football — and two english sides were playing in the champions league this evening. tottenham had a convincing 4—0 win at red star belgrade. manchester city were also away, but could only manage a draw against the italian side atalanta. olly foster watched the action. manchester city might be playing catch up in the premier league, but they've been perfect in europe. raheem sterling, who scored a hat—trick against atalanta two weeks ago, took five minutes to find the net. just before half—time, there was a penalty shout — handball in the wall. pep guardiola knew it, the video assistant was involved. the easy bit should have been this for gabrieljesus. they'd regret that miss. a rare moment of quality from the italians pulled them back into the match. city had to play with ten men for the last ten minutes claudio bravo sent off. kyle walker, the stand—in keeper, stood firm.

city should still reach the last 16, but not tonight. away matches in belgrade have always been intimidating. tottenham's task was to block out the noise and try and rediscover the form that saw them beat red star 5—0 last month. they did that and also reproduced something that wouldn't look out of place in a school playground — the first start for spurs capped with a first goal. son heung—min was distraught a few days ago — he was responsible for an everton player breaking an ankle. the korean's muted celebration for both his goals reflected that. olly foster, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday.

i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up on sportsday. son scores a double as spurs cruise past red star belgrade. a bizarre end to city's night — substitute keeper sent off. up steps kyle walker. and calling time on her career — double olympic champion nicola adams retires from boxing at the age of 37. good evening, welcome along to sportsday. tottenham have given themselves a great chance of qualifying for the knock out stage of the champins league with a confidence boosting 4—0 win away at red star belgrade. spurs beat the same opposition 5—0 at home last month, and had another comfortable night

in serbia as patrick gearey reports. the light at the end of the long tunnel is the entrance, the burning heart of red star, driving on a chaotic energy that spurs managed to harness and a few seconds, they created a games with the chances, pretty much all of the attacking players had a crack at some point, harry came, someone, players had a crack at some point, harry came, someone, anyone. players had a crack at some point, harry came, someone, anyone. the first spurs goal. red star had challenge themselves but the spurs are upfor challenge themselves but the spurs are up for this challenge. some wondered whether or not they were ready to play. he appeared in shock after his tackle, suffering a serious injury at the we can. this was his answer and then perhaps his apology. and even doubts was to be an ordeal was actually proving therapeutic for tottenham, and then substitute christine erickson

squeezed home a fourth. the spurs turned the chaos to routine and conquered the cauldron. spurs are now well placed to join bayern munich out of group b and into the knockout stage. the german champions beat olympiakos 2—0 at the allianz arena with robert lewandowski getting the first. sub ivan perisic scored with his first touch late on to help managerless bayern bounce back from their 5—1 league defeat at eintracht frankfurt. manchester city knew a win away at atalanta would secure their place in the knockout stage, but they could only manage a one all draw against the italian side in the san siro. it was an eventful match which ended with defender kyle walker keeping goalfor city. imran sidat has the story in the cauldron, the task for manchester city was simple. a victory they would qualify for the last 16. scoring 11 minute hat—trick when they met two weeks ago, and it

took seven minutes to open his account here. they could not keep sterling out of the action and his free kick, the ar said penalty. a letter playing of the champions league for the first time in their history and their back on terms in the second half in chelsea was left in. it was game on in milan. claudio bravo was brought on at half—time after an injury to edison and a rush of blood saw him see red. kyle walker was forced to put on the gloves in his first act was to stop this free kick. despite a brush, city held on for a point and have to wait for qualification. in group d, juventus made it through to the knockout stage earlier with a 2—1win at lokomotiv moscow. former arsenal player aaron ramsey gavejuve an early lead.

aleksey miranchuk equalised for lokomotiv, but substitute douglas costa struck the decisive blow with a cool finish three minutes into added time. so confirmation there of how all the games finished. paris st germain secured their place in the last 16 with a win over bruge. mauro icardi with the goal on the night — also a big win for real madrid in that same group tonight — they're second behind psg with 7 points arsenal were also in action earlier — that was the only group stage game in the europa league today. the gunners succumbed to a late equaliser away at vittoria guimaraes. arsenal looked to have scored the goal which would have put them on the brink of qualification for the next stage when shkodran mustafi headed in, but they couldn't keep vittoria out and bruno duarte acrobatically levelled in stoppage time in portugal.

liverpool managerjurgen klopp says he doesn't know how his side will play two games in two days next month. his side face aston villa in the carabao cup quarterfinal on the 17th of december before playing the club world cup semifinal his side face aston villa in the carabao cup quarterfinal on the 17th of december before playing the club world cup semifinal in qatar the next day. it's within a 37 day period where they play 12 games across four competitions. we cannot carry on like this. so, come on, that's why i ask for a solution. these solutions so far, they sound to me like another problem and that's not... yeah, not a solution. let's quickly run you through some of today's other top stories. fleetwood town bossjoey barton will go on trial next year, accused of assaulting former barnsley boss daniel stendel. he pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at sheffield crown court today.

tendai mtawarira — more commonly known as the beast — has retired from rugby union. after 117 caps for south africa, culminating in that world cup win on saturday, he said that was the perfect ending. former great britain rugby league coach brian noble says superleague should look into relaxing its salary caps rules to entice more top players to play in the country. it comes as toronto look set to sign new zealand's cross—code star sonny bill williams on a multimillion pound deal. for the best part of a decade, nicola adams has been one of the faces of women's boxing both in great britain and around the world. a two—time olympic champion and three months ago — a world champion in the professional ranks. now she's stepped out of the ring for the last time. citing fears over losing her vision, she's called time on a boxing career.

michael redford reflects on one of boxing's true pioneers. commentator: nicola adams of great britain has made sporting history! she is the first olympic boxing champion... it would have been easy to relax, career and ambition achieved, history made, yet this was just the beginning for nicola adams. her glittering career began by accident. with no one to look after adams while her mum was at the gym, 12—year—old nicola was signed up to a boxing class. she did not look back. natural ability mixed with raw determination saw adams accelerate. every amateaur title won, 2012 in london, where she captured the heart of a nation. she has brought women's boxing into a new era. she was the first definite female boxer and amateur boxer that captured people's hearts. they wanted to see her progression into what she had done and that was because she spoke well

and she broke down a lot of the barriers and stereotypes that people have. adams was far from finished. golds at the commonwealth and european games. and the world championships followed before more history in rio. commentator: nicola adams lets out a triumphant roar having been crowned an olympic champion for the second successive time! adams becoming the first british boxer for 92 years to retain to retain an olympic title. her unprecedented achievements led her to buckingham palace. an mbe followed by an obe. still, she would not rest. with everything won at amateur level, she turned professional, five fights, five wins and a world flyweight title. her latest bout was a draw against maria salinas earlier this year. it would be her last as her health took priority. i got the injury in the first round of my last fight. i saw the doctors and did not think it was going to be anything too serious,

but i could take the chance and risk of and keep on boxing and nothing else happens to my eye or it could be an unlucky punch and i could lose my sight. i've achieved a lot in boxing. it's time to hang up the gloves, and keep my sight. her promoter frank warren added... adams grew up idolising the likes of muhammad ali and sugar ray leonard. she now retires with a generation of girls idolising nicola adams. saracens didn't turn up to the launch of the european champions cup today. it comes after they received a suspended 35 point deduction and 5.36 million pound fine for breaching the premiership‘s salary cap rules. it's a story that looks set to dominate for a while yet with some saying the punishment is too lenient — others — that it doesn't go far enough.

welljames burridge was at today's launch in cardiff and has been gauging opinion. saracens no—show here in cardiff has not gone down at all well. they are defending club champions in europe, have one this jamie chip three outlets for... echr are disappointed, and i expect there will be a fine announced in the coming weeks. it gave other teams, coaches and players there say on the saracens investigation. one of them was exeter and their director rob baxter for some he was not too impressed with the way saracens responded to the investigation announced yesterday. he thought they could be more conciliatory particular in the way they responded to the accusations. and then there was chris raab sure, the former england captain, he is with harlequins aside from ten years ago were hoochie affected years ago were hugely affected by the bloodgate scandal and now

he is sure about the damage this saracens can do the game stop to i feel in roby we can only feel our grasses greener than others. we looked down at football, and others in athletics for cheating and stuff like this. but we are exactly the same now. we are in that position. rugby is now in a tough place which as a union and a collective, we're going to have to fight hard to get out of. we are no longer greener than everyone else. we are as guilty. saracens have announced they will appeal this decision. there be many months of legal wrangling the last thing they want is continued disruption during the business and of the domestic season. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, giles kenningham, and the political writer and academic, maya goodfellow. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads the way with a picture of the prime minister, who launched his party campaign in the general election race. the paper calls it a "tricky first day" for borisjohnson. the telegraph describes the conservative launch and headlines "boris gets his bounce back" — but leads with the story about labours deputy leader, standing down as an mp. the guardian reports on tom watson's departure from labour but questions the direction of the party under

jeremy corbyn's leadership. the times agrees and claims mr watson clashed withjeremy corbyn on anti—semitism, brexit and the direction of the party. also leading on labour, but on a different angle, is the mirror — who focus on the parties pledge to pump £150 billion into regions in the north of england. and the sun captures the moment arsenal footballer sead kolasinac prepares to fend off two moped thugs, as one threatens to stab him in the street in north west london. those of the front pages, but your reviewers think of the guardian first, do you want to take this away? would do you think of the analysis here? it is the bomb