Day Headlines in Sports News: 2024-12-20
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Van Gerwen enjoys comfortable opening victory (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 23:59:01)
Michael van Gerwen and Stephen Bunting both move into the third round of the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship with victories at Alexandra Palace on Friday.
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Allen beats O'Sullivan & Brecel to win Riyadh title (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 23:20:13)
Mark Allen beats Luca Brecel to win the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship and claim his first title of the season.
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Three Saudi clubs eye Rashford loan move - Saturday's gossip (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 22:49:33)
Dele to sign for Como, Chelsea interested in goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, Marcus Rashford could leave Manchester United on loan, plus more.
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GB's Taylor wins gold at Telemark Sprint World Cup (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 22:44:44)
Britain's most successful skier, Jasmin Taylor, secures gold at the Telemark Sprint World Cup in Pinzolo, Italy.
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Arteta was 'terrified' at start of Arsenal tenure (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 22:42:34)
Mikel Arteta says he was initially "terrified" when taking over as manager of Arsenal five years ago.
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Murphy 'bitterly disappointed' but 'proud' of 14-man Ulster (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 22:33:17)
Head coach Richie Murphy says he is "bitterly disappointed" as Munster score a last-gasp try to inflict a fifth defeat in a row on 14-man Ulster.
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Managers deserve 'more respect' - Postecoglou (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 22:30:39)
The Spurs boss says he has faced 'offensive' criticism and wants more respect shown towards him and his managerial colleagues in the Premier League.
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Gloucester comfortably beat lacklustre Harlequins (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 21:54:00)
Two first-half tries are enough to secure a comfortable Premiership victory for Gloucester against Harlequins at Kingsholm.
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Farrell hat-trick sees Munster stun 14-man Ulster (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 21:37:11)
Munster hand Ulster a fifth consecutive loss in all competitions with a 22-19 bonus-point victory at Kingspan Stadium.
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'He needs to be totally serious' - Lewis backs Fury (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 21:04:33)
Lennox Lewis backs Tyson Fury to get revenge over Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight unification fight on Saturday.
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Mount 'devastated' after injury but Amorim offers help (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 20:24:19)
Manchester United forward Mason Mount will be out for "several weeks" with a leg injury, says manager Ruben Amorim.
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Fully clothed Fury four stone heavier than Usyk (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 20:12:41)
A fully clothed Tyson Fury weighs in four stone heavier than champion Oleksandr Usyk for Saturday's heavyweight world title fight in Saudi Arabia.
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Watch: Fury cuts face-off short after seven seconds (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 20:03:03)
Watch as Tyson Fury cuts face-off with Oleksandr Usyk short after seven seconds at the weigh-in for their heavyweight fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.This comes the day after the pair engaged in an 11 minute 20 seconds face-off at the media conference on Thursday.
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Pidcock's attention to detail 'next level' (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 17:50:38)
Tom Pidcock's attention to detail is "next level" according to the British rider's new team boss Doug Ryder.
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Beaumont to be interim RFU chair as Ilube steps down (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 17:35:24)
Tom Ilube steps down as Rugby Football Union chairman amid an executive pay row, with Sir Bill Beaumont appointed as interim chair.
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Bunting sees off Gotthardt to advance in Worlds (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 16:52:23)
Stephen Bunting moves into the third round of the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace with a 3-1 victory over tournament debutant Kai Gotthardt.
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Netflix wins US rights for Women's World Cups (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 16:40:20)
Netflix secures the rights to show live coverage of the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cups in the United States.
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'Don't look back in anger' - Clement to players over penalty decision (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 15:55:02)
Philippe Clement says Rangers "don't need motivation out of negativity" as he urges his players to forget about a penalty decision in the League Cup final defeat by Celtic.
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New Everton owners 'fully supportive' - Dyche (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 15:43:39)
Everton manager Sean Dyche says the club's new owners are "fully supportive" of him, his staff and the team.
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Pereira fulfils Premier League dream at Wolves (BBC Sport 2024-12-20 15:28:31)
New Wolves boss Vitor Pereira admits he has been chasing his Premier League dream for 14 years.