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• England have to nip this slump in the bud and deny Ireland the Slam

  16-03-2018 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: When it was put to the England captain that his side could finish as low as fifth in this year's NatWest 6 Nations — after winning the previous two — he said: 'That's the pessimistic view.'
  
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• Monaco 2-1 Lille: Stevan Jovetic comes off bench to fire in winner

  16-03-2018 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defending champion Monaco is 14 points behind league leader Paris Saint-Germain with eight games left. Monaco is seven points ahead of third-place Marseille.
  
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• Jamie Redknapp's guide to the Champions League quarter-finals 

  16-03-2018 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The quarter-final draw for the Champions League has been made and there are some fascinating match-ups. Here, Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp takes a closer look at each of the ties.
  
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• Rugby League: Rhinos end Saints' unbeaten start

  16-03-2018 23:38
  St Helens' unbeaten start to the new Super League season was stopped at five games by defending champions Leeds Rhinos.
  
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• Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers slams abuse players get as 'disgraceful'

  16-03-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Celtic manager offered support to Scott Sinclair after the winger was subjected to verbal abuse in a Glasgow Airport lounge following last weekend's 3-2 Old Firm win.
  
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• England have to nip this slump in the bud and deny Ireland Slam

  16-03-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it was put to the England captain that his side could finish as low as fifth in this year's NatWest 6 Nations — after winning the previous two — he said: 'That's the pessimistic view.'
  
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• Jose Mourinho delivers astonishing 12-MINUTE tirade of defiance

  16-03-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A defiant Jose Mourinho gave an impassioned response to Manchester United's Champions League defeat to Sevilla lasting more than 12 minutes as he quoted statistics from a notebook.
  
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• Winning the Premier League is truest test, says Mauricio Pochettino

  16-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tottenham manager feels luck can play a significant part in winning cup competitions and has told his Spurs players they should see the Premier League as the real measuring stick.
  
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• SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England to beat Ireland by ONE POINT!

  16-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It has all been kicking off one way or another and Saturday's match at Twickenham should be a classic because there is so much at stake... not just for Ireland.
  
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• Sealed with a kiss! Bridget Andrews is another Cheltenham heroine

  16-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN McEVOY AT CHELTENHAM: But not in living memory has the mutual affection been expressed quite so exuberantly as the kiss between Bridget Andrews and Harry Skelton.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, March 17

  16-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Midlands Grand National is a perfect antidote to a post-Cheltenham hangover, after a week of big fields at the Festival and Get On The Yager holds compelling credentials.
  
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• PETER CROUCH: Provocation is only a smart phone away for footballers

  16-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER CROUCH: It has not been easy to watch or read about the story that Jamie Carragher has been caught up in this week. I played for Liverpool and England with 'Carra' for a good few years.
  
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• Jose Mourinho fears Man United will struggle if City keep spending

  16-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  United trail City by a massive 16 points in the Premier League, while Guardiola has already lifted the Carabao Cup and guided his team into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
  
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• Antonio Conte: Chelsea failed me in the transfer market

  16-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Italian has been publicly critical of the club's transfer policy at various points this season amid rising tensions between Conte and his bosses. They have failed to deliver a number of his targets.
  
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• Leroy Sane says Man City 'have good chance to win Champions League'

  16-03-2018 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The league leaders have earned themselves a mid-season break after winning 40 out of 47 games in all competitions this season and will return to action against Everton
  
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• Wales ready to tackle France 'big boys' and win £3.5m in Six Nations

  16-03-2018 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wales are ready to tame the French beasts on Saturday as they eye a £3.5million prize haul in Cardiff. Gatland has urged his Welsh side to storm into second place with a bonus-point win.
  
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• EF Education Name Team For Volta A Catalunya

  16-03-2018 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 98th edition of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya is a climbers delight..
  
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• Rugby Union: Duhan at the double to boost Edinburgh's playoff hopes

  16-03-2018 22:53
  Edinburgh and Cardiff Blues both claimed wins to boost their respective playoff hopes in the Pro14 on Friday.
  
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• Fabricio Werdum swings chair at Alexander Volkov at UFC London

  16-03-2018 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fabricio Werdum and Alexander Volkov kept the London crowd entertained at their ceremonial weigh-ins. The Brazilian former heavyweight champion picked up a chair and pretended to swing it.
  
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• Small Change To Milan-Sanremo Course

  16-03-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 109th edition of Milano-Sanremo, the first Monument Classic of the season, is set to take place tomorrow, starting in piazza Castello at 9..
  
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• Hodeg Wins Handzame Classic

  16-03-2018 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was another win in Belgium for Quick Step as AlvaroHodeg won the Handzame Classic race in Belgium..
  
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• FIFA Council approves open vote for 2026 World Cup

  16-03-2018 22:38
  In an attempt to make the bidding process more transparent, there will be an open vote for the 2026 World Cup, Gianni Infantino has said.
  
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• McIlroy in love with golf again ahead of Augusta challenge

  16-03-2018 22:25
  Playing his seventh tournament in nine weeks, Rory McIlroy says he is enjoying his golf again after making the cut at Bay Hill.
  
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• NFL: Vikings sign DT Sheldon Richardson

  16-03-2018 22:13
  The Minnesota Vikings have made their second free agency splash in as many days with the signing of Sheldon Richardson.
  
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• FIFA council approves use of VAR for this summer’s World Cup

  16-03-2018 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The decision to use VAR technology at the World Cup this summer has been ratified by the FIFA council. Football's lawmakers swatted away concerns and increasing backlash.
  
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• How a former dairy farmer gave Cheltenham a gold-top finish

  16-03-2018 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  How dairy farmer turned racehorse trainer Colin Tizzard masterminded a Cheltenham Gold Cup win for Native River.
  
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• FIFA approves VAR use at World Cup

  16-03-2018 21:22
  VAR will make its World Cup debut in Russia after FIFA officially ratified its use on Friday.
  
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• Sampaoli ignores Icardi and Dybala, adds Correa to Argentina squad

  16-03-2018 21:09
  Mauro Icardi and Paulo Dybala have been overlooked again by Jorge Sampaoli, as Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa is added to Argentina's squad.
  
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• Hughes 'happy to step on toes' to secure Premier League survival

  16-03-2018 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Southampton are hovering above the bottom three in the Premier League and Hughes had strong words for his new players at his first press conference on Friday. 'We've got no time to wait,' he said.
  
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• NFL: Vikings celebrate Cousins capture as AFC lags behind

  16-03-2018 20:53
  The Minnesota Vikings' signing of Kirk Cousins is the latest big move in NFL's quarterback arms race, a battle the AFC is losing heavily.
  
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• Firmino turns waiter as Liverpool star hands fan her birthday cake

  16-03-2018 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roberto Firmino has brought smiles to fans on the pitch this season and he's done it off the pitch too - with this act of kindness. He made a fan's birthday celebrations a day to remember.
  
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• Puel: Chelsea have 'everything to lose' in FA Cup quarter-final

  16-03-2018 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester boss Claude Puel believes all the pressure is on Chelsea ahead of the FA Cup quarter-final between the two sides on Sunday.
  
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• Neymar to Real Madrid? Ask Florentino Perez, says Emery

  16-03-2018 20:31
  Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is the man to ask about Neymar's future, says Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery.
  
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• Darren Till to make history at Liverpool's first UFC Fight Night

  16-03-2018 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Darren Till is unquestionably one of the most exciting prospects in the UFC. He's so highly rated by the organisation that they're hosting an event in his home city of Liverpool for the first time.
  
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• Buffon: Most determined team will win Juventus-Madrid tie

  16-03-2018 20:09
  A rematch with Real Madrid offers Juventus the chance to get revenge for their Champions League final loss but Gianluigi Buffon is sanguine.
  
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• Muirfield golf club awaits female member a year after historic vote

  16-03-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After an initial vote failed to achieve the majority required in May 2016, the R&A immediately announced the East Lothian course would no longer be considered to host the Open.
  
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• Galatasaray supporters unleash flares at training session

  16-03-2018 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Turk Telekom Stadium became a blaze of colour as flares created a fierce glow of red around the ground. Galatasaray top the Turkish Superlig, though they are only three points clear of Besiktas
  
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• Cheltenham Festival: Elliott takes top trainer title with record-equalling eight wins

  16-03-2018 19:31
  Gordon Elliott secured back to back top trainer titles as Ireland ran riot at this year’s Cheltenham Festival.
  
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• Maria Sharapova withdraws from the Miami Open with injury

  16-03-2018 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been a troubled season so far for the former world number one, who has not won a match since the Australian Open.Sharapova lost in the opening rounds at Doha and Indian Wells.
  
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• Cricket: Chaos in Colombo as Mahmudullah blasts Tigers into final

  16-03-2018 19:16
  Players from both sides and umpires exchanged words in a chaotic finish in Colombo, where Bangladesh set up a final against India.
  
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• Caballero and Courtois audition for FA Cup start in Chelsea training

  16-03-2018 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte's men returned to their Cobham base on Thursday for a light session less than 24 hours after exiting the Champions League. And they were back in full swing on Friday.
  
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• Arsenal make fan safety a top priority ahead of CSKA Moscow clash

  16-03-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tie comes against the backdrop of heightened diplomatic tensions between the British government and the Kremlin over the poisoning of Russian spy Sergei Skripal.
  
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• How absurd to boycott World Cup when Russia is so bound up in our economy | Barney Ronay

  16-03-2018 19:00
  Politicians were quick to jump on the World Cup and turn it into a political football in the week when 23 Russian diplomats were expelled from the UKAs Anglo-Russian relations grow ever more fraught it seems a good moment to consider just how upset Russia will really be, how deep its pit of anguish, if Prince William and other members of the British royal family refuse to attend the World Cup.There are some clues here. By an odd coincidence, the day after the World Cup final at Moscow’s Lu
  
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• Blind cut from Koeman's first Netherlands squad

  16-03-2018 18:50
  Ronald Koeman has cut a number of senior players from his first Netherlands squad, including Manchester United defender Daley Blind.
  
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• Australia aim to find an answer to counter 'fantastic' De Villiers

  16-03-2018 18:50
  AB de Villiers fired South Africa to victory in the second Test and Mitchell Starc knows Australia must find a way to restrict him.
  
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• Golf: Stenson and DeChambeau tied for Arnold Palmer Invitational lead

  16-03-2018 18:29
  Henrik Stenson and Bryson DeChambeau finished their second rounds tied at the top of the leaderboard at Bay Hill.
  
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• Rory Best won't use England coach Eddie Jones' remarks in team talk

  16-03-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rory Best has insisted he will not use Eddie Jones' 'scummy Irish' comments as part of his team talk ahead of Saturday's Grand Slam battle with England.
  
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• Liverpool versus City promises goals - CL quarter-finals in Opta numbers

  16-03-2018 18:14
  Expect goals in Liverpool versus Manchester City and Juventus to go for revenge versus Real Madrid in the Champions League's last eight.
  
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• Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp livid as Merseyside derby is moved

  16-03-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp has hit out at the Premier League after they sanctioned the switch of the Merseyside derby for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off in between their Champions League clash with Manchester City.
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Kevin Davies has done wonders at Southport

  16-03-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Ian Ladyman reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week. 
  
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