McIlroy message for Woodspublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2015
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League Cup quarter-final: Southampton v Liverpool build-up
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Gary Neville to coach Valencia until end of season
golf McIlroy message for Woodspublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2015
golf Woods downbeat on recoverypublished at 08:06
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Image source, PAFormer world number one Tiger Woods says he has "nothing to look forward to" in his recovery from back surgery.
The 39-year-old 14-time major winner has not swung a golf club sinceoperations in September and October.
Asked about his return, he said: "I've no answer. Neither does my surgeon or physio. There's no timetable.
"There's nothing I can look forward to, nothing I can build towards. Where's the light at the end of the tunnel? I don't know."
Newspaper back pagespublished at 07:57 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2015
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The Sun
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Daily Telegraph
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Daily Mirror
According to the Daily Mirror, Manchester City's parent company selling a 13% stake, worth £265m, to a consortium of Chinese investors is going to help lure Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola to the Etihad.
Plenty of the other back pages also carry the story in their own way...
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Daily Express
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So what's behind today's Sportsday advent calendar? There's no chocolate treats - sorry - but we do have rich pickings from the world of sport brought to keep you company throughout the day. We'll start with what's making the back pages...