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Barry Humphries enjoys ice cream as he attends the Australian Open with Shane Warne, Matt Preston

Barry Humphries tempted fate on Day 14 of the Australian Open on Sunday, when he indulged in a precarious desert.  




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Cafu claims he was thrown out of dressing room by Brazil chief after Germany defeat

World Cup-winning captain Cafu has sensationally claimed that he was thrown out of the Brazil dressing room after their 7-1 thrashing by Germany.




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World Cup stats: The best 20 from Brazil 2014, including Lionel Messi's three shots on target

And then there was one, Germany the winners of Brazil 2014 following their victory over Argentina in the final at the Maracana. But what about the other numbers to emerge from the finals?




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Lionel Messi welcomed home by Argentina President as Diego Maradona says heir to his throne didn't deserve Golden Ball award

Diego Maradona took a swipe at Lionel Messi the day after his World Cup heartache by insisting the heir to his throne didn't deserve to win the Golden Ball award.




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My wife is cashing a small pension and will breach the income tax threshold

If she takes the £10k pot she is liable for tax. This seems very unfair as every other year before this and after she will earn a lot under the limit. Can't she share the excess over several tax years?




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My firm deducts my pension contribution then sits on it for three weeks

Do I have the right to challenge the delay in forwarding the employees' contribution due to the detriment this may have to pension performance?




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BT and Sky TV piracy row with Saudi Arabia could threaten Newcastle takeover bid

The BBC, another key Premier League partner, has also complained to the European Commission about Saudi Arabia regarding TV piracy, which could scupper state's bid to buy Newcastle.




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Newcastle players 'determined to save Steve Bruce from sack should takeover go through'

Newcastle's first team stars have launched a bid to save boss Steve Bruce with the club's prospective new owners keen to appoint Mauricio Pochettino as manager, according to The Sun.




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Christian Eriksen will be marked man for Denmark against Republic of Ireland

CRAIG HOPE IN COPENHAGEN: Christian Eriksen will find himself a marked man against Republic of Ireland on Friday night after angering his opponents last year.




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Euro 2020 qualifiers round-up: Christian Eriksen inspires Denmark to Georgia thrashing

England and the Czechs are level on six points - although Gareth Southgate's side have played a game less - with Kosovo a point further back after a late 3-2 defeat of Bulgaria in Sofia.




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Female hunter who kills polar bears says she has received death threats

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Jen Shears, 36, from Newfoundland, Canada, has been hunting since childhood and is now teaching her six-year-old daughter Aspen to hunt.




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Man FRANTICALLY sprays anti-bacterial disinfectant on coffee cup sitting in drive-thru window ledge

A man furiously sprayed anti-bacterial disinfectant on his coffee cup before grabbing from the ledge of a drive-thru window at a Tim Horton fast food restaurant in Canada.




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Mystery surrounds missing Australian backpacker who disappeared after taking magic mushrooms

Owen Rooney from Ulladulla on the New South Wales south coast disappeared without a trace in August 2010 after abruptly leaving Boundary Hospital in Grand Forks without his backpack and wallet.




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Coronavirus UK: Heathrow Airport houses 30 homeless sleepers

Mike, who did not want to reveal his last name, has been sleeping in Terminal 5 since lockdown started three weeks ago after being ordered to leave a hostel. Prior to that he was sleeping rough.




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Trolls World Tour rakes in nearly $100million in digital rentals in three weeks

The film Trolls World Tour that was digitally released on April 10 has made $95million in digital rentals in just three weeks, charting a new path for movie studios to release films directly online.




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Patriots rookie Justin Rohrwasser vows to remove controversial 'Three Percenters' tattoo

New England Patriots rookie place kicker Justin Rohrwasser has announced he will remove a tattoo on his left arm since learning it's linked to a right-wing militia that has been accused of racism.




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Rebecca Judd shares picture of her children watching their AFL star father Chris' career highlights

She shares four gorgeous children with her husband, former AFL star Chris Judd.




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Rebecca Judd shares the sweet moment son Tom follows in his AFL legend father Chris' footsteps

Rebecca Judd has revealed her three-year-old son Tom is already taking after his AFL star father Chris.




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Dean Laidley's former teammates throw support behind troubled ex-AFL star and slams 'grub' trolls

David King played in the North Melbourne Kangaroos 1996 premiership winning side with Laidley and has contacted his mate after he was apprehended in St Kilda on Saturday night.




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Three buses go up in flames at LAX-it lot, creating temporary chaos for travelers

Los Angeles Fire Department crews arrived at the Uber, Lyft and taxi departure facility at around 9.27pm on Saturday night where they found the large blaze.




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Gabrielle Union got more than she bargained for when her Uber driver used the bathroom at her house

Gabrielle Union tweeted about taking an Uber back home on New Year's Eve before hosting her own party, but her Uber driver had to make an extended stop at her bathroom to relieve himself.




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Christine McGuinness displays her freshly-styled platinum tresses after pamper session

Christine McGuinness looked gorgeous as she headed to the hairdressers in Alderley Edge, Cheshire on Thursday.




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Gay couple asked by Christian driver to stop kissing in her car

Finn Davies, from East London, has claimed on Twitter that his Christian Uber driver asked him to 'stop kissing' another man in the back of her car because of her religious beliefs.




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Three thugs are jailed for more than 28 years in total over 'cowardly' killing of Uber Eats driver

Tay Clovey, 16, was revealed as one of the thugs who killed Iderval Da Silva (pictured) in London last year. He was given 11 and a half years in prison for the murder of the driver.




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Three medical students and Uber driver killed after attending festival in Mexico

At least three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of three aspiring doctors and their driver after they attended a weekend festival in east-central Mexico.




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Moment suspects linked to the murder of three aspiring doctors are rearrested

Police in Puebla, Mexico, rearrested three suspects linked to the murders of three students and their Uber driver, and charged them with homicide and vehicle theft.




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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Ignorance is bliss in the world of 'yoof' YouTubers

An Ofcom report last October revealed that more than half of young Britons aged 16-24 did not watch a single minute of any BBC programme in the preceding week - neither on live TV nor on catch-up.




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CHRIS FOY: European Champions Cup needs quality over quantity

CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: The Champions Cup should be an elite tournament full of vibrant, high-class, cross-border competition, but it is feeling stale and flat and one-dimensional.




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CHRIS FOY: Eddie Jones turns to South Africa's forwards mastermind

CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: Eddie Jones has turned to the forwards coach who ended England's Rugby World Cup dream last month. Matt Proudfoot was South Africa's triumphant coach.




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CHRIS FOY: Bust-up between Saracens and Munster players and staff shows game is losing core values

CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: Both Saracens and Munster will have to submit statements about the brawl between players and staff that took place at Allianz Park on Saturday.




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CHRIS FOY: Give us fewer international Tests and a French revival on the Six Nations scene in 2020 

CHRIS FOY'S WORLD OF RUGBY: At the end of a World Cup season, players will try to muster some energy for matches in the Southern Hemisphere at a time when they should be lying on a beach.




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CHRIS FOY: Wales MUST gamble on flying teen Louis Rees-Zammit

CHRIS FOY'S WORLD OF RUGBY: Wayne Pivac has to pick him. How can he resist? Wales' head coach must decide in the next 48 hours if he believes 'if you're good enough, you're old enough.'




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CHRIS FOY: Eddie Jones will NOT shuffle his pack for Six Nations opener against France

CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: England's new era could look familiar when Eddie Jones sends his team out in Paris. He has changed his squad, but the head coach might not change his team much.




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CHRIS FOY: Put the Italians out of their misery in the Six Nations

CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: This is an emergency. Italy face arguably the most important match in their history on Saturday, when they take on Scotland in Rome.




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CHRIS FOY: Sky calamity on the cards if Six Nations leaves BBC and ITV

CHRIS FOY'S WORLD OF RUGBY: Sky Sports are reportedly leading the race for broadcast rights to the Six Nations from 2022. Prepare for rugby to become a low-profile, niche sport.




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CHRIS FOY: Newcastle suddenly facing a fight to survive

CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: It is up to the RFU and Premiership Rugby to provide some urgent clarity so the Newcastle Falcons can save themselves.




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CHRIS FOY: Home nations must put game's future above self-interest in World Rugby chairman election

COMMENT: It is a sad fact that the main barrier to rugby's progress lies here; in the home nations and those other centres of the sport's narrow European landscape - France and Italy.




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Meet the Shrewsbury team hoping to inflict an FA Cup blow on champions-elect Liverpool

Shrewsbury's 38-year-old goalkeeper Joe Murphy gives Sportsmail the low-down on his team-mates who are hoping to defy the odds and somehow stop Jurgen Klopp's high-flying Liverpool side.




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Newcastle offer Christian Atsu to Nottingham Forest on loan with Lamouchi's also sealing Gaetan Bong

Newcastle United have offered winger Christian Atsu to Nottingham Forest on loan. The 28-year old was offered to West Brom also this week after they made an offer for Hull's Kamil Grosicki.




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Leeds United 1-0 Bristol City: Marcelo Bielsa's boys end three-game winless run with crucial victory

ROSS HEPPENSTALL AT ELLAND ROAD: There was no meltdown at Elland Road this afternoon, none of the kind of recent angst which had raised fears that Leeds are falling apart again.




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Raging Ryan Babel throws himself to the floor and rolls around as he mocks Allan Nyom's overreaction

Babel was so incensed by the reaction of the former West Brom defender that he decided to copy his action, falling to the floor and rolling around before mocking his opponent with a fake cry.




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CLIVE WOODWARD: I hope Scotland thrash Italy after Finn Russell's unjustified attack Gregor Townsend

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I try not to be overly partisan in my columns because I love good rugby and admire top-quality play from all teams, but I hope Scotland record a thumping win over Italy.




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Norwich 1-0 Leicester: Canaries bag vital three points thanks to Jamal Lewis stunner

Norwich earned a shock win over top-four contenders Leicester on Friday, bagging a vital three points in their relegation scrap thanks to a Jamal Lewis second-half strike. 




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Premier League clubs facing the threat of legal action as agents demand up to £300million in fees

EXCLUSIVE: Premier League clubs are facing the threat of a mass legal action from agents demanding up to £300million in fees due to be paid this season.




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Premier League clubs threaten vote to RELEGATE the bottom three if they block Project Restart plans

EXCLUSIVE: Norwich, Aston Villa and Bournemouth have been warned that their best chance of staying up is to vote to restart the season and win games to get out of trouble.




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LaLiga boss Javier Tebas reveals three possible start dates for football to return in Spain

The president of the Spanish league, Javier Tebas, said he believed LaLiga could return as early as the end of May, warning that not playing out the rest of the season could mean £880m losses.




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Champions League 'could be finished over just THREE WEEKS in August' in packed schedule

UEFA have introduced the idea of squeezing the remaining Champions League and Europa League games into just three weeks in August, with clubs facing a frantic schedule.




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The night Ronaldo was king of Manchester - the story of the seven goal-thriller in 2003

A Brazilian by the nickname El Fenomeno lived up to his billing at Old Trafford in April 2003. This was the night Ronaldo - the original - produced his greatest Champions League performance.




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Chris Wilder reveals Dean Henderson wants to become No 1 at Man United

The 23-year-old has been on loan at the Blades from Old Trafford this season and has impressed in between the sticks. Wilder has highlighted the youngster's mental strength.




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Chris Sutton recalls the day when one Sportsmail columnist chased another into the Highbury toilets

Chris Sutton recounts to Kieran Gill the day he became public enemy No 1 in north London, while Martin Keown explains how it inadvertently helped Arsenal clinch the Double the following season.