
How Savage and Smethurst gave Macclesfield ‘new life’
A look at how former Premier League footballer Robbie Savage and Macclesfield FC owner Rob Smethurst helped revive a football club.
SUNDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2025, 03:01

A look at how former Premier League footballer Robbie Savage and Macclesfield FC owner Rob Smethurst helped revive a football club.

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Rugby World Cup winner Lark Atkin-Davies announces she is pregnant with her first child.

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Union Berlin put three past second-placed RB Leipzig in surprise 3-1 victory in the Bundesliga.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says there is “not any sense” to Cole Palmer’s ongoing groin injury – and hopes it does not prove to be a season-long issue.

Leinster fight back from nine points behind at half-time to beat a determined Leicester Tigers side 23-15 in the Champions Cup pool stage.

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker TJ Watt has surgery to repair a partially collapsed lung sustained during dry needle treatment.

Gayton McKenzie has called for clarity from after Hugo Broos’ explosive comments about defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi sparked public outrage.

England women’s hockey side concede a late goal to lose 2-1 to Belgium and continue their poor start to the Pro League.

Former pro basketballer Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport to come out as gay, announces he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Glasgow are ready to “surprise” Antoine Dupont’s Toulouse side when they meet in the Champions Cup on Saturday, says wing Ollie Smith.

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Auchinleck Talbot take the “difficult and extremely disappointing” decision to move their Scottish Cup fourth round tie against Celtic to Kilmarnock’s Rugby Park.

Every key bit of Premier League team news and the most important Fantasy Premier League statistics – all in one place.

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Former champion Rob Cross is safely through to the second round of the PDC World Championship after a comfortable 3-0 win over Norway’s Cor Dekker.