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• Europa League Review: No fairytale final for Wenger and Marseille controversy

  03-05-2018 23:54
  Paul Wilkes looks at which teams will face-off in Lyon for the Europa League Final.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Friday, May 4

  03-05-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Friday's meetings at Chepstow, Lingfield, Cheltenham, Newcastle and Musselburgh.
  
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• Tony Bellew expects David Haye ‘to go down swinging’ in heated rematch

  03-05-2018 23:38
  • Bellew: ‘He wants to punch every single tooth out of my head’
  • Haye: ‘The pressure has got to him – he’s starting to crack’Away from their ritual pre-fight shove for the TV cameras at a London hotel on Thursday, a more considered Tony Bellew paused to observe that, for all the insults and mind games, he expects David Haye to “go down swinging” when they meet again on Saturday night.Bellew, a slight favourite, does not like the one-time
  
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• Nick Collins lifts the lid on his callous Sky sacking

  03-05-2018 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The ruthless way Sky Sports News axe staff has been described in a new book by highly-respected former England football reporter Nick Collins.
  
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• Kenya star Asbel Kiprop claims to be victim of corrupt anti-doping officials

  03-05-2018 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Asbel Kiprop, the former Olympic and three-times world 1,500m champion, has made the extraordinary claim that he was the victim of corrupt anti-doping officials after he failed a drugs test.
  
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• Rangers hope to appoint Steven Gerrard as manager on Friday

  03-05-2018 23:36
  • Former Liverpool captain held talks with officials on Thursday
  • Gerrard expected to sign a three-year Ibrox contractRangers hope to confirm Steven Gerrard as their new manager on Friday, after successful discussions on Thursday took the former Liverpool captain to the verge of accepting the Ibrox post.Rangers, who believed a week ago that Gerrard could be coaxed north to begin his career in management, now sense only formalities are to be completed. Gerrard headed straight from his
  
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• We honestly believe we can beat Real Madrid, says Liverpool’s Sadio Mané

  03-05-2018 23:30
  • Jürgen Klopp has changed she way we think, says Lovren• Liverpool can beat any team in the world, Mané addsSadio Mané and Dejan Lovren have encapsulated the belief soaring through Liverpool by insisting Real Madrid hold no fear in the Champions League final and that the 12-times winners should be the team approaching the Kiev final with trepidation.Lovren thanked Jürgen Klopp for restoring Liverpool’s pride after the club reached an eighth European Cup f
  
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• Man Utd assistant 'good fit' for Arsenal, says Mourinho

  03-05-2018 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho would "help pack and carry" assistant Rui Faria's bags should Arsenal be interested in making him their new boss.
  
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• In the court of social media, rugby stars are handed life sentences 

  03-05-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: It is impossible to defend the behaviour of Irish rugby pair Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding. Outside a court of law, nobody should try.
  
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• Crystal Palace match is ‘a war we have to win’ says Stoke’s Xherdan Shaqiri

  03-05-2018 23:30
  • Swiss forward will discuss his future whatever the outcome
  • The most important thing is to stay up then rebuild, he saysXherdan Shaqiri will hold talks with Stoke City about his future in the summer regardless of whether they retain their Premier League status, with the Switzerland forward determined to do everything in his power to help the club survive this season but honest enough to admit that fighting relegation is not what he signed up for when he joined from Internazionale.Sp
  
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• Atletico Madrid 1-0 Arsenal (agg: 2-1): Wenger fairytale ending denied

  03-05-2018 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE WANDA METROPOLITANO: Diego Costa appears at the doorway of the dressing-room before kick off. 'Lads,' he announces with a big grin. 'It's Arsenal.'
  
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• Giro d’Italia race chief accuses Team Sky of failing to disclose Chris Froome's failed drug test

  03-05-2018 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON IN JERUSALEM: Team Sky have been accused of deceiving the organisers of the Giro d'Italia by not informing them of Chris Froome's failed drugs test.
  
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• Team Sky accused of deceiving Giro d’Italia organisers over Froome’s status

  03-05-2018 23:21
  • Organisers unhappy after paying €1.4m for Team Sky to attend
  • Mauro Vegni criticises Dave Brailsford for his non-disclosureTeam Sky have been accused of deceiving the organisers of the Giro d’Italia into handing over a reported €1.4m in appearance fees by not disclosing that their star rider Chris Froome had already failed a drug test.According to the Giro race director, Mauro Vegni, Dave Brailsford’s team entered into negotiations over Froome’s appearanc
  
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• Ferrari: Sergio Marchionne 'encouraged' by restructuring talks

  03-05-2018 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says he is "encouraged" by the latest developments in discussions over the future of Formula 1.
  
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• Arsene Wenger won't get his happy ending at Arsenal and he looked lost in defeat to Atletico Madrid

  03-05-2018 23:08
  As numb Arsenal players limply applauded numb Arsenal fans, Wenger shook hands and disappeared down the tunnel: an era over, a darkness descending, a long fade to black.
  
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• Atlético’s Diego Costa denies Arsenal’s Arsène Wenger European final farewell

  03-05-2018 23:03
  For Arsène Wenger, there will be no happy ending. “Rumbo hacia Lyon,” (road to Lyon) read the huge banner unfurled by the most boisterous section of Atlético Madrid supporters before this victory. Diego Simeone’s team are, as promised, on their way to the Europa League final and whatever tributes come for Wenger over the next 10 days – the promise of a statue, perhaps, or even a stand named in his honour at the Emirates – it will not be how he wanted t
  
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• Hawkins and Higgins enjoy Crucible semis leads

  03-05-2018 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  John Higgins edges ahead of Kyren Wilson while Barry Hawkins leads Mark Williams in the World Championship semis.
  
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• Diego Costa ends Arsene Wenger's hopes of fairytale ending with Arsenal in the Europa League

  03-05-2018 23:02
  Diego Costa came back to bite Arsenal again as Atletico Madrid crushed Arsene Wenger's hopes of a fairytale ending.
  
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• F1 drivers’ chief Alex Wurz hails ‘change in philosophy’ on overtaking

  03-05-2018 23:01
  Drivers are delighted by new regulations aimed at improving chances of ‘natural’ overtaking and Wurz is optimistic about the sport’s future under new ownersThe first skirmish in the battle to secure the future of Formula One threw up an unlikely and unexpected result when the sport announced it would be introducing rule changes for next year to improve overtaking. It was an engagement that had looked doomed from the off, faced with the natural self-interest of the teams, but th
  
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• Leaders Saints have too much quality for Catalans

  03-05-2018 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Regan Grace scores twice as St Helens comfortably beat Catalans Dragons to go four points clear at the top of Super League.
  
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• Besiktas fail to turn up for replay of Turkish Cup semi-final tie

  03-05-2018 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Besiktas boycotted the replay of the Turkish Cup semi-final second leg against Fenerbahce which was abandoned last month due to crowd violence.
  
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• Redskins concerned over 'topless' cheerleader allegations

  03-05-2018 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The Washington Redskins are "very concerned" by allegations cheerleaders were required to pose topless in front of male sponsors.
  
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• Koscielny carried off on a stretcher early against Atletico Madrid

  03-05-2018 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT THE WANDA METROPOLITANO: Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny’s World Cup hopes looked to be in tatters last night after suffering a torn Achilles.
  
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• Atletico Madrid 1-0 Arsenal LIVE score updates - Europa League semi

  03-05-2018 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal's hopes of playing Champions League football next term rest on their trip to Atletico Madrid as they look to book a place in the final of the Europa League. Follow all the action as it happens.
  
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• Laurent Koscielny carried off on a stretcher early against Atletico Madrid

  03-05-2018 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laurent Koscielny lasted just seven minute against Atletico Madrid as the Arsenal defender was stretchered off the pitch after suffering what looked to be a serious Achilles injury.
  
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• Ex-England batsman Trott to retire at end of season

  03-05-2018 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire and former England batsman Jonathan Trott is to retire at the end of the 2018 season.
  
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• I was like a crazy kangaroo, wasn't I? David Pleat on that dance

  03-05-2018 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: The brown suit was given away to a charity shop and the shoes were sold off at auction for £4,000. There is, of course, no price on the memories.
  
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• Tour de Yorkshire: Wild wins women’s opener, Tanfield earns shock home win

  03-05-2018 21:45
  • Kirsten Wild wins sprint in Doncaster, repeating 2016 triumph
  • North Yorkshire’s Harry Tanfield claims first men’s stageWhile Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands produced a carbon copy of her victory here two years ago in the mass finish that decided the women’s race, the men’s event veered a long way from the script with the shock winner, Harry Tanfield, producing headshakes in the peloton as he gave Great Britain its first stage win in four editions.After using
  
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• Arsenal are set to sign 21-year-old Freiburg defender Caglar Soyuncu

  03-05-2018 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are on the brink of competing a deal to sign Freiburg defender Caglar Soyuncu. The Gunners have made regular checks on the 21-year-old Turkish centre back who Bayern Munich also want.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp’s thrash metal style strikes a chord with English ideal | Barney Ronay

  03-05-2018 21:38
  Created by a German and given a dusting of genius by an Egyptian, Liverpool are oddly indigenous in their styleAccording to Benjamin Disraeli Rome symbolises the ideal of conquest. Not quite yet, it doesn’t. Liverpool may have earned their moments of unbound joy inside the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday, capped by a lovely interlude as Jürgen Klopp went bowling through the security lines to exchange a little joyful energy with the Liverpool fans, waving his arms like a drunken dad at Ch
  
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• Tour de Yorkshire: Harry Tanfield claims stage one win ahead of Mark Cavendish

  03-05-2018 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  British cyclist Harry Tanfield finishes ahead of Mark Cavendish to claim the opening stage victory in the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire.
  
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• 'Girls need to know there is more to them than their image'

  03-05-2018 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Pakistan women's captain Sana Mir talks about taking a stand against body-shaming in sports advertising.
  
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• Virat Kohli signs Surrey deal in bid to tune up for India series in England

  03-05-2018 20:46
  • India captain wants to adjust to English conditions
  • Former England batsman Jonathan Trott to retireSurrey have pulled off an almighty coup by signing Virat Kohli, the India captain and cricket’s premier all-format batsman, for the whole of June.Kohli had originally declared some 18 months ago his interest in playing county cricket before India’s Test series in England this summer. The 29-year-old will now get his wish with a four-week spell during which he will grace th
  
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• Uncharted waters with Classic runner Tip Two Win has Roger Teal all at sea

  03-05-2018 20:34
  • ‘We’ve never experienced this before,’ says 2,000 Guineas rookie
  • ‘It’d be nice to go out and have 10 Dubawi’s looking at you’Roger Teal is looking forward to the 2,000 Guineas on Saturday so much he cannot wait for it to be over.“It’ll be nice to get the day out the way, for sure,” says the trainer, whose nerves have been unravelling since he committed to taking a shot at the race with Tip Two Win, a David among the Goliat
  
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• Tennis: Kvitova outclasses Siniakova in Prague

  03-05-2018 20:31
  It was a routine win in the quarter-finals of the Prague Open for Petra Kvitova, who now faces Zhang Shuai in the last four.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp’s thrash-metal style strikes a chord with English ideal

  03-05-2018 20:30
  Jürgen Klopp has talked about mining the deep roots of English football culture while building a team who have the European Cup in their grasp.
  
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• Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal LIVE score updates - Europa League semi

  03-05-2018 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal's hopes of playing Champions League football next term rest on their trip to Atletico Madrid as they look to book a place in the final of the Europa League. Follow all the action as it happens.
  
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• Liverpool's heroes return home after reaching Champions League final

  03-05-2018 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's players have returned home after a thrilling night in Rome that saw them reach the Champions League final after winning 7-6 on aggregate.
  
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• Lawro's Premier League predictions v singer James Bay

  03-05-2018 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on singer James Bay to predict this weekend's Premier League fixtures.
  
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• Man Utd legend Rio Ferdinand announces he is 'hanging up' his gloves

  03-05-2018 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ferdinand said: 'Having trained 4-5 times a week since announcing the aim of achieving a professional boxing licence and stepping into the ring, it is with a heavy heart that I am hanging up my gloves.
  
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• Jonathan Trott: Warwickshire and former England batsman to retire at end of campaign

  03-05-2018 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire and former England batsman Jonathan Trott is to retire at the end of the 2018 season.
  
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• Impassioned rallying cry strikes chord with netball followers | Erin Delahunty

  03-05-2018 20:00
  ‘Absolutely overwhelming’ reaction to Sue Gaudion’s #wakeupnetball video, which has reached thousands of fans
  Sue Gaudion has a memo for the netball lovers of Australia: “Turn the bloody TV on and watch it.” Gaudion, one of the most respected names in netball, last week launched a grassroots movement – dubbed #wakeupnetball on social media – with a feisty 15-minute Facebook video streamed from her Perth home, responding to the “almighty backlash&rd
  
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• Cricket Australia opens itself to criticism as Justin Langer takes over | Jonathan Howcroft

  03-05-2018 20:00
  Australia’s new coach ticks every box with an impressive CV but it is not as straightforward as thatIn ordinary circumstances Justin Langer would be the ideal candidate to coach the Australian men’s cricket team. But these are extraordinary circumstances, and while Langer may still prove the correct choice, by appointing a new man – especially one involved in the previous regime – before the well-publicised reviews into cultural, organisational and governance issues have
  
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• London Stadium set to host Red Sox-Yankees games next year

  03-05-2018 19:59
  Mayor and MLB commissioner holding press conference on TuesdayWest Ham’s stadium layout makes it well suited for baseballMajor League Baseball will announce next week that the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will play two games at the London Stadium on 29 and 30 June next year, a source has told the Associated Press.
  The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has scheduled a press conference for Tuesday with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred but has not announced the subject matter.“I’ve nev
  
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• José Mourinho is the maestro when it comes to managing expectations | Liam Rosenior

  03-05-2018 19:59
  The Manchester United manager has consistently managed to win things – even when he does not have the best teamAccording to José Mourinho, it took him “20 years to become an overnight success”. Having spent a few days this week on the final part of my Uefa pro licence coaching course, I am beginning to appreciate what he meant when he said that. Hours in the classroom and on the pitch, as well as giving presentations to fellow students, has made me more appreciative of t
  
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• Asbel Kiprop claims drug control officers tampered with ‘positive’ sample

  03-05-2018 19:45
  • Olympic gold medallist issues statement denying doping
  • Athlete claims officers demanded money when taking sampleAsbel Kiprop has suggested he tested positive for EPO because drug control officers tampered with his sample, having also demanded money from the Kenyan 1500m runner during the test.Kiprop, a three-times world champion and 2008 Olympic gold medallist, said he would be “the last person to commit such an atrocious un-sports-like thing” as doping. Continue readin
  
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• Trainer 'not surprised' Ferdinand licence refused

  03-05-2018 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Rio Ferdinand's trainer says he is "not surprised" the former Manchester United and England defender was refused a professional boxing licence.
  
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• Wheelchair basketball: GB's Terry Bywater targets Champions League glory

  03-05-2018 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  GB's Terry Bywater on aiming for Champions League success and why change is not coming quickly enough for wheelchair basketball.
  
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• Jose Mourinho backs Manchester United assistant boss Rui Faria to take over at Arsenal

  03-05-2018 19:29
  Rui Faria will have the full blessing of his “big friend” Jose Mourinho in the event of receiving an offer to become Arsenal’s next manager.
  
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• Paula Radcliffe backs new IAAF testosterone rules, saying no solution fair to all

  03-05-2018 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Paula Radcliffe says she supports new rules around the "minefield" issue of naturally high testosterone levels in female athletes.
  
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