IRISH raider Harchibald is an odds-on shot to make it two Grade Ones win on the bounce in the Stan James Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on St Stephen’s Day.

Derby 3 Everton 4

Benito Carbone became the latest target of the Premier League referees’ clampdown on diving on a day when fellow Italian Paolo di Canio answered West Ham manager Glenn Roeder’s call to arms.

Aberdeen captain Derek Whyte expressed his disappointment with Celtic’s ‘‘ungentlemanly conduct’’ after the 2-0 win over the Scottish Premier League leaders at Pittodrie.