good evening. this is your update from the bbc sport center. manchester united are into the league cup final, after a straightforward win over nottingham forest, which saw them win 5—0 on aggregate. they came into the game having already done most of the work

from the first leg and came close to extending their three goal advantage when wout weghorst hit the post in the first half. just after the hour mark they brought on marcus rashford and he was involved in the move which led to fellow sub anthony martial scoring. and rashford would go on to set another one up when he put the ball across for fred to tap in united's second on the night and fifth in the tie. they're heading to wembley for the first time in five years where they'll take on newcastle united. celtic and ranger both match each other tonight and the partnership. they both won 3—0. so look at keeping it on top. rangers got the better of hearts. ten game unbeaten run with two of the goals. celtic scored three first half goals to defeat livingston elsewhere at dean's miserable runs, b in 3—1 by saint mirren. kilmartin at the bottom

side dundee united. saintjohnson won at motherwell. a resurgentjofra archer, was on form for england in their third and final one day match against south africa. archer took 6 wickets in the victory. jos buttler�*s side were hoping to avoid a sixth straight defeat in the format as they build towards their world title defence in india later this year. dan ogunshakin reports. in south africa's diamond country and england batting performance that eventually sparkled. his opening spell dazzled into series clean sweep england needed to dig deep. injos butler they have one of cricket's postprocessed gems. and david malan was alongside the jewel in the crown. the latter won the race to 100 soon followed by his captain and then posting 346 england had the proteas dancing to their tune. after 100 of his own in the second 0di temper but zouma knows all about rhythm but after a bright start from the south africa captain and it suddenly eluded him.

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administrators say they've appointed the clubs former chief executive jim 0'toole and his business partner james sandford as new owners. the process has taken almost six months since 0'toole made his first offer to buy the club from the previous owners last august, well over a month prior to the club entering administration. their consortium, atlas will now take over the running of the club. the most successful career in american football history has come to an end. tom brady not for the first time, announced his retirement from the nfl. but now he insists it's for good. the quarterback�*s time in the sport was longer and more trophy laden than any other player, winning the super bowl a record seven occasions. hugh ferris has more. in a country were team sports are king, tom brady is america's superstar individual. it's notjust his seven super bowls that stand alone, unmatched the quarterback holds at almost every relevant record in the nfl. the games greatest of all time even before he said goodbye, again.

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stories at the top of the hour straight after this program. england's world cup is over. the aftermath of england's quarterfinal defeat to france at last year's world cup in qatar. manager gareth southgate admitted afterwards he felt conflicted over his future. a week later, the fa announced he would continue. but now for the first time, he's explained his decision. meeting me at the team's training base, st george's park to reveal why he remained in charge. gareth, great to see you here today. i must ask, first of all, how close did you come to walking away from the job and how difficult a decision was it to stay? no, not difficult. 0bviously, i'm contracted to 202k. my only concern after last summer, really, was that when there feels like there might be division between what the fans want

and where my position might have been, that that can affect the team. and i was conscious of that leading into the world cup, and ifelt we had great support going into the world cup. but i was conscious how would things be during and after the world cup? because i never want to be in a position where my presence is affecting the team in a negative way. and i didn't believe that was the case, but ijust wanted a period after the world cup to reflect and make sure that was that was still how it felt, really. how much soul searching did the decision involve, gareth? did you fluctuate at all between deciding to stay and leave? no, not after the world cup. in the lead in, that was a little bit different. i wasn't quite sure how things would play out and i think it's

always right tojudge an international manager on their tournaments. so, did i think that we overachieved? no. do i think we underachieved? no, i don't. i think our performances were good. i think the game with france going into it is a 50—50 game, which i think everybody would consider france to be one of the best teams in the world with the depth of talent they have. but, of course, across the flow of that game, that's the game we should win. but small margins make a difference, and we've got to make sure now that those small margins are turned in our favour. so, going into the world cup was that night at molineux injune when england lost to hungary and you received criticism from some fans. did that? was that playing a major role in your thought process going into the world cup? and if so, why? because i was worried after that game that the team would be affected by the narrative being constantly about should the manager stay or go. and i felt when we went

into the games in september we were a little bit anxious, i thought at wembley against germany the crowd weren't against the team, but they were waiting to see what happened. and i've been around teams where that can inhibit performance, and the last thing you want as a manager is that your presence is divisive and inhibits performance. so, i knew i had support with the players and how they were responding to things and i knew i had support of the organisation. so, those things are calm, but i think there are bigger things at stake with england than just having the support of those people at certain times. so, at that stage, before the world cup, would you say that you were feeling you were more likely to leave than stay before the tournament? no, i was i was totally focused on the tournament and determined to enjoy it, determined that we wanted to give it the best possible shot, and let's see where it goes and make

a decision after, because you need to give yourself time in these situations to make good decisions. i think it's easy to rush things when emotions are high, and very often you've got to sleep a little bit more and come to the right conclusions. most people agree that you have breathed new life into the england team. you've reinvigorated it during your time in charge. so, did it come as a major disappointment, maybe even shock, that you received the criticism that you did after that result against hungary? no football, is as it is. and you can't lose a game 4—0 at home with england and expect people to be happy about the outcome. so, yeah, i've been in the game long enough to know how fans will react at certain times, and i'm comfortable with that from a personal perspective. my thinking is always around, how does this affect the team?

is this going to give the team the best chance going into the world cup, for example? do we need to free that narrative up so that the support is behind the team and notjust debating whether the manager should be there or not? but i think we came through that period. we've started to score goals again and reminded ourselves of what we could be at our best. and that was very much the mindset we went into the tournament with. and was there a real sense after the world cup of unfinished business? that it would be painful, perhaps, to see somebody else come and take over the role and perhaps benefit from all the hard work that you'd been putting into it for some time? again, i don't have a problem with whatever the succession might be and england doing well once i've gone because no manager is going to be around forever. you would have missed it, right? 0h, iwould have. i mean, it's a privilege to do the role and i feel the team are

still in the process of improving. we've got some exciting players who are getting better, where we're able to play closer to our best level in these knockout games now. we're playing with a lot more freedom in those moments. and, you know, that's a good thing. we're getting more experience of those latter stages of tournaments, which for the next generations is going to be important. the expectations are higher, and that's a good thing. but i'm never worried about somebody else taking over and benefiting. that's how it should work. we're talking about building a future for england for now, for the next few months, for the next tournament. but also beyond that, that's always been the body of work here. so, if you can identify one single thing that proved decisive in your decision to stay, what would it be? um, that i think we're continuing to improve as a team. and i think people could see

the quality of the performances and the progress that we're making. um, you know, ifeel confident. i've been to three tournaments now. we're, outside of france, and you could argue croatia, have had two good world cups, but if you put euros in that, we've probably been as consistent as any team in terms of our finishes and where we are. and i think people have enjoyed that journey with us and i feel that we can still go into the euros and we've got to qualify first. so, we can't just talk about winning a tournament until you've qualified, but i feel very confident about our chances in that tournament. gareth, were there ever times when you felt in the aftermath of the france defeat that you had perhaps taken the team as far as you could, and that change may be good for the side as well as yourself?

no, i didn't feel that. i think that if anything, the opposite, you know, i think that we're much closer now to really having that belief to win. we've still got a small step to take. the margins of that game were really fine, but in the end games are won and lost in those key moments. and we didn't defend well enough in the goals they scored, and we had opportunities to score at the other end that we have to take to win those games. but across the tournament, the level of the performances were good. so, i saw progress in the team from our performances in the euros, even though in the euros we got to a final. and in this tournament, if you'rejustjudging on where we finished in terms of the round, not quite as successful. there will inevitably be some fans, however, who would have liked a change, who would have perhaps felt that you've taken it as far as you can,

but to get over the line and get this generation of england players the silverware that many feel they deserve, it would have been perhaps good to have a change. if our performances weren't at the level they had been, then i think that that would have a little bit more of a legitimacy in that argument. i think we're all gaining belief in what we're doing. any regrets? looking back now with the benefit of a few weeks, there was some who said maybe you could have brought on the likes of marcus rashford a little earlier in that final reckoning against france. his form since perhaps supports that view. and do you think that's fair? any regrets? i don't really, you know, the flow of the game. france scored their goal in a period where we were having probably one of our best periods in the game. and, we'd got the equaliser. we were progressing well. we were in the process of bringing those players on when they scored. when we made changes, we obviously won the penalty within a few minutes as well. so, what i've learned in this job, whenever the result doesn't go

as you hope, then the solution is always the things you didn't do, because of course nobody knows what they might look like. so, i'm comfortable with that. i think we've got good depth. i think we used the squad well. there can always be an argument for a different player providing something at a different time. were you ever tempted by the prospect of a return to club management and were there any offers for you to do so? i think people have known i'm under contract, firstly. so, the question for me was more, you know, what's the situation here with england and is it the right thing to to keep taking this project on? because it's notjust the six years i've been with the seniors. i've been here ten years with developing everything as well. so i wanted to make sure i'm still fresh and hungry for that similar challenge. really. and has it taken a toll the last six years?

because like never before in this role, you've been asked to notjust manage but also comment on issues beyond the game, especially in the build up to this tournament. did that take its toll on you at all? no, there are there are moments where life would be more straightforward for me if it was just focusing on football. and you are very conscious of the impact of your words and you've got to be representing your country on a global stage. so, there might be a view in our country of certain things, but you've also got to be an ambassador when you travel and when you're dealing with other people. so, it is complex, but it's also been the greatest privilege of my life to lead my country. and i'm very conscious of that honour and it's allowed me to have life experiences i could never have expected, really. win or lose the euros, realistically, have you managed england at a world cup for the last time, do you think?

oh, i've not even thought about that really. i think it's fair to bejudged, as i said before, on the tournament, and maybe we're sitting in two years' time thinking about what's next here. it's very difficult to say. i think fortunately my contract is built in until the december, so the fa and everybody has time to review the next tournament, and to make decisions at the pace that we believe are the right ones. who's impressed you from the squad and beyond since the world cup? i mean, several of your players are in very good form, the likes of rashford and saka, of course, as well. harry kane, obviously, despite what happened equalling the spurs goal—scoring record. how pleased for them and him in particular? yeah, yeah. well, i guess harry will have felt things more acutely than anybody coming out of the tournament because of having the captaincy of the team as well, as the way things ended with the penalty.

but, you know, he has to be assured that firstly, he's our best penalty taker and he's one of the best penalty takers in the world, but even the best are hitting about 85%. so, at some point you're going to have one that doesn't get over the line. and equally, you know, the team didn't lose the game because of that moment. there are moments at both ends of the pitch around that 90 minutes that could have changed the outcome. and also, had he scored that we're still only 2—2 and there's still a lot of the game to be played out. it's the first time, of course, players have had to go back from a major tournament straight into club football. and all of their circumstances are different at clubs. and it's a never ending roller—coaster, really, for the players. there are moments where they're really in—form, and the next few weeks are important for us to monitor probably more of the players that perhaps haven't

been with us as regularly. but then of course, as we go in towards march, then it's really key on who's in form and who can help us to win. what's the crucial game going to naples, and then with ukraine as well. and of course this is fa cup weekend, fourth round. how important is that competition to you, gareth? and i guess it also gives you an invaluable chance to check out how your players are performing. yeah, well, the first thing is that the fa cup is still an incredible competition. we still get those brilliant upsets that we see. equally, from my perspective, a lot of the teams of play have been playing young english players, and for a lot of young english players it's their first experience of competitive football. so that's also great to see young players breaking through. gareth, thanks so much for your time. appreciate it. pleasure. best of luck this coming campaign. thank you.

hello there. there's a lot of settled and dry weather to come for many of us over the next few days and indeed even into the weekend. it's going to be very mild as well. certainly on friday it's going to be extremely mild for early february. and that area of high pressure will bring a lot of dry weather, too. these weather fronts will always be flirting with the north of the uk, bringing rain at times, particularly to the northern half of scotland. and it will be a little bit windier here as well. as you can see more isobars on the charts. but we start thursday off on a mild, fairly cloudy note across the south, even into southern scotland, parts of northern ireland as well, a little bit cooler for the northeast of scotland. it's here where we'll start very wet, quite windy for the north and west of scotland. elsewhere, southern scotland, northern ireland, much of england and wales dry quite a bit of cloud

around, but there will be some breaks in the clouds allow for some sunnier moments it'll be fairly breezy day come particularly in the north and the west. windy there for the north of scotland. but could these temperatures were up to 12, maybe 13 degrees across the south, up to 11 degrees as far north as the highlands. as we move through thursday night, it stays fairly breezy, dry for most with variable clouds and clear spells. we lose the rain as well across the north of scotland for a while. so we start the early part of friday, off on a dry note for all areas, pretty mild night to come, lows of 6 to 9 or ten degrees. so we've still got ourarea of high pressure to the south of the uk, lower pressure towards the north. this new weather front will wriggle in to northern areas through the day on friday. scotland could use a little bit of rain initially to northern ireland, then push across scotland, perhaps northern england for a time. quite drizzly. in fact, some low cloud mist, murk, best of any brightness. later in the day, northern ireland, parts of central southern england and wales, another breezy day to come across more northern and western areas. but lighter winds towards the south, closer to the area of high pressure, very mild. on friday, we could be up to 14 celsius in one or two spots

across central, southern and eastern areas. that wedge of milder air continues into the start of the weekend, but then this cold front spreads southwards, introducing much fresher air right across the uk. still high pressure withers though, so it's going to be dry with lots of sunshine as well. the air will be a little bit drier, so a lot of cloud around one or two spots of drizzle on saturday, mild again and then it's colder, much sunnier by sunday.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. us vice president, kamala harris, leads calls for police reform at the funeral in memphis of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by officers. and as vice president of the united states we demand that congress passed the george floyd justice in policing act. joe biden will sign it. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begun in sydney a few minutes ago. divisive internet personality andrew tate will remain in police custody until february 27 after a romanian court rejected his detention appeal on wednesday.