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• Birmingham could face 12-point deduction over breach of spending rules

  07-09-2018 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The club has been referred to the EFL's Disciplinary Commission over a supposed breach of 'profitability and sustainability' regulations, which already resulted in a transfer embargo this year.
  
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• England must embrace great expectations, says Gareth Southgate

  07-09-2018 23:47
  • Manager demands more from young Lions after World Cup
  • England prepare to take on Spain at Wembley in Nations LeagueGareth Southgate has said England have to convince themselves as much as any outside party that their rousing run to the World Cup semi-finals was not an extraordinary event by impressing in their homecoming fixture against Spain.The England manager admitted that beating a leading nation was another box his young team have to tick off. Since Southgate’s appointme
  
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• Alastair Cook reveals he was desperate to deliver in final Test

  07-09-2018 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE OVAL: Alastair Cook said he was desperate to deliver in his final Test after making a gritty 71 on a difficult day for England’s batsmen at The Oval against India.
  
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• Hull FC 8-28 Castleford: Tigers secure play-off spot by inflicting eighth successive loss on hosts

  07-09-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Castleford became the latest side to take advantage of depleted Hull's crisis of confidence with a 28-8 win that keeps alive their slim hopes of securing a home semi-final.
  
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• Nations League round-up: Russia build on strong World Cup with victory over Turkey

  07-09-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia built on their strong showing, as hosts, at the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Turkey in Trabzon. Denis Cheryshev scored a fine volley to put the visitors in front after 13 minutes.
  
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• Kevin Pietersen snubs tribute to ex-England team-mate Alastair Cook

  07-09-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Kevin Pietersen was one of only four former England team-mates who did not participate in a video tribute to Alastair Cook this week.
  
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• JOHN TERRY EXCLUSIVE: 'I'm not ready to retire yet... I still have plenty left in the tank'

  07-09-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LEE CLAYTON, HEAD OF SPORT: There are lots of surprises about John Terry. One of them is that he has written training notes since Jose Mourinhofirst arrived at Chelsea.
  
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• Gareth Southgate hails Harry Kane as the world's best No 9

  07-09-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate has hailed Harry Kane as the world’s best No 9 and predicted that England’s captain is ready to scale new heights after his impressive summer at the World Cup.
  
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• Eddie Howe's nephew Andy preparing for New Forest half marathon

  07-09-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For Eddie’s nephew Andy, the loss of his grandmother had a profound effect. He is running the New Forest half marathon on Sunday to raise money and awareness for Mind.
  
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• Amir Khan takes on Samuel Vargas ‘feeling better now than I did at 25’

  07-09-2018 23:30
  Welterweight believes a victory in Birmingham could set him on the path towards becoming a world champion againWhenever Amir Khan flexes his right hand he sees multiple scars from an operation two years ago in which part of his hip bone was grafted into his broken fist. But, as he prepares to face Samuel Vargas in Birmingham on Saturday night, he says there is no permanent mental damage from the three brutal stoppages on his record – and that, at 31, he still has plenty left in the tank.&l
  
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• Summer must be the start and not an end for Gareth Southgate's England

  07-09-2018 23:29
  Manager says run to semi-finals in Russia should be the start, not the pinnacle, of this generation’s achievements as they prepare to host Spain in the Nations League at WembleyThere will be reminders aplenty of Russia at Wembley. The celebratory mood of appreciation prior to kick-off among a sell-out crowd will reflect the summer’s unexpected success and England’s best tourists in 28 years are sure to be given a rapturous welcome.The captain, Harry Kane, is to be presented wit
  
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• Italy 1-1 Poland: Jorginho scores from penalty spot to rescue a point for the Azzurri

  07-09-2018 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jorginho made up for an uncharacteristic error leading to Poland taking a deserved first-half lead by scoring a 78th-minute penalty to ensure Roberto Mancini avoided defeat in his first competitive game.
  
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• Premiership rugby clubs set to reject CVC offer in quest for better deal

  07-09-2018 23:00
  • CVC offered £275m for 50% share in Premiership
  • Premiership to look at other investment sourcesA £275m offer tabled by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to buy 50% of Premiership Rugby is set to be rejected at Tuesday’s scheduled meeting of the leading club owners. A unanimous vote is required for the bid to succeed but it is understood a significant minority of owners are firmly against the plan.Far from regarding the proposal as a “gamechanger&rd
  
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• Geordan Murphy appointment is Leicester sticking to an old routine

  07-09-2018 23:00
  Irishman faces first game in charge after the sacking of Matt O’Connor and is another head coach promoted from withinAs Leicester lurch from one mess to another, one head coach to the next, England’s best supported and most successful club is faced with a familiar conundrum: to stick or to twist. Since Richard Cockerill was shown the door a little less than two years ago, Aaron Mauger has been promoted from within, then Matt O’Connor summoned back to Welford Road. Neither laste
  
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• Scotland 0-4 Belgium: Michy Batshuayi hits brace as Alex McLeish's side are outclassed

  07-09-2018 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SCOTLAND 0-4 BELGIUM: Belgium's collective brilliance here was undeniable. Yet this hefty, demoralising loss saw Scotland point a gun at their own feet and keep firing.
  
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• Northampton up and running as Dylan Hartley try helps beat Harlequins

  07-09-2018 22:53
  • Northampton 25-18 Harlequins• Dan Biggar’s accuracy lifts SaintsDylan Hartley gave the watching Eddie Jones some timely encouragement by scoring his first Premiership try since December last year to help Northampton secure their opening win of the new season. The Saints were also indebted to 17 points from the boot of Welsh fly-half Dan Biggar, which proved enough to stifle a second-half rally from a gallant Harlequins side.Hartley has played so little rugby for club or country
  
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• Scotland embarrassed by worst home defeat in 45 years as Belgium coast to Hampden win

  07-09-2018 22:39
  Belgium rarely had to get out of second gear in Glasgow, but Eden Hazard was the catalyst for an emphatic win over an error-strewn Scotland.
  
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• Embarrassment for Scotland as Hazard and Batshuayi star in Belgium rout

  07-09-2018 22:39
  Belgium rarely had to get out of second gear in Glasgow, but Eden Hazard was the catalyst for an emphatic win over an error-strewn Scotland.
  
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• 'My conscience is clear!' Sergio Ramos dismisses fears of Wembley backlash over Mo Salah injury

  07-09-2018 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ramos insists he has a 'clear conscience' and does not fear a negative reception as he plays for the first time in England since injuring Liverpool's Mo Salah in the Champions League final.
  
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• Sane leaves Germany squad to be with his girlfriend who is due to give birth to their first child

  07-09-2018 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coach Joachim Low gave the Manchester City winger permission to leave the base in Munich for ‘personal reasons’. He will miss Sunday’s friendly against Peru.
  
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• England manager Gareth Southgate targets further improvement after World Cup semi-final appearance

  07-09-2018 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England manager Gareth Southgate knows his young squad have come a long way - but warned the World Cup semi-finalists must continue to improve in order to be the best.
  
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• Rose and Woods among the big guns looking to spoil Schauffele's big day at the BMW Championship 

  07-09-2018 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Imagine leading at halfway at the BMW Championshipwhen needing to win to have any chance of getting the last Ryder Cup wildcard, and seeing Tiger Woods and Justin Rose in your rear-view mirror.
  
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• Harry Kane aiming for even more improvement as he prepares to collect Golden Boot

  07-09-2018 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane will collect his World Cup Golden Boot in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley but the England captain refuses to believe he has reached his peak.
  
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• Paul Pogba named world's most marketable athlete ahead of Anthony Joshua and Kylian Mbappe

  07-09-2018 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United superstar Paul Pogba has been ranked as the most marketable athlete in the world by SportsPro, beating Anthony Joshua and Kylian Mbappe into first place.
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Mark Lawrenson's recovery from secret cancer battle is excellent news

  07-09-2018 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  HOT OR NOT: It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's ADAM CRAFTON reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week.
  
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• Scotland vs Belgium LIVE: Plus Italy vs Poland and the rest of Nations League

  07-09-2018 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UEFA Nations League inaugural weekend continues tonight as Italy host Poland, while Scotland are also in action in a friendly with Belgium. Follow the action here with MICHAEL SEARLES .
  
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• Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, 31, 'was more than twice the drink-drive limit when spotted by police'

  07-09-2018 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The goalkeeper drove his four-litre Panamera sports car in Marylebone, London 'with 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath', more than double the legal limit of 35mg, official court papers reveal.
  
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• Alastair Cook’s long goodbye begins and underlines his ongoing value | Barney Ronay

  07-09-2018 20:18
  Former captain shares season-best opening stand of 60 and goes on to make 71 in the first innings of his 161st and final TestIt was the sound of Alastair Cook leaving the crease at the Kia Oval that you really noticed. There were three parts to it. First was the weird, involuntary groan as Jasprit Bumrah rushed a ball through Cook’s defences to splay the stumps. It was 4.22pm. Cook had nudged and cuffed and occasionally flashed his way to an autumnal half century on one of those sunny, ste
  
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• Santi Cazorla reveals struggle behind 668 days out with horror injury

  07-09-2018 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY PETE JENSON IN VILLARREAL: Santi Cazorla finally returned to action for Villarreal last month after 668 days out with a gruesome ankle injury that required major surgery.
  
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• Keaton Jennings fails to impress in fifth Test against India but is likely to retain his spot

  07-09-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE OVAL: It's not often a Test opener can average 19 in a five-match series and finish with his career prospects enhanced.
  
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• Alastair Cook scores 71 on first day of final Test  but England end day on 200-7

  07-09-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT THE OVAL: How England needed a classic demonstration of the strength and discipline that has made Alastair Cook their most prolific batsman.
  
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• Alastair Cook keeps England afloat before India claim late wickets

  07-09-2018 19:57
  • Fifth Test, day one: England 198-7
  • Cook scores 71 but middle order collapsesFor the last – or possibly penultimate – time England were indebted to Alastair Cook for keeping them afloat. He alone made crease occupation a relatively trouble-free occupation on another day when the quality of English batting came under severe scrutiny.Once he had departed for 71 a placid, sluggish Oval surface suddenly resembled a snake pit as Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow both departed witho
  
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• BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Ali's fine as third man...and Bremner does wrong impression during book launch

  07-09-2018 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAVID LLOYD: Alastair Cook took centre stage on his final Test for England, scoring a gutsy 71 amid an otherwise fragile batting performance from the hosts on day one of the fifth Test at the Oval.
  
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• Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin admits he's been affected by criticism

  07-09-2018 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has revealed that he has been affected by the abuse that he has received both online and during games.  
  
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• Rodriguez rises to the occasion as Herrada holds on to Vuelta lead

  07-09-2018 19:11
  Oscar Rodriguez climbed to his maiden Grand Tour stage victory on a day that saw Jesus Herrada forced to fight hard to retain the lead at the Vuelta a Espana.
  
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• Red Star fans banned from PSG, Liverpool games

  07-09-2018 19:08
  Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade will not be backed by travelling supporters in their Champions League trips to PSG and Liverpool.
  
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• Oscar Rodriguez snatches Vuelta win while Simon Yates mounts attack

  07-09-2018 19:06
  • Spaniard pulls off biggest win of his cycling career
  • Simon Yates cuts Jesús Herrada’s lead from 3:32 to 1:42Oscar Rodriguez pulled off the biggest win of his career by snatching victory on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España, while his fellow Spaniard Jesús Herrada retained the red jersey but saw his lead significantly trimmed by Simon Yates.The 23-year-old Rodriguez is riding his first grand tour and is out of contract with Euskadi-Murias. He made his mark b
  
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• Santi Cazorla: ‘Every time they sewed me up, it split again, more liquid’

  07-09-2018 19:00
  The midfielder is starring for Villarreal after a horror injury ended his Arsenal career. He tells of being cut up and put together again, his feelings for his former club and how close he came to retiring“I’m a jigsaw puzzle,” Santi Cazorla says. There is a bit of his left forearm on his right ankle, a piece of thigh in its place and the back of a leg in one heel. There is also a grin on his face, somehow. There is a metal plate in a foot and a new achilles, made from rolled-u
  
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• Dream date: Naomi Osaka v Serena Williams set to be intriguing final

  07-09-2018 19:00
  Young Japanese who has shown innocence and daring before her first slam final faces American powerhouse who inspired her to play the game in the first placeNaomi Osaka, remarkably, will reach for her first slam title here on Saturday with a calmer racket than Serena Williams, who has played at this level most of her career and will move alongside Margaret Court with 24 majors if she can beat her 20-year-old opponent.Williams, who turns 37 this month, promised fans “this is just the beginni
  
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• Manchester City ready for ‘war’ with Chelsea in Women’s Super League

  07-09-2018 18:49
  Jill Scott says rivalry between the clubs is ‘getting stronger every year’ as contenders prepare to meet in first game of new seasonThe Women’s Super League season begins this weekend with two of the favourites meeting on Sunday. Manchester City visit the defending champions, Chelsea, and the experienced midfielder Jill Scott believes the rivalry between the two clubs is now the biggest in the game.“There’s definitely something that has grown between us over the las
  
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• Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell recap the NFL off-season

  07-09-2018 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC NFL pundits Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell recap the NFL off season before the first full slate of games this Sunday.
  
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• Chess: Dmitry Andreikin ripens 1990 vintage and collects a million roubles

  07-09-2018 18:34
  The new Russian champion has the same birth year as the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, and other top grandmastersRussia’s annual super-final is an historic event which was won by the legendary Boris Spassky and other world champions during the Soviet era, and this week’s renewal at Satka in the Urals seemed an opportunity for a new generation in their late teens and early 20s to make a break-though. The elite were away because Satka clashed with the Sinquefield Cup at St Louis, but
  
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• UFC 228 co-main event cancelled after Montano is hospitalised

  07-09-2018 18:27
  The co-main event of UFC 228 has been cancelled after flyweight champion Nicco Montano was hospitalised ahead of the weigh-in for her title defence against Valentina Shevchenko.
  
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• Serena Williams confident of delivering improved performance against Naomi Osaka in US Open final

  07-09-2018 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the disarming openness that has become her new trademark, Serena Williams recalled the last time she played against Naomi Osaka.
  
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• Harry Kewell intent on bringing a bit of Frank Rijkaard to Notts County

  07-09-2018 18:19
  Kevin Nolan’s replacement at League Two’s bottom club says he benefited from guidance from some great coaches but reserves special acclaim for the DutchmanAs Harry Kewell namechecks the successful managers who have influenced him – including Rafael Benítez, George Graham and Frank Rijkaard – he says his own ideas about football boil down to “putting people in the right positions”. That invites many follow-up questions, especially: why has he agreed to p
  
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• Julian Alaphilippe charts climb through Lake District and into the green jersey

  07-09-2018 18:11
  • Frenchman hauls in Tour of Britain leader Primoz Roglic
  • Team Sky’s Wout Poels wins stage and moves into secondThis has been an unstable, unpredictable Tour of Britain, with five race leaders in the space of six days, but Julian Alaphilippe looks set to win after splitting the race on the final ascent of Whinlatter Pass in the Lake District. Team Sky’s Wout Poels took a perfectly calculated stage six win, while the overnight leader Primoz Roglic showed the after-effects
  
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• Everton and Liverpool third round Carabao Cup tie dates uncertain after scheduling nightmare

  07-09-2018 18:00
  Everton and Liverpool third round Carabao Cup tie dates uncertain after scheduling nightmare
  
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• Steven Davis reveals talks with Southampton manager Mark Hughes over lack of game-time this season

  07-09-2018 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Davis has revealed that he has spoken to Southampton manager Mark Hughes about his lack of first-team action this season. Davis is yet to make a Premier League appearance this season.
  
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• 'It's s***, I can't walk anymore': Double Olympic champion Kristina Vogel reveals she is paralysed

  07-09-2018 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Germany's Olympic and world sprint cycling champion Kristina Vogel has been paralysed following a serious crash in training in June, she told a German magazine in an interview.
  
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• The Fiver | Only 644 days before the big Euro 2020 kick-off

  07-09-2018 17:49
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!It is more than 20 years since England and Spain played a competitive football match, two decades in which Spain became good, remained good and then ceased being quite so good, while England cleverly avoided meeting them in games of any significance, partly because of some good fortune in the draw but mainly thanks to the simple yet effective tactic of failing to reach the latter stages of any major competition. Continue reading...
  
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