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Introduced by Barry Davies
Let Sport on 2 ease you through your last-minute Christmas shopping with an afternoon of entertainment and fun.

Football: Barclays League
A reduced fixture list packed with quality with Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest all in action. Regular reports plus second-half commentary from a top match.

Racing
Peter Bromley is at Ascot for the feature race of the day:
1.55 £20,000 SGB Handicap Steeplechase (3m)

Rugby Union: Toshiba Divisional Championship: Midlands v North; London v South and South West
The final round of matches which will decide the 1987 champions. Ian Robertson and Alastair Hignell report.

Rugby League: John Player Trophy
Eddie Hemmings and David Watkins report from the second semi-final.

The Four Seasons 4: Spring of 53
The Stanley Matthews FA Cup final - Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers; Sir Edmund Hilary's conquest of Mount Everest and Sir Gordon Richards's first Derby.

There's also news from Karachi on this rest day in the Third Test between Pakistan and England, Davis Cup tennis from Stockholm and fun from the traditional pre-Christmas equestrian party at Olympia.

5.00 Sports Report