hello and welcome along. it's over eight years since leicester city's fairytale premier league title. plenty has happened at the club since then, not least relegation and promotion. a third of the way through their return to the top flight, they're just above the relegation zone. the hope is new manager ruud van nistleroy can turn their fortunes around, having replaced steve cooper. he takes charge of his first game tomorrow night, at home to west ham, and spoke to the media for the first time as boss today. adam cottier reports. ruud van nistelrooy sat alongside lester's own the stand to watch them lose 4—1 on saturday, a result that left leicester players in a dark place according to defender conor cody. two days on the new man in charge warmly greeted members of the media at his first press conference

before giving an insight into his philosophy. i am not the romantic type of manager that puts style in front of results. i love style, love having the ball, love creating lots of opportunities. i love pressing the team hard because you have more of the ball. as a staff, we started to make the changes we think are necessary. his first game in charge of leicester will come less than a month after the conclusion of his successful interim spell in charge of manchester united, one he admits may have helped him secure the leicesterjob. the amount of interest that was, all of a sudden was there for me and the options that came along, that was, i was astonished a little bit by it because i thought it was four games and apparently it provoked these reactions. i was only happy with that and to get into conversations with different parties and be able

to make a decision, that felt really good for me. his illustrious playing career saw him rise to prominence in the netherlands with psv eindhoven before he scored 150 goals in five years at manchester united where he became the first player to score in ten successive premier league matches, a record that stood until the current leicester strikerjamie vardy broke it in 2016. it is a problem of course that he broke my record so that is what i told him straightaway. i said, we have a big issue here, we have to get out of the way before we can even start together. it is weird how things go sometimes, but good stories. a great striker and great to have him in the squad. he has had only one full season as a manager. the new leicester boss is aware only premier league survival will suffice as he gets to work in the east midlands.

ruben amorim expects "special talent" leny yoro to be in the manchester united squad for the first time against arsenal on wednesday in the premier league. united signed yoro from lille in the summer, but the frenchman underwent surgery on a foot injury suffered during preseason in the united states. we have one more training session to see it, maybe when yoro will be in the squad. he is in a good moment fitness is better. he will be in the squad. the rest i have to see it because some players who were tired, we have to assess tomorrow in training. we've just had another action packed weekend in the fa cup and on monday the draw for the competition's third round was made where lower league sides get the chance to face premier league opposition. perhaps the headliner, though, holders manchester united have

been drawn away to record iii—time winners arsenal. manchester city, without a win in seven matches, welcome class of 92—owned salford city in the fourth tier. there's an all premier league tie between aston villa and west ham. lower opposition for liverpool, chelsea and newcastle too. the third—round ties will be played over the weekend of saturday, january 11. the full draw on the bbc sport website. some formula i news now — mclaren have called for an inquiry into the penalty lando norris was given for ignoring yellow flags during the qatar grand prix. a decision was made to give norris a io—second stop—and—go penalty — the most severe that can be handed out other than a disqualification. team principal andrea stella is arguing the call "lacked any specificity and proportion". it meant norris dropped from second place, and a close fight with the leader and eventual winner max verstappen, to an eventual 10th place. it's been a breakthrough season for abbi pulling who won the formula i affiliated all—female academy title

in qatar at the weekend. she's hoping to become the first woman in almost 50 years to make it on to a formula one starting grid and believes that historic moment isn't too far away. it is a matter of when not if i think we will see a female get it. i would like to say it would be me but even if it is not i hope it is the girls, i'm racing against or the younger watching this been inspired by what we are all doing and it is really special to me to be a part of that kind of movement and inspire the younger generations and be a part of the future of females in the sport. i often say i wish i was eight years old again. there are so many opportunities now and i was very fortunate i got into racing through my dad. he was a big petrol head and passed it on to me. there are some people out there male and female they do not have that access or exposure to the sport,

so having the fi academy, showing 15 fast girls around grand prix circuits, showing what we can do my thing, there are lots of girls watching that will take inspiration from that and want to give it a go and it is working. i go to a carting paddock now and there are ten or 20 females which, compared to the boys, is still not a lot but when i was racing it was almostjust me in the paddock is a female so it is improving and it is just a matter of time. american olympic bronze medallist ilona maher has signed for bristol bears for the rest of the premiership women's rugby season in england. maher is the most followed rugby union player in the world on social media, with 4.5 million instagram followers and 3.2 million on tiktok. the utility back, who can play at centre or on the wing, has signed a three—month deal, starting injanuary. next to tributes for the former world snooker champion terry griffiths, who's died at the age of 77

in his hometown in south wales after being diagnosed with dementia. he won the 1979 world championship as a qualifier, the masters in 1980 and the uk championship two years after that to complete the triple crown. tomos daffyd looks back at his extraordinary life. terry griffiths. player, commentator, coach. terry griffiths�*s association with snooker spanned more than 50 years. back in the �*70s he was a postman, then an insurance salesman with no idea he can make a living from his hobby. he turned professional and within months qualified for the world championships in 1979. not many took any notice but that changed when he started beating established stars like alex higgins. and still alex,

sits there twiddling his thumbs. to the roar of the audience. millions stayed up past midnight to watch this epic semi—final. into the semifinal in his first attempt. i am in the final. and in that final, the trophy was terry griffiths�*s after defeating dennis taylor. i never thought i would win but it changed my family's life. so nice to see so many faces. i would like to view or champagne but i don't think there is enough champagne in the world to celebrate the way i feel at the moment. lots of money and in my first year i earn £75,000. i did not know what to do with it. in the �*80s, snooker was the most popular sport on television. it helped turn players like terry griffiths into genuine superstars. griffiths bowed out in 1997.

against fellow welshman mark williams, a player he would eventually help to world title, he would go on to coach stephen henry and rodney 0'sullivan. i cannot win a game but i do help them. when they win it is better than when i won. from the pundit�*s chair to the commentary box, his accent and dry wit made him instantly recognisable to millions. it is a tough place out there playing snooker. throughout it all, terry griffiths remained one of the most enduring figures from terry griffiths has died at the age of 77. that is just about it from us. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest

of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. the rest of this week looks like one of two halves. we'll certainly have some quieter, colderweather for the next couple of days with some decent spells of sunshine, could see some snow on the hills across the north through tuesday night, and then, as we push towards the end of the week, it turns milder, but very much wetter and windier, as deep areas of low pressure move in off the atlantic. so we're in this ridge of high pressure, though, for tuesday, and this wedge of colder air, as you can see on the airmass chart, so it will be a colder start for many for tuesday morning. very cold across scotland, perhaps down to —7, —8 celsius over the highlands and the grampians, and there will be some freezing fog patches around.

some fog patches further south, too, which may lift into low cloud, but for many, it'll be a dry and a sunny day, with light winds. but across southwest england, northern ireland, western scotland, we'll start to see a weather front pushing in, bringing outbreaks of rain and increasing breeze here, but for most, it stays dry through the day, but a cold one to come, temperatures struggling to get above freezing across scotland, to around four or five degrees in the south. but as that rain bumps into the cold air across scotland during tuesday evening, we could see a spell of fairly significant hill snow here, with some accumulations, and maybe some for northern england, the cumbrian fells, north wales, as we move through tuesday night. but as the weather front moves southwards and eastwards, it tends to fizzle out, so no more than a band of cloud, with a few showers across southern areas. but again, it's going to be another cold night to come, a touch of frost in there, and possibly some ice, too. so, wednesday, then, it should be a mostly dry day once again, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. so plenty of sunshine around, one or two showers around coastalareas, but later in the day, we'll start to see

the next weather front arriving across western areas. that will bring increasing cloud, breeze and also some rain, with temperatures lifting here, but another chilly day to come, elsewhere. it's all change, though, beyond wednesday. thursday, friday, we'll start to see a deep area of low pressure spread across the country, bringing a spell of very wet and windy weather, with widespread gales, and another one hot on its heels. so we'll see wet, windy weather early on thursday push its way eastwards, a bit of sunshine, then the wind, the rain, the gales start to build up again, as another system pushes in from the southwest, but that'll be ushering in some milder air, with temperatures ranging from 10 to 1a or 15 degrees from north to south across the country. could see a spell of potentially very stormy weather friday night into saturday, this is certainly one to watch, and then for part two of the weekend, it'll turn colder but brighter once again. take care.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. syria's president blames the us and other western countries for a rebel takeover of the city of aleppo that has reignited the civil war. georgia's president speaks to the bbc, as mass anti—government protests continue for a fifth night. and republicans, as well as some democrats, criticise joe biden�*s decision to issue a presidential pardon to his son, hunter.

welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we start in the middle east, where syria's president, bashar al—assad, says the united states is behind a rebel offensive that has reignited the country's civil war. he says washington and its allies want to redraw the map of the middle east. syria and its ally, russia, are bombarding rebel—held positions — this was the aftermath of a russian strike on a hospital in idlib. the syrian army says they've killed hundreds of advancing fighters, while rebel groups and independent observers say many of the dead are civilians. aleppo — syria's second city — was seized by rebel fighters in a surprise attack last week. here's our international editor, jeremy bowen. the syrian regime is striking back. in the last two days, the un humanitarian office says more than 50 air strikes hit idlib, the province that is the powerhouse of the rebels. the hospital in idlib city was among several healthcare facilities targeted. the un says at least 44 civilians have been killed in airstrikes.