hosts al ain shock south american champions river plate to make the final of the club world cup in the uae. and australia name an unchanged team for the final two tests against india after levelling the series at 1—1. hello and welcome to the programme where it's been a day full of drama in manchester, as united sacked manager jose mourinho two and a half years into his tenure at old trafford. the club are 19 points off the league leaders liverpool and 11 points away from even securing a champions league place next season. the 55—year—old portuguese started by winning the league and europa cups in his first season, but since then it's been something of a roller coaster ride. our sports correspondent andy swiss has this report on where things went wrong. the so—called special one about to become the fact one. jose mourinho arriving at manchester united's

training ground this morning shortly after the club announced he was leaving with immediate effect. the end of months of tension and turmoil. little did he know it at the time but this wasjose mourinho's endgame. the 3—1 defeat to liverpool ending a new low for liverpool —— the united. 19 points behind the leaders, the club's high raki watching on glum faced. it was the final straw and for the manager, and the fans, the end of a turbulent era. that high raki. every single interview, he has not inspired the tea m interview, he has not inspired the team and he has criticised players in public. it starts to go pear shaped. it's just in public. it starts to go pear shaped. it'sjust tyre, isn't it? no attacking. there is no desire. miserable as sin. we're not going to win the title, we will be lucky if we get in the top four now so this

just forget this season. where did it all go wrong? jose mourinho initially had some success, winning the league cup and the europa league but over the summer, tensions rose. he was unhappy about the lack of new signings at a poor start to the season signings at a poor start to the season left him ranting about his reputation. delly three premierships andi reputation. delly three premierships and i won more premierships alone ———— three premierships.” and i won more premierships alone ---- three premierships. i won more premierships alone on the other 19 managers alone. three for me and two for them. respect! managers alone. three for me and two forthem. respect! respect! managers alone. three for me and two for them. respect! respect! there we re for them. respect! respect! there were also strained with his star player. paul pogba always left on the bench. this morning, he left this on twitter. he carved his colourful reputation at chelsea. but then again, united as a club also

struggling to recapture the glory days. in the five users and sir alex is an retired, they have gone through a string of managers. those david moyes and then louis van goal mood —— tried and failed. —— hahl. his sacking will cost the club more than £18 million. for united and theirformer manager, than £18 million. for united and their former manager, failure at a very heavy price. andy swiss, bbc news. . it appears that former striker ole gunnar solksjaer will take over at old trafford. the 45—year—old scored 126 goals for united in 11 seasons with the club under sir alex ferguson and is currrently in charge at norwegian side molde but their 2018 season has finished for the winter and does not re—start until march. manchester united inadvertently posted this message on their website earlier but then deleted it, and the norwegian prime minister erna solberg also tweeted her congratulations but has since deleted that post on social media. al ain have shocked south american champions river plate to make the final of the club world cup in the uae. after the match finished 2—2 at the end of extra time the host

club won 5—4 on penalties and will face either real madrid clearly not everyone in the capacity crowd thought and al ain win was unlikely but they can't imagine the home side with scores of early. the game was barely two minutes old when they took the lead. the swedish international was credited with getting them in front. river plate's response was almost immediate but after they scored twice in a five—minute spell, and from being a goal down, the south american champions were suddenly 2—1 up with only 15 minutes played. a routine win now looked on the cards for the copa libertadores's winners. the home side equalised early in the second half. they levelled things up for the uae putts league champions.

there was another chance squandered to win it for river plate from the penalty spot in normal time and from a goalless 30 minutes in extra time, penalties will decide the outcome. it was all square in the shootout when it al ain edged in front again. 5- when it al ain edged in front again. 5— for the score. enzo peres then had his spot saved and river plate's course was run. they will now face real madrid or kashima antlers in the final. i'm very happy and very proud. what happened tonight, it is incredible. it's in 15 days, we played today and tonight, the fifth game. incredible what my players do tonight, how much energy, how much love for football,

how much spirit and support to each other. it's unbelievable. they deserve to enjoy this moment. result in football is everything when you fight, survive, support each other, respect each other, anything is possible. in germany — the bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund have suffered their first league defeat of the season. they were beaten 2—1 at fortu na dusseldorf. jean zimmer scored the goal which proved decisive for the home side with this wonder strike early in the second half. the win takes dusseldorf out of the bottom three. meanwhile, 2nd—placed borussia moenchengladbach beat strugglers nuremburg to cut dortmund's lead at the top of the table. thorgan hazard and alassane plea scored the goals in a 2—nil victory for moenchengladbach who are now six points behind the leaders. in the night's other games, hertha berlin were held to a 2—all draw by augsburg — but the point was enough to take them up to 6th.

and wolfsburg beat stuttgart 2—0. stuttgart have now dropped into the bottom three. and in italy's serie a — milan missed a chance to close the gap to the top three when they were held to a goalless draw at bologna. in england, manchester city remain on course to retain the league cup. they're through to the semi—finals after beating leicester city 3—1 on penalties after a 1—1 draw. in the night's other game, third tier burton albion beat championship side middlesbrough1—0. (pres) on to cricket — and australia have already —— on to cricket — and australia have already confirmed their squad for the remaining two tests of their series against india. they've retained the same 13—man party which won the 2nd test in perth to level the series. india began the final day on 112 for 5, chasing 287 to win — but they were skittled out for just 1110. australia needed just 15 overs to claim the last five wickets and to seal their first test victory since the ball—tampering scandal which marred their tour of south africa in march. it was also a first test win under new captain tim paine.

with cots and inexperienced players in terms of test matches played. ——we have got some inexperienced players. to win like that against the best team in the world will give them a huge burst of confidence, no doubt. but it means nothing going as $0011 doubt. but it means nothing going as 50011 as doubt. but it means nothing going as soon as get to melbourne next week at the mcg, it is going to be on a gain from ball one so we need to maintain the intensity and keep matching india in that area. if we do, we will be right in the fight against. there was definitely no sense of lack of belief after i got out or anyone got out, even overnight they believed they could get a big partnership and win us the game. i think the belief is very important to have. we are looking forward to melbourne now. the series is going really well stop both teams have played good cricket and everyone should look forward to that. it is

everyone's choice what you want to focus on and our focus is on the mcg's focus on and our focus is on the mcg's test. the final day of the first test between new zealand and sri lanka in wellington is being severely disrupted by the weather. the tourists started the last day 37 runs behind with 7 wickets in hand and have moved to within 9 runs of the black caps before rain again took the players off the field. the la la kers the la lakers and the brooklyn nets. that one is into the third quarter for the basketball. the lakers trailing 65—57 against the brooklyn nets and also half—time, washington trailing atlanta 58—54. everything else on the website but from the, tulsen tollett and the rest of the

team, goodbye. hello. after tuesday's rain most of us will get to see some sunshine in the day ahead. but there will be showers around too. as we take a look at the big picture, this is tuesday's weather front that has now moved out to the east. this weather front approaching from the west will pep up the showers across western parts later in the day. a cooler start to the day for wednesday. there may be a touch of frost, sheltered glens in scotland. some of us are in low single figures. early showers towards south—east england and east anglia. the bulk of these will fade going into the afternoon. showers scattered about through western parts, heavy ones, maybe a rumble of thunder. gusty winds as well. not as windy as it was on tuesday. the showers get heavier and more

widespread late in the day. it's not a cold wind direction, but temperatures are down compared with tuesday's readings. some of us will sink down into single figures. it's not as windy. there will be a bit of sunshine around. for a time going into the evening, the first part of the night, some of these showers will work eastwards across the uk, and again, some heavy ones around. for the second half of wednesday night they are mostly around southern and western coastal areas. still quite breezy out there. still some temperatures heading down towards low single figures. for most of us we are a good few degrees above freezing as thursday begins. the big picture again for thursday, you'll notice low pressure to the north—west of the british isles. areas closest to that most likely to see further showers on thursday. that's across scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, north and west wales, some pushing further eastwards on it through the day. it is still quite breezy out there. for large parts of the midlands, southern england, and some towards the north—east of scotland it will be largely dry and there will be the best of the available sunny spells here. temperatures are fairly close to average but still on the mild side the further south you are. that is out thursday is shaping up. going into friday, an area of rain moving northwards with sunshine following on behind.

it may hang around parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. the far north of scotland may stay dry with just the odd shower around. quite strong winds behind and with this weather system but mild air with it as well. maybe a bit on the chilly side across northern scotland. there could be early fog to start the day. looking into the weekend, it looks like saturday is going to be the driest day. on sunday, outbreaks of rain or showers around. still breezy over the weekend, but for the last weekend before christmas it is still looking mild. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump agrees to shut down his personal charity. new york's attorney general accuses it of a "shocking pattern of illegality". stepping up plans for a no—deal brexit. britain's cabinet agrees to spend an extra £2 billion — and puts thousands of troops on standby. arctic ambition — a special report on the concerns over china's moves to finance greenland's future.

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