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• Laura Muir to stick with controversial Nike running spikes in Glasgow

  28-02-2019 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail revealed 10 days ago that one of Nike's major rivals were primed to take legal advice about the shoes in which Muir broke the British indoor mile record last month.
  
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• NASSER HUSSAIN: Buttler's talent puts him in same bracket as Richards

  28-02-2019 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: Sometimes we admire competitors from afar. We look at opposition players and think 'wow'. But there is also one of our own who we are taking for granted.
  
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• Lingfield boycott still on the cards as owners and trainers protest

  28-02-2019 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A compromise deal brokered by the British Horseracing Authority was rejected and the Flat all-weather meeting on Wednesday has attracted just 39 entries for its six races.
  
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• Pablo Zabaleta believes Premier League title race will go to the wire

  28-02-2019 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN: Pablo Zabaleta believes experience will prove pivotal in the title race — and suggested Liverpool’s desperation to end a 29-year wait could be their eventual downfall.
  
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• Where it all went wrong for Claudio Ranieri as Fulham manager

  28-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Perhaps he realised his reign was ill-fated when Alfie Mawson injured himself just by putting his boots on. Maybe it was the sight of Aboubakar Kamara and Aleksandar Mitrovic fighting.
  
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• SPORTSMAIL'S THREE WISE MEN: Liverpool will win league by one point

  28-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JAMIE REDKNAPP, MARTIN KEOWN AND CHRIS SUTTON: With 10 games to go, the race is entering the final straight and Liverpool lead by a point. Will Klopp’s men go the distance?
  
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• Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse set for England recall

  28-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY KIERAN GILL: Ward-Prowse won his only cap to date when he came on as a late substitute against Germany in March 2017 but he is now back on Southgate's radar.
  
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• SECRET SCOUT: Portsmouth's Matthew Clarke has a never-say-die spirit

  28-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  THE SECRET SCOUT: Portsmouth have stalled lately in their promotion push in League One. I would expect them to rally and finish well, spurred on by their captain Matthew Clarke.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp's battle mode is key to Liverpool's PL title hopes

  28-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING: The routine is the same for every game. When Liverpool’s players run out to warm up, Jurgen Klopp will turn his back on them and look the other way. He studies the opposition.
  
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• Guardiola could help design Manchester City’s next kit

  28-02-2019 23:30
  The new deal with Puma could see the manager have input into the technical aspects of the playing strip.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri does know what he is doing - but Fulham don't

  28-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Sometimes the building burns to the ground. That's the reality. It isn't that the firefighters did not do their job. It isn't that they don't know what they are doing.
  
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• England lock George Kruis insists Georgia punch-up was beneficial

  28-02-2019 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As revealed by Sportsmail, players from both sides traded punches in mass fights when the packs locked horns in live scrums at St Edward's School in Oxford on Wednesday.
  
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• Kyle Sinckler receives England backing despite losing cool in Wales

  28-02-2019 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite putting in a fine performance, England prop Kyle Sinckler conceded two penalties in quick succession in the second half against Wales in the Six Nations before being taken off.
  
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• Owen Oyston's daughter attended meeting about Blackpool's future despite being removed from board

  28-02-2019 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Blackpool chairwoman Natalie Christopher attended the English Football League's quarterly meeting in Derby on Thursday despite being removed from the League One club's board.
  
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• West Ham legend Bonds' pride at having a stand named after him

  28-02-2019 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY KIERAN GILL: Bonds, or 'Bonzo' as he became known, succeeded Moore as captain in 1974, won two FA Cups and played his last match at the age of 41 years and 226 days.
  
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• Men behind tragic sale of Emiliano Sala to Cardiff reveal their heartbreak

  28-02-2019 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ex-football agent Willie McKay Willie McKay has claimed Cardiff City let Emiliano Sala make his own travel arrangements after his £15 million transfer from Nantes.
  
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• Roma fan, 30, jailed for attack that destroyed Liverpool fan's life

  28-02-2019 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the balaclava-clad Italian hooligan Simone Mastrelli, who 'destroyed' the life of a Liverpool supporter and his family in a 'brutal and vicious' attack ahead of a Champions League tie.
  
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• Farewell to Fulham for Claudio Ranieri, he will always have Leicester

  28-02-2019 21:00
  Fulham thought Claudio Ranieri could save them from relegation but he proved not to be a lucky charm after all.Claudio Ranieri will always be remembered with affection in England – his 2016 title win with Leicester was by some distance the greatest against-the-odds triumph the Premier League has witnessed – though a manager who has made 18 exits in five countries ought to know better than most that fairytales happen only once in a lifetime.There was no dilly-ding dilly-dong at Fulham
  
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• Ferrari's Charles Leclerc sets the pace on day three in Barcelona as Pierre Gasly crashes out

  28-02-2019 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc set the fastest time on day three of Formula 1's second pre-season testing in Barcelona, where Red Bull's Pierre Gasly crashed out of the afternoon session.
  
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• Barcelona to transport fans from sofa to director's box using 5G technology

  28-02-2019 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona have announced that the Nou Camp will become the first football stadium in Europe to have dedicated 5G coverage and transport fans from the sofa to the directors' box.
  
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• Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet demands EFL 'acquire' League One club

  28-02-2019 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail understands Duchatelet, who has claimed he is overtly attempting to sell Charlton, refused the substantial bid from a consortium earlier this year.
  
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• Saul Niguez joins Gareth Bale on the books of the Stellar Group agency

  28-02-2019 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stellar Group's acquisition of Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul will see him join a host of England internationals including Jesse Lingard, Jordan Pickford, Luke Shaw and Kieran Trippier.
  
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• Chelsea avoid Europa League stadium ban over alleged racist chanting

  28-02-2019 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Blues were facing a partial stadium closure after European football's governing body opened investigations into accusations of anti-Semitic behaviour against supporters.
  
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• Premier League clubs trail 15-year-old Bristol City starlet Prince Derek Henry

  28-02-2019 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Henry, who is already 6ft tall, is well regarded by staff at City, including loans manager and former boss Brian Tinnion, but they anticipate approaches from bigger clubs as he continues to develop.
  
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• Simon Grayson meets Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel on visit to France as pair swap stories

  28-02-2019 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel swapped stories and tactics with ex-Leeds boss Simon Grayson on Thursday. The duo have both managed to defeat Manchester United.
  
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• Arrizabalaga farce teaches Chelsea and Sarri the value of compromise | Jacob Steinberg

  28-02-2019 19:00
  Chelsea’s manager has faced a mutinous goalkeeper, unrest in the stands and a board with a potentially itchy trigger finger. Harmony has been restored but for how long?It can be difficult to maintain perspective when Chelsea enter crisis mode. Just as it was inevitable that Kepa Arrizabalaga’s Carabao Cup final mutiny would be portrayed in some quarters as evidence of football’s moral decay, so it is easy to fall into the trap of mistaking a resilient win over Tottenham as defi
  
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• Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos given extra one-match ban for deliberate booking

  28-02-2019 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Spaniard picked up a late yellow card in the last-16 first-leg win over Ajax that ruled him out of the return match at the Bernabeu next week.
  
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• Fulham caretaker Scott Parker faces tough start with upcoming fixtures

  28-02-2019 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scott Parker has been asked to stabilise the club by owner Shahid Khan after Claudio Ranieri was sacked, but that may be easier said than done given the tough run of fixtures Fulham face.
  
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• Charlton fans reject Roland Duchatelet's plan to sell club to EFL

  28-02-2019 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet has suggested the English Football League should buy the south London club and rent the stadium and training ground back from him.
  
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• Steven Gerrard labels Jermain Defoe 'a dream' for Rangers midfielders with clever runs

  28-02-2019 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Gerrard believes Jermain Defoe is a dream come true for his Rangers midfield. The Ibrox boss brought the striker on during Wednesday's clash with Dundee and he sealed the 4-0 win.
  
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• Damien Duff delighted to have been given promotion at Celtic

  28-02-2019 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Damien Duff joined the club's coaching set-up, initially working with the reserves, but after Tuesday's shock departure of Brendan Rodgers to Leicester he was moved up.
  
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• Tottenham star Harry Kane waiting to see if he will be charged by the FA

  28-02-2019 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane faces an anxious wait to see whether retrospective action will be taken by the Football Association following an apparent headbutt on Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta.
  
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• Heather Graham takes one of the most bizarre dismissals you'll ever see

  28-02-2019 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian fast bowler Heather Graham was playing for a Governor General's XI and managed to dismiss Katie Perkins thanks to a huge slice of luck.
  
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• New Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers lifts mood in first training session with Foxes

  28-02-2019 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers took charge of his first Leicester training session on Thursday since taking the helm. The former Celtic boss replaced sacked Claude Puel on Tuesday.
  
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• Claudio Ranieri SACKED as Fulham boss with Scott Parker to become caretaker

  28-02-2019 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Fulham after a disastrous spell in charge.
  During his shot tenure the Italian lost the supporters and lost his job following talks with Craven Cottage chiefs on Thursday.
  
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• Bayern Munich boss Niko Kovac criticises Rafinha for speaking out over lack of playing time

  28-02-2019 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac criticized Brazilian defender Rafinha on Thursday for complaining about a lack of playing time.
  
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• Raheem Sterling claims expectations at Liverpool crippled them in 2013-14

  28-02-2019 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling has admitted the pressure during Liverpool's bid for the title in 2013-14 hindered the squad and such pressure not existing at Manchester City is a boost for them.
  
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• BREAKING NEWS: Fulham sack Ranieri as relegation looms

  28-02-2019 17:41
  Claudio Ranieri was labelled a "risk-free" appointment at Fulham but the Italian has been sacked amid deepening relegation fears.
  
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• Real Madrid star Gareth Bale avoids ban for 'sleeve cut' celebration

  28-02-2019 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Spanish League had reported Gareth Bale to Spanish Football Federation's disciplinary committee for an offence that could have carried a ban of up to 12 games.
  
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• Santiago Solari is still safe despite Real Madrid's mauling by Barcelona

  28-02-2019 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: If the knives were out for Santiago Solari on Thursday morning, they weren’t particularly long or sharp, considering he had just overseen a 3-0 home defeat against Barcelona.
  
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• Wade's buzzer-beater gives Miami Heat victory over Golden State Warriors

  28-02-2019 17:36
  Watch as Dwayne Wade's stunning buzzer-beater gives Miami Heat victory over Golden State Warriors. The final score was 126-125.
  
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• Mauro Icardi AND Cristiano Ronaldo are overlooked in Serie A 'team of the season so far'

  28-02-2019 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of Opta Sports' Serie A 2018/19 team of the season so far, despite being the top scorer in the league on 19 goals. 
  
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• Huddersfield boss Jan Siewert hopes power of shock selection can work again

  28-02-2019 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Huddersfield boss Jan Siewert could be set to spring more surprises for Saturday's Premier League game at Brighton.
  
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• The Fiver | White-hot rage that could power an entire presidential term

  28-02-2019 16:56
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who are interested in and like women’s football. Those who are oblivious (or completely indifferent) to women’s football. And then there’s the third type of people – those whose completely irrational hatred of women’s football is so all-consuming they are incapable of seeing, reading about or hearing any mention of the sport without spiralling into the kind of mig
  
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• Bolton players and staff yet to be paid February wages

  28-02-2019 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bolton have been beset with financial difficulties this season and employees have been informed that February's wages would be late.
  
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• Fans go wild for Ousmane Dembele as Barcelona winger's quick feet leave Dani Carvajal on the floor

  28-02-2019 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ousmane Dembele displayed sublime skills in Barcelona's 3-0 Copa del Rey semi-final win over Real Madrid on Wednesday evening. 
  
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• League Two Crawley on brink of £7m takeover by Singapore consortium

  28-02-2019 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY AMITAI WINEHOUSE: Sportsmail understands Qiang Bai, who owns vSport, a cryptocurrency platform backed by blockchain technology, is nearing a takeover worth £7million.
  
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• Jordi Alba signs five-year deal with Barcelona as club insert €500M release clause 

  28-02-2019 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordi Alba has signed a five-year contract to remain at Barcelona as the La Liga champions secure him for the rest of his playing career. The Catalan side have added a €500M release clause.
  
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• West Indies vs England: Eoin Morgan full of praise for Adil Rashid's death bowling after latest heroics

  28-02-2019 16:20
  England captain Eoin Morgan has praised Adil Rashid‘s skill and courage after he brought a decisive end to one of the great one-day internationals.Fans in Grenada witnessed an unforgettable contest as England and the West Indies combined to score 807 runs, 46 sixes and 64 boundaries in a relentless display of power-hitting.A first-innings score of 418 for six, powered by Jos Buttler’s career-best 150 and Morgan’s fine 103, was ultimately enough for the tourists but not before s
  
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• England captain Eoin Morgan lauds Adil Rashid's death bowling after fourth ODI win over West Indies

  28-02-2019 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England captain Eoin Morgan has praised Adil Rashid's skill and courage after he brought a decisive end to one of the great one-day internationals. Fans in Grenada watched a great contest.
  
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