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• Leicester 23-18 Newcastle: Tigers miss out on Aviva Premiership play-offs for first time

  27-04-2018 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AT WELFORD ROAD: Ally Hogg's try with the clock long dead, and Sonatane Takalua's conversion, sealed the most glorious of victories.
  
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• Danny Cipriani is the source for Wasps revival, says Elliot Daly

  27-04-2018 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cipriani has not yet confirmed where he will be playing his rugby next season, but with just a handful of matches left in his second stint with Wasps, Daly paid tribute to his fly-half.
  
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• Chelsea boss Antonio Conte urges England they need leaders like Gary Cahill ahead of World Cup

  27-04-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cahill, 32, was left out for March friendlies against Italy and Holland, as Southgate gave opportunities to Swansea's Alfie Mawson and Burnley's James Tarkowski.
  
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• Bournemouth and Brighton weigh up £3million move for Hibs' John McGinn

  27-04-2018 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Hibernian midfielder John McGinn is a £3million target for Premier League duo Brighton and Bournemouth as he nears the end of his contract at Easter Road.
  
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• Dan Evans insists he will never take cocaine again ahead of return from ban at Glasgow Challenger

  27-04-2018 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MIKE DICKSON: So, spoke Dan Evans on Friday as he resurfaced following a year's ban for his positive cocaine test ahead of his return at the Glasgow Challenger.
  
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• Levante 2-1 Sevilla: Hosts virtually secure La Liga safety with win

  27-04-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Goals from Roger and captain Jose Luis Morales either side of Carlos Fernandez's equaliser earned Levante their fourth win in five. It moves them 12 points clear of third-bottom Deportivo.
  
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• Katie Walsh retires after winning on Willie Mullins-trained Antey at Punchestown

  27-04-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katie Walsh, one of the most successful female jockeys to ride over jumps, announced her retirement from riding after winning on Willie Mullins-trained Antey at Punchestown on Friday night.
  
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• Weekend guide to Aviva Premiership: Worcester win can send London Irish down

  27-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Aviva Premiership continues this weekend and there a number of teams looking secure results at both ends of the table.
  
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• They fought in the garden... now Billy and Freddie Burns are ready to scrap on the pitch

  27-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY CHRIS FOY: They boxed against each other in the garden and almost came to blows at a go-karting track, so Billy Burns will expect to renew a sibling rivalry at Kingsholm on Saturday.
  
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• Supasundae pips Samrco and Melon to Grade One Punchestown Champion Hurdle

  27-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Supasundae landed the feature Grade One Punchestown Champion Hurdle but there was a huge anti-climax as both Samcro and Melon crashed out at the third last.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Saturday, April 28

  27-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Saturday's meetings at Ripon, Doncaster, Wolverhampton, Sandown, Haydock Punchestown and Leicester.
  
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• Paul Lambert: Stoke will be aggressive at Anfield against Liverpool

  27-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stoke must win to keep alive faint hopes of Premier league survival and manager Paul Lambert said his side cannot be 'shrinking violets' in the face of Mo Salah's blistering form.
  
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• Dan Evans: ‘Cocaine is a shocking drug – it’s a life-ruiner’

  27-04-2018 23:30
  After a one-year ban Britain’s Dan Evans returns to tennis cheeky, chastened and having discovered the drudgery of daytime TVDan Evans has taken a quiet look at the Barcelona Open on television this week, scene of his first Tour victory on clay nearly a year ago – after which his otherwise charmed life fell apart like an over-ripe orange.He was ranked 43 in the world and in the form of his life when drug testers found traces of cocaine in his washbag in the Spanish city, evidence tha
  
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• Bernie Ecclestone tears into struggling Lewis Hamilton ahead of Azerbaijan Grand Prix

  27-04-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY IN BAKU: We will get a clue this weekend which of two wise Formula One men is closer to the mark: Bernie Ecclestone or the late Finn who was once Lewis Hamilton's rock.
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino labels FA an embarrassment over Harry Kane tweet

  27-04-2018 23:29
  • Governing body forced to apologise for mocking Tottenham striker
  • ‘We need to protect our assets, our English players,’ says PochettinoMauricio Pochettino has branded the Football Association an embarrassment for its tweet that mocked the performance of Harry Kane in last Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final.The Tottenham Hotspur striker was well marshalled by United’s Chris Smalling at Wembley and after the game, which United won 2-1, the official FA Cup account twe
  
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• Rafael Nadal extends clay court unbeaten run to 42 matches with victory over Martin Klizan

  27-04-2018 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World No 140 Klizan, who had knocked out Novak Djokovic in the second round, came within a point of being the first player since Thiem in May 2017 to win a set against the Mallorcan Nadal.
  
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• Daniel Ricciardo: Sebastian Vettel 'wouldn't shy away' from reunion

  27-04-2018 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 28-year-old Australian is prepared to bring the curtain down on his decade-long relationship with Red Bull if the sport's former champions cannot provide the machinery to fight for glory.
  
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• Elliot Daly: ‘I don’t think we can play more, it’s all year round at the moment’

  27-04-2018 23:00
  The tireless Elliot Daly is still raring to go for Wasps but the same can’t be said for so many of his Lions and England team-mates who have fallen by the wayside during a punishing 12 monthsBy this stage of a post-Lions season there are usually only two sorts of professional rugby players: the ones already lying in a knackered heap and those about to join them. Rare to the point of invisibility are Englishmen who trekked all the way around New Zealand last summer, finished fifth in the re
  
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• Fulham 2-1 Sunderland: Match report

  27-04-2018 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: Fulham owner Shahid Khan may be buying Wembley Stadium but he wants to avoid his club having to visit his new premises in their pursuit of the Premier League.
  
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• Aleksandar Mitrovic heads Fulham past Sunderland to boost promotion hopes

  27-04-2018 22:57
  Overcoming a team condemned to playing in League One next season was supposed to be the easy part for Fulham but nothing felt straightforward on a night of tension at Craven Cottage and, if Neil Warnock was watching this game on television, he will no doubt have taken note of some generous refereeing decisions. It was only when the marginally offside Aleksandar Mitrovic scored the decisive goal that Fulham could be confident of hauling themselves back into the Championship’s top two with o
  
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• Chelsea U18s 3-1 Arsenal U18s: Daishawn Redan scores twice for Blues

  27-04-2018 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: It was anything but straightforward, but Chelsea remain on course for their share of FA Youth Cup history.
  
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• UK men's tennis upset by Alabama at SEC Tournament - Kykernel.com

  27-04-2018 21:58
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  The No. 25 Kentucky men's tennis team fell to the No. 50 Alabama Crimson Tide 4-1 in the second round of the SEC Men's Tennis Tournament Thursday afternoon. The loss marks the third straight for the Cats as they now await an inyvite to the NCAA ...en meer »
  
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• Paris Saint-Germain set to offer Arsene Wenger general manager role

  27-04-2018 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi is friends with Arsene Wenger and is keen to find a position for the Arsenal manager once he steps down at the end of the season.
  
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• Manchester United v Arsenal betting tips and odds plus the rest of the Premier League predictions 

  27-04-2018 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We had plenty of winners last week, including a 28/1 acca capped off by Arsenal beating West Ham on Sunday. Here's the best bets this weekend in the Premier League and across the card.
  
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• Ronnie O'Sullivan's World Championship hopes suffer blow as he falls behind against Ali Carter 

  27-04-2018 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  O'Sullivan, who beat Carter in the final in both 2008 and 2012, made a series of uncharacteristic errors to allow his opponent to take the final two frames of the morning and pull ahead.
  
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• Neymar will stay at PSG - departing Emery

  27-04-2018 20:04
  PSG's outgoing head coach Unai Emery believes star signing Neymar will stay at the club.
  
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• Chelsea ramp up preparations for Swansea clash as Antonio Conte's side chase down Tottenham

  27-04-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Blues boss led his side's training session on Friday as they prepared for their trip to Wales, knowing anything but a win could severely damage their European hopes.
  
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• Brazilian wonderkid Paulinho signs for Bayer Leverkusen

  27-04-2018 19:10
  The teenager will join Leverkusen on his 18th birthday in July, after making a big impact despite his tender age at the Rio de Janeiro club
  
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• Former Daily Mail rugby writer Terry O'Connor passes away aged 92

  27-04-2018 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Daily Mail rugby writer Terry O'Connor has passed away, aged 92. Born on August 28, 1925, O'Connor started out as a copy runner for cricket writer C B Fry, working at the Oval from just 14.
  
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• Atletico Madrid and Arsenal charged by UEFA following intense Europa League draw

  27-04-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thursday's match ended 1-1 as 10-man Atletico Madrid battled back to earn a draw against Arsenal at the Emirates courtesy of Antoine Griezmann's late strike.
  
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• Eoin Morgan backs controversial 100-ball plan and insists cricket will die if it refuses to change

  27-04-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH: Eoin Morgan has warned that cricket will die if it refuses to change – and has backed the ECB's controversial decision plans for a new 100-ball tournament in 2020.
  
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• England’s Eoin Morgan says ‘rigid’ cricket must accept change or die

  27-04-2018 19:00
  • Morgan: ‘We need to do something different’
  • England one-day captain backs ECB’s new 100-ball tournamentEoin Morgan has warned that unless English cricket is prepared to accept change – primarily the introduction of the controversial 100-ball tournament from 2020 onwards – the sport may die out.Speaking about The Hundred, in which an eight-team tournament will be played using a shorter version of the sport, Morgan insisted its simplified scoring system
  
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• Salah raised every Liverpool player's game... now they can push City

  27-04-2018 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER CROUCH COLUMN: I know how difficult it is to raise yourself after a huge European night. So much emotion and effort goes in that, come Saturday, there is a hangover.
  
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• Pep Guardiola lavishes praise on Andres Iniesta after star reveals he will leave Barcelona

  27-04-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The midfielder announced he is leaving Barcelona, after 22 years' service, at the end of the season and broke down in tears during Friday's press conference .
  
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• Donald Trump pleads allies to snub Morocco and vote for North America bid for 2026 World Cup

  27-04-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has told the United States' allies they should be supporting the North American bid for the 2026 World Cup, and not Morocco's, in a veiled threat on Twitter.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers 'surprised' Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard is being considered for Rangers job

  27-04-2018 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Liverpool Under-18s boss has emerged as front-runner for the post ahead of the Light Blues' trip to Parkhead on Sunday. Steven Gerrard was Liverpool captain under Brendan Rodgers.
  
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• Chairman bans MK Dons players from winning end-of-season awards

  27-04-2018 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MK Dons chairman Winkelman has told the club's first-team players that none of them will receive an end-of-season award following an awful campaign. The club are heading for relegation.
  
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• Ranked! The 20 WORST finishers in the Premier League...

  27-04-2018 18:10
  Huw Davies gets out his calculator, plots some graphs (OK, he doesn't) and lists the ugliest finishers in the Premier League this season
  
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• Liverpool reveal 'positive' meeting has taken place with UEFA and Roma over security fears

  27-04-2018 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool thanked UEFA, Roma and the Italian authorities after a productive meeting took place on Friday amid fears over fans' safety ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg.
  
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• West Ham manager David Moyes urges Adrian to recapture No 1 spot from Joe Hart

  27-04-2018 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanish goalkeeper Adrian is reportedly unhappy at playing second fiddle to Joe Hart again, having reclaimed his spot from the England man earlier this season.
  
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• Rafa Benitez reveals talks with Newcastle have begun over future at the club

  27-04-2018 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rafa Benitez has opened talks with Newcastle United over his future and says he wants a quick resolution. The Spaniard is entering the final year of his contract.
  
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• Emmanuel Petit admits he could have signed for Man United

  27-04-2018 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emmanuel Petit has revealed that he was approached by Manchester United and regrets not taking up the opportunity to play under Sir Alex Ferguson.
  
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• Atletico Madrid leapfrog Bayern Munich in UEFA club rankings, moving one spot behind Real Madrid

  27-04-2018 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid have usurped Bayern Munich to become second in UEFA's club rankings, sitting one spot behind city counterparts Real Madrid.
  
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• Leeds owner asked to reconsider tour of Burma by five local MPs

  27-04-2018 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrea Radrizzani on Wednesday defended the tour, saying it would have a 'positive impact', after it had been branded 'morally corrupt' by shadow sports minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan.
  
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• Antonio Conte claims it is unfair to blame Chelsea for selling Mo Salah

  27-04-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says it is unfair to criticise the club for selling former player Mohamed Salah after the Liverpool winger emerged as the outstanding player in English football this season.
  
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• Zinedine Zidane determined for Real Madrid to secure second place finish in La Liga

  27-04-2018 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zinedine Zidane insists finishing second in LaLiga remains an important objective despite Real Madrid being on the brink of history in the Champions League.
  
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• Manchester City train ahead of West Ham as Pep Guardiola talks Mikel Arteta

  27-04-2018 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola has talked up the managerial credentials of his Manchester City assistant coach Mikel Arteta. City trained on Friday ahead of Sunday's clash with West Ham in the capital.
  
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• Promotions, relegations and title celebrations! Here are all this weekend's permutations

  27-04-2018 17:43
  It's often heaven or hell at this time of year. Here, Sam Elliott takes a look at the weekend permutations from English football's top six divisions
  
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• Jose Mourinho insists that Alexis Sanchez was always the right choice for Manchester United 

  27-04-2018 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho insists he never doubted that Alexis Sanchez was the right choice for Manchester United as the Chile star faces his old club Arsenal this weekend.
  
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