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have to be totte n ha m two equal, city would have to be tottenham and bournemouth and newcastle and crystal palace start of the season points wise? after 17 games, manchester city are top with 49 points. those double winners again. chelsea, 2005, 2006. the original invincible ‘s are there. all of these teams on the list went on to win the title. arsenal won the title in that season. arsenal won the title in that season. can manchester city continue their winning run? let's leave the final word with one of the players. posting a picture of the team and he said the word "unique. it's six months since the terrible fire that destroyed grenfell tower in london, claiming the lives of 71 people, and shocking the world. dale youth, the amateur boxing club of world champions james degale and george groves, was located in the tower. rhia chohan has been to find out what became of the club. not —— the night before the fire, we we re not —— the night before the fire, we were actually training in our gym. we finished here about 9:16 p.m., ten o'clock and then i got a phone call at a:45am from one of the traine

managerless swansea drew 1—1 with crystal palace. newcastleghton beat watford1—o. southampton drew 1—1 with huddersfield but the result was not the talking point, this challenge from charlie austin left huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl with a suspected broken nose. huddersfield manager david wagner accused austin of deliberately kicking his player and the striker may now face retrospective action from the football association. in the scottish premiership, celtic are eight points clear after beating second placed aberdeen 3—0. kilmarnock came from behind to beat rangers for the first time since february 2012. kris boyd scoring twice in three minutes against his former club to secure a 2—1victory. elsewhere, wins for hibs and partick thistle, motherwell drew 1—1 with dundee and it was goalless between stjohnstone and hearts. there's some injury news out of both the australian and england camps this morning ahead of the boxing day ashes test in melbourne. australia's fast bowler mitchell starc will miss out with a heel injury, while england bow

manager—less swansea drew 1—1 with crystal palace. newcastleugh have parted company with manager garry monk hours after a 2—1win at sheffield wednesday. the former swansea and leeds united boss has been replaced by academy manager craig liddle on an interim basis. middlesbrough are ninth in the championship. celtic are now eight points clear in the scottish premiership after beating second placed aberdeen 3—0. rangers could have jumped up to second but let a 1—0 lead slip at kilmarnock. former rangers striker kris boyd scored twice in three minutes to give killie the 2—1win. elsewhere, hibs beat bottom club ross county 2—1, motherwell drew with dundee, partick thistle beat hamilton 1—0, and it was goalless between stjohnston and hearts. there were four matches in rugby union's premiership today. champions and league leaders exeter beat northampton 35—14 at franklin's gardens in the saints' first premiership match since the sacking of director of rugbyjim mallinder. exeter‘s will chudley opened the scoring with the best try of the match in the f

newcastle won last night. tonight arsenal travel to crystal palace.ivals is nothing to complain about and that follows jose mourinho's nothing to complain about and that followsjose mourinho's comments that he did not have the resources to challenge manchester city. you have to deal with your own situation as well as you can. yes, man city are richer than us and chelsea are richer than that. manchester united are richer than us. but they still believe we have to find a way to be successful. more on that new appointment of carlos carvalhal from oui’ appointment of carlos carvalhal from our correspondent in swansea. great to have you with this. he has gone from leaving a championship club in 15th to managing a team really struggling in the premier league. is this a surprise appointment?” suppose the element of surprise is just that, a man who lost his job with the team mid—table in the championship should find his next job in the premier league. but swa nsea job in the premier league. but swansea city are in dire straits. they are bottom of the table an

newcastle last night. tonight, sixth placed arsenal travel to crystal palace.than his rivals is nothing to complain about. it follows jose mourinho's comments earlier this week that he didn't have the resources to challenge manchester city. what is the most important is that you deal with your own situation as well as you can. and yes, manchester city is richer than us, yes, chelsea is richer than us, manchester united are richer than us but i still believe we have to find a way to be successful. rafael nadal‘s ongoing knee injury has forced him to pull out of the brisbane international, the traditional warm up event for the australian open. the spaniard hasn't played since withdrawing from the world tour finals in london last month and pulled out of an exhibition event this weekend. however nadal does still hope that he will be fit in time to play at the australian open. that's next month. that's all the sport for now. now it's time for meet the author. sophie kinsella's new novel is called my my not so perfect life, which gives you a clue. it's about a woman

newcastle and brighton finished goalless. there's two matches in the premier league today. west brom take on arsenal, but before that leaders manchester city visit crystal palace also see manager pep guardiola equal his own record with bayern munich for 19 consecutive victories in europe's top division. always hear you talk about the numbers, breakers, records. that is a consequence of what we do on the pitch. i am a consequence of what we do on the pitch. iam not a consequence of what we do on the pitch. i am not here to comment about the record because it is simple to say that we break it or not. but that is not what counts. what counts is what you have to do against crystal palace, what you have to do against the amazing four strikers they have. pep guardiola has had to answer lots of questions about record this season. celtic go into the winter break with an eight—point lead over aberdeen at the top of the scottish premiership after the old firm derby ended in stalemate. brendan rodgers' side had the best of it in the first half, with scott sinclair twice missing good chances. but in the second half rangers were denied by some brilliant saves from craig go

crystal palace — no love lost betwen those two sides. another all top flight match with high flying manchester city at home to burnley. 12 times winners manchester united play derby. and premier league side newcastlere three non—league sides left in the competition — woking, filed, and hereford. non—league side are now out, after being swept aside by rochdale in this evening‘s second round match. matty doan scored in injury time to complete a 4—0 win. rochdale are away to doncaster rovers next in the third round. wolves have re—established their four—point lead at the top of the championship. they beat birmingham city at st andrew‘s for the third season running. wolves had two efforts well saved by birmingham keeper david stockdale before leo bonatini‘s shot was adjudged to have crossed the goalline after the use of goal—line technology. birmingham had harlee dean sent off late on. and wolves held firm for their sixth straight win. manchester united‘s paul pogba will serve a three match ban for his sending off against arsenal on saturday. he was given a straight red card for stamping on hector bellerin — united have decided not to appeal against the decision. so he‘ll miss the manchester derby on

newcastle and brighton finished goalless. there's two matches in the premier league today. west brom take on arsenal, but before that leaders manchester city visit crystal palaceclear at the top but would also see manager pep guardiola equal his own record with bayern munich for 19 consecutive victories in europe's top division. always here you talk about the numbers, breakers, records. that is a consequence of what we do on the pitch. i am not here to comment about the record because it is simple to say that we break it or not. but that is not what counts. what counts is what you have to do against crystal palace, what you have to do against the amazing four strikers they have. england's cricketers have arrived in sydney ahead of the fifth and final ashes test which begins in four days' time. england wicketkeeper jonny bairstow has given his backing to all—rounder moeen ali, saying he remains in their best 11. moeen has only taken three wickets and averaged 19 runs with the bat this series. i think that is unquestionable, to even think that he is not in that best 11. he would not have played the first four test matches if he was not in that first 11. there ar

newcastle and brighton finished goalless. there's two matches in the premier league today — west brom take on arsenal but before that, leaders manchester city visit crystal palaceguardiola equal his own record in europe's top division for 19 consecutive victories. palace, though, will have plenty to play for — they're onlyjust out of the relegation zone on goal difference. against crystal palace, if you win 3-0 against crystal palace, if you win 3—0 or a distance of three goals anything could happen to the end and thatis anything could happen to the end and that is why i said to the players just after the game, be ready, still focused because we have a tough, tough, tough game next 31st in there because we have, they are a team that can create a lot of things to themselves. celtic go into the winter break with an 8—point lead over aberdeen at the top of the scottish premiership after the old firm derby ended in stalemate. brendan rodgers' side had the best of it in the first half with scott sinclair twice missing good chances. but in the second half, rangers were denied by some brilliant saves from craig gordon. they stay in third, 11 points behind the leaders.

newcastle. they drop into the bottom three without a win in nine. alumax obviously keep working this way. after, try to go to january and bring some addition. a lift to the rest of the team. crystal palacene, scoring their first goal in a 3— went against leicester. —— first win. someone in the spotlight is mark hughes, his position as stoke manager is under threat. the 3—0 defeat leaves his team hovering just two points above the relegation zone. who knows what records manchester city will break this season. it's not even christmas yet and already they are 1a points clear. aberdeen are up to second in the scottish premiership, narrowing the gap on leaders celtic to just two points. gary mackay—steven scored a hat—trick in their a—1 victory over hibs — who hadn't lost at home since march. elsewhere there were wins for dundee, hamilton, kilmarnock and stjohnstone who won in the league at ibrox for the first time since 1971. it's a pivotal weekend in rugby union's champions cup with the second of the pool stage double headers going some way to decide who will make the quarterfinals. bath got revenge for their late defeat to toulon last weekend by beating the french side 26—21 in a thrillin