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Saints targeting deadline day double ... but midfielder can leave
Ronald Koeman is hopeful Saints will sign a defender and a winger before the transfer window slams shut at 11pm tomorrow – but is prepared to allow Saphir Taider to leave little over three weeks after he joined the club. A turbulent summer of ins
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RUMOUR MILL, August 31- Saints linked with Senegal international
Saints boss Ronald Koeman is being linked with a deadline day move for Senegal international midfielder Sadio Mane. The 22-year-old helped Salzburg win the Austrian League and cup last season, and in his two seasons at the club has scored an impressive
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Watts hits double hat-trick as Sholing United start Sunday League season in style
Nick Watts belted a double hat-trick as Sholing United went goal crazy on the opening day of the Tempo Travel City of Southampton Sunday League. He struck six times as Sholing won 11-0 at Totton Town with Lejay Giles (2), Jon Horner, Luke Buck
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Five clubs in two days for Benali
FRANNY Benali ticked off five clubs over the weekend as he continued his 1,000-mile run to all 20 Premier League grounds. The Saints legend ran via the north-west’s Big Four, arriving at Everton before the short journey to Liverpool, then on to
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Double win for Vector Martini in iconic Cowes-Torquay offshore powerboat race
Vector Martini won both legs of the iconic Cowes-Torquay-Cowes offshore powerboat race today. Driven by Peter Dredge alongside Simon Powell, Vector was first to the Devon town after the fleet had left the Isle of Wight this morning. And it
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Post-tea comeback boosts Hants
Hampshire took five wickets in 11 overs after tea to boost their promotion hopes on the opening day of their LV County Championship match against Leicestershire. Bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire are without an LV County Championship win for two
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Record-breaking year at air show
IT WAS a record-breaking weekend for one of the South's most spectacular events. Almost 1.2million people went along to the seventh Bournemouth Air Festival to be wowed by a series of jaw-dropping aerial displays. About 850,000 people
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Lovren wins battle of former Saints at Tottenham as Pochettino's 100 per cent start is shattered
MAURICIO Pochettino suffered his first defeat as Tottenham manager against a Liverpool side containing his ex-Saints defender Dejan Lovren. Rickie Lambert was an unused sub as Liverpool ended Pochettino’s 100 per cent start to 2014/15 with a 3-
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Maxwell disappointment as Zimbabwe make history
GLENN Maxwell was out for 13 as Australia suffered their first defeat to Zimbabwe for 31 years. Australia captain Michael Clarke made an unbeaten 68 but did not get the support he needed as his side was restricted to 209-9. Maxwell, Hampshire
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Roy injured after replacing Carberry
Michael Carberry’s replacement in England’s NatWest Twenty20 squad was injured within hours of his call-up. Carberry, who played his only T20 international against Sri Lanka in May, was replaced by the uncapped Roy, who was hit on the hand while
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Eastleigh boss Hill demanding an away day improvement after losing at Macclesfield
RICHARD Hill is calling for more away-day resilience from Eastleigh as they acclimatise to life in “big boys’ football.” Although the Spitfires have made a useful start to their debut Vanarama Conference season, winning three and drawing one of
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Redknapp backs former Wessex ace Charlie Austin to follow in footsteps of Rickie Lambert and Kevin Phillips
Harry Redknapp has backed former Wessex League striker Charlie Austin to become the latest former non-League star to make a successful transition to life in the top-flight. Bricklayer-turned-goalscorer Austin, whose goals took Poole Town to the
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Bashley captain Richard Morris blasts third highest innings in Southern Electric Premier League top flight history
Bashley (Rydal) skipper Richard Morris blasted the highest individual score of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League season when he smashed the St Cross Symondians attack for 179. Morris hit 12 sixes and 15 fours in his knock, the third highest
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Morton stars in winner-takes-all clash
South Wilts are ECB Southern Electric Premier League champions for a third successive year. They completed a hat-trick of titles when they beat Havant by 48 runs to wipe out a nine-point overnight deficit and finish six points ahead of their old
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Alsop and Weatherley rewrite record books as Totton & Eling's 15-year top flight record is ended
Totton & Eling’s 15-year spell as an ECB Southern Electric Premier League club ended with a crushing ten-wicket defeat by the Hampshire Academy, who chased down 267-8 to win with nine overs to spare. It left the marooned at the bottom, with
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Stringer's late goal keeps Infinity's 100 per cent Hampshire Premier League start intact
INFINITY and Lyndhurst are the early season pacesetters in Division 1 of the Hampshire Premier League. Both have won their first three matches and are the only two teams boasting a 100 per cent record. An 88th minute winner from Tommy Stringer
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Two-goal Daniel helps Sholing progress in FA Cup
FA CUP Preliminary round TWO-goal Daniel Mason fired Sholing into the FA first qualifying round at the Silverlake Arena yesterday, ending a three-match losing streak for the Boatmen. After a trio Southern One South & West losses,
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Magnificent seven for newly promoted Hamble Club
HAMBLE Club maintained their 100 per cent record in the top flight of the Hampshire Premier League yesterday. Promoted as Division 1 runners-up last season, Hamble Club collected their seventh straight win with a 5-1 success at rock bottom Liss
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Ex-Saint Nathan Dyer dreaming of an England call
Former Saints winger Nathan Dyer feels focusing on high-flying Swansea is the key to fulfilling his England dream. The in-form Dyer scored twice in the 3-0 home victory over West Brom yesterday which briefly took Swansea to the top of the Barclays
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Celtic boss adamant that defender linked with Saints move is staying put
Ronny Deila has told Virgil van Dijk he will not be leaving Celtic before the transfer window closes tomorrow night. The Dutch defender was missing from the Hoops' 1-1 Premiership draw with Dundee at Dens Park amid speculation linking him with
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Man found in pool of blood
MYSTERY surrounds how a man found lying in a pool of blood in a city street came by his injuries. An investigation is underway today in a quiet residential street in Southampton after the injured man was discovered in the middle of a road.
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UPDATED: Hampshire police - "no apologies" over Ashya search
POLICE have today defended their actions in launching a major search for missing five-year-old Ashya King - saying they did what was necessary because they believed he might die without medical help. At a press conference this morning Hampshire
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Building work underway on former Hampshire pub
PINTS will be replaced by homes as building work gets under way in the grounds of a former pub. Nine affordable properties are being built behind the old Croft pub in Langdown Lawn, Hythe, after planning bosses approved proposals to redevelop the
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City prefers break-ups face to face
SOUTHAMPTON is a good place to live if you prefer relationship break-ups to be done the old fashioned way, according to new research. The research, by online smart phone retailer Mobiles.co.uk, revealed 55 per cent of people in the city end a relationship
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Runners to go the distance for the first time
MORE than a third of runners taking to the streets for Southampton’s newest mass running event are tackling their first-ever long distance race. Over 1,500 people have so far signed up to compete in the city’s flagship half marathon. Of these
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Flats plan thrown out
PLANS to knock down a building in central Southampton and replace it with flats have been withdrawn. An ammended application to build a seven-storey building containing 21 flats in Canute Road was lodged with the city council last year after a
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Charity night supports two Hampshire brothers
A VIRTUAL race night has raised £1,700 for two Hampshire boys who suffer from a debilitating condition. Southampton youngster Josh, 5, and Ethan Twine, 7, have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare condition which causes muscles to weaken and waste
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Work begins on cardiac unit for young adults
IT WAS the moment they had all been waiting for. Wessex Heartbeat has spent two years raising money and support to make their dream of a new young adult cardiac unit at Southampton General Hospital a reality. Having joined forces with the Daily
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Police fly to Spain to interview Ashya's parents
A TEAM of Hampshire police officers were today due to fly to Spain to speak to the parents of Ashya King after he was found and taken to hospital last night. The youngster was discovered in the back of the family car in Velez, in Malaga, around 9.30pm
