this is about specific... for tokyo. it is not about developing the syste m it is not about developing the system of support for a sport. our core investment, and success in other sports where millions of pounds is invested, is about long—term sustainable pathway for athlete support, to be supported to the very best they can be. not just at the next games, but at future games as well. jose mourinho is staying at manchester united, his agent says speculation that he'll leave old trafford are totally untrue. rumours that the club have been in contact with tottenham to line up mauricio pochettino are also unfounded. united play fulham tomorrow, they haven't won in the premier league since november and their performances have been criticsed for being too negative. mourinho says there'll be no excuses for a bad performance this time. isaid a i said a few weeks ago, speaking about the december month, and not a

feat, and —— no defeats, that is the reality, good fights good spirits. just a victory against the young boys, and three draws. i mean that as eight points. the lamb is the same. “— as eight points. the lamb is the same. —— full of there was a controversial ending to the one game in the championship this evening. it ended 2—2 between west midlands rivals aston villa and west brom. a brilliant goal from anwar el ghazi in the second half put villa ahead for the second time in the game and looked to be the winner, until a stoppage time equaliser which clearly came off the hand of jay rodriguez saw the game end level. villa move up to 6th whilst west brom remain 3rd. it's not even christmas yet but there could already be a problem for eddiejones ahead of the start of the six nations. saracens and england lock maro itoje will be out for an indefinite period, but certainly for "a number of weeks" with a knee injury. england's six nations opener against champions ireland in dublin is only eight weeks away.

in better news, both vunipola brothers are expected to be back in action by the end of the month. european rugby is back this weekend and edinburgh have had a big win in the champions cup tonight against newcastle. they picked up a bonus point victory, a result that sees edinburgh leapfrog them into first place in pool 5. blair kinghorn scored one of their four tries in a 31—13 win. and ulster beat scarlets byjust a single point in a thrilling match in llanelli. ireland wing jacob stockdale scored ulster‘s first try in a 25—24 win that earns them a bonus point and puts them second, until tomorrow at least. england beat ireland 4—2 to reach the next stage and eliminate their opponents from the hockey world cup in india. a draw would have sent ireland through, and they twice came from behind to level at 2—2 in the third quarter. but james gall restored

england's lead and they held on in the final quarter. it means they finish second in pool b and will play new zealand for the chance to face argentina in the quarter—finals. defending champion ronnie o'sullivan remains on course for a record seventh uk championship title, after he beat martin o'donnell 6—1 to reach the semi—finals. o'sullivan will now take on tom ford in the last four after ford defeated joe perry 6—2. in the evening matches there were comfortable victories for mark allen who saw off stephen maguire 6—1 whilst stuart bingham defeated fellow englishman kyren wilson by the same score. a rematch between deontay wilder and tyson fury will be for the heavyweight title after the world boxing council announced it'll sanction the fight. britain's fury and american wilder shared a controversial and thrilling draw in los angeles last weekend. wilder's mandatory challenger

is dominic brezeale, but the wbc‘s decision means he can fight fury next without being stripped of his belt. boxing now, and the nerves may well be building for wbo world super—bantamweight champion isaac dogboe. the 2a—year—old, who describes himself as "born in ghana, made in britain" fights mexico's emanuel navarrete tomorrow. but he does seem a rather relaxed individual. he's been talking to bbc sport about becoming a world champion and meeting prince charles amongst other things. bbc where isaac dogboe is a worry of africa. did i tell you, i met prince charles. i'm going to tell you a story. i went over to god, and then he came in and recorded and was looking around, and that he asked,

which one is isaac dogboe, isaac dogboe which is isaac dogboe? i was just so shy, because a lot of people we re just so shy, because a lot of people were like, and i said oh but, it i can't look over. i come from one of the royal families in ghana. i was born in ghana, but raised in great britain. when i first started, what thing my father said to me was give me five years without you are going to go to the olympics, and you're going to be a world champion, and i listened to my father constantly. we we re listened to my father constantly. we were on the road for so long. we almost became homeless. we had to sleep at the gym at some point, because of the problems, and the

people took everything. we are actually sleeping in the gym for about three months. still we continue training. we had to go through this phase of our life time a that we know we could work through everything. from south london, to the big apple. my distance spares god, and —— madison square garden, december eight. who knows, maybe prince charles might come he might say you know i want to go support that fight and see isaac from africa. thank you bbc for having me. now it's a game that has had the eyes of the world upon it for many of wrong reasons in recent weeks. two of the biggest clubs in football history, river plate and boca juniors go head to head in the second leg of the copa liberatadores, south america's version of the champions league. but the match won't take place in their home of buenos aires after an attack

on the boca team bus, instead it's taking place in madrid this weekend... which is where we find our reporter mani djazmi.. when i was coming here, i thought to myself is this still as big a game as it was? i was confident people we re as it was? i was confident people were billing it as the biggest cup match of the world of 2018, and i thought it was in buenos aires, but the atmosphere is muted so far. but it's still a huge game. carlos said that he, of all the job easy is one in his career, to win this match. what happened and what is areas two weeks ago was a huge embarrassment and cause for shame and argentinian football. there isn't a single city 01’ football. there isn't a single city or stadium and the whole of south america beckett is this match. —— what happened in buenos aires... ——

and the whole of south america could post this match. nobody wanted to come here, but it's strange and it is bizarre, and the build up has been muted precisely because we are not in south america. ball boys and ball girls have been replaced by canine counterparts at the opening of the champions tennis tournament at the royal albert hall in london. the dogs helped retrieve stray balls between the points at the event which features former grand slam winners and world numbers ones. the three dogs, called hattie, tina and melvin, were provided by the charity canine partners, which trains dogs to help people with disabilities. was do they say about working with animals and children? don't do it. and what would you say to people who say that dogs antennas don't mix?

they might well be right, but we're going to give it a try. -- dogs and tennis don't mix. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. now on bbc news, the film review. with me are henry zeffman, political correspondent for the times, and jason beattie, who's head of politics at the daily mirror. we will start with the times which is leading on brexit. i'm going to just hold these up. where would you like it, cameron to? there we are. the times is where we began. mps

labour leads to plan for the party that. what happens then? good question, the answer according to the times is at least these people will have a new leader. jeremy hunt, and michael golda. the answer is tory wa rfa re and michael golda. the answer is tory warfare is pronged and intensified maybe well the countdown is clicking to march the 29th next year where we are meant to be leaving the european union. as if we have enough things to do. of course the conservative problems, but the reverend love will solve this. the conservative problems, but the reverend love will solve thism was what 2006 when he said, we need to stop begging on, and here we are at yet again another conservative party is being involved by this matter riddle, and theyjust have an

effect adjustment tory party is affecting the whole country. so much political realignment. this leadership conference if it takes place, and we are entering a massive world, anybody who told you... had only been up for a while? on tuesday, when this book takes place and we all expect teresa made to lose... do expected to take place? we don't know what will happen. we have scenarios, but which one happens we don't know. so this is now, talk starting of a plan b. what might the plan b, who is adjusting to? another deep interesting detail to? another deep interesting detail to the story is amber rudd came up a few weeks ago, and has become the kind of cabinet on acknowledging

that this deal is not aspect is that, and she said, there actually isa that, and she said, there actually is a plan b, and that she thinks is workable, and that's the so—called norway plan. that means basically taking all the eu's rules, paying to bea taking all the eu's rules, paying to be a member of its programmes, and free movement continuing although there might be some sort of emergency brake, and she says this quote seems plausible, but notjust in the country, but also for entries is that if cabinet ministers are talking about that plans we effectively have this was that let's look at the telegraph, warnings of there could be six months holdouts that can't just there could be six months holdouts that can'tjust become a great big car parked as there might not be enough people to deal with the pick here it is. the man is saying these warnings are misleading all to know what he is talking about. yes and no, because actually i think the

telegraph has been slightly naughty here. the warnings are real but it applies specifically to dover in general ports. almost all the goods such as boot which can be perishable, car components —— food that can be perishable, car components, factories, all those come from dover. all the big stuff, the white goods ready from they come and they don't need the same sort of checks. the chaos at dover is very real, and this is reality. mr morris, he makes the point that actually, you will get carded at all, but he does go on to say yes it's a specific problem. he also

says we will meet the challenges with that arise but not a suggestion how. that are not a lot of specifics without the other key point is it's not just a without the other key point is it's notjust a question without the other key point is it's not just a question for the without the other key point is it's notjust a question for the uk support group, or any people in the uk. there's also a question from france. the eu poses checks on their side, then that means gridlock their side, then that means gridlock their side, which means delays our side, which means the whole system starts to collect. for all the warm talk for people, it is a question for the eu as well. let's look at the situation in paris this weekend. the inside pages of the times. i keep forgetting to hold up. this is going to be the fourth we get where we're likely to see demonstrations, not just in paris but in other parts of france as well. there have been a lot of children arrested would have been demonstrating haven't they? what you have is a snowballing

protest. it started with the yellowjackets testing your prices, and now it has spread to education because the french government is trying to form an exam for six plumbers, and what to teachers and people are saying these exams are elitist, and as a result there are fewer people able to get into university. so you have this extraordinary picture which you will have to hold up again, of riot police forcing these young children to kneel on the ground, and shouted at them saying this is discipline or something. i suspect it's going to inflame tensions, and the things i was thinking about is this goes right back to the