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• Britain's richest man in talks with Team Sky about potential takeover

  01-03-2019 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT LAWTON: Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the chairman and chief executive of Ineos with a net worth of £21bn, is said to be among a number of interested parties to have met Sir Dave Brailsford.
  
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• Josh Adams insists nothing have kept him from Wales' win over England

  01-03-2019 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY WILL KELLEHER: It nearly didn't happen. Wales fans could have been denied Josh Adams' picture-perfect jump to beat Elliot Daly to a high ball if the physios had got their way.
  
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• Solskjaer would find it bizarre if he was not given the Man United job

  01-03-2019 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Solskjaer has overwhelming support to stay beyond this season after transforming United's fortunes, with players and staff puzzled over the delay in installing him on a full-time basis.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, March 2

  01-03-2019 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Saturday's meetings at Newbury, Doncaster, Lingfield and Kelso.
  
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• Maro Itoje given green light to return for England against Italy

  01-03-2019 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maro Itoje has been cleared for a swift return to England’s starting XV against Italy at Twickenham next Saturday, after coming through intensive training in Oxford last week.
  
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• Burnley's Tom Heaton to be watched ahead of possible England recall

  01-03-2019 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate will watch Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton for the second weekend running, while assistant Steve Holland will see young midfielders Declan Rice and Sean Longstaff.
  
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• Scott Parker reveals Sir Alex Ferguson sent him a good luck text

  01-03-2019 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fulham's caretaker manager Scott Parker has revealed he received a message from Sir Alex Ferguson after being given the job following Claudio Ranieri's dismissal on Thursday.
  
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• Premiership rugby weekend guide: Freddie Burns returns for Bath

  01-03-2019 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the Six Nations taking a break, there is plenty of Guinness Premiership action across across the weekend. Sportsmail assesses this round of fixtures, including Saracens v Northampton.
  
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• Unai Emery says win in derby can be huge for Arsenal's top-four hopes

  01-03-2019 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Gunners can move within one point of Tottenham if they beat their rivals at Wembley on Saturday. Emery's side have closed the gap on Tottenham from 10 points over the last two weeks.
  
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• Solskjær’s promotional video hints at permanent Manchester United role

  01-03-2019 23:33
  • Manager says it would be ‘strange’ not to be at club next season
  • Antonio Valencia set for exit after 10 years at Old TraffordOle Gunnar Solskjær has revealed he filmed a promotion for next season’s Manchester United season tickets and admitted it would be “strange” not to be made permanent manager having done so.The 46-year-old is in interim charge until the summer and is keen to continue beyond that. He is unbeaten in the Premier League going in
  
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• Decision due soon on whether England should take Jofra Archer to World Cup

  01-03-2019 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN IN ST LUCIA: It is fair to say Archer, who qualifies for England on March 17, has had a decent series by not playing, such has been the dominance of bat over ball.
  
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• Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino suggests his 'magic' powers have limits

  01-03-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spurs are nine points behind leaders Liverpool, out of the FA Cup and outsiders to win the Champions League. Yet Pochettino insists his side are over-achieving with limited resources.
  
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• Pochettino is having a fine Spurs season yet club seems beset by anger

  01-03-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sitting in third place and sailing into the Champions League quarter-finals, this has been another very good season for Tottenham. Why is it that it does not always feel this way?
  
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• FA facing post-Brexit player quota spat with the Premier League

  01-03-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: The Premier League will consider legal action if the FA try to slash the number of non-homegrown players allowed in squads after Brexit.
  
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• Virgil van Dijk says title pursuit will give Liverpool vital edge at Everton

  01-03-2019 23:30
  • Liverpool’s desire can tip balance in Merseyside derby
  • Van Dijk: ‘We definitely want it the most’Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool will want victory more than Everton in the Merseyside derby owing to the ramifications for the pursuit of the Premier League title.Everton have not beaten Liverpool since October 2010 and a winless sequence of 16 league derbies is the longest barren spell in the club’s history. The manner of Liverpool’s victory in the 96th
  
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• Victor Lindelof reveals there was no bad blood with Jose Mourinho

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: So, it turns out Jose Mourinho may have been wrong. He wanted a new defender at Manchester United but it appears the one he needed was there all along.
  
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• Sigurdsson vows to bring joy back to Goodison for Merseyside derby

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gylfi Sigurdsson admits happiness has been in short supply during his 18 months at Everton. His £45million fee has distorted the way he has been viewed, despite being one of the top stars.
  
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• Rafael Benítez praises Jonjo Shelvey’s response to Newcastle absence

  01-03-2019 23:30
  • Shelvey asks to play for U23s after falling down pecking order
  • ‘He will not cause problems. He is keen to be there’Jonjo Shelvey has asked to play for Newcastle United’s Under-23 side after Rafael Benítez told him he is his fifth-choice central midfielder.Injuries have disrupted the former England playmaker’s season and, with Sean Longstaff and Isaac Hayden impressing at the heart of Benítez’s team, Shelvey has not even made the substitut
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino and Spurs now looking over their shoulders | David Hytner

  01-03-2019 23:30
  Defeats at Burnley and Chelsea have switched Tottenham’s focus to preserving a top-four place rather than chasing the titleAs every Tottenham fan knows, Mauricio Pochettino is magic and it seems the man himself knows it, too. But there are limits. “If Daniel Levy said to me: ‘Next season we need to win a title, we need to win the Champions League and we need to win the Premier League,’ then maybe you need to find another magic guy who can do this,” the Spurs manager
  
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• MARTIN KEOWN: Liverpool's crossing king Trent can destroy Everton

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN: Sometimes, you realise a player’s true value when they are out of the team. During Liverpool’s recent dip, they desperately missed Trent Alexander-Arnold’s creativity.
  
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• Manchester City look to sign back-up for Benjamin Mendy in summer

  01-03-2019 23:30
  • Defender’s injury record forces Pep Guardiola’s hand
  • Knee problems reduce £52m Mendy to bit-part playerBenjamin Mendy’s injury record means he cannot be relied on and Manchester City could be looking for a left-back as one of four summer signings.Pep Guardiola had suggested there would be few additions, so the change in stance may be owing to a potential transfer ban by Fifa for alleged rule breaches regarding the signing of overseas youngsters. Continue rea
  
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• Liverpool celebrated Anfield derby win like World Cup final, says Marco Silva

  01-03-2019 23:30
  • Everton manager responds to comment from Jürgen Klopp
  • ‘It’s a special game for both,’ Silva says before Sunday’s meetingMarco Silva has claimed Jürgen Klopp celebrated Liverpool’s dramatic derby win in December like it was a World Cup final as he responded to his rival’s barb about the importance of Sunday’s fixture to Everton. Related: When Everton defied their form and rattled champions-elect LiverpoolContinue reading...
  
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• Klopp: Last-gasp win over Everton sparked Liverpool title challenge

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everton have not beaten Liverpool since October 2010 and to end the famine now, aside from the damage it would do to Jurgen Klopp’s title bid, would buy Marco Silva some time.
  
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• Huddersfield axe Jason Puncheon after furious bust-up with manager Jan Siewert

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Puncheon is on loan from Palace for the rest of the campaign but has been told to stay away from Huddersfield's Canalside training base and is not expected to play for the club again.
  
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• CHRIS SUTTON: Losing to Arsenal would be a disaster for Tottenham

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON'S BIG MATCH PREVIEW: Defeat for Tottenham on Saturday is unthinkable. Rewind only a couple of weeks and Mauricio Pochettino's side were being talked up as title contenders.
  
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• Chelsea defend themselves over Uefa charge of antisemitic chanting

  01-03-2019 23:30
  • Bruce Buck says action had been a ‘waste of time’
  • Spokesman believes full investigation had been neededChelsea have moved to clarify comments by their chairman, Bruce Buck, in which he suggested Uefa’s decision to charge the club over alleged antisemitic chanting during a Europa League group game against Vidi had been “a waste of time”.Uefa confirmed on Thursday that the charges would not be pursued, apparently because of a lack of evidence. That decis
  
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• Brendan Rodgers insists he will control Leicester squad player-power

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To those curious at how he will deal with a group accused by some of using player-power to topple former bosses, there was a compelling argument that strong opinions should be fostered.
  
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• Benjamin Mendy's City future in doubt as Pep Guardiola eyes left back

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The threat of a transfer ban looms, with FIFA investigating City's practice of signing teenagers from overseas. That could accelerate their business, with Leicester's Ben Chilwell a top target.
  
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• Arsenal legend George Graham urges Mesut Ozil to do the ugly stuff

  01-03-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MATT BARLOW: George Graham is two cappuccinos deep into the great Mesut Ozil debate when he conjures a pearl of wisdom from the legendary Rinus Michels.
  
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• San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer shown pulling wife to ground in video

  01-03-2019 23:23
  CEO shown in altercation with wife in video published by TMZBaer, 61, confirms ‘unfortunate public argument’ to ChronicleLarry Baer, the president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants, was involved in an altercation with his wife in which he knocked her from her chair in a public plaza on Friday afternoon.A video of the incident published by TMZ on Friday shows Baer attempting to take a cell phone from his wife, Pamela, pulling her to the ground as she shouts: &ldq
  
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• Leeds 4-0 West Brom: Marcelo Bielsa's men top after impressive win

  01-03-2019 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK GAUGHAN AT ELLAND ROAD: Leeds United leapt to the top of the Championship table on Friday night after a resounding win over promotion rivals West Brom.
  
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• FA to review allegations that Chelsea made £650,000 payment to Christensen’s father

  01-03-2019 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Football Association are reviewing allegations Chelsea made illegal payments to the father of Andreas Christensen when they signed the defender from Brondby in 2012.
  
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• Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Laura Muir strike gold on opening night

  01-03-2019 23:07
  • Johnson-Thompson just misses pentathlon world record
  • Muir wins 3,000m to complete first leg of double-doubleOn a bawdy night on the boards Katarina Johnson-Thompson delivered the fourth major title of her career at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, shattering two pentathlon championship records on the way to claiming another brilliant gold medal. Yet she was left ruing what might have been as a world record slipped through her fingers again.Laura Muir also had the Emira
  
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• Bristol beat Gloucester in dramatic finish to boost their survival hopes

  01-03-2019 23:02
  • Bristol 28-24 Gloucester
  • Outstanding long-range effort from Ian Madigan seals winBristol’s first victory over Gloucester in the Premiership for 11 years could hardly have materialised at a more opportune moment. This breathless win, their first league victory of 2019, has put the Bears 13 points clear of bottom-placed Newcastle and also sharply improved their prospects of avoiding relegation.There were several moments when Bristol looked quite capable of throwing away one of
  
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• Manchester United stars arrive at the Lowry as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side prepare for Southampton 

  01-03-2019 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer led his Manchester United stars into the Lowry Hotel ahead of their Premier League clash with lowly Southampton at Old Trafford.
  
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• Leeds v West Brom, RECAP: Championship promotion contenders clash

  01-03-2019 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds and West Brom face each other in a match that could prove pivotal in deciding the fate of the Championship promotion race. Leeds are third, level on points with second-placed Sheffield United.
  
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• Jonjo Shelvey scores winner in Newcastle Under-23s game against Fulham

  01-03-2019 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonjo Shelvey scored the only goal after being named in Newcastle's Under-23 squad to face Fulham, as he faces a fight to get into Rafael Benitez's starting XI in the near future. 
  
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• Cagliari 2-1 Inter Milan: Luciano Spaletti's side suffer shock defeat

  01-03-2019 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Inter Milan missed the chance to strengthen their hold on a Champions League spot as they went down 2-1 at struggling Cagliari. The hosts had tasted victory just once since Boxing Day.
  
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• Hernández and Bamford send Leeds back to the top with win over West Brom

  01-03-2019 22:42
  Leeds United returned to the top of the Championship with an emphatic 4-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion, sealed by Pablo Hernández’s first-minute strike, a Patrick Bamford double and Ezgjan Alioski’s late tap-in, enough to see Marcelo Bielsa’s side leapfrog Norwich and Sheffield United at the summit.If Leeds were in need of a pick-me-up after their surprise midweek defeat at QPR (their fifth loss since Christmas) left them outside the automatic promotion places, they
  
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• Richard Kilty suffered five figure financial hit after European snub

  01-03-2019 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two-time European 60m gold medallist was initially left out of the team on February 17 after failing to meet the disproportionately high qualifying mark set by British Athletics.
  
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• British Horseracing Authority vow to crack down on excessive use of whip

  01-03-2019 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The BHA will consider stiffening the penalties for jockeys breaching the whip rules if a spate of offences occur at the Cheltenham Festival which starts a week on Tuesday.
  
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• Divided we stand: English rugby union faces uncertain future

  01-03-2019 21:20
  The RFU’s Nigel Melville has plenty on his plate with a newly-flush top flight making noises over ring-fencing and the international scene in danger of implodingRugby union is not the only sport struggling to navigate a fast-changing world but this has been an eventful week by anyone’s standards. From proposals which would cut off Pacific Islands rugby at the knees to the world’s leading players questioning the priorities of those in high places, the professional game’s t
  
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• Liverpool train in high spirits ahead of Everton Merseyside derby showdown

  01-03-2019 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If the pressure is mounting at Melwood, it certainly cannot be seen upon the faces of the players or manager Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool currently sit top of the table by one point, ahead of the big derby.
  
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• England seek to tighten up bowling in pursuit of series win over West Indies

  01-03-2019 21:12
  • Eoin Morgan’s side look to improve attack before World Cup
  • England expected to name unchanged side in St LuciaEngland will, for want of a better phrase, be looking to take back control in Saturday’s final one-day international against West Indies following a chaotic victory in Grenada this week.The result of that run-laden contest, which contained a world-record 46 sixes and supercharged centuries from Jos Buttler and Chris Gayle, sends Eoin Morgan’s team head int
  
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• Rangers legend Fernando Ricksen opens up on battle with motor neurone disease

  01-03-2019 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN HERBERT: The players who best knew Fernando Ricksen recall the way he burst through the doors of the Rangers canteen like a cyclone, shattering silence.
  
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• Fernando Ricksen: ‘I like living too much, I’m not ready to go’

  01-03-2019 21:00
  The former Rangers and Netherlands player has motor neurone disease. We spend time with him and his wife and find anger, sadness and humourAt St Andrew’s Hospice in Airdrie, about eight miles outside Glasgow, Fernando Ricksen is beginning to show the first signs of tiredness after answering questions with his eyes for more than an hour. As an emotional and deeply moving interview draws to a close, Ricksen is asked whether there is anything else he would like to mention in this article. Aft
  
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• Leeds v West Brom, LIVE: Championship promotion contenders clash

  01-03-2019 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leeds and West Brom face each other in a match that could prove pivotal in deciding the fate of the Championship promotion race. Leeds are third, level on points with second-placed Sheffield United.
  
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• Smiles are back at Chelsea as Kepa Arrizabalaga puts in the work at training to earn his spot back 

  01-03-2019 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maurizio Sarri's side recorded a much-needed, win over fierce rivals Tottenham on Wednesday, which went some way to help clearing the air following the fallout from the Carabao cup final.
  
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• PETER CROUCH: Beat Everton and Liverpool really can start to believe

  01-03-2019 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER CROUCH: What do you think? It's a little question but one I was asked a lot when I was back in Liverpool last week and it's one I expect to hear a lot more before the season ends.
  
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• Roy Hodgson admits Mamdou Sakho's knee injury will affect Crystal Palace 

  01-03-2019 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson feels there is 'no question' Crystal Palace will feel Mamadou Sakho's absence after he underwent knee surgery on Thursday. There is a risk he may miss the rest of the season.
  
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