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Leicester v Man City, Arsenal v West Ham, Carabao Cup LIVE

Leicester City will attempt to halt Manchester City's fantastic winning run as they host Pep Guardiola's side on Tuesday night. In the other fixture, Arsenal take on West Ham United at the Emirates for a place in the semi-finals. Follow all of the action as it happens with Sportsmail's TOM FARMERY. 

Watford striker Troy Deeney set for four-match suspension

Watford striker Troy Deeney will serve a four-match suspension after an appeal against his red card in last weekend's 4-1 defeat to Huddersfield Town proved unsuccessful. Deeney was sent off with Watford already 2-0 down following a senseless lunge on Collin Quaner. He is now banned for matches on December 23, 26, 30 and January 2.

Former Australia captain Kim Hughes has blasted England's approach to dismissing Steve Smith in the third Ashes Test, saying 'all the backroom staff should be sacked.'

The Madrid outfit are outraged by Barcelona's very public pursuit of the France international and will make an official complaint to world football's governing body.

Reports in Spain claim the Blues' star man is Zinedine Zidane's No 1 target in the summer, which would pave the way for Marco Asensio's Bernabeu exit... potentially to Manchester City.

Gloucester have given their ‘unreserved’ backing to the club’s head coach and his son over allegations of a confrontation in a nightclub.

FIFA says it has been informed of glitches in the 2014 World Cup goal-line technology system during games in France.

Premier League striker special - big six attacks compared

Manchester City are heading into Christmas all guns blazing as they rack up the goals at an astonishing rate. Pep Guardiola's side blitzed Tottenham 4-1 win to maintain their 11-point lead atop the Premier League table. But while City seem destined to win the Premier League, the way the rest of the big six will fall is tough to call. United seem secure in second for now, but two major forces in English football will miss out on the Champions League.

Man City mock Man United midfielder Marouane Fellaini

Manchester City have taken another cheeky dig at rivals Manchester United by trolling Marouane Fellaini on their French language Twitter account. The official ManCityFra account posted a photograph of Leroy Sane obscured by the Mancunian fog as he trained on Monday ahead of City's EFL Cup quarter-final at Leicester City on Tuesday night.

Sportsmail revealed last month that the Spanish club were looking at three goalkeepers with Kepa going head-to-head with long-term Premier League targets David de Gea and Thibaut Courtois.

A three-man FA panel unanimously ruled the Argentine had deceived referee Graham Scott into awarding the Hammers a crucial penalty that Mark Noble duly dispatched to put his side ahead.

Unfortunately for Eddie Nketiah, his club have a history of unearthing new heroes in this competition, only to bin them off before a mark has been made in the Premier League. But Arsenal are not alone.

Chelsea icon John Terry picks dream XI including Henry

John Terry made his Monday Night Football debut to chat with Jamie Carragher. The Chelsea legend was tasked with selecting his all-time Premier League XI, but was not allowed to choose any players who played with him at Chelsea. Terry also answered viewers questions about his former boss, and current Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho – and believes his side of the mid-2000s would have the beating of Pep Guardiola's scintillating City.

England have suffered a double Six Nations injury scare with Wasps stars Elliot Daly and Nathan Hughes now serious doubts for the upcoming tournament.

Tuilagi was cited for an alleged dangerous tackle in Leicester's Champions Cup defeat by Munster at Welford Road on Sunday and must appear before an independent disciplinary hearing.

The 26-year-old claims IndyCars offers closer and more exciting racing than its more glamourous counterpart, and until there is a closer playing field in F1 that the entertainment value will be lacking.

The 24-year-old has already netted 12 Serie A goals this season – more than he managed in the whole of the last campaign. But he has scored only one goal in 10 matches.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan to start for Man United in Carabao Cup

Jose Mourinho is set to recall Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Manchester United's Carabao Cup quarter-final at Championship side Bristol City on Wednesday. The Armenian forward has fallen out of favour in recent weeks and not even made the bench for eight of United's last nine games. His absence indicated he could be allowed to leave Old Trafford in the near future but manager Mourinho insists he remains in his thoughts.

Man United, Real, Juventus and Bayern launch FIFA 18 kits

European football heavyweights Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and Bayern Munich have launched brand new fourth strips in time for Christmas... but there's a twist. The fresh Adidas designs will exist only in the digital world of FIFA 18 and their incredibly popular FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) game. The new fourth kits will be automatically available to FIFA 18 players who had selected one of the four clubs as their favourite team on their active gamer profile prior to December 14, becoming playable in the game from this week.

Liverpool forward Ben Woodburn is set to spark a transfer scramble in January after Jurgen Klopp ruled he can go on loan in order to gain regular first-team experience.

Sanchez was close to exiting the Emirates in the summer, with Manchester City keen to take him, but Arsenal's failure to sign a replacement put paid to the move.

Bayern Munich chief Uli Hoeness has ruled out the possibility of his side copying PSG's policy of shelling out over £100million on global superstars.

Caught on camera: The moment Crystal Palace star Puncheon is ushered away from nightclub brawl by bouncers

Premier League footballer Jason Puncheon has been caught on video being dragged away by bouncers after a confrontation in a street near a nightclub. The Crystal Palace midfielder was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after allegedly getting in an altercation close to Mishiko in Reigate, in Surrey. He was filmed being ushered away by bouncers in a street brawl some 50 metres away from the night spot.

Football pundit Trevor Sinclair in court over offences

The 44-year-old, who played for Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and West Ham among others, was arrested earlier this month after police were called to a disturbance at his home. He arrived at court with his wife,(pictured) and was represented by solicitor Nick Freeman. The footballer, wearing a dark grey suit, spoke to confirm his name, address and date of birth before the case was adjourned to January 2.

After Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund's highly-anticipated cup tie on Wednesday, Germany can look forward to, or will have to survive, several weeks without football.

The takeover has been ratified by the English Football League and the consortium have assumed control from long-time owner Patrick Cryne, who in September revealed he is suffering from cancer.

Paul Clement is under significant threat of losing his job as Swansea City manager before the transfer window opens amid the growing relegation crisis the club are in.

Manchester City duo De Bruyne and Otamendi enjoy time off

Manchester City duo Kevin De Bruyne and Nicolas Otamendi were making the most of a day off on Tuesday as they took their other halves out of an afternoon stroll. Pep Guardiola has chosen to rest the duo for Tuesday's EFL Cup quarter-final against Leicester.  De Bruyne, who starred once again in City's 4-1 win over Tottenham on Saturday, was snapped in Hale village with his wife, Michele LaCroix.

Ederson and Jesus boast matching hoodies on City travels

City made their way to Leicester ahead of their Carabao Cup quarter-final showdown with the Foxes where they hope to move one step closer to their first piece of silverware this season. Accompanied by fellow countryman Danilo, it was clear the trio were occupying their own section of the train as they toyed with their enormous iPad’s.

Police have arrested a man in connection with an alleged racist attack on Raheem Sterling. The 23-year-old was racially abused and attacked as he arrived to prepare for City's match with Spurs.

Giroud has only started one league game this season, against West Ham earlier in December, and is looking for more first team football ahead of next summer's World Cup in Russia.

We're down to the last eight in the EFL Cup with four exciting fixtures this week. We take a look at some of the lesser-seen players who could feature as we reach the business end of the competition.

Cristiano Ronaldo chills out with girlfriend and children

The last couple of weeks have been especially successful even by Cristiano Ronaldo's standards, with awards coming in both personally and for his club. Now however, he has returned to the closest thing to normality - back in Spain with his girlfriend and four young children.  Ronaldo posed for an Instagram snap with girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez, and the youngsters they are raising together. 

Real Madrid are top of the world as they head for Clasico

PETE JENSON: What a difference a game makes – especially when it's the game that has given you the title of 'best team in the world' for another 12 months. Real Madrid's spirits have been down these past few weeks. The Wembley defeat by Tottenham hurt and left them second in their Champions League group. That has seen them draw Neymar and Paris Saint-Germain in the last-16. In La Liga they have fallen 11 points behind leaders Barcelona and slipped to fourth in the table. And yet beating Gremio has put a smile back on everyone's faces.

Memories of the greatest Clasico encounters often revolve around the best Real and Barcelona teams and players facing off under floodlights, with evening kick-offs suiting such dramatic occasions. 

The Brazilian's has been hindered by continuous knee problems, with the midfielder requiring two surgeries since April, after damaging his right knee during the match against Grenada.

PETE JENSON: You can look at numbers or you can just look at the football. Either way, it’s hard to draw any other conclusion from the first half of La Liga than Barca are way above the rest.

Tottenham share stunning picture from their new stadium

Tottenham have shared the latest update of the work being carried out on their new stadium in north London. The club's official account uploaded several pictures to social media on Tuesday, including a picture of the view looking out across London from the top of one of the new stands. They also showed how building work is progressing with a birds-eye view of the stadium. Spurs hope to have the 61,559-seater venue ready for the beginning of the 2018-19 season.

Luke Shaw enjoys Christmas shopping trip with girlfriend

Luke Shaw's Manchester United career may be on the rocks, but it appears his relationship with girlfriend Anouska Santos is going from strength to strength. The out-of-favour left back was spotted doing some late-night Christmas shopping with his partner on Monday... and she was very keen to take a look in the window of a jewellery store. Shaw, dressed all in black with a woolly hat to shield himself from the winter weather, was happy to oblige, peering through the window alongside his girlfriend.

Antonio Conte plans to leave Alvaro Morata out of his Chelsea team for a third game in a row with Michy Batshuayi set to be handed a start against Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup.

When you're down near the bottom of the league, or simply struggling to meet expectations, you need any advantage you can muster - particularly a golden opportunity to score.

Zinedine Zidane has ruled out the possibility of signing PSG superstar Neymar during his reign at the club as he believes it would disrupt Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema.

Track and field world champion Justin Gatlin is facing a new doping probe after his trainer and agent allegedly offered to provide performance enhancing drugs to undercover reporters.

Mayweather attends LA game as Kobe Bryant is celebrated

Floyd Mayweather was part of a star-studded crowd who flocked to the Staples Center to see Kobe Bryant's two jerseys retired.  Bryant's incredible career at the Los Angeles Lakers was celebrated as the Western Conference franchise retired the No 8 and 24 jerseys.  The NBA legend, who was a member of the Lakers' playing squad for 20 seasons, began his career in the No 8 jersey before switching to 24 in the 2006-2007 campaign. 

Anthony Joshua is ready to 'rock and roll' with Tyson Fury whenever the former champion wants to get in the ring with him. Fury has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko.

Luka Modric has laid out his ambitions to be one of few players to retire at Real Madrid. The Croatian completed his 'dream move' the Bernabeu in 2012 after enjoying four years at Tottenham.

Former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal will only return to management if he is offered a big club in the Premier League 'just to spite Manchester United'.

Unlike Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne on their return, he has proved himself in the Premier League. We already know he can handle English football.

Ferdinand steps up intensive boxing training as he does press-ups with 50kg weights on his back

Rio Ferdinand is priming himself for his boxing debut early next year – and the former Manchester United defender appears to be feeling the strain as his training steps up. Ferdinand, who earlier last month revealed he was targeting a fight in February, was seen performing press-ups with 50kg weights on his back. In a video posted on Instagram, trainer Mel Deane wrote: '@rioferdy5 last set and reps of the session with 50 Kgs on his back and my fat hole leaning on him !! Hahah'. 

Salah has notched 20 goals for his new side and, in a move which is sure to appease the fans to their star man even more, he explains how a move to Liverpool was always in the pipeline.

Virgil van Dijk was heavily linked with a move to Liverpool in the summer and is expected to be wanted by several of the Premier League big boys again when the transfer window opens in January.

Swansea City Striker Wilfried Bony faces a spell on the sidelines after picking up a hamstring injury in the 3-1 defeat by Everton on Monday, manager Paul Clement said.

With the Carabao Cup quarter-finals taking place this week and the FA Cup third round taking place early in January, Manchester City and Co face a tough schedule over the festive period.

Australia in jubilant celebrations after reclaiming Ashes

Thrilled Australia captain Steve Smith (pictured, left, holding the urn with his fiance Danielle Willis) savoured an 'amazing' feeling as a victorious Ashes captain after his team wrapped up the series 3-0 with a dominant win over England in the third test at the WACA today. Smith was joined by his team-mates in the dressing room celebrations, including David Warner (pictured, centre, with his wife Candice and their daughters Ivy and Ind), Nathan Lyon (drinking a beer, top right) and Mitchell Starc (bottom right, with former Australia bowler Mitchell Johnson).

Australia ripped through England's batting line-up on day five of the third Test to end any glimmer of hope they had of returning home with the urn. NASSER HUSSAIN hands out his ratings.

Victory for Steve Smith's side at the WACA ensured the home side regained the Ashes at the first attempt, with England now heading to Melbourne hoping to avoid another whitewash Down Under.

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Gabriel Jesus opens up on his tough upbringing in Brazil

Gabriel Jesus can look back and laugh. He can grin impishly at the absurdity of being accosted in a car park, when he thought his legs were ripe for snapping in two. He was 13 then, playing in a men’s league in Sao Paulo. He embarrassed a fair few with the dazzling tricks we are now enjoying in the Premier League. ‘The pitches are all dirt, and you’re playing against the marmanjo — the “hard men”,’ Jesus wrote in The Players’ Tribune.

Man City striker Sergio Aguero poses with Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy put his Manchester United allegiance to one side by posing for a picture with Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero.

Kylian Mbappe  has opened the door on his first four months at PSG to reveal Neymar’s influence on his life as a £166million superstar – starting from before his deal was even sealed.

Stoke City chairman Peter Coates has confessed to concerns about the club’s form and insisted a positive reaction is crucial at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have been hit with big injury blows ahead of their DFB-Pokal clash, as Arjen Robben and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could both miss the game.

Openly gay footballer Liam Davis has called FA chairman Greg Clarke 'a bit of a numpty' for saying professional players who out themselves as homosexual would be taking a risk.

West Ham's Karren Brady believes the club have been cast 'as the villain of the piece' in the row over the London Stadium's finances because of 'football allegiance or political advantage'.

MailOnline Sport has teamed up with EA SPORTS to offer you the chance to win a pair of tickets to Everton v Manchester United on Monday, January 1 (5.30pm kick-off).

Alonso displays incredible accuracy by sending shot into basketball hoop

Following his delightful free-kick against Southampton last weekend, Chelsea fans need no reminder of just how accurate Marcos Alonso's left foot is - but he has gone and given them one anyway. The Spaniard's goal from a long-range free-kick made the difference in their 1-0 win over the Saints last weekend, so it came as no surprise to see him take on the challenge of burying a football in basketball hoop from distance. Chelsea's official Instagram account posted a video of their wing back taking aim at the hoop and he sent it straight into net with relative ease before celebrating nonchalantly.

Everton 3-1 Swansea: Sigurdsson nets against former club

IAN HERBERT AT GOODISON PARK: When the season was new and held out such promise, Paul Clement was sanguine about the loss of Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton.  There would be a new way ahead, he declared. This was the night when he discovered the challenge of making good on a promise like that. When his Swansea side looking increasingly confident extracting a point and some encouragement from a night of attrition, the Icelander stepped and delivered his old side deeper into trouble at the foot of the table. 

Lee Johnson has urged his players to believe they can emulate the club's famous giant-killing against Liverpool when they host Man United in Wednesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final.

John Terry and Jamie Carragher have very different opinions about Antonio Conte's future as Chelsea manager. Terry believes Conte will remain in charge for the long term.

Wayne Rooney has given new Everton manager Sam Allardyce a nod of approval for getting the Toffees 'back to basics' and winning games once again. Rooney starred again on Monday night.

Kevin De Bruyne has been arguably the Premier League’s outstanding player this season, helping unbeaten Manchester City storm to the top of the table with six goals and eight assists.

It happened in the 35th minute of the game on Saturday and was not seen by the match officials but was caught on video. Tarkowski has until 6pm on Tuesday to respond to the charge.

MailOnline Sport has teamed up with EA SPORTS to offer you the chance to win a pair of tickets to Arsenal v Liverpool  on Friday, December 22 (7.45pm kick-off).

He's still got it! Foreman delivers knockout blow to Houston Rockets mascot Clutch the Bear during NBA match

George Foreman delivered a few (68, in fact) knockout blows during his incredible boxing career, but the former world heavyweight champion added one more to his tally on Saturday night. Foreman was a guest of honour at the Toyota Center and sat court-side to watch NBA franchise Houston Rockets take on the Milwaukee Bucks in a regular season game. But in an organised stunt, he was approached by their mascot Clutch the Bear, who was wearing a boxing robe as well as comically sized gloves.

Conor McGregor unwinds with his son in New York

After a long day of Christmas shopping for friends and family, there is no better feeling than getting home and putting your feet up. Conor McGregor has done just that after posing with his son, Junior, following his lavish shopping trip to New York City. The 29-year-old looked in high spirits as he lounged around in a grey tracksuit and spent some quality time with son.

AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn will resume their Test careers as South Africa play Zimbabwe in an inaugural four-day day-night match on Boxing Day. The pair made their debut in 2004.

Michalak ends his career as France's all-time leading scorer with 436 points from 77 caps, having won Six Nations Grand Slams on three occasions in 2002, 2004 and 2010.

Ever since Andre Ward hung up the gloves following successive wins against Sergey Kovalev, there has been a lot of debate as to who is now boxing's pound-for-pound king.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: England's women cricketers being crowned team of the year will paper over cracks.

Former world number one Luke Donald has condemned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. The British golfer was nominated for the award in 2011 but became disenchanted.

Nibali is not interested in winning this year's Vuelta a Espana race by default if champion Froome is stripped of his title for exceeding the limit for an asthma medication.

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips ahead of Tuesday's meetings at Catterick, Fakenham and Southwell.

Trainer Hughie Morrison will attempt to clear his name at a British Horseracing Authority inquiry on Tuesday with the threat of a 10-year ban hanging over him.

Man Utd use over 50 scouts... but manager has final say

On Sunday, Manchester United announced a starting XI at West Bromwich Albion which included seven players who were at the club when Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013. Former defender Gary Neville launched a scathing attack on the Old Trafford transfer policy since the Scottish legend’s departure – branding it ‘disjointed’ and ‘not good enough’. Here, Sportsmail shines a light on United’s £630m recruitment strategy and examines whether Neville was right to point the finger.

As Sir Mo Farah vanished into the ether, his acceptance speech terminated by a cut in the video feed, it was hard to avoid the notion that SPOTY had been beamed in from another planet.

Is this the ‘pin the tail on the donkey’ panel? Are they doing this blindfolded and guessing? So far two players have been charged: Oumar Niasse and Manuel Lanzini.

Speaking on talk SPORT this weekend, former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney said this City side still have a way to go to match up to Sir Alex Ferguson's 2007/08 team.