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• As Saracens play Munster in Champions Cup semis, Owen Farrell prepares for daddy of all showdowns

  19-04-2019 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INTERVIEW BY CHRIS FOY: New dad Owen Farrell will launch himself into the mother and father of all European showdowns with far greater awareness.
  
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• Paul Pogba and Kurt Zouma head out for dinner and play Uno as friends prepare to turn foes

  19-04-2019 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They are set to be on opposite sides when Manchester United travel to face Everton on Sunday, but on Friday Paul Pogba and Kurt Zouma enjoyed spending time with each other.
  
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• Matterhorn scales new heights with brilliant win in Easter Classic

  19-04-2019 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Much of the pre-race talk had surrounded 1-3 favourite and Winter Derby winner Wissahickon. However, John Gosden’s four-year-old was trapped wide for much of the contest.
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, April 20

  19-04-2019 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Saturday's meetings at Musselburgh, Haydock, Kempton, Newton Abbott, Carlisle, Nottingham and Brighton.
  
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• Gordon Elliott's dozen chase the Irish National at Fairyhouse

  19-04-2019 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gordon Elliott, who ran a record 11 horses including winner Tiger Roll in the Grand National at Aintree, is responsible for 12 of the 30 runners in Monday’s Irish National at Fairyhouse.
  
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• WEEKEND GUIDE: Saracens continue push for Champions Cup success

  19-04-2019 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three English Premiership clubs renew bid for glory in European competitions this weekend. Sportsmail runs you through all the news ahead of a monumental weekend of European action.
  
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• Sky Bet EFL Q&A: AFC Wimbledon's Steve Seddon on wanting to change the perception of loan players

  19-04-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SKY BET EFL Q&A: AFC Wimbledon left-back Steve Seddon isn't your typical loan player - quiet, unassuming and maybe a little timid on the pitch.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp says Liverpool need a trophy to fulfil his promise on arrival

  19-04-2019 23:31
  • Manager vowed in 2015 to win something within four years
  • ‘It didn’t happen yet. How long it will take I have no clue.’Jürgen Klopp has said he needs to win the Premier League or Champions League this season to fulfil his promise of delivering a title to Liverpool inside four years.Klopp made the vow at his unveiling as Liverpool manager in October 2015, saying: “If we sit here in four years, I think we win one title. If not, the next one [job] may be in
  
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• TIME TO GO - Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha insists he should be playing in Champions League

  19-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY ADRIAN KAJUMBA: In an interview with Sportsmail, Zaha put the big clubs on alert by outlining his ambitions to play for an elite side in the Champions League and challenge for trophies.
  
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• Smart Jordan Henderson has timed his run perfectly... he will start to score important goals

  19-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN KEOWN - INSIGHT: It turns out the reason Jordan Henderson is being used further forward for Liverpool comes from a conversation he had with his manager.
  
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• Pep Guardiola vows to never throw away domestic cups while Manchester City manager

  19-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester City's chances of winning the Quadruple ended with an away-goals Champions League defeat by Tottenham on Wednesday night at the Etihad Stadium.
  
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• Pep Guardiola tells Manchester City players that European agony can spur them on

  19-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For all the pain and disappointment of Champions League failure felt at Manchester City this week, it could be that the biggest losers turn out to be Liverpool.
  
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• Pellegrini insists Gerrard's slip wasn't the reason Man City won title

  19-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is a fun quirk of timing that Pellegrini's West Ham go head to head with Brendan Rodgers and Leicester on Saturday, just as their former clubs City and Liverpool enter the final weeks of title race.
  
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• Chris Hughton remains defiant but Brighton seem paralysed by pressure | Dominic Fifield

  19-04-2019 23:30
  Brighton manager confident of Premier League survival but slump towards drop zone has raised questions about recruitment and leadershipChris Hughton resorted to rattling off the positives. There were the recent away performances, “apart from the Chelsea one”, at Crystal Palace and Wembley. Going back further and Wolves, Saturday’s opponents, had been beaten last autumn in trademark Brighton fashion: plenty of robust defending, a clean sheet and a Glenn Murray finish to claim th
  
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• Bang on target: Manager Jurgen Klopp claims Liverpool are on course to fulfil trophy pledge

  19-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has taken Liverpool three years to launch a proper assault for the Premier League and with four matches to play, they have put reigning champions Manchester City under pressure.
  
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• Amir Khan and Terence Crawford both make weight in private weigh-in

  19-04-2019 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amir Khan took to the scales under observation by the New York State Athletic Commission hours before he and Terence Crawford staged a show weigh-in for global television.
  
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• Norwich edge closer to promotion as Vrancic nets dramatic equaliser against Owls

  19-04-2019 23:05
  The Canaries need five more points after seeing nearest rivals Leeds slip up at home to Wigan earlier in the day.
  
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• Norwich five points clear after last-gasp free-kick denies Sheffield Wednesday

  19-04-2019 22:58
  This draw was greeted rapturously by the home fans at Carrow Road, but not by Norwich’s manager, Daniel Farke. The German said he was too angry to celebrate when Mario Vrancic struck a spectacular equaliser for his team in the seventh minute of stoppage time.The point takes Norwich to within touching distance of a return to the Premier League – they will seal promotion on Monday if they win at Stoke and one of their closest pursuers, Sheffield United and Leeds United, slip up –
  
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• Anne Keothavong calls for calm as Great Britain prepare for Fed Cup play-off against Kazakhstan

  19-04-2019 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anne Keothavong has warned her players not to let the feisty behaviour of Kazakhstan's pocket battleship Yulia Putintseva distract them during this weekend's Fed Cup promotion play-off.
  
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• Richmond 7-46 London Irish: Exiles secure immediate return to Premiership

  19-04-2019 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON AT THE ATHLETIC GROUND: The champagne corks had barely finished popping before promoted London Irish were being warned of the mountainous challenge to stay in the Premiership.
  
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• For 13 years Spurs have tried to be more like Arsenal. It’s time to do the opposite | Barney Ronay

  19-04-2019 22:04
  Arsenal used to be in a strikingly similar position to Tottenham now but Spurs don’t want to follow their rivals’ path since 2006The short interval since Tottenham’s wild, fun, chancy away-goals victory at Manchester City in the Champions League there has been a shared urge to draw the starkest of comparisons between the two clubs: their finances, their structure, the various degrees of faux-humble Jedi-cardigan fraudulence exhibited by their managers. It is in many ways a mean
  
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• Ronnie O'Sullivan hoping to end campaign on a high with world title 

  19-04-2019 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thoughts of victory - even participation - for the patched-up pair of James Cracknell, 46, and Tiger Woods , 43, in the Boat Race and Masters respectively were wishful.
  
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• PETER CROUCH: Mohamed Salah only makes bench for my team of the season

  19-04-2019 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER CROUCH: It's the time of year when individual awards are presented and this week’s column is a celebration of the players who have produced consistent excellence.
  
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• Manchester City return to raining as they seek revenge on Tottenham after Champions League exit 

  19-04-2019 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling was among the Manchester City stars preparing for their rematch against Tottenham on Sunday.The club suffered a dramatic Champions League exit.
  
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• Barcelona legend Rivaldo praises Lionel Messi for yet another phenomenal campaign

  19-04-2019 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Barcelona star Rivaldo believe that Lionel Messi has already done enough to win the next Ballon d'Or. Messi has won the Ballon d'Or on five occasions.
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino ready to put his trust in Tottenham's youth for rematch against Manchester City

  19-04-2019 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tottenham have to shift their focus back to domestic matters when they meet Manchester City again on Saturday. The memory of their Champions League classic is still fresh.
  
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• Toni Duggan insists women's side must win trophies before calling for equal pay

  19-04-2019 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England women's forward Toni Duggan says her nation must match the achievements of three-times world champions the United States and 'put trophies on the table'.
  
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• Bolton suffer relegation as Aston Villa secure ninth successive victory  

  19-04-2019 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE MACRON STADIUM: This was an occasion of contrasting emotions for teams heading in opposite directions.For Bolton, defeat brought confirmation of relegation.
  
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• Miller fails second drugs test after testing positive for human growth hormone ahead of Joshua fight

  19-04-2019 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just days after heavyweight Jarrell Miller was denied a licence because GW1516 was found in his system, he has tested positive for human growth hormone.
  
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• England star Alex Hales steps away from cricket due to 'personal reasons

  19-04-2019 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hales pulled out of Nottinghamshire's Royal London Cup game against Lancashire on Friday and his county later confirmed that no timetable had been set for his return to the game.
  
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• Leeds 1-2 Wigan: Marcelo Bielsa's men's promotion bid suffers huge blow against 10 men

  19-04-2019 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RICHARD GIBSON AT ELLAND ROAD: Bielsa conceded his Leeds team had taken a potentially fatal blow in their Premier League promotion quest despite 'destiny giving them a hand'
  
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• London Irish end top-flight exile with crushing win at Richmond

  19-04-2019 19:11
  • London Irish beat Richmond 46-7 in Championship
  • Nick Phipps and Waisake Naholo likely to join Sean O’BrienLondon Irish sealed their return to the Premiership with a 46-7 victory at the bottom club Richmond that secured the Championship title with one match to spare.It is the second time Irish have bounced straight back to the top flight after relegation. They have already strengthened their squad with the Ireland and Lions flanker Sean O’Brien and with promotion secured
  
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• West Brom 3-2 Hull: Dwight Gayle nets match-winning double for Baggies

  19-04-2019 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dwight Gayle, who scored a hat-trick in Albion's previous game against Preston, struck in the 62nd minute after Hull had come from a goal down to take the lead on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah and Liverpool squad set to work in the sunshine ahead of Cardiff clash

  19-04-2019 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's title chasers were put through their paces at Melwood on a sunny Good Friday afternoon. Jurgen Klopp's side looked extremely relaxed.
  
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• St Helens open up gap at top of Super League with impressive win over Wigan

  19-04-2019 18:30
  • Wigan 10-36 St Helens
  • Tom Davies breaks leg on miserable day for WiganThere cannot have been many sweeter afternoons to be a St Helens supporter in recent years. We are often reminded that form goes out of the window on derby day but in reality, when there is such a chasm between two teams like there was here, the result was hardly ever in doubt.For St Helens, the Super League leaders, this was a case of a comfortable afternoon’s work and they are now four points clear at the
  
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• Ten-man Wigan stun Leeds to blow Championship promotion race open

  19-04-2019 18:21
  This was the day when Leeds were supposed to hit the accelerator and watch the dual carriageway towards the Premier League open up in front of them but, instead, 10-man Wigan delighted in forcing Marcelo Bielsa’s team on to the hard shoulder.Paul Cook’s side arrived with the worst away record in the Football League but they left their opponents as frustrated as the over-heated drivers stuck in Easter traffic on the clogged motorways surrounding the city. Continue reading...
  
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• Birmingham 2-2 Derby: Rams suffer blow to play-off hopes after twice coming from behind to earn draw

  19-04-2019 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JANINE SELF AT ST ANDREW'S: One point. One measly point from 90 minutes of heat-sapping, heart-stopping, goal-scoring action. It may turn out to be enough for both clubs.
  
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• Mark Williams has no regrets over year-long world title celebrations

  19-04-2019 18:14
  • Williams agrees form has suffered from ‘drinking a lot’ after win
  • 44-year-old says officials want younger man to triumph this yearMark Williams is convinced snooker officials will be crossing their fingers and praying for his demise as he prepares to begin the defence of his world title in Sheffield on Saturday.The 44-year-old said his colourful reign as champion has not gone down as well with officials as the gallons of beer he has consumed during the year-long celebra
  
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• Wayne Hennessey is ‘desperate’ to learn about the Nazis, says Roy Hodgson

  19-04-2019 18:03
  • Goalkeeper’s knowledge criticised by FA following charge
  • ‘Crystal Palace and Kick It Out will sort it out,’ insists HodgsonWayne Hennessey is desperate to improve his knowledge of Hitler and Nazi Germany following the revelation he did not know what a Nazi salute was, Roy Hodgson has said.The Crystal Palace goalkeeper was charged by the Football Association with making an offensive gesture after he was pictured with his right arm in the air and left hand above his
  
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• Pep Guardiola says it 'will take time' for City to recover from Spurs defeat – video

  19-04-2019 17:57
  Pep Guardiola has asked his players to use Wednesday’s dramatic defeat to Tottenham as motivation as they prepare to play the north London side for the second time in less than a week. Manchester City had seemingly clinched the Champions League tie in the final few minutes only for VAR to rule the goal out for offside. Guardiola’s side are currently two points behind league leaders Liverpool, who travel to Cardiff on Sunday Continue reading...
  
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• Diego Simeone hints he will allow Diego Costa to leave Atletico after refusing to train

  19-04-2019 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diego Costa has been told by Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone that ‘any player who wants to leave, can leave,’ as the controversial striker returned to training.
  
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• Lingard admits top-four finish would be 'massive' for Manchester United

  19-04-2019 17:50
  After the disappointment of losing to Barcelona, Jesse Lingard wants three wins in a crucial week in Manchester United's season.
  
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• Real Madrid defender Alvaro Odriozola expected to miss rest of the season with shoulder fracture 

  19-04-2019 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid right-back Alvaro Odriozola has a shoulder fracture and is expected to miss the rest of the season. Madrid says Odriozola broke his left clavicle during team training on Friday.
  
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• Fed Cup: Konta and Keothavong wary of Putintseva getting under their skin

  19-04-2019 17:42
  Team GB are bidding to end a 26-year absence from the World Group but Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva has been a thorn in the side of Johanna Konta and the captain, Anne KeothavongAnne Keothavong’s Fed Cup warriors, buttressed by the proven pedigree of Johanna Konta and the slow-burning potential of Katie Boulter, are on the verge of returning Great Britain to the elite level of the sport’s international team competition for the first time in 26 years.Standing in their way, howev
  
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• John Delaney continues to split opinion as he steps aside from FAI | Barry Glendenning

  19-04-2019 17:30
  The FAI’s great survivor is heading off for some gardening leave and his days with the FAI look numberedAlthough John Delaney retains support from certain loyal sections of the Irish football family, he has never been more unpopular in his native land. The long-time chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland until he stood down last month to take up a newly created role as the executive vice‑president is no stranger to controversy but now the 51-year-old finds himself cli
  
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• Barnsley boss Daniel Stendel seen for first time since being allegedly assaulted by Joey Barton

  19-04-2019 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stendel appeared to be in high spirits as he greeted his opposite number Sam Ricketts prior to Barnsley's League One match with Shrewsbury.
  
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• Roy Hodgson insists Crystal Palace are 'committed' to educating Wayne Hennessey about Nazism

  19-04-2019 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roy Hodgson insists Wayne Hennessey is desperate to improve his knowledge of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany following the revelation that he did not know what a Nazi salute was.
  
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• Djokovic dumped out of Monte Carlo Masters as Daniil Medvedev shines on clay to beat world No 1

  19-04-2019 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  World No 1 Novak Djokovic became the latest high-profile exit from the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters after he was beaten 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 by Daniil Medvedev on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Joey Barton returns to the dugout for the first time after his arrest and bail

  19-04-2019 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barton was on the touchline for his team's League One clash against Peterborough on Good Friday after he allegedly assaulted German rival Stendel in the tunnel after the 4-2 defeat to Barnsley.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo is the future of Juventus – Allegri

  19-04-2019 17:09
  The Portugal star could not prevent his club from slipping out of the Champions League.
  
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