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Wonderkid Sandro Tonali says he is 'a mix of Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso' after Italy debut

The 19-year-old has drawn comparisons with former Juventus and AC Milan midfielder Pirlo, but the Brescia midfielder himself believes he has elements of Gattuso also within his style of play.




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Italy coach Roberto Mancini says Mario Balotelli will only be called up on merit after racism storm

Balotelli has not been called up by Mancini in more than a year but Italian soccer federation president Gabriele Gravina said last week that naming him in the squad would send a strong message.




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Italy 9-1 Armenia: Hosts make light work of opponents

Italy made light work of Armenia as they kept up their perfect record in Group J, smashing nine past their opponents in Palermo on a night where Nicolo Zaniolo impressed in midfield.




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Moise Kean claims he has answered his critics after Everton striker bagged twice for Italy U21s

Moise Kean was a big money signing in the summer but is yet to score in his four appearances for them, and his dad recently gave an interview where he said the 19-year-old was wrong to join them.




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Barcelona star Arda Turan's career lies in tatters after extraordinary gun incident

Arda Turan was once one of Turkey's best players and earned big moves to Atletico Madrid and then Barcelona. But, at 32, his career now lies in ruins following astonishing off-field incidents.




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Euro 2020: Top 10 young players to watch this summer

There will be plenty of quality on display at the Euro 2020 finals, with a chance for young talents to showcase their ability across Europe. Here are 10 youngsters you should look out for at the finals.




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Galatasaray disinfect stadium ahead of their derby against Besiktas due to coronavirus pandemic

Several European leagues have been suspended due to the coronavirus, but the Turkish Super League has so far refused to call off matches, with the country having six confirmed cases.




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Galatasaray 0-0 Besiktas: Goalless inside empty stadium which was disinfected beforehand

Bitter Turkish rivals Galatasaray and Besiktas pressed ahead with their Superlig fixture on Sunday, despite the vast majority of European football being cancelled at all levels due to the coronavirus spread.




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Coronavirus: Former Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber in 'critical' period in hospital

Former Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber is in a 'critical period' in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. The former Fenerbahce, Besiktas and Barcelona player was rushed in this weekend.




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Downsizing your home: Tips for moving to a smaller property in retirement

There are many reasons people choose to move to a smaller place. Perhaps your kids have left so there's no need for all the extra room, or you want to release some cash to supplement your income.




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Newcastle Building Society hands first-time buyers £2000 on top of their Lifetime Isa savings

Home buyers looking to get onto the housing ladder for the first time can now access a deal that will boost their deposit savings by £2,000.




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Surprise December 2019 bounce in house prices say Nationwide

House price inflation was up by 1.4% annually last month despite December typically being one of the slowest in the property market, figures from Nationwide Building Society show.




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Equity release rates hit their lowest ever levels - but is it really as cheap as it seems?

The lowest rate on the market is now just 2.84 per cent - on offer from More to Life - making it cheaper than ever to borrow against your home after you retire. But there are catches.




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House prices up 4% in 2019 after a £4k December bounce, says Halifax

Halifax's house price index showed the average property climbed £9,136 last year to £238,963, but the bank said that it only expected 'modest' rises in the year ahead.




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Lenders slice rates on 5-year mortgages as popularity of longer term deals soars 

The number of five-year fixes on offer for those with a bigger deposit is now even greater than the number of two-year deals, which have traditionally been the most popular mortgage-type.




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Which mortgage lenders let you use your bonuses to secure a loan?

Numbers crunched by mortgage broker Private Finance reveal that picking a 'bonus-friendly' mortgage lender could add a significant chunk onto the amount some workers could borrow.




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Sainsbury's Bank urged to move borrowers to a regulated lender after pulling out of mortgage market

Sainsbury's Bank is under pressure to guarantee that its mortgage customers won't be sold to a 'vulture fund' or private equity firm.




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Sellers hoping for a Boris bounce raise property asking prices by £7k

The average price of newly-listed homes for sale jumped 2.3 per cent to £306,810 in a month, as the traditional New Year bounce combined with post-election confidence.




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Act now to switch your mortgage if it ends in three months

Getting a new deal will take longer, as lenders are struggling with huge demand from anxious customers requesting repayment holidays on their loans.




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House prices forecast to drop 13% this year, by CEBR

The crash will be driven by the rental sector as the amount tenants can afford to pay plummets due to wage cuts and unemployment. Yorkshire and East Anglia look like being the hardest hit.




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Taking a mortgage holiday could make it more difficult to remortgage in the future experts warn

Industry insiders have claimed that some lenders have already started to automatically decline applications for those who have taken a payment holiday.




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Knight Frank calls for a stamp duty cut to save the property market

Lockdown will result in the loss of 526,000 home sales this year if there is no intervention - starving the economy of at least £14.3 billion, says Knight Frank.




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House prices started to slow before lockdown, says ONS / Land Registry

House price inflation slowed from 1.5 per cent in January to 1.1 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics and Land Registry index reported




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Nationwide: House prices up in April, but Lloyds forecasts 5% fall

Nationwide warned the outlook for the market remains 'highly uncertain', while Lloyds' worst case prediction is a 30% fall over two years.




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'I can't wait to move!': Majority of buyers vow to crack on with moves

Getting the deal done looks set to become a tag-line for the property market as transactions remain on hold and more people look to move outside of big cities like London and Birmingham.




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PIERS MORGAN: If you start acting like America's lawman, Mr President, it makes you a dictator

By assuming a greater power than he has, President Trump threatens to imperil the very foundation of American democracy by effectively attempting to place himself above the law




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PIERS MORGAN: Unless our leaders take some hard decisions we could be in a coronavirus horror story

Three things happened yesterday that made me think the sh*t with coronavirus just got very real.




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PIERS MORGAN on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's UK return

It's the photo that has shot round the world faster than coronavirus. Meghan and Harry, under an umbrella flashing movie star smiles just like Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in Singin In the Rain.




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PIERS MORGAN: Stop playing down the coronavirus, Mr President, and start telling Americans the truth

'Trump seems hell-bent on pursuing a very self-destructive course when it comes to handling the biggest test of his presidency, and it could see him get kicked out of the White House.'




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Coronavirus UK: Piers Morgan says we need wartime mentality

This is war. Make no mistake, for my generation, the COVID-19 coronavirus is the biggest threat to civilian life that we will have experienced since World War 2.




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Piers Morgan on Trump's 'Comical Ali'-style coronavirus claims

I watched President Trump's COVID-19 press briefing yesterday in which he stated with unequivocal confidence: 'It's something we have tremendous control of.' Really, Mr President?




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PIERS MORGAN: Coronavirus may be millennials' wake-up call

The staggeringly crass and selfish stupidity of spoiled millennial idiots like Vanessa Hudgens will help Coronavirus kill more people and they need to drop their blinkered stupidity and wake up!




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PIERS MORGAN: Boris Johnson's dithering will have already cost a lot of British lives

PIERS MORGAN: Boris Johnson is flailing so badly it's going to cost a lot of lives. From the moment the coronavirus reared its ugly head, he's shown an extraordinary reluctance to tackle it head on.




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PIERS MORGAN: Coronavirus doesn't give a damn about the economy, President Trump

President Trump wants to reopen America for business. Frustrated by the election-threatening collapse of the US economy, he is desperate to see his beloved stock and job numbers going up.




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Piers Morgan NHS heroes are being led by donkeys Boris should overrule experts and do more tests

PIERS MORGAN: Britain is a country of heroic NHS lions led by dangerously incompetent donkeys - and many thousands of people are going to die as a result, including many trying to save them.




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Coronavirus UK: Our strategy was disastrous, says Piers Morgan

PIERS MORGAN: The health of one man, however important he is, shouldn't turn attention away from the horrifying new coronavirus death figures for the UK.




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PIERS MORGAN: America doesn't want a King Trump, still less a petty Emperor with no clothes

It's become an increasingly nauseating spectacle and last night, President Trump reached a new low with a press briefing performance that was frankly an utter disgrace.




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PIERS MORGAN: I understand why Americans are protesting the lockdown - but they're wrong

The US, which despite all President Trump's claims to the contrary, was shamefully slow to respond to the threat, has had more coronavirus deaths than anywhere else in the world.




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ANDREW PIERCE: The Olympian who could defeat Boris in the race to become MP for Uxbridge

Who could defeat Boris in the race to become MP for Uxbrdge? Which Labour MP does not know the price of a stamp? And what has Lord Prescott to say for himself?




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ANDREW PIERCE: How slippery Alex egged on Fred the Shred

In a letter to Fred Goodwin (pictured) in 2007, the SNP leader said: 'It is in Scottish interests for RBS to be successful and I would like to offer any assistance my office can provide.'




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ANDREW PIERCE'S DIARY: The one crisis that Ed simply can't mention 

How many times will Ed Miliband use the word ‘crisis’ in his keynote conference speech today to illustrate all that is wrong with Coalition Britain? Asks ANDREW PIERCE.




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ANDREW PIERCE: A wager the Ukip tycoon wants to lose 

Betting magnate Stuart Wheeler believes Ukip will hold the balance of power in a hung Parliament after the next election but has put a sizeable wager on David Cameron winning an overall majority.




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ANDREW PIERCE'S DIARY: The Lord doth protest too much  

Lord Hill dismissed talk of a move to Brussels to be the UK's EU Commissioner but just a few weeks later, Hill has been named in that exact role, writes ANDREW PIERCE.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Betting donor who may give Ed a red face 

Bet365, which has donated more than £400,000 to Labour, risked embarrassing the party by announcing it is to relocate its international remote operations to the tax haven of Gibraltar.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Red Ed snubs Fry's boycott of the Sultan

Equality was the theme of the dinner hosted by Ed Miliband to raise money for Labour’s women candidates at the next General Election.




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Tory favourite David Rowland pays £45,000 for Prime Minister's speech  

David Rowland made the highest bid of the night at a small gathering of Tory supporters at Christie's auction house hosted by the Prime Minister and his wife Samantha.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Uh-oh! Europe's three amigos Ken Clarke, Lord Mandelson and Danny Alexander are teaming up to form a new group urging Britain to remain in EU

Ken Clarke and Lord Mandelson are becoming joint presidents along with Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury, of a new group called British Influence.




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ANDREW PIERCE with the stories the spin doctors DON'T want you to read

During an otherwise confident performance on the BBC's Andrew Marr show this weekend, the Prime Minister stumbled badly when he was challenged over fox hunting.




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A broadside for Jeremy Corbyn from the Left says ANDREW PIERCE

How very unbrotherly Left-wing Labour can be. Not all of them have rallied to defend their bearded poster-boy Jeremy Corbyn against attacks from the likes of Tony Blair, writes ANDREW PIERCE.




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Grant Shapps thought Road Trip 2015 would catapult him to Tory party leader

Grant Shapps privately believed his key role in Road Trip 2015 – the campaigning operation aimed at winning votes in marginal seats – would catapult him to party leader.