, day this was scotland, beautiful day today, lots of sunshine, and 18 celsius, way above average for this time of year. and in actual fact, celsius, way above average for this time of year. and in actualfact, we have not seen temperatures like that, only twice in a 20 year period have we had 18 celsius in november in scotland. compare that to further south and east, grey and gloomy, and on the cool side, nine celsius just to the south and east of london. it is still due to the area of high pressure, and one of the reasons we have some sunshine today is a slightly fresher breeze. it brought some sunshine to the north part of cornwall, wales, and also into scotland as well. that high pressure is still going to be with us as we go through tomorrow and into the weekend. it means through the most and eight keep those temperatures up, perhaps not... a blanket of grey for most of us tomorrow. summer breaks in the cloud continue,

another beautiful day. by the end of the afternoon, some patchy drizzle possible under the thick cloud, temperatures generally between 11 and 1a celsius. as we head into the weekend, saturday will be a repeat performance, a lot of low grey cloud around, some of it thick enough for around, some of it thick enough for a spot or two of drizzle. by the time we get to sunday, likely to see more of a substantial change. a weather front is pushing more of a substantial change. a weatherfront is pushing in more of a substantial change. a weather front is pushing in the steadily eastwards, shall outbreaks of rain on sunday but it will also bring a little more than the way of sunshine for monday. thanks, louise. and that's the bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. we'll be at old trafford as we build

up to a big night in europe. ruud van nistelroy takes charge of his first and last european match for the club. it's lee carsley�*s last england squad before thomas tuchel takes over — we'll tell you who the interim manager has called up and who misses out. plus former england international danny care tells us everyone in the squad was terrified of eddiejones when he was in charge. if you spoke up, you would not be able to play for england any more, so that was the power that he had. also coming up on sportsday... she's an icon for her country — we hearfrom 100 metre olympic gold medallist julian alfred about her struggles en route to success

welcome to the programme. there are seven british teams in european action tonight, with some europa and europa conference league matches already under way. conference league matches we'll update you on those games and build up to the others still to kick off. can under pressure rangers manager philippe clement get a moral boosting win? they're playing 0lympiacos in greece. the new saints and shamrock rovers are playing each other as we speak in the conference league. chelsea play fc noah later. larne and hearts in action too. and of course, manchester united kick off against paok fc later. but before all of that, there have been several goals in tottenham's game against galatasaray. the half—time whistle hasn't quite been blown yet and it's 3—1 to the home side. galatasaray opened the scoring with a cracker from yunus akgun onjust six minutes. tottenham equalised not long afterwards. brennanjohnson setting up will lankshear for his first senior goalfor the club.

but victor 0simhen restored the hosts�* lead in the 31st minute later before adding his second six minutes before the break. it's goaless between rangers and 0lympiakos at the moment. like rangers, 0lympiacos sit on six points and both sides lost to lyon. like rangers, they have beaten malmo with their other success being a 3—0 home hammering of sporting braga. rangers are without tom lawrence — the midfielder expected to be out forfour to six weeks. we'll keep you up—to—date with both of those matches. staying in the europa league, manchester united host paok fc shortly. they haven't won in europe this year, and are waiting for their new manager ruben amorim tojoin them later this month. so ruud van nistelrooy takes charge of his first and only european game tonight while interim manager. united have had three draws

to start the europa league campaign this season. their last ten under erik ten hag in european competition saw them winjust one game — that was at home to danish side copenhagen in the champions league group stages last season. conor mcnamara and izzy christiansen are at old trafford ahead of the game, which kicks off at 8pm. the fines from greece are arriving here into old trafford i had of two nights game against manchester united, second to last game before the arrival of ruben amorim, and the expectancy every day is rising another notch, the victory for sporting lisbon against mencius the city has manchester united friends not waiting until he gets there. it looks like christmas comes early for manchester united fans, you can feel the excited _ manchester united fans, you can feel the excited outside the stadium, there _ the excited outside the stadium, there looks to be a real charisma around _ there looks to be a real charisma around ruben amorim, and that is but the excitement for fans, but tonight they have _ the excitement for fans, but tonight they have to get three points on the

board _ they have to get three points on the board in_ they have to get three points on the board in the europa league and claim of the _ board in the europa league and claim of the table. board in the europa league and claim of the table-— of the table. manchester united on beatin: the of the table. manchester united on beating the europa _ of the table. manchester united on beating the europa league, - of the table. manchester united on beating the europa league, three i beating the europa league, three joyce, and some of the players know him in the past, victor lindelof played alongside him when he played for benfica, and manuel garcia played under him, but they want to impress in these games because they know he's watching.— know he's watching. 10096, the ca tain, know he's watching. 10096, the captain. bruno _ know he's watching. 10096, the captain, bruno fernandes, - know he's watching. 10096, the captain, bruno fernandes, is. captain, bruno fernandes, is portuguese himself, he has made references to bruno —— ruben amorim since _ references to bruno —— ruben amorim since he _ references to bruno —— ruben amorim since he has _ references to bruno —— ruben amorim since he has been appointed, but the players _ since he has been appointed, but the players have to start turning up for the fans _ players have to start turning up for the fans and give them a night to remember— the fans and give them a night to rememberunderthe the fans and give them a night to remember under the lights at old trafford. — remember under the lights at old trafford. i— remember under the lights at old trafford, i beat in the —— beautiful evening, _ trafford, i beat in the —— beautiful evening, and— trafford, i beat in the —— beautiful evening, and in the excitement. where _ evening, and in the excitement. where are — evening, and in the excitement. where are looking for to and 8pm kick—off at five live, manchester united against paok. chelsea are one of the five british teams in action in the conference league tonight, taking on armenian side fc noah.

they were only formed in 2017 — named noah because they're from a town in the shadow of mount ararat — where the biblical ark is said to have come to rest. and despite them having a team who've only been together for a few months, chelsea manager enzo maresca isn't underestimating them. in their country, they play different shapes, so we do not know how they would come here and play. we will try to be ready, and i said many times today, football, you can find good players, good squads, good teams and good manager everywhere, not only in the most important league in europe or in the world, but also in this kind of country, you can find important teams, and for sure they have some good players also. noah are playing in the main draw of a european competition for the very first time — but that's not the only major difference between them and chelsea this evening. since todd boehly became owner of chelsea in 2022, they ve spent more than one billion pounds.

noah have never spent a single transfer fee on a player. chelsea 5 starting eleven in their last conference league match against panathanaikos cost them more than £a50m. noah s entire squad is worth around £7.76 million. chelsea 5 home stadium stamford bridge can hold over 40,000 fans. noah 5 ground can only hold 3,100. and chelsea stop earner is reportedly reece james, who gets around £250,000 a week. all of noah s squad are reportedly on under £5000 a week. for us i think is an honour to be able to, to have this game. it's, as you said, it's very big for the short history of our club. it's the major club that we play until now. and you know, tomorrow, all about tomorrow, you know, isjust going into the game, doing the best that we can,

giving the toughest match as we can to chelsea. and i know, every game that we go in, we go in to try to take the best out of it _ so this is what the players are used to, you know, for every game to give the best and to try to take the three points. if it's possible, it's possible. if it's not possible, we have to leave a good image of our team. good play. and that's it. so there's no absolutely no pressure on us. let's take a look at the other teams in action in the conference league. shamrock rovers against the new saints is well under way. half—time there, to — one to shamrock rovers there. hearts host bundesliega side fc heidenheim at tyncastle — kick off at 8pm. larne play swiss team st gallen at windsor park we will keep you up—to—date with all of those matches. to england now, and interim manager

lee carsley has named his final england squad before he hands the reigns over to thomas tuchel. newcastle left—back lewis hall and southampton centre—back taylor harwood—bellis have received their first england call—ups with liverpool's curtisjones. also in line to earn his first senior cap ahead of the games against greece and the republic of ireland this month. the interim manager also included cole palmer, declan rice, kyle walker and jack grealish despite fitness concerns for their clubs. newcastle goalkeeper nick pope, and manchester united pair kobbie mainoo and harry maguire all miss out. 0ur reporter alex howell is at st george's park for us. this is the final time that lee carsley will name an england squad in his role as interim head coach, and he has included eight players from the u21 side that helped him win the euros in georgia last summer. and that includes the trio, the uncapped trio of lewis hall, taylor harwood—bellis and curtisjones, and it is also the first time that we will hear

from lee carsley since thomas tuchel was confirmed as a new england manager, and carsley has said that tuchel has not had any influence about the players he has picked in the squad. i have been respected in terms of being left to get on with the job. people don't realise how tough the job is without getting on with selections. not really speaking about appointments, wejust about appointments, we just spoke about appointments, we just spoke about having a coach with the proven track record, thomas has that, a coach i am looking forward to watching work, and hopefully, i say hopefully, handing over is strong group of players with a real potential to go on and when a major tournament. during the press conference, carsley spoke about how we wanted to do the best he could for the england team, and that means getting england promoted to the top tier of the nations league,

as it affects the potential draw that england could get for the world cup. to do that, england need to beat greece away, the team that beat them at wembley in the last camp before they play the republic of ireland at home at wembley. kylian mbappe has not been selected for france in the upcoming international break for their games against israel and italy in the nations league. mbappe was left out of france's squad in 0ctoberfor two nations league matches as a precaution given he had just returned from injury and had been expected to return for selection this month. france manager didier deschamps says his decision to leave the captain out of the squad is a "one—off". the lionesses have a difficult fixture in their group for the second edition of the women's nations league — they'll play world cup holders spain in a repeat of the final in australia. while scotland arguably have the toughest group with germany and the netherlands. 0ur women's sports reporter jo currie spoke to me earlier about the draw, starting with england's group and their matches against spain. these are two teams that have been on a journey since that world cup

final last summer. spain have been battling to improve their situation off the pitch, and glenn are currently battling to improve their performances on it, and their recent international window, they suffered a 4—3 defeat to germany at wednesday, at one point there were down 3—0 in the opening 30 minutes, the first time they conceded forgoes under sarina weigman, and then a 2—1 win against south africa, a ranked 50th in the world, and georgia stanway admitted the lionesses have plateaued, but the rank above spain in the rankings, they are second and spent third, and he knew that the foreman against the likes of the other teams in a group, spain and portugal, will be vital in their preparations to defend their title next summer. so it is going to be tough, not impossible to win the group, sarina weigman says it's an exciting draw, the place being, it taught class team, it is good the play bedroom because in the last nations league we lost against them and underperformed, and portugal are

talented and have a mix player, and a mixed bag. talented and have a mix player, and a mixed bag-— a mixed bag. tougher for scotland, there will not _ a mixed bag. tougher for scotland, there will not be _ a mixed bag. tougher for scotland, there will not be happy _ a mixed bag. tougher for scotland, there will not be happy with - a mixed bag. tougher for scotland, there will not be happy with their. there will not be happy with their group. there will not be happy with their u-rou. ., ., there will not be happy with their ”rou, ., ., there will not be happy with their u-rou. ., ., , there will not be happy with their irou, ., ., , ., there will not be happy with their i'i'ou. ., ., ., , ., ., group. scotland have 'ust from earn romotion group. scotland have 'ust from earn promotion back _ group. scotland have 'ust from earn promotion back into — group. scotland have just from earn promotion back into leak— group. scotland have just from earn promotion back into leak a - group. scotland have just from earn promotion back into leak a and - group. scotland have just from earn promotion back into leak a and 11 i promotion back into leak a and 11 watching that draw through fingers, a bit of a horror show for them. there was phase two power houses of the women's game in germany and the netherlands, and the dutch won the derose in 2017, germany have one that european title and number of times, to give you their pedigree, so a bit of moving there, our ship will be seen as scotland's easiest group but there'll be no easy skins and his group, only the top to go through the semifinals, and scott on left it below if some of a miracle to make it happen. find left it below if some of a miracle to make it happen.— left it below if some of a miracle to make it happen. and finally, how do ou to make it happen. and finally, how do you predict _ to make it happen. and finally, how do you predict wales _ to make it happen. and finally, how do you predict wales and _ to make it happen. and finally, how do you predict wales and northern l do you predict wales and northern ireland getting on in their groups. wills have it easier in the top tier, taken on italy and denmark and sweden, you wouldn't expect wales to

win the group but you expect some of those games, it may be against it and they will be when it is, we are as northern islands, interior b, the face poland bosnia—herzegovina and romania, and those games are home and away, they take place from february through to june, and away, they take place from february through tojune, and i get for the euros, and then the semifinals and finals. let's take a quick look at some of today's other sports news stories making the headlines. coventry city have sacked manager mark robins, with the club 17th in the championship. under his leadership, coventry reached the fa cup semi finals and championship playoff final. after almost eight years, he was the longest serving manager in the english football league. cameron norrie has reached the last four of the moselle open in france, as he stepped up his recovery from a forearm injury which kept him out for three months. he beat belgian zizou bergs in three sets to set up a semifinal against frenchman corentin moutet. wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is through to the knockout round of the wta finals in riyadh after she beat coco gauff 7—5, 6—4.

the result means defending champion iga swiatek will exit the competition, despite her victory over daria kasatkina earlier. and england's tommy fleetwood shot a first round of 62 to equal the course record and lead the abu dhabi championship on ten under par. rory mcilroy is a little way behind on five under. he has always been fairly frank about his rugby career, but former england scrum—half danny care hasn't held back when describing ex manager eddiejones in his book. care says it wasn't a healthy environment and some players got picked on. care himself was dropped and then frozen out of the squad for four years because he dared to questionjones' decision. i spoke to him earlier and began by asking how difficult it was to perform

in that environment. it was tough, however may be at that point in time, that and glenside needed someone like eddie to come in any be a bit old—school. he was a proven winner, he openly said he is not here to make friends, he was there to win and good matches, and his record was up there with the very best of having the job. he made us work incredibly hard, emotionally and physically it was tough, and not many nested a distance with eddie, so many players came in and came up quite quickly. i chose to challenge them on the way he dropped me back in 2018, which led me to be out of this court forfour in 2018, which led me to be out of this court for four years, which was really tough. i managed to find my way back in, it took a lot of hard work and determination to do so, but i would not change it because i

think when i did get back in in 2022, it really made me appreciate everything. i am 2022, it really made me appreciate everything. iam proud 2022, it really made me appreciate everything. i am proud of myself for sticking with it. do everything. i am proud of myself for sticking with it.— sticking with it. do you think he was a bully? — sticking with it. do you think he was a bully? l _ sticking with it. do you think he was a bully? i think _ sticking with it. do you think he was a bully? i think there - was a bully? i think there were times he used _ was a bully? i think there were times he used the _ was a bully? i think there were times he used the power- was a bully? i think there were times he used the power that i was a bully? i think there were i times he used the power that you was a bully? i think there were - times he used the power that you had against the players and his staff, and not way that i would like to use it, ithink i'll and not way that i would like to use it, i think i