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Thomas Tuchel says his side cannot challenge for the Premier League crown while he has so many players out injured and ill.
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This was a victory for the women who fought to bring Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator to justice.
Duncan Watmore's stoppage-time winner helps Middlesbrough edge past depleted Blackpool in a dramatic finish at Bloomfield Road.
Tom Bradshaw's late goal sees a depleted Millwall come away from Coventry City with a 1-0 Championship victory.
Manchester City round off 2021 by taking command of the Premier League title race as victory at Brentford moves them eight points clear at the top of the table.
Two goals from in-form forward JJ Piccinich and one from Ben Lake secured the Belfast Giants a notable away win against the Guildford Flames.
Alan Lithgow's header earns new Morton manager Dougie Imrie a Scottish Championship point at Kilmarnock in his first match in charge.
The section of the A465 between Brynmawr and Gilwern was due to open in 2018.
The race goes on to offer everyone in Wales a booster amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
The trees are seen as a way to minimise waste and support zoos during the Covid pandemic.
Ben Brereton Diaz scores his 20th league goal of the season as Blackburn beat Barnsley to make it six Championship wins in a row.
England men's head coach Chris Silverwood will miss the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney after being forced to isolate for 10 days.
Substitute Danny Welbeck scores a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser for Brighton to deny Chelsea victory at Stamford Bridge and dent their Premier League title hopes.
Keith Smith, 41, died at the scene of the collision in Midlothian on Tuesday afternoon.
Politicians and leaders of different faiths gathered in Cape Town to remember the anti-apartheid leader.
The presidents of the US and Russia will speak again in a bid to de-escalate tensions over Ukraine.
Staff tell an inquest they tried to save William Povah, 91, by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre.