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Timo Werner set for loan at Tottenham until end of season; Spurs then have option to buy forward for £15m; Germany international won Champions League at Chelsea but struggled for goals and has been hit by injury since returning to…

Updated: 5.30pm Derry’s Glen have exacted their revenge for last year’s final result by beating Dublin’s Kilmacud Crokes 1-14 to 2-10 in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football semi-final. A foggy Pairc Esler was the venue for the rematch of last…

Updated: 6.30pm Here’s the latest from the day’s sporting action… Soccer The third round of the FA Cup continued on Sunday, with eight games down for decision. In the 2pm kick-offs, there were wins for Leeds, Wrexham, West Brom and…

Rafael Nadal will miss the Australian Open after sustaining an injury during the Brisbane International earlier this week. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who had surgery on the psoas tendon in his left hip in June, was making his comeback at the…

Plus: Manchester City to wait until the summer to make £25m move for Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich; Everton make last-gasp effort to hijack Hannibal Mejbri’s loan move from Man Utd to Sevilla; Chelsea look to Athletic Bilbao’s Aitor Paredes…

Former Chelsea forward Timo Werner had been linked with a move to Man Utd in the January transfer window but is now set to join Tottenham this month; Werner has scored two goals in eight Bundesliga appearances this season and…

Chelsea scored three times in 11 second-half minutes to ease into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 4-0 win over Preston at Stamford Bridge. A frustrating showing from Mauricio Pochettino’s side, in which they hogged the ball…

Joao Pedro scored twice late on as Brighton avoided an FA Cup upset at Championship side Stoke with a 4-2 comeback win. The hosts – who had not beaten top-flight opposition in the competition since they reached the final in…

Alexander Isak’s double cemented a first derby victory over Sunderland since 2011 as Eddie Howe finally won an FA Cup tie as Newcastle boss at the third attempt. Perhaps fittingly at the end of a week during which the Black…

Spaniard and 22-time Grand Slam winner said his body is “not ready to compete at the maximum level in five-set matches” and he will fly back home for treatment and rest; the Australian Open starts on January 15; 37-year-old returned…