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• Sevilla sign Munir El Haddadi from Barcelona in cut-price deal 

  11-01-2019 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sevilla have signed striker Munir El Haddadi from Barcelona for €1.05m (£937,000). The 23-year-old was out of contract at the end of the season
  
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• Andy Murray reveals the cruel moment in Miami when he knew it was over

  11-01-2019 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE: The setting was idyllic Key Biscayne across the bay from Miami but Murray knew there was trouble in paradise. The chronic hip condition was getting worse.
  
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• Andy Murray admits Djokovic pasting in practice tipped him into shock retirement

  11-01-2019 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE: Feeling 'helpless' against his old rival Novak Djokovic on court this week tipped Andy Murray into his shock retirement announcement.
  
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• Sharp shooter! Billy is the leading league scorer this century

  11-01-2019 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY CRAIG HOPE: Sharp is talking goals - and lots of them. 'I got one in training today,' he says. 'I enjoyed that as much as I always do.' But there is one goal that means the most.
  
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• Amir Khan finalises deal to challenge Terence Crawford for WBO world title  

  11-01-2019 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fight will net the 32-year-old in the region of £4millon - less than he would have received for facing his long-time British rival Kell Brook.
  
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• Ralph Hasenhuttl won't reveal his Southampton No 1

  11-01-2019 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No player has played in all of the Austrian's seven games in charge, with England international McCarthy missing his first Premier League game for over a year at Chelsea.
  
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• Max Verstappen to carry out public service at Marrakesh Formula E race

  11-01-2019 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch Formula One driver Max Verstappen will serve part of his public service, imposed by the sport's governing body after he shoved French rival Esteban Ocon in Brazil last year.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, January 12

  11-01-2019 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Side with DARLING MALTAIX (Kempton, nap, 2.40) to prove a punter's sweetheart in this afternoon's Unibet Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle. The six-year-old is finally beginning to thrive.
  
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• Marco Silva believes he has support of Everton owner Farhad Moshiri

  11-01-2019 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Silva insists he is thriving under the pressure at Everton but warned he is not a magician and cannot deliver instant success. The Portuguese has found his position being scrutinised.
  
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• Arnautovic faces bumpy ride at West Ham as they reject £36m China bid

  11-01-2019 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  West Ham's Marko Arnautovic trained with the first team at the London Stadium on Friday, with manager Manuel Pellegrini in line to use the forward against Arsenal on Saturday.
  
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• Players would question my sanity if I criticised them, says Jürgen Klopp

  11-01-2019 23:33
  • Liverpool visit Brighton after consecutive defeats
  • ‘Only insecure people say we have lost belief’Jürgen Klopp has said Liverpool’s players would question his sanity if he criticised them after two consecutive defeats and they can demonstrate at Brighton on Saturday there is no insecurity in the Anfield ranks.The Premier League leaders have suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this season. Manchester City ended Liverpool’s unbeaten league cam
  
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• Chelsea confirm £10m departure of midfielder Cesc Fabregas to Monaco

  11-01-2019 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea had wanted to find a replacement before signing off on the £10million move but they confirmed in a statement: 'Cesc Fabregas has completed a permanent transfer to Monaco.'
  
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• Lions scrum-half Rhys Webb hopes for another Wales chance despite move to Toulon

  11-01-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CHRIS FOY: This was what Webb had in mind; sign for Toulon, remain available for Wales, enjoy major occasions in grand arenas. It has not quite worked out that way.
  
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• Bournemouth's Dominic Solanke happy to be following Sancho's example

  11-01-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dominic Solanke believes young English players are being inspired to leave big clubs by the success of Jadon Sancho at Borussia Dortmund. Sancho has gone from an untested talent to England player.
  
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• Aitor Karanka leaves Forest after threatening to depart multiple times

  11-01-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY LAURIE WHITWELL: Karanka's position was precarious ever since the draw at Norwich, although owner Evangelos Marinakis requested he stay during discussions on Thursday.
  
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• 'We're like Dumb and Dumber. He's dumber!' - Dunk and Duffy's bromance

  11-01-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY KIERAN GILL: Over the course of half an hour, as they continue to joke with one another, you get a sense of the strong bond these two Premier League players share.
  
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• Supporters express their anger over late FA Cup kick-offs moved for TV

  11-01-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal and Manchester United will meet in London on a Friday night, while Chelsea will host either Sheffield Wednesday or Luton in an unusual 6pm kick-off on the Sunday.
  
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• Samir Nasri 'wants revenge' for ban, claims Manuel Pellegrini

  11-01-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasri breached World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules in 2016 after receiving an intravenous treatment in Los Angeles for illness. An initial six-month ban was extended after appeal.
  
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• Rafa Benitez reveals he had big money offers to walk out on Newcastle

  11-01-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Benitez has revealed that he has turned down lucrative approaches - thought to be from China - in the vain hope of being given the financial backing he craves from owner Mike Ashley.
  
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• Maurizio Sarri snubbed the World Cup as he rails against VAR

  11-01-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The World Cup benefitted from VAR but Sarri insists the technology is 'negative' for the atmosphere inside stadiums, while he also sees no value in international football.
  
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• Marco Silva insists he is not a magician but can still bring success to Everton

  11-01-2019 23:30
  • Farhad Moshiri critical of Everton’s position
  • Silva launches impassioned defence of jobMarco Silva has said he is not a magician who can conjure Farhad Moshiri’s ambitions for Everton overnight but a manager who can bring stability and build for a successful future.The Everton manager delivered an impassioned response on Friday to the majority shareholder’s comment, made at the club’s general meeting on Tuesday, that 11th in the Premier League is not good en
  
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• 'It was not that bad': Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp plays down defeat to Manchester City 

  11-01-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City ended Liverpool's 20-game unblemished start to the season on January 3 to cut the gap between the two clubs to four points. There is some fear City will overhaul them.
  
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• Dominic Solanke: Sancho’s success has been big influence on young players

  11-01-2019 23:30
  • Bournemouth striker hails Bundesliga and England winger
  • ‘Sancho is doing well. A lot of players want to follow his path’Dominic Solanke believes young English players are increasingly unwilling to wait for their chance to prove themselves at the biggest clubs in the country and will follow his example, as well as that of Jadon Sancho, by leaving in order to find first-team football.Solanke completed a £17m move from Liverpool to Bournemouth last week, a fee that i
  
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• Arsenal boss Unai Emery reveals he is adapting his intense training sessions

  11-01-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal manager Emery is adapting his infamously intense training sessions due to burn-out fears. The Gunners boss has admitted he has reduced the workload of some of his players.
  
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• Andy Murray admits: ‘It’s not how I want to finish, that’s the hardest part’

  11-01-2019 23:30
  • Murray expects to have surgery after his last match
  • ‘I was in too much pain, I wasn’t enjoying it any more’Andy Murray, a complex man in search of simple pleasures, is resigned to hobbling away in pain from the sport that has been his life for more than two decades. But, as he contemplates what may be his last appearance on a tennis court – against Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday – the manner of his leaving sti
  
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• Pochettino v Solskjær: Premier League soap opera could run and run | David Hytner

  11-01-2019 23:29
  The Spurs manager is a target for Manchester United but Daniel Levy would oppose any move with iron fists It was the moment that enshrined Ole Gunnar Solskjær into Manchester United legend. David Beckham’s corner, Teddy Sheringham’s flick and, well, you know the rest. What has remained a secret until now was that up in the Camp Nou directors’ box – following an outrageous piece of blagging – was Mauricio Pochettino. And when Solskjær did what he did, to
  
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• Leeds poised to sign Real Madrid goalkeeper Kiko Casilla to boost push for promotion

  11-01-2019 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds are poised to sign Real Madrid goalkeeper Kiko Casilla. Marcelo Bielsa has earmarked that position as a crucial area to improve during the January transfer window.
  
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• Tragedy as Cheltenham Festival winner Willoughby Court is put down

  11-01-2019 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eight-year-old appeared to have been successfully treated for a joint infection which prevented him from running at Newbury in November but the infection re-emerged.
  
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• Sheringham: Pochettino doesn't need to leave Tottenham to win big

  11-01-2019 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TEDDY SHERINGHAM: I left Tottenham to join Manchester United in 1997 for one reason — ambition. The club was settling for mediocrity at the time and I did not like it. It was as simple as that.
  
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• England’s kids are envy of the world... I would never have envisaged this after the 2010 World Cup  

  11-01-2019 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER CROUCH: Revisiting the 2010 World Cup is not something I like to do but Hudson-Odoi made me go there this week. My abiding memoryis England being smashed 4-1 by Germany.
  
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• Gloucester out after Munster’s Joey Carbery eclipses Danny Cipriani

  11-01-2019 22:54
  • Gloucester 15-41 Munster
  • Ireland fly-half scores two tries and 26 pointsGloucester did not so much bow out of Europe last night as sink without trace on another bruising evening for English self-esteem. Munster may not be quite the force of old but they were still comfortably too strong for the Cherry and Whites, this bonus-point victory all but ensuring the Irish province a place in the tournament’s last eight.Long before the end the hosts had been chewed up and spat out by
  
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• I’d rather not coach than use spy tactics says Lampard after Derby lose at Leeds

  11-01-2019 22:48
  For a man who had just been un-masked as a spy master running a series of agents embroiled in the murky world of “dark-ops”, Marcelo Bielsa cut a remarkably unconcerned technical area figure.The former Argentina manager sees little wrong with snooping on opponents and right now this combination of coaching and reconnaissance seems unbeatable. Bielsa has led Leeds to the top of the Championship where they stand five points clear of second-placed Norwich and 11 ahead of sixth-placed De
  
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• 50 years of the Australian Open: how times have changed | Jonathan Howcroft

  11-01-2019 22:00
  The contemporary experience of Australia’s most prestigious sporting event is a world away from that first tournament 50 years ago, but linkages remain50 years of the Australian Open – in pictures
  The defining match of the 1969 Australian Open was the first men’s singles semi-final. Over the course of four and a half hours, Rod Laver and Tony Roche traded blows in a 90-game marathon in temperatures pushing 40C. Laver’s writing collaborator Bud Collins later recalled both
  
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• Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa accepts the blame over spy row with Derby

  11-01-2019 21:49
  • Bielsa: ‘I didn’t behave well. I am responsible’
  • Lampard hits out after Derby’s preparations were ‘disrupted’Marcelo Bielsa has accepted responsibility for the spy row involving Leeds before their Championship match with Derby on Friday.The FA is to investigate the incident after a member of Leeds’ staff was seen acting suspiciously outside Derby’s training ground on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Ken Anderson calls on Bolton fans to cancel protest before West Brom game

  11-01-2019 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bolton chairman Ken Anderson has warned supporters that any protests before their clash against West Brom later this month will not hasten his exit from the Trotters.
  
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• Premier League team news: Discover who's in and out with our guide

  11-01-2019 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keep track of all the Premier League team news ahead of the weekend matches. Table-toppers Liverpool visit Brighton, Tottenham host Manchester United, while Man City host Wolves.
  
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• Derby boss Frank Lampard claims Leeds have TWICE spied on their training sessions this season

  11-01-2019 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Derby manager Frank Lampard has revealed that his team's training sessions have been spied upon on more than one occasion.
  
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• Nuno Espirito Santos not interested in thinking about Tammy Abraham's foiled loan move to Wolves

  11-01-2019 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boss Nuno Espirito Santo has refused to discuss Wolves' failed bid for Tammy Abraham. The Chelsea striker was expected to end temporary stay at Aston Villa and move to Molineux.
  
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• Leeds boss Bielsa admits spy storm ahead of Derby clash was HIS idea

  11-01-2019 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa has taken full responsibility for the spy storm that has engulfed Friday night's visit of Derby to Elland Road.
  
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• Andy Murray is an extraordinary, magical man... he overcame the greats

  11-01-2019 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: The public tears were painful enough, but the heartbreak had actually begun earlier as Andy Murray moved agonisingly through a practice match with Novak Djokovic.
  
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• Manchester United fans on who they want as the permanent manager

  11-01-2019 20:00
  Fans give their views on Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Mauricio Pochettino and who they want in the long term at Old TraffordI would love to see Ole Gunnar Solskjær kept on as permanent manager with an experienced team of coaches. The positivity he has brought to players is evident, with the team playing with smiles and an obvious desire to work hard. I’m desperate for a manager to be given time – I would have liked to have seen David Moyes and Louis van Gaal given more than they
  
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• Leeds vs Derby, LIVE: Championship high-flyers face off in battle for promotion amid SPY storm

  11-01-2019 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The build-up to this match has been marred by a spying storm that saw Derby's preparations on Thursday interrupted after a mystery man was caught by police outside their training ground.
  
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• Javi Gracia refuses to single out Wilfried Zaha as Watford prepare for Crystal Palace test 

  11-01-2019 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Watford manager Javi Gracia will not devise a special plan to stop Wilfried Zaha as he denied Crystal Palace are a one-man team. The Hornets travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday.
  
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• Nathaniel Clyne insists he didn't intend to upset Neil Warnock by rejecting Cardiff for Bournemouth

  11-01-2019 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nathaniel Clyne insists his 'intention wasn't to hurt anyone' after being heavily criticised by his former manager Neil Warnock for snubbing a move to Cardiff.
  
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• Chelsea confirm departure of Cesc Fabregas

  11-01-2019 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thierry Henry has made his first major transfer coup after Monaco completed the signing of Cesc Fabregas from Chelsea. He has joined on a two-and-a-half year deal at the Ligue 1 club.
  
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• Claude Puel hopes recall of loan star Harvey Barnes can provide Leicester with extra momentum 

  11-01-2019 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claude Puel recalled Harvey Barnes from his loan spell because he feels the academy product can add a different dimension to Leicester's attacking options.
  
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• Rafa Benitez wants harmony among fans as Newcastle try to avoid drop

  11-01-2019 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rafael Benitez has called on Newcastle fans to unite behind the club in their fight to steer clear of relegation. he Magpies have slipped to within two points of the drop zone.
  
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• Champions Cup pool-by-pool preview: Leinster’s Johnny Sexton out injured

  11-01-2019 19:20
  Holders without five Ireland internationals for visit of Toulouse; Edinburgh hope to reach knockout stage for only third timeDefeat by Toulouse at the RDS would leave holders Leinster needing to be one of the best three runners-up to qualify for the knockout stage. They are without five Ireland internationals for the visit of the club whose record of four European Cup final victories they equalled last season. Fly-half Johnny Sexton is among them, sidelined by a knee injury. Toulouse have lost o
  
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• Former No 1 pick retires from NHL citing 'unresolved' concussion symptoms

  11-01-2019 19:18
  Two-time Olympic gold medalist and six-time All-Star retiresNash, third among active players in goals, played 15 seasonsFormer No 1 overall NHL draft pick and six-time All-Star Rick Nash has retired because of concussion-related symptoms, his agent said Friday.Until his retirement, Nash trailed only Alex Ovechkin and Patrick Marleau with career goals scored among active players with 437. He also had 368 assists in 1,060 career games. Continue reading...
  
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• Marco Silva believes he retains support of Everton owner Farhad Moshiri

  11-01-2019 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everton manager Marco Silva insists he is not under greater pressure after majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri publicly declared this season as "not good enough".
  
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