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• Midfielder played for first time since June in 3-2 win over Holland • Manager Didier Deschamps to name squad for Euro 2016 on 12 May Dimitri Payet received a resounding vote of approval from Didier Deschamps after the West Ham United midfielder made an impressive return to international football with a starring role in France’s 3-2 win over Holland in Amsterdam on Friday. “He confirmed with us what he has been doing with his club,” said…

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• West Ham joint chairman says club are planning to offer Bilic new contract • Sullivan says talks will not open until January 2017 at the earliest West Ham are planning to reward manager Slaven Bilic with a new contract – but want to make sure he is not a “one-season wonder” first. West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan told the Mirror : “I will give Slaven a new deal in January. …

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• Joint-chairman says Hammers are given fewer spot kicks than other teams • ‘What hurts me is we get no such marginal calls our way’ The West Ham United joint-chairman David Sullivan claims his club have been getting a raw deal with penalty decisions for years. West Ham have been awarded just one spot-kick this term, and have not been given one away from home in the league in the past four seasons. …

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Sam Allardyce’s repair job should not go unappreciated but under his successor, Slaven Bilic, West Ham have consistently played without fear despite their disappointment at a 2-2 draw with Chelsea Although West Ham United left with regrets over missed chances and grievances over a highly debatable late penalty , the loss of two precious points could not dampen the pride they took from a performance that demonstrated how far they have come since they visited Chelsea on Boxing Day in…

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As a measure of West Ham United’s startling rise from mid-table obscurity and occasional relegation scraps to the fight for Champions League qualification, perhaps nothing illustrates it better than the deep sense of disappointment they experienced after they were denied a first victory in 14 years at Stamford Bridge by a moment of high controversy in the dying minutes . Before Robert Madley pointed to the spot in the 88th minute, despite Michail Antonio’s desperate foul …

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• BBC snaps up Everton tie on the Saturday night • BT Sport to televise the Crystal Palace v Watford clash The dates of the FA Cup semi-finals have been confirmed. Everton, sixth round winners over Chelsea , will take on either West Ham United or Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 23 April (5.15pm), a game which will be televised by the BBC. Continue reading…

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West Ham have been the poor relations in a one-sided rivalry for a long time but on Saturday they hope to secure a Premier League double over Chelsea On one side of London, they are revelling in their most enjoyable season since Alan Pardew’s briefly endearing collection of young hopefuls, wily old pros and outsiders were denied their moment of glory by that improbable rocket of an equaliser from Steven Gerrard in the FA …

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• ‘Fighting character shown against West Ham hopefully does boost us’ • United out to overturn deficit against Liverpool then face Manchester City Manchester United can take heart from their fightback against West Ham United as they head into two matches that will shape their season, according to Chris Smalling. United earned an FA Cup replay against Slaven Bilic’s team with a late goal from Anthony Martial . On Thursday they hope to overturn a 2-0 deficit to…

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• Minute-by-minute updates from Old Trafford • Follow Aston Villa v Spurs – live! • All the latest scores from around Europe • Email rob.smyth@theguardian.com 3.29pm GMT Remember this Berbatov brilliance v West Ham to set up Ronaldo? #mufc https://t.co/LkPVqPz2Qt 3.29pm GMT The Joy of Six: FA Cup quarter-finals The first entry is Leicester v Shrewsbury. And if you don’t know the story, you really should get clicking. Related: Football | The…

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Click to enlarge and debate the strip below the line. Keith Hackett’s verdict appears in Sunday’s Observer and here from Monday. You are the Ref No363: Sergio Agüero Continue reading…

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Today’s fluff is reeling from aftershocks Leicester City fans caused seismic waves with a magnitude of 0.3 when they celebrated their 89th-minute winner against Norwich , according to Leicester University students who were testing for earthquakes nearby at the time. But there may be more than a minor tremor in the city when it is discovered that Jamie Vardy ’s new contract contains a clause that allows him to leave the club for a relatively affordable £30m, a…

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• Bilic feels form of own team and ‘miraculous leaders Leicester’ is not a one-off • Roberto Martínez ‘can’t wait to build something special’ after Everton lose 3-2 While others look at the league table and see a one-off, Slaven Bilic eyes the future. If many regard Leicester City as an anomaly, the Croat believes they could be trailblazers. As West Ham United chase the top-four finish that would make this their best season …

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Season tickets at Goodison Park come with a guarantee of entertainment and the promise of frustration. Those at the Olympic Stadium may come with the carrot of Champions League football. Everton announced on Friday that they are reducing prices for next season. West Ham United are raising expectations for it. An extraordinary comeback, featuring three goals in 12 minutes, turned defeat into victory and maintained their hopes of a top-four finish. Credibility was stretched as the points were pilfered. …

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• ‘We made some mistakes that, normally, we don’t make,’ says Pochettino • ‘We were poor, this is true. We know that and the players know that’ Mauricio Pochettino acknowledged Tottenham Hotspur could have “no excuses” after passing up the chance to move to the top of the league, something they last achieved at this advanced stage of a campaign in 1985, by succumbing 1-0 at West Ham United . A run of six successive victories was checked by Michail Antonio’s early…

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Mauricio Pochettino’s team blew their chance of taking the lead in the Premiership as fatigue and a furiously motivated West Ham took their toll Right then. Does anyone actually want to win this thing? It has to date been a thrilling title race, pegged out around Tottenham’s drive, Leicester’s gnarled and canny fairytale and Arsenal’s ability, week in, week out, to look like the best really terrible football team in Europe. Related: Michail Antonio strikes early to give West Ham victory over …

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Spurs head to West Ham United on Wednesday for the first of two crunch derby matches this week One by one, the Tottenham Hotspur players came across to shake Daniel Levy by the hand. The club’s chairman was bemused, to the point where he turned to Mauricio Pochettino and asked him whether it was a new rule he had implemented. The manager smiled. It had started out as a rule but …

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• Fellow midfielder Mousa Dembélé could return to face Arsenal on Saturday • Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino relishing this week’s two derbies Dele Alli faces a fitness test before Tottenham Hotspur’s visit to West Ham United on Wednesday night while Mousa Dembélé could return for Saturday’s north London derby at home to Arsenal. Related: Teenaged Tottenham Hotspur prospect Marcus Edwards in stand-off with club Continue reading…

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• Co-chairmen say they will not tolerate vile chanting at game • ‘Racist, antisemitic and homophobic behaviour will be punished’ West Ham have urged their fans to behave during the derby showdown with Tottenham on Wednesday night. The fixture has been marred in the past by incidents of antisemitic chanting as well as violence, with one man stabbed before the meeting at White Hart Lane in November. Related: Michail Antonio’s winner for West

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This week’s winner is Alastair Wake who wins a copy of Got, Not Got: Shirt Tales & Short Stories: The Lost World of Football Kits . Next week we’d like your takes on the new Fifa president, Gianni Infantino . Send your efforts to gallery@theguardian.com by noon on Monday 7 March as a jpeg, complete with a caption . Anyone who forgets will have to book Louis van Gaal for diving Continue reading…

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Sunderland’s failure to take their chances left Sam Allardyce disappointed while West Ham’s Slaven Bilic refused to say European qualification is a target Slaven Bilic was talking in a cramped anteroom to the West Ham media centre when Sam Allardyce, perhaps touring the Upton Park corridors for one last time, emerged from a side door. “See you next season, hopefully,” the Sunderland manager said to his counterpart as they clasped hands. “You will, you will,” …

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• Senegalese had been sent off against during West Ham’s win over Blackburn • 26-year-old now free to play this weekend against Sunderland for London club West Ham United have appealed successfully against Cheikhou Kouyaté’s one-match suspension for the Senegalese’s red card during the club’s 5-1 win at Blackburn Rovers on Sunday. Related: West Ham’s Emmanuel Emenike and Dimitri Payet run riot at Blackburn Continue reading…

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• Arsenal will play Watford at home if they can beat Hull in fifth-round replay • West Ham face trip to either Manchester United or Shrewsbury Town Chelsea have been given a difficult away tie at Everton in the FA Cup quarter-final in the only confirmed all-Premier League clash in the sixth round draw, after the London sailed past Manchester City 5-1 on Sunday. Related: FA Cup sixth round draw – as it happened Continue reading

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Latest updates from the 2pm kick-off at Ewood Park Email niall.mcveigh@theguardian.com | Tweet @niallmcveigh Blackburn’s Evans ready for hectic schedule with club and country 1.38pm GMT Paul Lambert speaks “We’ve got a massive game this week (Blackburn play Derby on Wednesday) and something like 11 games in 31 days. Our lads can do the job today, though. Over the course of the season, you’d struggle to match sides like [West Ham], but in …

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• West Ham striker will miss two weeks with groin problem • Emmanuel Emenike likely to make first start at Blackburn Slaven Bilic said that he was “gutted” after confirming that Andy Carroll’s latest injury setback is likely to keep him out for two weeks. Carroll felt a problem in his groin while he was warming up against Norwich City last Saturday and although he came off the bench to help West Ham United fight back from…

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Today’s fluff is happy as a clam As the Mill knows more than most, it often tends to pay to take the easy option. We all have crazy dreams and outlandish thoughts at times – Why don’t you pack in the job, buy that campervan and head off around the world? Maybe you’d finish that Booker Prize-winning novel if only you left behind the rat race and moved to a sheep farm on …

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• 30-year-old striker become latest high-profile player moving to China • Tim Cahill, meanwhile, terminates deal with Shanghai Shenhua Nikica Jelavic has completed his switch from West Ham to the Chinese second division side Beijing Renhe. Related: Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang? Related: The great windfall of China: a football revolution that may lead to World Cup | Owen Gibson Continue reading…

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