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• Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas reveals Messi has gone quiet

  17-02-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ‘I Speak to some of them nearly every day,’ Cesc Fabregas says of his friends back at Barcelona, the club he grew up at and spent nine years with, across two spells. Now though, it’s a little different:
  
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• Rochdale boss Keith Hill watches Monday Night Football

  17-02-2018 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rochdale manager Keith Hill is continuing to learn his craft by analysing the analysts on Monday Night Football. Hill locks horns with Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino in the FA Cup on Sunday.
  
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• Jesus closing in on return without help of entourage

  17-02-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gabriel Jesus is closing in on a return for Manchester City after going through rehabilitation from knee ligament damage without his close-knit entourage.
  
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• Phil Bennett insists it's good to see style in Wales' game

  17-02-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The words were music to Phil Bennett’s ears: ‘We can’t catch you, you little Welsh swines.’ The majestic No 10 longed to hear them muttered by tiring English forwards.
  
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• Christie's nightmare goes on as she suffers heavy crash

  17-02-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First there were tears, then fears and finally news that Elise Christie had not broken her leg. In the context of her Winter Olympics curse, that last point was perhaps the most surprising.
  
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• Barry Bennell link with second paedophile coach

  17-02-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPECIAL REPORT: Barry Bennell and fellow child sex abuser Frank Roper coached a youth team together and organised matches against sides managed by Eddie Heath, another alleged abuser.
  
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• Tiger Woods has to have patience at the Genesis Open

  17-02-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On America’s Golf Channel they dissected every missed fairway and every other painfully inadequate statistic about his play. To find fault with Tiger Woods’s golf you did not have to look very far.
  
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• Scotland in a tangle after 'hating English' comments

  17-02-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland were in a tangle last night over comments about ‘hating the English’ from New Zealand-born prop Simon Berghan ahead of Saturday’s Calcutta Cup. Tensions are now set to increase.
  
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• Luke Donald is the last of the giantkillers

  17-02-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whatever happens to Luke Donald now that he has turned 40, he can always look back on his time as world No 1, when he kicked sand in the faces of the big hitters who dominate the rankings.
  
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• Ian Henderson: ‘In Turkey I didn’t get paid. I was acting as my own lawyer’

  17-02-2018 23:30
  Bad luck and instability almost led Rochdale’s captain to quit football. Now he has found a happy place and has Spurs in his sightsIan Henderson had reached a crossroads in his life when the invitation came to train with Rochdale five years ago. He had just been released by Colchester United and the realities of life as a professional footballer were not turning out to be what he had envisaged when he was coming through the youth system at Norwich City. Being offered bags of cash by person
  
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• Family Calcutta Cup for Gary Graham and Scottish Dad

  17-02-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: ‘You’re bringing nae f***ing England kit in this house!’ blasts George Graham in his thick Scottish accent. Graham Sr takes a moment to reflect on his son's England call-up.
  
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• Danny Cipriani set to be offered £50,000 per game in Japan

  17-02-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: England outcast Danny Cipriani is set to be offered a £50,000-a-game deal in Japan next season. The Mail on Sunday understands two Top League sides want him.
  
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• Conte says Chelsea need ‘perfect’ game’ to beat Barcelona

  17-02-2018 23:30
  Antonio Conte insists Barcelona are not infallible and that it would be dangerous for his rejuvenated team to focus solely on stopping Lionel Messi – who has never scored against Chelsea – when the two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Ben Stokes is back and it's like he never left says Morgan

  17-02-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN HAMILTON: England, conscious of the risk of injury so soon after a 24-hour flight from London, wanted to ease Stokes back.
  
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• Greg Rutherford calls for more social media in athletics

  17-02-2018 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Athletics has become too archaic and allowing athletes to use social media on the track can liven up the sport, according to former Olympic champion Greg Rutherford.
  
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• FA Cup: Boyce relives Wigan's 'fairytale' FA Cup win

  17-02-2018 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Wigan Athletic captain Emmerson Boyce recalls the moment the Latics defeated Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup final.
  
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• Simon Berghan desperate to change Scotland story against England

  17-02-2018 23:21
  The Edinburgh tighthead wants to help turn the tables at Murrayfield after last year’s humiliation at TwickenhamChristchurch may be the most English of New Zealand’s cities but Simon Berghan, when he was growing up there, was always aware of being on the other side when it came to the Calcutta Cup. A Stirling-born grandfather was part of the explanation for that but perhaps the main reason was the habitual rivalry felt towards England, it seems, by every other rugby-playing nation. R
  
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• Thiem breezes past Monfils to set up Bedene showdown

  17-02-2018 23:15
  Gael Monfils was no match for Dominic Thiem, who needed only 63 minutes to reach the final in Buenos Aires.
  
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• Manchester United to play Brighton in FA Cup last eight

  17-02-2018 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twelve-time FA Cup winners Manchester United will play Brighton in the quarter-finals of the competition. Chelsea will travel to Leicester in the other all Premier League clash.
  
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• Eddie Jones enforces ‘never stand still’ credo in brutal week for England

  17-02-2018 23:00
  Squad were put through an intense week of scrum, lineout and fitness work in preparation for the Calcutta Cup match in ScotlandThe England squad’s reward for two victories in the opening rounds of the Six Nations was a brutal training week, starting with set-piece sessions against scrum-savouring Georgia and finishing with a high-intensity run-out at Twickenham in front of 10,000 spectators.“Never stand still” is the motto of the head coach, Eddie Jones, and while summoning Geo
  
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• Wales’ Ken Owens says Warren Gatland deserves more respect

  17-02-2018 22:59
  • ‘I don’t think he gets the credit for what he has achieved’
  • Wales must beat Ireland in Dublin to stay in Six Nations huntKen Owens believes Warren Gatland’s sustained success at Test level has not always gained the respect the coach’s record merits. Gatland takes charge of Wales for the 100th time on Saturday in Ireland, where his international coaching career started in 1998, but the Lions hooker says: “I don’t think he gets the credit for
  
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• Football has been put into perspective for Steve Bruce

  17-02-2018 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: Steve Bruce was dignified in defeat and full of praise for Fulham...but there were other things on his mind in his post-match press conference.
  
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• Mourinho wants referees to have final say on VAR

  17-02-2018 22:47
  There was more VAR controversy in Manchester United's win over Huddersfield Town, but Jose Mourinho is not against the technology.
  
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• Jose: I don't know if Pogba will be fit to face Sevilla

  17-02-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba is battling to be fit for Manchester United’s clash with Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday after phoning in sick before Saturday's FA Cup win at Huddersfield.
  
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• PSG 5-2 Strasbourg: Emery's side keep home perfect record

  17-02-2018 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain maintained their perfect home record this season with a 5-2 comeback victory against Strasbourg to restore their 12-point advantage at the top of Ligue 1.
  
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• VAR causes further controversy after Juan Mata's goal

  17-02-2018 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system was called upon during the first half at the John Smith's Stadium after Juan Mata had made a run in behind the Huddersfield defence and rounded Jonas Lossl to put United 2-0 up.
  
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• José Mourinho: VAR ‘went against original protocol’ to rule out Mata goal

  17-02-2018 22:20
  • Video official was deployed to judge Juan Mata offside
  • Lines on the screen appeared to be wavy and unevenJosé Mourinho said that the use of VAR to disallow a Juan Mata goal in Manchester United’s 2-0 FA Cup fifth round win over Hudderfield Town “went against the original protocol” of the system and that football is “ too beautiful to be spoiled by something not perfect.”Mata was initially adjudged to have beaten the offside trap to score in the
  
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• West Brom 1-2 Southampton: Saints through to last eight

  17-02-2018 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT THE HAWTHORNS: West Brom, deep in chaos with Pardew’s future hanging in the balance even before the Barcelona taxi heist, at least showed they still care.
  
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• Alexis Sanchez celebrates goal with young Man Utd fan

  17-02-2018 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Romelu Lukaku was the man who stepped up and took this tie by the scruff of the neck in the end. His two goals ensured United navigated a tricky tie and progressed through to the FA Cup quarter-final.
  
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• Jose Mourinho left unsure after narrow VAR decision

  17-02-2018 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho has admitted to being a fan of VAR but did not know what to say after Juan Mata was denied a goal by video replay in Manchester United's FA Cup win on Saturday.
  
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• Leinster see off Scarlets as Munster come up short in Cardiff

  17-02-2018 21:28
  Dan Jones' late penalty secured Scarlets a losing bonus point but defeat to Leinster leaves them in second place in the table.
  
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• New No.1 Federer earns gritty Seppi win to book Rotterdam final

  17-02-2018 21:26
  A day after ensuring he will become the oldest male world number one, Roger Federer beat Andreas Seppi to reach the Rotterdam Open final.
  
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• Jupp Heynckes, the safe pair of hands Bayern Munich can’t bear to lose

  17-02-2018 21:17
  Instead of just minding the shop in his fourth stint as manager the man from Mönchengladbach is being begged to stayJupp Heynckes has a proud record to protect. In each of the three seasons he has coached a team in the Champions League, they have reached the final. And should Bayern Munich win this season’s competition – a quest that continues with Tuesday’s first-leg meeting with Beskitas – he is likely to repeat what followed his two victories: swiftly departing th
  
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• Mata 'still up for VAR' despite disallowed goal at Huddersfield

  17-02-2018 21:15
  VAR was again the centre of attention as Manchester United beat Huddersfield Town, but Juan Mata is still in favour of its use in football.
  
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• Big four kept apart in FA Cup quarter-finals

  17-02-2018 21:08
  Manchester United face Brighton and Leicester will host Chelsea in FA Cup quarter-final as 'big four' are kept apart 
  
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• Paul Pogba's absence won't help silence the doubters 

  17-02-2018 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER AT KIRKLEES: If Jose Mourinho hoped that his ‘bull***t’ retort had put the Pogba issue to bed, news that he'd miss the FA Cup tie through illness only ensures it rumbles on.
  
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• Jose Mourinho: 'I don't care' about Paul Pogba

  17-02-2018 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says 'I don't know and I honestly don't care,' when asked about Paul Pogba's absence with illness.
  
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• George Groves vs Chris Eubank Jr LIVE at Manchester Arena

  17-02-2018 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr collide in Manchester on Saturday night, in one of the most hotly-anticipated domestic dust-ups in recent memory. Follow Sportsmail for live coverage.
  
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• Resilient Kvitova ousts Wozniacki in Doha thriller

  17-02-2018 20:43
  Petra Kvitova came off the ropes to beat Caroline Wozniacki and extend her winning run to 12 matches in Doha.
  
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• Huddersfield 0-2 Man United: Romelu Lukaku scores brace

  17-02-2018 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROP DRAPER AT JOHN SMITH'S STADIUM: Romelu Lukaku looked to be back to his best as he sent Manchester United into the FA Cup sixth round with a well-taken brace vs Huddersfield.
  
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• Leicester 33-18 Harlequins: Toomua imspires comeback

  17-02-2018 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester maintained their hopes of a 14th consecutive appearance in the end-of-season play-offs with a 33-18 win over Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership.
  
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• Lukaku sends visitors through after VAR controversy

  17-02-2018 20:26
  Juan Mata had a goal controversially ruled out for offside by VAR but it did not stop Manchester United beating Huddersfield in the FA Cup.
  
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• Groves vs Eubank Jr: What time is the fight tonight?

  17-02-2018 20:10
  Groves vs Eubank Jr: What time is the fight tonight?
  
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• Alan Pardew says he wanted to ‘make a statement’ by stripping Jonny Evans of the West Brom captaincy

  17-02-2018 20:10
  Evans is one of four senior players – along with Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill – who are alleged to have stolen a taxi during the club’s training trip to Barcelona.
  
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• Toomua inspires Tigers win over Quins, Worcester beat Gloucester

  17-02-2018 20:09
  Matt Toomua scored 23 points in Leicester Tigers' win over Harlequins, while Gloucester were beaten at lowly Worcester Warriors.
  
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• Venetia Williams' Yala Enki wins Grand National Trial

  17-02-2018 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eight lined up but only three finished the marathon contest, with the complexion changing completely in the straight. The Dutchman only completed one circuit before being pulled up.
  
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• Hughton: Locadia benefiting from 'competitive' Brighton

  17-02-2018 20:00
  Jurgen Locadia joined Leonardo Ulloa on the scoresheet in a promising FA Cup display from Brighton and Hove Albion's new attacking weapons.
  
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• Waiting Patiently edges out Cue Card in Ascot Chase

  17-02-2018 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first grade one winner for Waiting Patiently's trainer Ruth Jefferson came just over a fortnight after she took over running the family stable in Malton after the death of her father Malcolm.
  
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• Valverde’s Barcelona balancing act turns crisis talk to treble talk

  17-02-2018 19:36
  The coach used Neymar’s exit as a chance to reboot the faltering giants as Chelsea may find out on TuesdaySometimes football really is life. On Tuesday Barcelona face Chelsea in the Champions League at Stamford Bridge where in 2009 Andrés Iniesta scored a last-minute goal that he still watches occasionally. “It’s a moment that is always there, forever,” he says. For some fans, reminded of it daily, that is especially true. According to a spokeswoman for the materni
  
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• Sunderland 0-2 Brentford: Chris Coleman's woes continue

  17-02-2018 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland passed up the chance to boost their Sky Bet Championship survival hopes as Brentford won 2-0 on their first ever visit to the Stadium of Light.
  
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