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Nadal is likely to be back in action for the Australian Open as he recovers from a setback on his knee, which kept him out of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Egypt international Mohamed Salah is currently the second-highest scorer in the Premier League with 15 goals to his name.

Barcelona are keen on signing Antoine Griezmann and Manchester United's decision to end their interest makes the Catalans the favourite.

Dutch international Virgil van Dijk will complete a £75m move from Southampton to Liverpool on 1 January after agreeing personal terms and undergoing a medical.

Raheem Sterling's 17th goal of the season is the difference as profligate Manchester City deservedly beat Newcastle 1-0 at St James' Park.

Gunners are interested in signing Draxler as a replacement for Alexis Sanchez, who is in the final year of his contract at the Emirates Stadium.

Police say Liverpool's Jon Flanagan was released on conditional police bail after incident on 22 December and will appear at Liverpool City Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 2 January.

Stoke will be without three key centre-backs in Ryan Shawcross, Kurt Zouma and Bruno Martins Indi for their final Premier League match of 2017 away to in-form Chelsea.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed when he expects the key trio of Nacho Monreal, Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud to return from injury.

Manchester United have spent close to £300m under the Portuguese manager but still find themselves potentially 15 points behind Manchester City.

Paulinho has spoken to Philippe Coutinho, asking him to not be anxious and to keep his calm over a prospective move.

Jack Wilshere will enter the final six months of his Arsenal contract in January. Giroud and Sanchez have been linked with moves away from Arsenal.

Andy Murray is preparing to make his comeback from injury at the Brisbane International in the first week of January. He has not played competitively for five months.

Roger Federer won seven titles in 2017 and ended the year as the world number two after struggling with injury in 2016.

An alternative review of football in 2017 featuring Rod Stewart, referee stag dos and Twitter taking over the summer transfer window.

Manchester United have spent close to £300m since Jose Mourinho took over but the Portuguese coach believes it is not enough to challenge Manchester City.

Cook was unbeaten on 104 as the tourists ended the second day on 192-2, 135 runs behind Australia's first innings total.

Antonio Conte and Arturo Vidal share a special relationship since their time with Juventus, having won three consecutive Serie A titles together, as well as one Coppa Italia.

Nadal won two Grand Slams in 2017 to take his tally to 16 but was matched by the Federer to extend the gap to three.

Fellaini, 30, is in the final 12 months of his Old Trafford contract and will be free to speak to foreign clubs from January.

Toffees manager Sam Allardyce says the club are unlikely to make a fresh approach for the 31-year-old France international.

Barcelona are keen to offload Arda Turan at the earliest as he is not part of manager Ernesto Valverde's plans this season.

Arsene Wenger is keen to bring in defensive reinforcements in January to improve Arsenal's defensive record in the second-half of the season.

Virgil van Dijk, 26, was left out of the Saints squad by manager Mauricio Pellegrino for the 5-2 defeat against Tottenham on Boxing Day.

Roberto Firmino scores twice as the Reds stay above Tottenham Hotspur in the race for the Champions League.

Lingard's second half double cancels out Ashley Barnes and Steven Defour's first half goals.

Nadal turned out to be the greatest ever competitor on clay the world has ever seen, winning 10 French Open titles, with the latest coming in 2017.

Kane beats Shearer's 22-year record for most Premier League goals in a single year with eighth hat-trick of 2017.

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson believes Wilfried Zaha is now better equipped to play for a big club.