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• Bristol 22-29 Wasps: Visitors move back into Premiership play-off spots

  15-02-2019 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wasps moved back into the Gallagher Premiership play-off positions after edging out Bristol 29-22 in an Ashton Gate thriller. The hosts produced an admirable comeback but it proved to be for nothing.
  
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• Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Watford in the fifth round of the FA Cup

  15-02-2019 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Watford reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the second time in four seasons after a hard-fought win against battling QPR at Loftus Road.
  
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• Mesut Ozil ready to frustrate Arsenal by refusing to leave on loan

  15-02-2019 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The French league leaders were interested in a temporary deal, but the £350,000-a-week German play-maker did not want to move to Paris despite being out of favour at Arsenal.
  
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• Reece Prescod quits parties and gaming in bid to become best sprinter

  15-02-2019 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two-time British 100m champion was 11th in the global rankings last season and is targeting gold at the World Championships. To bridge the gap he revealed he has had to make changes.
  
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• PL clubs 'used price cap to sway MPs' to see off Ofcom investigation

  15-02-2019 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON - CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER: Richard Scudamore urged leading Premier League clubs to agree a price cap on away tickets to gain political influence while under investigation.
  
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• The making of the world's best wing - Jonny May's amazing rise

  15-02-2019 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonny May is England’s man of the moment. His hat-trick in the 44-8 Six Nations rout of France at Twickenham last Sunday maintained his extraordinary purple patch.
  
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• Nuno says sorry to Lee Johnson as Wolves eye another smash and grab

  15-02-2019 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The last time Nuno visited Ashton Gate he celebrated a stoppage-time winner with such primal vigour that Lee Johnson wondered if he was fortunate to avoid physical harm.
  
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• MARTIN KEOWN: Referees risk leaving fans in the dark by relying on VAR

  15-02-2019 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: Ajax this week became the first team to have a goal chalked off by VAR in the Champions League when the video officials got involved during their defeat by Real Madrid.
  
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• Ben Morgan’s late try gives Gloucester space to see off Exeter Chiefs

  15-02-2019 23:36
  • Gloucester 24-17 Exeter
  • Bristol 22-29 WaspsGloucester beat the league leaders, Exeter, at Kingsholm thanks to a Ben Morgan try three minutes from time on Friday night.Jason Woodward and Willi Heinz scored Gloucester’s other tries while Billy Twelvetrees converted all three and kicked a penalty. Exeter’s tries came from Nic White and Tom O’Flaherty. Joe Simmonds kicked a penalty and conversion with Gareth Steenson also adding a conversion. Continue reading...
  
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• Premiership Rugby - weekend guide: England wing Joe Cokanasiga returns for Bath

  15-02-2019 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With a lull in Six Nations action, focus turns back to the Premiership this weekend. Here, Sportsmail looks ahead to this round of action including Saracens vs Leicester.
  
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• Hatley calls on England forwards to make up for Vunipola absence

  15-02-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England's scrum coach has called on his forwards to raise their game against Wales to make up for the loss of Mako Vunipola. The Saracens loosehead is out of the rest of the Six Nations tournament.
  
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• Tom Curran up for World Cup battle with England new boy Jofra Archer

  15-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tom Curran hopes he can bring his Big Bash success to the Caribbean on Saturday with the battle for World Cup places hotting up at start of the white-ball leg of England’s West Indies tour.
  
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• Rejuvenated Jordan Spieth sets the pace in LA with first round 64

  15-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON IN LOS ANGELES: They came in their thousands to watch Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy – but it was the game’s forgotten man Jordan Spieth who stole the show.
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists there is no reason for alarm after first defeat

  15-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 2-0 Champions League loss to PSGwas all the more painful for Solskjaer because Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard sustained injuries that will keep them out of action for a few weeks.
  
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• Newport hero Jamille Matt's FA Cup diary ahead of Man City clash

  15-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamille Matt was Newport's goal-scoring hero in their third-round win over Leicester. Here, the striker spills the beans on their preparations for Saturday evening's huge clash with Man City...
  
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• Mark O'Brien faces Manchester City... but has overcome bigger hurdles

  15-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: No club has a greater right to dream after what they have been through, and arguably no player within Newport County is more entitled to believe than defender Mark O'Brien.
  
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• Dyed beards and lucky stones: Crazy Gang lives on at AFC Wimbledon | Barry Glendenning

  15-02-2019 23:30
  The successors to the 1988 FA Cup-winning side have revealed the unusual practices they hope will help them beat MillwallWhile his teammate Scott Wagstaff sits in the home dressing room at Kingsmeadow getting his bushy ginger beard dyed bright blue and yellow, the AFC Wimbledon midfielder Anthony Wordsworth is in the President’s Lounge telling reporters about his lucky stones. The original FA Cup-winning Crazy Gang may have been uprooted and moved to Milton Keynes many moons ago, but at th
  
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• Chelsea can still salvage their season if Eden Hazard follows Roy Keane's example

  15-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN LADYMAN: Roy Keane’s ability to play to his usual exemplary levels when others around him were struggling was one of the many things that has made him irreplaceable ever since.
  
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• FA Cup: Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Watford highlights

  15-02-2019 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as Watford reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the second time in four seasons with a hard-fought win against battling QPR at Loftus Road.
  
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• FA Cup: Man City will suffer against League Two Newport County, says Pep Guardiola

  15-02-2019 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City will "suffer" against Newport County in Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round tie, says boss Pep Guardiola.
  
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• Welsh Open: Joe O'Connor stuns holder John Higgins

  15-02-2019 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Defending champion John Higgins is out of the Welsh Open after a shock 5-3 quarter-final defeat by world ranked 103 Joe O'Connor.
  
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• QPR 0-1 Watford: Etienne Capoue ensures Hornets' FA Cup progress with narrow victory

  15-02-2019 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIERAN GILL AT LOFTUS ROAD: Watford became the first side to secure passage to the FA Cup’s quarter-finals as they avoided a banana skin against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.
  
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• Juventus 3-0 Frosinone: Cristiano Ronaldo hits 21st goal of season

  15-02-2019 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Serie A leaders Juventus made light work of relegation-threatened Frosinone in Serie A. The hosts scored twice in the first 20 minutes on the way to a 3-0 win.
  
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• FA Cup: QPR's Toni Leistner misses a golden chance against Watford

  15-02-2019 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Toni Leistner misses a golden chance for QPR late in the game as they lose 1-0 to Watford in the FA Cup fifth round at Loftus Road.
  
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• Augsburg 2-3 Bayern Munich: Kingsley Coman scores twice in five-goal thriller

  15-02-2019 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Champions Bayern Munich twice needed to come from a goal down to beat hosts Augsburg 3-2 on Friday courtesy of Kingsley Coman's two goals, and cut the gap to Borussia Dortmund.
  
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• Reece Prescod tones down social life in quest for world championship gold

  15-02-2019 23:00
  Sprinter has stopped going out at nights and replaced house music with reading to prepare for the worlds in SeptemberReece Prescod is as disarmingly honest as he is dizzingly fast. So when the 22-year-old is asked whether he ever feels a devil on his shoulder trying to distract him from becoming the world’s best sprinter, he smiles, says “Yeah, yeah, 100%” and then adds bluntly: “To me there is no point in going on a night out if you are going to be half-hearted. If I am
  
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• Laura Muir has her sights on 1988 indoor mile record in Birmingham

  15-02-2019 23:00
  • Kirsty Wade’s indoor mile Birtish record has stood for 31 years
  • Muir to defend her 1500m and 3,000m indoor titles next monthShortly after Laura Muir first broke into the British team in 2014 she received an unexpected request from the Scottish middle distance legend Kirsty Wade. “We think Laura has something special,” she wrote in a long email via her husband. “And we would love to see her name in front of mine in the rankings over the next few years.”
  
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• NBA top 10 dunks in All-Star dunk contest

  15-02-2019 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the NBA takes its traditional break for the star-studded, fun-filled All-Star weekend, one of the highlights of the calendar is the Slam Dunk Contest.
  
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• Premiership: Gloucester beat leaders Exeter 24-17 at Kingsholm

  15-02-2019 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucester upset Premiership leaders Exeter as they win 24-17 in a thrilling contest at Kingsholm.
  
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• Étienne Capoue’s strike for Watford leaves QPR to rue missed chances

  15-02-2019 22:51
  Queens Park Rangers had to wait for this moment. Their previous appearance in the FA Cup fifth round had come at Wimbledon in 1997 and it is doubtful whether any club has since endured a more dismal record in the competition. The London club had won only four ties – each of them in the third round – before this season.Rangers promised to fight and they made light of a run of five consecutive Championship defeats that has sucked them down to 18th in the table to give their Premier Lea
  
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• Sunderland 2-2 Accrington: Black Cats recover from two goals down to survive Stanley scare

  15-02-2019 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland had to fight back from two goals down after Billy Kee and Paul Smyth gave Accrington Stanley a 2-0 lead. Goals from George Honeyman and Aiden McGeady helped to salvage a point.
  
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• FA Cup fifth-round predictions: Lawro v Radio 1Xtra DJs Big Zuu & Trevor Nelson

  15-02-2019 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on Radio 1Xtra DJs Big Zuu & Trevor Nelson to predict this weekend's fifth-round FA Cup ties.
  
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• Dan Christian heroics send Renegades into Big Bash League final

  15-02-2019 22:40
  Renegades beat Sydney Sixers by three wicketsStars await in all-Melbourne final on SundayMelbourne Renegades will host cross-city rivals the Stars in Sunday’s BBL decider after claiming a thrilling three-wicket semi-final victory over Sydney Sixers.Set 181 to win on Friday night at Marvel Stadium, the Renegades required 46 off the final four overs but held their nerve to book a first BBL final appearance. Continue reading...
  
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• Legendary Millwall enforcer Terry Hurlock opens up on memorable career

  15-02-2019 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CRAIG HOPE: Terry Hurlock has a message from Wimbledon's Wally Downes, It can wait. He is in full flow, just as the ale pumps have been in this bustling London pub.
  
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• FA Cup: Etienne Capoue gives Watford win against QPR

  15-02-2019 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Etienne Capoue gives Watford a win against QPR after finishing an inadvertent assist from Tom Cleverley in the FA Cup fifth round.
  
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• Ravel Morrison insists he does not begrudge friends Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard

  15-02-2019 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ravel Morrison does not begrudge Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard for their Old Trafford success. Morrison was regarded by former United boss Sir Alex Ferguson as 'the best kid you will ever see'.
  
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• UEFA charges Valencia midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia for earning deliberate yellow card 

  15-02-2019 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valencia midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia has been charged by UEFA with intentionally getting a yellow card in a Europa League game against Celtic. 
  
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• Newport County: the inside story of a club that rose from the dead

  15-02-2019 21:29
  Before the League Two side host Manchester City in the FA Cup we hear the remarkable tale from four people who know it bestAlthough Newport County went out of business in 1989, after being relegated from the Football League the previous season, the start of that decade was a golden era, notably the European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final against Carl Zeiss Jena in 1981.David Hando (Newport County AFC honorary president and former chairman): If we had goalline technology we’d have won
  
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• Colin Kaepernick: Former NFL quarterback settles 'collusion' case

  15-02-2019 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Colin Kaepernick and former team-mate Eric Reid reach settlements with the NFL over 'collusion' cases against team owners.
  
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• Manchester United fans mock Alexis Sanchez as Noam Emeran is unveiled using Chilean’s No 7 shirt

  15-02-2019 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emeran's Instagram post showed the young forward holding a framed United shirt with 'Emeran' written above a No 7 jersey - the same number currently worn by struggling forward Sanchez.
  
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• HOT OR NOT: West Indies have made a welcome Test cricket comeback

  15-02-2019 20:50 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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• Liverpool return from warm weather training camp in Marbella

  15-02-2019 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp whisked his players away for a few days of training as he made the most of a break in their hectic schedule following their exit from the FA Cup at Wolves last month.
  
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• Gordon Banks' funeral to be held at Stoke Minster on March 4

  15-02-2019 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The funeral of England's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks will take place at Stoke Minster on March 4. The date will mark the 47th anniversary of Stoke's League Cup final victory.
  
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• Colin Kaepernick reaches settlement with NFL over kneeling protest fallout

  15-02-2019 20:32
  Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid settle collusion grievance with NFLParties have resolved grievances subject to confidentiality pactThe NFL and attorneys for Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid jointly announced on Friday afternoon they have settled a complaint of collusion by the players, who claimed the league’s owners blackballed them because they had protested by kneeling during the pre-game playing of the national anthem. Related: Did the NFL manage to silence Colin Kaepernick's protest at the
  
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• Mark Wood: ‘You almost feel like a superhero … you’re absolutely flying’

  15-02-2019 20:00
  England fast bowler was thrilled to make an explosive impact in the third Test against West Indies after years of frustrationWhat is it like to bowl at 95mph? For Mark Wood, whose scorching return to England’s Test team sent everyone a bit gaga in St Lucia, the answer is wonderfully simple: “You almost feel like a superhero. I’ve been playing Mario Kart recently and yeah, it’s like when you get a magic mushroom and you’re just absolutely flying.”It will come a
  
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• QPR v Watford: FA Cup fifth round – live!

  15-02-2019 19:52
  FA Cup fifth-round updates from the 7.45pm GMT kick-offLive scores: all the goals as they go in around the UK and EuropeAnd you can email Paul here or tweet him @Paul_Doyle6.51pm GMT Javi Gracia fielded entirely second-strong sides in the previous rounds but here he has made fewer changes - just the five from their last Premier League outing. The home team, meanwhile, field exactly the same side that began Tuesdays 2-1 defeat at Bristol City. QPR: Lumley, Furlong, Leistner, Hall, Wszolek, Cousin
  
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• Gold Cup favourite Presenting Percy could head straight to Cheltenham

  15-02-2019 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The gelding who has won at the last two Festivals had been an expected runner in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park but Philip Reynolds insisted his absence was no cause for alarm.
  
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• Presenting Percy to miss prep race and may go straight into Gold Cup

  15-02-2019 19:50
  • Trainer Pat Kelly opts against running in chase at Gowran
  • Owner Philip Reynolds says they are ‘happy with where he is’Presenting Percy could go straight to the Cheltenham Gold Cup after connections of the talented but rarely spotted animal decided against the prep run that had been planned for him on Saturday. That raises the extraordinary possibility of a horse starting favourite for the Gold Cup despite not having raced over fences for a full year.Horses have won majo
  
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• Peterborough director Barry Fry resigns from club's board after accepting FA betting charge

  15-02-2019 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'termination of appointment' notice was posted on the Companies House website on Friday, two days after the FA released the written reasons for the 73-year-old's punishment.
  
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• Henrik Kristoffersen wins giant slalom gold at 2019 World Championships

  15-02-2019 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen wins the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2019 World Championships, clinching the top spot by just 0.20 seconds.
  
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