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• Speed skating's £4.76m fund will not be sliced by UK Sport

  21-02-2018 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team is backed to the tune of £4.76m by UK Sport and was tasked with winning one to two medals. However, they returned zero, with Christie failing to make finals in two of her three events.
  
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• Sevilla 0-0 Man Utd: David de Gea shines in UEFA UCL draw

  21-02-2018 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE RAMON SANCHEZ PIZJUAN STADIUM:No, it most certainly wasn’t vintage Manchester United in Europe. Sevilla dominated, Sevilla should have won.
  
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• RB Leipzig hoping to snatch Spurs academy star Griffiths

  21-02-2018 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Former Spurs head of recruitment Mitchell has been appointed to a similar role at the Bundesliga club.
  
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• Muirhead leads Team GB to semi-finals with win over Canada

  21-02-2018 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sixteen years after Rhona Martin sent down the stone of destiny for Winter Olympics curling gold, Eve Muirhead fired the pistol shot that floored a giant and kept Great Britain on course to repeat history.
  
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• Derby 2-2 Leeds: Palmer strikes late for Rams

  21-02-2018 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TIM EVERSHED AT PRIDE PARK: Leeds were desperate for a win coming into the game on the back of an eight-game winless run in the league but were lucky to be in front.
  
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• Championship roundup: Nélson Oliveira stuns Wolves to earn draw for Norwich

  21-02-2018 23:57
  • Leaders held 2-2 thanks to Nélson Oliveira’s 35-yard screamer
  • Derby and Leeds and Bristol City and Fulham draw; Cardiff winNélson Oliveira’s spectacular late goal saw Norwich grab a point in stoppage time for the second time in four days as they drew 2-2 with the Championship leaders Wolves at Molineux.A Jamal Lewis own goal and Alfred N’Diaye’s header appeared to have the home side cruising midway through the first half, but Christoph Zimmerma
  
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• Mourinho dropping Man Utd star Pogba was a clear message

  21-02-2018 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS WHEELER AT ESTADIO RAMON SANCHEZ PIZJUAN: This wasn’t Huddersfield at home. This was the first leg last 16 of the Champions League away to Sevilla in Spain.
  
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• Real Madrid come back to win at Leganes after surviving early scare

  21-02-2018 23:55
  • Leganes 1-3 Real Madrid
  • Madrid move up to third as Casemiro shines in Estadio ButarqueSergio Ramos scored a late penalty clincher as Real Madrid came from behind to win 3-1 at Leganes and ease themselves into third place in La Liga.But it was holding midfielder Casemiro who shone after being handed a more progressive role in the absence of several of Zinédine Zidane’s big-name players. Continue reading...
  
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• Queen of the South keeper Sam Henderson injured by cow

  21-02-2018 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With regular starter Alan Martin out injured, the 19-year-old was on the bench for Gary Naysmith's side in last Saturday's 1-1 draw with Morton, with Jack Leighfield deputising between the sticks.
  
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• Potential Hartlepool takeover to be discussed in London

  21-02-2018 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swedish side Ostersunds play the second leg of their Europa League tie against Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night.
  
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• Man Utd's David De Gea installs fear in strikers: Lampard

  21-02-2018 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  United were kept level by De Gea in the Champions League clash with two fantastic saves just before half time, the second, from point blank range against Luis Muriel, the best of them.
  
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• Fred’s free-kick gives Shakhtar Donetsk narrow lead over Roma

  21-02-2018 23:39
  Shakhtar Donetsk came from behind to beat Roma 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 meeting thanks to a spectacular winner from the Brazil midfielder Fred.The 24-year-old Fred showed why some of Europe’s top clubs are reportedly scouting him with a perfect free-kick in the 71st minute. Continue reading...
  
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• Wolves 2-2 Norwich: Daniel Farke's side snatch late draw

  21-02-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT MOLINEUX: The last meaningful kick of the game saw Norwich snatch a point at Molineux and puncture ever so slightly the supreme confidence that Wolves have held.
  
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• Team Sky will ruin you, Sir Bradley Wiggins warns new star

  21-02-2018 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clearly the relationship between Wiggins and Sky has been damaged by the fallout from UK Anti-Doping’s investigation into a medical package delivered for him at the end of a race in 2011.
  
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• Jose Mourinho hugs reporter after Scott McTominay question

  21-02-2018 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McTominay was chosen to start in a midfield three in the Champions League clash in Spain, and impressed as United drew 0-0 in the last 16 first leg.
  Mourinho was keen to talk about his display.
  
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• Bristol City 1-1 Fulham: Promotion rivals share the spoils

  21-02-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RALPH ELLIS AT ASHTON GATE: Rafa Benitez might have binned striker Alexander Mitrovic at the start of the season but Newcastle's loss looks very much like Fulham's gain.
  
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• Why Gregor Townsend is Scotland's Glenn Hoddle

  21-02-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Like Hoddle, Gregor Townsend was by no means immune to making a few mistakes and got dropped occasionally, but he never compromised his approach to the game.
  
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• Manchester City upset at TV camera in Wigan tunnel bust-up

  21-02-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA:Manchester City were the most unlikely club to complain about the TV camera in the tunnel at Wigan that captured a raging Pep Guardiola.
  
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• It's all kicking off ahead of Calcutta Cup clash

  21-02-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Calcutta Cup diplomacy was briefly abandonedas Scotland cast doubt on the legality of England’s defence, just as their own scrum was coming under similar scrutiny south of the border.
  
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• Haye hopes to emulate Ali in his own rumble with Joshua

  21-02-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of their May 5 rematch, the Hayemaker — whose named his son Cassius after the Louisville Lip — is eyeing a clash with AJ and his own place in boxing folklore.
  
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• Biggar is walking on air... and aims to blow Sexton away

  21-02-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fly-half Dan Biggar is ready to breathe new life into Wales' Natwest 6 Nations challenge, after spending 10 days in an oxygen chamber in order to speed up his recovery from a shoulder injury.
  
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• Brexit can limit influx of average European players

  21-02-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Batson told the House of Lords select committee that British clubs were displaying a ‘dog in a manger’ attitude in the transfer market - coveting continental players as rivals were interested.
  
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• Real Madrid want Thibaut Courtois to stall on signing new Chelsea deal

  21-02-2018 23:30
  Real Madrid want Thibaut Courtois to stall on signing a new Chelsea contract until April as the goalkeeper prepares to go head-to-head with another of the Spaniards’ targets, David de Gea.
  
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• Boxing: David Haye says defeating Tony Bellew will lead to Muhammad Ali-style comeback

  21-02-2018 23:30
  David Haye insisted that the destruction of rival Tony Bellew in London on May 5 would be the barometer of whether he deserved a showdown with Anthony Joshua and compared that match-up to Muhammad Ali coming back to fight George Foreman in Zaire in 1974.
  
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• Arsene Wenger wants Danny Welbeck to sign Arsenal contract

  21-02-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wenger hopes Welbeck can take inspiration from Jack Wilshere who fought back from serious injury and is poised to sign a new contract. Welbeck will start against Ostersunds on Thursday night.
  
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• Jamie Redknapp: Paul Pogba is a real problem for Man Utd

  21-02-2018 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP: Feuds like this do not just go away, this is a wound that won't heal in a hurry. Pogba and manager Mourinho both have big egos, but one of them is going to have to relent.
  
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• Sevilla 0-0 Man Utd player ratings in Champions League

  21-02-2018 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT RAMON SANCHEZ PIZJUAN: David de Gea performed brilliantly to ensure Manchester United held Sevilla to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday night.
  
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• 6 Champions League events missed from Man Utd 0-0 Sevilla

  21-02-2018 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United were held to a goal-less draw by Sevilla but there were plenty of talking points.Jose Mourinho showed a softer side with a mascot and United fans lauded David de Gea.
  
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• Chelsea U19s 5-2 Feyenoord U19s: Blues book Madrid clash

  21-02-2018 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE EBB STADIUM:Already so dominant on the domestic front, Chelsea’s kids are marching on Europe once again. A five-goal salvo booked a trip to Madrid.
  
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• Champions League Review: Pogba's Man United drama continues, Conte's tactical nous and more

  21-02-2018 23:09
  Paul Wilkes looks back on how Man United and Chelsea fared this week plus a glance over the rest of the European elite.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for February 22

  21-02-2018 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Thursday's meetings at Huntingdon, Southwell, Sedgefield and Chelmsford City.
  
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• Was Alexis Sanchez left with a feeling of deja vu on his Champions League debut for Manchester United?

  21-02-2018 23:06
  As he trudged off the pitch with 15 minutes to go to make for Marcus Rashford and having contributed very little, it was definitely not the type of night he likely had in mind when he signed for United.
  
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• Ipswich 0-1 Cardiff: Kenneth Zohore ends goal drought

  21-02-2018 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TOM FARMERY AT PORTMAN ROAD: Zohore's first goal of 2018 sent the Bluebirds on their way to a 1-0 win which saw them extend their unbeaten league run to seven games.
  
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• England plan to target Scotland’s Finn Russell, says Courtney Lawes

  21-02-2018 23:00
  • ‘He’s a quality player and we don’t want him to have a sniff at all’
  • English also looking to minimise Greig Laidlaw’s kicking chancesEngland’s forwards will head north on Thursday vowing to give Finn Russell another torrid day at the office in the Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield this weekend. The Scotland fly-half has endured a mixed Six Nations campaign so far and, according to the English back-rower Courtney Lawes, further heavy punishment is
  
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• Dan Biggar’s oxygen chamber regime to breathe new life into Wales

  21-02-2018 23:00
  • Fly-half in early return from injury after 10 days in oxygen chamber• Biggar returns to face Ireland in Six Nations Test at DublinDan Biggar has clambered out of an oxygen chamber to try to breathe life into Wales’s Six Nations title challenge. The Northampton-bound fly-half has made an earlier than expected return from a shoulder injury to face Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.Biggar will be up against Johnny Sexton, his Lions colleague in New Zealand last summer, and is the only
  
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• Manchester United overrun by Sevilla but David de Gea’s saves ensure parity

  21-02-2018 22:58
  And so to Old Trafford. Sevilla had not been able to defeat Manchester United at the Sánchez Pizjuán but their supporters recognised they had been close and there is still hope they can reach the quarter-final of this competition for the first time in their history.United, too, may consider this a decent result. Often overrun, able to muster only one shot on target, two superb saves from David de Gea kept them in a game with no goals. A game where to start with Paul Pogba had been
  
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• Fred stunner seals first-leg triumph over Roma

  21-02-2018 22:41
  Facundo Ferreyra and Fred cancelled out Cengiz Under's latest Roma goal to fire Shakhtar Donetsk to a Champions League win.
  
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• De Gea shuts out Sevilla as Man United play out Champions League stalemate

  21-02-2018 22:38
  Sevilla were unable to make their dominance tell as Manchester United left the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan with a 0-0 draw.
  
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• Tiger Woods looking to learn in Florida with one eye on the Masters

  21-02-2018 22:25
  • PGA National is Woods’s third Tour start after spinal fusion surgery
  • ‘I’m stiffer than I used to be. I can’t create the same angles I used to’The sternest test for Tiger Woods on this, his latest return from the depths of physical despair, awaits. PGA National normally ranks statistically among the toughest venues on the PGA Tour, and Woods’ missed cut last week in California has raised questions as to the 14-times major champion’s prospect
  
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• West Brom keep close eye on Ostersunds boss Graham Potter

  21-02-2018 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Potter, a former West Bromwich Albion player, has linked up with UK-based agency Key Sports Management in a move which implies his determination to break into the Premier League.
  
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• Rory McIlroy confident of ending 18-month wait for title

  21-02-2018 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy believes he is close to a first win since September 2016 ahead of this week's Honda Classic, an event which has been either 'feast or famine' for the four-time major winner.
  
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• Herrera injury gives dropped Pogba chance for reprieve

  21-02-2018 21:19
  Paul Pogba was dropped for Manchester United's trip to Sevilla, but an injury to Ander Herrera has given him the chance to prove a point.
  
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• Sevilla vs Man Utd, LIVE score - Champions League last-16

  21-02-2018 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With chances of winning the Premier League diminishing, Manchester United will look towards Champions League success as they begin their knock-out campaign at Sevilla.
  
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• Leganes 1-3 Real Madrid: Visitors come from behind to win

  21-02-2018 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON: Real Madrid won their game in hand in La Liga to move 14 points behind Barcelona but Gareth Bale had to watch most of the win at Leganes from the bench.
  
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• Paul Pogba named on Man United bench for Sevilla clash

  21-02-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The saga surrounding Paul Pogba's recent troubles at Manchester United has taken another twist after he was left out of the starting line-up for the Champions League clash with Sevilla.
  
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• Leicester make £3.1m settlement with Football League over FFP claim

  21-02-2018 20:49
  • Long-running saga concerned £21m loss recorded in 2013-14
  • Club won promotion and Premier League title two years laterLeicester City have agreed to pay the Football League £3.1m to settle the league’s long-running claim that the club breached financial fair play rules when they made a £21m loss in their 2013-14 season. Leicester won promotion from the Championship that season after their owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who owns Thailand’s duty-free com
  
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• Miracle needed at Arsenal, says Ostersunds' Graham Potter

  21-02-2018 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ostersunds, a club formed a month after Arsene Wenger was appointed Arsenal boss in 1996, travel to the Emirates Stadium after losing the first leg 3-0 in snowy Sweden last week.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri’s hopes of becoming the next Italy boss receive timely boost from Nantes president

  21-02-2018 20:45
  Claudio Ranieri’s hopes of becoming the next Italy manager have been boosted by the news that he would not face opposition from his employers at Ligue 1 side Nantes should the Azzurri come calling.
  
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• Roberto Firmino cleared of racially abusing Mason Holgate

  21-02-2018 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FA have closed the investigation and cleared the Brazilian of any wrongdoing in the January 5 clash at Anfield. Firmino had been clearly upset after he was shoved into advertising hoardings.
  
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• Castleford dismiss Zak Hardaker after failed drug test

  21-02-2018 20:41
  • Full-back tested positive for cocaine in 2017
  • Hardaker awaits judgment from UK Anti-DopingZak Hardaker is a free agent as he waits to discover his punishment for failing a drug test in September. The former Leeds and England full-back was dropped by Castleford for last October’s Grand Final and two days later suspended after it emerged that he had tested positive for cocaine.Castleford’s head coach, Daryl Powell, announced in January that the Tigers had helped Hardaker
  
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