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Several weeks ago, you might have got a funny look if you suggested the Apollo Stakes would attract a bigger field than the other 1400-metre weight-for-age race to be run this Saturday, the C.F. Orr Stakes.

The Group 2 Apollo, which will be run at Randwick in Sydney, heralds the return of the seemingly invincible Winx, while the Orr is the first Group 1 of the calendar year in Melbourne, where the talent pool is generally more evenly spread.

Yet, connections of 13 runners have put their hand up for a crack at Winx with a field of 12 to go around in the Orr.

There's little doubt, however, about which shapes as the more competitive contest.

Just under an hour after Winx resumes in the Apollo at 3:10pm, where she is the $1.18 favourite to make it 14 wins in a row, a crack field will go around in the Orr (4:05pm).

Nine of the 12 Orr Stakes runners have won at Group 1 level and the three that haven't aren't exactly making up the numbers.

Arod won the Group 2 Summer Mile at Ascot before coming to Australia, where he is now trained by Chris Waller and Ecuador (Waterhouse/Bott) is two-from-two this campaign and boasts a 2.3-length second to Winx in an Epsom Handicap, while Miss Rose De Lago (Danny O'Brien) is a dual Group 2 winner, including a first-up win last campaign in the Lawrence Stakes over the Orr Stakes course.

Of the Group 1 winners, seven are winners at the highest level at 1600m or below.

Black Heart Bart, who will carry the No 1 saddlecloth, has developed into one of the country's most consistent gallopers and his two starts over 1400m at Caulfield have produced wins in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes and Group 3 Easter Cup.

He will renew hostilities with dual Group 1 winner Malaguerra, who had his measure in the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

They both drew wide when the barrier draw was conducted on Wednesday morning with Black Hart Bart, who will be ridden by Brad Rawiller, to start from gate 11 and Malaguerra (Ben Melham) alley 12.

Palentino (fourth) and Turn Me Loose (seventh), who finished fourth in last year's Orr when a $3.80 favourite, are the other Orr Stakes runners who contested the Australia Stakes. They drew barriers seven and two respectively.

Lucky Hussler (barrier four) is another runner engaged this year who contested last year's Orr and connections will be hoping for more luck than 12 months ago, when a luckless second behind Suavito.

The Hawkes stable is looking to win another Orr with a Caulfield Guineas winner resuming from a spell, as they did with All Too Hard in 2013, and Divine Prophet's quest for victory will be carried out from gate six.

Divine Prophet will be ridden by Dwayne Dunn, which has presented Regan Bayliss with an opportunity in the first Group 1 race to be run since he became a senior rider.

He has been gifted the mount aboard Toorak Handicap winner He's Our Rokkii, who drew barrier nine.

The depth of quality among the sprinter/milers in this year's Orr provide for stiff competition for Caulfield Cup heroine Jameka (10), who will be ridden for the first time by Luke Nolen with Nick Hall injured, and Emirates Stakes victor Awesome Rock (three), who both launch Australian Cup campaigns.

The Orr Stakes is a highlight of a super Caulfield card that also features a pair of Blue Diamond Preludes for the two-year-olds and the reappearance of Australia's premier sprinter, Chautauqua.

The five-time Group 1 winner resumes in the $200,000 Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m), a race he won two years ago, but has to carry 59.5kg against talented types including Group 1 winner I Am A Star (53.5kg), leading Oakleigh Plate fancy Hellbent (56kg), the speedy Wild Rain (55.5kg) and a rejuvenated El Divino (54kg).

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Shares of nitrogen fertilizer specialist CF Industries (NYSE:CF) jumped nearly 11% last month after analysts cozied up to the stock. In addition, long-beaten-down investors are finally seeing the light for a recovery in agricultural nutrient prices.

The stock had a ho-hum start to 2017 until analysts at B of A Merrill Lynch changed their rating from hold to buy on January 20, citing likely improvements in earnings starting this year. The announcement set a target price of $40 per share and lifted CF Industries stock 6% that day.

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Shares kept rising, but gave back some of the gains in the last week of January. Still, CF Industries stock trades below $36 per share today -- meaning the new analyst price target represents 12% upside before the hefty 3.3% dividend is factored in.

Investors are betting that shares will rise even further in the long term as nutrient prices begin to recover. In fact, nearly all major fertilizer producers have signaled that the worst is over and a slow recovery will begin in 2017 and 2018. That could bode well for CF Industries, which, at the very end of December, announced that its final capacity expansion project was completed and operating at commercial production levels.

The short-term benefits may be debatable, and rapid capacity expansions wereadmittedly one of the major contributing factors in the recent downturn,but the recent portfolio-wide upgrade and investments will enable some of the lowest-cost production and growth in the company's history. A reduction in capital expenditures related to growth investments in 2017 should also help the stock rise by providing a slight boost to the bottom line.

What happens from here depends on nitrogen fertilizer demand. Leading producers are optimistic that the overall fertilizer market will begin to return to form in the next two years, but volatility is likely, as the supply-demand balance works its way to an equilibrium.

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Canyon has announced the release of its flagship, ultra-light race bike, the Ultimate CF EVO. The new bike is based on its already impressively light Ultimate CF SLX, which when combined with a high-zoot build brings the weight down to a paltry 4.96kg / 10.9lb.

In designing the Ultimate CF EVO, Canyon has extensively reworked the layup of the already lightweight Ultimate CF SLX by using ultra-high modulus pitch-based fibres that required special permission from the Japanese Ministry of Defence to access.

Combined with the use of titanium wherever possible, this brings the Ultimate CF EVO frameset down to a claimed weight of 665g for the frame and an equally feathery 270g for the fork (size medium).

The bike is no wall ornament, however. The entire bike, including the seatpost and integrated cockpit on the 10.0 LTD, has been tested to the same standard as the rest of the Ultimate range, so unlike some ultra-exotic, lightweight builds, you will actually be able to ride the damn thing.

While the frameset goes some way to achieving this low weight, the ultra high-end build also helps to keep weight down: the Lightweight Meilenstein Obermayer tubular wheels weigh in at 1,100g (claimed) with the THM Fibula brakes coming in at 120g for the pair.

The bike will be available in two stock factory builds the lighter Ultimate CF EVO 10.0 SL and the Ultimate CF EVO 10.0 LTD with Canyon's H36 Aerocockpit and more practical clincher wheels and separately as a frameset, which includes Canyons aforementioned integrated cockpit and S15 VCLS 2.0 seatpost.

Unsurprisingly, such exotic lightweight luxury comes at a premium. The Ultimate CF EVO 10.0 LTD comes in at a wallet worrying/marriage wrecking 13,000 (11,599, AU$18,599) and the Ultimate CF EVO 10.0 SL comes in at 10,000 (8,999, AU$14,299).

The bikes are available to order now with US pricing and availability due to be announced later this year.

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Range Resources Corporation (RRC) ended last trading session with a change of 1.31 percent. It trades at an average volume of 4.38M shares versus 3.96M shares recorded at the end of last trading session. The share price of $33.91 is at a distance of 56.68 percent from its 52-week low and down -27.71 percent versus its peak. The company has a market cap of $8.21B and currently has 242.05M shares outstanding. The share price is currently 0.54 percent versus its SMA20, -2.59 percent versus its SMA50, and -12.34 percent versus its SMA200. The stock has a weekly performance of 1.71 percent and is -1.31 percent year-to-date as of the recent close.

On Jan. 27, 2017 Range Resources Corporation (RRC) announced that proved reserves as of December 31, 2016 were 12.1 Tcfe.

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) recently recorded -0.53 percent change and currently at $35.49 is 75.27 percent away from its 52-week low and down -4.52 percent versus its peak. It has a past 5-day performance of 0.28 percent and trades at an average volume of 5.71M shares. The stock has a 1-month performance of 7.38 percent and is 12.74 percent year-to-date as of the recent close. There were about 232.79M shares outstanding which made its market cap $8.26B. The share price is currently 2.23 percent versus its SMA20, 11.95 percent versus its SMA50, and 30.55 percent versus its SMA200.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) will report its fourth quarter 2016 results after the market close on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. The company plans to host a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 16, 2017.

Investors can access the call by dialing 866-748-8653 or 678-825-8234. The passcode is 46737563. The conference call also will be available live on the companys website at http://www.cfindustries.com. Participants also may pre-register for the webcast on the companys website. Please log-in or dial-in at least 10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure a connection. A replay of the call will be available for seven days by calling 855-859-2056 and citing code 46737563.

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Basic Materials Stocks To Look Out For: Range Resources Corporation (RRC), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) - The Independent Republic

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After eight years as the Pittsburgh Pirates' center fielder, veteran Andrew McCutchen will move to right field in 2017, manager Clint Hurdle announced Sunday, per ESPN.com.

Left fielder Starling Marte will move to center field, while Gregory Polanco will take Marte's place in left.

McCutchen has played 1,175 games and 10,317.1 innings in center field throughout his major league career, and it's the only position he has ever played in the field, though he has served as a designated hitter on a few occasions.

The 30-year-old has not been the most effective fielder despite winning a Gold Glove in 2012. In six of his eight big league seasons, he has possessed a negative defensive WAR (dWAR).

In 2016, his minus-2.6 dWAR was the worst rating among all center fielders in the majors, per ESPN.com.

Marte has played in three fewer seasons than McCutchen, but his 6.0 career dWAR is exceptionally better than McCutchen's minus-3.9 mark.

Last season, McCutchen also put up a career-worst .256 batting average, .336 on-base percentage, .430 slugging percentage and .766 OPS. Despite being a five-time All-Star and fifth on the franchise's all-time home runs list, McCutchen's name has cropped up on the trade market on multiple occasions this winter as a result of his down season.

With Hurdle looking to "maximize our outfield production," per ESPN.com, putting McCutchen in right field decreases the number of plays that come his way and gives him less ground to cover compared to his center field duties.

The move might not only improve his defensive play, but it could also keep him fresher throughout the season and help him improve his offensive game as well.

Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com unless noted otherwise.

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Since Reg CF became effective, Ive noticed a disturbing pattern in Reg CF dealstheir valuations and economic terms are oftentimes unjustified. Unlike a normal angel or VC investment, which includes back and forth negotiations on terms with a lead investor, Reg CF issuers largely set their own economic terms. For the crowd, its a take-it-or-leave-it situation, and I suspect that many other CF investors (myself included on a number of deals) end up leaving it.

You see, some CF issuers, upon learning that they get to set the terms, think This is great! Let me take advantage of this and set a valuation much higher than I might normally get! And as a result, we the crowd end up seeing a bunch of unrealistically priced deals. Were turned off. We dont invest.

If issuers set fair and realistic economic terms, they will be able to raise more capital. If they act self-serving and demand unfair and unrealistic economic terms, the crowds likelihood of investment drastically diminishes, and the issuer may end up not only with less capital, but possibly with no capital at all (to the extent they fail to meet the minimum and arent able to close the round).

This is not a new concept. I often get clients in the real estate syndication space where there also is little to no negotiation on terms. Experienced syndicators and investors in the space know what standard terms are. While beginner syndicators sometimes have to offer more than the industry standard, in order to get started and build a track record, experienced syndicators sometimes can command less than standardto the extent they have a proven track record and a strong relationship with their repeat investor base. Sometimes, beginner syndicators will try to push for more self-serving terms, despite the lack of a track record or strong relationshipswhich results in their not being able to raise enough capital to close the deal. (The second time around, theyll follow the standard, with more success).

Reg CF offerings are very similar. There are a plethora of deals, and as an investor, Id rather wait for a good deal than invest in a bad one.

Moreover, assigning an inflated valuation to a company demonstrates short-term thinking. Explains Peter Goldstein, Managing Member of Alchemy Capital Group;

Valuation is a sensitive item that goes way beyond the initial crowdfunding campaign. I think it is critical that an early stage company look at the capital structure and valuation for the long term. The amount of capital needed to meet its short term, mid and long term goals needs to be considered to prevent a down round and future limitations for funding or trading on the capital markets.

As a mentor once said, theres no such thing as a bad deal, theres only bad pricing. (Admittedly that maxim holds more true for real estate than for operational companies, where there are bad deals).

I have no data or statistics to back up this theory, just personal experience, and observations as both an investor and counselor. Thats just my $0.02take it or leave it.

Amy Wan,Esq.CIPP/US, is aSenior Contributorto Crowdfund Insider. Amy is a Partner at Trowbridge Sidoti LLP (CrowdfundingLawyers.net) where she practices crowdfunding and syndication law. Formerly, she was General Counsel at Patch of Land, a real estate marketplace lending platform. While there, Amypioneered the industrysfirst payment dependent notethat is secured pursuant to an indenture trustee and designed to be bankruptcy remote, and advised the company on its Series A funding round. In recognition her work at Patch, she was named as a Finalist for theCorporate Counsel of the Year Award 2015by LA Business Journal. Amy also brings extensive experience in legal innovation and rethinking the delivery of legal services. She is the founder and co-organized of Legal Hackers LA, and was namedone of ten women to watch in legal technology by the American Bar Association Journal in 2014.

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) Analyst Evaluation

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) currently has mean rating of 2.60 while 6 analysts have commented the shares as BUY, 1 recommended as OUTPERFORM and 11 commented as HOLD. The rating score is on a scale of 1-5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for strong sell. The mean price target for the equity is at $31.60 while the highest price target suggested by the brokerage firms is $40.00 and low price target is $23.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 19 analysts.

The mean revenue estimate for the ongoing quarter ending Dec 16 is $903.78M by 13 analysts. The average forecast of sales for the year ending Dec 16 is $3.71B by 19 financial experts.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF)went down -2.73% during trading on 02/02/2017, with the companys shares hitting the price near $35.63. The stock had a trading capacity of 3.91M shares. The firm has a SMA 50 (Simple Moving Average) of 13.29% and a SMA 200-(Simple Moving Average) of 31.19%. This appreciation has taken its market valuation to 8.31B. Shares registered one year high at $37.17 and the one year low of $20.25.

Earnings Summary

In CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) latest quarter ended on 30 Sep 2016, company revealed earnings of $0.13 a share. The reported earnings topped the analysts consensus by $0.16 with the surprise factor around 533.30%. In the matter of earnings surprises, it can have a huge impact on a companys stock price. Several studies suggest that positive earnings surprises not only lead to an immediate hike in a stocks price, but also to a gradual increase over time.

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN)went down -0.71% during trading on 02/02/2017, closing at $43.51. The stock had a trading capacity of 3.89M shares. The firm has a SMA 50 (Simple Moving Average) of -14.13% and a SMA 200-(Simple Moving Average) of -8.33%. This appreciation has taken its current market value to7.54B and a price-to-earnings ratio to 23.28. Shares registered one year high at $62.42 and the one year low of $34.54.

Analysts Appraisals For Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN)

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN)shares currently have a mean rating of 2.80 while 5 analysts have recommended the shares as BUY, 2 commented as OUTPERFORM and 16 commented as HOLD. The rating score is on a scale of 1-5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell. The mean price target for the companys stock is $51.28 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is $68.00 and low price target is $37.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 23 brokerage firms.

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN) has a mean revenue estimate for the ongoing quarter ending Jan 17 of $4.37B, according to 21 analysts. The average forecast of sales for the year ending Jan 17 is $14.8B by 22 analysts.

Earnings Overview For Nordstrom, Inc.

Company latest quarter ended on 31 Oct 2016. There were earnings of $0.84 per share. The reported earnings topped the analysts consensus by $0.32 with the surprise factor of 61.50%.

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Analysts Valuations For 2 Stocks: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF), Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN) - The Voice Registrar

Mutiple Group 1 winner Black Heart Bart is one of four horses trainer Darren Weir has nominated for the Group 1 $500,000 Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Black Heart Bart, above, is among the nominations for the Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos.

Weirs other Group 1 winners Lucky Hussler and Palentino as well as Japanese import Tosen Stardom are among the seventeen nominations for the Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes.

Black Heart Bart and Palentino have both had one run back from a spell for a second and a fourth to Malaguerra in the Group 2 $200,000 Browns Sawdust And Savings Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on January 27.

The Peter Gelagotis trained Malaguerra resumed for the Autumn in great style and after racing just off the pace strode away in the straight to record a two lengths victory in the Australia Stakes.

The Lindsay Park Team of David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig has nominated Toorak Handicap winner Hes Our Rokkii and the in-form Grande Rosso who has worked his way up through the grades with three wins from his last four starts.

Hes Our Rokkii collected his first Group 1 trophy with a win in the Group 1 $500,000 IG Markets Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield during the 2016 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and was sent for a spell after running tenth at his next start to Le Romain in the Group 1 $1m Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on October 29.

Hes Our Rokkii is also nominated for the Group 2 $250,000 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday as is the Team Hawkes trained Caulfield Guineas winner Divine Prophet.

The Leon and Troy Corstens trained Awesome Rock has been entered for the Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes and will be having his first run back since winning the Group 1 $2m Emirates Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on November 5, the last day of the 2016 four day Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Cranbourne trainer Mick Kent has nominated his unbeaten mare Abbey Marie who is a winner of her only three starts and will be stepping out for the first time in the Ladbrokes C.F. Stakes since winning the Group 1 $400,000 Schweppes Oaks (registered as Australasian Oaks) (2000m) at Morphettville on May 7.

2016 Caulfield Cup winner Jameka is among the nominations for the Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes along with the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trainer Ecuador and Danny OBriens smart mare Miss Rose De Lago.

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We have gathered the technical data on CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), and see some interesting trends in the stocks behavior of late. Every professional at some point comes to respect the actual behavior of a stock as the true arbiter of right and wrong with any bet. The chart captures that best.

CF has been trading in a bearish trend, based on the relative levels of its 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages. This suggests that the broad sum of capital flow in the stock has been generally negative over the recent period. In terms of the relative level of interest afforded this stock among active participants in the market, relative volume measures have been weak, indicating apathy for the name by traders, investors, and money managers during the past month of action. This suggests something of the significance of other current technical measures as well.

For market timers, its also important to take measure of the relative level of recent lift or pressure in the stock is it overbought or oversold? For that, we turn to RSI and stochastic measures. The 14-day RSI stands at 59.25%. That shows that the stock, according to a traditional interpretation and usage of the RSI indicator, is not particularly predisposed to a reactive price movement based on this measure If we look at the stochastic measure, the raw data over the stocks last month of action shows a score of 77.03%. Based on a raw data interpretation, the stock is relatively overbought from this perspective.

As professionals know, risk is best understood through a measure of volatility in an investment vehicle. In recent action, CF has made a move of +2.63 over the past month. Over the trailing year, the stock is underperforming the S&P 500 by -4.32%, and its gotten there by action that has been more volatile on a day-to-day basis than most other stocks on the exchange. The stocks recent movement has come on a historical volatility score of 42.28%, which represents the standard deviation of returns of a theoretical long position from a mean price during that period. On a daily basis over the past month, the average true range of the stock, as expressed in percentage terms, is 3.5%. That should give you a pretty good sense of the level of risk implied in a short-term trading approach in the stock with a stop-loss in place.

As it stands at present, the stock might find important action at key Fibonacci levels. Fibonacci levels are used by major Wall Street firm technical desks. The math is drawn from the Fibonacci series that defines growth systems by an interval increase characterized by steps divisible by the golden ratio of 61.8%. In this case, the critical 38.2% level drawn off the 52-weeklow of $20.25 sits at $26.71. CF also has additional support below at the stocks 200-day simple moving average, which sits at $27.57.

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Samir Nasri missed a penalty as Sevilla ended with a 0-0 draw at home against Villarreal in La Liga. The missed the chance to close the gap with leaders Real Madrid C.F. in points table

Samir Nasri missed a second-half penalty as Sevilla squandered the chance to close to within a point of La Liga leaders Real Madrid with a 0-0 draw home to Villarreal on Sunday.

The Frenchmans low spot-kick was well saved by Sergio Asenjo, who then made a spectacular stop from Vicente Iborras late header as La Ligas best defence held out for a point at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium.

Sevilla trail Madrid by three points, but the European champions have two games in hand.

Real were due to be in action later on Sunday, but their clash at Celta Vigo was postponed after bad weather damaged Celtas Balaidos stadium.

Sevilla dominated throughout, but had to wait until the second half to enjoy their best openings.

The hosts were generously awarded a penalty just three minutes after the break when Vitolo went down in the area under pressure from Mario Gaspar.

Nasri confidently stepped up, but the on-loan Manchester City midfielders strike lacked the power or accuracy to beat Asenjo, who saved low to his left.

Villarreal then had a huge chance of their own to go in front on the counter-attack as Adrian Lopez rounded Sevilla goalkeeper Sergio Rico, but could only fire into the side-netting with the goal gaping.

The visitors were rescued by the offside flag moments later when Wissam Ben Yedder fired into the roof of the net.

And it was Asenjo who proved the Villarreal hero once more seven minutes from time with a remarkable save to his right to prevent Sevilla captain Iborras header from close range flying into the far corner.

We deserved more, said Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli.

To miss out on two points is frustrating given the dreams we have.

Villarreal remain in sixth, four points off the top four, as Real Sociedad came from behind at a windswept Anoeta to beat Osasuna 3-2.

- Floodlight failure -

The match in San Sebastian threatened to become the third La Liga game of the weekend called off by extreme weather in the north of Spain as relentless rain fell during the first 45 minutes.

Osasuna were the keener to continue at half-time as Kenan Kodro handed them a 25th minute lead.

However, Osasuna remain without a league win since October as Sociedad roared back with three goals in 15 minutes from Raul Navas, Carlos Vela and Juanmi to move to within a point of Atletico Madrid.

Sergio Leon gave Osasuna hope with a fine solo effort 11 minutes from time and only a stunning save from Geronimo Rulli to turn Jaime Romeros effort onto the bar denied the visitors an unlikely point.

And even a fleeting last minute floodlight failure couldnt save Osasuna from defeat as they remain rooted in the relegation zone in 19th.

Sporting Gijon also failed to ease their relegation fears as a much-changed Alaves won 4-2 at El Molinon.

Alaves had the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final with Celta on Wednesday in mind, but goals Ruben Soriano, Cristian Santos, Edgar Mendez and Alexis left Sporting still five points off safety.

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