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• Ashley Williams will be picked on Wales form not Everton: Ryan Giggs

  18-03-2018 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Williams is staying as Wales captain under Giggs and flew out to Nanning, China with the squad on Sunday night for a Far East friendly tournament.
  
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• Andros Townsend hails Wilfried Zaha as Crystal Palace winger returns

  18-03-2018 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andros Townsend has been here before. The Palace winger bears the scars of 2016 with Newcastle United, which ended with the Geordies plunging through the trap door.
  
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• Poll: Adam decision correct but refs need sin bin option

  18-03-2018 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAHAM POLL: The idea that this could have been an ‘orange card’ tackle is wrong.Referee Martin Atkinson was absolutely right to dismiss Charlie Adam.
  
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• Rugby: Eddie Jones admits he is ‘short of leaders’ in his England squad after Six Nations misery

  18-03-2018 23:51
  After admitting that some players may struggle to represent England again following this year’s dismal showing in the Six Nations, Eddie Jones admitted he is short of leaders in the squad and needs “more guys like Owen Farrell”.
  
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• Naomi Osaka secures maiden WTA Tour crown at Indian Wells

  18-03-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Japanese 20-year-old capped a dream run by overcoming her opponent 6-3, 6-2 to become the first unseeded champion at the event since Kim Clijsters in 2005.
  
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• Mohamed Salah will get even better before the season is out, says Jürgen Klopp

  18-03-2018 23:43
  • Liverpool manager admits Egyptian’s goals have been a revelation
  • Salah has scored 36 times this season after four against WatfordIt was either kidology at its finest or a sign of Jürgen Klopp’s obsession with continual improvement but whatever his motivations, the Liverpool manager says Mohamed Salah still has more to offer the team this season.Salah has scored 36 goals for Liverpool in all competitions this season, a truly remarkable feat considering Easter is sti
  
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• Did anyone give their hopes for Japan World Cup a boost? 

  18-03-2018 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the Rugby World Cup in Japan just over a year away now, who from Eddie Jones' squad have increased or weakened their chances of selection?
  
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• Junior Stanislas shows practice pays with late Bournemouth free-kick

  18-03-2018 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sight of Bournemouth scoring their first free-kick in the Premier League may have left manager Eddie Howe feeling ever so slightly smug on Saturday evening.
  
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• Spain furious as Romania qualify for 2019 World Cup

  18-03-2018 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Romania qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Spain suffer a shock 18-10 defeat by Belgium in an ill-tempered match on Sunday.
  
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• Wales coach Warren Gatland eyes World Cup glory

  18-03-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: Warren Gatland's World Cup masterplan will kick into action as Wales plot their path to Japan having finished the Six Nations second.
  
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• Sport Relief 2018: Andy Murray's rude awakening

  18-03-2018 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Andy Murray receives a rude awakening from comedian Michael McIntyre for Sport Relief 2018.
  
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• Pacha Du Polder may miss Aintree next month

  18-03-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Paul Nicholls wants to avoid an Aintree meeting with Pacha Du Polder to concentrate on trying to win a third Foxhunters’ Chase with the gelding at next year’s Cheltenham Festival.
  
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• RFU chief Steve Brown in firing line for England's Six Nations flop

  18-03-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - THE SPORTS AGENDA: The honeymoon period for RFU chief executive Steve Brown will be well and truly over when he faces the media for a Six Nations debrief on Wednesday.
  
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• Navratilova may moan she's paid less, but McEnroe is better

  18-03-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON COMMENTARY: Tennis is used to pay battles between the sexes when it comes to competitors’ prize money, but that now looks set to spill over into the commentary box.
  
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• England’s tired Lions may be left out of summer tour to South Africa

  18-03-2018 23:31
  • Eddie Jones says fatigue among players ‘is still a concern for us’
  • ‘I’ll watch club games and see how we can strengthen the squad’Eddie Jones has revealed that some of England’s British & Irish Lions may be left out of the summer tour of South Africa after a worst Six Nations finish since it started in 2000.England have now lost three consecutive matches and were warned last week by the Wales head coach, Warren Gatland, that the run could bec
  
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• The wheels have fallen off Eddie Jones' chariot

  18-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY AT TWICKENHAM: Never mind the quest for future prosperity. Never mind the World Cup for now. All that should play second fiddle to the pressing task of winning Test matches.
  
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• RB Leipzig 2-1 Bayern Munich: Werner earns first win over Bayern

  18-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A stirring performance by the home side led to Naby Keita levelling just before half-time, before Werner's winner ended RB Leipzig's luckless record against their would-be title rivals.
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino cannot dismiss FA Cup plus team of the weekend

  18-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP: How does a team create a winning mentality? Pochettino has said repeatedly that it is developed by consistent success in the Premier League, not by trophies.
  
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• England ready to make late call on fitness of Ben Stokes

  18-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN AUCKLAND: England will decide on Tuesday if Ben Stokes is fully fit to give them the all-important balance they need in two Tests against New Zealand.
  
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• England out to prove 4-0 Ashes defeat didn't do us justice

  18-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONNY BAIRSTOW: We have gone from white ball to pink and red within a week and we will be back with the pink ball under lights in the first Test in Auckland this week.
  
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• England boss Eddie Jones has lost his air of invincibility

  18-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT TWICKENHAM: Eddie Jones stood in the soulless underbelly of England's HQ, looking not one bit like a master of the universe.
  
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• Bournemouth have flown under radar again as Eddie Howe continues to impress

  18-03-2018 23:30
  Bournemouth are effectively safe and, for a fourth straight season, the club with the lowest attendance in the Premier League will be taking their place next August in Europe’s richest league. They are even on course for a second successive top-half finish.
  
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• Chelsea boss Antonio Conte plotting FA Cup redemption

  18-03-2018 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Alvaro Morata and Pedro scored the goals as the Premier League champions won 2-1 after extra time at Leicester.
  
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• Real Madrid 6-3 Girona: Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick in thriller

  18-03-2018 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON: Anyone who had 2018 in the sweepstake for the year Ronaldo would go to seed should tear up their ticket. He has 21 goals since the turn of the year, more than any other player.
  
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• Messi scores as unbeaten Barca defeat Bilbao

  18-03-2018 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Barcelona maintain their unbeaten La Liga record this season as they cruise to victory over Athletic Bilbao.
  
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• Second place in the Six Nations is no reason for Wales to pop any corks

  18-03-2018 23:12
  • ‘We were happy to win ugly against France,’ says Taulupe Faletau
  • Coach Warren Gatland must explore new ideas on tour of AmericasLike all the coaches bar Joe Schmidt, like all the teams bar Ireland, Warren Gatland and Wales finished the Six Nations Championship in subdued mood, pondering where they are and how far off the trailblazing grand slam winners they might be. Gatland wrestled manfully with the warring impulses to offer due respect to the champions and to query j
  
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• Ronaldo scores 50th career hat-trick as Real hit six past Girona

  18-03-2018 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Cristiano Ronaldo scores four times, including the 50th hat-trick of his career, as Real Madrid beat Girona to move up to third in La Liga.
  
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• Team GB end Winter Paralympics 2018 with Menna Fitzpatrick gold

  18-03-2018 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Menna Fitzpatrick produced a golden run to shock favourite Henrieta Farkasova and end Great Britain's Paralympics campaign in style. The 19-year-old, took the women's slalom vision impaired title.
  
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• Gregor Townsend demands Scotland improvement in readiness for World Cup

  18-03-2018 23:00
  • Head coach challenges his players to get better over next 18 months
  • Townsend believes recent games have been ‘great for development’It has been a rollercoaster of a Six Nations Championship for Scotland who have hit the highs and the lows, admitted Gregor Townsend after they wrapped up their tournament with a scrappy late win in Italy. Related: Scotland snatch Six Nations victory over Italy with late Greig Laidlaw penaltyContinue reading...
  
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• England staring down the barrel unless lessons are learned – and fast | Robert Kitson

  18-03-2018 22:59
  The summer series against South Africa looks ominous unless Eddie Jones’s men can address the reasons for their Six Nations implosionAn unexpectedly one‑sided Six Nations Championship has made two things crystal clear. There can be no disputing that the runaway grand slam winners, Ireland, are the European side best placed to succeed at the Rugby World Cup next year. And the other inescapable conclusion? Unless England absorb the harsh lessons of their worst finish in 31 years, the c
  
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• Jorge Linares vs Vasyl Lomachenko: Boxing's recent streak of great matchmaking continues

  18-03-2018 22:39
  WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko celebrates after stopping Guillermo Rigondeaux after six rounds on Dec. 9 in New York.Boxing has picked up its matchmaking in the last couple of years, and that trend continued with the announcement that Vasyl Lomachenko will once again step up in weight to challenge Jorge Linares for the WBA lightweight title on May 12 at Madison Square Garden.It’s a chance for the Ukrainian to continue his quest to rack up the world titles at different we
  
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• MARK LAWRENSON: Mohamed Salah isn't an Anfield legend... yet

  18-03-2018 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARK LAWRENSON: An image is stuck in my mind about Mohamed Salah this season. It was in the final minute of the game against Tottenham at Anfield,
  
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• Antonio Conte sets Chelsea’s sights on FA Cup final and ultimate victory

  18-03-2018 21:58
  • Chelsea draw Southampton in semi-final after beating Leicester
  • Conte: ‘I want to try to change the final result compared to 2017’Antonio Conte remains on course to avenge defeat in the FA Cup final last season, after Pedro’s extra-time header squeezed Chelsea beyond Leicester City and secured passage into the competition’s last four. The reigning Premier League champions will face Southampton at Wembley next month, with Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspu
  
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• Chelsea’s Morata tries to run his way into Antonio Conte’s good books | Barney Ronay

  18-03-2018 21:25
  Maligned centre-forward looked a lot better in Chelsea’s FA Cup quarter-final win in extra time against Leicester CityAntonio, Antonio. And still, just about, Antonio. Never mind the tide of snark on social media, or the sense of death that attaches itself to the endgame of every Chelsea manager; the travelling fans still sing Antonio Conte’s name with the same protective affection as they did from the start at the King Power Stadium.Chelsea kept their season alive here, edging past
  
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• FA Cup: Man Utd face Tottenham, Chelsea play Southampton in semi-finals

  18-03-2018 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United will play Tottenham and Chelsea take on Southampton in the semi-finals of the FA Cup at Wembley.
  
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• Puel stands by Schmeichel after FA Cup blunder

  18-03-2018 21:08
  Kasper Schmeichel was described as a "fantastic keeper" by Leicester City boss Claude Puel after Chelsea's win at the King Power Stadium.
  
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• Chelsea win at Leicester in extra time in tight FA Cup tie

  18-03-2018 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Pedro heads in an extra-time winner to see off Leicester City and put Chelsea into their second successive FA Cup semi-final.
  
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• Indian Wells: Naomi Osaka beats Daria Kasatkina to claim first WTA title

  18-03-2018 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Japan's unseeded Naomi Osaka beats Daria Kasatkina to win her first WTA title at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
  
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• FA Cup semi-final draw: United face Tottenham, Chelsea versus Southampton

  18-03-2018 20:54
  Manchester United meet Tottenham at Wembley againSouthampton manager Mark Hughes faces former club ChelseaLeicester 1-2 Chelsea: Pedro header wins it in extra-time Wigan 0-2 Southampton: Hughes starts Saints job in style7.54pm GMTManchester United have been drawn to face Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final of this season’s FA Cup. In the other tie set to be played over the weekend of April 21 and 22, Chelsea, last season’s losing finalists, will face Southampton.After overcoming Brig
  
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• Tennis: Magnificent Osaka claims maiden title at Indian Wells

  18-03-2018 20:52
  It was Naomi Osaka who held her nerve in the battle of the 20-year-olds in the Indian Wells Masters final.
  
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• Watch highlights: Leicester v Chelsea FA Cup quarter-final goes to extra time

  18-03-2018 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Chelsea substitute Pedro heads an extra-time winner to see off Leicester City and put the visitors into their second successive FA Cup semi-final under manager Antonio Conte.
  
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• Mulamba is living like a pauper 44 years after Zaire red-card farce | Paul Doyle

  18-03-2018 20:33
  Weak and frail, the player sent off at the 1974 World Cup after being wrongly punished for kicking a referee up the backside is struggling to make ends meetPoor and wheelchair-bound, Ndaye Mulamba has just been told he faces eviction from his rented home in Kinshasa, 44 years after he was ejected from the World Cup for kicking a referee up the backside.Mulamba is nearly 70 and that may be a surprise if the last time you heard mention of him was when a minute’s silence was held in his honou
  
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• Leicester 1-2 Chelsea (AET): Pedro plays the FA Cup hero

  18-03-2018 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW AT KING POWER STADIUM: Antonio Conte spent all winter in pursuit of a big man with an aerial threat only to find his season saved by a header from a 5ft 6ins Spaniard.
  
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• Did Alvaro Morata banish the ghost of Fernando Torres at the King Power Stadium?

  18-03-2018 20:25
  His lack of goals and general demeanour have since set him back with the supporters and it will take more than this strike to fully win them over again, but it is at least a start.
  
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• FA Cup semi-final draw: Manchester United face Tottenham Hotspur

  18-03-2018 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  United face Spurs at Wembley in the semi-final as the two highest ranked sides left in the cup were drawn together. The games will take place on the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April.
  
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• FA Cup semi-finals draw

  18-03-2018 20:18
  The four remaining teams in the FA Cup discovered their semi-final opponents in Sunday's draw.
  
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