Sport News: January 2015

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Carver: More to come from Cabella

Remy Cabella scored his first goal for Newcastle United in a 3-0 win at Hull City and John Carver hailed the midfielder's quality.

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Carver up and running after routine win

Goals from Remy Cabella, Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Gouffran gave Newcastle United a 3-0 win over Hull City on Saturday.

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Socceroos lift Asian Cup after dramatic extra-time win over South Korea – video

The Australian football team lift the Asian Cup after a dramatic extra-time win over South Korea. After scoring in the first half Australia looked like seeing the game out, but a last-gasp equaliser from South Korea left the score 1-1, taking the final into extra-time. James Troisi scored the winner, making the Socceroos the first host nation to become Asian Cup champions since 1992 Continue reading...

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Asian Cup: Australia 2 - 1 South Korea

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Amélie Mauresmo’s mental approach adds steel to Andy Murray alliance

French ‘mega-perfectionist’ is as hungry for success as her younger charge before the Australian Open final against Novak Djokovic

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Mega-Beast Mode: Marshawn Lynch is THIS good

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Dynamic, intense and strong: might Gabriel Paulista be Arsenal’s answer?

Gabriel’s former team-mates at Villarreal have only praise for Arsène Wenger’s new signing and believe he will not only quickly adapt to the Premier League but also take charge of Arsenal’s defence

• Gabriel completes move from Villarreal to Arsenal

The last time Gabriel Armando de Abreu posed for a team photograph at Villarreal, he squatted down in the front row dressed all in black while everyone else wore yellow. In his hands was a ceramic yellow submarine, a memento of his time at the Madrigal. It had been brief – he was leaving less than 18 months after he had arrived from Brazil for €3.5m (£2.6m) – but he had left his mark. He said goodbye before last weekend’s match against Levante, Villarreal’s 18th unbeaten, and supporters applauded him on to the field, chanting his name as he joined his now former team-mates lining up before the cameras.

There were tears. Gabriel’s voice cracked and an interview broke off. “It’s a bit difficult,” he said, swallowing hard. “That’s life: one day you’re in one place, the next you’re somewhere else.”

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Newcastle defeat struggling Hull City to earn first win for John Carver

John Carver celebrated his first match in permanent charge of Newcastle with a comfortable victory at relegation-threatened Hull.

Five days after being appointed until the end of the season, Carver’s side managed something they had failed to do under him in caretaker capacity as Hull’s defensive vulnerability was clinically exposed on three occasions.

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Guinea’s Africa Cup of Nations dream survives against all odds and Ebola taunts

As squad prepares for quarter-final clash with Ghana, coach Michel Dussyer tells how players were treated ‘like they had the plague’ in qualifiers for this year’s tournament

The footballers of Guinea say they were exiled and made to feel like they had “the plague” because of the presence of Ebola in their country when they played their qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations. Members of the squad have told how they were stigmatised and abused.

“We don’t want you here, you have the virus,” airport workers told them as they landed – even though most had flown in from Europe where they play club football. “Ebola! Ebola!” rival fans shouted at them.

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'No limits' for Socceroos after Australian triumph, says Ange Postecoglou

Australia 2-1 South Korea (aet)

As it happened: Paul Connolly’s minute-by-minute report

With a life intertwined with Australian football it seems appropriate that Ange Postecoglou is the man to lead Australia to a new landmark for the local game, one which takes the Socceroos to a fresh status in the local sporting landscape.

For Postecoglou, who by his own admission grew up as an outsider due to his ethnicity and passion for a foreign sport, the Asian Cup victory is more than just a trophy. The achievement provides credibility for the Socceroos and further helps push the game – his game – into the hearts and minds of 21^st century Australians.

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Sunderland vs Burnley, Premier League: live

Sunderland vs Burnley - Latest score, news update, live match report and result from Stadium of Light on Saturday, January 31, 2015, kick-off 15.00 (GMT)

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Liverpool vs West Ham United, Premier League: live

Liverpool vs West Ham - Latest score, news update, live match report and result from Anfield on Saturday, January 31, 2015, kick-off 15.00 (GMT)

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Stoke City vs QPR, Premier League: live

Stoke City vs QPR - Latest score, news update, live match report and result from the Britannia Stadium on Saturday, January 31, 2015, kick-off 15.00 (GMT)

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West Brom vs Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League: live

West Brom vs Tottenham - Latest score, news update, live match report and result from the Hawthorns on Saturday, January 31, 2015, kick-off 15.00 (GMT)

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Crystal Palace vs Everton, Premier League: live

Crystal Palace vs Everton- Latest score, news update, live match report and result from Selhurst Park on Saturday, January 31, 2015, kick-off 15.00 (GMT)

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Andy Carroll accuses Brendan Rodgers of lying ahead of West Ham striker's return to face Liverpool

West Ham striker says he "lost respect" for Liverpool manager due to his "mixed messages" as he tried to offload him

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Van Gaal riled by Herrera question

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has reacted angrily to questions about the future of midfielder Ander Herrera.

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Hawks still flying high in NBA

The Atlanta Hawks won their 18th-straight game in the NBA with a 105-99 win over the Portland Trail Blazers

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Tunisia fearless for quarter-final

Tunisia head coach Georges Leekens insists his side has nothing to lose in their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against host nation Equatorial Guinea.

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Tiger Woods must find way to rise again from ashes of Phoenix

After recording the worst round of his career and missing back-to-back cuts for the first time, can the former world No1 plot a path back to the top?

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Sam Warburton: ‘I do a lot of hoovering’

The Welsh rugby captain, 26, on pride, injury and his pet dog Ledley King

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Six Nations 2015: Stuart Lancaster admits the England job is a 'lonely position' as he prepares for moment of truth

Interview: Ahead of the most important year of his professional life, Stuart Lancaster tells Sir Ian McGeechan about pressure, the Six Nations and learning to switch off

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The 2015 Cricket World Cup is a woefully organised missed opportunity

What should be cricket's showpiece event is instead set up to be a predictable, overlong bore

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Keys to victory in men's singles final

Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray seven straight times on hard courts. Will Murray end that run and win his first Australian Open crown?

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Watch match highlights: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova in Australian Open final

Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title, continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals and extended her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova with a commanding 6-3, 7-6 win on Saturday

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Sonny Bill Williams and Paul Gallen on course to meet in ring after boxing wins

Williams beats Chauncy Welliver

Gallen beats Randall Rayment

Sonny Bill Williams and Paul Gallen have moved closer to a mooted boxing bout with convincing wins on Saturday’s Footy Show Fight Night at Sydney’s Allphones Arena.

Dual international Williams (7-0, 3 KOs) was too quick and relentless for the far more experienced Chauncy Welliver, losing just one of the eight rounds across the three judges’ cards.

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The 20 photographs of the week

The 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Australian Open tennis in Melbourne and celebration and heartache in Ukraine - the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week

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St Helens’ James Roby fired up for Super League and South Sydney

• Roby says it is vital St Helens start campaign well

• Winning World Club Challenge against Rabbitohs is matter of respect

St Helens, fresh from celebrating their first Grand Final victory since 2006, plan to hit the ground running in their defence of the Super League title.

They will need to: as well the visit of Catalans Dragons on Friday night and a trip to Salford six days later, they are building up to a visit from the Australian champions, South Sydney Rabbitohs, in the World Club Challenge later in the month.

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Five key moments in women's singles final

Serena Williams claimed her 19th grand slam title after overpowering Maria Sharapova 6-3 7-6 (7-5) in Sunday's Australian Open final.

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Troisi seals Socceroos' maiden Asian Cup title

Australia won the Asian Cup for the first time with a 2-1 extra-time triumph over South Korea in Sydney on Saturday.

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Wales and England should ensure Six Nations starts with a bang

Celebrating the divergence between the competing sides in approach, make-up and coaching, this year’s Six Nations should make for an enthralling fight and with the World Cup on the way it’s only the beginning

• Ireland clinch 2014 Six Nations title

• Courtney Lawes out of England’s first two games

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Ander Herrera to be patient in bid for regular place at Manchester United

• Spanish midfielder has made only six Premier League starts

• Herrera: ‘It is not easy but I am going to work hard’

• Michael Carrick out for four weeks with muscle injury

Ander Herrera is willing to be patient for his chance to establish himself for Manchester United as the midfielder has struggled for regular game time under Louis van Gaal.

Since being signed in the summer for £29m the Spaniard has made only six Premier League starts, scoring twice. Yet, despite the last of these coming nearly two months ago, in a 2-1 win over Stoke City on 2 December at Old Trafford, Herrera said: “When the manager wants me to help the team I am going to be ready, of course. I am at Manchester United and we have a very good squad with very good players and it is not easy but of course I am going to work hard.

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