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• Felipe Anderson is showing signs he could be West Ham's replacement for Dimitri Payet

  09-12-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AMITAI WINEHOUSE AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Felipe Anderson's performance and goal against Crystal Palace will have turned any doubters into believers. It was a gift of a display.
  
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• Unai Emery always has a trick up his sleeve - savvy Arsenal boss is the king of half-time switch

  09-12-2018 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER TODD AT THE EMIRATES STADIUM: A meticulous planner, Unai Emery is not a man who takes tearing up his ideas lightly. He tries to plan everything and sits over hours of videos.
  
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• UK Snooker Championship 2018: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Mark Allen - best shots

  09-12-2018 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the best shots as Ronnie O'Sullivan secures a record seventh UK Championship and 19th Triple Crown title, beating Mark Allen 10-6.
  
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• Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann cross enemy lines to watch Copa Libertadores Final

  09-12-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann pay to watch you play you know it's a big football match. But it seemed as though the star-studded line-up were in the crowd rather than on the football pitch.
  
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• 'We're in a relegation fight and we want to get out of it,' vows Ben Mee after Burnley win

  09-12-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT TURF MOOR: Burnley have rediscovered their grit as Ben Mee insisted they refuse to change for anyone in the wake of stinging criticism by Jurgen Klopp.
  
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• The king of Egypt rules again: Salah silenced the doubters with Bournemouth hat-trick

  09-12-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TOM FARMERY AT THE VITALITY STADIUM: It will come as no surprise that Mohamed Salah doesn’t look at headlines, listen to pundits or read what is said about him on social media.
  
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• River Plate 3-1 Boca Juniors (agg 5-3): Juan Quintero the extra-time hero

  09-12-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After weeks of ongoing saga and a relocation to an entirely new continent, it took extra-time and a sublime winner to separate bitter rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores final.
  
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• Bath's crazy flag ban ahead for Leinster fans during Champions Cup defeat was a win for killjoys

  09-12-2018 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WORLD OF RUGBY: Bath’s hierarchy seem intent on turning the club into a laughing stock and they were at it again with the preposterous decision to ban Leinster flags from The Rec.
  
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• Magical Mohamed Salah should be saluted for Bournemouth heroics

  09-12-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: If Liverpool really are to win the Premier League then Mo Salah must be the man to lead them to it. At Bournemouth, the player of the 2017/18 season returned for all to see.
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan beats Mark Allen to secure seventh UK snooker crown

  09-12-2018 23:32
  • Win comes 25 years after he first won the UK Championship
  • O’Sullivan passes Stephen Hendry’s haul of triple crown titlesRonnie O’Sullivan claimed a record-breaking seventh UK Championship title with a 10-6 victory over Mark Allen at the York Barbican on Sunday.His triumph, which came a quarter of a century after he won his first United Kingdom crown as a 17-year-old, also saw O’Sullivan nudge ahead of Stephen Hendry with 19 ‘triple crown’ titles
  
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• Unai Emery says Arsenal training methods are not to blame for growing injury list

  09-12-2018 23:31
  Unai Emery insists he does not have to adapt his training methods despite Arsenal's mounting injury list heading into the festive period.
  
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• Saracens 51-25 Cardiff Blues: Hosts score six tries in second-half blitz

  09-12-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AT ALLIANZ PARK: The worst thing Cardiff Blues did at Allianz Park was think they were going to beat Saracens. Up 18-13 at half-time the Welsh had hope of a famous victory.
  
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• David Luiz's guide to beating Manchester City after Chelsea win

  09-12-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: David Luiz still had his game face on, all the way to the touchline, even as a cameraman twirled around him, desperate for that famous smile.
  
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• SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It’s naive to discuss life after Eddie Jones for England

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: What on earth are the RFU doing fuelling talk of who will replace Eddie Jones? It’s a complete distraction and another own goal from Twickenham.
  
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• Romelu Lukaku: bulking up for World Cup has hampered my club form

  09-12-2018 23:30
  Lukaku has revealed that he bulked up for Belgium’s World Cup campaign during the summer and admitted having to lose the added weight as it was hampering his form for Manchester United.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Monday, December 10

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Friday's meetings at Musselburgh, Wolverhampton and Lingfield.  
  
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• Racing 92 36-26 Leicester: Tigers come up short in epic battle in Paris

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY AT LA DEFENSE ARENA: In the riot-ravaged capital of France, this was a day when the Tigers manned the barricades and fought heroically to revive their season and reputation.
  
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• ON THE ROAD: Ex-West Ham hard man Julian Dicks has eighth-tier Heybridge Swifts taking flight  

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE ASPEN WAITE ARENA: Dicks - the man fondly remembered by West Ham fans as 'The Terminator' - took charge of eighth-tier Heybridge Swifts back in October.
  
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• MATCH OF THEIR DAY: When Mark Lazarus completed QPR's Wembley revival

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are so many angles to the 1967 League Cup finalfrom it being the first in the competition’s history to be played at Wembley, that it hardly needs another. But Mark Lazarus can supply one.
  
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• MARTIN ALLEN - MANAGING IN THE REAL WORLD: What a day! A fan even hugged me in dugout

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN ALLEN: In management, your world can change in an instant. Last weekend we lost to Grimsby Town, in the FA Cup and a money-spinning third round tie had gone.
  
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• Mark Clattenburg: Mike Dean was right on both big Newcastle calls

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle fans will feel aggrieved that Mike Dean sent off DeAndre Yedlin and did not punish Wolves’ Willy Boly for an elbow but he got both big calls right. 
  
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• Marco Silva: 'Richarlison can do better, I've no doubts about that'

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Silva will face off against former club Watford tonight, certain there is a lot more to come from the star striker who followed him to Goodison Park.
  
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• Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku says he's a lean mean machine again

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United striker admits that he bulked up to play for Belgium at the World Cup last summer, and his more muscular physique has hindered him amid the faster pace of the Premier League.
  
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• Like Cyrille Regis, Raheem Sterling laughed at racists who abused him

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  VIV ANDERSON - ENGLAND'S FIRST BLACK INTERNATIONAL: Raheem Sterling laughed in the face of those who he says racially abused him at Chelsea on Saturday night.
  
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• JAMIE REDKNAPP: Liverpool must avoid curse of Thursday nights

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP: Tuesday night is Liverpool’s biggest game of the season. Their result against Napoli will have a huge say on whether they can win the Premier League.
  
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• I couldn’t think of a better place on the planet to be than Sydney for Joe Root

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: Joe Root has two items on his agenda on Monday. He will sit in on selection for the new year tour of the Caribbean. Later, he jets off to Australia to play in the Big Bash.
  
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• Hasenhuttl on Cardiff loss: 'It was not the best day of my life'

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ralph Hasenhuttl is no stranger to daunting peaks and troughs. But the scale of the task ahead was laid bare to the Austrian in a troubling first half against Cardiff City.
  
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• England must keep an eye on the bigger picture by handing Jason Roy his first Test call-up

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only the identity of the spare batsman in a 16-man squad will delay the selectors when they meet at Lord’s now that Ben Stokes has been cleared to take his place on the plane to Barbados.
  
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• Eddie Hearn predicts Amir Khan will decide within a week whether he will face Kell Brook

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eddie Hearn expects Amir Khan to decide within a week whether to finally face Kell Brook - or kill off the domestic dust-up for good. Brook insisted a welterweight clash with Khan is 'now or never'.
  
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• Dele the destroyer! Alli ready for Lionel Messi and Co in Barcelona

  09-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-old had overcome a cold at the King Power Stadium to score his 50th goal for Tottenham and immediately began looking forward to what awaits in the Nou Camp.
  
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• Raheem Sterling attends Jesse Lingard's clothing range launch party

  09-12-2018 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling and a host of football stars have been pictured in attendance at the clothing range launch party of Manchester United player Jesse Lingard at Peter Street Kitchen.
  
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• River Plate 3 Boca Juniors 1 (aet, 5-3 agg): Quintero and Martinez clinch Libertadores title in extra time

  09-12-2018 23:13
  River Plate won a fourth Copa Libertadores title as two extra-time goals saw them come from behind to beat Boca Juniors 3-1 in Madrid.
  
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• Salah will be a Liverpool icon and Sarri was right about Kante

  09-12-2018 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AMITAI WINEHOUSE: It is always difficult to talk about the historical significance of a player at a club as storied as Liverpool but Salah is marking himself out as a potential icon.
  
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• Raheem Sterling has kicked up a storm but as ever the outrage will pass | Stan Collymore

  09-12-2018 22:59
  The England forward’s Instagram post has got people, journalists especially, talking about racism but nothing will change – it never doesWith one early-morning Instagram post Raheem Sterling has got everyone talking about racism. Racism in football, racism in the media, racism in society as a whole and from certain high-up quarters the response has been to show sympathy and support for Sterling and call for change. But here’s the thing: nothing will change. It never does when i
  
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• Benitez demands VAR after controversial Newcastle defeat

  09-12-2018 21:17
  Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez has called for VAR to be introduced sooner rather than later after venting his anger at two controversial refereeing decisions as his team slipped to a last-gasp defeat at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
  
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• Rafa Benitez bemoans lack of VAR after Newcastle's defeat to Wolves

  09-12-2018 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: The Spaniard was furious when he emerged to reflect on the 2-1 defeat and said he could not believe the standard of officiating.
  
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• Tom Brady breaks all-time NFL touchdown record

  09-12-2018 20:53
  Tom Brady has broken the record for the most touchdown passes. The New England Patriots quarterback tossed his 580th score in the second quarter against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night to surpass Peyton Manning.
  
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• Wolves are NOT the best promoted team ever... 1993-94 Newcastle are

  09-12-2018 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: Wolves are the best newly-promoted side in Premier League history, at least according to Phil Neville. They had a chance to support those claims here.
  
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• FA Women's Super League: Things we've learned from Round 11

  09-12-2018 20:39
  The FA Women’s Super League shut down for the Christmas break, leaving fans longing for more after a thrilling afternoon of action up and down the league.Leaders Arsenal did not play but Manchester City and Chelsea closed the gap, while in the Championship Manchester United finally suffered defeat.For much of the Super League season it’s appeared almost inevitable Arsenal would run away and win their first title in seven years – but Manchester City are ensuring there will be a
  
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• Manchester United playmaker Fred meets up with advisor Gilberto Silva after losing starting spot

  09-12-2018 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After missing out on a starting spot during Manchester United's emphatic 4-1 victory over Fulham at Old Trafford, £52million summer signing Fred was seen having lunch with his advisor.
  
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• FIFA looks to introduce new Club World Cup and Nations League

  09-12-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FIFA has stepped up its push to introduce a new Nations League and Club World Cup. The task force will discuss expanding the Club World Cup and having a global Nations League.
  
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• Kim Bailey achieves his dream of winning Peterborough Chase with Charbel

  09-12-2018 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charbel dictated proceedings from a long way out to record a convincing success in the Tattersalls Ireland Edredon Bleu Chase at Huntingdon.Noel Fehily, was standing in for injured David Bass.
  
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• Patrice Evra dismayed by Raheem Sterling abuse

  09-12-2018 19:47
  Former Manchester United star was on the receiving end of racist abuse from Luis Suarez in 2011.
  
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• Rio Ferdinand slams Kyle Walker in bizarre footage of off-air rant

  09-12-2018 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage has emerged of BT Sport pundit Rio Ferdinand describing Kyle Walker as a 'liability' in an off-air rant during Manchester City's defeat at Chelsea on Saturday.
  
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• Newcastle 1-2 Wolves: Matt Doherty scores 94th minute winner

  09-12-2018 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN AT ST JAMES' PARK: Matt Doherty scored a 94th-minute winner to claim a crucial three points that puts Wolves up to 10th in the Premier League. 
  
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• Nicky Henderson says it's 'highly unlikely' Altior will race at the King George VI Chase at Kempton

  09-12-2018 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nicky Henderson has said it is 'highly unlikely' that Saturday's Tingle Creek Chase winner Altior will step up a mile in distance to take up his entry in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day.
  
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• Leicester show signs of recovery in Champions Cup defeat at Racing 92

  09-12-2018 19:27
  The riot-afflicted City of Light has had its share of darkness in recent weeks but Racing 92 and Leicester managed to find a way to illuminate the landscape with a sporting son et lumière show full of edge and shafts of dazzling rugby.
  
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• Bur-Humbug! Survey says Burnley fans spend least on their partners at Christmas - and Brighton most

  09-12-2018 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A poll carried out by footballtips.com suggest Clarets fans are the most frugal when it comes to festive shopping for their other half. Brighton fans are the biggest spenders - splashing around £110.
  
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• Wolves stun Newcastle with Doherty's late headed winner

  09-12-2018 19:21
  Wolves moved into the top half of the Premier League table after a 2-1 win over 10-man Newcastle United, with Matt Doherty’s header in the fourth minute of added time sealing the deal at St James' Park.
  
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• Dimitar Berbatov backs Lukaku and Mourinho then says he is 'p***** off' with Arsenal's Guendouzi

  09-12-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Guendouzi, 19, has impressed since arriving at the Emirates Stadium in a £7m deal from French side Lorient in the summer. Berbatov said 'he's 19 but he's playing like he's been there forever.
  
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