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Dec 1, 2011: Sam Hutchinson has signed a new one-and-a-half year contract with Chelsea barely a year after being forced to retire from the game

Dec 1, 2011: John Murray believes it is about time Manchester has its first world champion since Ricky Hatton, and expects to do it against Brandon Rios at the weekend

Dec 1, 2011: Martin O'Neill is set to be offered the Sunderland job, according to ESPNsoccernet sources, and could be in place at the club he supported as a boy before the weekend's visit to Wolves

Dec 1, 2011: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas remains confident that club owner Roman Abramovich is not planning on sacking him in the coming weeks, even if results do not improve

Dec 1, 2011: Moussa Dembele believes Fulham can overcome the disappointment of Thursday night's Europa League defeat and qualify for the last 32 of the competition

Dec 1, 2011: Tiger Woods overcame a sloppy back nine to post a solid opening round at the Chevron World Challenge on Thursday

Dec 1, 2011: Fulham will have to wait to book their place in the knockout stages of the Europa League after they succumbed to a late 1-0 defeat against FC Twente in the Netherlands

Dec 1, 2011: Steve Bruce will take a few weeks to recharge his batteries and take stock, and then he wants to leap straight back into football management, according to sources close to the first Premier League manager sacked this season

Dec 1, 2011: Swansea striker Danny Graham looks set to miss Saturday's Premier League trip to Blackburn with an Achilles injury, although manager Brendan Rodgers is to wait before making a final decision on his availability

Dec 1, 2011: Police have passed a file on John Terry's alleged racial slur towards Anton Ferdinand to prosecutors

Dec 1, 2011: Chael Sonnen has hinted his next opponent could be Michael Bisping, and he claims he currently has "no fight with Mark Munoz"

Dec 1, 2011: Lucas Leiva has been ruled out for the season with a knee injury

Dec 1, 2011: James Taylor has completed his switch from Leicestershire to Nottinghamshire following agreement over compensation to his former county

Dec 1, 2011: Antonio Margarito did his best to wind up Miguel Cotto ahead of Saturday's rematch at Madison Square Garden, arriving at the pre-fight press conference declaring: "Here comes the criminal"

Dec 1, 2011: Brazilian starlet Neymar, Arsenal striker Robin van Persie and Napoli's Edinson Cavani are amongst fourteen new faces to make their debut as nominees for the FIFPro World XI award

Dec 1, 2011: Lee Westwood made a birdie on 18 to join Charl Schwartzel at the top of the leaderboard after the opening round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge

Dec 1, 2011: Sunderland have earmarked either Mark Hughes or Martin O'Neill as the man to replace ousted manager Steve Bruce at the Stadium of Light

Dec 1, 2011: Wayne Rooney's lawyers have claimed victory in the latest round of a multi-million pound legal fight with a sports management firm

Dec 1, 2011: Pakistan's spinners exploited the bounce and turn in the pitch to wreck Bangladesh. Their batsmen then made a mess of chasing a small target before victory was finally achieved