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• Manchester City vs West Ham - Premier League LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as Haaland and co look to close gap on Arsenal with a win plus the other 3pm games20 December 2025, 2:08 pm
   Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for Saturday's 3pm Premier League games featuring Man City vs West Ham, Wolves vs Brentford and Brighton vs Sunderland.
  
• Newcastle vs Chelsea - Premier League LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as Enzo Maresca's side strike back after horror first half with Reece James and Joao Pedro levelling scoreline after Nick Woltemade brace20 December 2025, 2:07 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates a Newcastle host Chelsea at St James' Park in the Premier League.
  
• From Kobbie Mainoo's T-Shirt storm to Trent Alexander-Arnold's inner circle: When family meddles in sport20 December 2025, 1:48 pm
  Whether it's just their parents or their siblings, family members are who players lean on in the euphoric yet brutal reality of a career in professional football.
  
• Sheffield Wednesday boss HENRIK PEDERSEN: How he motivates a squad that wasn't being paid and has only eight fit senior players, his chats with Dejphon Chansiri and why there's 'light at the end of the tunnel'20 December 2025, 12:00 pm
  For the manager with the toughest gig in football, there are some blessings. One of them is the proximity of Sheffield to the Peak District - nothing swallows stress like 555 square miles of moors.
  
• The horrifying moment former international footballer, 33, is gunned down at point blank range by two gunmen after he begs for mercy20 December 2025, 10:09 am
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: This is the horror moment Ecuador international footballer Mario Pineida is shot dead alongside his companion at a butcher's.
  
• Inside Enzo Maresca's spat with Chelsea: Why Blues manager's bombshell was deliberate, how the club feel about it and the truth about those links with Manchester City20 December 2025, 8:55 am
  Maresca is not against using his press conferences to make his own moves. He can mould a narrative like the best of them and did so after last Saturday's win over Everton.
  
• Man United and Liverpool in transfer battle over £450k Championship star20 December 2025, 8:54 am
  Crisis-club Wednesday are in the throes of trying to find new owners and Premier League clubs have sensed an opportunity with the 17-year-old still to commit to a professional contract.
  
• Socks around the ankles, natural skills, refreshingly honest... no wonder Hearts go ga-ga over Claudio Braga20 December 2025, 7:00 am
  Holding court in a media conference this week, there was a moment which summed up the infectious qualities of Claudio Braga.
  
• Why talk of Enzo Maresca's discontent at Chelsea is set to rumble on - as Blues boss contradicts the club over claims of his 'emotional' outburst20 December 2025, 3:14 am
  Maresca was quizzed on being linked with City less than a week after he invited scrutiny on his relationship with the Chelsea hierarchy, having said 'many people' caused his 'worst 48 hours'
  
• Disgraced A-League star Ulises Davila to be sentenced for corrupt conduct in 2026 - as Football Australia issues its own bans for spot-fixing from three other tarnished players20 December 2025, 3:13 am
  Disgraced A-League star Ulises Davila will be sentenced for corrupt conduct next year after bail was continued in Sydney's Downing Centre on December 19.
  
• Arne Slot responds to Liverpool links with Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo after £450million summer spend20 December 2025, 3:12 am
  Liverpool look a couple of players light given injuries, with their summer deadline-day collapsed £35million move for Marc Guehi looking costly given they only have two fit senior centre halves.
  
• 'People criticise us all the time. I don't listen. Their opinions don't matter': Spurs wonderkid ARCHIE GRAY on blocking out the critics, owning his mistake at Nottingham Forest and the special instructions he's getting from Thomas Frank20 December 2025, 2:00 am
  Archie Gray accepts his mistake in a heartbeat. 'I've watched it back lots of times,' he says. 'I shouldn't have taken a touch. I should've just played it first time.'
  
• How to defend the Premier League (and how not to) by those who know best: Frank Lampard, Pep Guardiola, Danny Simpson and Sir Alex Ferguson reveal the traps to avoid, the tricks to successfully go again and explain why Liverpool are finding it so hard20 December 2025, 2:00 am
  JACK GAUGHAN: There isn't a prescriptive guide for how to defend the Premier League title. How to create a dynasty, how to go again. How to back it up.
  
• Wolves chairman QUITS: Angry fans get their wish as Jeff Shi steps down after weeks of protests, with Rob Edwards' side heading for the Championship20 December 2025, 12:30 am
  TOM COLLOMOSSE: Jeff Shi has stepped down as executive chairman of Wolves after a chaotic period on and off the pitch.
  
• The Preview: Kris Doolan 'bounce' could give Kilmarnock a dilemma in hunt for a new boss19 December 2025, 11:16 pm
  As Kris Doolan will be reminded when he takes charge of Kilmarnock this afternoon, being a caretaker manager is a curious business.