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• How the tall, lanky kid I saw at Essex became one tough Cookie

  03-09-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: The first time I met Alastair Cook was when I was struggling for form as England captain and I had decamped to Chelmsford in a desperate attempt to regain my touch.
  
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• Novak Djokovic reaches 11th US Open quarter-final after breezing past Joao Sousa in straight sets

  03-09-2018 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic defied the return of hot temperatures on Monday night to make it through to the quarter finals, and was left waiting to see if he would face Roger Federer.
  
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• CHRIS SUTTON: Why shouldn't Troy Deeney get his England chance?

  03-09-2018 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON: When I see Deeney on the Watford team sheet, I always think the central defensive pairing are in for a difficult afternoon. When he's firing — like he is now — he is a handful.
  
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• Watford keen to reward boss Javi Gracia with a new contract

  03-09-2018 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Watford are preparing contract talks with Gracia following their perfect start to the campaign. Formal discussions are yet to begin with the Spaniard but sit high on the agenda.
  
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• Colin Kaepernick becomes the face of Nike's Just Do It campaign

  03-09-2018 23:38
  Quarterback was one of first players to kneel during anthemTrump has condemned protests and no team has signed QBColin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who sparked controversy by kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, will be the face of a Nike advertising campaign for the 30th anniversary of its “Just Do It” motto.
  Kaepernick was a quarterback in the NFL for six years. He stirred national debate by taking a knee while the anthem was pl
  
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• Manchester City concerned about Wembley pitch against Tottenham

  03-09-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City have serious concerns about the possible state of the Wembley pitch after reluctantly agreeing to play Tottenham only 24 hours after the national stadium hosts an NFL game.
  
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• Manchester United's Marcus Rashford kicked Burnley door after red card

  03-09-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No damage was caused, according to those who witnessed the incident, but it was a sign of frustration from the usually placid youngster in response to the first red card of his career.
  
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• Ireland can join UK in bid for 2030 World Cup

  03-09-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The likely British Isles bid to host the 2030 football World Cup could involve all of Ireland in what would be a five-country campaign.
  
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• Alisson will be Liverpool’s first choice in Champions League, says Klopp

  03-09-2018 23:30
  • Jürgen Klopp has no plans to rotate goalkeepers in group stage
  • Decision is setback for Simon Mignolet, Alisson’s deputyJürgen Klopp has no plans to rotate goalkeepers in the Champions League group stage, with Alisson – the £65m summer signing from Roma – assured of the No 1 role in Europe and the Premier League. Related: Jürgen Klopp: I’m really happy Alisson’s first Liverpool clanger is out of the wayContinue reading...
  
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• Sebastian Vettel has questions to answer as he lets slip a great chance | Giles Richards

  03-09-2018 23:23
  Ferrari had looked strong going into the Italian Grand Prix but did not make the most of it while Max Verstappen shows the trait of champions in believing he can do no wrongFerrari and Sebastian Vettel must have concerns about how they did not manage to return the win that had looked so likely as the Italian Grand Prix weekend progressed. Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Murray AND Kyle Edmund skip Davis Cup as pair battle for fitness following US Open exits

  03-09-2018 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Andy Murray has turned down the chance to play potentially his last meaningful match in Scotland in order to focus on building his way back to full fitness.
  
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• Meet Nice José: Mourinho’s radical rebrand is a welcome move | Barney Ronay

  03-09-2018 22:48
  After the Special One and the Grumpy One the Manchester United manager’s new direction appears to be a popular oneThere may have been more rivetingly awkward televised football interviews in the last few seasons than José Mourinho’s rivetingly awkward post-match exchange with the BBC’s Juliette Ferrington on Match of the Day 2 on Sunday. But not many of them. And none as rivetingly awkward in quite the same way – awkward to an end, pointedly awkward, awkward with a
  
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• Axed Manchester City star Leroy Sane trains with Germany squad

  03-09-2018 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sane trained with the Germany team on Monday and looked fresh after being left out of the City squad for their weekend win over Newcastle. Germany play France and Peru this week.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp sends a message to his landlord Brendan Rodgers

  03-09-2018 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp is hoping to sort out 'the plumbing issue, electricity and the pool' when he comes face to face with his landlord, Brendan Rodgers, at Parkhead this weekend.
  
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• England players arrive in high spirits at St George's Park ahead of facing Spain

  03-09-2018 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England players arrived in high spirits on Monday evening as Gareth Southgate's latest squad came together at their St George's Park base ahead of taking on Spain in the Uefa Nations League.
  
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• Lionel Messi: Juventus with Cristiano Ronaldo better than Real Madrid

  03-09-2018 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Messi admitted he was surprised by Ronaldo's departure to Italy in the summer. He explained: 'I didn't imagine him not playing for Madrid. And I also didn't imagine him at Juventus.'
  
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• Raheem Sterling to miss England games against Spain and Switzerland

  03-09-2018 20:49
  • Manchester City forward pulls out with back injury
  • Gareth Southgate not planning to call up a replacementEngland have been dealt a blow before their first fixtures since the World Cup after Raheem Sterling withdrew from the squad for the Nations League tie against Spain on Saturday and the friendly with Switzerland having suffered a back injury. Related: Camera-shy Southgate wants England to work better under pressureContinue reading...
  
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• Leicester sack head coach Matt O’Connor after first match of the season

  03-09-2018 20:40
  • Australian shows the door after 40-6 thrashing at Exeter
  • Geordan Murphy to help fill coaching gapThe season is barely one game old but Leicester have already seen enough to persuade them to part company with their head coach, Matt O’Connor. The Australian has left Welford Road with immediate effect in the wake of the Tigers’ 40-6 opening weekend mauling at Exeter.Even by the increasingly brutal standards of professional sport the sacking qualifies among the more spectac
  
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• Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling has withdrawn from England duty with a back injury

  03-09-2018 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sterling was set to play a key role against both Spain and Switzerlandfor Gareth Southgate's side but he has been forced to withdraw with no replacement planned.
  
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• Leicester head coach Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers with immediate effect

  03-09-2018 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matt O'Connor has left his role as head coach of Leicester Tigers just one match into the new Premiership season. The Tigers were thrashed 40-6 by Exeter Chiefs on Saturday,
  
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• Lacazette reveals Arsenal squad's teething problems under Unai Emery

  03-09-2018 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette conceded he and his team-mates are having to learn 'like children' as they continue to adapt to new boss Unai Emery's desired style of play this season.
  
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• Resurgent Watford prove success can be built on both change and stability | Sachin Nakrani

  03-09-2018 19:59
  The club’s perfect start to the season is a cause for surprise but dig deeper and it becomes clear that a plan for steady growth has long been in place at Vicarage RoadIt did not take long after Watford’s 2-1 victory over Tottenham for a typically opportunistic email from a certain bookmaker to pop into the inbox. “Are Watford The New Leicester?” read the heading, with odds of 500-1 offered on Javi Gracia’s men to repeat the “miracle of 2016”.The answer
  
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• Sergio Aguero's kind gesture for Man City fan suffering from cancer

  03-09-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Young Callum looked delighted as he posed for pictures with Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones, while Sterling gifted him a signed match shirt. Sterling wrote: 'Good luck with your treatment'.
  
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• Crystal Palace fans hit back at club over 'misleading' statement over atmosphere dispute

  03-09-2018 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of Crystal Palace supporters have accused the club's board of trying 'to paint their own fans in a bad light' with a 'misleading' statement about a dispute over Selhurst Park.
  
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• Phil Neville gives youngsters a chance for England women in Kazakhstan

  03-09-2018 19:37
  • England manager makes 11 changes to side that beat Wales
  • Seven young players given their full debutsPavlodar has long been known for hosting chess tournaments and producing leading ice hockey players but is not usually synonymous with staging international football matches.That changes on Tuesday afternoon when the most experimental England side of Phil Neville’s short tenure play in the north-eastern corner of Kazakhstan hoping to emphasise why they should be ranked among th
  
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• Extreme heat policy back in use on day eight of the US Open

  03-09-2018 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A peak of around 32C was expected at Flushing Meadows on Monday but feeling significantly hotter with the humidity. The hot weather is predicted to remain until the end of the week.
  
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• Thomas Gronnemark reveals what he does as Liverpool's throw-in specialist

  03-09-2018 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gronnemark, who has spent 15 years focusing on dead-ball situations, has worked with English clubs in the past and has now outlined what his job actually entails.
  
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• Jordan Henderson signs new long-term contract at Liverpool

  03-09-2018 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manager Jurgen Klopp believes Jordan Henderson is the embodiment of a Liverpool player after his captain committed himself to the club for the next five years.
  
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• FA will not take action with Mustafi after controversial celebration

  03-09-2018 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Germany international celebrated scoring the first goal of their 3-2 win by appearing to make the sign of the Albanian Eagle in a show of solidarity with his team-mate Granit Xhaka.
  
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• Alastair Cook: prolific batsman with a choirboy smile and ruthless streak | Vic Marks

  03-09-2018 19:08
  England’s top run-scorer, who has announced his retirement from Test cricket, made sure it was the bowlers who sweatedAlastair Cook always gave the impression he was able to concentrate more easily than any of his peers. Once set he was, like most of the great batsmen, a predictable run-making machine. He did not sweat physically or metaphorically. He just got on with the job and was a wonderfully reassuring presence but his capacity to remain intensely focused yet relaxed at the crease ha
  
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• Alastair Cook: prolific batsman with a choirboy smile and ruthless streak

  03-09-2018 19:08
  Alastair Cook always gave the impression he was able to concentrate more easily than any of his peers.The mind starts to wander and then asks: “What happens now if I start playing badly?” This is the kind of territory Cook has been inhabiting recently.From late August 2017 Cook has played 27 Test innings and passed 50 only twice, once spectacularly at Melbourne when he finished on 244 not out and there was a 70 at Leeds against Pakistan in May. Yet for most of that time he seemed to
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino is only Premier League boss boss cautioned under new 'abusive behaviour' rules

  03-09-2018 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY LAURA LAMBERT: Mauricio Pochettino is the first Premier League manager to fall foul of new rules governing abusive behaviour on the touchline.
  
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• Steaua Bucharest's Raul Rusescu steals opposition manager’s instructions in hilarious fashion

  03-09-2018 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some players will do anything to try and win and Steaua Bucharest attacker Raul Rusescu certainly falls into that category. 
  
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• Lando Norris to become youngest British driver in Formula 1 history at McLaren

  03-09-2018 18:25
  Lando Norris will become the youngest Formula One driver in British history after landing a drive with McLaren.
  
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• Alessandro Tonelli takes Tour of Britain lead as Alaphilippe lurks ominously

  03-09-2018 18:10
  • Stage two won in Devon hills by Cameron Meyer
  • Alaphilippe seventh in general classificationThe sort-out in the final kilometres through the Devon surf strip was as decisive as the stage’s sawtooth profile had suggested. The overall standings when the race reaches London on Sunday are now likely to be decided between the nine riders who crossed the line in Barnstaple just behind the winner, Cameron Meyer of Australia, who had escaped on the opening climb over 100 miles earlier
  
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• Quagliarella scores outrageous backheel volley goal for Sampdoria

  03-09-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fabio Quagliarella capped off Sampdoria's shock 3-0 win over Napoli with an exquisite backheel volley that fans have already declared goal of the season.
  
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• Ronaldinho demands Barcelona retire No 10 shirt when Lionel Messi retires 

  03-09-2018 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronaldinho has claimed that Barcelona should retire the No 10 shirt once Lionel Messi retires. Messi took the No 10 shirt when Ronaldinho left the club.
  
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• Henderson pens long-term Liverpool contract extension

  03-09-2018 18:06
  The Reds skipper has committed to a new long-term deal at Anfield, with that agreement set to take him past 10 years of loyal service on Merseyside
  
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• Furious Napoli chief will complain over tough Champions League draw

  03-09-2018 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outspoken Italian has vowed to launch a complaint with UEFA after the Serie A runners-up were also drawn alongside Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star Belgrade in one of the toughest groups.
  
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• Real Madrid and Barcelona have already opened a gap at the top of La Liga

  03-09-2018 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's only three games into the Spanish season but already Real Madrid and Barcelona are setting a ferocious pace. PETE JENSON asks whether we could have a walkover season in store.
  
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• Diego Costa withdraws from Spain squad for UEFA Nations League

  03-09-2018 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has withdrawn from the Spain squad for the Nations League matches against England and Croatia, with Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas replacing him.
  
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• FIFA reveal finalists for 'The Best' awards with NO Lionel Messi

  03-09-2018 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi has not made the cut for the FIFA Men's Player of the Year award, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Mo Salah and Luka Modric named as finalists. Messi scored 44 goals and won two trophies last term.
  
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• Napoli president 'bitter' over Champions League draw and will complain to UEFA

  03-09-2018 17:52
  Napoli's president has admitted he is 'bitter' about the Champions League draw
  
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• Joe Hart hopes international break can help Burnley return to winning ways

  03-09-2018 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joe Hart believes Burnley need to hit the refresh button and come out flying after the international break.
  
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• Vaughan leads tributes to Alastair Cook after he announces retirement 

  03-09-2018 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alastair Cook has been labelled 'a genuine legend of English cricket' and this country's 'greatest batsman ever' as tributes pour in after he announced his retirement from Test cricket.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez posts loved-up snap on a yacht

  03-09-2018 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo may not have hit the ground running since joining Juventus, but he is certainly enjoying life off the field. 
  
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• Andy Robertson trains with Scotland after being named captain

  03-09-2018 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool defender Andy Robertson has further enhanced his meteoric rise as a footballer after being confirmed as the new captain of the Scottish national side.
  
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• Bristol Bears handed boost as Charles Piutau will not need surgery

  03-09-2018 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was initially feared that Pat Lam's top summer signing would be out for four to six months, but having seen a surgical consultant Piutau's return date is now set for late October.
  
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• Fulham: Alfie Mawson in awe of team-mate Jean Michael Serri

  03-09-2018 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alfie Mawson believes Fulham have got their hands on one of the most exciting players in the Premier League in Jean Michael Seri.
  
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• Alexandre Lacazette admits to teething problems under Unai Emery but is happy with team's progress 

  03-09-2018 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette conceded he and his team-mates are having to learn 'like children' as they continue to adapt to new boss Unai Emery's desired style of play this season.
  
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