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• Eddie Howe nuggets of wisdom are pure gold for Scott Parker as caretaker targets Fulham job

  21-04-2019 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT VITALITY STADIUM: It was notable that when the Fulham bus was being loaded with players and kit on Saturday evening, Scott Parker was in no rush to get aboard.
  
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• Barry Hearn urges Amir Khan to take Kell Brook bout 

  21-04-2019 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barry Hearn has urged Amir Khan to give British fans the fight they want to see before it’s too late.  The promoter believes a duel between Khan and Kell Brook would capture the imagination.
  
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• Arsenal boss Unai Emery reflects after his side suffer setback in quest for top four finish

  21-04-2019 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unai Emery conceded Arsenal blew a 'big opportunity' in the race for the Premier League's top four with their 3-2 home loss to Crystal Palace.
  
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• Plot thickens as Kevin Pietersen agrees to role in film about England

  21-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPORTS AGENDA: Pietersen had initially refused to take part in The Edge and instead concentrated on Sky's rival The Kevin Pietersen Story which will chart his career.
  
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• Manchester City might run up a cricket score if Manchester United play this badly again

  21-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS SUTTON: If Manchester United play like this against City, then Pep Guardiola’s side could run up a cricket score. City thumped their rivals 6-1 at Old Trafford in 2011 and it could be even worse.
  
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• England must be bold again for the World Cup and go for Jofra Archer

  21-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: If you have a chance to make your World Cup squad better, you must grab it even if it means someone who got you there in the first place misses out.
  
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• British Horseracing Authority puts £1m into fight against gene doping

  21-04-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY LAURA LAMBERT: The British Horseracing Authority is pumping £1million into pioneering research into gene doping after experts warned it could present the 'dawn of a new era'.
  
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• Pep Guardiola praises Manchester City’s ‘special’ Phil Foden

  21-04-2019 23:29
  • Foden, 18, scores first Premier League goal to beat Spurs
  • Guardiola says of midfielder: ‘He’s sharp, positive, so focused’Pep Guardiola has praised Phil Foden as “special” after the 18-year-old’s winning goal against Tottenham. Foden’s fifth-minute header at the Etihad Stadium was his first Premier League goal and his all-round display was impressive.Foden was a surprise starter for Manchester City alongside Kevin De Bruyne in midfield, wit
  
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• European round-up: PSG crowned Ligue 1 champions after Lille draw

  21-04-2019 23:29
  Paris Saint-Germain win sixth title in seven seasonsPSG went on to underline success with win over MonacoParis Saint-Germain secured the French league title without kicking a ball as second-placed Lille could only draw 0-0 at Toulouse. Related: European roundup: Barcelona close in on La Liga title as Bayern edge clearContinue reading...
  
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• 'I think it was a 9.9 Tom Daley job': Neil Warnock brands Mohamed Salah a diver

  21-04-2019 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cardiff manager Neil Warnock branded Mohamed Salah a diver after the Liverpool forward won a controversial penalty as his side moved back to the top of table.
  
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• PSG 3-1 Monaco: Kylian Mbappe hat-trick gets Ligue 1 title party started

  21-04-2019 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain clinched their sixth Ligue 1 title title in seven years. 
  
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• United may have handed Solskjaer the wheel too soon – 10 THINGS WE LEARNED from the Premier League

  21-04-2019 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Premier League title race continued at full throttle this weekend, as Manchester City and rivals Liverpool both picked up three points once more. AMITAI WINEHOUSE looks at what we learned.
  
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• Saracens united after ‘motivated’ Billy Vunipola powers way into final | Paul Rees

  21-04-2019 23:00
  The No 8’s outstanding display in the 32-16 win against Munster helped Saracens stride into the European Champions Cup finalThe closest Munster got to Saracens was when one of their supporters clad in the province’s red jersey came within a few metres of Billy Vunipola at the end of the match and wagged a finger at the No 8 who at the start of the week had been tangled up in the Israel Folau affair.Vunipola’s support of the post from the Australia full-back that called on sinne
  
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• Garth Crooks' team of the week: Ederson, Van Dijk, Foden, Perez

  21-04-2019 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Which player left Garth Crooks speechless? And who is his pick for player of the year? Find out in his latest team of the week.
  
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• Wilfried Zaha is happy at Crystal Palace, says Roy Hodgson

  21-04-2019 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Wilfried Zaha is happy to stay at Crystal Palace despite saying he wants to play in the Champions League, manager Roy Hodgson says.
  
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• NBA playoffs: Celtics sweep Pacers to breeze into next round

  21-04-2019 22:07
  Boston beat Indiana 110-106 to seal 4-0 series winCeltics appear to be clicking after uneven regular seasonGordon Hayward scored 20 points and Marcus Morris started a decisive three-point flurry late in the fourth quarter on Sunday to give the Boston Celtics a series-clinching 110-106 victory at Indiana. It was the first four-game sweep for the Celtics since 2011 and their second since 1986-87.Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 22 points and Tyreke Evans finished with a playoff career-high of 21 to
  
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• World Championship 2019: Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui win, Shaun Murphy leads

  21-04-2019 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Neil Robertson completes a 10-1 destruction of World Championship debutant Michael Georgiou, who avoids becoming only the second player to suffer a Crucible whitewash.
  
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• Netball Superleague 2019: Wasps beat Dragons seal play-off spot

  21-04-2019 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Wasps are the first club to confirm a Netball Superleague play-off spot after beating Celtic Dragons at the Big Easter Weekend.
  
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• PSG wear image of Notre Dame on their kits and urge fans to donate

  21-04-2019 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PSG wore a special kit on Sunday in response to the fire which gutted the Notre Dame cathedral earlier this month. Players from the French champions sported the image of the famous cathedral on their shirts.
  
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• One-Day Cup roundup: Lancashire beat Yorkshire by one run in thriller

  21-04-2019 21:54
  • Home side fall short of victory in last-ball drama at Headingley
  • Sussex thrash Kent; Glamorgan give Somerset a frightLancashire successfully defended 311 to win a nailbiting Easter Sunday Roses match by one run at Headingley and end their losing start to the Royal London One-Day Cup.A thrilling encounter came down to Yorkshire needing 16 from the last over with two wickets remaining. Saqib Mahmood conceded fours to Jonny Tattersall off the first two balls and then another boundary
  
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• Jurgen Klopp has a place in the Anfield record books regardless of how the season ends

  21-04-2019 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM:Whatever happens from here, one thing is beyond doubt: Jurgen Klopp has a place in Anfield's record books.
  
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• Liverpool and Manchester City are both deserving of title-winners’ confetti | Barney Ronay

  21-04-2019 21:47
  Two jousting sides are rushing towards the point of crisis, becoming freer and more fearless as the Premier League finish line approachesAnd still they come. It is one of football’s great truisms that the league table never lies. But it can tell the odd half-truth.There will be an insistence from some quarters that one of Manchester City or Liverpool has to lose this thrilling Premier league title race, that there must be a slip, a choke or a stumble. Except, sometimes that story does not
  
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• Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool motivated by fans not 'Holy Grail' of title win

  21-04-2019 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Liverpool are not simply motivated by the "Holy Grail" of a first Premier League title win, says manager Jurgen Klopp
  
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• Jürgen Klopp claims Cardiff's dry pitch was dangerous for his Liverpool players – video

  21-04-2019 21:35
  Jürgen Klopp said the dry pitch at Cardiff City was ‘dangerous’ for his Liverpool side after they came away with a 2-0 lead to regain top spot in the Premier League. The German manager said the surface did not make it easy against Cardiff, who remain in the relegation zone, although Neil Warnock praised his players for their performance and attitudeTitle race, top four, promotion and relegation – what’s still at stake?Continue reading...
  
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• Highlights: Kilmarnock have three sent off against Aberdeen

  21-04-2019 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  In a bad-tempered encounter, three Kilmarnock players are sent off as Aberdeen win through a Scott McKenna goal. (UK only)
  
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• Highlights: Heart of Midlothian 1-3 Rangers

  21-04-2019 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Rangers sweep past Hearts at Tynecastle, their seventh consecutive win over the Edinburgh side. (UK only)
  
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• Jurgen Klopp admits his frustration with Cardiff spoiling tactics by keeping pitch dry

  21-04-2019 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has expressed his frustration with Cardiff for keeping the pitch dry for their Premier League clash.
  
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• Amir Khan: British boxer should retire after being pulled from Terence Crawford fight, says Steve Bunce

  21-04-2019 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Radio 5 Live boxing pundit Steve Bunce says Amir Khan "should retire" after being pulled out of New York fight with Terence Crawford.
  
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• Arsenal 2-3 Crystal Palace: James McArthur hits winner as Palace secure surprise victory

  21-04-2019 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL AT EMIRATES STADIUM: When Christian Benteke scored, Roy Hodgson should have guessed his luck was in. He hadn't scored for 358 days prior to this clash.
  
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• Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic delivers damning assessment after Everton thrashing 

  21-04-2019 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nemanja Matic has hit out at Manchester United's lack of leadership in their 4-0 defeat away to Everton.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp: players came up with Cardiff corner routine at half-time

  21-04-2019 20:44
  • Liverpool manager praises initiative that led to opening goal
  • Cardiff left pitch in ‘dangerous’ state to unsettle us, says KloppJürgen Klopp praised his players for showing the initiative to come up with the set-piece routine that paved the way for a 2-0 victory over Cardiff that took Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League table. Related: Liverpool back at top after Georginio Wijnaldum inspires win at CardiffContinue reading...
  
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• Fed Cup: Great Britain promoted to World Group II with play-off win over Kazakhstan

  21-04-2019 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain end a 26-year wait for Fed Cup promotion to World Group II as Katie Boulter comes from behind to seal a play-off win over Kazakhstan.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Lancashire beat Yorkshire with last-ball run-out

  21-04-2019 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire beat Yorkshire by one run after the last man is run out off the last ball at Headingley.
  
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• Great Britain promoted to World Group II after Fed Cup play-off win against Kazakhstan

  21-04-2019 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Britain will play at Fed Cup's top table for the first time in 26 years after Johanna Konta and Katie Boulter both produced comebacks to secure a 3-1 victory over Kazakhstan.
  
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• James Milner reveals walking stick celebration was directed at team-mate Van Dijk

  21-04-2019 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Milner has explained the reasons behind his walking stick celebration against Cardiff on Sunday, saying it was a response to Virgil van Dijk's non-stop comments about his age. 
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tears into his Manchester United squad

  21-04-2019 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Solskjaer — who has now lost six of his last eight matches — said sorry to the club's travelling fans at full-time, walking over to salute their unwavering support, and followed that up with a formal apology.
  
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• Fabinho substituted just five minutes after coming off the bench during Liverpool's win over Cardiff

  21-04-2019 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Brazilian was brought on in place of Naby Keita to shore up the midfield as the Reds sought to protect their one-goal advantage after Georginio Wijnaldum's sweet second-half volley.
  
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• Leinster to face Saracens in Champions Cup final after suffocating Toulouse

  21-04-2019 19:57
  • Leinster 30-12 Toulouse
  • Three tries take holders into fifth European finalAs long ago as October the smart money was on Leinster and Saracens contesting the Champions Cup final and a brutal Anglo-Irish slugfest duly awaits. On the evidence of this weekend’s semi-finals there is no doubt the best sides in Europe are heading for Newcastle, nor that the finale will be anything less than thunderous. Related: Billy Vunipola helps Saracens power past Munster into Champions Cup fina
  
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• PSG clinch sixth title in seven years after Lille are held at Toulouse

  21-04-2019 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After failing to clinch the title in the past three matches, drawing one and losing two, PSG can celebrate the eighth title in their history ahead of their home game against Monaco on Sunday night.
  
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• Chelsea lose in Lyon but Erin Cuthbert gives hope for semi-final second leg

  21-04-2019 19:46
  • Champions League semi-final first leg: Lyon 2-1 Chelsea• Eriksson 27og, Henry 35; Cuthbert 72Emma Hayes and Beth England said Chelsea showed that the five-times Champions League winners Lyon are human after Erin Cuthbert’s second-half volley left their Champions League tie wide open, with Hayes adding she was disappointed not to leave with a victory.“I’m gutted, I can’t lie,” said the Chelsea manager. “We’re in the tie but we should have won
  
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• Neil Warnock: Mo Salah produced a 9.9 dive to win Liverpool's penalty

  21-04-2019 19:42
  Mo Salah threw himself to the ground after being manhandled by Sean Morrison in the Cardiff box, which Neil Warnock felt referee Martin Atkinson 'didn't have to give'.
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjær apologises – ‘We let the fans down. We let the club down’

  21-04-2019 19:33
  • Manchester United beaten ‘on all the basics’ in 4-0 rout
  • ‘Performance is difficult to describe because it was so bad’Ole Gunnar Solskjær questioned the desire of Manchester United’s players and admitted some will not feature in his plans for a successful reign at Old Trafford after suffering a 4-0 humbling at Everton.The United manager said his pitiful team were beaten in the basics of football at Goodison Park, where Everton recorded their bigge
  
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• Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer apologises to fans after Everton thrashing

  21-04-2019 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer apologises to fans for their abject performance in Sunday's 4-0 loss to Everton.
  
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• Cardiff 0-2 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp says Reds were 'unbelievable'

  21-04-2019 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praises his side for an "unbelievable" performance as they returned to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 win at Cardiff City.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp hails Liverpool for avoiding 'proper banana skin' at Cardiff

  21-04-2019 19:26
  Jurgen Klopp hailed his players for their outstanding attitude in the victory at Cardiff
  
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• Liverpool back at top after Georginio Wijnaldum inspires win at Cardiff

  21-04-2019 19:12
  There is a relentlessness about this title race that is impossible not to admire. Liverpool, playing catch-up after Manchester City’s victory 24 hours earlier, once again did everything that was asked of them to regain top spot and leave their rivals with no margin for error in Wednesday’s derby at Old Trafford. Related: Title race, top four, promotion and relegation – what's still at stake?Continue reading...
  
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• Crystal Palace’s victory deals major blow to Arsenal’s top-four hopes

  21-04-2019 19:12
  This was supposed to be the banker, the relatively easy one, at home against a team who had hit the magic 40 points and would be forgiven if they had sandals and sunglasses at the ready. Of all the hurdles lined up between Arsenal and their aspirations to reclaim a Champions League position via the domestic or European route, this was supposed to be straightforward. How wrong could they be.If Unai Emery was lulled into thinking he could afford to over-rotate, that notion was obliterated as a com
  
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• Johanna Konta and Katie Boulter end GB’s 26-year wait for Fed Cup promotion

  21-04-2019 18:59
  • Konta fights back to beat Yulia Putintseva 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
  • Boulter’s 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 win over Zarina Diyas clinches play-offJohanna Konta and Katie Boulter, players of vastly contrasting styles and temperament but united in a common purpose, steered Great Britain back to the elite world group of women’s international team tennis for the first time in 26 years here on Sunday.As it happens, Anne Keothavong’s team would almost certainly have been included in the new 12-t
  
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• Cardiff 0-2 Liverpool, RESULT in the Premier League

  21-04-2019 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool have retaken their place at the top of the Premier League after defeating Cardiff City, keeping the pressure firmly on title rivals Manchester City.
  
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• Arsenal 2 Crystal Palace 3: Zaha on target as Gunners slip up in top four race

  21-04-2019 18:54
  A first home Premier League defeat since August will have come as a shock to Arsenal, with Crystal Palace the beneficiaries.
  
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