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• Manchester City stars in good spirits as they arrive in London for Carabao Cup final

  23-02-2019 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City's stars were in good spirits as they arrived in London ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Chelsea.
  
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• Pochettino should have waited to speak to Dean in the dressing room

  23-02-2019 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY: It is quite obvious that Mike Dean and Mauricio Pochettino have exchanged words. We obviously don’t know what was said but I think we can be sure that Mike will mention it in his report.
  
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• Henderson remains upbeat over Angels Breath despite Kempton setback

  23-02-2019 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The defeat to Southfield Stone prompted Supreme sponsors Sky Bet to ease Angels Breath, who started the day 5-1 second favourite, down to 10-1 for the Cheltenham Festival 's opening race.
  
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• 'We will face a different beast': Henderson admits United have changed

  23-02-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  United have won 11 of 13 games under Solskjaer and Henderson knows the prospect of coming away from Old Trafford with the point that will take them back to the top has become a lot harder.
  
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• Ross Barkley tips Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri to find winning formula

  23-02-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barkley remembers a Sunday for Evertontwo years ago. The man in the away dugout was also experiencing his maiden campaign with a new side. He watched Barkley set up two goals in a 4-0 win.
  
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• Pogba's instant reaction: From social media gaffs to star leader

  23-02-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nothing underscores the transformation of Manchester United more than Paul Pogba. Signed to add both glamour and purpose to the club. Now he is showing his true capabilities for all to see.
  
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• Liverpool must rediscover flair if they are to maintain title charge

  23-02-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JERMAINE JENAS: I am worried for Liverpool as they take on Manchester United. Initially I felt the breaks they have had over the FA Cup weekends might help them, but they have lost rhythm.
  
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• Klopp won't admit it, but a draw for Liverpool will do just fine

  23-02-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DANNY MURPHY: Whenever I used to go to Old Trafford with Liverpool, our aim was to stop Manchester United winning the title. Jurgen Klopp won't admit it, but a draw will do just fine.
  
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• JERMAINE JENAS: Maurizio Sarri can shine if he relaxes his thinking

  23-02-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JERMAINE JENAS: The great managers we have seen in recent years have all had an ability to adapt. Now Maurizio Sarri must do the same if he is to go and save his career as Chelsea boss.
  
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• Emiliano Sala aeroplane changed hands four times in a single day

  23-02-2019 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail understands that enquiries about ownership have centred on a mysterious firm called Cool Flourish, listed at Companies House as a management consultancy business.
  
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• Sarri's mess: Players bored by training and shocked by Kante treatment

  23-02-2019 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPECIAL REPORT BY ROB DRAPER: Chelsea players are mentally fatigued by Maurizio Sarri’s regime, with his over-detailed training identified as a reason for their swift decline.
  
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• Manchester City's last Wembley final with Chelsea? A 5-4 defeat day after the derby!

  23-02-2019 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For two clubs as big and successful as Manchester City and Chelsea, one might think that you do not have to go too far back to find the last time these modern football giants met in a cup final.
  
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• Johnny Sexton happy to just keep taking the heavy hits for Ireland

  23-02-2019 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RORY KEANE IN ROME: Johnny Sexton has been through the wars in the first two rounds of this year’s Six Nations and expects another working over from Italy in Rome on Sunday.
  
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• I’m in shock! England's defeat by Wales was a return to bad old days

  23-02-2019 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: A massive win for Wales and, make no bones about it, a massive setback for England and Eddie Jones. This mattered, it really mattered to both teams.
  
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• The Quad? You are just setting us up to fail, insists boss Guardiola

  23-02-2019 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Guardiola’s repudiation of the idea City might win a quadruple of trophies was spikier than ever. 'How many times in England [does] one team wins four titles in one season?' he demanded to know.
  
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• 'Of course we need patience': Granit Xhaka urges Arsenal supporters to give Unai Emery time

  23-02-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anxious Arsenal fans have been asked to show more patience with new head coach Unai Emery. The Spaniard’s side have fallen away since their early season 22-game unbeaten run ended.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will stay cool against Manchester United

  23-02-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Klopp's side will go three points clear at the top of the Premier League if they beat a Manchester United side who have won 11 out of 13 matches in all competitions since the sides last met.
  
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• Wales coach Warren Gatland brands England as chokers after victory

  23-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After his Wales team secured a record 12th consecutive victory, Gatland also told England prop Kyle Sinckler to deal with his 'demons' that resulted in two game- changing penalties.
  
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• Solskjaer insists United can't go decades without winning title

  23-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On the day Liverpool travel to Old Trafford hoping to take a huge step towards ending the 29-year wait, the Norwegian insists that the United's six years without a league title in unacceptable.
  
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• Newcastle youngster Sean Longstaff in line for first call-up to England Under-21 squad

  23-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sean Longstaff is in line for a maiden call-up to the England Under-21 squad after boss Aidy Boothroyd watched Newcastle's 2-0 win over Huddersfield.
  
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• LEAGUE ONE ROUND-UP: Sunderland close in on top two with win at Bristol Rovers

  23-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunderland closed the gap on the League One play-off places with victory over Bristol Rovers, as second-placed Barnsley were held to a goalless draw at Portsmouth.
  
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• Gini Wijnaldum on being Liverpool's unsung hero... and his grandma

  23-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY OLIVER HOLT: One of the men on the gate at Melwood says he has been there for more than a decade and Wijnaldum is in the top five nicest players he has met.
  
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• Fulham fear exodus of talent including Mitrovic if they go down

  23-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among the Fulham players who could leave the club in the summer include Aleksandar Mitrovic, who has attracted attention this season, and 18-year-old starlet Ryan Sessegnon.
  
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• Tiger’s most amazing shot? Woods bends ball around trees from a bunker

  23-02-2019 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods turned his first visit to Mexico into something truly memorable with one of the most extraordinary shots of his career during the second round of the WGC-Mexico Championship.
  
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• Tomas Francis expects Wales to go up a gear after Six Nations win over England

  23-02-2019 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: Tomas Francis warned Wales have much more to give on their hunt for a Six Nations Grand Slam, after they beat England in Cardiff.
  
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• England hooker Dylan Hartley ruled out of rest of Six Nations and is set for surgery on knee injury

  23-02-2019 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dylan Hartley will miss the rest of the Six Nations with a knee injury that may keep him out for 12 weeks. The hooker is booked in for surgery on Tuesday - as England head coach Eddie Jones revealed.
  
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• Dylan Hartley will miss remainder of Six Nations due to upcoming knee surgery

  23-02-2019 22:28
  • England co-captain due to have operation on Tuesday
  • Hooker expected to be back in action in four weeksDylan Hartley will play no part in England’s Six Nations campaign after it emerged he will undergo knee surgery on Tuesday. The England co-captain has not appeared in the tournament so far and will be out of action for at least a month.Hartley has not played since 21 December because of what Eddie Jones described as “wear and tear” and Northampton called a “
  
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• 'He's clearly got genuine quality': Michy Batshuayi earns praise after first Crystal Palace goal

  23-02-2019 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michy Batshuayi was hailed by former strikers Michael Owen and John Hartson after scoring his first Crystal Palace goal in their Premier League win over Leicester.
  
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• Eddie Jones’s words about Wales prove to be a warning, not a wind-up | Andy Bull

  23-02-2019 22:14
  England’s coach talked up his opponents endlessly in the run-up to their Cardiff showdown. They duly deliveredIf you ask the locals around Cardiff, there are a lot of words they might use to describe the English. Humble is not one. In fact if you are waiting for one of them to say that, you will never catch that last train out of town. The same goes for Eddie Jones. “Arrogance,” Jones once said, “is only bad when you lose. If you’re winning and you’re arrogant
  
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• James DeGale v Chris Eubank Jnr LIVE plus Joe Joyce v Bermane Stiverne

  23-02-2019 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The IBO world super-middleweight title is on the line and the bookies are struggling to split the two fighters, whose bad blood began almost a decade ago during an ill-tempered sparring session.
  
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• Young flanker Curry produces brilliant performance during Wales defeat

  23-02-2019 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: He might be the youngest forward in the tournament, against one of the formidable back-rows, but Tom Curry bettered the lot of them.
  
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• 'I don't think the fans or players like him': Michael Owen casts doubts on Claude Puel’s future 

  23-02-2019 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BT Sport pundits Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves had plenty of criticism for Leicester manager Claude Puel after the Foxes fell to a 4-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace. 
  
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• Leicester 1-4 Crystal Palace: Batshuayi gets off the mark for new club

  23-02-2019 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Hodgson crowned his status as the league's oldest manager with a thumping victory that leaves no doubt Puel's reign must end.
  
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• Wales 21-13 England - PLAYER RATINGS: Alun Wyn Jones inspired fightback for hosts

  23-02-2019 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WILL KELLEHER AND SIMON MILLS IN CARDIFF: Wales produced a stunning Six Nations second-half fightback to overcome England at the Principality Stadium.
  
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• Wales 21-13 England: Cory Hill and Josh Adams complete great comeback

  23-02-2019 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: History repeated itself in the Cardiff cauldron. After the final act, when Aled Davies had booted the ball out of play, Alun-Wyn Jones opened his arms.
  
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• England ultimately drown in the red tide as Wales reign supreme

  23-02-2019 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: England could not make it beyond the red tide ripped into them time and time and time again and which would not be denied in Cardiff on Saturday.
  
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• Northampton 27-26 Bath: Converted try in added time snatches late victory

  23-02-2019 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Grayson converted with the final kick of the game as Northampton left it late to beat Bath 27-26 in a stunning finish at Franklin's Gardens.
  
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• Wasps 18-24 Sale Sharks: Faf de Klerk in inspirational mood to mastermind victory

  23-02-2019 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Faf de Klerk inspired Sale tovictory at Wasps to emphatically bounce back from their mauling at Northampton in the Gallagher Premiership. The South African scrum-half was instrumental.
  
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• Harlequins 36-26 Bristol: Mike Brown grabs record-equalling try in victory

  23-02-2019 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mike Brown scored a record-equalling 89th try for Harlequins as they secured a bonus-point 36-26 victory over Bristol Bears to move back into third in the Gallagher Premiership.
  
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• West Brom 0-1 Sheffield United: Kieran Dowell strike hands vital three points to Chris Wilder's men

  23-02-2019 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TIM NASH AT THE HAWTHORNS: Gareth Barry's 38th birthday turned into a sour affair as Sheffield United returned to the Championship's top two in a rousing game at The Hawthorns.
  
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• Six Nations 2019: Wales comeback stuns England

  23-02-2019 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Wales make it 12 successive victories as they come from behind to beat England 21-13 in the Six Nations at the Principality Stadium.
  
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• Wilfried Zaha’s Palace double puts Leicester’s Claude Puel in trouble

  23-02-2019 20:35
  On a day when Roy Hodgson became the oldest manager to take charge of a team in the Premier League, his side won a contest that left many Leicester fans believing Claude Puel’s reign has gone on too long.This result was a vital boost in Crystal Palace’s fight against relegation and exposed Leicester’s manager to more flak. Boos at the final whistle confirmed as much. This time two years ago Leicester were making their way back from a Champions League knockout tie at Sevilla, no
  
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• Sheffield United rise to second as Kieran Dowell header sees off West Brom

  23-02-2019 20:35
  Sheffield United maintained their hold on the second automatic promotion place in the Championship after Kieran Dowell’s first-half header extended West Brom’s increasingly unproductive home form.Darren Moore’s team may have started the day as the division’s leading scorers, having secured eight wins from their last nine away games, but they have now not won at the Hawthorns since Boxing Day as they missed the chance to overtake their promotion rivals. Continue reading...
  
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• Leicester 1-4 Crystal Palace RECAP: Zaha brace after Batshuayi opener

  23-02-2019 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester City welcome Crystal Palace to the King Power Stadium on Saturday as manager Claude Puel looks to arrest their poor recent form. Follow all the action right here.
  
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• Breakdancing at the Olympics? Bring it on... | Alex Clark

  23-02-2019 20:30
  The Games are now far removed from their origins, so let’s embrace all arcane pursuitsGood for Paco Boxy, the face of British breakdancing, who came out with a punchy – one might say nominatively characteristic – comment on hearing that the sport was to be included (pending ratification) in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.“A lot of people will look at breakdancing as just spinning on your head or doing the worm,” he said, “but the people that I know train like
  
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• England must learn from poor display against West Indies, says Morgan

  23-02-2019 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN BARBADOS: England’s defeat to lowly West Indies in the second one-day international was a stark reminder that they still have a shocking performance in them.
  
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• Norwich 3-2 Bristol City: McLean brace keeps Canaries at the summit of the Championship 

  23-02-2019 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kenny McLean bagged a brace as Norwich twice came from behind to beat in-form Bristol City 3-2 at Carrow Road and go marching on at the top of the Sky Bet Championship table.
  
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• Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois named Best Goalkeeper of 2018 ahead of Tottenham's Hugo Lloris

  23-02-2019 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thibaut Courtois has been named as 'Best Goalkeeper of 2018 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
  
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• Manchester City beat Arsenal in penalty shootout to win Continental Cup

  23-02-2019 19:53
  • Continental League Cup final: Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City• City win 4-2 on pens; Karen Bardsley saves two penaltiesThe Manchester City manager, Nick Cushing, was full of praise for Karen Bardsley after her two penalty shootout saves gave Manchester City a Continental League Cup final win against a depleted and exhausted Arsenal.“She is an incredible goalkeeper and an incredible person. I know when we play KB she comes out with big saves in big moments,”said Cushing. Conti
  
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• Laurent Koscielny gives Arsenal a boost as Unai Emery's side enjoy themselves in training

  23-02-2019 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal held their final training session ahead of their Premier League clash against Southampton, with Unai Emery being given some good news on the injury front.
  
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