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Former British number one Greg Rusedski believes Roger Federer will be rueing his missed chance of winning the ATP Finals after the absence of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Jose Mourinho will be offered a new contract and the chance to sign three 'galatico' signings in order to keep him at Manchester United.

West Brom have not won in the league since August and are just one point clear of the relegation zone.

Michael Bisping's coach believes the Briton is in store for a tougher fight on the feet against UFC Shanghai opponent Kelvin Gastelum as compared to Georges St-Pierre.

Jana Novotna, who won 17 grand slam singles and doubles titles, has passed away aged 49 after a long battle with cancer.

Sturridge is seeking a move out of Liverpool for more game time as he wants to make the England squad for the World Cup.

Roger Federer was favourite to win the ATP Finals in London, but the Swiss ace was beaten in the semi-finals by David Goffin.

Federer pinpointed the loss to Tommy Haas in Stuttgart and to Evgeny Donskoy in Dubai which cost him the spot.

Kane, 24, insists he is happy at Spurs and is planning to spend his "entire career" at the north London club.

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder believes Anthony Joshua's camp has not finalised terms on a fight with him yet as they are "hesitant" and want one more payday.

While the plan for UFC 221 in Perth is a middleweight title unification bout between Georges St-Pierre and Robert Whittaker, it all depends on the former, according to Dave Shaw.

Stones pulled his hamstring during City's 2-0 win over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on 18 November.

Coutinho has made 10 appearances across all competitions for Liverpool this season, scoring five goals.

Liverpool play their Champions League game away to Sevilla 24 hours ahead of Chelsea, who face a 5,800-mile round-trip to Azerbaijan.

World number three Grigor Dimitrov is expecting an interesting 2018 with the returns of Djokovic and Murray while he is also aiming for a Grand Slam following his ATP Finals win.

Neymar joined PSG from Real's arch-rivals Barcelona in the summer but murmurs of discontent have already been rumbling.

Goretzka is expected to leave Schalke at the end of the season and is being chased by a host of top clubs.

Richarlison, reportedly a target for Chelsea in the summer, has enjoyed a positive start to his Watford career.

Everton are in dire need of striking reinforcements and Stubbs thinks Dembele is the man to spearhead his former sides attack.

Current world number four Dominic Thiem believes the return of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will cause a shift in the ATP rankings.

Brooks, 20, recently signed a new four-year contract with the high-flying Blades but the Wales international is still in high demand.

Shkodran Mustafi was confident of Mesut Ozil's ability to find his man and it was down to him to find the back of the net.

Moshiri has made Silva his number one target but is not willing to meet the Hornets' apparent demand for Silva, who has no escape clause in his contract at Watford.

Goals from Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez gave the Gunners a 2-0 win over their north London rivals at the Emirates Stadium.

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker wants to unify all the belts as he believes he would have no problems in knocking out Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder.

Ramos was inadvertently kicked in the face by Lucas Hernandez when attempting a header during Real Madrid's goalless draw with Atletico Madrid.

With the expected return from injury of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and more, Roger Federer is expecting an "epic" start to the new year.

The Gunners were overwhelming underdogs going into the game but produced 90 minutes of resilience to end talk of a reported power shift in north London.

Poland are the odd team out in Pot One ahead of the 2018 World Cup draw as the European nation remarkably played the Fifa rankings to get an advantage.