of his generation, has died. he was 88. he created some of the most talked about buildings of the last 50 years, including the pompidou centre in paris, with its facade of pipes and ducts and the equally startling lloyds building in london. more recently he was behind heathrow�*s terminal 5 and the millenium dome. our arts correspondent david sillito has been speaking to the leading british architect norman foster who has paid tribute to richard rogers. my my oldest and closest friend, collaborator, architect, humanist, extraordinary individual. for people who have may be only seen one or two of his buildings, what was it that he brought that was different from all the other thousands of architects? his own very personal _ thousands of architects? his own very personal signature - thousands of architects? his own very personal signature of - very personal signature of architecture, emma a generous

architecture, emma a generous architecture in which, in the early buildings, those he is perhaps most well known for, the pompidou centre, lloyds, made a kind of bravado display, an order of the structure of the servicing of the building. huge variety when you go from the pompidou centre to something like the millennium dome or terminalfive — was there a vision that run through all of these buildings? film. through all of these buildings? 0h, without through all of these buildings? oi without doubt. through all of these buildings? (31, without doubt. if through all of these buildings? 1,u without doubt. if richard, as a personality, was generous and outgoing and in a way colourful, then his buildings reflected that personality. they were opening, welcoming, optimistic and elegant in turn. at welcoming, optimistic and elegant in turn. �* ,, welcoming, optimistic and elegant in turn. �* ., ., , , turn. at a time when many people thou . ht turn. at a time when many people thought the _

turn. at a time when many people thought the inner— turn. at a time when many people thought the inner cities _ turn. at a time when many people thought the inner cities and - turn. at a time when many people thought the inner cities and urban | thought the inner cities and urban life were in continual decay in the 19705, he was always optimistic about them. 1970s, he was always optimistic about them-— 1970s, he was always optimistic about them. ~ , , , ., about them. absolutely, yes, and vindicated, _ about them. absolutely, yes, and vindicated, proved _ about them. absolutely, yes, and vindicated, proved right— about them. absolutely, yes, and vindicated, proved right by - about them. absolutely, yes, and vindicated, proved right by the . vindicated, proved right by the survival of the city, certainly. find survival of the city, certainly. and what was he _ survival of the city, certainly. and what was he like _ survival of the city, certainly. and what was he like as a person when you had dinner with him? we would banter, you had dinner with him? we would banter. we — you had dinner with him? we would banter, we would _ you had dinner with him? we would banter, we would argue, _ you had dinner with him? we would banter, we would argue, but - you had dinner with him? we would banter, we would argue, but it - you had dinner with him? we would banter, we would argue, but it was| banter, we would argue, but it was never acrimonious. banter, we would argue, but it was neveracrimonious. i banter, we would argue, but it was never acrimonious. i think we would almost deliberately take opposing points of view just for the hell of it. but we had a kind of private shared language which was a shorthand, and it was really about the appreciation of architecture, the appreciation of architecture, the criticism of architecture. so, you know, the memories are very dear, very real, and totally

positive. dear, very real, and totally positive-— dear, very real, and totally ositive. ., ., ,, .,~ positive. norman foster speaking about his friend, _ positive. norman foster speaking about his friend, the _ positive. norman foster speaking about his friend, the architect - about his friend, the architect richard rogers, who has died at the age of 88. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. celtic celebrate as they win a 20th scottish league cup trophy. manchester city will lead the way at christmas. manchester city will lead the way — victory at newcastle means they are clear at the top of the league. and it was notjoe root�*s day as the england captain falls in the final over in adelaide and faces a second ashes defeat.

hello and welcome to sportsday. celtic are celebrating a first trophy under new manager ange postecoglu. they came from behind to beat hibs 2—1 in the scottish league cup at hampden park this afternoon. theirjapanese striker, kyogo furuhashi, returned from injury to score both goals, to extend celtic�*s unbeaten record at hampden to 18 games. adam wild reports. it has been sometime since scottish football had a full house for a cup final. the noise at hamden suggested those there were making the most of it. on the field, well, perhaps a little less so. in the first half, chances were few and fleeting. the occasion deserve more. after the break, it arrived, the game flashing into life, paul hanlon heading her bony and in front, with a determination matched only by his jubilation. it was a lead that lasted a little over a minute.

furuhashi finally taking a celtic chance, the control perfect, the finnish unstoppable. if that was impressive, his second was quite exquisite, only one touch need at this time, and celtic in front for the first time. they would hang on, if only just the first time. they would hang on, if onlyjust head burning and going agonisingly close. this was celtic�*s day, scenes that had been a long time coming. premier legaue leaders manchester city, as they beat newcastle 4—0 at st james park. it means pep guardiola's side will now spend christmas day top of the table. the struggles continue for newcastle, as they remain 19th in the table, with only goal difference keeping them above bottom club norwich city. joe lynskey watched the action. for newcastle, the focus isn't christmas but january, for newcastle, the focus isn't christmas butjanuary, when they hope to christmas but january, when they hope to spend christmas butjanuary, when they hope to spend money christmas but january, when they hope to spend money on a new christmas butjanuary, when they hope to spend money on a new image for the squad, but before that, the blues,. man city are top of the leak. to have a chance of beating them, you can't make mistakes. a

misunderstanding, calamitous defending... ruben diaz headed in less than five minutes played. plenty of time for city to hit their stride, and ken salo has a habit of scoring stunning goals. this run and strike made it 2—0. this match was already drifting beyond newcastle. a comeback might have started with a penalty, but edelson's slide here was deemed not a foul. instead, city got the run of the decisions. riyad mahrez hit the net but was flagged offside until the video assistant checked and said it was a goal. they were coasting to a 34th win in this calendar year, the most by one club in premier league history. raheem sterling rounded it off, 4—0. newcastle's fourth straight defeat and there are two games before new year. january on tyneside can't come soon enough. aha, year. january on tyneside can't come soon enough-— soon enough. a good result, a not aood soon enough. a good result, a not good performance. _ soon enough. a good result, a not good performance. we _

soon enough. a good result, a not good performance. we were - soon enough. a good result, a not| good performance. we were lucky. newcastle didn't defend well in the second goal, and after the second one, brilliant action, but the first half was one of the worst we have played this season. the second half was much better. spurs started the brightest and took the lead through harry kane. it was an eventful first half where spurs might�*ve had more goals but also might�*ve had kane sent off for this challenge — he escaped with just a yellow. liverpool though got their equaliser before the break through diogojota, and then in the second half took the lead through an unlikely source — scotland's andy robertson, who had a very eventful afternoon putting them 2—1 ahead. spurs though hit back again, a mistake from liverpool's goalkeeper handed son

the chance to score. and we mentioned robertson — well after scoring he was then sent off for a kick out on emmerson royale. spurs couldn't capitalise on the man advantage though, it finished 2—2. covid—hit chelsea slipped further behind leaders manchester city in the title race as they were held to a goalless draw at wolves. their request for the fixture to be postponed was rejected this morning. manager thomas tuchel said they were "a bit angry" with the decision. we travelled together three hours on a bus. we had dinner together, we have another positive test. people are worried because they were in the same bus, at the same dinner, but obviously it was not enough to postpone the match and so we had to play, but you cannot demand 100% focus, otherwise it would be stupid

to normally focus if you can do this without being calm. it was everything else but calm. at 830 in the morning, everybody knocks on your door to have another test, nobody knew about it, so we woke players up who wanted to sleep a bit longer. 0k. players up who wanted to sleep a bit longer. ok. but players up who wanted to sleep a bit longer. 0k. buti players up who wanted to sleep a bit longer. ok. but i gave my opinion and now you can do with it what you want. i have my opinion. manchester united made it three wins in a row in the women's super league after a dominant 5—0 victory over aston villa. ella toone scored twice as united, briefly moved to third, before ending the day fourth in the table — villa remain third bottom of the table after a 6th defeat in seven games, but they are nine points above the relegation zone. three other games were postponed due to covid. but two others went ahead, and leicester moved from the bottom of the table, picking up their first points of the season with a 2—0 win over relegation rivals birmingham.

and tottenham reclaimed third spot in the table with a hard—fought victory over everton at the hive. we're just minutes away from the start of the 2021 bbc sports personality of the year award. it's live from 6115 on bbc one and our correspondent andy swiss is on the red carpet for us. andy, i remember this time last year i was talking to you and the red carpet was depleted. it is depleted again this year but we still have plenty of awards to look forward to. that's right. still plenty of the great and the good have been parading along the red carpet in the last hour and are now inside the studio because the show gets under way in a few minutes. as you say, it is a covid affected sports personality of the year. a smattering of sports stars in there. six contenders — tom daley, tyson fury, adam peaty, emma raducanu,

raheem sterling and dame sarah storey. the winner will be decided by a public vote. you can vote by phone or online, and details of how to vote will be given out during the show. there are plenty of other awards up for grabs — coach of the year, team of the year, world personality of the year. could rachel blackmore, the irishjockey who became the first female rider to win the grand national, win that? young sports personality of the year as well. a skateboarder who became britain because my youngest 0lympic britain because my youngest olympic medal winner, and others, are in contention for that. the focus will be on who will succeed lewis hamilton as the bbc sport personality of the year. as i say, the show gets under way in a few minutes on bbc one. you the show gets under way in a few minutes on bbc one.— the show gets under way in a few minutes on bbc one. you better get in there. cricket now, as england

are staring down the barrel of another defeat in the ashes series, afterjoe root fell in the final over of day four of the second test in adelaide. set a massive target of 468 by australia to win, england need to bat out the final day to secure a draw, but they will resume without their captain on 82 for 4. patrick gearey was watching. a meeting without the boss. england's captainjoe root a meeting without the boss. england's captain joe root was missing after being england's captainjoe root was missing after being hit by a ball in the abdomen. that might have felt like a metaphorfor the the abdomen. that might have felt like a metaphor for the tour, but his side weren't also back window. england held on. not long afterjoe root return, the game became a phoney war, australia scoring runs they probably didn't need, waiting for the right moment to make england bat. england's turn — forget winning, to draw would mean batting more than four sessions. dawid malan

is informed but here he was in line. lbw 48-2. is informed but here he was in line. lbw 48—2. rory burns fought for 3h, then took flight. at least england still had joe root, the best batsmen in the world. the aussies found the weak spot in their strongest points. that really hurtsjoe root. the weak spot in their strongest points. that really hurts joe root.— that really hurts joe root. the last thin he that really hurts joe root. the last thing he would _ that really hurts joe root. the last thing he would have _ that really hurts joe root. the last thing he would have wanted - - that really hurts joe root. the last| thing he would have wanted - well, thing he would have wanted — well, the second last. thing he would have wanted - well, the second last.— thing he would have wanted - well, the second last. start with a hammer blow. that the second last. start with a hammer blow- that was _ the second last. start with a hammer blow. that was england's _ the second last. start with a hammer blow. that was england's final - blow. that was england's final chance - painful— blow. that was england's final chance - painful but— blow. that was england's final i chance - painful but predictable. just one game went ahead today in european cup rugby, as clubs struggled to navigate covid travel restrictions this weekend. leicester tigers continue to go from strength to strength. they came from behind to beat connacht, to make it 13 wins from 13 this season. connacht were 20 points to 12 ahead, but the tigers fought back. hosea saumaki put the them back in front — plus a conversion and a penalty from bryce hegarty. but connacht didn't leave empty—handed.

jack carty�*s last—minute drop goal gave them a losing bonus point, as leicester won 29—23. and in the women's premier 155, world player of the year zoe aldcroft scored two tries as gloucester—hartpury claimed a bonus—point win at worcester. the away side scored six tries in all, winning 36—10 and have moved up to sixth in the table. and some more rugby news as ospreys hooker ifan phillips has revealed he has had to have a leg amputated following a road traffic accident earlier this month. the 25 year old son of former wales hooker kevin phillips made the anouncement on social media this afternoon. ospreys have said they will do all they can for the player, who added he is determined to remain active. the rosberg x racing team of molly taylor and johan kristofferson are the first extreme e champions — the series designed to highlight climate change, as electric suvs are raced off—road.

cristina gutierrez and sebastien loeb, racing for lewis hamilton's team, took it down to the wire as they won the final round, held in dorset. but taylor and kristofferson picked up the fourth place that they needed to win the overall title — by virtue of having won more races. team owner nico rosberg joined in the celebrations, having beaten his former fi team—mate to the championship. britain's harry charles triumped in the world cup qualifier at the london international horse show — two decades after his dad won the famous class. harry beat a top class field with a super fast jump—off time on stardust. the 22 year old's dad is peter charles who was part of britain's gold medal winning team at the 2012 olympics. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening, for now it's finding a forever family on the bbc news channel. exploring why so many children are being left in the care system.