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The cold weather is continuing to cause major problems for Britain's sporting schedule going into the festive period.

Blackpool's Premier League game against Liverpool on Boxing Day faces a pitch inspection while Kilmarnock's Scottish Premier League game with Hearts is off.

Lots of Boxing Day football and rugby matches have also been postponed.

Racing's King George VI Chase at Kempton has been delayed until Monday while Monday's Welsh National will now be run on Saturday 8 January.

In addition, Huntingdon, Wincanton and Wetherby's Boxing Day cards have all been cancelled.

Tuesday's meeting at Catterick and Wednesday's meeting at Kelso have also been abandoned, while the Boxing Day meetings at Towcester and Down Royal in Northern Ireland were called off earlier in the week.

In rugby union, Gloucester's decision to call off Sunday's match against Northampton was taken with a heavy heart.

"It's desperately disappointing, as Sunday was going to be a sell-out and we were all looking forward to a terrific game of rugby," said Gloucester managing director Ken Nottage.

Also in the Premiership, Bath's home game with Exeter has fallen foul of the weather while Newcastle's game against Leeds has been put back from Boxing Day to Monday.

Connacht's Magners League clash against Munster in Galway, originally scheduled for Boxing Day, has also been moved to Monday.

In football, the Championship games between Scunthorpe and Preston and Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest are off, as are six games in League One, five in League Two and nine in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

In rugby league, the Boxing Day friendly between Castleford Tigers and Bradford Bulls has been postponed because of a frozen pitch.

POSTPONED SPORTING FIXTURES:

Boxing Day:

Football:

Championship

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest
Scunthorpe v Preston

League One

Bristol Rovers v Walsall
Notts County v Rochdale
Oldham v Carlisle
Peterborough v Colchester
Tranmere v Sheffield Wednesday
Yeovil v Brentford

League Two

Accrington Stanley v Crewe
Bradford v Chesterfield
Macclesfield v Morecambe
Port Vale v Lincoln
Stockport v Rotherham

Blue Square Bet Premier

Darlington v Fleetwood
Forest Green v Kidderminster
Histon v Cambridge
Mansfield v Grimsby
Rushden & D v Luton
Southport v Barrow
Tamworth v Kettering
Wrexham v Altrincham
York v Gateshead

Bath v Newport still on (pitch inspection Boxing Day morning)

Scottish Premier League

Kilmarnock v Hibernian

Scottish Football League Division One

Ross County v Cowdenbeath
Queen of the South v Dundee
Stirling v Morton

Scottish Football League Division Two

Aidrie Utd v East Fife
Brechin v Ayr
Dumbarton v Forfar
Peterhead v Stenhousemuir

Scottish Football League Division Three

Annan Athletic v Berwick Rangers
East Stirling v Albion
Elgin v Clyde

Rugby Union:

Bath v Exeter
Gloucester v Northampton
Newcastle v Leeds (rescheduled for 27 December)
Connacht v Munster (rescheduled for 27 December)

Horse Racing:

Kempton, Towcester, Royal Down, Wincanton, Huntingdon, Wetherby.

Sunday 27 December

Welsh National, Chepstow (rescheduled for 8 January)

Other dates:

Monday 28 December:

League One

Sheffield Wednesday v Yeovil

Saturday 1 January:

League One

Sheffield Wednesday v Peterborough
 
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