end is is ma: the end is heartbreaking, what came before it was history making. one of the greatest careers british sport has ever seen. commentator: the waiting is over! the idea of a british man winning wimbledon seemed ridiculous until murray did it in 2013 and 2016. two olympic gold medals in tennis, murray somehow did that too. and in 2015 he inspired a tennis nation so often associated with failure with victory in the davis cup. so many highlights, so many memories. he is a once in a generation player for this country. and he has been pre—eminent. to unpick gold facade davis club, two of the four slams and in the two he didn't win, he was in the final of. i have had a go at this game. hats off. and he has done it all in the toughest of eras against roger

fedor, rafael nadal and novak djokovic, three all—time greats. his retirement will leave a chasm in british tennis. even thinking about oui’ british tennis. even thinking about our sport without him it is almost a little bit unimaginable. obviously it is inevitable. as it is for everybody. but for sure, the sport without him would definitely... the quite sad. and so next week, he could be signing off for the final time. but if he does anti—murray will leave behind golden memories. the man who lifted british tennis and perhaps british sport to new heights. —— but if he does, andy murray. we heard andy swiss there describe andy murray as "history—making" but where does he sit in the pantheon of britain's best tennis players? bbc sport presenter and former grand slam winner sue barker has no doubts.

i think he is definitely the greatest we had. the manner in which he has one matches, he digs out matches when he looks like he is down he manages to find a way to win. he is a great competitor. he is an unbelievable athlete which he was not particularly a natural athlete. he has worked so hard and i have witnessed how hard he is weird to get his body super fit knowing that no one can beat him in five sets because he was not going to run out of energy. he was such an incredible athlete. the way that he dealt with the immense pressure winning back into thousand 13 that first time he won wimbledon, i don't know how he did that. because i was a crumbling wreck thinking about it. and he went out and beat novak djokovic. beating a great player like that to win for the first time in 77 years, it was a moment that all of us will remember for him. leeds united head coach marcelo bielsa has admitted sending one of his staff to spy on a derby county training session ahead of tonight's game between the two clubs. the fa says it's investigating after derby manager frank lampard's

preparations for the match were disrupted yesterday, when a man was caught acting suspiciously outside the club's training facility. bielsa has said... well, bielsa's side put all the pre—match talk to bed with a 2—0 win over derby at elland road. it means the championship leaders increase their lead at the top of the table to five points ahead of the weekend's games. nick parrott was watching. keeping and i on the opposition is vital if you want success. but trying to see what you shouldn't can have consequences. police involvement with spy gate is over. but marcelo bielsa might only get a

sigh of relief if darby figured him. revenge was quickly served up but not by a derby manager. less than women in the referee pointed to the spot that his assistant flag for offside. —— less then a minute. as spies would say a false five. some quick thinking and a potent marksman. while that was ok and their second was opportunistic. derby's defence in disarray. there we re derby's defence in disarray. there were no more goals but plenty more controversy. both teams might argue they should have had penalties. but after this match, you wonder why leeds felt the need to spy on them. well this is how it now looks in the championship. norwich could close leeds' gap back to two again with a win at west brom tomorrow. there's currently just six points between them in second and derby in sixth. chelsea boss maurizio sarri has criticised bayern munich for going public about wanting

to sign winger callum hudson—odoi. bayern have bid £35 million for the 18—year—old, with the german club's sporting director saying that they "really want to sign him". hudson—odoi has 18 months left on his chelsea deal. sarri's made it clear he's not happy with bayern's conduct. it's not professional. because they... they are talking about a player under contract with chelsea. and they didn't respect our clu b chelsea. and they didn't respect our club i think. meanwhile chelsea midfielder cesc fabregas has joined ligue one side monaco. the 31—year—old spaniard captained the blues in the fa cup against nottingham forest on saturday and was in tears as he applauded fans at the final whistle. he links up with former arsenal team—mate thierry henry,

who he'll now be calling boss. munster have taken a big step towards the quarterfinals of the champions cup with a 111—15 win at gloucester. munster fly—half joe carbery scored 26 points to outshine the returning danny cipriani on the other side. he also set up tries for rory scannell and this one in the second half for andrew conway. the result ends gloucester‘s chances of qualifying from pool two for the next round. let's take a quick look at some of today's other stories now. england and bath forward sam underhill is set to miss the six nations which starts next month. the 22—year—old has had surgery after picking up an ankle injury in a club match last month. liverpool's virgil van dijk and jurgen klopp have been named the premier league's player and manager of the month respectively for december. van dijk is the first defender to win it since tottenham's jan vertonghen in march 2013. he played in all eight of liverpool's matches

when they were unbeaten in december. that is all for now. but we will leave you with the special moment. with andy murray. good evening. commentator: will not the waiting is over! —— andy murray is the wimbledon champion! hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are the broadcaster, john stapleton, and the political correspondent at the evening standard, kate proctor. we will have our chat in a moment.

but first, let's look at those front pages. let's begin with the times, where the warnings from top tory donors that brexit may never happen are their main story. the i says that even if the prime minister wins the vote on her deal next tuesday, the departure date of the uk from the eu could still be delayed. the daily mail features the transport secretary's comment that stopping brexit could lead to a rise in far right extremist groups. the daily telegraph has a picture of a tearful andy murray on its front page, and the paper's top story is the plan to scrap shorter prison sentences as some say they tend to lead to higher reoffending rates. the guardian reveals that a new study appears to show that air pollution is as likely to cause a pregnant woman to

miscarry as smoking. those are the new results there. the daily express leads with plans by ministers to place restrictions on the sale ofjunk food. here we go again. and the mirror features the desperate plight of the parents of baby carter cookson who will die in weeks if a new heart isn't found for him. that was a look at the front pages. let's start our chat. brexit is firmly back at the front pages as annette. i never get a day off. it will never stop come tuesday. let's start off in the independent. we are talking about a likely delay. senior administers meant that even if mrs

mae lives —— went vote on tuesday they will have to wait for all the legislations go through before the deal can be done. it puzzles me as to why it is just deal can be done. it puzzles me as to why it isjust recently deal can be done. it puzzles me as to why it is just recently done deal can be done. it puzzles me as to why it isjust recently done on people. and if she was as they could be even longer so it would drag on and on and on. and everyone you meet is despairing about this right now. if it is to wait, what happens after that? will she face a vote of no—confidence? would there be cause for un—election, a second referendum? for un—election, a second referendum ? what for un—election, a second referendum? what is happening?m doesn't seem to add another cloud and a confusing fog over brexit. the evening standard first had this story today and it was followed by few other papers. it did feel at a significant shift today. you have anonymous ministers actually admitting that brexit would, that this departure date would have to be delayed. and then try to extend

article 50. the difficulty with that is if you do want to extend it, you have to get the 27 member eu countries to agree to that. and it has been modelled this way. their offence some reports of the eu wa nted offence some reports of the eu wanted to do that and accept an extension because i think we were talking before about crashing out without it you with the eu is worse for them in the immediate short term thanit for them in the immediate short term than it is for us. and the other hand, what more will she get out of it? and how likely is it that any of the hardliners son either side in the hardliners son either side in the uk will vote for which she eventually comes up with? it is a mess. i wonder if the prime minister triggered article 52 early. everything would be crammed towards the end negotiating with the eu that is how things are. but i think the fa ct is how things are. but i think the fact this happened. —— triggered article 50 too early. the times is saying that we may never leave. this

coming from people who are quite upset. these are two major donors. we first heard of them when we did the papers at the bbc several months ago. he is a hedge fund manager who has given over £870,000 to probe leave groups. he says now that he is betting on the pound to strengthen after brexit fails. he is convinced that it will not happen, a colleague or someone that it will not happen, a colleague or someone in the same for ash sort of business who donated £1.69 million that he has a fear that there will not be a brazen deal at all. and a people who people have heard of, peter hargraves, one of the founders of the hargraves lansdowne financial services company, he says and i quote "i have totally given up, i am in total despair. i don't think brexit it will happen at all". i think that

reflects the opinions of many people in the country. on the other hand there is evidence in other papers that there are increasing numbers of tory voters and even some labour vote rs tory voters and even some labour voters in increasing numbers are now saying that the government or permit should go for the steel and that... it is silly parliament is an convinced opulent i think this is significant... i think this is indifferent because if the donors are not happy about how press going than they are really saying they're not happy about theresa may and the way that she has managed to manage brexit. i think what this shows is a huge amount of unhappiness with her leadership. no one knows how long she is going to last but for many tory party donors they probably would like it to be sooner rather than later. she may lose this vote by more than 228. on the other hand you have laura goons berg writing

tonight saying hang on, a little bit of caution because people say before a vote that come the vote they don't actually an act and it could change their minds. i think there was an estimation before you turn to her next papers stay on the times. i don't know if either of you, what you make of the comments from her about a possible irish reunification? this seems like a really dramatic warning and a very big fear. she is basically saying if there is no deal than the chances of a referendum on the reunification on the island of ireland is ever more likely. which i have not heard anything quite dramatic warmth from her before. and she says this is possible in the terms of the good friday agreement, this is realistic, you could have a referendum on bringing the republic and northern ireland together. and i've said that isa ireland together. and i've said that is a huge threat to the dup to say get on board and vote for this deal,

don't frustrated, do not push us to no deal. but i think that kind of threatening language in the dup, i do not think that works very well. they will not listen to them because of that. let's turn to the mail. still in brexit, but a bit of a history lesson. transports her to chris grayling saying actually if britain goes through something