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Your support makes all the difference.Redknapp accuses Balotelli of being a serial stamper
Harry Redknapp last night said Mario Balotelli, Manchester City's volatile striker, needed to be dealt with by Roberto Mancini, after declaring he had a history of the kind of stamping challenge which ought to have earned him a red card against Tottenham Hotspur yesterday. Balotelli faces a four-game ban from the Football Association if the governing body finds the referee, Howard Webb, did not see his 84th-minute challenge on Spurs' Scott Parker.
Balotelli then won and converted the 95th-minute penalty that sealed his club's 3-2 win. He was previously issued with a straight red in November 2010 for what was judged a stamp on West Bromwich Albion's Youssouf Mulumbu. "It's not the first time he's done that, is it? I'm sure it won't be the last," said Redknapp, who will today stand trial for tax evasion at Southwark Crown Court.
Federer dominant in classy display
Roger Federer showed complete dominance in beating home favourite Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to book his place in the Australian Open quarter-final. He will face Juan Martin del Potro in the Swiss's 31st successive Grand Slam quarter-final appearance. MORE
Ivory coast to win as Drogba scores
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Wenger annoyed at supporters' boos
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Cardiff face tough test in last eight
Cardiff Blues progressed into the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup with a narrow 36-30 win over Racing Métro. They travel to holders Leinster in the last eight after finishing second in Pool Two to Edinburgh, who secured a bonus-point win over London Irish. MORE
Saracens are sole English survivors
Saracens came from behind to win 26-20 at Treviso to become the only English side to progress out of the Heineken Cup Group stages, after Harlequins and Northampton were eliminated. They will play Clermont Auvergne in the quarter-finals. MORE
Bleasdale jumping for joy after 4.87m
GB pole-vaulter Holly Bleasdale is looking more and more like a medal hopeful at London 2012 after the 20-year-old sailed over 4.87m, an improvement of 16cm on the national mark, catapulting Bleasdale to second place on the world indoor all-time list. MORE
Opinion: James Lawton
It was a superb game and Balotelli is, of course, a superb talent but that didn't seem to matter so much when he delivered a stamping on the head of Scott Parker with what seemed to be cold deliberation. MORE
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