: The roar that greeted Aguero’s strike for his hat-trick on 84 minutes was perhaps louder than you might have expected for a routine victory.
  
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• Dyche annoyed with Burnley's 'big six' results

  20-01-2018 20:30
  Manchester United's win at Burnley left Sean Dyche irritated to see a good performance from his side against a top team go unrewarded.
  
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• Aguero hat-trick sees pacesetters bounce back

  20-01-2018 20:27
  Sergio Aguero scored three as Manchester City returned to winning ways against Newcastle United, but they were by no means at their best.
  
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• Everton fans' frustration understandable, says Allardyce

  20-01-2018 20:24
  Everton battled to a draw against West Brom on Saturday, but Sam Allardyce had no issue with frustrated fans questioning his substitutions.
  
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• Celtic 5-0 Brechin City: Celtic progress in Scottish Cup

  20-01-2018 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FRASER MACKIE AT CELTIC PARK: Much to the dismay of Brechin and, to no one’s great surprise, Celtic did not leave their ruthless professionalism behind in Dubai.
  
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• Wenger responds to Dortmund criticism over Aubameyang affair

  20-01-2018 20:18
  Arsene Wenger has responded to Borussia Dortmund's criticism over his handling of the proposed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang transfer.
  
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• Nicky Henderson given positive news on Altior

  20-01-2018 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Altior took the next step to a racecourse return by stepping up his exercise regime with no ill effects, Brain Power crashed out at the second last in the Clarence House Chase.
  
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• Bordeaux appoint Poyet as new boss

  20-01-2018 20:11
  Gus Poyet is set to return to European football as the new manager of Ligue 1 outfit Bordeaux.
  
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• RCS Sport Name Wild Card Teams

  20-01-2018 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  RCS Sport has today announced its selection of wild card teams that will participate at four out of its five.
  
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• Liverpool U18 2-3 Arsenal U18: Gerrard defeated at Anfield

  20-01-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Gunners edged a five-goal thriller thanks to Tyreece John-Jules' strike after Curtis Jones' brace looked to have won the game in normal time for Gerrard's side.
  
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• Ozil gives Arsenal fans cause for thanks amid Sanchez saga

  20-01-2018 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT THE EMIRATES STADIUM: Sometimes you should just be thankful for what you have, not ungrateful for what you don't. And, as their fans so often remind us, Arsenal have got Ozil.
  
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• Dour win at Burnley proves how much Man Utd need Sanchez

  20-01-2018 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Asked on the eve of Manchester United’s win at Burnley if the decision to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal in mid-season is a sign that his team lacks something, Jose Mourinho answered emphatically.
  
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• Christensen will be fit to face Arsenal, claims Conte

  20-01-2018 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte insists Andreas Christensen will be fit to face Arsenal in Chelsea’s Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday despite appearing to suffer a head injury in the 4-0 win at Brighton.
  
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