kevin de bruyne scoring in the fifth minute and the goals followed from riyad mahrez, ilkay gundogan and raheem sterling. leicester threatened an extaraordinary turnaround after the break. maddison, lookman and ihaenacho with three goals in the space of io minutes, but laporte and sterling got city over the line. for one and two, my god, the game was over but it definitely was not over but at the end we could win the game and leicester is always difficult for us. always have been. yes, another win. we difficult for us. always have been. yes, another win.— yes, another win. we obviously -la ed yes, another win. we obviously played man _ yes, another win. we obviously played man city _ yes, another win. we obviously played man city as _ yes, another win. we obviously played man city as well- yes, another win. we obviously played man city as well with - yes, another win. we obviously | played man city as well with one yes, another win. we obviously . played man city as well with one of the very— played man city as well with one of the very few weeks they have had the medway— the very few weeks they have had the medway came so they were fresh and ready— medway came so they were fresh and ready and _ medway came so they were fresh and ready and we play liverpool on tuesday. — ready and we play liverpool on tuesday, which is incredible, when you think_ tuesday, which is incredible, when you think you are playing less than 48 hours _ you think you are playing less than 48 hours later. listen, you will not -et 48 hours later. listen, you will not get the _ 48 hours later. listen, you will not get the violence out, you look at the squad — get the violence out, you look at the squad and you see what we are missing _ the squad and you see what we are missing and you know what makes a hu-e missing and you know what makes a huge difference for us but the players — huge difference for us but the players are not available. the players — players are not available. the players who are will give everything and show _ players who are will give everything and show that spirit like today and keep fighting. after back to back draws in the league, chelsea are back in the winning groove. they came from behind at villa park to win 3—1. the villa goal was a bit freakish. a reece james own goal as he tried to head clear a cross. cheslea pulled themselves level by the break through a jorghino penalty and then took the lead the lead thanks to romelu lukaku who came off the bench. lukaku then won an injury time penalty, that gavejorghino the chance to make sure of all three points. cheslea are still third, level on points with second placed liverpool. tottenham's fixtures have been badly hit by covid over the past fortnight. crystal palace tried to have today's game called off as well, but the premier league vetoed that. spurs winning 3—0 to move up to fifth. drew savage reports. pre—match talk in the palace camp was whether the game should be played at all with news that manager patrick vieira was isolating because of covid, his assistant was in charge. it took spurs more than half an hour to break them down but when they did it was quick and it was decisive. harry kane scores again on boxing day! lucas moura, having set up the first, scored the second. lucas moura coming in! a masterclass in the art of the flying header. when you are 2—0 down this is the last thing you want one of your senior players to do, a second yellow card ended wilfried zaha's afternoon and his team's chances of getting anything from it. spurs decided to give the captain a rest early in the second half. they knew the game was won but that was confirmed when lucas moura crossed for son heung—min. spurs have lost 3—0 away to palace in september but in so many ways that was a long time ago. they are still unbeaten in the premier league under antonio conte. drew savage, bbc news. they certainly do look like they are beginning to click under antonio conte — up to fifth plenty of games in hand. he was pleased to be able to take harry kane off relatively early, with a crowded fixture schedule ahead. i always say we are talking about a top—class striker and a player that for us is very important. and today i had the possibility to give him a bit of rest. he scored and i'm happy for him and happy for lucas and happy for son, but i'm happy for the performance of the team because if the three strikers scored and because the team worked very well. arsenal are building up some momentum. it's now four wins in a row in the league, and they are scoring plenty of goals. they won 5—0 at norwich. victory was never really in doubt at the bottom side. bukayo saka scored their first inside ten minutes. kieran tierney doubled the lead by halftime and saka added another midway through the second half. lacazette and smith—rowe chipped in late on. they are looking very comfortable in fourth. today marked two years since mikel arteta's first game in charge. there was a great game at the london stadium. arsenal will not play on tuesday against wolves because of covid issues in the wills camp. another premier league match... the london stadium. southampton with a much needed win. beating west ham 3—2 — but they had to work hard for it. jan bednarek scored the winner with a header from a second—half set—piece. the hammers had twice pulled themselves back into the game afterfalling behind. antonio and benrahma cancelling out goals by elyanhoussi and ward—prowse, but the saints took the points. it goes on, a busy schedule. brighton and brentford is to come up, kick off at 8pm. we've had a full programme in the scottish premiership, all matches effectively behind closed doors with a cap of 500 specatators coming into force. today celtic had a comfortale 3—1 win over bottom side stjohnstone in the early kick—off. abada scored twice in the first half to put celtic in control. chris kane had pulled one back for stjohnstone but nir bitton ended their hopes of a comeback. no draws in ther scottish premiership. also wins for aberdeen, hibs and third—placed hearts and motherwell. rangers maintained their six—point lead going into the winter break, beating st mirrren 2—0. wright and morelos with their goals. leicester tigers are an unstoppable force in the rugby union premiership at the moment. bristol bears came close to ending their unbeaten run, but the league leaders found a way in injury time. 28—26 to make it ten wins out of 10 this season. austin halewood reports. rugby�*s traditional boxing day fixtures, the masks might be a new addition but the atmosphere is the same, 22,000 at bristol's ashton gate with leicester in town. it was the bears who quickly put their christmas hangover behind them. they raced to an early lead. harry randall with a brilliant run and fitzharding adding the finishing touches. the tigers still have not lost this season and they were soon back into it. one of the biggest players in the premiership, with the deftest of finishes. as the score began to build, so did the tension, leicester captain ellis genge, who joins bristol next season, keen to get to know his team—mates better. even he was probably impressed by randall, another clever break from him paving the way for lloyd and it looked like bristol had it won but in the fourth minute of extra time, this happened. guy porter with his first premiership try. and what a time to do it. the tigers continue to roar, ten straight wins, their best run in the league for 21 years. there were three other games in the premiership today. a big win for sarcens over worcester, wasps beat london irish. bath have been playing gloucester in the west country derby at the rec, and it's gloucester who cruised to a comfortable victory by 40—20. they ran in six tries, including this one from kyle moyle. it means bath stay rock—bottom of the premiership table, still without a league win this season. there was a big upset in the king george vi chase at kempton. tornado flyer first past the post and at 28—1, that's the biggest priced winner in the history of the traditional boxing day race. trained by willie mullins with his nephew danny mullins on board, it's the first irish winner of the king george in 16 years. the two—time winner clan des obeaux was nine lengths back with another paul nicholls horse st calvados in third. over the last year we've covered the the olympics, paralympics, football's european championship — but we've also brought you some of the more unusual sporting moments from around the world. especially if there are dogs involved. rounding up the best of the bizarre. here's reginaldo rosario. you've heard of the super bowl but here's the canine version. the puppy bowl in february saw two teams going head—to—head in a real paw biter. team ruff coming out on top. everyone's a winner, though. all the dogs adopted at the close of play. from the gridiron to the waves, this is no walk in the park. dogs and their owners competing to see who becomes top dog in the surf city surf dog competition in california. speaking of top dogs, this isjoey chestnut, the 38—year—old eating 76 hotdogs injust ten minutes, winning the nathan's hot dog eating contest in new york for a 14th time, breaking his previous hot—dog eating record by one. the event once again held in front of spectators earlier this year after being forced behind closed doors due to the pandemic. 2021 saw sporting returns aplenty, and so did the world conker championships in northamptonshire, returning after a year's absence. competitors take turns to try and shatter their opponent's conker. this year saw jasmine tetley retain her overall title. she came, she saw, she conquered. another returning event, the carjumping championships in west sussex. brave drivers attempting to launch their vehicles past a row of parked cars. attemptsjudged on elevation, distance and audience reception. some failing miserably, some wowing the crowd. and while the world was fixated on formula i this year, the sound of lawnmowers filled the billingshurst air for the first time in 18 months as the british lawnmower racing championship returned in june. plenty of fair wheel—to—wheel racing to be found. 2021 also saw the unbelievable. in november, freestyle motorcyclist tom pages taking things to the extreme. riding off a sheer cliff and performing a double front flip before pulling his parachute and gliding away to safety. czech free diver david vencl also made history of his own, setting a new world record for the longest distance swum under ice. he swam 80.9 metres while holding his breath, taking just over a minute and a half to set the new mark in freezing conditions in the czech republic. in keeping with the icy theme to round off, thejump & freeze event held annually injapan. teams donning the best fancy dress heading down the ramp and plunging into freezing water to be judged. ten out of ten, indeed! reginaldo rosario, bbc news. that's all from sportsday. impossible to follow that! goodbye. there has been some christmas snow to bring festive excitement in a few places but for parts of england, wales and northern ireland the christmas weather so far has been about the heavy soaking rain. the latest weather system has moved through, bringing snow into the pennines and scottish hills and turning increasingly light and patchy today. but today the lion's share of christmas sunshine has been in scotland but in terms of the rain it has been a very wet christmas so far in katesbridge in county down, since christmas eve into the first of boxing day nearly 60 millimetres of rain and in north—west london, half a month's worth in that period. plenty of standing water on the roads. it is looking somewhat drier this evening and tonight, still patchy rain and hill snow further north through scotland and as the wind eases there will be low cloud, mist and fog developing and more rain for the far south—west later. for many places temperatures above freezing but hints of northern england and scotland and especially where you have snow on the ground, there will be frost. tomorrow, here comes more rain across south—west england and wales, pushing further north and east through england, turning later. scotland and northern ireland will stay dry, sunny spells around and a cloudier day for the northern and western isles with outbreaks of rain showers. the breeziest and mildest to the south. as we go through the evening, further spells of heavy downpours running along southernmost counties of england with those brisk winds. by tuesday another area of low pressure looks to be racing in from the atlantic, bringing rain to northern ireland and southern scotland and northern england and north wales and the midlands, this is the heaviest rain and as it clears through the southern flank, we will see the strongest winds with southern england gusting at 50 mph. we will see the highest temperatures to the south at around 12 or 13. the mild air will become much more widespread in midweek. this weather front will move northwards on wednesday, that will come with rain, some snow into the highlands but it opens a door to this much milder air heading in from a long way to the south and south—west of the uk. lifting temperatures well above average for the time of year. as we see out the year and start the new one, wet and windy at times but temperatures by day and night well above average. this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. tributes pour in for archbisop desmond tutu, nobel laureate and veteran of south africa's struggle against apartheid, who has died at the age of 90. ata time at a time when many people are celebrating with family and friends, we have lost one of the most illustrious, courageous and beloved amongst us. the bodies of 16 iraqi kurds who drowned when their inflatable boat sank last month in the channel while trying to reach the uk have been returned to northern iraq. new coronavirus restrictions come into force in scotland, wales and northern ireland, to try to limit the spread of the omicron variant.

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