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Chelsea Beats Burnley 2-0 to Gain Ground on Leader Arsenal in Premier League

Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley v Chelsea, in Burnley, England, Saturday Nov. 22, 2025. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley v Chelsea, in Burnley, England, Saturday Nov. 22, 2025. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
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Chelsea Beats Burnley 2-0 to Gain Ground on Leader Arsenal in Premier League

Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley v Chelsea, in Burnley, England, Saturday Nov. 22, 2025. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley v Chelsea, in Burnley, England, Saturday Nov. 22, 2025. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

Chelsea reduced the gap to Premier League leader Arsenal to three points with a 2-0 win over Burnley on Saturday.

Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez scored at Turf Moor as Chelsea provisionally moved up to second.

Arsenal plays Tottenham on Sunday, while Manchester City can retake second place later Saturday when it plays at Newcastle.

Neto headed Chelsea in front in the 37th minute for his second goal in as many games and his fourth this season, according to The AP.

Fernandez sealed the win in the 88th with a low shot from inside the box.

Burnley remained one place above the relegation zone in 17th, but could be dragged into the bottom three depending on later results.

West Ham, in 18th, was playing Bournemouth, and 19th-placed Nottingham Forest was at defending champion Liverpool.

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Sabalenka to Skip Events in 2026 to Prioritize her Health

Sabalenka to Skip Events in 2026 to Prioritize her Health
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Sabalenka to Skip Events in 2026 to Prioritize her Health

Sabalenka to Skip Events in 2026 to Prioritize her Health

Aryna Sabalenka expects to skip events again this year rather than put her health at risk over the course of an "insane" season, even though she knows she is likely to be sanctioned by the WTA Tour for doing so, the world number one said.

Top players are obliged to compete in all four Grand Slams, 10 WTA 1000 tournaments and six WTA 500 events under WTA rules, with the punishment for missing them ranging from rankings points deductions to fines, Reuters reported.

In 2025, Sabalenka competed in just three WTA 500 events - Brisbane, Stuttgart and Berlin - making her one of a number of high-ranked ⁠players, including world number two Iga Swiatek, to be docked ranking points.

Asked if she would change her plans for 2026, the four-times Grand Slam champion told reporters: "The season is definitely insane, and that's not good for all of us, as you see so many players getting injured ...

"The rules are quite tricky with mandatory events, but I'm still ⁠skipping a couple events in order to protect my body, because I struggled a lot last season," the Belarusian said after beating Sorana Cirstea at the Brisbane International.

"Even though the results were really consistent, some of the tournaments I had been playing completely sick or I've been really exhausted from overplaying. This season we will try to manage it a little bit better, even though they are going to fine me by the end of the season.

"But it's tricky to do that. You cannot skip 1000 events. It's ⁠really tricky, and I think that's insane what they do. I think they just follow their interests, but they're not focusing on protecting all of us."

The men's and women's circuits have faced criticism due to their 11-month seasons, and both tours came under fresh scrutiny during the "Asian swing" towards the end of last year with injuries piling up.

In September, the WTA told Reuters that athlete welfare is a top priority and that it had listened to views on the calendar, both through the players' council and their representatives on the WTA board, to improve the circuit structure in 2024 and boost compensation.

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Tougher Test Awaits Anxious Hosts Morocco at Cup of Nations

Morocco's Brahim Abdelkader Diaz, right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Tanzania in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP)
Morocco's Brahim Abdelkader Diaz, right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Tanzania in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP)
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Tougher Test Awaits Anxious Hosts Morocco at Cup of Nations

Morocco's Brahim Abdelkader Diaz, right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Tanzania in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP)
Morocco's Brahim Abdelkader Diaz, right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Tanzania in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP)

Hosts Morocco can expect the first proper examination of their ability to go on and win the Africa Cup of Nations when they take on a feisty Cameroon in the quarter-finals at the weekend.

The top-ranked Moroccans were not stretched in the group phase of the tournament, where they finished top of the standings, nor in their last-16 clash against Tanzania on Sunday.

Yet they delivered only one convincing performance when they beat Zambia in their last of their group matches and against Cameroon in Rabat on Friday there will need to be a marked improvement if they are to advance towards ‌the target ‌of a first continental title in 50 years.

The ‌home ⁠side were ‌heavy pre-tournament favorites but have looked anxious and nervy at times, feeling the intense pressure and will be cautious of the threat that Cameroon pose.

"We will try to disrupt them," said Cameroon coach David Pagou, promising a physical battle.

The game will be one of the highlights of a blockbuster set of last-eight ties, with Algeria meeting Nigeria on Saturday and Egypt's clash ⁠against defending champions Ivory Coast later on the same day also eagerly anticipated.

Only Senegal, who ‌take on Mali in the first quarter-final in ‍Tangier on Friday, are expected to ‍ease through to the semi-finals, up against opponents who have made ‍it to the latter stages of the tournament without winning a game.

Mali have drawn four successive matches in Morocco, advancing on post-match penalties over Tunisia in the last 16 despite being down to 10 men for most of the match. Their fighting spirit is not expected to be enough to hold out against Senegal's attack, which has scored 10 ⁠goals at the tournament.

Algeria and Nigeria are the only teams to have won all four of their matches in Morocco and both have given strong indicators of their ability to take the title.

Ivory Coast were also in impressive form in the last 16 as they brushed aside Burkina Faso 3-0 on Tuesday and are set to reignite a Cup of Nations rivalry with Egypt, who are looking to give talisman Mohamed Salah international success to go along with his numerous achievements at club level with Liverpool.

"We'll simply try to impose our rhythm (of play) on Egypt," said Ivorian ‌coach Emerse Fae.

The quarter-final winners advance to the last four to be played in Rabat and Tangier on January 14.

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Ten Hag Back to His Roots from Next Season

Erik ten Hag smiles during his presentation as new head coach of Bundesliga soccer club Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Erik ten Hag smiles during his presentation as new head coach of Bundesliga soccer club Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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Ten Hag Back to His Roots from Next Season

Erik ten Hag smiles during his presentation as new head coach of Bundesliga soccer club Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Erik ten Hag smiles during his presentation as new head coach of Bundesliga soccer club Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is to return to his old club FC Twente as technical director from next ​season, the club has announced.

The Dutchman has signed a contract until mid-2028, returning to the club where he began his playing career in 1989 and ended it in 2002.

The 55-year-old will join the Enschede club on February 1 and succeed technical director Jan ‌Streuer, who ‌retires at the end ‌of ⁠the ​season.

"I think ‌it's wonderful and special to return to FC Twente, where I've been a supporter since I was a young boy," Ten Hag said in a statement on the club's website.

"My football career began here. With my experience in youth ⁠development, team building, and elite sports culture, I want ‌to strengthen FC Twente's technical ‍foundation so that the ‍club can sustainably realize its potential as ‍a regional flagship."

After retiring as a player at Twente, Ten Hag became head of the youth academy and then assistant manager before going on to ​coach at Go Ahead Eagles, FC Utrecht, Ajax Amsterdam and Manchester United, who ⁠fired him in October 2024.

He became Bayer Leverkusen coach last year, making a return to Germany where he had already spent two seasons as coach of Bayern Munich's reserves from 2013 to 2015.

But his contract with Leverkusen was terminated after just two Bundesliga matches, a record in Germany. Ajax approached Ten Hag in November about succeeding sacked coach John Heitinga, but ‌he said he had no interest in returning to Amsterdam.