There are no chocolates, no sweet treats, behind BBC Sport's advent calendar - but there are plenty of the year's sporting highlights, which is better for your teeth.

Day three of BBC Sport's advent calendar features China's Ding Junhui missing out on a 147 break at the World Snooker Championship as he appears to forget he is on for a maximum. Easily done. 

Trailing Mark Davis 5-3, Ding was at the table with a break of 96 when he played for the blue ball instead of the black. Take a peek, it's worth a look. 

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Commonwealth Games England (CGE) has appointed former Olympic, European and Commonwealth heptathlete champion Denise Lewis as its new President.

The 43-year-old says: "I have devoted my life to track and field athletics and while that particular sport will always be my passion, it is great to have the opportunity to pass on some of my experience to athletes from a wider range of sports."

Cadiz have announced they will report Real Madrid to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) over their selection of the ineligible Denis Cheryshev.

The winger was withdrawn from the action moments after half-time, when Real had realised their error, with head coach Rafael Benitez saying they wanted to "show good faith". 

But Cadiz president Manuel Vizcaino has said: "This situation required a speedy decision because there was no time to speculate. The board has met and decided to report Real Madrid for fielding an ineligible player, out of respect for our fans and the club. 

"We decided to do this with a heavy heart, but it is our firm decision. We do this not without a sense of pain, because we are friendly with the club (Real)."

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Real Madrid could face disqualification from the Copa del Rey after fielding an ineligible player in their fourth-round win over Cadiz, report Spanish media.  , external

Denis Cheryshev, 24, gave Real the lead but the Russian should have been serving a one-game ban, say reports.

Newspaper AS has published a document showing he received three bookings in the domestic cup competition while on loan at Villarreal last season.

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Remi Garde on Jack Grealish and his continued exile from the first team: "It's clear between Jack and me that for a time that he knows. He might return to the team on a date that he knows and I know as well."

Villa could be without skipper Micah Richards for the trip to Southampton on Saturday. Richards hasn't trained all week and is a doubt, striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has returned to training.

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Allardyce says he will not be moving for out-of-favour Tottenham winger Andros Townsend in the January transfer window because his side already have Spurs player DeAndre Yedlin on their books.

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The full text of this morning's judgement, external, which upgraded Oscar Pistorius' conviction from manslaughter to murder has now been made available online.

It's quite long and technical, but here's a snippet from close to the end, explaining one of the legal arguments for the decision taken by the panel of judges in the appeal court:

"In the result, on count 1 in the indictment the accused ought to have been found guilty of murder on the basis that he had fired the fatal shots with criminal intent in the form of dolus eventualis.

"As a result of the errors of law referred to, and on a proper appraisal of the facts, he ought to have been convicted not of culpable homicide on that count but of murder.

"In the interests of justice the conviction and the sentence imposed in respect thereof must be set aside and the conviction substituted with a conviction of the correct offence."

What is dolus eventualis?

It's a South African legal term which refers to unintended but foreseeable murder, a lesser charge than "dolus directus", which refers to deliberate murder.

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce confirms his side will be without Jermain Defoe and former Gunner Seb Larsson for the trip to Arsenal on Saturday.

The Sunderland Echo's Chris Young reports Jack Rodwell is also still injured.

Being as we're talking about Liverpool (still), we might as well tell you that former Reds captain Jamie Redknapp says his old club can achieve anything under 'magic' Jurgen Klopp.

"At the moment there's no limit to what Liverpool can do. I have been blown away by what he has achieved so far. They have been absolutely brilliant to watch," Redknapp says in his Sky Sports column. , external

"The whole club is buzzing, he seems to have a magic wand, and he's come in and seems to have sprinkled magic dust on everyone, because they all look like completely different players." 

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Speaking of Liverpool, their manager Jurgen Klopp said he now understands the expectation surrounding Daniel Sturridge after the striker scored twice in the 6-1 League Cup win over Southampton.

The 26-year-old was given his first start by Klopp after injury problems.

"I said to Sturridge after the game 'now I know what everybody is talking about so thank you'," said Klopp. "Of course I knew all about his quality, this was not a problem, but I had not seen it live in a stadium in such an important game."

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Slaven Bilic concludes his conference by hinting at a start for striker Andy Carroll against Manchester United this Saturday as the Hammers look for a first win in five games.

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"Andy has lifted our game when he's come in for the last 20 or 30 minutes and now he needs to show that from the start," he said.

"Man Utd are different to the Ferguson era, but they are winning. They are not conceding goals and they are having the ball.

"We haven't won in the last four games so we want to kill the pressure in a positive way on Saturday."

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has elaborated on the injury that will keep Diafra Sakho out for four to eight weeks.

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"We are waiting for the opinion of a couple of specialists. He has a bit of history with that thigh. It's not a light one unfortunately," he said.

"Of course it's a big blow. We are not bad in terms of quantity of injuries, but unfortunately they have happened to key players.

"Enner Valencia is having a good recovery so hopefully we will have him in a couple of weeks time. It's a good chance for the guys to step in."

Belgium will end the year as the world's top-ranked team in Fifa's world rankings. Argentina are second, with Spain third. 

England are the highest ranked of the home nations in ninth, with Wales 17th. Scotland have dropped out of the top 50 and will end the year in 52nd place - their  lowest Fifa ranking for three years. 

Republic of Ireland have moved up to 31st following their Euro 2016 play-off win against Bosnia, while Northern Ireland are just ahead in 30th.

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The family of Oscar Pistorius have reacted to the ruling with a brief statement.

"We have taken note of the judgement that has just been handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal," family spokesperson Anneliese Burgess said.

"The legal team will study the finding and we will be guided by them in terms of options going forward.

"We will not be commenting any further at this stage."

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Bolton's woes are not just off-field and with his side bottom of the Championship,Neil Lennonis striving to focus his players' attention on Saturday's crucial game againstCardiff.

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"As footballers, once you get out there on the pitch, the game is the only thing that matters," he said.

"A win would be massive for us this weekend and I know we can get it. We really are due a victory sooner rather than later.

"The main thing for us is to stay within touching distance of those teams above us and a win on Saturday would ensure just that."

Bolton Wanderers' financial situation is 'increasingly perilous' according to the club's recently-appointed advisor Trevor Birch but manager Neil Lennon has been striking a more positive tone in his news conference.

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"I've spoken with Trevor Birch and I'm hearing positive things. Regardless, we'll keep going and focusing on what we can do," he said.

"I'm like everyone else. I want what's best for the club. Yes, it's a difficult time, but we have to trust the process.

"The fans have been fantastic, they really have. We need them to keep giving us that, especially in the current situation.

From the European sports correspondent for The New York Times...

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde confirms striker Gabby Agbonlahor is back in training after he came off with a calf injury in Villa's 3-1 defeat by Tottenham on 2 November.

Tiago Ilori and Jose Angel Crespo are still unavailable but Garde says team morale is high.

“The commitment, the way the want to save this club, the way they are training to get the best out of themselves," he said.

"We miss some confidence at the moment but I speak to the players and their hard work gives us the possibility to get some good results in a row and then our confidence will be stronger.”  

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