ajax crash out of the dutch cup to an amateur side — we'll bring you a round up of the latest action. and we'll have more on boxing's day of reckoning, with dubois—miller among the big—time heavyweight bouts in saudi arabia this weekend. hello there and welcome along to the programme. fresh proposals for a new european super league of 64 clubs have been dismissed by uefa. europe's highest court ruled on thursday that football authorities were wrong to block controversial plans for a new european super league. the project back in april 2021, would have included six top english clubs and six others from spain and italy, but it was withdrawn after a backlash from fans and politicians. andy swiss reports.

they thought it was all over... ..it isn't now. two years ago a proposed european super league prompted fury from the fans and it soon collapsed. but uefa and fifa's threats to ban clubsjoining a breakaway was today ruled to be illegal and within hours, a new super league was being touted. this proposed format will guarantee openness... involving 64 men's teams and 32 women's teams. it is one competition for all clubs, all players and all fans. those behind the revamp said the ruling was a landmark moment. and it paves the way for the creation of a new, more exciting competition at european level in which clubs can determine their own future. the strongest message today goes out to the fans. football is free. uefa, though, which runs the champions league,

won by manchester city last season, said they'd withstand any rival tournament. football is not for sale. we can show that many times — we did, altogether, all the football stakeholders and all the european society and nothing, absolutely nothing can change that. and how tempting would a revamped super league be? manchester united were one of the six english clubs that signed up to the original super league, but in a statement they insisted they remain fully committed to uefa competitions. while the government say their new football regulator will stop clubs from joining breakaway tournaments. if the clubs were silly enough to try and do that again, then it would have the same reaction from fans and the same result. it should be won on the football field, not by stitch up deals in the boardrooms. but an idea which seemed finished is now back. if fans thought they had seen off the super league they may have to think again. andy swiss, bbc news.

now, ajax have been knocked out of the dutch cup by an amateur side, in the fourth tier of the netherlands league system. the record 20—time winners of the competition had come back from two down, with two late goals, but conceded another in stoppage time to lose 3—2. it adds to a bad season where they've changed manager and are 23 points off the dutch league leaders psv. real madrid moved back to the top of la liga, and will finish the year at the summit after scoring a stoppage time winner to beat alaves. lucas vazquez with the 92nd minute winner for real, who were reduced to ten men in the second half after nacho was sent off. the result moves them above girona on goal difference, who could only draw with real betis earlier, after conceding a late equaliser. real sociedad lost ground on the top four, they were held to a goalless draw with cadiz. and mallorca beat osasuna. in the premier league, brighton came from behind to draw with rivals crystal palace. they were pushing for a winner too, but danny welbeck�*s header earned a share of the points for them, afterjordan ayew had palace in front at half time.

the draw means palace are nine points clear of the relegation zone. but brighton miss the chance to move seventh, with just one win in the last five league games. as the game went on, we were tying and maybe dropping a bit deeper, it looked more and more as if an equalising goal was on the cards. of course, they got it with a wonder goal, because it was a fantastic cross and header from danny welbeck, one of those goals which are unstoppable when he gets his head to the ball. we have to accept that the game ended in a draw. i was proud of the teams performance. luton town captain tom lockyer, who suffered a cardiac arrest during last saturday's game at bournemouth, has been discharged from hospital. the club says lockyer has now had a defibrillator device fitted and that his cardiac arrest at the weekend was different to when he collapsed in the championship play—off final in may due to an irregular heart beat. luton say lockyer has now begun a period of rehabilitation and that his leadership will

continue from the sidelines. in the women's champions league, slavia prague's group match with saint polten of austria was called off, due to the tragic events in the czech capital, with at least 15 people killed in shooting incident. brann and lyon in that group drew their match 2—2. barcelona continue their 100% winning streak, hammering swedish side rosengard 7—0. eintracht frankfurt drew 1—1 with benfica. we're guaranteed to have a new winner of the club world cup on friday. manchester city have never won it and they face brazil's fluminense, who are also first time finalists. city will have to do it without several key players, erling haaland is still not fit enough to return to training, kevin de bruyne and jeremy doku are also not available to play in the final in saudi arabia. if city beat fluminense, it'll be their fifth trophy of 2023. i said before, we won the first final, we deserved to play the second final. and we try this hours

after the game to see him fluminese as much as possible, to understand what they want to do, the quality they have. translation: i always come onto the pitch with a clear - intention to win, so what we want is to do our best and to win. we have said several times that we know we are playing against the best team in the world, and they also know how good they are, but this doesn't stop us from dreaming and from doing our best, which is what we will be doing tomorrow. well, while the club world cup isn't well established in europe, south america football expert tim vickery explains it's very prestigious there. it's taken them a long, long time to be champions of south america to win it, they have finally done it. that's step one of the dream. step two, which is even more important is beating the rich cousins from the other side of the atlantic, beating the champions of europe

and being proclaimed world champions. i cannot tell you how big this is over here. it is the biggest thing in the club calendar. the dream of any south american club, and once he'd beaten their opposition on monday, it would be easier for them, certainly to win the title had the japanese team sprung a surprise and beaten man city in tuesday's semifinal. but he wouldn't want that because part of the glory of the whole thing is, yes, it's winning, but it's also beating you lot. you lot, you rich arrogant champions of europe, we want you, we're coming for you, this is a huge event. tim vickery there. west indies have beaten england by four wickets —

and with it take their t20 series, as the fifth and final match went right down to the wire. england were dismissed for 132. phil salt top scoring with 38. but they failed to make in—roads in the windies' order in trinidad. when it was the home side's turn to bat, it was down to shai hope who struck the winning runs. his 43 not out giving the win, finishing with a six. india have beaten south africa by 78 runs in their one day series decider in paarl. after reaching 296/8 in the first innings, they limited the hosts to 218 all out. india win the series 2—1. and india's women are in a good position as they attempt to win a second test match in a row. they beat england last week and bowled australia out for 219 on day one of their one—off test. they are 98 for the loss ofjust one wicket going into day two. we've heard from the fighters ahead of a big night of heavyweight boxing in saudi arabia on saturday. there are no world titles

on the line in the division. and while former champions anthonyjoshua and deontay wilder are higher up the bill — still avoiding each other — one of the best match ups could be britain's daniel dubois against the american jarrell miller who goes by the nickname big baby. i only have a few things to say, big baby, every baby has a daddy, and i'm going to beat you like i'm your daddy. i'm tired of roasting these guys all week. i'm just ready to punch him in the face already. tune in saturday night, i'm going to cook this shrimp. the two—time quitter. listen, i'm going to teach a lesson, boy. it's so funny, you know... listen, i'm going to... and i applaud you, i'm going to make your face mushy mushy come saturday night. there could be a great story brewing at the world darts championship, as teenager luke littler stole the headlines once again. the 16—year—old is into the third round of the tournament in london after beating andrew gilding, a former uk open champion ranked 144

places above him, 3—1. over the moon. surprised he didn't go to a last set. that's what a said to myself. don't make it go to a last set, nervous, the doubles, i could have wrapped it up earlier on, but i'm just glad to get it over the line. luke littler who's on debut, will face the canadian matt campbell in the last 32. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. at long last, we've reached that turning point to the year in which days gradually start to stretch out. once again, it is the winter solstice today, barely five

hours and 50 minutes of daylight at lerwick. but come the 20th ofjune next year, there'll be nearly 19 hours. now, the weather today, though, not quite as windy as it was yesterday, this is the remnants of storm pia and it's going to cause huge problems around parts of north east germany and poland. we're though still in the wake of it with plenty of cloud pushing its way in and weather fronts, which will stop the temperature from dropping too much tonight across much of the uk, the exception being northern scotland. so cold and winter here, icy conditions around, more snow flurries in shetland and a bit of snow mixed in with the rain in northern scotland but turning bright at later in the day. brightening up too across wales, southern parts of england, the channel islands after a cloudy start with some patchy drizzle. but this zone from south west scotland, northern ireland through northern england towards east anglia, staying rather cloudy throughout the day. outbreaks of rain. now, whilst it's not as windy as yesterday, that northwest wind is still going to be quite gusty

in places and it will limit the way things feel. maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland. now with that cold air in place, weatherfront pushing its way in through friday night into saturday, we could see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain. so christmas eve, there will be some scattered rain, a little bit of brightness, but it could potentially be one of the warmest christmas eves on record.

temperatures up to around 15 degrees. that warmth continues into christmas day, a grey one rather than a white one. but if you wanted to get out for a good walk on boxing day, it's looking good.

live from washington. this is bbc news. the united nations security council once again delays a crucial vote for calling for a pause in fighting in gaza to deliver humantarian aid.

a mass shooting on an university campus in prague leaves 14 dead. it's the czech republic's deadliest mass shooting in decades. and — a usjudge finds innocent an oklahoma man who spent 48 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. the united nations security council's vote calling for "urgent humanitarian pauses" in the israel—gaza war has been delayed again until friday. despite intense talks, the us says it still has serious concerns over the wording. the negotiations come as the world food programme says that all of gaza's 2.2 million people are suffering acute food shortages, and almost 600,000 are starving — as israel continues an almost complete blockade.