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• Ryan Hardie scored a brace as Craig Levein's side are thumped in the last 20 minutes

  14-12-2018 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 5-0 thrashing for a team with ambitions to challenge for the biggest prizes in the land. Four goals in seven minutes of second-half mayhem. A moment of madness leading to a penalty.
  
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• Marco Silva assures Tom Davies he remains key part of Everton plans

  14-12-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Silva has assured Tom Davies he has a big future at Everton and insisted the England Under 21 midfielder will not leave on loan next month.
  
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• Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta admits he misses Champions League

  14-12-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY SAMI MOKBEL: Azpilicueta arrives promptly for our 9am chat at the picturesque Cobham Hilton Hotel. Absolutely impeccable timing.
  
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• Team Sky rival calls for salary cap after decision to end £30m-a-year deal for Brailsford's team 

  14-12-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY LAURA LAMBERT: Cycling must introduce a budget cap to stop one team being able to dominate again, according to the boss of one of Team Sky’s rivals.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, December 15

  14-12-2018 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Saturday's meetings at Cheltenham, Doncaster, Hereford, Newcastle and Wolverhampton.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers insists there will always be role waiting for Scott Brown at Celtic in the future

  14-12-2018 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers insists there will always be a role waiting for Scott Brown at Celtic in the future. As Sportsmail first revealed, Australian club Western Melbourne want the Parkhead captain.
  
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• Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo hunting for historic hat-trick of wins

  14-12-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo has warned his team against complacency as they go for three straight top-flight wins for the first time in nearly 40 years.
  
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• Players at Spanish second division side Reus plan to leave club amid financial woes

  14-12-2018 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Players at Spanish second division team Reus plan to leave the financially-troubled outfit after Saturday's game with Cordoba, leaving the club on the brink of being removed from the league.
  
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• Steven Gerrard won't block an early Rangers departure for Liverpool youngster Ovie Ejaria

  14-12-2018 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ejaria didn't travel to Austria for Thursday night's Europa League defeat by Rapid Vienna, with talks involving the midfielder, Gerrard and Liverpool now set to finalise his future.
  
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• Gloucester 17-29 Exeter: Chiefs grab Champions Cup lifeline after Cipriani suffers injury blow

  14-12-2018 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AT KINGSHOLM: Danny Cipriani left Gloucester in a sling after injuring his chest in the defeat to Exeter on Friday night.
  
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• Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino does not fear signing-free January

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spurs have signed only Lucas Moura in the past 15 months and it would be decidedly underwhelming if they went into the second half of the campaign without any reinforcements.
  
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• Manchester United are vulnerable and there for the taking against Liverpool

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN - INSIGHT: I can't remember a Manchester United team who have ever been so vulnerable. When they line up at Anfield on Sunday, they are there for the taking.
  
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• Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp claims he is 'not the Pope of tactics'

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool v Manchester United should be the game that stops the nation, but the only thing that has been stopped in this fixture at Anfield in Jose Mourinho's two visits is the tempo
  
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• Kevin De Bruyne injury could help Manchester City in long run – Guardiola

  14-12-2018 23:30
  De Bruyne has yet to make a start in the Premier League this season.
  
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• Expect Canelo Alvarez to beat Rocky Fielding with mid-fight stoppage

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL IN NEW YORK: Life really will have to emulate fiction if this brave young fighter by the name of Rocky is to defy huge odds and shock the world.
  
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• Chris Robshaw ready to right wrongs at the next World Cup as he races to be fit for Six Nations

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CHRIS FOY:Chris Robshaw's best-case scenario involved a comeback this weekend, but his 'grumbly, older knee' is not quite ready yet.
  
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• Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri tired of abusive fans tarnishing the game

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea manager Sarri has revealed that he witnessed discriminatory behaviour while managing in Italy and admits he is growing weary of 'stupid' supporters casting a cloud over football.
  
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• Chelsea aim to buy British in bid to comply with Premier League rules

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea will also look to promote a number of their leading academy products at the start of next season to help ease the strain that any outgoing homegrown talent puts on their ability to meet regulations.
  
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• Arsenal eye lucrative pre-season tour to the United States with a potential five-game stay

  14-12-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are in talks over a potentially lucrative pre-season tour of the United States next summer. Sportsmail understands the Gunners are exploring a trip across the Atlantic ahead of next season.
  
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• Olivier Giroud: ‘Winning the Premier League is my last dream as a footballer’

  14-12-2018 23:29
  Chelsea striker and the French voice of the Green Goblin discusses his World Cup high, how he coped with once being jeered by France fans and how being a fringe player involves patienceFive months on and Olivier Giroud still struggles to get his head around the fact he is a World Cup winner. Reality kicks in on occasion. Most obviously there was the moment on the open-top bus, crawling down the Champs Élysées in mid-July serenaded by half a million compatriots, when nine air force
  
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• Boca Juniors part ways with coach after Copa Libertadores final defeat

  14-12-2018 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boca lost the second leg 3-1 in extra time last Sunday in Madrid, and 5-3 on aggregate. It was the first Copa final between the Buenos Aires rivals.
  
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• PETER CROUCH: Liverpool and Man United are on different levels now

  14-12-2018 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER CROUCH: At the end of my first season at Liverpool, I had a sense of anticipation that was different to anything I've experienced in my career.
  
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• Mark McCall thinks Nick Isiekwe is the best physical specimen seen in years

  14-12-2018 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nick Isiekwe is the best physical specimen seen in years - according to his coaches at Saracens. The 6ft 7in, 18st 13lb 20-year-old has already won three England caps and a Premiership title.
  
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• Virgil van Dijk insists Liverpool 'aren't scared of anything' ahead of Man United

  14-12-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgil van Dijk is wary of Manchester United's threat, but insists Liverpool will have no fears when they host their rivals at Anfield on Sunday.
  
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• Gareth Barry and Kieran Gibbs roll back the years and push West Brom up to third

  14-12-2018 22:40
  In a career including a World Cup and the most dramatic of title wins, featuring a half-century of England caps and a record 653 Premier League appearances, Gareth Barry had achieved much. Yet, until he proved the catalyst in a comeback as West Bromwich Albion both overcame and leapfrogged Sheffield United, a player who opened his Aston Villa account in the last millennium had never scored a Championship goal.
  
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• Ryan Bennett signs new Wolves contract to stay at Molineux until 2021

  14-12-2018 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolves defender Ryan Bennett has agreed a new two-and-a-half year deal at Molineux. The centre-back had 18 months left on his old deal but will commit his future on improved terms until 2021.
  
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• Rocky Fielding towers above Canelo Alvarez but only weighs in at quarter of a pound heavier

  14-12-2018 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JEFF POWELL IN NEW YORK: Rocky Fielding towered head and shoulders above Canelo Alvarez but weighed in only a quarter pound heavier.
  
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• Liverpool stars wrap up warm as they train under the lights at Melwood

  14-12-2018 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's stars fought off the plunging temperatures on Friday evening as they got ready for the visit of Manchester United on Sunday.The league leaders can go 19 points clear of rivals with victory.
  
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• Showing your players this one, Jurgen? Footage reemerges of Klopp scoring wonder goal

  14-12-2018 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage has reemerged of an incredible goal scored by none other than Jurgen Klopp in his playing days for Mainz. The now Liverpool manager smashed a looping lob from outside the box.
  
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• Maurizio Sarri watches on as Eden Hazard, N'Golo Kante and Chelsea team-mates prepare for Brighton

  14-12-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea blew off the cobwebs from their long round trip to Hungary with a training session on Friday afternoon. On a bitterly cold morning in Cobham, Eden Hazard, and Co set to work.
  
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• BBC Sports Personality of the Year: How do you win the main award?

  14-12-2018 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  There have been 60 different winners of Sports Personality of the Year, but what makes the ideal candidate? BBC Sport crunched the numbers.
  
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• Kevin de Bruyne is raring to go ahead of clash with Everton

  14-12-2018 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kevin de Bruyne is raring to go ahead ahead of Manchester City's clash with Everton on Saturday. The Belgium international hasn't started a league game for the champions this season.
  
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• Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny and Lucas Torreira deliver Christmas gifts

  14-12-2018 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four Arsenal stars surprised kids at Skinners Academy on Friday. The Arsenal Foundation has a strong relationship with Skinners Academy, having donated £50,000 to build a pitch there in 2016.
  
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• Sir Alex Ferguson joins Man United's Class of 92 at The Ivy

  14-12-2018 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson stepped out for lunch at The Ivy in Manchester city centre on Friday afternoon, where he was joined by a number of former players.
  
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• Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah named BBC's African Footballer of the Year again

  14-12-2018 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old becomes the first player to win in consecutive seasons since Bolton and Nigeria midfielder Jay-Jay Okocha in 2003 and 2004.
  
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• Alisson admits the rivalry with Manchester United is more well known than the Merseyside derby

  14-12-2018 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alisson has admitted Liverpool's rivalry with Manchester United is more well known than the Merseyside derby in Brazil. The Liverpool goalkeeper is preparing to play Manchester United.
  
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• Newcastle United cancel Christmas AGAIN amid relegation battle

  14-12-2018 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newcastle have cancelled Christmas for the second year running Benitez's players had been gearing up to hit London's nightspots for their festive bash following Saturday's clash with Huddersfield.
  
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• Mohamed Salah: Liverpool forward wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018

  14-12-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah wins the 2018 BBC Africa Footballer of the Year award.
  
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• UK Athletics Members' Council formally move to unseat Richard Bowker

  14-12-2018 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bowker's troubled tenure as the chairman of UK Athletics appeared to be drawing to a close on Friday night after the Members' Council launched a formal process for a vote on his future.
  
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• Colin Tizzard reveals bad news for Eldorardo Allen

  14-12-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Colin Tizzard has revealed the season could potentially be over for hugely promising novice hurdler Eldorado Allen after he picked up an injury when brought down at Aintree last Saturday.
  
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• Jess Varnish employment case verdict against British Cycling will not be revealed until January

  14-12-2018 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After four days of cagey, complex and, at times, confrontational argument, Judge Ross told the tribunal on Friday she will now retire to deliberate but would be reserving her judgement.
  
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• We need to get back to respect - Lampard alarmed by hate in football

  14-12-2018 17:59
  Frank Lampard urged people to turn towards respect and away from hate as football grapples with a damaging week of racism flashpoints.
  
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• Tom George hopes Summerville Boy will bounce back from Newcastle's Fighting Fifth Hurdle

  14-12-2018 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Tom George hopes Summerville Boy will bounce back from a disappointing comeback in Newcastle's Fighting Fifth Hurdle to show he is a realistic Champion Hurdle contender.
  
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• Macclesfield to sell special beer to celebrate Sol Campbell's first home game

  14-12-2018 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How many bottles they shift could depend on the result, with Macclesfield still three points behind second-bottom Notts County in League Two, despite two wins from their last three matches.
  
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• World Cup 2022: Football backs my expansion plan to 48 teams, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino

  14-12-2018 17:49
  Fifa president Gianni Infantino says the majority of football federations around the world are in support of his plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams ahead of the next tournament in Qatar in 2022.
  
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• Liverpool v Man United best bets plus rest of the Premier League picks

  14-12-2018 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BETTING GUIDE: The fierce rivals bring the curtain down on the latest round of matches with Chelsea and Arsenal in action earlier the same day. Here's our game-by-game betting guide.
  
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• Ashley Giles completes England return as ECB announce former test spinner as director of cricket 

  14-12-2018 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashley Giles returned to the top of English cricketneeding to decide whether to reinstate the two-man coaching system that once cost him his job at the helm of the England one-day sides.
  
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• Carl Frampton calls for British Boxing Board of Control to prevent fight clashes

  14-12-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Both promotions stand to pocket significantly less in Box Office takings because of the calendar conflict, which arose after Eddie Hearn announced Whyte-Chisora for December 22.
  
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• Formula E gears up: new batteries, Felipe Massa and ‘Mario Kart’ boosts | Giles Richards

  14-12-2018 17:38
  There are new names, street circuits and a new ‘attack mode’ but batteries that last an entire race may be the key innovationFormula E has always enjoyed grand city centre destinations as a central tenet of the all-electric series. Beginning its fifth season on Saturday, however, there is a sense that it is in a position to deliver the drama such grand stages demand, now boasting technology, drivers and manufacturers coming together with greater coherence and credibility than ever.Th
  
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