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Roger Federer comes out on top in winner-takes-all clash with rival Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals

MIKE DICKSON AT THE O2 ARENA: Perhaps nothing will ever make up for Wimbledon this summer, but on Thursday, Roger Federer got some consolation by beating Novak Djokovic.




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Bolton Q+A: What will happen if no takeover deal can be reached?

Bolton are now facing extinction unless a deal to buy the club which collapsed can be dramatically resurrected. Sportsmail answers all the questions surrounding Bolton's future.




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Bolton caretaker boss Jimmy Phillips eyes four new signings before clash with Gillingham

Bolton caretaker manager Jimmy Phillips hopes to sign four players before Saturday's Sky Bet League One game at Gillingham.




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Daryl Murphy makes shock admission that he was banned for taking COCAINE while at Nottingham Forest

Republic of Ireland international Daryl Murphy has admitted to taking cocaine on a night out that led to him being banned by the Football Association.




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Justin Gatlin and other doped athletes could still benefit from taking banned substances years after use 

Research undertaken at the University of Oslo shows that dope cheats such as Justin Gatlin could still be benefiting from taking banned substances years after initial usage.




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Barcelona 'prepared to take £65m hit' on £145m flop Philippe Coutinho with 'Chelsea keen on loan'

The former Liverpool midfielder has failed to make much of an impact at the Nou Camp since his £145m transfer from Liverpool back in 2018. He is currently out on loan at Bayern Munich.




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Joe Biden WINS Virginia with Bernie Sanders safely taking Vermont 

Biden staged a dramatic comeback on Super Tuesday winning Virginia then eight more states. Sanders took California but Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren both look doomed.




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Ilhan Omar takes a swipe at Elizabeth Warren

Ilhan Omar appeared to question what would have happened if Senator Warren had endorsed Sanders - after Biden scored a surprise win in Minnesota.




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Atletico fans at Anfield for Liverpool Champions League clash a 'mistake' says Madrid mayor

Around 3,000 Atletico Madrid supporters travelled for their Champions League victory in Liverpool. It came a day after LaLiga announced league games would play behind closed doors.




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Craig Bellamy insists it will take three or four YEARS for Man United to get to the level of rivals

The Red Devils have not won the Premier League since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. City have won three league titles in that time as Liverpool edge closer to winning their first in 30 years.




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Premier League players have to take their holidays by June 30

Contracts stipulate that players should get five weeks off a year and that clubs 'must not unreasonably withhold a request from a player to take three consecutive weeks'.




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Dr MARTIN SCURR: Why the care home watchdog should be taken to task

DR MARTIN SCURR: Only now are care-home staff finally receiving the attention and support they need. Some claim the CQC is guilty of dragging its feet - I'll say.




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Maya Jama is 'set to be offered a SIX-FIGURE sum to take part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing'

The Radio 1 DJ, 25, is said to have caught the eye of the Strictly Come Dancing talent scouts with sources claiming she 'ticks every box'.




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Strictly's It Takes Two host Zoe Ball is convinced the competition show WILL return this year

Despite plans still being up in the air, the presenter, 49, has insisted producers will do whatever it takes to get the BBC favourite to return to screens in the coming months.




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Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg take fans back in time as they dress up for 80s inspired aerobics class

The Strictly Come Dancing professional pulled on spandex shorts and a curly wig complete with a vibrant pink hairband as she got into character for the high-energy, aerobics based class.




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Sacking Solskjaer is not Manchester Utd's answer... Ed Woodward must take the blame

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: They sold Solskjaer's best goalscorer to Inter. They loaned his best defender to Roma. His best midfielder rarely plays. It's time for Ed Woodward to explain.




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MARTIN JOHNSON EXCLUSIVE: 'It would be a disaster to take Six Nations off terrestrial TV'

EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: England's World Cup winning captain Johnson shoots down the prospect of Sky Sports taking over the Six Nations broadcast rights in an instant.




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Coronavirus UK: Jack Nowell willing to take pay cut to keep Exeter afloat

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: Only seven days ago, Jack Nowell still had a note in his diary earmarking this weekend as the time for him to return to Exeter's starting team.




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Eddie Jones agrees to take 25 per cent pay cut from £750,000-a-year salary

Eddie Jones has agreed to a pay cut 'in excess of 25 per cent' as part of the RFU's attempts to off-set the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak, which has led to a shut-down of the rugby season.




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Saracens take drastic financial measures as Owen Farrell defers £300,000 of salary until September 

The English league champions confirmed last night they had taken advantage of the government's furlough scheme - meaning all their players' wages are now part-funded by the state.




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Duchess of Cambridge: As Kate's busy schedule takes its toll we reveal how to send eye bags packing

Despite her wardrobe remaining impeccable and smile as dazzling as ever, the Duchess of Cambridge’s bruise-like under-eye circles and puffy eyebags are showing the strain.




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Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao takes time out after international break as he considers his Old Trafford future 

The Colombian striker seemed to be coping better after the international break, enjoying an evening out in Alderley Edge on Thursday, before picking up his £100,000 Porsche Panamera.




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Radamel Falcao takes a stroll through Cheshire as speculation mounts over Manchester United striker's future 

Radamel Falcao has been having a tough time in recent months, but the struggling striker will have benefited from some much-needed perspective after hanging out with Jonas Gutierrez.




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Manchester United should steer clear of Edinson Cavani... Louis van Gaal won't want to make Radamel Falcao mistake again 

MIKE KEEGAN: Edinson Cavani's slumbering Champions League performance against Barcelona may well have put to bed any chance of him making a switch to Manchester United.




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Radamel Falcao told his Manchester United career is over... but striker on £280,000 per week is willing to take pay cut to to extend his stay in the Premier League

Manchester United have told striker Radamel Falcao that his time at Old Trafford is over. Sportsmail can reveal that United manager Louis van Gaal has informed Falcao of the club's decision.




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Chelsea midfielder Mario Pasalic set to join Monaco on loan as part of deal which will take Radamel Falcao to Stamford Bridge 

Mario Pasalic, who joined Chelsea last summer, travelled for his medical on Thursday and will sign for the Ligue 1 club on a temporary basis. He spent last season with La Liga outfit Elche.




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Manchester United flop Radamel Falcao takes £145,000 cut in wages to join Jose Mourinho at Chelsea

Radamel Falcao has agreed to take a 50 per cent wage cut for the chance to prove he is not a Premier League flop. The Colombian’s season-long loan move to Chelsea was ratified on Friday.




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Radamel Falcao follows in the footsteps of Fernando Torres as Chelsea No 9... while Asmir Begovic takes Petr Cech's No 1 jersey

Chelsea's new striker Radamel Falcao has officially been confirmed as their new No 9 ahead of the 2015-16 season, following Fernando Torres in wearing the traditional striker's shirt.




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Chelsea striker Radamel Falcao out to prove his doubters wrong after taking massive pay cut to remain in the Premier League

Radamel Falcao took a huge pay cut to play for Jose Mourinho at Chelsea and is determined to prove his doubters wrong this season. Falcao was thought to be on £265,000 at Manchester United.




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Gang banger shoots a man during a Super Bowl party after mistaking 49ers flag for rival colors

A California man was shot dead by a gang member during an argument at a Super Bowl party after the suspect mistook a San Francisco 49ers flag for a rival gang's colors. 




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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen take the kids horseback riding (but don't bother to wear helmets)

The 42-year-old NFL megastar took to his Instagram Story to share a few snaps from a horseback riding trip with wife Gisele Bundchen and their children.




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Britney Spears says she's taking 'flawless' notes from Beyoncé as she blasts 'mean' trolls

The 38-year-old Grammy winner only collaborated with her pop rival once in 2004 for a Pepsi commercial, in which they played gladiators




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Chiefs guard and doctor Laurent Duvernay-Tardif takes job at a nursing home to combat COVID-19

Kansas City Chiefs right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is now on the front lines of the coronavirus epidemic while working at a long-term care facility in his native Quebec, Canada.




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Sydney woman takes boyfriend to nail salon so he can translate what workers said

A young woman has slammed Vietnamese workers at a nail salon for making 'derogatory' remarks about her when she was getting a manicure.




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Two men climb Sydney's AWA Tower to take selfies

Two teens have been spotted cheating death after they scaled Sydney's AWA Tower to 'take selfies.'




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Sydney stabbing: Knifeman takes SELFIE after 'slitting woman's throat'

The man accused of going on a stabbing spree through Sydney's CBD casually took a selfie in a laneway just moments after allegedly slashing the throat of a 24-year-old woman.




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Pregnant Jesinta Franklin takes vitamin D during walk in Woollahra

Proud mum-to-be Jesinta Franklin has been getting out and about in Sydney.




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Seventeen dead and 18 missing as horrific Australian bushfires take 1,400 homes and burn 5m hectares

Towns are running out of fuel and water, shops are selling out of basic supplies and more fatalities are expected as fires raging across southern Australia are set to get worse by Saturday.




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Infrared pictures taken from space of Australian bushfires

Satellite images taken on Saturday showed wildfires burning around East Gippsland and Kosciuszko National Park.




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Kate Middleton is taking tennis lessons at a private London club and is a 'good minor athlete'

The Duchess of Cambridge, 37, is allegedly working on her tennis game at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, west London and is often joined by her husband and children.




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Former Chelsea star Joe Cole donates £25,000 to NHS staff taking care of coronavirus patients

ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Joe Cole has donated £25,000 to the 'unbelievable' NHS staff working round the clock to fight coronavirus and urged the nation to give what they can to help out.




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England manager Gareth Southgate to take 30 per cent wage cut slashing his £3m salary

The England boss will see his £3m salary cut over the next three months, sacrificing £225,000, with England Women's manager Phil Neville and Under-21s boss Aidy Boothroyd also impacted




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FA Cup quarter final fixtures are announced with clashes set to take place on March 21 and 22

Leicester and Chelsea are set to open the action at lunchtime on the same day, and supporters can watch the encounter live on BT Sport 1.




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Floyd Mayweather leads tributes to boxing great Pernell 'Sweet Pea' Whitaker after he was hit by car

Floyd Mayweather paid tribute to late Hall of Fame boxer and American great Pernell Whitaker after he was killed aged 55 after being hit by a car in Virginia Beach.  




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Conor McGregor offered 'winner-takes-all' bare-knuckle boxing fight by old foe Paulie Malignaggi

Tension has simmered between the pair ever since McGregor released pictures of him sparring Malignaggi in the build up to his boxing fight with Floyd Mayweather in 2017.




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135 bungee jumpers take leap at the same time in world record attempt

A video posted on You Tube shows the group of unnamed thrillseekers, who are all harnessed together with bungee cords, jumping from the bridge at the same time.




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Hope she knows what she's letting herself in for! Sex-shame DSK takes new partner on vacation

Disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been spotted canoodling with his new girlfriend at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Myriam Aouffir, 43, is a high-profile press officer for French television. She has already seen with her new boyfriend on the Mediterranean island of Corsica but now the couple have been pictured lapping up the sun in the holy city.




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Josh Taylor's victory over Regis Prograis has taken him to the summit of British boxing

JEFF POWELL: Josh Taylor's majority decision over Regis Prograis in a potential Fight of the Year at London's 02 has made him the pre-eminent star of the British ring.




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Benedict Cumberbatch set to take on second project with Claire Foy

The Sherlock star, 43, is reportedly preparing for his next movie role where he will once again star alongside The Crown actress, 35, in the biopic about English artist Louis Wain.




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German second division side Dynamo Dresden create a 'yellow wall' after taking 35,000 fans to Berlin

Dresden fans are known for their passionate and immense support, and they brought huge banners, flags and flares to the match, but did not see their team progress after a penalty-shoot-out defeat.