0h, brilliant, but never mind our lack of skill. why were you wearing a suit? when have you ever known me to dress appropriately for anything? ok, that is true. anyway! the full link programme can be found on the bbc iplayer. next week, it's our click—mas party. now, it's gonna be different this year, but we are having a party, one way or another! it's gonna happen online and we would love you to join us. absolutely. throughout the week, you can keep up with the team online. thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. bye— bye.

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins. we will be live at the sports personality of the year ahead of this year's awards ceremony. six goals for manchester united takes them to third in the premier league. and celtic will lead scottish cup on penalties to complete a historic 12th domestic trophy in a row. history makers again.

lovely to have you with us this sunday evening, it is not long until one of the biggest knights of the year, the 67th bbc sports personality of the year gets under way at eight o'clock. a public vote will decide who wins. andy swiss has a lucky an exclusive ticket to be here. there would be an awful lot of anticipation, but it's quite different this year. yes, i suppose for obvious reasons, it's a very different sports personality of the year to normal. usually, this goes out to a crowd of thousands of thousands of people in some vast arena, but not this time. there'll be an audience ofjust a few contenders, a few award winners, although there will be a virtual audience as well, around 700 people.

that should make things interesting. six contenders, as you say, for the main award. they are and how alphabetical order, stuart broad, holly doyle, lewis hamilton, ronnie o'sullivan as you say. the winner will be decided by a public vote. you can vote by phone or you can vote online. details of how you can vote online. details of how you can vote will be given out during the programme, which starts at eight o'clock. i wonder if you've caught any sight of marcus rashford, because we heard about that route against leeds, but he's going to be there for a special award. we're expecting him to arrive here in the next few minutes or so. it's been a pretty busy day for him. he played 70 minutes for manchester united against leeds. that went pretty well. he's jetted over against leeds. that went pretty well. he'sjetted over here against leeds. that went pretty well. he's jetted over here and against leeds. that went pretty well. he'sjetted over here and he

will collect the special award tonight to recognise his campaign against child food poverty. it has been an extraordinary effort over recent months. he collected an mbe earlier in the summer. he'll collect a special award here tonight. plenty of other awards up for grabs, the likes of the team of the year, coach of the year, unsung hero award. it all gets under way at eight o'clock and it's live on bbc one. andy, thank you so much. you can stay with us thank you so much. you can stay with us for the rest of the sports bulletin. we're going to talk about that route. 0nly only then went on to break record to be the only player discourse twice

in three minutes. bruno fernandez continued his rich vein. after 35 minutes, it was 4—0. leeds pulled one back before danjames scored fifth for united. fernandez got his sec. of the night from the penalty spot. escort dallas —— stuart dallas score this fantastic consolation goal. leeds, they play the same way whether they are a0 up or a0 down. —— 4—0. so, that's a challenge for us as well. you have to run until the whistle blows, and i think we're showing that physical capability we knew we were lacking at the start of the season, and now we are looking stronger. jo currie

watched this game. with second spot at the table of christmas time up forgrabs, at the table of christmas time up for grabs, this had a hallmark of a festive thriller. the first a5 minutes didn't exactly deliver. with only seconds before the half—time whistle, the moment of recklessness. a shove in the back and a penalty awarded. no nonsense from jamie vardy and leicester ahead at the break. the visitors almost started the second half and similar form. james madison thought he doubled the lead only for var to roll it out. a perfect ball for vardy. no reprieve from tottenham this time. he couldn't connect

properly and michael was equal to it. a lackluster afternoon for spurs, but leicester go to christmas for defines —— four points behind liverpool. a late danny welbeck equaliser denied sheffield united their first league win of the season as they drew 1—1 at brighton. united's job was made even harder when john lundstram was sent off for this challenge, after the referee had checked the var monitor. but against the odds, they went in front, jayden bogle scoring a deflected effort on his premier league debut. sheffield united couldn't hold on though as welbeck came off the bench to score in the 87th minute. chris wilder's side are still rooted to the bottom of the league onjust two points. sam allardyce takes charge of west brom for the first time when they host aston villa in the late game. villa are 1—0 up. jake livermore has

been sent off. 12 consecutive scott scottish trophies in a row for scale just scott scottish trophies in a row for scalejust —— scott scottish trophies in a row for scale just —— four ‘s celtic. chris mclauglin sent us this report. 0n glasgow's south side, the cup final had flames went over fans. —— flames but no fans. celtic dominated when it mattered. the first was sensational. take a bow, ryan christie. it was too before the half hour, and a helping hand by christoph was followed by the trickiest of chips. liam gave hope after the break. stephen kingsley had been the equaliser. it's a goal!

game on. it was to go all the way to penalties. both teams scored in extra time and christopher iyer won it from the spot. he did it the hard way, but it's a quadruple trouble for celtic. chris mclauglin, bbc news, hampden park. ryan christie scored their first goal. frustrated, but to come back like that, to keep coming up and keep getting knocked down again, boys stepped up. young boys as well. ten months out or something. he's been so amazing. it's never been

donein been so amazing. it's never been done in club history, so history makers again. aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership after they won 2—0. there was an element of fortune about aberdeen‘s first goal in the second half. professional foul on first goal in the second half. professionalfoul on sam first goal in the second half. professional foul on sam cosgrove, from the resulting free kick. aberdeen level on points with second—place celtic, but they have played two games more. harlequins failed to make an impression in the champions cup. they were beaten a9—7 by racing 92, who dominated from the start. the parisian side got over the line seven times — teddy thomas and simon zebo amongst the try scorers. crystal bears got a crucial when with the tri— that confirmed the bonus points. they

have lost both of their pool game so far. bridges call for georgia hall —— british golfer towards the end of herfinal round —— british golfer towards the end of her final round of her career. all was tied for third place behind the eventual winner, but dropped two shots on the 16th hole, following this wayward tee shot. and she finished joint seven on ten under par. that is eight shots off the eventual lead. calum smith lost his record to alvarez overnight. alvarez is widely regarded as one of the best pound for pound boxers on the planet. he takes smith's wba belt and the vacant wbc belt. he won on a unanimous points decision.

he himself has only lost once before. i made the weight 0k. there's no excuses from me. he's a good fighter. i've lost to a pound—for—pound star. i don't know, ijust think, there could have been a better version of me tonight, but it is what it is. we turned up, i performed, he performed, and he was the better man tonight. andy murray beat the current british number1 dan evans, in the latest ‘battle of the brits' event at the national tennis centre in london. murray served and moved well, after six weeks of pre—season training. he took the first set on a tie break, and won the second as dan evans called his own shot as out on match point. murray the winner, 7—6 6—a, and he'll now play cameron norrie on tuesday. that's all from sportsday. from me on the team, have a lovely evening. remembersports from me on the team, have a lovely evening. remember sports personality at the year starts at eight o'clock. bye— bye.

good evening. after we can of sunshine and showers, there is a bit more rain in the forecast over the next couple days —— after a weekend. flood warnings are currently in force but as we head towards christmas, it will turn drier book holder. through this evening and tonight, rain will push its way up from the south —— a drier but colder. some showers further north. clear skies and northern areas. by the end of the night, it will be turning very mild indeed towards the south, 11 in plymouth at five in the morning. this weather pushes its way northwards into northern ireland, southern scotland, some rain will linger down with the south as well. some heavy showers across parts of northern scotland. this could turn wintry later. temperatures just six 01’ wintry later. temperatures just six or7 wintry later. temperatures just six or 7 degrees. compare that with 15 in parts of south east england. as we look further ahead, more rain to

come on the south ensues day —— in the south on tuesday. it will feel rather chilly.

this is bbc news — the headlines at eight: millions of people in england and wales are told to stay at home on the first day of tough, new coronavirus restrictions — as action is taken on a new variant of the virus. the new variant is out of control and we need to bring it under control and this news about the new variant has been an incredibly difficult and frankly an awful end to the year. the health secretary labels crowded scenes at london stations last night as ‘irresponsible' — the transport secretary says extra police officers will be deployed to enforce the rules. france and germany become the latest countries to ban travel with the uk, as european officials prepare