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How Serge Gnabry beat the odds to become a star man for Bayern Munich and Germany

After starting out in Arsenal's youth teams, Serge Gnabry's potential was there for all to see. But whether he could develop his rawness into greatness remained in doubt.




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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.




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Timo Werner is fast becoming the Bundesliga's hottest prospect

RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner is on Lewandowski's tail in both the race to be atop the German top-flight scoring charts and in following suit by becoming a striker at the peak of his powers.




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Sweden 0-0 Peru: Andersson's side fail to register a win in 2018 after second goalless stalemate

Sweden drew another blank as fellow World Cup contenders Peru held them to a frustrating scoreless draw in their final warm-up game on a sun-drenched evening in Gothenburg.




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Victor Lindelof jokes with Zlatan Ibrahimovic after scoring second goal for Sweden

Victor Lindelof issued his former Manchester United and Sweden team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic a light-hearted warning after scoring just his second international goal on Tuesday night.




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Sergio Ramos equals Iker Casillas' record 167 caps as Spain crush Faroe Islands

Sergio Ramos equalled Iker Casillas' record of 167 caps for Spain as they thrashed the Faroe Islands 4-0 in a Euro 2020 qualifier on Sunday night.




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Spanish papers hail Sergio Ramos ahead of 168th cap for Spain to break Iker Casillas' record 

Spanish papers have heaped praise on Sergio Ramos as the captain looks set to break Iker Casillas' record by winning his 168th cap for Spain.




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Jo Konta defeats Ana Bogdan to ease into Wimbledon second round with straight sets victory

LAURA LAMBERT ON COURT NO 1: Jo Konta made light work of her first-round match at Wimbledon, impressing the Duchess of Cambridge with a straight-sets victory on No1 Court.




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Poll finds Scots would vote for independence if Boris Johnson becomes PM

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon delivered a withering assessment of the would-be PM, saying he would 'damage the UK's reputation'.




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John McDonnell is blasted for treating Jeremy Corbyn 'like a puppet' over second Scottish referendum

John McDonnell has been accused of treating Jeremy Corbyn 'like a puppet' amid claims he failed to warn the Labour leader the party would not block a second Scottish independence referendum.




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Nicola Sturgeon will demand a second Scottish independence vote by end of 2019

The SNP leader vowed to pass the law on the issue by the end of 2019 with a view to holding the vote in the second half of next year.




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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Sing-song in the Commons sums up how absurd our MPs have become 

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Just imagine the reaction if a bunch of pro-Brexit English MPs had got onto their hind legs in the Commons and started singing Land Of Hope And Glory.




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Second referendum for independence 'will be at the heart of Nicola Sturgeon's SNP manifesto'

The first minister of Scotland said that her party's message would be 'clear, simple and unambiguous - vote SNP to demand independence and secure Scotland's right to choose'.




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Jeremy Corbyn 'already in bed with SNP' and could grant Sturgeon second referendum, warns Gove

Jeremy Corbyn is ready to 'throw the UK under a bus' by forming a coalition with the SNP that would break up Britain, Michael Gove has warned. He said that Labour and the SNP were now 'in bed together'.




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Boris Johnson says he will NOT grant second Scottish independence referendum

Boris Johnson said the 2014 ballot - when Scots voted to stay in the union - was a 'once in a generation' decision.




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Heavy metal band Slipknot become the latest artist to postpone concerts due to coronavirus fears

Slipknot have saddened fans by cancelling shows in Singapore, Jakarta and Manila as well as their own two-day Knotfest festival in Tokyo, Japan, which was due to start on March 20.




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Singapore plans to launch country-wide facial recognition system that will replace photo IDs by 2022

The government of Singapore is preparing to transition to a facial recognition program it hopes will eliminate the need for ID cards by 2022, and paper checks for retail transactions by 2025.




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Australia at 'permanent risk' of second coronavirus wave

Australia is at permanent risk of a second wave of coronavirus cases, the nation's chief medical officer has warned




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Wales coach Warren Gatland expects Rhys Patchell to recover from head injury for Rugby World Cup

Warren Gatland insisted that Rhys Patchell would travel to the World Cup on Wednesday despite suffering a worrying concussion in Wales' defeat to Ireland.




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Racing ready to become last major sport to go behind closed doors as early as next week 

Reports suggesting that large public gatherings will soon be banned mean racing's position as the last major sport to still be operating normally looks close to ending.




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Lazio 1-1 Roma: Luis Alberto's second half strike enough to earn Lazio a point in tense Rome derby

Luis Alberto's second-half equaliser earned Lazio a 1-1 draw with AS Roma in a fast and furious Rome derby in Serie A on Sunday. Aleksander Kolarov opened the scoring with a penalty.




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Selena Gomez drops video recorded entirely on iPhone for new self-love song Lose You To Love Me

Selena Gomez dropped a back-and-white video recorded entirely on iPhone for her new self-love song Lose You To Love Me.




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Selena Gomez surprises fans and drops second new song and video in two days called Look At Her Now

Selena Gomez surprised fans and dropped her second new song and video in two days called Look At Her Now.




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Niall Horan sets the record straight about 'dating' Selena Gomez amid romance rumours

Niall Horan has thrown cold water over rumours he's dating American singer, Selena Gomez.




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Brecon by-election: Jeremy Corbyn silent after disastrous Labour result

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted about No Deal Brexit and flooding this morning, but did not mention the humiliating result in Wales.




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Jeremy Corbyn would allow Scots second independence referendum

The Labour leader said he was not in favour of such a vote 'anytime soon' but did not rule one out in the future. Scottish Secretary Alister Jack accused him of 'already flirting with the SNP'.




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Labour's Lindsay Hoyle wins race to become Commons speaker

Sir Lindsay Hoyle finally emerged victorious in the fourth gruelling round of voting by MPs, after five other candidates fell by the wayside in the contest to replace John Bercow.




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Rebel Wilson defends Cats movie - and reveals why it could become a cult classic

Rebel Wilson has defended the widely-panned movie Cats, claiming it could one day become a cult classic. 




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Record numbers of Americans travelled abroad last year despite Zika, Ebola and terrorism

The Dept of Commerce says 74m US residents travelled internationally in 2015 - a 9% rise on the previous year. Of those, 33m travelled overseas, with the UK the most popular destination.




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Euro 2016 permutations: England face huge task after finishing second in Group B

The contrast in difficulty is summed up by the fact that the bottom half has nations with a total of 20 major titles (11 World Cups and nine Euros), while there is a total of none in the top half.




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Austria 0-1 Poland: Sub Krzysztof Piatek stuns hosts with second-half winner in Euro 2020 qualifier

Poland forward Krzysztof Piatek continued his prolific season by scoring 10 minutes after coming off the bench to secure a 1-0 win away to Austria in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier.




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Laura Prepon reveals she had to terminate second pregnancy

Laura Prepon has revealed she had to terminate her second pregnancy after learning she had developed a serious complication at 16 weeks




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Kylie Minogue reveals she and Prince recorded secret song together

Kylie Minogue has sent Prince fans into a tizzy by teasing details of a secret song they recorded together during the 1990s.




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Prince's record label sues Jay Z and Tidal for 'streaming music without permission'

Prince's record label has filed a lawsuit against rapper Jay-Z over his use of the late singers music on the streaming service Tidal. Jay-Z's company has been streaming all of Prince's music since June.




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Prince died 'owing $600k in legal fees' following split from second wife Manuela Testolini

The legendary musician passed away his Paisley Park compound in April, aged 57, while reportedly owing $599,735.63 relating to his divorce from second wife Manuela Testolini.




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Prince's ex-producer says unreleased recordings fair game

George Ian Boxill, the American pop superstar's former sound engineer, tried to release Deliverance EP last month before Prince's estate blocked the move as a dispute rumbles on.




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Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U original recording released ahead of the anniversary of singer's death

An original recording of Prince's hit single Nothing Compares 2 U has been released ahead of the two-year anniversary of his death. The singer wrote the song and gave it away, reclaiming it later on.




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Prince's estate releases unheard recording of 'Nothing Compares 2 U'

The singer's estate released the unheard 1984 recording of the song marking the second anniversary of Prince's tragic death. In 1990, Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor would make the song a hit.




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Birmingham's Ivan Sunjic gives away penalty and is sent off 98 seconds after coming on

Sunjic would soon trudge back down the tunnel after tussling with Blackburn frontman Sam Gallagher inside the box, leaving referee Oliver Langford no choice but to hand him his marching orders.




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Jude Bellingham 'to become Borussia Dortmund's record signing this summer'

Birmingham wonderkid Bellingham 'will become Dortmund's record signing this summer' after the German club saw off competition from Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea.




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Birmingham escape second points deduction after being cleared of EFL charge

The Sky Bet Championship club were deducted nine points last season and had a business plan imposed on them by the EFL.




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How Prince Andrew's tycoon friend hatched a plot to become Kim Jong Un's private banker

EXCLUSIVE: Millionaire financier David Rowland held talks with North Korean leaders in the capital Pyongyang about managing the personal fortunes of the rogue state's ruling family.




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GOP: We need second special counsel to investigate FBI spying on Trump

Three members of the House Freedom Caucus will introduce a 12-page resolution on Tuesday calling for a new probe to run in parallel with one led by Robert Mueller.




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Claim of second FBI spy in Trump campaign may be big misunderstanding

An impromptu conversation at a cocktail party could be behind the assertion from former Trump aide Michael Caputo that there was another informant sniffing around the campaign.




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Trump touts strong economic growth and says Dems would have tanked it

President Trump is using the strong performance of the American economy as a weapon against Democrats, claiming growth would not be so high if they had won the 2016 election.




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Sir Martin Sorrell is faced with shelling out £100million to his second wife

RICHARD KAY: Fifteen years ago, Sir Martin Sorrell paid a then record divorce settlement of more than £29 million to his first wife, Sandra Finestone, after 33 years of marriage.




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Police investigating Somerset 'gimp suit' prowler who attacked woman arrest second man

The arrests come after a woman said she was walking in a small lane in Claverham, Somerset, when a man allegedly jumped out and charged at her 'while grunting and breathing heavily'.




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'Handsome' goat with 'pop star looks' becomes huge hit in Malaysia

Ramos the goat's owner, Ahmad Fadzir, 21, from the town of Kerai in Perak state, says the bonny billy-goat even makes love to the camera.




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Nora Quoirin was found near a waterfall on SECOND search of area

The unsuccessful first search for Nora Quoirin (pictured) will inevitably raise questions about why the British teen's naked body was not found sooner.




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Sumatran rhinoceros becomes EXTINCT in Malaysia after last of the species in the country dies

The Sumatran rhino has become extinct in Malaysia after the last known species has died of cancer aged 25 on Saturday. It comes six months after the death of the last male rhino.