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Sunderland are set to to retain seven Africa Cup Of Nations-bound players for the Wear-Tyne derby, Sky Sports News understands. FIFA has informed clubs they will be able to keep players heading to AFCON until December 15, allowing Sunderland to field a full-strength squad against rivals Newcastle, live on Sky Sports on December 14. The

Monday 1 December 2025 15:28, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports' Sam Blitz explains why Trevoh Chalobah's goal against Arsenal shouldn't have stood at Stamford Bridge.

Tim Henman says the Masters 1000 event in Saudi Arabia from 2028 will be a great event but questions why there is not a similar tournament on grass. The country's influence in tennis has been growing, with Saudi Arabia staging the WTA Finals, the Next Gen ATP Finals and the lucrative Six Kings Slam exhibition

Thomas Frank is facing a crucial week as Tottenham Hotspur head coach. Already on a three-game losing run, Spurs face a daunting trip to St James' Park to face Newcastle on Tuesday before Frank's former side Brentford travel to north London on Saturday. There are no signs that this will be a job-defining run of

Red Bull say they were "clearly incorrect" to suggest Kimi Antonelli deliberately allowed Lando Norris to overtake him late in Sunday's Qatar GP, adding they "regret" the online abuse the Mercedes driver has received since. Antonelli was fending off Norris until he ran wide on the penultimate lap which allowed the championship leader through to

Galal Yafai will get a world title shot after it emerged that his lone professional conqueror Francisco Rodriguez failed a drug test. Yafai is now the mandatory challenger for the WBC flyweight world championship and expects to fight Ricardo Sandoval, the unified WBC and WBA titlist, early in 2026. "I'm hearing it's the first quarter

Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO super-lightweight title against Shakur Stevenson in New York on January 31. The unbeaten Stevenson will be bidding to become a a four-weight world champion when he steps up from lightweight to challenge Brooklyn's Lopez, who is making the fourth defence of his WBO belt. Stevenson, who will also be

A strategy error from McLaren and another masterclass from Max Verstappen means the Qatar Grand Prix could prove pivotal in the outcome of the 2025 Drivers' Championship. While Verstappen claimed his seventh win of the campaign, McLaren's Lando Norris missed the chance to seal his maiden title with a race to spare after only finishing

The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday's newspapers... Premier League Manchester City are considering a move to trigger Antoine Semenyo's £65m Bournemouth release clause - The Times. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo talks through his team-mates, form in the Premier League so far and dealing

Toto Wolff has described Max Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase as "brainless" after he suggested that Kimi Antonelli intentionally allowed Lando Norris to pass him in the closing stages of the Qatar Grand Prix. Championship leader Norris appeared to have come up short in his attempts to pass Antonelli before the Mercedes driver ran wide