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• A wall of silence at Crewe as they bury heads in the sand

  27-02-2018 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Monday night, the club hosted a fans’ forum entitled ‘Let’s talk football’. Chairman John Bowler, who was at Crewe during Barry Bennell’s dark era, took questions from the floor.
  
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• Twickenham development is more than £10m over budget

  27-02-2018 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The RFU have blamed ‘bomb blast design requirements’ as one of the reasons for their East Stand work at Twickenham spiralling well over budget.
  
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• Swansea reach last eight of FA Cup for first time since 1964

  27-02-2018 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Swansea City beat Sheffield Wednesday in their FA Cup fifth-round replay to set up a quarter-final tie with Tottenham or Rochdale.
  
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• Reading 1-3 Sheffield United: Sharp's brace boosts Blades

  27-02-2018 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE MADEJSKI STADIUM: Striker Sharp scored twice to earn Sheffield United three points at the Madejski Stadium but their victory came at a price.
  
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• Liverpool game & Grand National on same day 'madness' says mayor

  27-02-2018 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  City mayor Joe Anderson says it is "madness" to stage a Liverpool home match at almost the same time as the Grand National.
  
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• Drugs testing in women's football 'must increase'

  27-02-2018 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Drugs testing in the new full-time Women's Super League "has to be in line" with the men's game, says ex-England player Sue Smith.
  
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• FA Cup highlights: Swansea 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

  27-02-2018 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Goals from Jordan Ayew and Nathan Dyer see Swansea City reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1964 with a 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at the Liberty Stadium.
  
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• Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld to miss Champions League tie with Juventus

  27-02-2018 23:30
  • Belgian defender not fit for second leg after hamstring injury
  • Mauricio Pochettino will not rush Alderweireld back into side
  Mauricio Pochettino has made it plain Toby Alderweireld will not be fit for Tottenham Hotspur’s Champions League match against Juventus next Wednesday.The central defender, who has a hamstring injury sustained in training last Thursday, is still recovering. “He is still not participating with the group,” Pochettino said when asked about Alde
  
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• Phil Neville fired up by ‘people who want me to fail’ before England debut

  27-02-2018 23:30
  • New head coach says critics’ negativity motivates him
  • England take on France in SheBelieves Cup on ThursdayPhil Neville believes people want him to fail as England Women’s manager. The 41-year-old knows his appointment five weeks ago caused uproar in certain quarters, a situation inflamed by the recall of sexist tweets.Yet Neville spent his playing career with Manchester United, Everton and England trying to prove his worth and is determined to show his appointment was
  
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• Phil Neville believes people want him to fail as England Women’s manager

  27-02-2018 23:30
  The 41-year-old knows his appointment five weeks ago caused uproar in certain quarters, a situation inflamed by the recall of sexist tweets.
  
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• Lower league clubs unhappy at prospect of winter break hitting FA Cup replays

  27-02-2018 23:27
  • Fifth-round ties could move to midweek from 2019-20 season
  • Exeter manager Paul Tisdale: ‘very sad day’ if replays are scrappedLower league club owners and executives are expected to express misgivings about plans to scrap FA Cup replays in order to accommodate a winter break in the Premier League.It is understood a winter break is a step closer to being agreed after the FA, Premier League and Football League reached a provisional agreement to play the FA Cup fifth round
  
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• Espanyol’s Gerard Moreno stuns Real Madrid with dramatic winner

  27-02-2018 23:22
  Real Madrid rested Cristiano Ronaldo and suffered a fifth La Liga defeat of the season as Espanyol’s Gerard Moreno struck late for a 1-0 win over the Spanish and European champions. The Catalan forward Moreno wasted a number of chances but his last-minute volley took a wicked deflection off the defender Raphaël Varane to secure Espanyol’s first victory over Real in 11 years.Real stay third on 51 points from 26 games, seven behind second-placed Atlético Madrid, who host Le
  
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• Rangers hit four at St Johnstone to narrow gap on Celtic

  27-02-2018 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Rangers strike four past St Johnstone to narrow the gap on Premiership leaders Celtic to six points.
  
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• Swansea put freeze on Sheffield Wednesday in clinical second half

  27-02-2018 22:57
  Carlos Carvalhal has made a big impression in a short period of time at Swansea and that pattern continued as the Welsh club racked up a sixth successive home win, at the expense of the team their Portuguese manager parted company with on Christmas Eve, to reach their first FA Cup quarter-final since 1964. Tottenham Hotspur or Rochdale will visit the Liberty Stadium a fortnight on Saturday after second-half goals from Jordan Ayew and Nathan Dyer ended Sheffield Wednesday’s hopes of causing
  
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• Hurdler Greene 'in tears' after qualifying for Commonwealths

  27-02-2018 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Welsh 400m hurdler Dai Greene books his place at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast.
  
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• Former Crewe employee claims he was asked to 'wipe pornography' from Dario Gradi's computer

  27-02-2018 22:20
  Dario Gradi, the Crewe Alexandra director of football who is currently suspended by the Football Association, had to have pornography wiped off his home computer in 2001, it has been alleged.
  
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• Steve Evans resigns as Mansfield manager

  27-02-2018 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Rotherham boss Evans took charge of the Stags in 2016 and led them to a 12th-place finish last term. Mansfield announced that they have 'reluctantly accepted' the pair's resignations.
  
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• Espanyol vs Real Madrid LIVE: Cristiano Ronaldo rested

  27-02-2018 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow all the action as Real Madrid visit Espanyol in La Liga hoping to close the gap on Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. Kick-off at 7pm at the RCDE Stadium.
  
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• Crewe ignored police advice in late 1980s to ‘move on’ Barry Bennell

  27-02-2018 21:43
  • Club were warned they might be employing a paedophile
  • FA inquiry heard one board member ‘not surprised’Crewe Alexandra were advised by the police to sever their ties with Barry Bennell but continued to employ him for a number of years despite being warned they should “move him on”, the Football Association’s independent inquiry into the sexual-abuse scandal has been told.According to evidence seen by the Guardian, the club’s then chairman, N
  
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• Swansea v Sheffield Wednesday, La Liga, Football League and more – live!

  27-02-2018 21:38
  Live updates from all the action on Tuesday nightPremier League winter break moves closer as FA Cup switch agreedAnd feel free to email your thoughts to Scott 8.38pm GMT Something happens in Swansea! Carroll dinks a little ball into the Wednesday area. Clucas decides to go for the spectacular, and lashes an overhead kick wide left of goal from 12 yards. A half-decent effort, and full marks for ambition, though Abraham was pretty much free in the middle, and a clever cushioned header down by Cluc
  
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• Hazard: Chelsea should sign De Bruyne over other Belgians

  27-02-2018 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's a far cry from four years ago, when the midfielder was considered surplus to requirements by Jose Mourinho and sold to German side Wolfsburg for a fee believed to be around £17.5milllion.
  
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• Roger Federer wins Sportsman of the Year at Laureus awards

  27-02-2018 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Swiss icon won in Australia again this year, becoming the first man to reach the milestone of 20 Grand Slam singles titles and has reclaimed the world No 1 spot at the age of 36.
  
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• Luis Enrique wage demands could scupper Chelsea move

  27-02-2018 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luis Enrique will have to accept a much lower wage than he finished on at Barcelona to land the Chelsea job, should Antonio Conte leave at the end of the season.
  
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• England have yet to replace Neil Back at openside and it is a big problem | Nick Evans

  27-02-2018 21:00
  Hamish Watson was outstanding in Scotland’s winand the visitors must hope Sam Underhill can be that kind of playerAs a contrast to England’s repeated failure to find a successor at openside flanker to Neil Back one has only to look at how New Zealand coped with Richie McCaw’s retirement. McCaw called it a day after the 2015 World Cup with 148 caps but there, ready to take up the mantle, was Sam Cane with more than 30 himself.The thing with opensides such as that is there has to
  
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• Kell Brook to dedicate fight to memory of Scott Westgarth

  27-02-2018 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kell Brook will dedicate his showdown against Sergey Rabchenko this weekend to the memory of Scott Westgarth. British boxer Westgarth died on Sunday morning after being rushed to hospital.
  
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• LeBron James unsurprised by illegal payment claims around 'corrupt' NCAA

  27-02-2018 20:20
  Cleveland Cavaliers star chose to skip college for NBASays colleges benefit more from players from amateur systemAs college basketball finds itself mired in scandal, with allegations of illegal payments to student athletes flying around, one man who famously skipped the collegiate system has had his say.LeBron James opted to go straight to the NBA after high school and said he wasn’t surprised to hear of the claims and had withering words for college sports’ governing body, the NCAA.
  
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• Some people want me to lose all three games - Neville

  27-02-2018 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  England women's head coach Phil Neville says there are some people who "want him to lose all three games" at the SheBelieves Cup.
  
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• Boxer suspended for social media comments made about death of Westgarth

  27-02-2018 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  British Boxing Board of Control suspends Tyan Booth's licence for his comments made following the death of Scott Westgarth.
  
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• Monaco's Leonardo Jardim ready to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal

  27-02-2018 19:43
  The Portuguese coach is popular at the Emirates and was initially lined up to replace Wenger if he chose to step aside at the end of last season.
  
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• Brazil doctor travels to Paris to assess Neymar's injury

  27-02-2018 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Brazilian national team doctor has flown to Paris to assess Neymar's injury, but Paris Saint-Germain will have the final say on how to treat the fractured foot and ankle sprain.
  
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• Toto Wolff defends putting Mercedes’ interests ahead of F1 competition

  27-02-2018 19:23
  • Team director rejects Ecclestone’s claim on lack of close racing
  • Claire Williams pledges support for financial balanceToto Wolff has defended the Mercedes team’s recent dominance in Formula One as fulfilling his commitment to Mercedes and its personnel. The executive director insisted the team’s decision, criticised recently by Bernie Ecclestone, not to supply their rivals Red Bull with engines in 2015 had been correct. He sympathised with fans who wanted to see g
  
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• Six Nations: Injured Chris Farrell set to miss Ireland’s Six Nations title charge

  27-02-2018 19:15
  Chris Farrell is unlikely to feature in the final two rounds of the Six Nations after the Ireland centre twisted a knee in training on Tuesday.
  
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• Phil Foden to be handed five-year deal by Manchester City

  27-02-2018 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Phil Foden is one of the Premier League's rising stars after playing a key role in England's Under-17 World Cup triumph in October and breaking into the first-team at the Etihad this season.
  
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• Football fixtures and race postponed due to icy blast

  27-02-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snow and freezing temperatures forced the cancellation of a number of football matches and race meetings on Tuesday.
  
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• Wales assistant coach Robin McBryde coy before Italy game

  27-02-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wales, despite successive away defeats at the hands of England and Ireland, can still claim a top-three finish and are favourites for victory in their remaining games - against Italy and France.
  
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• Mark Wood made ‘grown-up’ decision not to play for England in thrilling ODI

  27-02-2018 19:00
  • Bowler ruled himself out of narrow defeat against New Zealand
  • Player commits to Test cricket – ‘my ultimate goal growing up’A “grown-up decision” is how Mark Wood described withdrawing from the first one-day international against New Zealand. England’s three-wicket defeat in Hamilton leaves them 1-0 down in the five-match series but the Durham quick is not pining for a sharp return, even if he did bowl at full pelt in training on Tuesday, having
  
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• Laura and Jason Kenny return from cycling hiatus with baby on board

  27-02-2018 19:00
  Cycling’s most famous couple are back in pursuit of medals at the world track championships in the Netherlands, complete with baby son AlbertThe return of the Kennys has the ring of a western or a reality television series about it, but for the Great Britain cycling team the joint comeback to international competition of their golden couple Jason and Laura midway through the Olympic cycle marks a neat end to the hiatus which has followed the Rio Games.The pair are both set to compete on We
  
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• Cricket: Mark Wood made ‘grown-up’ decision not to play for England in thrilling ODI

  27-02-2018 19:00
  England’s three-wicket defeat in Hamilton leaves them 1-0 down in the five-match series but the Durham quick is not pining for a sharp return, even if he did bowl at full pelt in training on Tuesday, having pulled himself out of the line of duty for what he perceives as his and England’s benefit.
  
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• Brain injury charity calls for boxing to be banned

  27-02-2018 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The death of British boxer Scott Westgarth has led to renewed calls for the sport to be banned. Westgarth was 31 when he died in the early hours of Sunday morning, having fallen ill on Saturday evening.
  
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• Awkward! Snooker players row on Monday, share studio on Tuesday

  27-02-2018 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport Wales' Ian Hunt addresses the "elephant in the room" between Williams and Morgan after the pair criticised each other ahead of the Welsh Open.
  
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• Deontay Wilder takes aim at Luis Ortiz

  27-02-2018 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deontay Wilder has appeared to take aim at Luis Ortiz's chequered past ahead of his WBC heavyweight title defence against the Cuban this weekend. 
  
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• West Brom Q&A: The Baggies are in deep turmoil

  27-02-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Brom are a club in deep turmoil. Seven points from safety, a manager facing one game to save his job, with two board members already sacked, and a group of players fraying at the edges.
  
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• Man City's home match with rivals United moved

  27-02-2018 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Premier League have announced which fixtures have been rescheduled due to TV commitments with Man City's clash with Manchester United to take place at 5.30pm on Saturday, April 7.
  
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• Ireland's Chris Farrell ruled out for rest of Six Nations

  27-02-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Farrell suffered knee ligament damage in an open training session at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) confirmed.
  
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• Laura Kenny excited about return to international cycling

  27-02-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Olympic champion Kenny has not ridden in an international race since the Rio Games where she won the team pursuit and omnium, emulating her feat of four years earlier at London 2012.
  
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• Barnsley accuse Millwall of causing unrest over KO switch

  27-02-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barnsley have accused Millwall of causing 'unrest' after a change to the kick-off time of next month's Oakwell clash between the clubs was announced early by the Lions.
  
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• Sizing John recovers from mystery flop for Cheltenham Gold Cup bid

  27-02-2018 18:07
  • Jessica Harrington looks to follow up last year’s victory
  • Horse was ‘clinically abnormal’ after most recent raceSizing John, last year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, appeared fit and ready for a return to the fray here in County Kildare on Tuesday, two months on from a dismal run in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown which Jessica Harrington, his trainer, still cannot explain. “You all saw how he tanked away [on the gallops],” Harrington said after w
  
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