Your Guardian sport weekend: Premier League, Ashes and NFL Here’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reports The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025
Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City prediction: Premier League betting tips & odds Follow our football betting tips as Nottingham Forest host Manchester City on Saturday The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025
Premier League Predictions: Gameweek 18 Man Utd host Newcastle and Aston Villa visit Chelsea in Gameweek 18’s standout fixtures. Sports Illustrated · Dec 26, 2025
Danny Welbeck injury latest as Brighton issue fresh team news update for Arsenal clash Arsenal’s next opponents handed four-man boost ahead of trip to Emirates Stadium Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2025
Best First Goalscorer Picks for Premier League Gameweek 18 Gameweek 18 marks the penultimate round of fixtures in the first half of the 2025–26 Premier League, and also the division’s traditional ‘Boxing Day’ games. Tha Sports Illustrated · Dec 26, 2025
Premier League Form Table on Christmas Day 2025: Arsenal’s Drop Off Laid Bare Liverpool’s recent resurgence has seen them rise up the standings. Sports Illustrated · Dec 25, 2025
2025–26 Premier League Table Without VAR on Christmas Day One club would theoretically jump eight places in a world where VAR did not have a say. Sports Illustrated · Dec 25, 2025
'I’ve always hated Liverpool since the 1990s, when you saw Kevin Keegan with his head slumped behind the boards at Anfield' Dan Burn on the Newcastle United revenge 29 years in the making Newcastle United's Carabao Cup triumph over Liverpool this year was extra special for boyhood fan and opening goalscorer Dan Burn FourFourTwo · Dec 25, 2025
Supercomputer Predicts Final 2025–26 Premier League Table on Christmas Day Arsenal hold a narrow lead over Manchester City at the heart of the festive period. Sports Illustrated · Dec 25, 2025
Ivory Coast v Mozambique live: Afcon 2025 result as reigning champions off to winning start Ivory Coast 1-0 Mozambique: Man United’s Amad Diallo scores early in the second half to give the reigning champion Elephants all three points The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025
'I was 31 before people started to ask me about the throw, I don’t know what I was good at before that, but it must have something!' Rory Delap explains how his throw-in morphed into a psychological assault in the Barclays era The former javelin ace became a cult hero by rattling defences everywhere – he later spent time in a panic room in Israel before watching son Liam shine FourFourTwo · Dec 24, 2025
Brighton handed huge boost for Arsenal clash as FIVE set to return Struggling Seagulls buoyed by selection boost Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2025
Chelsea and Liverpool snubbed as Arsenal dominate Jamie Carragher's team of the season so far The Liverpool legend has apologised to the Blues over snubbing their players Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2025
‘I was the bad guy' Newcastle United man cites abnormal help as key reason for Chelsea bounceback Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade has heaped praise on the Geordie faithful for their response to his derby day mishap FourFourTwo · Dec 23, 2025
The Guardian - US · Dec 22, 2025 Wolves’ freefall leaves even Derby’s dismal record low a lofty goal Wolves’ collapse is no single-season fluke but the end point of years of managed decline, leaving a once-stable club staring at unwanted history
The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025 Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action Highs and lows for Alexander Isak, Wolves’ sobering survival chances and were Chelsea lucky at Newcastle?
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025 Brighton’s barren December continues as Sunderland hold on for a draw Brighton drew 0-0 against Sunderland to lose their 100% scoring record at home in the league this season
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025 Newcastle wilt again as Chelsea comeback exposes key flaw Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea: The Magpies soared into a 2-0 lead, but Enzo Maresca’s Blues hit back after the break and could easily have taken all three points
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025 Manchester City 3-0 West Ham, Brighton 0-0 Sunderland, and more – as it happened Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City cruised to a 3-0 win over West Ham. Meanwhile, Brighton and Sunderland were forced to settle for a goalless draw and Armando Broja snatched a late equaliser for Burnley against Bournemouth
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025 Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened Newcastle led 2-0 at half-time through two Nick Woltemade goals but were pegged back in a frenetic game of two halves
Sports Illustrated · Dec 20, 2025 Premier League Predictions: Gameweek 17 Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd face challenging away days this weekend.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action It is a case of north London against Merseyside as Tottenham host Liverpool and Everton face leaders Arsenal
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Rio Ngumoha could step up for Liverpool in Mohamed Salah’s absence, injury-hit Newcastle need to bounce back after derby and Scott Parker feels the heat
FourFourTwo · Dec 18, 2025 Newcastle United youngster issues firm response to Eddie Howe's squad mentality challenge It felt like Groundhog Day for Newcastle United in midweek as Fulham arrived at St James' Park in the Carabao Cup quarter-final
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025 Lewis Miley heads dramatic late winner as holders Newcastle edge Fulham Holders Newcastle moved into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup after Lewis Miley’s stoppage-time winner gave them a 2-1 victory over Fulham