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The weekend’s Premier League team news

More defensive issues for Liverpool as Man City have fully fit squad for Sunday’s derby

Leicester and Manchester United share the festive spoils

Axel Tuanzebe’s own goal gives hosts a point and keeps them above United in the table

Fulham stun Leicester who fall flat again with top spot within reach

Scott Parker’s team put their penalty woes behind them to move out of bottom three

Depleted Liverpool dominate Leicester to set new Anfield record

Firmino and Diogo Jota score as champions win with ease despite missing key players

Jamie Vardy comes on to score winner at Arsenal

Leicester win at Arsenal for the first time in 47 years thanks to fit-again English striker

Dortmund say Man United must pay more than €120m for Sancho

Hopes that German club’s stance would soften have not been realised

Manchester City’s injury woes worsen after Jesus joins Agüero on sidelines

Manager Pep Guardiola may call on 17-year-old Liam Delap to help fill gap up front

Ulster need to be at their best to contain Clermont threat

The French side ooze quality but Ulster have had their measure before in Belfast

Gerry Thornley: French clubs loom large for the provinces

France’s international contingent set to ensure tough test for Irish provinces in Europe

Veteran number eight Louis Picamoles included in France’s World Cup squad

Francois Cros, Felix Lambey and Romain Taofifenua among those to miss out

France complete RWC prep with seven try rout of Italy

Romain Ntamack and Antoine Dupont shine as hosts temporarily reduced to 13-men

Townsend admits Scotland have ‘a lot of work to do’ after French mauling

Ireland’s World Cup Pool A opponents on the end of five-try hammering in Nice

Isa Nacewa: Leinster can expect all out war against Saracens

In battles like these you need to get away with whatever you can

Clermont Auvergne see off La Rochelle to take Challenge Cup

Greig Laidlaw kicks 18 points as Clermont lift trophy for a third time at St James’ Park

Unchanged French side slightly unnerving for Ireland

First France coach to name the same team for successive Tests since 2012

No shortage of advice for Brunel as he juggles his options again

Critics claim France coach’s chopping and changing means he is unsure of his best backline

Rugby stats: sequence of fixtures has let Wales rotate and build

Coaches are juggling between being competitive in the Six Nations and planning for Japan

Six Nations 2019: Brunel and France looking for youthful revival

Les Bleus endured a torrid 2018 but can call on exciting crop of junior world champions

Moriarty fitness a boon for Wales ahead of gruelling France opener

Number eight’s return from concussion will ease Gatland’s backrow injury worries

Ireland’s Joe Schmidt: a complex yet paradoxically simple soul

Kiwi arrived in Ireland relatively unknown but leaves after shaping a rugby generation

Ruthless All Blacks complete France series whitewash

Rieko Ioane’s second half hat-trick sees New Zealand blow Les Bleus away in Dunedin

Gerry Thornley: History suggests Ireland's odds are far from generous

Back-to-back champions England entitled to be favourites to retain the trophy

Six Nations 2018: Familiar feelings for France

Controversy on and off the pitch for Les Bleus does not bode well for this year’s championship

For how long can rugby’s injury crisis be allowed to continue?

Is a 13-a-side game or less substitutions in matches the solution to multiple bad injuries?

Clermont rout Saracens in front of 1,500 hardy souls

Rescheduled Champions Cup game caused controversy but ended in convincing win

Confident Leinster prepared for gunfight at the OK Corral

Champions Cup semi-final with Clermont promises to be hot and high-scoring

Clermont not interested in another glorious defeat

French club keenly aware of big games lost ahead of Champions Cup clash with Leinster

Six Nations statistics show Ireland improved in both defence and attack

Joe Schmidt’s team were more willing to offload in this year’s tournament

Lancaster and Leinster brace themselves for Clermont test

Improvement in Leinster’s attacking game proven by impressive try-scoring statistics

Jono Gibbes makes Ireland his port of call again

Former All Black will arrive at Ulster having thrived out of comfort zone at Clermont

With winter’s end in sight, hope always springs eternal for Six Nations

Even if skill levels have not always dazzled, anticipation and tension rarely disappoint

Baptiste Serin to make Six Nations debut for France at Twickenham

Bordeaux Begles scrumhalf named ahead of Maxime Machenaud for England game

Six Nations team-by-team guide: France

Tournament may be coming a little too soon for fast-improving French

Mathieu Bastareaud returns to injury-hit France squad

Powerful Toulon centre in the frame for the opener against England at Twickenham

Ulster fight back quashed as Clermont take control of Pool 5

Les Kiss admits failure to secure at least bonus point a key

Ulster braced for Clermont power surge but still unlikely to resist it

French league leaders will greet visitor’s pack with ruthless welcome party

Ulster claim bonus point despite defensive frailties

Clermonts two bonus points keeps the French side in control of the Pool Four

Ulster hold on to claim bonus-point win in Belfast belter

Clermont Auvergne take two bonus points back to France after nine-try thriller

Gerry Thornley: Ireland can feel giddy ahead of Six Nations

Improved strength in depth and better attacking width augur well for the spring

Late call-up Bernard Foley earns Australia narrow win over France

Outhalf only made the side after Quade Cooper was ruled out late on with an ankle injury

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