and six—figure bonuses for six executives at the rfu: we'll ask why, when rugby's finances elsewhere are so stretched. hello again. welcome along to sports day. ruben amorim has his first win as manchester united head coach and while he hoped it would bring his new club's fans some happiness, the 3—2 victory over bodo—glimt in the europa league would've provided a fair bit of entertainment as well. after his opening game brought a goal in 81 seconds, amorim's second had one even earlier with united taking the lead after 48 — this time through alejandro garnacho. despite the early advantage, united had to come from behind

to beat the norwegian champions. rasmus hojlund got two goals, including the crucial third, as united register their second european win in a row, having previously gone more than a year without one. it was special because half of the stadium doesn't know me, and you can say i come from portugal and half of the city doesn't know me, and i have done nothing for this club yet. but the way they support me in the beginning, ifelt that i'm not alone here. i'm like one of them now. and it was really special and i hope not to disappoint my supporters. manchester united's win takes them to within a point of the top eight places that will guarantee a spot in the europa league knockout stage. tottenham also sitjust outside the automatic places, but might�*ve been firmly in them if it wasn't for the late equaliser that meant their match

with roma finished 2—2. alistair bruce—ball was there for the bbc. an added time equaliser from maximal cost tottenham two points in a highly entertaining game that saw them drop from fourth to ninth on the table and outside the automatic mollifying spots for the last 16, just behind ranges, the next opponent at ibrox. filming sonko the lead with the early penalty cancelled out by evan indykis penalty cancelled out by evan indyk is headed and thejohnson swept tottenham back in front with a lovely first—time finish. they have the second half but roma also struck the bar, had two goals ruled out out for offside and fraser forster made one incredible save from jan luker mancini just before he was beaten right at the end. kylea raniere the former chelsea boss having the last laugh in north london. just three points separate the top 10 teams in the europa league with lazio, athletic bilbao and eintracht frankfurt all level on 13 points after all avoided defeat on thursday. of the three, lazio were the only ones to drop points in a goalless draw against bulgarian side ludogorets.

ajax would have joined them with a win but they lost at real sociedad, while rangers moved into eighth after a thumping 4—1 win at nice. unlike the europa league, the conference league still has teams with 100% records. there are two of them — that's leaders chelsea, after their victory over german side heidenheim, and legia warsaw. they, too, have 4 wins from 4, thanks to a 3—0 victory in cyprus against omonia nicosia. there were defeats for the other british sides involved — hearts, the new saints and larne. all the scores from both european competitions are on the bbc sport website. the team top of the pile in the champions league has the same position at home. liverpool are the envy of europe right now after their start to the season. arne slot has outperformed even the most optimistic predictions with a win in their next premier league match over manchester city, taking them 11 points clear of the defending champions, who are on a run of six matches without a win — statistically, pep guardiola's

worst as a manager. they are still a very, very, very good team and one of the reasons why i think pep guardiola is the best manager in the world or one of the best managers, i think the best though, is that he always comes up though, is that he always comes up with solutions for his problems. and his problem now might be that rodri is out, so i don't think it's a surprise for anyone that he again is come up with something no—one has ever thought about before to make his team even stronger and that's probably one of the reasons why he inspired so many managers around the world with all these — when he came up with it, we all thought he was crazy and he did it and we thought 0k crazy and he did it and we thought ok let's try to do the same because it's a brilliant idea. so i wouldn't be surprised if he came up with something new again. but, yeah, let's wait and see because many things have been done in football now but yeah, he is—if

there is anyone in this managerial world that can come up managerial world that can come up with something new, it's definitely him. frank lampard admits taking the job of coventry manager is a risk but after nearly 18 months without one, the former england and chelsea midfielder says he wants to get back into something he loves. lampard's been out of work since his interim role at chelsea ended 18 months ago. he'd previously held the full—time position at stamford bridge, as well as spells at derby county and everton. he's been given a 2.5—year deal at the championship club. i'm ambitious to be better. for me personally, i don't have those far crazy targets far away. i have what's the next game and how can i impact this team ina game and how can i impact this team in a positive way, which is what i'm trying to do. we understand the championship can move and change very quickly but nothing is given to you, so every step now has to be the one that's right in front of

us. and because you can build momentum quickly in this league, it can also kick you in the area you don't want to be kicked in if you don't stay on it because it is a championship, so i think it is very important we don't get too far ahead of ourselves. as i say, i can sit here and say yes i have a good belief in the squad because i have viewed it a lot and look at it and i think i can help. world number two iga swiatek has accepted a one—month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance in august. she was provisionally suspended and missed three tournaments but after she appealed, the itia — the body which looks after the game's integrity — accepted that she had unknowingly ingested a substance known as tmz, which had contaminated her medication forjet lag. she has eight days of the ban still to serve. she wrote on instagram:

there have been calls for the chief executive of the rugby football union, bill sweeney, to resign after it emerged that he was one of six executives who shared a bonus pot of £1.3 million at a time when four professional rugby clubs had gone bust and 42 people at the rfu were being made redundant. sweeney's salary is more than 700,000 a year and he was awarded more than 350,000 as part of a long—term incentive plan. 0ur rugby union correspondent chrisjones has been explaining to jane dougall if it was justified. i think part of the issue here is that the scope of the rf you haveis is that the scope of the rf you have is enormous, you know, so they have to be in charge of everything from boys and girls playing tag rugby at the age of five up until the england team men's seid —— rfu. and the chief executive oversees all of that, so it is a big job that needs a big hitter and it needs a big salary, but whether it

needs a salary is bigger 740 grand is another question and when it comes to rewarding bill sweeney over the course of three years, this long—term incentive plan that they have, it's incentive plan that they have, its three years long enough and given that he did not hit certain targets, just paints a little bit of a messy picture and has a lot of people from inside and outside twickenham wondering whether in the climate, whether the fans and situation and what happened to professional clubs and the funding of ghost of the championship, with the community clubs struggling for numbers on volunteers and officials, should the man right at the top are getting a bonus quite of that magnitude? i think it's something that is being asked both inside and outside the walls of twickenham at the moment. just outside the walls of twickenham at the moment.— at the moment. just finally, chris, there _ at the moment. just finally, chris, there are _ at the moment. just finally, chris, there are some - at the moment. just finally, | chris, there are some people also — chris, there are some people also asking the question should bill sweeney go?— bill sweeney go? yes, he has been under — bill sweeney go? yes, he has been under fire _ bill sweeney go? yes, he has been under fire for— bill sweeney go? yes, he has been under fire for a - bill sweeney go? yes, he has been under fire for a couple l bill sweeney go? yes, he has| been under fire for a couple of former rfu bosses, the times are spoken to an ex— chairman and an ex— ceo who have both said that will sweeney and chair tom luby should fall on their swords, the rfu has

dismissed that, thank both men have been out of the game for so long and i completely out of touch with what's going on in between the walls of twickenham but we've also seen a statement from the community clubs union, we know the championship clubs have been thoroughly enamoured by the work going on to try to bolster that second tier and while bill sweeney does highlight some areas where the rfu are comfortable in terms of their cash reserves and the performance of the red roses and the long—term agreement with the professional clubs, there are other parts where they really are coming under fire from all quarters but certainly, it has been an uncomfortable week for the rfu and however they try, the kind of questions that we are talking about here just won't go away. world number onejudd trump won a deciding frame to reach the quarterfinals of the uk snooker championship. it's the sixth time trump has been taken to a final frame this season, and he's won all six. this victory was against the three—time champion john higgins in york, where trump will play zhang anda of china in the last eight.

dame katherine grainger has been elected chair of the british olympic association — the first woman to take up the role in its 119—year history. grainger won rowing gold at london 2012 and is also a four—time 0lympic silver medallist. after retiring, she became chair of uk sport and she'll make the move to the boa early next year, when she'll replace sir hugh robertson. much more at our website of course, including all of the reaction to the day's football, but from now, goodbye. hello. for most of us, it has been a dry but cold day today after the widespread frost but things over the next few days are going to change, temperatures are going to be rising. the cold air that we have had underneath a high pressure is getting squeezed away, the weather fronts are just waiting to bring some rain in from the west but this evening, there

may well be an early frost across eastern scotland, midlands and eastern parts of england where we have got clear skies and also lighter winds were temperatures will rise overnight but in the west we have got most of the cloud the rain that was in northern ireland will head up to northernmost parts of scotland and temperatures by the end of the night in western areas may well be in double figures and further east temperatures will of lifted above freezing by the morning. stillactually of lifted above freezing by the morning. still actually start mind you but many central and eastern parts of england and perhaps eastern scotland should be a dry day with some sunshine. from the southerly breezes out of the west where the club will thicken to bring rain back into northern ireland in the afternoon. western scotland and later, over the irish sea but for all of us temperatures tomorrow are going to be higher than today. 12 maybe 13 for the western side of the uk further east eight or nine celsius. so things are turning milder because of this weather pattern, low pressure to the west of the uk, high pressure to the cold air to the east of us and southerly breeze is arriving, which is lifting the temperatures and may be

bringing it a little bit of rain on friday night, it should clear away by saturday morning, and for many of us, it will be and for many of us, it will be a driver quite cloudy picture on saturday and could be a bit of rain around some hills and coasts wickley western scotla nd, coasts wickley western scotland, a bit of sunshine over the moray firth is to the pennines and in north wales but it's going to be a mild day everywhere, temperatures 13 perhaps even 14 celsius. quite a change for the eastern side of the uk. there is a bit of rain waiting in the wings out to the west, this weather front will push the wet weather westwards on saturday night. rain clears from scotland but we will see it moving into england and wales so much more settled i think on sunday. the rain followed by some sunshine but also some showers. sunday of course is the first day of meteorological winter it's not really going to feel particularly wintry at all. it will be a mild day on sunday, temperatures again around 13 1533 00:12:50,690 --> 00:12: