Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder face off for the WBC Heavyweight Title
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Ahead of their WBC heavyweight title fight on early hours of Sunday by 2:00am, Tyson Fury has weighed in three stone heavier than Deontay Wilder.
Fury weighed 18st 4lbs while Wilder weighed the lightest of his career 15st 2lbs since 2008. Both Fury and Wilder have their unbeaten record on the line and going down early hours of tomorrow, one unbeaten record will have to suffer for it.
Now to Football....
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have released a 34-man shortlist for the 2018 African yootballer of the year award with series of players both home and abroad making the list. The list is as follows...
Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria, ES Setif), Ahmed Gomaa (Egypt, El Masry), Ahmed Musa (Nigeria, Al-Nassr), Alex Iwobi (Nigeria, Arsenal), Andre Onana (Cameroon, Ajax), Anis Badri (Tunisia, Esperance), Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco, Hebei China Fortune), Ben Malango (DR Congo, TP Mazembe), Denis Onyango (Uganda, Mamelodi Sundowns), Fanev Andriatsima (Madagascar, Clermont Foot), Franck Kom (Cameroon, Esperance), Jacinto Muondo Dala (Angola, Primeiro de Agosto), Hakim Ziyech (Morocco, Ajax), Idrissa Gueye (Senegal, Everton), Ismail Haddad (Morocco, Wydad Athletic Club), Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele (DR Congo, AS Vita), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal, Napoli), Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco, Raja Club Athletic), Mehdi Benatia (Morocco, Juventus), Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool), Moussa Marega (Mali, Porto), Naby Keita (Guinea, Liverpool), Odion Ighalo (Nigeria, Changchun Yatai, Nigeria), Percy Tau (South Africa, Union Saint-Gilloise), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, Arsenal), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City), Sadio Mane (Senegal, Liverpool), Taha Khenissi (Tunisia, Esperance), Thomas Partey (Ghana, Atletico Madrid), Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia, Saint-Étienne), Walid Soliman (Egypt, Ahly), Wilfried Zaha (Cote d’Ivoire, Crystal Palace), Yacine Brahimi (Algeria, Porto), Youcef Belaili (Algeria, Esperance).
Arsenal manager Unai Emery has revealed he wants to create new history at the club ahead of his first ever north London derby against Tottenham.
Jose Mourinho has claimed it's increasely difficult for big clubs like Manchester United to sign players from their Premier League rivals, citing Tottenham as an example.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said they will not play Fernandinho every game in order not to kill him. He however insisted they won't be signing any backup in January.
Inter Milan star Ivan Perisic has admitted he was about to join Manchester United in the summer but his manager Luciano Spalletti convinced him to stay.
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez has revealed he was on the verge of becoming West manager back in 2015.
Newcastle players will be allowed to revive their Christmas party tradition this year after last year's was cancelled due to poor performances.
Manchester United had their flight to Southampton on Friday delayed because a Manchester City plane disturbed their movement.
According to reports, Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejected a Manchester City move back in 2010 when he left Barcelona for AC Milan.
Manchester City and Tottenham will lock horns for the signing of 17-year old Toulouse star Adil Taoui.
Arsenal are interested in signing Hoffenheim star Nadiem Amiri and the Gunners hope their relationship after loaning them Reiss Nelson will help sign him.
David Villa is reportedly ready to join up Andres Iniesta at Japanese club Vissel Kobe.
Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge has been given a deadline until February to respond to the allegations charged against him for misconduct of betting rules.
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has revealed he will stay at the club until the end of the season when his contract expires and insisted he's yet to speak to AC Milan over a move.
Chelsea youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi has revealed he wants first-team game time assurance before entering into a long-term deal talk with the club.
Chelsea have rejected Barcelona's move for defender Andreas Christensen despite not giving him enough playing time this season.
Chelsea have joined Manchester City and Tottenham in the race for out-of-favour Real Madrid star Isco who has a £624m release clause.
Roma are interested in signing Eric Bailly who has been out-of-favour at Manchester United. United are however ready to accept a loan-to-buy deal with a price tag of £27m.
David Luiz whose contract expires at the end of the season has insisted on staying at Chelsea despite interests from China.
Claudio Ranieri has identified Inter Milan star Antonio Candreva as his number one target.

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