Day Headlines in Sports News: 2026-01-03
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How Villa's midfield trio dominated Forest (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 23:59:25)
Match of the Day's Alan Shearer analyses the performance Aston Villa's Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara and John McGinn as the Villans returned to form with a dominant 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest. -
Chelsea keep tabs on Tonali - Sunday's gossip (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 23:15:52)
Sandro Tonali is on Chelsea's radar, Napoli continue to track Kobbie Mainoo, while Real Madrid remain interested in Rodri. -
Olmo's classy strike as Barcelona win tense derby (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 23:02:49)
Barcelona move seven points clear at the top of La Liga after Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski strike late against Espanyol in the Catalan derby. -
Amorim refuses to explain cryptic transfer comment (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 22:30:21)
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim refuses to explain a cryptic comment about the club's transfer plans - hinting at friction behind the scenes. -
Rice 'stretches himself to limit' before another 'masterclass' (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 21:46:57)
How injury doubt Declan Rice "stretched himself to the very limit" to take Arsenal six points clear at the top of the Premier League. -
Littler masterclass seals back-to-back world titles (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 21:46:19)
Luke Littler produces a stunning display to thrash Gian van Veen 7-1 and win the PDC World Championship for the second year running. -
Weir marks last game with try as Glasgow beat Zebre (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 21:41:47)
Glasgow Warriors move second in the United Rugby Championship with a bonus-point win over Zebre in Duncan Weir's final appearance. -
Sportscene: Scottish Premiership highlights (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:44:54)
Highlights from a full line-up of fixtures in the Scottish Premiership. -
'Shocking, pathetic and embarrassing' - can Nuno save West Ham? (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:35:56)
For West Ham and Nuno Espirito Santo, the picture looks bleak.A hapless 3-0 defeat by bottom side Wolves on Saturday came as a stark reality check for the struggling Hammers. -
To finish without a point is frustrating - Iraola (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:31:48)
Andoni Iraola is happy with Bournemouth's performance but frustrated to be empty-handed after their 3-2 loss to Premier League leaders Arsenal. -
Six points clear but still 'more to come' from Hearts (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:24:16)
After Hearts battled past Livingston to move six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, manager Derek McInnes says there is 'more to come' as new players arrive. -
Rice and Gabriel character impresses Arteta (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:17:53)
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praises Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice's mentality, and says Arsenal showed maturity in their 3-2 win against Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium. -
McGinn's first Premier League double sends Villa second (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:00:17)
John McGinn gets two goals and Ollie Watkins scores on his 250th appearance for Aston Villa, inflicting a fourth straight league defeat upon Nottingham Forest. -
Brighton end winless spell with victory over Burnley (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:00:14)
Brighton end their six-game winless run with a comfortable victory over struggling Burnley in the Premier League. -
Wolves beat West Ham to earn first league win of the season (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:00:12)
Wolves secure a first Premier League win of the season at the 20th attempt as they make light work of fellow strugglers West Ham at Molineux. -
Rice strikes twice as Arsenal beat Bournemouth (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 20:00:09)
Declan Rice scores twice, as Premier League leaders Arsenal come from behind to beat Bournemouth following early error. -
Ten-try Northampton demolish Quins to go top (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 19:54:47)
Alex Coles scores a hat-trick as Northampton run in 10 tries against Harlequins to return to the top of the Prem Rugby table. -
Leinster hammer Connacht for seventh win in a row (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 19:31:44)
Leinster ensure a clean sweep of their United Rugby Championship festive derbies thanks to a dominant second-half performance against Connacht in the Aviva Stadium. -
Edinburgh hold on for narrow win at Benetton (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 19:19:07)
Edinburgh defeat Benetton to ease the pressure on head coach Sean Everitt but are made to sweat at Stadio Monigo. -
Burnley lacked belief in defeat at Brighton - Parker (BBC Sport 2026-01-03 19:01:46)
Burnley boss Scott Parker says his side "lacked belief" as they fall to their ninth defeat in 11 Premier League games at Brighton.