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• Inside story of the summer that rebuilt Manchester United: How a players' charter, F1 data guru, Ruben Amorim's rulebook, training ground revamp and supercharged transfer operation turned them from 'toxic' to a rising force26 December 2025, 2:00 am
  DAILYMAIL+ BEST OF 2025: United opened the doors to a new-look Carrington in August, the latest step in a revolution under Sir Jim Ratcliffe that has brought transformation and turbulence.
  
• John Robertson dead at 72: Tributes pour in as legendary ex-Nottingham Forest and Scotland star passes away25 December 2025, 11:24 pm
  Robertson was part of the iconic Forest side which won the First Division and two European Cups among other trophies under Brian Clough in the 1970s and '80s.
  
• Kobbie Mainoo is BLOCKED from Man United loan exit: Ruben Amorim tells 'future of the club' to 'wait' despite relationship being at breaking point25 December 2025, 10:48 pm
  CHRIS WHEELER: Mainoo is desperate to move away from Old Trafford next month after it emerged that the 20-year-old's relationship with his boyhood club is at breaking point.
  
• Eddie Howe is right to challenge Newcastle's owners about the club's new ground and training facility - here's why they risk being left behind without swift progress, writes CRAIG HOPE25 December 2025, 10:30 pm
  CRAIG HOPE: Eddie Howe was right to call for progress on Newcastle's off-the-field projects - and not because their tangible existence will one day aid him directly.
  
• Eddie Howe calls on Newcastle owners to end 'limbo' over stadium and training ground projects - as he lays out 'game-changing' target for 202625 December 2025, 10:30 pm
  CRAIG HOPE: The head coach admits he is unlikely to be in charge by the time those projects are finally delivered, but believes progress would be a signal of standards being set.
  
• Legendary Sky Sports News presenter quits after working her last shift on Christmas Day - after 27 years as the channel's 'First Lady'25 December 2025, 9:10 pm
  Tributes have been paid to a 'pioneer' of sports broadcasting after she signed off on 27 years of presenting on Sky Sports News with her final shift on Christmas Day.
  
• Mohamed Salah faces backlash from Muslim fans after Liverpool star shares latest Christmas tree photo - though he is absent25 December 2025, 9:00 pm
  The Liverpool and Egypt star has made it an annual tradition to share a Christmas tree photograph and message despite his Muslim faith.
  
• John Robertson changed Nottingham Forest forever - and he was an unlikely hero who Brian Clough transformed into a European conqueror, writes IAN LADYMAN25 December 2025, 8:31 pm
  IAN LADYMAN:To this day the Malmo right back probably doesn't know quite how it happened. The stocky, unremarkable bloke on the left side of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest team was not quick.
  
• Robertson was a modest Super Tramp from Viewpark who made the extremely difficult look totally natural, writes Hugh MacDonald25 December 2025, 8:17 pm
  They can speak in wonder of the beaches of Rio, but two wingers who thrilled Europe and beyond can trace their origin story to an outpost in Lanarkshire.
  
• Man United outcast Andre Onana drops major transfer hint as he gives honest verdict about life on loan in Turkey25 December 2025, 5:06 pm
  Onana doubled his salary when he joined Trabzonspor on loan in September, just two years after arriving at Old Trafford for £47million.
  
• William Saliba opens up on desire to end Arsenal's five-year trophy drought after reaching Carabao Cup semi-final - as Gunners star gives verdict on fixture congestion25 December 2025, 5:05 pm
  MATT BARLOW: William Saliba promised Arsenal will fight on four fronts to turn a dominant first half of the season into silverware.
  
• World-famous sports stars are flocking to OnlyFans - I've seen the staggering reason why they're joining a seedy site best known for porn, the shocking content they post... and why footballers are next25 December 2025, 5:00 pm
  DAILYMAIL+ 2025: The athlete is discussing his hope to paddle a canoe for Team GB at the Olympics. But he's also talking about how else he spends his time - which left him wealthy and suspended.
  
• Sport's biggest bullies exposed by JONATHAN McEVOY: The football legend who made this gay bar slur. The supremo who tried to get me fired three times. And the nasty icon who is money mad. I've had enough and I'm naming ALL the names25 December 2025, 5:00 pm
  DAILYMAIL+ BEST OF 2025: Sport is a selfish business and winning is everything to many of them, or that is how it seems.
  
• Football stadiums of the future: Meet the 11 clubs planning to build new sci-fi-style grounds worth BILLIONS in the next few years... is your team part of the revolution?25 December 2025, 4:00 pm
  For many clubs, the ravages of time, years of wear-and-tear, and the shifting dynamics of the modern footballing landscape are beginning to make their beloved homes show their age.
  
• Kick-off in No Man's Land: Who won the Christmas Day football match between Britain and Germany during WWI?25 December 2025, 2:32 pm
  Soldiers are believed to have spoken to one another, sung carols, exchanged food and cigarettes - but the most enduring detail is that the two sides chose to play a football match.