moment in his career, his credibility underlined. aj, how are you feeling? look at the support. are you confident? talk is cheap. despite the pressure, joshua seems relaxed and whatever happens tomorrow, he will earn £60 million forfighting on saudi soil. what he wants above all is to establish himself as one of the best boxers in the world. dan roan, bbc news, riyadh. that's it. newsnight is getting underway on bbc two, with more on tonight's leaders‘ debate. now, though, on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, the headlines tonight. the countdown is on for the ‘the clash on the dunes‘ — with a 3 stone weight difference between anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior. nigel pearson is the new watford manager. he's their third this season and faces a fight to save the premier league's bottom club. and she says she's accomplished everything. former world number one caroline wozniacki announces she's retiring from tennis injanuary. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's less than 2a hours until anthonyjoshua gets the chance to reap revenge on andy ruinunior — the mexican american who stunned the boxing world world earlier

in the year when he took all 3 ofjoshua's heavyweight belts in a shock victory in new york. but before the pair climb into the ring in riyadh on saturday the headlines today have been about the huge difference in their weight. ade adedoyin was at the weigh—in in the saudi capital. 20 kilos heavier than anthonyjoshua but that is only half the story he told us in the build—up to this fight that he was going to be his latest in his last nine professional fights. an indication of the strategy that he intends to employ. and ruiz announced the rematch, they wa nted and ruiz announced the rematch, they wanted him to come in later this time as well. three months to prepare it he came in over a stone heavier. you have to wonder where that extra weights to

will he struggled to carry the weight in the later part of the fight. we really got sense of the big fight atmosphere. lots of travelling fans and an indication of what we can expect on saturday night. so much intrigue and build up to this fight, so many opinions but with ruiz coming in so heavy, has c effectively given anthonyjoshua the edge going into this fight? you can listen to the big fight on bbc radio 5 live, or via the bbc sounds app, where there's lots of build—up from our team in saudi arabia. the main event is due to start around 9pm uk time. meanwhile the doping charge against dillian whyte — who's on the undercard in ryiadh — has been dropped. the british heavyweight tested positive for a banned steroid injune just before his winning fight against 0scar rivas. uk anti—doping though have now said the levels in his sample were "very low" and that it was not caused by by ‘any fault, negligence or wrongdoing" on whyte‘s part.

watford have their third manager of the season and it's nigel pearson. the former leicester city and hull mananger will take charge after saturday's premier league game against crystal palace.pearson takes after saturday's premier league game against crystal palace. pearson takes over from quique sanchez flores‘ who was sacked after only 3 months in charge. watford are bottom of the table — 7 points from safety. chelsea are free to sign new players again after their transfer ban was reduced on appeal by the court of arbitration for sport. they haven't been able to buy anyone since last season for breaching rules on signing young over—seas players. i think we have to give credit to the group that are working now to get to where we got to. i still want more. i still think we could be having more points and be high up on the table. that's my feeling. as we go forward, of course, if i feel or we feel as a club that our position has been constrained, then we would obviously look at it.

as big clubs do. that's what people expect of us of us this season, because lots of clubs around us were spending hundreds of millions, or150 million, and we didn't have that chance. we lost hazard, and two number nines, and that was probably on everyone‘s minds that's coming out of the picture is slightly changed, and it's important that we get it right moving forward. the only game in the championship tonight ended in a draw between mid—table millwall and nottingham forest. forest thought they'd won it after coming from behind to lead 2—1 in the 88th minute — substitute lewis grabban scoring both goals. but millwall equalized in injury time aidan o'brien to take a point. macclesfield town's match against crewe in league two tomorrow has been called off because the team are refusing to play until they're paid. patrick gearey has been following the story. the town is around 20 miles from the stadium, 23 from old trafford. this

is another football world. where players will not turn up because they have not been paid. it has affected their mental health despite talks of the league today, they believe they will be unable to focus on the match. their dispute is with the owner in solidarity with the supporters trust. it is painful to see our little club being thrown into the rubbish bin. we feel for the players and the volunteers, eve ryo ne the players and the volunteers, everyone involved in the club. the all feel it down to one person that won't pay the wages. that man has made no comment to the bbc, but the problems have been brewing for some time. this week it emerged in court that he owed the former manager a number 80 that he owed the former manager a number80 —— that he owed the former manager a number 80 —— £180,000 that he owed the former manager a number80 —— £180,000 in that he owed the former manager a number 80 —— £180,000 in wages. the players boycotted the first round tie and rebuked zero. supporters

trust for the crowdfunding emergency payments for players and club staff in time for christmas. he says he was not paid for three months and had to get the players union to make the club pay for hip surgery.” cannot put it into words, what is doing to people and the reality is that the kids might not get presents and have the christmas they want, which is the worst thing i think. considerable sympathy but will have to punish the club if they do not play tomorrow. they are protecting the integrity of the leak, the same reason why they expelled the other tea m reason why they expelled the other team in august. they're conducting a review of those rules but it may come too late as the talk of a takeover. with ominous signs of history repeating all around, the

fa ns history repeating all around, the fans say they're worried that your 145 years of history, the club may be entering its final weeks. it's the third round in rugby union's european champions cup — and bath are still rooted to the bottom of pool three after being heavily beaten by clemont auvergne at the rec. clermont scored four tries to secure a bonus point — samuel ezeala twice crossing the line in the 34—17 victory. it puts clermont back on top of the pool ahead of ulster. three time winnerjohn higgins has been knocked—out of the uk snooker championship in the quarterfinals. he lost 6 frames to three to the chinese teenager — yan bingtao who now goes on to play ding junhui in the last four. the other quarterfinals are going on right now. these aer live pictures — northern ireland's mark allen is playing the veteran nigel bond. it's best to 11 frames. allen leads 5—4you can watch that on the bbc sport website and the red button.

and on the other table scotland's stephen maguire is playing welshman matthew stevens. 4—all. the former world number one tennis player — caroline wozniacki has announced she's retiring after next month's australian open. she was the first scandinavian player to top the rankings. and says she's giving up having "accomplished everything she could ever have dream of on the court". i think she has more than fulfilled her potential. i think a lot of people would've said the opposite, that she has actually overachieved, because you know, she was a great competitor, and you remember, she got some fineness of the usa i believe when she was 19 years of age. she was world number one at the age of 20. and the one thing that was sort of hanging overhead was here was this one who had never been able

to win a grand slam title, and finally, she did it in 2018 at the australian open, so it was a huge monkey off her back, as it were. i'm so thrilled for her, because i couldn't wish it on somebody who would be more hard—working, i think she had an amazing career. 30 titles, world number one grand slam title, i mean, it's a pretty decent career. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. but here's some breaking news this is actually coming from the

newswi res is actually coming from the newswires in is actually coming from the newswi res in los is actually coming from the newswires in los angeles. it has been reported that elon musk has been reported that elon musk has been found not liable in a defamation case involving a british cave explorer this is going back to the thailand cave rescue. suing the co—founders after elon musk called him a paedophile and suspicious on twitter. this is all a part of an argument following that cave rescue of the football team back in 2018, but essentially a court in california has found elon musk not liable in a defamation case. just a bit of breaking news from the united states.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo—anne nadler and the daily mirror columnist susie boniface. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times leads with the news that both the bbc and channel 4 have been accused of quote — hysterical election bias. it says senior media figures have warned that both broadcasters risk breaching broadcasting laws and regulations. the guardian reports that serial rapistjoseph mccann had been released from prison as a result of an error. the i leads with tonight election debate saying that the gloves were off

between the two main party leaders. the daily telegraph leads with the prime minister's warning to labour leader jeremy corbyn not to lecture him on ireland. the mirror reports or more trouble for prince andrew who they say is at the centre of new allegation related to thejeffrey epstein scandal. and the ft leads with the news that a new global football league has been described as insane we will come to that story and a moment but let us start off with the telegraph in the debate, what did you make of it? i was in the car listening to something else i thought it went marvellous, i enjoyed not having to watch it.” rather enjoyed it because i have been somewhat underwhelmed by the standard of debate throughout this

somewhat, election. both men rose to the occasion this evening and i was most pleased that i felt boris johnson was the more successful of the two, but it was also is success for the bbc because it was a very well moderated debate. very civil debate and the questions were well handled. i was using the word metaphorically as i'm sure you realise. i will come back to why you did not watch it in a moment, but you sound as if you have had enough debates but that is just finish off quickly, what did you think of their performances? with a as combative as you would've expected ? performances? with a as combative as you would've expected? 0r performances? with a as combative as you would've expected? or did they play very calmly? they manage to combine both of those, i hesitate to use the word, but it was very

grown—up debate. use the word, but it was very grown-up debate. there real points made and boris johnson grown-up debate. there real points made and borisjohnson someone who can rise to the occasion when put under pressure, we are in the final weeks of the campaign and finally, it seems to me that he is able to combine this evening with an energetic enthusiasm and attention to detail. he had done his homework and really showed. at as a consequence, he is able to score real points against jeremy corbyn, which is not to say the jeremy corbyn did not also come across as being rational and grown—up in his approach as well. some people said that they came to this debate with a better explanation of the figures. that they were both willing to, it was we were both well prepared, which is what a lot of commentators. they came across as being the most

accomplished of the encounters that we have seen during