brighton were denied a win at west ham earlier, they took the lead thanks to neil maupayjust before half time. but the hammers improved after the break and equalised when benjohnson scored his first goal for the club. brighton were back in front with 20 minutes to go thanks to lewis dunk but the home side got a late equaliser courtesy of tomas soucek. west ham remain tenth, brighton — like burnley — just two points clear of the bottom three. at anfield, the champions liverpool were on course to go five points clear at the top of the premier league tonight — only for sam allardyce‘s west brom to snatch a late equaliser — becoming only the second team in 2020 to take league points off liverpool at home. heading out to face a team with a perfect home record who won their last match 7—0 must leave you with little hope. when sadio mane got the

better of west bromwich albion in the 12th minute, it looked like liverpool would be handing out another thrashing. remarkably, that was as good as it got for the champions. sam alla rdyce was as good as it got for the champions. sam allardyce knows how to frustrate them. it is the last visiting manager to win at anfield. his site defended resolutely and liverpool struggled to hit the target despite dominating possession. as the game wore on, the baggies got braver, and it's not looking good for liverpool asjoel matip became yet another defender to join the injury list. frustration was clear to see, asjurgen klopp lost his cool with the referee. surprisingly west brom manage the most shots on target and it took until ten minutes from the end for semi ajayi to get a way through. stand livable and they surged forward. roberto firmino looked set to snatch victory but sam johnstone has made more saves than any other goalkeeper in the premier league this season. perhaps this is

pedestal. just make one more class save against the top of the league and we are the bottom? the goalie is there to make that one save if we need him for that if we asked make ten saves, they would probably have one 4—0. ten saves, they would probably have one 4-0. you have to use the chances when you have them. it's not the end of the world. it's a football game which we wanted to win and i think we should have won, but they deserved the point. is a first point for alla rdyce deserved the point. is a first point for allardyce since taking charge of brom boost their hopes of survival and those of liverpool's title rivals. and the day's final premier league game is currently under way at molineux, what a start for tottenham — ndombele with a goal in the first

minute can go third with a win. there was one match in rugby union's premiership today and wasps held on to beat sale sharks by 26 points to 23. but there was a 12 minute delay to the match as wasps wing zach kibirigie had to be stretchered off with a head injury. the visitors were behind at the break but flew out of the blocks in the second half with two tries in less than ten minutes — this the first from charlie atkinson. that before hooker tom cruse was put through moments later. sale did score a second try late on to seal a losing bonus point. but it's now 3 defeats in a row for new director of rugby paul deacon. and there's one game under way in the pro 1a. connacht have just kicked off against ulster. glasgow warriors against edinburgh was postponed. earlier this month nigel 0wens decided to end his test rugby career. the 49—year—old referee with the most appearances in international matches hung up his boots after his 100th international — france's autumn nations cup

game against italy. it was 17 years after his first international as rhiannon wilkins reports. i don't think we've met before but i am the referee on this field. known for his quips and no—nonsense approach. your adults and you will be treated like it if you behave like it. he's appeared in more internationals than any other referee but, after his 100th appearance last month, nigel 0wens is hanging up his boots, bring an end to his career. you're getting older... what i think people don't appreciate sometimes is the commitment you do as a referee. away from yourfamily, commitment you do as a referee. away from your family, so commitment you do as a referee. away from yourfamily, so many years, 20 yea rs from yourfamily, so many years, 20 years away so much. is a are numerous. the referee —— he refereed

the 2015 world cup final and several european cup finals. i never thought i would be doing 100 test matches, a world cup final, seven european finals, whatever it is. theyjust happened as the years went by. looking back at it now, it was the thing i thought i would achieve. i've enjoyed every minute of it and whatever has come along. off the pitch, the 49—year—old has trusted by pitch, the 49—year—old has trusted rugby players and fans with his personal battles. speaking publicly about his depression and a suicide attempt. he came out as gay in 2007, becoming a role model for many in the process. one of the world's finest referees isn't retiring for good just yet. he hopes to continue refereeing in the pro 1a as well as locally in wales. andy murray will make a playing return to the australian open in february, two years on from his emotional announcement there that he may have

to finish his career due to injury. murray's been handed a wild card for the tournament in melbourne where in 2019 he held a tearful press conference outlining his plans to end his career after wimbledon that year. he subsequently underwent hip resurfacing surgery and won the antwerp 0pen seven months later. there was never really any doubt that murray would be awarded a wild ca rd that murray would be awarded a wild card for the australian open. he is a former world number one, five time run up and, two years ago, he was probably retiring in melbourne. he played that amazing first round match with roberto bautista agut, he lost in five sets and he thought his chronic pain would end his career, and was a retirement video plate after that much. the tournament director saying today that they're welcome andy murray back with open arms. he will also play as a wild ca rd arms. he will also play as a wild card in the first atp event of the new year, first week of january card in the first atp event of the new year, first week ofjanuary in florida, and after a miserable 2020

couldn't play much because of the suspension of the tours and because of lingering pelvic injury, murray hopes this longer period of pre—season will get him into the shape he needs to be in to be truly competitive on the tour again. india might be without their star man in virat kohli for the second test against australia in melbourne, but stand in captain ajinkya rahane's century has kept them on top after day two at the mcg. kohli's returned home for the birth of his first child, with rahane taking over the reins as skipper. and he's lead from the front, bringing up his 12th test century in style. and he's made the most of some good fortune — dropped here on 104 by travis head — who somehow let the ball out of his grasp. india closing on 277—5, a lead of 82, as they look to level the 4 match series.

he was so patient and such a high quality bowling attack, and when you are notable... quality bowling attack, and when you are not able... it was such a magnificent knock to watch from outside. making sure he put all of them away. meanwhile at centurion south africa took advantage of a depleted sri lanka attack, dean elgar with 95, aiden markram with a half century and faf du plessis combining with temba bavuma for a 97—run stand late in the day, to leave the hosts 317 for 4 on day two of the first test. sri lanka made 396 in theirfirst innings. and new zealand are in a strong

position after day two of the first test against pakistan, some late big hitting saw them post a31 in theirfirst innings, kane williamson with a century earlier. in reply, pakistan lost opener shan masood as they closed on 30 for one. that's all from sportsday. you can follow the football on the bbc sport website. spurs 1—0 up against wolves. that's all from us. your weather update next. a chilly and somewhat wintry flavour to the weather as we head through the final days of 2020, but we are going to lose the heavy and persistent rain some of us have had recently put up still some flood warnings in place across parts of england and wales. we have had some

brisk winds thanks to storm bella. this band of cloud on the satellite picture is where we had very wet and windy weather put up behind it, speckled cloud working town from the north, and we are going to stick with a northerly airflow throughout this week. that means it's going to feel pretty cold out there. temperatures will be below average by day, frosty nights with a risk of ice. some rain and also some sleet and snow. amongst that, some spells of sunshine. tonight, some showers around and come across western areas, western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, wales, perhaps the midlands, the west country, some rain and some snow over high ground, and perhaps even at quite low levels at times. it's going to be a very chilly night indeed. temperatures as low as —7 or -8 indeed. temperatures as low as —7 or —8 in parts of scotland. there is the potential for icy stretches to start tomorrow morning, and this slow—moving area of rain, sleet and snow could give some accumulating

snow could give some accumulating snow even at quite low levels, most likely in parts of wales, the midlands, central southern england and the west country. that will slowly pivot away put up another area of rain and some snow for western northern ireland and western scotland. some showers in eastern areas. brisk winds in the west, lighter further east. there will be some spells of sunshine on what will bea some spells of sunshine on what will be a decidedly chilly day. temperatures between two and possibly seven. low pressure still in charge of the scene as we move into tuesday. a northerly wind. these frontal systems in western areas indicate where showers are likely to turn into longer spells of rain. some snow over high ground. much of what for that low levels will be rain. if you showers in eastern counties. still pretty chilly, two to seven. we stick with the chilly theme as we head towards the chilly theme as we head towards the end of the week. there will be a lot of dry weather, but some showers as well and they will be wintry in

places.

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