Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas admits that his side are all but out of the Premier League title race.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin dismisses calls for a review of disputed parliamentary election results, despite mass demonstrations.

Arsenal host Wolves in the first Premier League game of the day, before Swansea v QPR and Norwich v Tottenham.

Arab League peace monitors arrive in Syria's restive city of Homs, to be met by tens of thousands of anti-government protesters.

An 18-year-old man who died in an attack in Oxford Street in central London was stabbed in the heart, Scotland Yard says.

Israeli President Shimon Peres urges Israelis to rally against ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremism in what he says is a fight for the "soul of the nation".

Newcastle score twice in two second-half minutes to condemn Bolton to their eighth home defeat of the season.

Gary Lineker presents highlights of the Boxing Day Premier League fixtures. (UK users only)