Tuesday 25th October, 2016:

Bristol City vs Hull City 7:45 pm

Leeds United vs Norwich 7:45 pm

Liverpool vs Tottenham 7:45 pm

Newcastle vs Preston 7:45 pm

Arsenal vs Reading 7:45 pm

Bayer Leverkusen head coach Roger Schmidt has been banned and fined for calling an opposing manager “a nutcase” during a Bundesliga game. Schmidt was sent off by the referee for insulting Hoffenheim’s Julian Nagelsmann in Saturday’s 3-0 home loss. “That was nothing, what sort of a nutcase are you? Just shut your mouth,” Schmidt shouted after going 2-0 down. The 49-year-old has been banned for two games and handed a 15,000 euros fine. The German was sanctioned after triggering a suspended sentence from February this year. He had been banned for three games, with a further two in the event of a repeat offence before June 2017, for refusing a referee’s order to leave the sidelines during a 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund. Schmidt will be unable to have any contact with the team for half an hour before, during and after Tuesday’s German Cup second-round match against Lotte and Saturday’s league match against Wolfsburg. Leverkusen’s director of sport Rudi Voller has sought a meeting with the head of the disciplinary committee.

Behold the nominees for 2016 Ballon d’Or award:

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Neymar (Barcelona), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Pepe (Real Madrid), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) and Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich).

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Tottenham have accepted the violent conduct charge against forward Moussa Sissoko, who will now be banned for three matches. Sissoko elbowed Bournemouth’s Harry Arter on the touchline after coming on as a substitute in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at the Vitality Stadium. The incident was not seen by the match officials. He will miss Tuesday’s EFL Cup tie at Liverpool, Saturday’s home league game against Leicester and the north London derby at Arsenal on 6 November.

Juan Martin del Potro is celebrating his first ATP title in three years after his victory at the Stockholm Open. He beat Jack Sock 7-5 6-1 to move back into the world’s top 50. He was 1,045 in the rankings in February after missing much of 2014 and 2015 with wrist injuries. “I’ve been trying to fix my problems for the past two years and I didn’t expect to win a title at this moment in my career,” he said.

Tottenham forward Moussa Sissoko has been charged with violent conduct by the FA after allegedly elbowing Bournemouth’s Harry Arter in the Premier League game at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.Sissoko clashed with with Arter on the touchline after coming on as a substitute in Saturday’s 0-0 draw. The incident was not seen by the match officials. Sissoko has until 6 pm on Tuesday to respond to the charge.

Bayern Munich midfielder Renato Sanches has won the European Golden Boy award, beating Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford. The 19-year-old follows Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling, Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero in winning the award for Europe’s best player aged under 21. Portugal international Sanches will receive the award at a ceremony in Monte Carlo on Monday. The prize, voted for by journalists across Europe, was established by Italian newspaper Tuttosport in 2003, who revealed this year’s winner on their front page. Sanches has played eight games for the German champions this season, having joined in the summer for £27.5m, and has 11 caps for Portugal. At Euro 2016 – then aged 18 – he became the youngest player to feature in a European Championship-winning side and won the Young Player of the Tournament award.

Here are the 15 names announced so far by France Football:

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Robert Levandowski (Bayern Munich), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Wayne Rooney (Football) – Manchester United and England captain, born 1985, 31 today.

Jonathan Davies (Rugby) – former Wales star in union and league, born 1962, 54 today.

Claudia Fragapane (Gymnastics) – British gymnast who won four gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, born 1997, 19 today.

Ilkay Gundogan (Football) – Manchester City and Germany midfielder, born 1990, 26 today.

Former Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen could not resist having a sneaky dig at Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho after their 4-0 loss at Stamford Bridge.

Mamelodi Sundowns held out after being under siege for almost 90 minutes to be crowned as the African champions for 2016 after restricting hosts Zamalek of Egypt to a 1-0 win in the second leg of the Champions League in Alexandria on Sunday. It meant Sundowns won 3-1 on aggregate after a convincing first leg triumph in Atteridgeville last Saturday. It was a first triumph for the South African club, whose only previous final appearance came in 2001 when they lost to Zamalek’s arch rivals Al Ahly. Zamalek got their only goal after 62 minutes from Nigeria’s Stanley Ohawuchi despite dominating the game and bombarding the Sundowns goal. But stout defending and a little luck meant Sundowns were able to hold onto their healthy first leg advantage.

• Kelechi Iheanacho replaced Kevin De Bruyne at half time and scored Manchester City’s equalizer in the 55th minute as they drew 1 – 1 with Southampton at home at the Etihad Stadium.
• Ahmed Musa started for Leicester and scored the first goal in the 42nd minute as they beat Crystal Palace 3 – 1 at home at the King Power Stadium. He was replaced by Gray in the 81st minute.
• Alex Iwobi started for Arsenal as they drew 0 – 0 with Middlesbrough at home at the Emirates stadium. He was replaced by Perez Martinez in the 67th minute.
• Victor Moses started for Chelsea and played the whole game as they beat Manchester United 4 – 0 at home at the Stamford Bridge.
• Odion Ighalo started for Watford and played the whole game as they drew 0 – 0 with Swansea away at the Liberty Stadium.
• Victor Anichebe was an unused substitute for Sunderland as they lost 1 – 0 away to West Ham United at the London Stadium.
• Isaac Success was not selected for Watford’s game against Swansea. Mikel Obi was also not selected for Chelsea’s game against Manchester United – The inspiring Super Eagles captain continues to pay the price for leaving Chelsea’s pre-season to represent Nigeria at the Rio Olympics where he won a Bronze medal.

Nigeria international and Sunderland forward Victor Anichebe tweeted the above yesterday as his “heartfelt” message to Sunderland fans but it didn’t go quite as planned. It appeared someone had sent him the text to tweet and he just did “copy and paste” without proofreading. One of those moments…lol. Anichebe sat out on the substitutes bench as Sunderland lost one nil away to West Ham United.

Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will be out for six to eight weeks after injuring knee ligaments in the dramatic win over Valencia. The midfielder was injured by an Enzo Perez tackle after 14 minutes of the 3-2 win and left on a stretcher. He could miss the rest of the Champions League group games and is definitely out of the match at Manchester City on 1 November. Barca won thanks to a late Lionel Messi penalty, his second goal of the game. Luis Enrique’ side, who went top with the win, are also going to be without Iniesta’s fellow Spain internationals Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba through injury for the City game.

Saturday 22 October, 2016:

Bournemouth 0 – 0 Tottenham Hotspur

Arsenal 0 – 0 Middlesbrough

Burnley 2 – 1 Everton

Hull City 0 – 2 Stoke City

Leicester City 3 – 1 Crystal Palace

Swansea City 0 – 0 Watford

West Ham United 1 – 0 Sunderland

Liverpool 2 – 1 West Bromwich Albion

Sunday 23 October, 2016:

Manchester City 1 – 1 Southampton

Chelsea 4 – 0  Manchester United

Marcello Lippi – who won the 2006 World Cup with Italy – has come out of retirement to become the new manager of China. Lippi, 68, had two spells in charge of the Italian national team and won five Serie A titles and the Champions League with Juventus. He retired from coaching after winning a third straight league title with Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande in 2014. China are ranked 84th in the world. The Italian replaces Gao Hongbo, who resigned earlier this month after a 2-0 defeat in Uzbekistan dealt a further blow to China’s slim hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. They are bottom of Group A in Asia with one point from four games.

English clubs are effectively “kidnapping” young foreign players, says Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. The German champions are opening a new youth academy next summer in the north of the city. “We don’t want to bring some 10- or 11-year-old to Munich like the English do,” he told the club’s magazine. “You could almost speak of kidnapping with them and I would have moral reservations about that.” Clubs are not allowed to sign players aged under 18 from abroad, unless the deal meets one of three criteria – a player aged between 16 and 18 moving within the European Union/European Economic Area, a player moving less than 100km across an international border, or the parents moving to the new country for non-football reasons. “Our priority will certainly be Germany and Bavaria,” former international Rummenigge said. “Our future talented players will much rather come from Rosenheim than Rio.”

US football player Lauren Holiday, who helped her team win the 2015 Women’s World Cup, has had a brain tumour removed. The two-time Olympic gold medallist was diagnosed when she was eight months pregnant, but opted to give birth before having the operation. She underwent open-heart surgery as a three-year-old before going on to score 24 goals in 133 appearances for the US.

Saturday 22 October, 2016:

Bournemouth vs Tottenham Hotspur 12:30 pm

Arsenal vs Middlesbrough  3 pm

Burnley vs Everton 3 pm

Hull City vs Stoke City 3 pm

Leicester City vs Crystal Palace 3 pm

Swansea City vs Watford 3 pm

West Ham United vs Sunderland 3 pm

Liverpool vs West Bromwich Albion 5:30 pm

Sunday 23 October, 2016:

Manchester City vs Southampton 1:30 pm

Chelsea vs Manchester United 4 pm

Real Madrid have announced that Croatian midfielder Luka Modric has extended his contract to last until 2020. Modric joined Real from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2012 and he has helped the club to win two Champions League titles during his time in Spain. “Real Madrid C. F. and Luka Modric have reached an agreement to extend the player’s contract with the club until 30 June 2020,” read a statement on Real Madrid’s website. He regularly plays next to Toni Kroos in the heart of the Real midfield, with the pair often dominating games together. Real remain undefeated in La Liga so far this season, having won five and drawn three of their opening eight games, but they sit behind arch rivals Atletico Madrid on goal difference. Modric has only appeared in half of those games, scoring once.