That is all for Sportsday for Tuesday. We'll be back tomorrow for the final installment before Christmas. So join us for all the rolling sports news you could possibly need from 08:00 GMT.

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Wasps director of rugby Dai Young has confirmed they are one of "six or seven" clubs interested in signing Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny - and expects him to make a decision on his future in the next couple of weeks.

The 27-year-old, who is currently recovering from a knee injury, could leave French club Toulon in the summer.

"I couldn't say what Leigh's going to do, but I know he's looking to make a decision over the next two weeks and we're one of the clubs that's an option to him," Young told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire.

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Former New Zealand fly-half Nick Evans has signed a new contract with Premiership title contenders Harlequins.

Evans has been the club's first-choice playmaker since arriving from the Blues in 2008 and is their record points scorer with 2,024 from 181 games.

The 35-year-old is also the leading points scorer in the Premiership this season.

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Ricky Evans has asked for Christmas Day off work to help him prepare for his PDC World Darts Championship second-round match with Jamie Caven. 

The 25-year-old petrol station attendant earned a shock victory over number 10 seed Simon Whitlock and faces world number 22 Caven on Boxing Day. 

"I am meant to working but I don't want to do Christmas Day," Kettering's Evans told BBC Radio Northampton. 

"I don't want to prepare for my Boxing Day clash by working in a garage."

French city Toulon will host the fifth America's Cup World Series event in September 2016.

The World Series event - which is part of a two-year schedule to determine the challenger to face Team Oracle in the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda - will be held in the Mediterranean city from 10-11 September.

Other events in 2016 are scheduled to take place in Muscat, Oman, along with New York, Chicago and Portsmouth.

He's one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Former Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers centre Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading points scorer, won six championships and made 19 All-Star appearances.

He has also been talking to Sportsworld's Lee James about being a high-profile American Muslim, an author, an actor, an ambassador, a political commentator and an NBA fan.

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Moeen Ali is set to return to the number eight spot when England take on South Africa this winter. And the all-rounder, who has been tested at opener, is looking forward to playing with freedom.

"I can't wait, I'm actually looking forward to going back to eight and playing a few shots, hopefully freeing up," said Moeen, who took six for 77 as the tourists beat a South Africa A side by an innings and 91 runs in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. 

"Obviously opening didn't work. I enjoyed it and it was a really good experience but I didn't score the runs I'd have liked. I probably got caught in two minds at times whether to attack or not but things like that happen. I'm happy and I don't mind where I bat, I'll just look to do my job wherever I bat." 

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It is a bad time to be a West Indies fan at the moment. They were humiliated in the opening Test against Australia, losing by an innings and 212 runs.

Former captain Dwayne Bravo has criticized their Cricket Board over its strained relationship with players and a lack of facilities for the sport in the Caribbean, plus it's only last year the players went on strike over a contract dispute.

BBC World Service's Lee James spoke with the West Indies legend Curtly Ambrose, now abowling consultant, who admits they need to make changes.

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Bolton have released a statement following their internal investigation into newspaper allegations about manager Neil Lennon.

It was alleged in the Sunday Mirror , externalthat the 44-year-old former Celtic boss made a threat to somebody he was said to be romantically involved with.

The paper also claimed Lennon tried to ban them from publishing the article.

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The statement read:, external "Bolton Wanderers Football Club can announce that they have now concluded an internal investigation into an article published in The Sunday Mirror on Sunday 20 December.

"The club has dealt with the matter internally and acted accordingly, details of which will remain private.

"Neil Lennon will remain in charge of the first team squad."

Things just get better and better for Watford. Quique Sanchez Flores’ team are seventh in the table after a remarkable first half of the season following last year's promotion. And, according Sky Sport Italia (and subsequently picked up by the Independent), external they could be poised for a sensational January transfer swoop for Roma’s Juan Manuel Iturbe - a man once dubbed the new Lionel Messi.

The 22-year-old forward has started just five matches for Roma this season.

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Not sure why but the Premier League have just tweeted this.

If nothing else, reminds us what a great player the man now assistant boss to Louis van Gaal at Manchester United really was.

Preston have won an appeal against goalkeeper Jordan Pickford's one-game suspension for his sending off at Leeds.

The on-loan Sunderland player was dismissed for handling outside the box during North End's 1-0 loss at Elland Road. 

He will now be free to face Huddersfield on Boxing Day.  

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Former Newcastle goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek is "healing" after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday. The 47-year-old's agent, Steve Wraith, has told the Chronicle:, external

“Pav has had a stable night and his body is healing, however there is a long, long way to go. Wednesday is an important day. The hospital are hoping to perform a CT scan. If they can, we should know a lot more about his chances.

“If they can’t perform the CT scan tomorrow then we are looking at two-three days time (before we know more).”

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Wolves have agreed to sign Poland international winger Michal Zyro from Legia Warsaw, subject to the player passing a medical. 

Left-footed Zyro, 23, is comfortable playing anywhere across the forward line and has won four caps for Poland. 

"We have a deal agreed and it'll be kicking in at the start of January," head coach Kenny Jackett told BBC WM. 

"He can play in any of the attacking positions and, being left-footed, he brings a balance."

The group clubs who are keen to sign Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski have been dealt a blow with news that Carlo Ancelotti has insisted he is not sold as one of the stipulations for him succeeding Pep Guardiola as the German club's manager., external

Spanish paper AS report that Ancelotti is well aware that the 27-year-old is high on the wish-list of Real Madrid and has moved to head off any chance of the move happening.

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Chelsea and Vitesse Arnhem have been cleared of having an improper relationship, the Dutch football association (KNVB) said on Tuesday. 

The independent probe established no undue influence by the Premier League champions over the Dutch club, to whom they have been regularly loaning players over the past five years, including five this season. 

The KNVB had ordered an investigation into the ownership and structure of the club following allegations by former owner Merab Jordania that Chelsea heavily influenced policy at the club. 

But the association said its investigation had shown no written agreement between the two clubs and all loan agreements had been arranged in line with the regulations. 

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has told Riyad Mahrez he must learn to deal with his increased profile. The winger has scored 14 goals this season to help the Foxes top the Premier League table.

Mahrez has been linked with a move away from the club, but Ranieri said: "He wants to stay with us, we want to keep him and that's it. He has to improve and when he improves, the team improves and when that happens why would he want to go away? He's a king here. 

"He can grow with the team because if you stay at the bottom and fight no-one knows you but now everybody is talking about you and that is maybe a bit of pressure. 

"You have to manage this kind of pressure. It's important for him to manage this stress. It's important he understands on the pitch is one thing and the TVs and newspapers are another thing." 

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Mesut Ozil is very much the assist king this season. The Arsenal midfielder was at it again last night against Manchester City, by setting up his 15th goal of the season...

Jose Mourinho isn't Manchester United manager yet (Louis van Gaal hasn't even left the role) but the former Chelsea boss is already plotting his first Old Trafford signing, according to the Sun., external

The player in question? Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder, who played under him at Inter Milan and is currently playing for Turkish side Galatasaray.

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