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• Luka who? Robert Prosinecki, not Modric, is still king of Croatian football

  16-11-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS CUTMORE: Luka Modric has a CV few can even dream of. Yet there is still an argument as to whether he is even the greatest player produced by his tiny nation.
  
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• Holland 2-0 France: Depay and Wijnaldum net for hosts

  16-11-2018 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Germany were relegated from Group A1 of the Nations League after Holland earned a surprise 2-0 win over France thanks to goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Memphis Depay.
  
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• Netherlands secure victory over France to condemn Germany to relegation

  16-11-2018 23:34
  • Wijnaldum and Depay on target for Dutch in Nations League
  • World champions’ unbeaten run ended after 15 gamesGermany were relegated from Group A1 of the Nations League after the Netherlands earned a surprise 2-0 win over France. Goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Memphis Depay crowned a dominant display from the Dutch in Rotterdam which in turn ended the world champions’ 15-game unbeaten run.Friday’s result leaves Joachim Löw’s winless Germany rooted to
  
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• The greed and cronyism is shocking at the highest level of football

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RUTH SUNDERLAND: It is no surprise to anyone that high-level football is infested by overpaid, spoilt players and officials. But I am shocked at the sheer greed and cronyism on display this week.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, November 17 

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neil Mulholland will be delighted the rain has missed Prestbury Park for his principal BetVictor Gold Cup hope KALONDRA (Cheltenham, 2.25).
  
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• Raul Sanllehi confirms Arsenal have entered into talks over potential European Super League 

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal supremo Raul Sanllehi has confirmed the club have entered into talks over a potential European Super League.
  
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• PFA chief Gordon Taylor feels the heat: Questions now loom over his lucrative 37 years in charge

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MATT LAWTON AND LAURA LAMBERT: Gordon Taylor is facing the first serious challenge to his authority at the Professional Footballers' Assocation.
  
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• New Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri blew club away with detailed dossier of failing squad

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Claudio Ranieri blew Fulham away with a detailed dossier of the club’s failing squad during his interview for the manager’s job. The Italian made a shock return to English football this week.
  
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• Martin O'Neill defiant Republic of Ireland will be prepared for Euro 2020

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 66-year-old has a job on to convince supporters - and, perhaps, even himself - that his side are capable of any better than the dismal form of 2018, where they have won just once in eight matches.
  
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• Manchester City allegedly paid six-figure sums to the families of young players

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City paid six-figure sums to the families of young players, according to the release of hacked emails. They also face a one-year transfer ban over the signing of eight U18s from overseas, it's claimed.
  
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• Man United furious after flares were thrown into away end during derby defeat by Manchester City 

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Manchester United have complained to police and rivals Manchester City after flares were hurled into the away end at last Sunday’s derby.
  
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• Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani promises trip to Las Vegas if squad manage to earn promotion 

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds are third in the Championship after 17 games, and it seems Andrea Radrizzani has given some thought to celebrating what would be their first return to the top-flight since 2004.
  
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• Gordon Taylor is the empire builder who will not surrender his grip on power at the PFA

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It says everything about the sums of money washing around the world of Gordon Taylor that he successfully bid for an LS Lowry painting from Sotheby's for £1.9million.
  
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• Gareth Southgate urges England to put World Cup lessons to use against Croatia

  16-11-2018 23:30
  • Kane and Sterling return for Nations League decider
  • ‘We want to show we have learned from the summer’Gareth Southgate has challenged his players to prove they have progressed since their World Cup semi-final defeat by Croatia in Moscow as England prepare to confront familiar opponents in a Nations League decider.Success for either team on Sunday would win them the group, with the losing side relegated to Division B, after the match was effectively transformed by Croatia
  
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• Gareth Southgate tells England stars to go for it in Croatia clash

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate was asked about the group permutations going into Sunday’s UEFA Nations League showdown against Croatia. His response was unflinching.
  
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• England desperate to wreak revenge on Croatia - Jordan Henderson

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordan Henderson has revealed the feeling of emptiness in England’s dressing room after Croatia shattered their World Cup dream — and stated his ambition to avenge that defeat.
  
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• Croatia aiming for World Cup repeat against England

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Croatia’s players have warned England that reaching the World Cup final has fostered huge self-belief and they are ready to extract a second win over them at Wembley.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri puts burgers on menu to beef up Fulham survival mission

  16-11-2018 23:30
  The Tinkerman got a pizza the action in his Leicester miracle but knows he must up the ante to save Fulham from relegationThere has been little to light up Craven Cottage this season, but on a shale-grey November afternoon Claudio Ranieri was a one-man sunbeam – offering optimism, old-world charm and an iron promise to do everything possible to keep Fulham from the drop. “If I come here it’s because I believe,” he said, smiling after being unveiled as the club’s new
  
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• CHRIS SUTTON: Gordon Taylor has failed as chief executive of the PFA and must go now

  16-11-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON: I have huge admiration for Ben Purkiss for saying what he thinks and challenging the way the PFA is run. Isn’t that how an open, democratic organisation should operate?
  
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• Arsenal hierarchy say club never pursued super league breakaway

  16-11-2018 23:30
  • We will not weaken Premier League, says Vinai Venkatesham
  • ‘We are in conversations, it doesn’t mean we support them’Arsenal’s hierarchy say they are not about to abandon the Premier League in search of a European Super League breakaway. Although they were part of the group that had discussions about the prospect, the Premier League remains the priority.“Arsenal aren’t or never have been interested in playing in any competition that weakens the Pr
  
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• Chess: Deadlock continues after Magnus Carlsen escapes in Game 6

  16-11-2018 23:25
  As the encounter reaches the halfway stage all the games have been drawn and the challenger Fabiano Caruana will be aware of the world No 1’s undefeated record in play-offsMagnus Carlsen’s plan of a mid-match push recoiled badly in Friday night’s sixth game of the €1m world title match in Holborn, London, but the champion, a knight down and on the verge of defeat, found the rare plan of a defensive fortress which Fabiano Caruana could not break down. The game was drawn in
  
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• Magnus Carlsen narrowly avoids Fabiano Caruana stunner in Game 6 epic

  16-11-2018 23:24
  Carlsen stages bold escape in Game 6 thriller – as it happened
  Best-of-12-games match deadlocked at 3-all after six drawsMagnus Carlsen narrowly avoided a devastating upset on Friday in the sixth game of his world championship match with Fabiano Caruana in London, scratching back from the brink to save a miraculous draw after 80 moves. Related: Magnus Carlsen barely saves draw as Fabiano Caruana misses win in Game 6 epic – live!Continue reading...
  
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• Yura Movsisyan scores four for Armenia to deny Gibraltar a shock promotion in the Nations League

  16-11-2018 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM CRAFTON AT THE VICTORIA STADIUM: Gibraltar's hopes of a shock promotion in the UEFA Nations' League are over despite offering another fright to Henrikh Mkhitaryan's Armenia
  
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• Novak Djokovic makes a statement of intent as he beats Marin Cilic at Nitto ATP Finals

  16-11-2018 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World No 1 Novak Djokovic showed his class late on Friday night as he held his nerve against Marin Cilic to boost his chances of winning the Nitto ATP Finals in London.
  
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• Brazil 1-0 Uruguay: Neymar seals narrow win in feisty match

  16-11-2018 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE EMIRATES: Neymar, Brazil and this match got there in the end. It was a late penalty scored by that marvellous trickster in yellow that settled it.
  
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• Neymar’s penalty gives Brazil win over Uruguay in lacklustre friendly

  16-11-2018 23:06
  It is nights like these that offer a reminder of why the Nations League was invented. Twenty-four hours after Croatia and Spain served up a classic in Zagreb, two nations that have been crowned world champions on seven different occasions between them played out a drab and bad-tempered friendly that only occasionally flickered into life even after Neymar scored a dubious penalty 15 minutes from time.In the end, despite their defeat, it was Uruguay’s veteran manager Óscar Tabá
  
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• Wales 1-2 Denmark: Ryan Giggs' side undone by Nicolai Jorgensen's and Martin Braithwaite

  16-11-2018 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE CARDIFF CITY STADIUM: So there is to be no promotion to the Nations League top-flight for Wales. No insurance policy for qualification to Euro 2020.
  
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• Fifty not out for Liam Williams against Tonga... the scaffolder living his boyhood dream with Wales

  16-11-2018 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liam Williams is the scaffolder-done-good in the Wales team - and on Saturday he wins his 50th cap for his country as he leads his team out at the Principality Stadium against Tonga.
  
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• England must turn on style against Japan to slip into World Cup fast lane | Paul Rees

  16-11-2018 23:00
  Spirit and solidity have driven England’s upturn in results but Eddie Jones will expect ruthlessness against his former sideEngland’s head coach called on his players this month to make their own movie rather than sit and watch one. If they take him up on it against a Japan side he advised to pray before their first full Test at Twickenham, Eddie Jones and the Temple of Doom will have its first releaseJapan are the first of the other two international teams Jones has been in charge o
  
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• Denmark hold on for promotion after Gareth Bale scores in frantic finale

  16-11-2018 22:52
  • Wales 1-2 Denmark (Bale 89; N Jørgensen 42, Braithwaite 88)
  • Result means Republic of Ireland will drop into Group CFor Wales it was a frustrating case of what might have been as their twin hopes of securing a Euro 2020 play-off berth and promotion to Group A of the Nations League were extinguished by a ruthless and streetwise Denmark side. Nicolai Jørgensen delivered the first blow, expertly finishing off a sweeping move that saw Denmark go from one end of the pitch t
  
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• Statues, All Blacks and 6am training: lifting the lid on rugby in Japan

  16-11-2018 22:36
  As the hosts of the 2019 World Cup come to Twickenham for the first time, it is worth understanding the impact Eddie Jones had on rugby in JapanWhen Eddie Jones was the coach of Japan he once cancelled a training session and gave everyone the day off. In response, he had never seen his players so upset. Related: Japan plot fast route to ‘emotionally smash’ Eddie Jones’s EnglandContinue reading...
  
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• Arsene Wenger reveals he is struggling with life away from Arsenal but has New Year plans

  16-11-2018 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wenger's 22 years as manager of Arsenal came to end in May and he has been out of coaching work since.
  
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• HOT OR NOT: Danny Ings deserved to be rewarded for Burnley legacy

  16-11-2018 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week. 
  
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• Borussia Dortmund starlet Christian Pulisic set for Chelsea move

  16-11-2018 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MARTIN SAMUEL: Chelsea look to have won the battle to sign 20-year-old Borussia Dortmund prospect Christian Pulisic. The winger, stood out for his country against England.
  
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• PFA’s lack of support for retired players behind call for independent review

  16-11-2018 19:49
  • Union chairman Ben Purkiss in conflict with Gordon Taylor
  • ‘The PFA needs to evolve otherwise you get left behind’Discontent among players over the support offered by the Professional Footballers’ Association when they finish their careers is a key reason why the union’s chairman, Ben Purkiss, wants an independent review, the Guardian understands.Purkiss’s call for a review has left Gordon Taylor facing potentially the most serious challenge in his 37 y
  
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• Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic aiming to liven up underwhelming ATP Finals

  16-11-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will this weekend try and elevate what is supposed to be the climax to the regular men’s tennis season from the trough of mediocrity it is in.
  
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• Alexander Zverev reaches ATP Finals semis then reminds Lendl who is boss

  16-11-2018 19:29
  • Zverev beats John Isner 7-6 (5), 6-3 to set up Federer tie
  • Djokovic defeats Marin Cilic 7-6 (9), 6-2 in evening gameAlexander Zverev reached the semi-finals of the ATP Finals by serving John Isner off the court in an hour and 20 minutes here on Friday to confirm he is the game’s most precocious shooting star.Of the contenders queueing up to take over from the game’s holy trinity – Roger Federer (whom he meets in the semi-finals on Saturday and who took three sets
  
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• RFU in turmoil after chief executive Steve Brown’s shock resignation

  16-11-2018 19:13
  • Concern over RFU’s financial position triggers departure
  • News follows 64 staff redundancies at TwickenhamIncreasing disquiet about the Rugby Football Union’s financial position has triggered the abrupt departure of Steve Brown as chief executive. Brown will leave the world’s wealthiest union next month after less than 15 months in the role amid claims by one of his predecessors, Francis Baron, of financial mismanagement at Twickenham.The former England captain Nig
  
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• Tiger Roll aiming for more success at Cheltenham Festival after encouraging return to racing

  16-11-2018 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: rainer Gordon Elliott says winning for a fourth time at the Cheltenham Festival in March is the top priority of Tiger Roll after he made an encouraging return to racing.
  
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• Scotland 'looking forward' to tough test against South Africa, says Greig Laidlaw

  16-11-2018 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw says his side are braced for a tough test against South Africa at Murrayfield on Saturday. They have won just five of their previous 26 meetings with the Springboks.
  
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• Ivan Rakitic ruled out of crunch Nations League clash against England

  16-11-2018 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic was forced off with injury in the 68th minute of Croatia's last-gasp 3-2 UEFA Nations League victory over Spain on Thursday night in Zagreb.
  
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• UEFA Nations League LIVE scores: Holland vs France plus Wales vs Denmark

  16-11-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holland will be looking to relegate fierce rivals Germany and keep their Nations League hopes alive when they take on France on Friday evening. They host the world champions.
  
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• Virgil van Dijk claims Real Madrid 'ganged up' on Trent Alexander-Arnold in Champions League final 

  16-11-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgil van Dijk believes Real Madrid's attacking players 'ganged up' on Trent Alexander-Arnold in the Champions League final. He says it changed when Mo Salah went off.
  
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• Man United's Lingard and Rashford get covered in confetti as they play Dapaah and Stormzy on FIFA 19

  16-11-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Playing as England - Stormzy and Dappah went as United - the attackers showed they had played the game before, slotting in the opener before ending up covered in a confetti cannon.
  
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• Count Meribel survives bad mistake to make his mark at Cheltenham

  16-11-2018 18:24
  • Serious error two out not enough to stop game winner
  • Sun Alliance Chase at Festival the long-term targetSeveral of the best chasers of the last 40 years have had their first experience of Cheltenham’s fences in the two-and-a-half mile novice on the first day of the November meeting, but few have won as memorably as Count Meribel did here on Friday. A bad mistake at the second-last seemed to have cost him his chance to win, but Mark Grant, Count Meribel’s jockey, somehow
  
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• How Championship footballers can get in the England team

  16-11-2018 18:14
  Michael Gray recalls how he got in the England team when he was in the Championship and what others in his position now need to do to get noticed by Gareth Southgate.
  
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• Lacazette pokes fun at Arsenal team-mate Ozil as he dons German's training top

  16-11-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The French forward posted a photo of himself donning Ozil's training jersey on to Instagram on Friday afternoon. He was called up earlier this week to replace Anthony Martial in France's squad.
  
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• Aaron Ramsey may not be a shirt-seller for Bayern Munich... but he could prove a crucial signing

  16-11-2018 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIT HOLDEN: It is thirty years since a Welshman last donned the red shirt of Bayern Munich. On the 14th May 1988, a certain Mark Hughes ended his season-long spell in Germany.
  
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• Wilson good enough to partner Kane for England

  16-11-2018 18:08
  Callum Wilson is good enough to take the pressure off Harry Kane for England and start upfront alongside him.
  
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