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• Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool: The players gave everything - Benitez

  04-05-2019 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez insists his players "gave everything" after his side conceded a late goal to lose 3-2 against Liverpool.
  
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• Incoming Bath boss Stuart Hooper insists he is prepared to back himself against Bath's owners 

  04-05-2019 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: As a schoolboy, Stuart Hooper spent most of his time doing three things: studying, playing rugby and picking turnips. 
  
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• Nottinghamshire fear for mental health of batsman Alex Hales after being axed by England  

  04-05-2019 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Hales' county employers, Nottinghamshire, are fearful about the psychological impact on his being cut from England’s World Cup plans.
  
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• Messi can play until he's 45, claims Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu

  04-05-2019 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - PETE JENSON IN BARCELONA: No one at wants to contemplate his retirement and even more so as Barca’s president sits down after Messi's dismantling of Liverpool.
  
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• Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool: Reds fought hard for the win - Jurgen Klopp

  04-05-2019 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Manager Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool's 3-2 win over Newcastle was even tougher than he expected, saying it was a victory of "passion, heart and desire".
  
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• David de Gea's errors: Manchester United keeper's mistakes analysed

  04-05-2019 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXPERT'S VIEW - GOALKEEPING COACH DAVID PREECE: The errors may be many this season but this is more of a slump in form than any sort of rapid decline that is permanent.
  
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• Barcelona president says La Liga must play games abroad

  04-05-2019 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barcelona want three La Liga matches to be played outside Spain every season, as they endeavour to gain an advantage over the Premier League.
  
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• How Giroud's belief in God is helping fuel his hunger to succeed

  04-05-2019 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: That moment when the final whistle blows, the din around you becomes white noise and your brain is telling you that you have won the World Cup but you can't really process it.
  
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• Blood subs can help take the heat off medics... Jan Vertonghen's injury shows protocols are unfair

  04-05-2019 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXPERT VIEW - PHYSIOTHERAPIST GARY LEWIN: I have nothing but sympathy for my medical colleagues at Spurs who assessed Jan Vertonghen’s injury on Tuesday.
  
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• Lynsey Sharp caught in Caster Semenya crossfire as Great Britain star receives death threats

  04-05-2019 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has occasionally been lost in the avalanche of views that Caster Semenya is not the only victim of the landmark case that has been fought in her image.
  
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• Things are happening for Tottenham and Ajax may have missed their big opportunity

  04-05-2019 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JERMAINE JENAS: If you are a Tottenham fan, you would console yourself last Tuesday with the fact that weird things are happening in this Champions League run.
  
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• Mark McCall issues warning to Leinster as Saracens prepare for Champions Cup final

  04-05-2019 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark McCall warned Leinster Saracens will be a different animal in Saturday's Champions Cup final to the team that exited Europe last year.
  
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• Jamie Chadwick leads home a British one-two from Alice Powell in opening round of new W Series

  04-05-2019 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN McEVOY, AT HOCKENHEIM: Britain's Jamie Chadwick made history on Saturday by winning the opening round of the first women-only motor racing championship.
  
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• World Snooker Championship: Trump reaches final with stylish win over Wilson - best shots

  04-05-2019 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch some of the best shots as Judd Trump sails into the World Snooker Championship final in style, beating Gary Wilson 17-11 at the Crucible.
  
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• Tottenham join Bayern and Dortmund in race for £45m Ajax's Van de Beek

  04-05-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donny van de Beek could find himself back at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next season after dismaying Spurs fans with his goal in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final last week.
  
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• Xhaka happy to host Brighton but rues repeat of Arsenal’s tricky travels

  04-05-2019 23:30
  Emirates form holds no concerns but the Swiss midfielder fears Burnley away on last day has potential to ‘kill’ seasonIf there had not been such a strange discrepancy between Arsenal’s home and away performances this season, there would be no pressure on them to beat Brighton at the Emirates on Sunday and, more dauntingly, Burnley at Turf Moor next weekend. They would already be assured of a place in next season’s Champions League and could now focus on preparing for Thur
  
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• Virgil Van Dijk says Anfield factor can help Liverpool turn around Barcelona tie

  04-05-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgil Van Dijk stood in a subterranean curving tunnel leading from the street to the pitch at the Nou Camp, although at that moment it may have felt like one of the nine circles of Hell. 
  
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• Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente ready to die for the cause as rematch with Ajax awaits 

  04-05-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fernando Llorente insists Tottenham will not blow their unlikely reprieve after being outplayed in the opening half of the first leg of their Champions League semi-final by Ajax.
  
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• I will get realistic chance to revive Manchester United, says Solskjær

  04-05-2019 23:30
  • Manager claims it will take two or three years to catch rivals
  • Norwegian insists the club can still attract elite playersOle Gunnar Solskjær is confident Manchester United will grant him the “two or three years” he believes is needed to establish a style of play that will realistically challenge Manchester City and Liverpool.Last season José Mourinho’s side finished second but 19 points behind City, while United were 27 points behind the champions and
  
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• Robertson sets the standard for Liverpool... he embodies the club's never-say-die attitude

  04-05-2019 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DOMINIC KING AT ST JAMES' PARK: He is human, after all. In the 67th minute, during a break in play, Andrew Robertson came to Liverpool's bench and asked for an energy gel.
  
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• Mohamed Salah is flattened but Divock Origi replaces him and salvages late victory for Liverpool

  04-05-2019 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ROB DRAPER AT ST JAMES' PARK: They know something about close-run title races here. And they’re not too impressed by a 29-year wait to win it.
  
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• Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool - Premier League recap as Reds leave it late

  04-05-2019 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool can return to the top of the Premier League table with a win at Newcastle United in the latest twist in a captivating title race. Follow our live coverage from St James' Park with us here.
  
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• Wigglesworth and Saracens plot to arm-wrestle Leinster off their perch

  04-05-2019 23:00
  Veteran scrum-half believes little details and some Alex Goode magic can be decisive against Leinster in Champions Cup finalCup competitions rarely deliver a final that involves the two strongest teams. Luck of the draw is a factor along with knockout competitions requiring teams to peak only on certain days, released from the treadmill of the league. The European Champions Cup is a hybrid and the two teams who have stood out by a considerable distance, Saracens and Leinster, will meet in Saturd
  
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• Aiba threatens to sue IOC if stripped of right to run amateur boxing

  04-05-2019 23:00
  • Amateur boxing’s governing body locked in row with IOC
  • IOC poised to announce Aiba is impossible to work withAmateur boxing’s world governing body, Aiba, is planning to up the ante in its fight with the International Olympic Committee by filing a lawsuit if it is stripped of its right to run the sport in the run-up to Tokyo 2020, the Observer can reveal.The extraordinary move, outlined in a private email by Aiba’s interim president, Mohamed Moustahsane, to his exe
  
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• Australia sees the fruits of its sporting success dry up in an arid desert | Emma John

  04-05-2019 22:59
  Twenty years after its extraordinary superslam the nation’s glory has faded and it is now time for recalibrationYou notice many curious things as you fly across Australia. It is not just the size of this barely inhabited continent that the mind struggles to compute. As you stare from a tiny plane window, on to a landscape that could easily double for Mars or Jupiter, it is always a surprise to see just how much is happening across this alien interior. Salt lakes the size of inland seas poc
  
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• Origi’s late winner sinks Newcastle and keeps Liverpool’s title hopes alive

  04-05-2019 22:50
  Wherever the Premier League trophy ends up, and Anfield remains a possible destination, Liverpool will know they could not have given any more. Jürgen Klopp’s team have dragged the title race and Manchester City to the wire with a punishing late victory at Newcastle where Divock Origi reprised his role as unlikely saviour for the club that never gives up.The Belgium forward was on the pitch only as a consequence of a head injury to Mohamed Salah, who was carried off after a collision
  
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• Salah stretchered off as Origi rescues Liverpool's title bid with last-gasp Newcastle winner

  04-05-2019 22:46
  Liverpool twice let leads slip and lost Mohamed Salah to injury before Divock Origi came to the rescue at St James' Park.
  
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• Sala tragedy puts Cardiff relegation into perspective – Warnock

  04-05-2019 22:08
  After Cardiff City's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed, Neil Warnock said Emiliano Sala's death put things into perspective.
  
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• Neil Warnock insists he will keep managing next season after Cardiff suffer relegation

  04-05-2019 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neil Warnock has declared he'll carrying on managing at the age of 70 - but doesn't know if it will be at relegated Cardiff of elsewhere.
  
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• Women's FA Cup final highlights: Man City 3-0 West Ham

  04-05-2019 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City complete a domestic cup double as they eventually overpower West Ham at Wembley to lift the Women's FA Cup for a second time in three years.
  
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• Graeme Souness slams Daniel Sturridge's lack of effort

  04-05-2019 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Roberto Firmino out injured, Jurgen Klopp entrusted Daniel Sturridge with a start up front against Newcastle on Saturday, preferred to Divock Origi.
  
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• Jamie Chadwick continues dominance to win inaugural W Series opener

  04-05-2019 21:34
  • 20 year-old masters slick conditions at Hockenheim
  • Briton aims to push on to ‘top levels of motor sport’Spirits undampened by the barrage of cold wind and rain battering the Hockenheim ring, there was delight for Britain’s Jamie Chadwick, who won the first race of the new all-female W Series.Chadwick’s joy reflected the buoyant optimism that has surrounded the inaugural meeting of the championship, while her mastery of the wet all weekend suggests the W Seri
  
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• Jurgen Klopp reveals Roberto Firmino is unlikely to be fit to face Barcelona due to groin injury

  04-05-2019 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Roberto Firmino is unlikely to be fit for the Champions League semi-final, second leg clash at home to Barcelona on Tuesday. 
  
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• Paul Scholes questions the need for Manchester United to appoint sporting director

  04-05-2019 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Scholes has questioned whether Manchester United should appoint a sporting director and believes his former club should focus on bringing new players into the club instead.
  
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• Nuno not taking Europa League spot for granted

  04-05-2019 21:10
  Nuno Espirito Santo saw Wolves take a giant stride towards finishing seventh on Saturday but he is cautious about their Europa League hopes.
  
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• League One roundup: Luton seal title as Plymouth go down on goal difference

  04-05-2019 21:04
  • Plymouth, Scunthorpe and Walsall relegated to League Two
  • Doncaster seal final play-off spot with win over CoventryThere was heartbreak for Plymouth on the final day in League One – relegated on goal difference after Stephen Humphrys netted a late winner for Southend against Sunderland. That strike lifted Southend away from danger and sparked scenes of joy at Roots Hall, while consigning Plymouth to League Two next season. Related: League Two roundup: Notts County relegated wh
  
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• Newcastle vs Liverpool - Premier League: Live score, lineups and updates

  04-05-2019 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool can return to the top of the Premier League table with a win at Newcastle United in the latest twist in a captivating title race. Follow our live coverage from St James' Park with us here.
  
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• Cardiff 2-3 Crystal Palace: Bluebirds relegated from Premier League after home defeat by Eagles

  04-05-2019 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM: Cardiff City’s season of tears and tragedy has ended in relegation as former player Wilfried Zaha inspired away-day specialists Crystal Palace.
  
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• Pellegrini 'absolutely convinced' Arnautovic will return to his best next season

  04-05-2019 20:52
  Marko Arnautovic scored his first goals in four months in the win over Southampton and Manuel Pellegrini expects him to return to his best.
  
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• Manchester City Women 3-0 West Ham Women: Blues clinch second FA Cup triumph in three years

  04-05-2019 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN HERBERT AT WELMBLEY: There were times when the Women’s FA Cup Final lived up it to its huge attendance. But just as it seemed set up to be a classic, the technical gulf proved decisive.
  
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• Cardiff relegated from Premier League following 3-2 defeat against Crystal Palace 

  04-05-2019 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cardiff have been relegated from the Premier League after losing 3-2 at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday. Cardiff join Fulham and Huddersfield in being relegated to the second tier.
  
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• ‘Man Utd need six big players, not a director of football’ – Scholes questions links to Ferdinand

  04-05-2019 20:45
  The Red Devils legend is not convinced that an appointment needs to be made above Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of a vital transfer window for the club
  
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• Women’s FA Cup final: Manchester City’s second-half blitz sinks West Ham

  04-05-2019 20:42
  The Manchester City manager, Nick Cushing, pressed the importance of blooding youth after three of his charges – 22-year-old Keira Walsh, 20-year-old Georgia Stanway and 18-year-old Lauren Hemp – scored the goals in a ruthless second half that undid a battling West Ham in the FA Cup final.“We have to expose our younger players to these occasions because we want them to reach their potential,” said Cushing. “Regardless of the result we had to get Lauren Hemp on the p
  
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• World Snooker Championship: John Higgins wins thrilling semi - best shots

  04-05-2019 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch some of the best shots from John Higgins' thrilling 17-16 win over David Gilbert in their World Snooker Championship semi-final at the Crucible.
  
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• Cardiff relegated after Wilfried Zaha leads Crystal Palace to victory

  04-05-2019 20:37
  Cardiff have lost their place in the Premier League but not their faith in their manager. Andros Townsend had just scored Crystal Palace’s third goal, ending any hopes the Bluebirds had of turning this game around and taking their battle for survival to the final day, when a chant broke out among the home supporters. “There’s only one Neil Warnock” reverberated loud and clear, followed by widespread applause.Although this is the third time that Warnock has been relegated
  
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• Cardiff 2-3 Crystal Palace - Premier League, Result: Warnock's men relegated in five-goal thriller

  04-05-2019 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cardiff City must beat Crystal Palace to keep alive their chances of remaining a Premier League club next season. Join NATHAN SALT for live coverage from the Cardiff City Stadium.
  
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• Cardiff relegated to Championship following Crystal Palace defeat

  04-05-2019 20:29
  In a thrilling contest, Crystal Palace condemned Cardiff City to an immediate return to the Championship.
  
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• Cardiff City 2 Crystal Palace 3: Bluebirds suffer Premier League relegation

  04-05-2019 20:29
  In a thrilling contest, Crystal Palace condemned Cardiff City to an immediate return to the Championship.
  
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• Swindon 3-1 Notts County: Visitors relegated

  04-05-2019 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT THE COUNTY GROUND: Saturday's 3-1 defeat was only the killer blow but the demise of this proud club, a founder member of the league in 1862, has been long in the making.
  
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• Magna Grecia wins Qipco 2,000 Guineas for trainer Aidan O'Brien

  04-05-2019 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 11-2 shot, ridden by O'Brien's 20-year-old son Donnacha, hit the front two furlongs out and stretched clear of Richard Hannon-trained 66-1 outsider King of Change.
  
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