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• Boxing promoter Hearn vows to take 'bulldozer' to rugby league

  21-03-2018 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hearn recently met with Ralph Rimmer, the Rugby Football League's acting chief executive, to discuss the potential for his Matchroom Sport company to get involved in the game.
  
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• Cheltenham proves women jockeys are just as good as the men 

  21-03-2018 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The profile of female jockeys has never been higher after glorious wins at the Cheltenham Festival for Bridget Andrews, Lizzie Kelly, Harriet Tucker and Katie Walsh.
  
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• Will England's darts matches be hush-hush again like at Euro 2016?

  21-03-2018 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The FA have turned the foyer of the Hilton Hotel at St George’s Park into a games room for the England teams staying there.
  
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• Serena Williams beaten by emerging talent Naomi Osaka at Miami Open

  21-03-2018 23:38
  Former world No1 loses latest comeback match 6-3, 6-2Japanese 20-year-old follows up Indian Wells title with big winSerena now a mother but don’t expect the hate to stopNaomi Osaka defeated 23-times grand slam singles champion Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the Miami Open first round on Wednesday, the latest big win for the emerging 20-year-old Japanese player.The pair were on serve in the first set of their first career meeting until Osaka, who won her first career title at Indian Wells last
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for March 22

  21-03-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Thursday's meetings at Ludlow, Chelmsford City, Chepstow and Wolverhampton.
  
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• Bale has same star appeal as Beckham, says Wales boss Giggs

  21-03-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ryan Giggs has compared the frenzied welcome Gareth Bale received in China to the greetings David Beckham enjoyed at the peak of his Manchester United fame.
  
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• No hiding place for underfire McLaren and Fernando Alonso

  21-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monte Carlo harbour is a pretty setting for Formula One's champagne-swilling extravagances. There the party people cavort on their boats day and night under the escarpment of that gilded Principality.
  
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• Jordan Pickford set to wear England No 1 shirt against Netherlands

  21-03-2018 23:30
  • Everton goalkeeper impresses England staff at St George’s Park
  • Gareth Southgate names four goalkeepers in squad for friendliesGareth Southgate is increasingly inclined to hand the No  1 shirt to Jordan Pickford for the friendly against the Netherlands on Friday night after the Everton goalkeeper impressed the England coaching staff in training at St George’s Park.The England manager took the unusual step of naming four goalkeepers in his squad for the games ag
  
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• Jack Wilshere: ‘He just said if you can get a contract elsewhere you can go’

  21-03-2018 23:30
  The Arsenal midfielder is relishing a fresh chance with England seven months after Arsène Wenger realised his worst fearsIt was in early August, with the new Premier League season primed, when Arsène Wenger delivered the news Jack Wilshere dreaded. The midfielder had been working up a sweat on an exercise bike in the gym at Arsenal’s training ground when the manager ambled over and left the spin session stalled. “It was an honest conversation,” Wilshere recalls. &
  
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• Hartlepool full back Carl Magnay scores 40-yard screamer at Barrow

  21-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fans who tuned in to watch Barrow taking on Hartlepool in order to find their football fix during the international break were rewarded by what will surely be the finest goal scored this fortnight.
  
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• Ashley Williams admits he considered quitting international football

  21-03-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old said he spoke to friends and family about his options in the aftermath of Republic of Ireland's 1-0 win last October. However he decided to stay on in an attempt to help his country.
  
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• Anthony Joshua raises Joseph Parker threat level with Deontay Wilder dig

  21-03-2018 23:30
  Laid-back champion suggests the unbeaten New Zealander is a more dangerous proposition than the ‘one-punch American’Heavyweights are not supposed to be laid-back – unless they have walked on to a left hook. But Anthony Joshua, elegant in his black, tailored tracksuit, embroidered with his “AJBxng” motif, his massive fists housed inside designer gloves and an initialled baseball cap perched on his head, is almost spookily relaxed, oozing menace and low-key glamour in
  
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• RFU stands by Eddie Jones for England until World Cup – whatever happens

  21-03-2018 23:03
  • It would take something ‘extraordinary’ for Jones to lose his job• ‘The first person that puts Eddie straight is Eddie,’ says Steve BrownIt seems Eddie Jones will lead England at the 2019 World Cup regardless of the results he achieves between now and then. The Rugby Football Union’s chief executive, Steve Brown, said on Wednesday that it would take something “extraordinary” for Jones to lose his job, and that the RFU will not be making any c
  
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• Chris Froome may be denied Tour de France place by race organisers ASO

  21-03-2018 23:01
  • Froome set to be refused entry if doping case is not resolved
  • Tour of the Alps will be his final warm-up race for Giro d’ItaliaThe Tour de France organisers will refuse to let Chris Froome race in this year’s event if his salbutamol case has not been resolved, it is understood.The four-times Tour champion returned an adverse finding for the asthma drug salbutamol during his winning ride at the Vuelta a España last year. He denies any wrongdoing and is continuing
  
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• England stars handed a midnight curfew after Ben Stokes incident

  21-03-2018 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN AUCKLAND: The midnight curfew while on tour that Andrew Strauss imposed on the players during the Ashes is to stay in place not just for the rest of this winter but beyond.
  
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• Sportsmail reporters submit their review for the season so far

  21-03-2018 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the Premier League enters it's final stretch, Sportsmail reporters have given their review of the season so far from player of the year to their wishes for the remainder of the campaign.
  
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• Rangers must be patient with Graeme Murty, says Mark Warburton

  21-03-2018 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warburton believes expectation levels need to be tempered at Ibrox as Rangers struggle to challenge Celtic, who are well on their way to clinching a seventh consecutive league title.
  
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• West Ham defender James Collins pulls up in friendly at Dagenham 

  21-03-2018 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT THE CHIGWELL CONSTRUCTION STADIUM: West Ham eased aside non-league Dagenham & Redbridge as James Collins pulled up injured.
  
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• Tour de France may block Chris Froome if drug case is unresolved

  21-03-2018 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four time Tour champion Froome denies any wrongdoing and is continuing to race this season while his team of lawyers and scientists work on an explanation for the adverse sample.
  
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• Britain suffers first casualty at Miami Open as Katie Boulter loses

  21-03-2018 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN MIAMI: The 21 year-old from Leicestershire did enough to show why she has been part of a recent improvement among GB women by pushing the world No 61 hard.
  
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• Risky business for Panama but Hernán Darío Gómez feels the love

  21-03-2018 21:39
  The minnows’ coach has had little preparation time for this week’s games but is looking ahead to facing England and Belgium in RussiaHernán Darío Gómez said there was a moment of “fright” followed swiftly by “pride” when the draw for Russia pitched his Panama team against England. The manager insisted that, if his side were able to win a game at their first World Cup this summer, the celebrations would be as big as when they qualified with
  
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• Gwyn Williams accused of racist bullying by fourth former Chelsea player

  21-03-2018 21:37
  • Legal papers delivered to Chelsea say player damaged for life
  • Williams has denied any allegations of racial or other abuse
  • Club ‘determined to do right thing’ on claims dating from 1979-85Chelsea are facing new allegations about a culture of “continued racist bullying and abuse” that is said to have left one of the club’s former youth-team players so traumatised he has deliberately avoided going anywhere near Stamford Bridge in more than 30 year
  
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• Adam Yates Out Of Volta A Catalunya

  21-03-2018 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bury's Adam Yates is out of the Volta A Catalunya..
  
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• UCI Plan To Combat Technological Fraud

  21-03-2018 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today unveiled the detection methods it will use to counter technological fraud during the 2018.
  
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• Harry Winks and Mason Holgate pull out of England Under 21 squad

  21-03-2018 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham midfielder Winks has returned to Spurs for further assessment on his ankle injury while Holgate is back with Everton for minor ankle surgery.
  
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• Anthony Joshua urges Deontay Wilder to be realistic in negotiations

  21-03-2018 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A clash between Joshua, Britain's IBF and WBA heavyweight champion, and WBC belt-holder Wilder for the undisputed world title would be one of the biggest bouts in world boxing.
  
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• Jose Mourinho back with a smile on his face despite Man United woes

  21-03-2018 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho had a smile on his face again as he took on a side managed by Argentina legend Diego Maradona for a legends match on Wednesday.
  
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• Liverpool midfielder Emre Can targets move to 'very big club'

  21-03-2018 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German midfielder's contract expires at the end of the season but Emre Can has yet to make a firm decision on his future in a bid to keep his options open to sides across the top European leagues.
  
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• Usain Bolt adds Clarence Seedorf and Robert Pires to Soccer Aid XI

  21-03-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If Usain Bolt wants mentors ahead of his footballing debut at Old Trafford, the Jamaican has recruited smartly by signing up Clarence Seedorf and Robert Pires for Soccer Aid.
  
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• Liverpool's Wijnaldum says 'violent' diarrhoea caused fitness loss

  21-03-2018 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum has revealed that a 'violent infection' lasting two weeks caused him to lose weight and kept him sidelined for almost a month.
  
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• Yaya Toure withdraws from Ivory Coast squad due to family reasons

  21-03-2018 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has withdrawn from the Ivory Coast squad due to family reasons.  Toure has not played for his country since Africa Cup of Nations glory in 2015.
  
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• Jack Leach on journey from illegitimate action to England squad

  21-03-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If things had been different Jack Leach would have already had a full England tour of India under his belt.  But the results of a routine test on his bowling action at Loughborough emerged.
  
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• England train for Holland friendly as they prepare for World Cup

  21-03-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Football doesn't always need to be a serious business, as the England squad proved with plenty of smiles on show as they trained at St George's Park ahead of their friendly clash with Holland.
  
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• Lionel Messi and Co train as Argentina gear up for Italy clash

  21-03-2018 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Argentina squad touched down in Manchester on Tuesday and have now held two training sessions ahead of Friday's clash at the Etihad Stadium.
  
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• Hughie Fury insists he belongs at world level ahead of Sexton bout

  21-03-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hughie Fury, whose last bout was against WBO title-holder Joseph Parker, has stressed he belongs at world level ahead of his May 12 fight with British heavyweight champion Sam Sexton.
  
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• Bryony Frost booked for Milansbar as pair close in on Grand National dream

  21-03-2018 18:37
  • Five higher-rated withdrawals needed to make final Aintree field
  • Neil King ‘never thought in a month of Sundays he’d get a run’Bryony Frost will spend the next three weeks on tenterhooks, waiting to learn whether the horse she is booked to ride will be admitted to the Grand National field. It was confirmed on Wednesday that Frost will be aboard Milansbar in the race on 14 April so long as he makes the final cut of 40 runners, for which he needs five withdrawals fr
  
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• De Gendt Takes Over Volta A Catalunya Race Lead

  21-03-2018 18:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thomas De Gendt of LottoSoudal has won the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya..
  
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• Bentley claims Harry Redknapp ice bucket moment ended Spurs career

  21-03-2018 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Back in May 2010, Spurs had just beaten Manchester City to qualify for the Champions League for the first time when the celebrations got a bit out of hand.
  
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• Paul Clement on the brink of replacing Jaap Stam as Reading manager 

  21-03-2018 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Clement is expected to be named as Reading manager in the next 24 hours. The former Swansea boss is in advanced talks to take over from Jaap Stam.
  
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• Vasyl Lomachenko to fight Jorge Linares for WBA lightweight strap

  21-03-2018 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lomachenko, widely considered the world's best since the retirement of Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward, can become a three-weight world champion in only his 12th professional fight.
  
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• FA Cup semi-final tickets set to be most expensive ever

  21-03-2018 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Football Association have confirmed that ticket prices for this season's FA Cup semi-finals and final will be increased for the first time in three years, just hours after the dates were confirmed for fans.
  
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• Buffalo Bills receiver Zay Jones arrested after nude fight with brother

  21-03-2018 17:14
  Wideout arrested nude in Los Angeles after fraternal spatJones, 22, was being held Tuesday on $20,000 bailBuffalo Bills receiver Zay Jones was arrested on Monday night in Los Angeles after a naked, bloody argument with his brother, Vikings receiver Cayleb Jones.The player, whose legal name is Isaiah Avery Jones, was arrested after officers were called to a disturbance in downtown Los Angeles, said officer Luis Garcia, a police spokesman.Continue reading...
  
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• Neymar will be fit for the World Cup, insists Brazil legend Ronaldo

  21-03-2018 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazil legend Ronaldo is confident that compatriot Neymar will recover from his metatarsal injury in time to lead a 'very strong team' Selecao at this summer's World Cup in Russia.
  
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• Ronaldinho to stand for parliament in Brazil in general election

  21-03-2018 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Legendary Brazil forward Ronaldinho is to run for parliament in his homeland. The former Barcelona and AC Milan star has submitted his candidacy to stand for office.
  
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• The Fiver | Jaap's terror stare

  21-03-2018 16:56
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The Fiver isn’t one for courage. We’re usually too deep in our pit of despair to get involved in any of that caper, generally too afeared to emerge from our Tin-strewn bedsit for more than 10 minutes, lest we find ourselves in a place with no Tin. The outside world is a frightening place, you know: if you go out for too long, you might have to face terrors like muggers, stabbers, shooters and everyday human interaction. Continue read
  
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• Real Madrid midfielder Marco Asensio praises 'great player' Neymar

  21-03-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Asensio has refused to rule out the prospect of Neymar joining him at Real Madrid this summer as the Spanish giants continue to work on a deal for the PSG star.
  
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• IPL 2018 guide: weekend fixtures, results and betting odds

  21-03-2018 16:53
  IPLFri 13 Apr, AT 10:12IPL 2018 guide: weekend fixtures and results
  Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat defending champions Mumbai Indians in a thriller
  
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• IPL 2018 guide: weekend fixtures, play-offs and betting odds

  21-03-2018 16:53
  IPLFri 18 May, AT 09:02IPL 2018 guide: weekend fixtures, play-offs and betting odds
  The Indian Premier League knockout stage starts on Tuesday 22 May
  
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• IPL 2018 guide: today’s fixture, results, play-off dates and betting odds

  21-03-2018 16:53
  IPLThu 17 May, AT 08:56IPL 2018 guide: today’s fixture, results, play-offs and odds
  Latest squad reports and player changes from the Indian Premier League
  
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• IPL 2018 guide: this week’s fixtures, results and betting odds

  21-03-2018 16:53
  IPLMon 30 Apr, AT 09:20IPL 2018 guide: this week’s fixtures, results and odds
  Sunrisers Hyderabad win their sixth match of the 2018 IPL season
  
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