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      Man Utd vs Man City: Live stream, TV channel, kick-off time and team news for Premier League showdown

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      MANCHESTER UNITED welcome cross-town rivals City for a crunch Premier League clash at Old Trafford.The first game in a bumper weekend of action, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will hope victory can turn his fortunes around after a difficult few weeks.

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      Ronaldo stepped up as United picked up a superb 3-0 victory at SpursCredit: AP
      City meanwhile come into the derby on the back of a shock 2-0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace last time out.
      When is Man Utd vs Man City?

      This huge Manchester derby will be held on Saturday, November 6.
      Kick-off is at 12.30pm GMT.
      When the sides met last at Old Trafford,

      Which TV channel and live stream can I watch it on?
      You can catch all of the action live on Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League and Ultra HD.
      Coverage will start at 11.30am.
      If you’re a Sky customer, stream all the drama by downloading the Sky Go app.
      Non-subscribers can watch by grabbing a NOW TV pass from £9.99.

      What is the team news?
      Man Utd will be without Raphael Varane as he came off in the 2-2 draw with Atalanta with a hamstring problem.
      Victor Lindelof should slot in, possibly into a back three with Harry Maguire and Eric Bailly.
      Paul Pogba is still suspended, following his red card in the 5-0 loss to Liverpool.
      Man City are also missing a player through suspension in Aymeric Laporte, who was sent off in the 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace last week.
      And manager Pep Guardiola says Kyle Walker’s fitness will be monitored ahead of the clash.
      “We are going to review the players, especially Kyle because he has a big kick in his foot,” he said.
      Match odds

      Man Utd to take derby spoils – 7/2
      Draw – 3/1
      City to pile pressure on Ole – 7/10

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      Who is Caleb Plant’s wife Jordan? All you need to know about the FOX Sports boxing reporter

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      CALEB PLANT has had a difficult life until now, but this weekend the moment he’s worked so hard for awaits.The Nashville fighter takes on boxing’s biggest star Canelo Alvarez for the chance to make history and become the first ever undisputed super-middleweight champion.
      Caleb Plant and Jordan got married in 2019 after three years of dating
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      Plant will have plenty of fans cheering him on, but he’ll also have his wife Jordan ringside.
      Usually she’s ringside in a working capacity, but this time, it’s all personal.
      Who is Jordan Hardy?
      Caleb Plant is a PBC fighter who usually fights on FOX Sports and Showtime in the U.S.
      And that’s exactly how he met his wife Jordan Hardy, now plant.
      Hardy is a ringside boxing reporter and broadcaster who works for FOX Sports, and can be seen ringside at most of her beau’s fights.
      Hardy was born on July, 19, 1992 and was a former track & field star at the University of Arizona, running the 100 metres competitively.
      She was born in Sacramento, California and has three sisters, Marissa, Chloe and Hannah.
      The pair started dating in 2016 and they later married in 2019, after Plant proposed following one of his fights.
      Plant beat Jose Uzcategui for the IBF title at 168lbs and got down on one knee for Jordan in the locker room afterwards.
      Jordan Plant works as a boxing reporter for FOX Sports
      Hardy also accompanies Plant throughout his fight camp and is in his corner during his sparring sessions.
      Caleb has said of his wife before: “Jordan and I, we really motivate each other to always do better.
      “It’s a beautiful thing, but we never fight about anything in life, but our only arguments are about who’s doing better at the moment. We are both very competitive.”
      Jordan has said: “The only thing that’s really changed since we’ve been married is my last name, and saying that I have a husband.
      “We’ve always been each other’s best friend, so nothing is really different.” More

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      F1 Mexican Grand Prix practice: UK start time, TV channel, live stream and race schedule

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      LEWIS HAMILTON has it all to do if he is to win the F1 World Championship this season as he trails Max Verstappen by 12 points going into the Mexican Grand Prix.Red Bull stunned Mercedes by undercutting them with a perfectly executed early pit stop as Verstappen took a surprise chequered flag ahead of Hamilton in the United States.
      Lewis Hamilton has it all to do if he wants to close a 12-point gap on Max VerstappenCredit: Splash
      Mexico City’s altitude makes Verstappen the favourite for the raceCredit: Alamy
      And Christian Horner has already stated that his team are more confident of victory in Mexico and Brazil than they were in Texas two weeks ago.
      Horner said before the race in Austin that he expected the altitude of Mexico City and Interlagos to play into Red Bull’s hands.
      But Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned that Hamilton will stop at nothing to become the first ever eight-time F1 world champion.
      He told Mail Plus: “If it was to come to the scenario of the last race in Abu Dhabi, and they were to be racing each other for the title, whoever is in front is absolutely going to try to do the same as in the Senna-Prost years.
      “What happened in Monza? Verstappen took Lewis out, because he was about to overtake and he was quicker. And that is totally understandable.
      “If you are racing for the championship and you see it fading away because the other guy is overtaking you, what other tool have you got other than the one that makes sure he can’t overtake?
      “We’ve seen it with Schumacher and Villeneuve, we saw it with Senna and Prost twice.
      “I don’t think you can control it, I don’t think you want to control it because they are the gladiators in their machines.
      “You wouldn’t want to have calmed the gladiators in the arena 2,000 years ago. We will not interfere.”

      🏁 F1 2021 calendar: practice times, dates and racetrack info
      What time does the F1 Mexican Grand Prix practice start?

      The F1 Mexican Grand Prix race weekend takes place from Friday, November 5 to Sunday, November 7.
      Practice One is on the Friday at 5.30pm UK time with Practice Two following at 9pm. That’s 11.30am and 3pm respectively in Mexico.
      Practice Three takes place on Saturday at 5pm UK time (11am in Mexico).
      The battle for pole then begins with Qualifying at 8pm UK time on Saturday (2pm local time).
      The Mexican Grand Prix race will be held on Sunday at 7pm UK time (1pm local time).
      All the action takes place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.
      Last year’s Mexican Grand Prix was cancelled due to Covid restrictions but Lewis Hamilton ran out winner in the 2019 race.

      What TV channel is the F1 Mexican Grand Prix on and can I live stream it?

      Sky Sports F1 will host the entire F1 Mexican Grand Prix race weekend.
      To stream it live, head to your Sky Go account.
      Non-Sky Sports subscribers can still watch all the action with a Now TV Day Pass from £9.99.

      F1 Mexican Grand Prix schedule
      Friday
      Practice One – 5.30pm
      Practice Two – 9pm
      Saturday
      Practice Three – 5pm
      Qualifying – 8pm
      Sunday
      Race – 7pm More

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      Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant: UK start time, live stream, TV channel, undercard for super-middleweight fight THIS WEEK

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      CANELO ALAVREZ returns to the ring against Caleb Plant in a massive super-middleweight undisputed title fight THIS WEEKEND.Alvarez was last in action back in May, when he TKO’d Billy Joe Saunders in the 8th round of their title clash in Texas.
      Canelo Alvarez added the WBO title to his collection in MayCredit: Reuters
      Plant has had to wait a little longer for this fight, having not fought since January, when he outpointed Caleb Truax.
      The Nashville fighter won his first world title in 2019, beating Venezuelan Jose Uzcategui, and has since defended it three times.
      Alvarez is on a hot streak of wins following his draw with Gennady Golovkin back in 2017.
      He’s since beaten Golovkin, Rocky Fielding, Daniel Jacobs, Sergey Kovalev, Callum Smith, Avni Yildirim and Saunders, becoming a four-weight world champion in the process.
      Plant’s IBF title at 168lbs represents the final piece of Alvarez’s jigsaw, which could see the Mexican crowned as his country’s first ever undisputed champion.
      Alvarez and Plant had originally planned to clash back in September, but negotiations fell through before a solution was found weeks later.
      The fight will be held on Showtime pay-per-view in the U.S., which will be the first time Alvarez hasn’t fought on DAZN stateside since 2018.
      A win for either fighter would crown the second undisputed champion in 2021, after Josh Taylor picked up all the belts at 140lbs in his win over Jose Ramirez back in May.
      When is Canelo vs Plant?

      Canelo Alvarez’s big fight with Caleb Plant will take place on Saturday, November 6.
      The fight will emanate from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
      There should be close to 15,000 fans in attendance at the huge event.
      Canelo vs Plant will get underway in the early hours of Sunday, November 7 for fans in the UK, with ring-walks set for around 4am GMT.

      What channel is it and can it be live streamed?

      Alvarez’s clash with Plant will be shown live on BT Sport Box Office in the UK.
      You can live stream the action from the BT Sport Box Office app, which is available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.
      The event will set you back £19.95.

      Canelo vs Plant FULL CARD

      Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant – super-middleweight
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      Rey Vargas vs Leonardo Baez – super bantamweight
      Elvis Rodriguez vs Juan Pablo Romero – super-lightweight

      What has been said?
      Alvarez said: “You are not on my level and you will see on November 6. You don’t want to fight now, I promise you.
      “We come from nothing and we worked hard to be here. For somebody to lie and talk trash about us, that upset Eddy. It is what it is though. We just have to show everyone who we are on November 6.
      “Caleb might be on the same level as Saunders and Smith, but he’s not on my level. I respect that he isn’t here to back down. You can see from today that this is definitely going to be a good fight.”
      Plant said: “I know only one thing better than proving people right, and that’s proving people wrong. I’ve been doing that my whole life. As soon as I stepped on the stage, people started talking about what I can’t accomplish and what I can’t do.
      “Where I come from, there is no boxing community. There was no other pro I could look to and say that if he can do it, then I can do it. All I had was my mind and my heart.
      “I don’t do this to be famous or to get attention. When I first started, it was just me and my dad. No one thought I’d be standing here today.”
      Caleb Plant holds the IBF world title at super-middleweightCredit: Getty
      Who could Canelo Alvarez fight after Caleb Plant?
      Assuming Alvarez beats Plant and ends his streak with all four 168lbs belts in his grasp, the opportunities to have mega-fights from thereon would be near endless.
      Alvarez is a huge star in the U.S. and Mexico and can continue to fight on pay-per-view, as a free agent, for the rest of his career, if he wanted.
      If Alvarez were to stick around with PBC and Showtime for a while, a big-money fight with Jermall Charlo, the current WBC middleweight champion, would make sense.
      There’s also former champion at super-middleweight and rising star David Benavidez to possibly contend with.
      With DAZN, however, there’s still a potential trilogy fight with Golovkin to explore, with the Kazakh fighter still feeling begrudged about the results in their first two fights.
      Otherwise Alvarez could revisit the light-heavyweight division, where’s previously been the WBO champion after beating Kovalev in 2019.
      Current WBC and IBF champ Artur Beterbiev would arguably represent the toughest test of Alvarez’s career, as he boasts a menacing 100% KO ratio, the only titleholder in boxing to have that under his belt.
      Or there’s WBA champion Dimitry Bivol, a route that seems the more likely, given his relationship with promoter Eddie Hearn, whom Alvarez is closely aligned with. More

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      Tottenham vs Vitesse: Live stream FREE, TV channel, team news, kick-off time for Antonio Conte’s first game TONIGHT

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      TOTTENHAM are back in European action as they take on Vitesse, who beat them two weeks ago, in their next group game. Spurs were stunned 1-0 when they faced the Dutch side in the Europa Conference last month.
      Antonio Conte took his first training session with Tottenham on TuesdayCredit: Getty
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      But that was under old boss Nuno Espirito Santo, who was sacked by the club and replaced with Antonio Conte earlier this week.
      The Italian’s first game in charge of Spurs will be their clash with Vitesse, and he’ll be looking to leave a lasting impression.
      When does Tottenham vs Vitesse kick-off?

      Tottenham’s clash with Vitesse will get underway from 8pm UK time on Thursday, November 4.
      The game will be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
      There will be a full capacity crowd in attendance for the match.

      What channel is it and can it be live streamed?

      Tottenham vs Vitesse will be shown live on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport Ultimate.
      You can live stream the action from the BT Sport app, which is available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.

      Can I watch for FREE?

      EE customers can get a free three-month trial of BT Sport by texting SPORT to 150.
      At the end of the three months you will automatically roll onto the £15 per month subscription.
      Or you can cancel the trial at any time during the three months by texting STOP SPORT to 150.

      Team news
      The game will be Conte’s first in charge of the club so it’ll be interesting to see who the Italian selects initially.
      Conte is known for playing a three-man defence but he may elect to drill his side in training sessions before using the formation in games.
      Matt Doherty, Dele Alli and Joe Rodon could start the clash after missing out at the weekend.
      Harry Kane and Lucas Moura are still ecpected to play but Bryan Gil is injured.
      Odds

      Tottenham – 1/4
      Draw – 4/1
      Vitesse – 8/1

      *All odds are courtesy of Betfair and correct at time of publication. More

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      Tottenham vs Vitesse FREE: Live stream, TV channel, team news and kick-off time for Antonio Conte’s first game in charge

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      TOTTENHAM are back in European action as they take on Vitesse, who beat them two weeks ago, in their next group game. Spurs were stunned 1-0 when they faced the Dutch side in the Europa Conference last month.
      Antonio Conte took his first training session with Tottenham on TuesdayCredit: Getty
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      But that was under old boss Nuno Espirito Santo, who was sacked by the club and replaced with Antonio Conte earlier this week.
      The Italian’s first game in charge of Spurs will be their clash with Vitesse, and he’ll be looking to leave a lasting impression.
      When does Tottenham vs Vitesse kick-off?

      Tottenham’s clash with Vitesse will get underway from 8pm UK time on Thursday, November 4.
      The game will be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
      There will be a full capacity crowd in attendance for the match.

      What channel is it and can it be live streamed?

      Tottenham vs Vitesse will be shown live on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport Ultimate.
      You can live stream the action from the BT Sport app, which is available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.

      Can I watch for FREE?

      EE customers can get a free three-month trial of BT Sport by texting SPORT to 150.
      At the end of the three months you will automatically roll onto the £15 per month subscription.
      Or you can cancel the trial at any time during the three months by texting STOP SPORT to 150.

      Team news
      The game will be Conte’s first in charge of the club so it’ll be interesting to see who the Italian selects initially.
      Conte is known for playing a three-man defence but he may elect to drill his side in training sessions before using the formation in games.
      Matt Doherty, Dele Alli and Joe Rodon could start the clash after missing out at the weekend.
      Harry Kane and Lucas Moura are still ecpected to play but Bryan Gil is injured.
      Odds

      Tottenham – 1/4
      Draw – 4/1
      Vitesse – 8/1

      *All odds are courtesy of Betfair and correct at time of publication. More

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      Who is Canelo Alvarez’s wife Fernanda Gomez and do the couple have children?

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      CANELO ALVAREZ takes on Caleb Plant this weekend in Las Vegas for the chance to become undisputed super-middleweight champion of the world. But the Mexican does so with the backing of millions of Mexicans and the rest of his adoring fans around the world.
      Canelo Alvarez is married to Mexican super-model Fernanda GomezCredit: Instagram / @fernandagmtz
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      Alvarez, however, will have support closer to home cheering him on ringside at the huge event on Saturday night.
      Because it’s expected that Alvarez’s wife Fernanda Gomez will be in attendance, just as she has been for some of the superstar’s previous bouts.
      Who is Fernanda Gomez?
      Alvarez and Gomez are said to have been an item for a number of years now, after first meeting in 2016.
      Gomez, 25, is a celebrity herself in Mexico, and boasts a whopping 970k followers, though it’s likely she’ll hit a million this weekend following Alvarez’s fight with Plant.
      Gomez runs a boutique nail salon in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Alvarez was born.
      And she’s also a social media influencer, as well as a model.
      Earlier this year, following Alvarez’s win over Billy Joe Saunders, the pair got married.
      Alvarez and Gomez have one child together, a daughter called MariaCredit: Instagram / @fernandagmtz
      The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) congratulated the pair after pictures of their wedding surfaced online.
      “The WBO Family wishes lots of love and happiness to the recently married couple, Unified WBO Super Middleweight Champion Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez and Fernanda Gómez,” the post read.
      Earlier this month, Alvarez spoke briefly of his marriage to Gomez.
      “I feel way different, I am a happy man, more than before,” he told BT Sport.

      Do they have children?
      Alvarez and Gomez have one child together, but Alvarez has two more children from different relationships.
      Gomez and Alvarez share a daughter, Maria Fernanda, who was born in 2017.
      Alvarez, however, first became a father at the age of 16, just a year into his professional career as a boxer.
      That was from his relationship with Karen Beltran, and Alvarez is still in touch with 14-year-old daughter Emily Cinnamon.
      Alvarez then has a third child, a son, with former business partner and ex-girlfriend Nadia Sepulveda.
      Saul Adiel was born in 2019, presumably during a period where Alvarez and Gomez were briefly separated. More

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      Why isn’t Lionel Messi playing for PSG against RB Leipzig and when will he return?

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      PSG are looking to take a big step towards qualification for the Champions League knockout stages as they visit RB Leipzig.But they’ll have to do it without six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi.
      Lionel Messi will miss PSG’s match against RB LeipzigCredit: Getty
      Messi netted two penalties in the Parisians’ 3-2 win over the Germans in France two weeks ago but will play no part in tonight’s return fixture.
      Why isn’t Lionel Messi playing for PSG against RB Leipzig?
      Lionel Messi is not in Mauricio Pochettino’s squad for the match in Germany.
      This is because he has picked up a hamstring injury.
      Messi had the issue, along with a pain in his knee, going into PSG’s 2-1 win over Lille.
      During that game, the Argentine put in a horror display which saw him given a rating of just three out of ten by L’Equipe.
      PSG were trailing 1-0 when Messi was taken off, but Mauricio Pochettino labelled the decision “a precaution”.
      He commented: “We have to wait. We were with the doctors at half-time, it’s a precaution, he couldn’t continue.
      “We hope that’s not a big deal.”

      When will Lionel Messi return?
      Despite Lionel Messi’s injury woes being described as minor, the face he is not in the squad at all could be an ominous sign.
      Paris Saint-Germain face Bordeaux away this weekend and it is not known whether he will be fit for that game.
      Messi will certainly hope to be fit to captain Argentina in their crucial World Cup qualifiers away at Uruguay and at home to Brazil next week. More