Right then. That's it from us for another Sportsday. Its been a dramatic one!

Scroll back right up to 10:00 for the full hour of Sepp Blatter's cabaret of a news conference in Zurich. It really is all worth it.

And make sure you head over here for build-up to this evening's humdinger of a match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates stadium - you'll also be able to listen to BBC Radio 5 live's commentary.  

Until tomorrow, same place, 08:00 GMT, we will be seeing you!

Livingston announce that Mark Burchill has been relieved of his managerial duties with immediate effect. 

The Scottish Championship club are ninth in the table, and hadn't won a league game since October. 

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How about this for good news? 

Remember those rumours about Bournemouth calling a news conference on Christmas Day? At 08:00 GMT?

Well we finally have the truth. Christmas is well and truly back ON ladies and gentlemen!

BBC Radio 5 Live

What about Michel Platini? Do you and the FA feel let down by him?

Dyke: "We took an early decision to support Mr Platini, we thought he had done a very good job with Uefa, and we were clearly all very disappointed when all this came out. We didn't know.

"I presume that he will now to go appeal as well, but I would think is the end for both him and Blatter."

Who will the FA be supporting in February's presidential elections then? 

"Having opted early for Mr Platini, we haven't decided who we are going to support yet. We'll look at all the candidates in January and make our minds up quite late I would think." 

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BBC Radio 5 Live

Here's FA chairman Greg Dyke on his reaction to the news Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been suspended from all football-related activity for eight years. 

Do you have sympathy for Sepp Blatter? Dyke: "For Blatter?Personally? No. It's interesting what he said. He just doesn't separate himself from Fifa. He thinks he is the same thing, and that's rather sad. I don't think he will recover from this.

"He saw the attack on Fifa as an attack on him."

Remember the brilliant Bailey Matthews, winner of the Helen Rollason award, from Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday? 

It seemed he enjoyed himself backstage, getting pictures taken with various stars... 

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England prop Kieran Brookes tweets photo of himself as a boy, getting Jonny Wilkinson’s autograph at the World Cup in 2003...

To all those people, external saying that Andy Murray has 'no personality' after his SPOTY win last night, BBC Newsbeat have brought you this: 

16 ways Andy Murray's critics are wrong. 

Disclaimer: It includes lots of his dogs. 

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BBC Radio 5 Live

By this time if you're still not aware of today's massive news about Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini then you should be having a quiet word with yourself. 

Fifa president Blatter and Uefa boss Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation.

Just to mark your card, we're expecting to hear from Football Association chairman Greg Dyke on BBC Radio 5 live, just after 18:00 GMT. You can tune in over here.

Who will the FA be backing now?

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Jermaine Jenas
Ex-Spurs & England midfielder on Football Focus

"There was a lot of weight on Raheem Sterling’s shoulders with the way his move went. It wasn't done in a way that sat well with some people.8

"But he’s done well since he’s been at Manchester City. I think he can score a lot more goals. Maybe that’s why people are holding back on all the plaudits. 

"He’s been very mature with how he’s handled the move – he’s playing well and scoring goals. I know there’s loads more to come from him."

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Dagenham and Redbridge have fired their managerWayne Burnett.

The League Two club said "both Wayne and the Board of Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club felt a change in manager was necessary in order to turn around the team’s fortunes". 

Warren Hackett and Darren Currie will take care of first team affairs until a replacement is named. 

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Erm, you what now?

Surely this is just not true. It just makes no sense at all. For anyone! 

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The Cherries, who play Crystal Palace at home on Boxing Day, won't be winning over any neutrals this way...

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An incredible story this one. An Italian court has ordered more than 140 people to stand trial for alleged mafia links, including a member of Italy's victorious 2006 World Cup squad. 

The court in Bologna indicted the defendants on charges of aiding, or being members of, the 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful organised crime network.

Vincenzo Iaquinta, a former striker for Juventus and Italy, was indicted for illegal possession of firearms, aggravated by intention to help the 'Ndrangheta. 

His father Giuseppe, a businessman, was indicted on the more serious charge of mafia association, said Carlo Taormina, the lawyer for both of them.

Gary Bowyer
Former Blackburn manager on BBC Radio 5 live

"Arsene Wenger has changed the way football was played in this country. There’s no better team to watch when they’re on form.

"Pep Guardiola and Arsenal does seem like a perfect fit. It would be something maybe where Arsene Wenger was fully incorporated, moved upstairs. 

"Guardiola could build on what Wenger has achieved already. Wenger is one of the greatest managers we've had in this league. 

"People are quick to forget what he’s achieved. I've seen too much from him to say they can’t win the league again under him."

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Will Pep be watching his future side tonight do we think? 

This evening's match-up at the Emirates Stadium has got me pretty excited, which means it'll probably end up being a 0-0 draw...

It's a chance for Arsenal to put a marker down in the race for the Premier League title, and for City to do the same. We'll have the live text from 18:30 GMT and BBC Radio 5 live commentary to follow.

Which side worries fans of Premier League leaders Leicester more I wonder?

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Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea... Middlesbrough? No thanks, we've got Aitor Karanka. 

But where will Pep Guardiola be heading next? The mercurial Spaniard has already announced he'll be leaving Bayern Munich at the end of this season - he told them at their Christmas Party. 

And now Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says he knows where he is going. But he won't say. 

Maybe if you slow down his speech and play it backwards there'll be a hidden message?

BBC Radio 5 Live

Want to listen to what is very probably the most emotional and heartfelt football phone-in call you'll hear all season?

Good.

Click right here to hear lifelong Leicester City fan Lee, who called BBC Radio 5 live's 606 to describe the feeling of his son looking him in the eye and saying, "Dad, this is amazing."

It's fantastic stuff - we recommend you listen. Though you'd better get a tissue ready.

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In a dream scenario, football's global governing body is led by... who?

Nick Payne: Donald Trump's the obvious choice for Fifa president - I bet Putin would back him...

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Remember this guy? 

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Former, Tottenham, Portsmouth, AC Milan and Schalke midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng looks set for a return to the San Siro. 

On Sunday, Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani said the 28-year-old would be joining on a free transfer in January. 

The German-born Ghana international, who started his career at Hertha Berlin, first joined Milan in 2010 before leaving for Schalke three years later. 

Boateng has not played since he was released by the German club in May for what the Bundesliga club said was a breakdown in trust between club and player...

We mentioned earlier that Luke Wright had been signed up to play in the Pakistan Super League. 

It seems he's very keen to meet his superfan from the ODI series between Pakistan and England last month...