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Chelsea are 11 points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City after they could only manage a draw at Liverpool during the weekend.

Former world number one Marat Safin believes Rafael Nadal deserves more credit as a tennis player in comparison to Roger Federer because of how hard he had to work.

Grujic, who joined Liverpool from Red Star Belgrade last summer, has only seen 13 minutes of Premier League action this season.

Watch UFC 218 co-main eventer Francis Ngannou break kickboxing champion Tyrone Spong's previous world record for highest punching power.

Tyson Fury has hit back at Anthony Joshua by revealing the heavyweight champion's weaknesses and how he would beat him in a potential fight in 2018 by emulating Muhammad Ali.

Former West Ham striker Dean Ashton believes a combination of Liverpool's style of play and experience has benefited Mohamed Salah compared to his Chelsea days.

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku is potentially facing a three-game ban with the FA set to review video footage showing him kicking out at Brighton's Gaetan Bong twice.

Mesut Ozil missed Arsenal's victory over Burnley and Arsene Wenger does not expect him back for the midweek clash against Huddersfield Town.

Root says the margin of defeat was harsh on England after they were neck-and-neck with Australia for the first three days of the match at the Gabba.

Valencia host Barcelona as La Liga's top two sides meet at the Mestalla. The hosts will try to reduce the gap at the top to a single point.

Jurgen Klopp surprisingly left Sadio Mane out of the starting line-up for the clash against the Premier League champions.

Live coverage of Burnley vs Arsenal at Turf Moor with the Gunners looking to move ahead of Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

Eden Hazard, 26, said in an interview last week that he admired 12-time European champions Real Madrid but that he was happy at Chelsea for now.

Lleyton Hewitt has picked Roger Federer as the favourite over Rafael Nadal for the upcoming 2018 Australian Open in January.

Floyd Mayweather has belatedly responded to Amir Khan's callout from last month, claiming that he only sets up fights with people who deserve it.

Michael Carrick was made Manchester United captain by Jose Mourinho after Wayne Rooney rejoined Everton in the summer transfer window.

Bologna left-back Adam Masina, 23, could be available for a knockdown price as he has only 18 months remaining on his contract.

England had started day four at 33 for two but failed to make any sort of headway as wickets kept falling at regular intervals.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi has chosen Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain as his favourites for the Champions League, but refused to rule out Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is inching closer to a boxing comeback after he recently inked an advisory deal with MTK Global.

The Gunners failed with a £90m bid for the Monaco winger on transfer deadline day in the summer after they failed to convince him to move to north London.

Real Madrid laboured to a 3-2 win over Malaga this matchweek and Zinedine Zidane concedes that his team needs freshening up in winter.

Mesut Ozil is wanted by Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, while Barcelona are also interested in signing the German international. He will be a free agent next summer.

Martial has scored seven goals in 18 appearances thus far and has picked up a good relationship with Marcus Rashford when played together.

Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw could be handed a lifeline with a move to Newcastle United as manager Rafa Benitez eyes a loan deal for the former Southampton star.

A Lewis Dunk own goal was enough to give United all three points against the newly-promoted side at Old Trafford.

Klopp insists the Reds were not given permission by referee Michael Oliver to bring on Adam Lallana and criticised Chelsea for what he believed to be an overly defensive set-up.

Jurgen Klopp's side thought they had won the hard-fought clash at Anfield before Willian's intervention.

The Swissman played more than 50 games in the current year, winning seven titles, including two Grand Slams – the Australian Open and Wimbledon.