Preparation for City not ideal - Rodgers

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Late show seals dominant derby win

Borussia Dortmund strike late three times to see off local rivals Schalke in the Bundesliga.



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Suarez inspires routine win

Barcelona bounced back from their Liga defeat to Malaga in routine fashion, with Luis Suarez impressing in a 3-1 win at Granada.



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Berahino wins it, then limps off

Saido Berahino scored an early winner and then limped off as West Brom beat Southampton 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.



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Fulham’s Nikolay Bodurov fires in volley to sink leaders Derby County

This was not part of the script for Derby County. Their seemingly rampant drive for promotion was met by a hefty, if slightly surprising obstacle in Fulham. It should not derail Steve McClaren’s side but, entering March, a month that usually separates the wheat from the chaff in the race to go up, this display served as a key reminder that no matter how impressive a squad at the former England manager’s disposal, they are there to be shot down.

For Fulham, the threat of consecutive relegations still looms relatively large but, led by a tenacious Scott Parker, they showed great endeavour. You get the sense that if they performed like this every weekend, they would be looking towards the play-offs rather than nervously over their shoulder.

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Rooney at the double amid red card controversy

Wayne Rooney was Manchester United's match-winner as Sunderland had Wes Brown erroneously sent off in a 2-0 Premier League defeat.



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Cisse strike downs visitors

Papiss Cisse's first-half strike handed Newcastle United a 1-0 Premier League victory over Aston Villa at St James' Park on Saturday.



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Super sub Crouch secures win

Stoke City beat Hull City 1-0 on Saturday thanks to substitute Peter Crouch's seventh Premier League goal of the season.



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Safarova clinches maiden Premier title

Lucie Safarova lifted her first WTA Premier title with victory over Victoria Azarenka in the Qatar Open final on Saturday.



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Italy secure last-gasp win over Scotland

Italy secured their first win of the 2015 Six Nations with a last-gasp 22-19 success against Scotland.



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Trippier own goal proves decisive

Kieran Trippier's own goal saw Swansea City defeat Premier League strugglers Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor on Saturday.



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Newcastle United defeat of Aston Villa adds to Tim Sherwood’s despair

As the scale of the task facing him at Aston Villa became increasingly apparent, Tim Sherwood looked suspiciously like a man fighting the temptation to sprint on to the pitch and begin bossing midfield.

The scrappiest of afternoons concluded with Villa summoning no riposte to Papiss Cissé’s first-half winner, leaving their new manager in the thick of a relegation fight. Although Newcastle are safe enough in mid-table this was also a big game for John Carver with his players suggesting they are still very much behind him in the wake of last weekend’s 5-0 debacle at Manchester City.

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Jose Mourinho's rant at the FA is just tactical, suggests Greg Dyke

FA chairman hints Chelsea manager's tirade may have been an attempt to gain tactical advantage

















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Barcelona cut Real Madrid’s advantage as Luis Suárez sinks Granada

Barcelona closed within a point of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga after an in-form Luis Suárez played a part in all three of their goals in a scrappy 3-1 victory at Granada.

Barça took the lead at the Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes when Ivan Rakitic smashed the ball into the net from close range after the Granada defender Cala failed to clear a Suárez centre in the 25th minute.

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Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0, match report - Red card farce as referee Roger East sends off wrong man

Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0: John O'Shea brings Falcao down in the box but ref decides to show a red card to Wes Brown





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Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 : Five things we learned from Old Trafford

Five things we learnt from Manchester United v Sunderland, where Angel di Maria is hauled off at half-time, and Radamel Falcao is wasted again





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West Bromwich Albion 1 Southampton 0, match report: Saido Berahino strikes early to sink Saints

West Brom 1 Southampton 0: Berahino's spectacular second-minute strike inflicts damaging defeat on Ronald Koeman's side





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Referee Dowd fails to make it through West Brom, Saints clash

Fourth official Graham Scott was forced to assume refereeing duties in the West Brom versus Southampton clash as Phil Dowd suffered injury.



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Wayne Rooney double gives Manchester United win over Sunderland

Louis van Gaal said he did not much like Manchester United’s last home win, 3-1 against Burnley, and he will have liked this one even less. Once again United were far from fluent, once again the visitors were a shade unlucky, but once again the three points moved the home side up the table to keep Champions League hopes alive. United are flattered by their present position, tucked in just behind Chelsea and Manchester City, yet they have been there for most of the season and despite appearing to be there for the taking they are still getting away with it.

Jonny Evans was booed midway through the first half for passing back to his own goalkeeper from halfway, before the United crowd once again implored the home team to “attack, attack, attack”. United never used to need any telling, but this current creation looks more like a collective tribute to Ray “The Crab” Wilkins’ passing style than a collection of internationals recently refitted to the tune of £150m.

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Former NBA All-Star Anthony Mason dead at 48

Former NBA All-Star Anthony Mason has died of heart failure at the age of 48.



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France v Wales: Six Nations 2015 – live!

Scotland 19 Italy 22, match report - Last-minute penalty try earns Azzurri Six Nations victory at Murrayfield

Scotland 19 Italy 22: Scots now seem destined to pick up wooden spoon after conceding penalty try in very last minute of match

















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Referee sends off the wrong man - Roger East dismisses Wes Brown instead of John O'Shea

Official shows red card to Wes Brown instead of John O'Shea during Sunderland's match against Manchester United at Old Trafford

















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British endurance racing rips up Sheikh Mohammed sponsorship deal

Endurance GB takes 'difficult' decision because of horse welfare crisis in Middle East

















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Horse racings tips: Sunday 1 March

Miss H Lewiss is Chris Cook’s banker to win the 2m4f maiden hurdle (4.30) at Huntingdon on Sunday

2.00 Simple Assignment 2.30 Vivacissimo 3.00 North Germany 3.30 Take The Mick 4.00 Malanos 4.30 Miss H Lewiss (nap) 5.00 Knockgraffon

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Six Nations 2015: Italy roll over Scotland at the last with penalty try

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Ireland and Afghanistan show need for rethink before 2019 World Cup

When the associate nations show the sufficient talent and confidence to seek victory rather than respectability it is time to reconsider the planned reduction to a 10-team tournament

• Dhoni gives associate nations short shrift after India’s previous plight

In the World Cup of 2011, England kept the tournament alive in the early stages by losing to Ireland and Bangladesh and beating West Indies and South Africa, thereby scraping into the quarter-finals before producing an anaemic performance against Sri Lanka.

This time, until the little epic at Eden Park on Saturday, the associates were the ones keeping us interested. Ireland, who thrashed West Indies and scraped past the United Arab Emirates, have yet to be beaten. Afghanistan frightened Sri Lanka and then participated in a thrilling game when they defeated Scotland by one wicket in Dunedin.

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New Zealand survive Mitchell Starc’s menace to tame bullish Australia

Australia’s fast-bowling destroyer almost brought his side an unlikely win in a World Cup match characterised by reckless batting and tension to the last

• Australia comeback falls short as New Zealand win by a wicket

• Michael Clarke blames ‘extremely poor’ batting on attacking mindset

New Zealand’s bowling against Australia looked very similar to their efforts against Scotland and England. The ball shot through the crease with marked swing. Bats were beaten, stumps were scattered, single-figure scores were marked as closed in the scorebook. Some late-innings biff dragged the total over three figures, but even then the batting side were scattered for 152.

For a while, New Zealand’s batting looked like their effort against England, when Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill sent Steven Finn for 49 runs in two overs, in an assault so grievous you expected security to intervene. Later, New Zealand’s batting more resembled their effort against Scotland, when they lost seven wickets in a drunken stagger towards 143.

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European results expose the Premier League’s true level

Poor performances from Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham proved English football is perhaps not the all-conquering beast some believe it to be

Arsène Wenger was unusually severe in his criticism of Arsenal’s shortcomings in the wake of the 3-1 humbling by Monaco, though it was a French coach still living and working in France who provided the pithiest assessment of a bad week for Premier League teams in Europe.

René Girard is coach of Lille, mid‑table in Ligue 1 and not even involved in any European action this past week, and from the sound of it he has had enough of exaggerated claims about the quality of football across the Channel. “To those who say our league is shit, it proves there’s perhaps shit elsewhere as well,” Girard said of Monaco’s result, and that was before Liverpool and Tottenham made their Europa League exits.

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Allardyce 'shocked' after home loss

Sam Allardyce professed his shock after Saturday's 3-1 Premier League loss.



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Former New York Knicks player Anthony Mason dies at 48

The 13-year NBA veteran played for New York from 1991 to 1996, then for the Charlotte Hornets until 2000

The New York Knicks said on Saturday that Anthony Mason, a rugged power forward who was a defensive force for several NBA teams in the 1990s, has died. He was 48.

Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz confirmed Mason’s death, which was first reported by the New York Daily News. The 6ft 7in Mason had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure earlier in February.

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