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Northern sports correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times. www.thetimes.co.uk Author of Touching Distance.
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Spying scandal sees Southampton booted out of English football’s Championship playoff final

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By Martyn Ziegler , Martin Hardy , Matt Lawton 
| The Post (Wellington)
Southampton’s coach Tonda Eckert, left, talks to his players during the FA Cup semifinal against Manchester City.Kin Cheung / AP Southampton have been expelled from the Championship play-off final for spying on other teams’ training sessions and deducted four points from next season's competition in a decision that could have cost the club £200 million (NZ$460m).
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EPL news: Carabao Cup final sees Newcastle with Loris Karius in goals

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By Martin Hardy 
| CODE Sports
“To be continued,” Loris Karius wrote prophetically on his Instagram account on January 19. There was an emoji of a piece of paper and a pen accompanying the words. Karius had just signed an extension to the short-term deal that he had agreed with Newcastle United in September. Even in his most lucid moments of hope, the goalkeeper cannot have envisaged the latest twist in his life. On Saturday night it became apparent that he would be in Newcastle’s starting XI for their first cup final since 1999.
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Hillsborough’s Leppings Lane end: Why is monument to death still standing?

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By Martin Hardy 
| CODE Sports
It was 5.51pm. I know it was 5.51pm because I looked at my phone, and then my watch and then the time on the picture the moment I’d taken it. History has shown us the importance of recording time in regards to matters and evidence in the case of the Leppings Lane end of Hillsborough. There were nine minutes to go before last Saturday’s kick-off in the FA Cup tie between Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United when I took that picture.
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