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• 'It was important to come and walk the grounds' - Rose aims to put 2017 loss behind him

  02-04-2018 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Two-time Masters runner-up Justin Rose says he has been walking the course at Augusta to help put his 2017 play-off defeat by Sergio Garcia behind him.
  
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• Table tennis prodigy Hursey is the 11-year-old with an eye on a medal!

  02-04-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The numbers behind her selection are truly staggering — European No 1 for her age, world No 18 for Under 15s, best in Britain at Under 18s.
  
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• Tottenham are on the verge of something big, says Hugo Lloris

  02-04-2018 23:42
  • Keeper says Champions League football vital for new stadium
  • Lloris says Dele Alli gave ‘best answer’ after England strugglesHugo Lloris believes “something big is waiting” for Tottenham Hotspur as the club seek to guarantee Champions League football at the redeveloped White Hart Lane when they return home next season.Spurs’ first win at Chelsea since 1990 on Sunday moved Mauricio Pochettino’s side eight points clear of their fifth-placed opponent
  
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• Stoke ace Martins Indi has no time for VAR despite penalty controversy

  02-04-2018 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stoke defender Bruno Martins Indi insists he is against the introduction of VAR despite falling foul to a controversial penalty decision against Arsenal.
  
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• Olympiakos players fined by own president and told to 'go on holiday'

  02-04-2018 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Olympiakos players are fined £350,000 and ordered to go on holiday by the club's president following poor results.
  
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• Masters shop tills to ring up record sales

  02-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The biggest one-location merchandising operation in sport made its debut in Augusta on Monday with the opening of a club shop likely to break all records.
  
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• Manchester City’s İlkay Gündoğan keen to avenge league loss against Liverpool

  02-04-2018 23:30
  • Midfielder says first leg of Champions League tie could be crucial
  • ‘We’d like a great result at Anfield and then to dominate the second’
  İlkay Gündoğan believes Manchester City know how to avoid losing again against Liverpool in their Champions League quarter-final, with the first leg at Anfield on Wednesday.City’s 4-3 defeat at Liverpool in January is their only loss against a Premier League team this season. It came via three goals in nine s
  
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• Forget Tiger Woods winning, just playing again is his miracle

  02-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: The Valspar Championship has never been one of the PGA Tour’s elite events. Initially, it was the Tampa Bay Classic and up against the Presidents Cup.
  
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• Fireman Matt Parziale happily climbing the ladder

  02-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After locking up a spot for the Masters, most golfers are in the mood to celebrate. After punching his ticket for Augusta, Matt Parziale embarked on a long drive home, followed by four hours sleep.
  
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• Anthony Joshua has both the brawn and the brain to down Deontay Wilder

  02-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL: The strategy Joshua employed to neutralise the knockout power of Parker's right hand was in effect a rehearsal for the mega-fight with Wilder.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for April 3

  02-04-2018 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Tuesday's meeting at Lingfield.
  
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• Roma starlet rejected Pep Guardiola... because he wanted to replace Mohamed Salah

  02-04-2018 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  City offered £7million when Under left Super Lig club Basakşehir last summer but legendary talent spotter Monchi convinced the Turkey starlet to follow Salah's path.
  
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• Football League: Cardiff grab last-gasp draw, Northampton sack Hasselbaink

  02-04-2018 23:04
  Anthony Pilkington earns 1-1 draw with Sheffield UnitedJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink leaves Northampton after defeat• Cardiff City are eight points clear of third-placed Fulham but needed a last-gasp Anthony Pilkington equaliser to earn a point at Sheffield United. Leon Clarke’s deflected first-half opener appeared to be enough to lift the Blades into the top six, and put pressure on Neil Warnock’s side before their game against leaders Wolves on Friday. Instead, Pilkington’s 91
  
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• Alaphilippe Happy After Basque Country Tour Stage Win

  02-04-2018 22:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Julien Alaphilippe of Quick Step Floors said that he was very happy after winning the opening stage of the Basque Country Tour..
  
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• Sheffield United 1-1 Cardiff: Anthony Pilkington score 92nd-minute equaliser

  02-04-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GEORGE CLARKE AT BRAMALL LANE: Cardiff City fought back in the dying minutes to extend their unbeaten run to 13 games as they shared the spoils with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
  
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• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink sacked by Northampton  

  02-04-2018 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been sacked as Northampton manager with the club lingering in the Sky Bet League One relegation zone. The decision was made after a defeat by Peterborough.
  
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• Look beyond the revived Tiger Woods for a homegrown Masters champion | Bryan Armen Graham

  02-04-2018 22:28
  The four-times winner is in his best form for years after back surgery but there are plenty of other Americans with a chanceThe US Masters has never been a more international affair than in recent years. When the season’s first major championship tees off on Thursday morning amid the flowering dogwoods and blooming azaleas at Augusta National Golf Club it will mark the 12th straight year the Americans in the field will be outnumbered by players from outside the country – with six of
  
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• Golf: Look beyond the revived Tiger Woods for a homegrown Masters champion

  02-04-2018 22:28
  The US Masters has never been a more international affair than in recent years.
  
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• Hard to see a route back to management for Pardew - Wright

  02-04-2018 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Alan Pardew will struggle to get back into management after his departure from West Brom, believes former England striker Ian Wright.
  
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• League One round-up: Blackburn and Shrewsbury keep up their promotion push with narrow wins

  02-04-2018 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LEAGUE ONE ROUND-UP: Blackburn moved to the top of the table as Wigan's seven-match unbeaten run in Sky Bet League One came to an end at the hands of Portsmouth.
  
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• People ‘quickly forgot’ what Tiger Woods achieved, says Jason Day

  02-04-2018 21:53
  • Woods is chasing fifth Masters and 15th major title
  • American has not played at Augusta since 2015Jason Day believes the golfing world “forgot” the extent of Tiger Woods’s talent, with short memories in turn contributing to fevered anticipation of the 82nd Masters.A rejuvenated Woods, who is chasing a fifth Green Jacket, has not played at Augusta since 2015 because of back injuries. The strength of the 42-year-old’s pull was visible on Monday afternoon, with
  
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• General Principle gives Gordon Elliott his first Irish Grand National victory

  02-04-2018 21:26
  • Win puts Elliott in driving seat for Irish trainers title
  • Willie Mullins-trained Isleofhopendreams pipped by a headGordon Elliott finally won an Irish Grand National on Monday in circumstances that could hardly have been more dramatic, his General Principle getting up to beat Isleofhopendreams, trained by Elliott’s title rival, Willie Mullins, by just a head. Those precious inches meant a prize money swing between the two men of €175,000 (£153,000) and give Elliott
  
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• Champions Cup pulled into firing line in Premiership ring-fencing wrangle

  02-04-2018 21:25
  • Ring-fencing of Premiership expected from 2020-21 season
  • Premiership clubs do not want to expand beyond 12-team leagueDownsizing the European Champions Cup has been proposed as a way to protect player welfare if the Premiership is ring-fenced with more than 12 teams. Twenty clubs – including up to seven from England – currently take part in Europe’s elite competition but streamlining is among the suggestions made by powerbrokers of the English game in the event of
  
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• Deontay Wilder ‘accepts the challenge’ to fight Anthony Joshua in the UK

  02-04-2018 21:03
  • Wilder’s co-manager says: ‘Deontay wants the fight’
  • ‘He is ready to sign and come to the UK to fight this summer’Deontay Wilder is ready to fight Anthony Joshua in the UK this summer to decide the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, according to his co-manager.Joshua was quick to call out Wilder after defeating Joseph Parker on Saturday to add the WBO title to his own IBF and WBA belts. Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea fear massive cost of missing out on Champions League | Dominic Fifield

  02-04-2018 21:00
  Missing out on club football’s most prestigious competition would hit revenue and hamper recruitment of playersA harrowing home defeat by Tottenham on Sunday left Chelsea eight points adrift of the Champions League qualification places with seven matches to play. Although the meagre consolation of the Europa League awaits, next season would be the second in three spent outside Europe’s premier club competition. So what could be the ramifications? Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea face £9million bill to sack Antonio Conte and have concerns over nine first team players' futures

  02-04-2018 21:00
  Chelsea are facing one of their biggest summers of the Roman Abramovich era as Antonio Conte fights to save his reputation before his anticipated departure.
  
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• Alex Norén happy to fly under the radar in build-up to Masters | Ewan Murray

  02-04-2018 20:52
  The Swedish golfer has had a long, hard ride to the top but now, aged 35 and No 15 in the world, is ready for major gloryIn a week in which the status of Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been enhanced once more, it is worth contemplating what profile would be afforded the first Swedish champion of the Masters. “When you have a guy like Ibra, he is higher than the king,” says Alex Norén. “He is bigger than everybody.” Is that fair? “The king is born into being a ki
  
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• Ex-rugby player climbs Snowdon - less than a year after breaking his neck

  02-04-2018 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-rugby union player Ed Jackson climbs Snowdon less than a year after breaking his neck in a freak accident.
  
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• Man United announce pre-season tour of USA

  02-04-2018 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho is to take his Manchester United side back to the USA this summer – although plans to take on Liverpool across the Atlantic are still to be finalised. 
  
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• Luka Modric backs Gareth Bale to be included in the team to play Juventus

  02-04-2018 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON: Gareth Bale’s closest friend in the Real Madrid dressing room, Luka Modric, put the case forward for him being included in Tuesday’s Champions League team against Juventus.
  
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• General Principle claims first Irish Grand National victory for trainer Elliott

  02-04-2018 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  General Principle grabbed a dramatic first victory in the BoyleSport Irish National at Fairyhouse for trainer Gordon Elliott.
  
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• Alaphilippe Wins Basque Tour Opener

  02-04-2018 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-StepFloors has won the opening stage of the Basque Country Tour..
  
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• Essam El-Hadary could become the oldest player to feature at a World Cup

  02-04-2018 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary could become the oldest player to feature at a World Cup if he is included in Egypt's squad for the tournament. El-Hadary, 45, plays for Al-Taawoun in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• England seamer Curran replaces Starc for Kolkata in IPL

  02-04-2018 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  England and Surrey seamer Tom Curran will play for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.
  
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• New Zealand dominance remains a concern for Australian Super Rugby sides

  02-04-2018 20:00
  Super Rugby in general and Australian rugby in particular desperately need Australian teams to be competitiveIt couldn’t possibly happen again, could it? Last year no Australian team won a single game against New Zealand opposition in Super Rugby. The Rebels’ 50-19 loss to the Hurricanes in Melbourne on Friday night has raised the alarming prospect of another trans-Tasman whitewash.
  Surely not, but the Kiwi sides are looking as strong as ever and, really, how much have the Australian
  
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• Jupp Heynckes insists Robert Lewandowski isn't going anywhere amid Real Madrid interest

  02-04-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes has closed the door on a Robert Lewandowski exit, insisting that Real Madrid have 'no chance' of signing the Polish striker.
  
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• Joshua Kimmich: ‘I want to be me, not a Lahm clone or Lahm the second’

  02-04-2018 20:00
  The Bayern Munich utility player is targeting the Champions League and World Cup in the next few months and says he owes much of his success to Pep GuardiolaOn a sleepy Sunday morning in Munich, just before eight o’clock, Joshua Kimmich arrives early with more surprises in tow. It is unexpected enough that one of the best young footballers in Europe has asked to do an in-depth interview before breakfast on a Sunday – even if the fact that the Bayern Munich defender and Germany intern
  
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• South Africa close on Test series victory over Australia 

  02-04-2018 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captain Faf Du Plessis led from the front with a century to leave South Africa on the brink of their first home Test series win over Australia since 1970.
  
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• Joseph Parker sports a black eye as he jets home to New Zealand to recover from Anthony Joshua loss

  02-04-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The heavyweight boxer conceded the WBO world heavyweight belt to Anthony Joshua on Saturday night as a unanimous points decisionwas needed to separate the pair.
  
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• Barnes stormer wins the day

  02-04-2018 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was back in August, but seems like an age ago now, whenWest Bromwich Albion, then under Tony Pulis, pulled.
  
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• Pernilla Lindberg wins ANA Inspiration after eight-hole play-off epic

  02-04-2018 18:56
  • World No 95 takes surprise victory at Mission Hills
  • ‘It felt like too big a dream to come true but it has’Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg made her first LPGA victory a major when she won a marathon play-off at the ANA Inspiration in California on Monday.Lindberg, the world No 95, completed a big upset when she rammed home a 25-foot birdie putt to beat South Korea’s Park In-bee at the eighth extra hole at Mission Hills. Continue reading...
  
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• Romeo Beckham shows off his tennis potential as he hits with World No 2 Caroline Wozniacki

  02-04-2018 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While father and former England captain David Beckham would have been disappointed his son rejected football, Romeo's natural tennis ability and passion for the sport will please his father.
  
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• Deontay Wilder 'accepts the challenge' to fight Anthony Joshua in the UK, confirms manager

  02-04-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deontay Wilder has accepted Anthony Joshua's challenge and is ready for a summer showdown in the UK to decide who is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
  
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• Australia must score 612 to beat South Africa and salvage series draw

  02-04-2018 18:41
  • South Africa 488 & 344-6 dec; Australia 221 & 88-3
  • Morne Morkel strikes twice in his final TestMorne Morkel took two wickets to restrict Australia to 88 for three at the close on the fourth day of the final Test as South Africa marched towards an emphatic victory. Having set Australia 612 for a win that would level the series, the home side removed the tourists’ top three batsmen – despite injury concerns over their pace trio which delayed South Africa’s d
  
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• Lindberg wins first major - and jumps in pond to celebrate

  02-04-2018 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  World number 95 Pernilla Lindberg wins her first major by beating Inbee Park in an eight-hole play-off at the ANA Inspiration.
  
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• Impressive Warrington sparkle in the wet to brush aside Castleford

  02-04-2018 18:32
  • Castleford 6-18 Warrington
  • Wolves master conditions to record fourth straight winWith the 50th anniversary of the “Watersplash Final” only weeks away, perhaps it was fitting that two of Super League’s best sides put on an Easter Monday show in conditions not unlike those for that iconic Challenge Cup final of 1968.As on that day at Wembley – when Don Fox missed a simple conversion that would have taken the cup to Yorkshire withWakefield Trinity – this
  
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• Bristol City 0-1 Brentford: Super-sub Neal Maupay fires late winner to keep promotion hopes alive

  02-04-2018 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The substitute was allowed to advance into the box and cleverly made room for a low right-footed shot from 12 yards that wrong-footed the otherwise excellent Frank Fielding.
  
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• Ipswich 2-2 Millwall: Play-off chasing Lions settle for point

  02-04-2018 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MEL HENDERSON AT PORTMAN ROAD: Martyn Waghorn netted twice, Ipswich's first goals in six home games, to deny Millwall the win they needed to create a new club record.
  
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• QPR 4-1 Norwich: Ian Holloway's men come from behind to ease past the Canaries

  02-04-2018 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matt Smith scored one goal and provided two assists as QPR thrashed Norwich 4-1 at Loftus Road. Ryan Manning made up for his own goal by scoring Ranger's fourth on Monday afternoon.
  
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