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Olivier Giroud finished the year with the best strike rate of any player in the Premier League, just ahead of Sergio Aguero and Mohamed Salah. Include his Champions League goals this season – he netted four away to Sevilla – and the record is even better.

Gerwyn Price will face Gary Anderson in a mouth-watering World Darts Championship final on Sunday night after the pair came through thrilling semi-finals at Alexandra Palace.

Ryan Garcia recovered from an early knock-down to stop Luke Campbell in the seventh round with a vicious body shot.

Celtic boss Neil Lennon criticised referee Bobby Madden for sending off Nir Bitton in Saturday’s Old Firm derby defeat to Rangers, with Steven Gerrard claiming “our season starts now”.

Houston shook off the late scratch of James Harden to clinch a back-to-back sweep of Sacramento Kings thanks to John Wall who had game highs of 28 points, six assists, and three steals.

Tottenham have criticised the actions of three first-team players after they were pictured breaking coronavirus guidelines by gathering with their families for a Christmas party.

Fulham’s Premier League match at Burnley on Sunday has been postponed because of further positive coronavirus cases at the west London club.  

After Stephen Bunting and Dave Chisnall recorded impressive quarter-final victories, the duo from St Helens are beginning to dream of World Championship glory.

Eleven boxers travelled from the United States to Montreal in 1976, all with dreams of capturing Olympic Gold. Just a few weeks later they returned as one of the greatest amateur boxing teams ever assembled.

Dave Chisnall ended Michael van Gerwen’s hopes of a fourth World Darts Championship title with a stunning 5-0 victory to reach the semi-finals at Alexandra Palace for the first time.