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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
Graphic: First
signs of crowd trouble?
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
Ricky Hatton says that he is in the closing stretch of his career, but there
may be a few twists and turns ahead yet. In the early hours of tomorrow he
faces Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here in another
defining night in a career chock full of highlights. But Hatton is not ready
to hang up his gloves, he is ready for a new beginning.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
William Gallas is likely to have played his last game for Arsenal after he was
stripped of the club captaincy and dropped from the squad to play Manchester
City today for criticising his team-mates in an interview while on
international duty with France this week. The 31-year-old defender was also
fined £180,000, two weeks' wages, by Arsène Wenger when he reported for what
he thought would be clear-the-air talks with his manager.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
Just as Aston Villa seek to follow up victory over Arsenal by establishing
their top-four credibility against Manchester United today, Martin O'Neill
has urged Gabriel Agbonlahor to back up his impressive England debut by
confirming that he belongs among the elite as the Barclays Premier League
champions visit Villa Park.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
Rafael Benítez, the Liverpool manager, moved yesterday to draw a line under his dispute with Fabio Capello over Steven Gerrard's fitness, but he could not resist having the final word, claiming that “someone at the FA has made a massive mistake” in questioning the severity of an injury that has ruled the player out of this afternoon's Barclays Premier League match against Fulham.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
Players and coaches hate history. It has, they say, no relevance to what they
are trying to achieve in the present - Robbie Deans disregards it altogether
and look how well his Australia side fared at Twickenham a week ago - yet
the bare statistics have their uses as motivational tools.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
Manchester City's wealthy Arab owners have launched a world-record £50million
bid to sign Gianluigi Buffon, widely regarded as the best goalkeeper on the
planet. A delegation from the Barclays Premier League club travelled to
Turin this month to discuss a possible transfer and, despite the
protestations of Juventus, City firmly expect to secure a deal by making an
offer that neither the goalkeeper nor his club can refuse.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST
Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen and any other England player must wait until
plans for the start of next season are finalised before being told how long
they can spend in the Indian Premier League (IPL). With the ECB yet to
confirm opponents for Test and one-day series in May, players could be in a
state of uncertainty for the duration of this tour.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 11:19am CST
Rafael Benitez has paid Steven Gerrard a big compliment as the player
celebrates the ten-year anniversary of his Liverpool debut by suggesting he
could be the next manager of the club.
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Posted: November 21st, 2008, 10:47am CST
Ricky Hatton is aiming to put the record straight against Paulie Malignaggi on
Saturday night after admitting he looked like he was "past it" in
his last fight.