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1. Eddie Howe feels referees now too reliant on VAR after mistakes in Newcastle win

   In the absence of VAR, Kavanagh and his assistant referees seemingly got at least three major decisions wrong.

2. Liverpool vs Brighton live: Jones scores for first time in 57 games as Reds lead FA Cup clash

   Brighton travel to Anfield for a testing FA Cup tie against the Premier League champions

3. Scotland boss Gregor Townsend sends message to critics after Calcutta Cup victory

   Townsend had entered the game under pressure but masterminded an excellent Scottish performance at Murrayfield

4. Pakistan captain says it is up to India to decide whether to shake hands at the T20 World Cup

   Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha says it is up to India's players to decide if they will shake hands with his team before and after Sunday's much-anticipated T20 World Cup clash

5. Cuba postpones its annual cigar fair as a US oil siege causes severe fuel shortages and blackouts

   Organizers say Cuba’s annual cigar fair, which was set to be held the last week of February, has been postponed

6. Cops and SWAT teams swarm area near Nancy Guthrie’s home as sheriff says investigators ‘won’t quit’ even if search takes ‘years’

   It’s been nearly two weeks since the 84-year-old vanished from her Arizona home in what police believe is a kidnapping

7. Boy, 16, charged with murder after teenager stabbed in Feltham

   Maliki Sharma has been described as a ‘lovely boy’ who had hopes of becoming an electrician

8. Starmer to deploy UK warships to Arctic following Trump’s Greenland threats

   The prime minister also used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to underline the UK’s commitment to Nato as he spelt out the ‘urgency’ of forging a closer UK defence relationship with Europe

9. Four new astronauts arrive at the International Space Station to replace NASA's evacuated crew

   The International Space Station is back to full strength with the arrival of four new astronauts

10. ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin beaten for first time in two years in stunning men’s skating final

    Malinin has not been beaten in two and a half years but crumbled under the pressure of the Olympic final