hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. who can stop the rot at manchester city? the club fail to beat everton at the etihad... with haaland failing from the penalty spot. fulham come back to get the better of title challengers chelsea... their long wait for a win at their west london rivals is over. dwight gayle scores the winner as hibs break hearts at tynecastle. .. in the edinburgh derby. and, standing his ground... young opener sam konstas hits an impressive half century, against india in melbourne.. hello there and welcome along to the programme on a bumper boxing day feast of football for fans today. the famine — when it

comes to victories — goes on for the premier league champions manchester city. they couldn't find a way past everton, in the lunchtime kick off, at the etihad... a crucial moment, erling haaland's spot kick saved byjordan pickford... nesta mcgregor reports. a stadium steeped in folk belonging to manchester city team — belonging to manchester city team struggling to find their way out _ team struggling to find their way out of miserable run of form — way out of miserable run of form. , ., ., ,_, ., form. they have not scored a coal form. they have not scored a goal since — form. they have not scored a goal since october, - form. they have not scored a i goal since october, everton, . .. goal since october, everton,... the spaniard's side did take the lead. and the manchester city captain should have had a second just after the half—hour mark outside his left boot but outside the post. that would prove costly. they also use the outside of the foot but the ball was inside the post. level

at half—time, manchester city were awarded a penaltyjust after the break. erling haaland went left, jordan pickford guessed right. the city boss are desperately trying to inspire but despite his side's dominance it was everton that looks more likely to find a winner. at full—time points were shared and manchester city hoping bright ahead days lay ahead. so, that's just one win in the last 13 for pep guardiola's side. here's what both managers had to say earlier. obviously, but we were positive and we had energy in the dugout, energy on the pitch and, yeah, that is the moment when you happen in football when you create a lot of situations, they arrive the first to score a goal but you have to continue. so, of course, it is disappointing for the effort they do. for the many things they are incredible to do but we were not able to do. i thought the players, you could tell by the way they're playing the belief in the occasion to play well and

defend well. we scored a really good goal, as well, to get back in it. the strangest part, i think, we spent the first 20, 25 minutes on _ the back foot, we were not really... the shape was good but no one really had the intent to go and break up theirgame. then they scored and we seem to set a little bit. we scored a good goal and the second half becomes that kind of game. elsewhere in the premier league, fulham came from behind to beat title challengers chelsea 2—1 at stamford bridge... cole palmer had put chelsea ahead afterjust 16 minutes with a cool finish from just outside the box. fulham responded in the second half with substitute harry wilson continuing his form off the bench by heading in the equaliser. but rodrigo muniz got the winnerfour minutes into injury time, handing fulham theirfirst win at stamford bridge since 1979. . .. football is about connections

and connections between football club and fans and players _ football club and fans and players and the staff and the fans. — players and the staff and the fans. it — players and the staff and the fans, it means for me, something really big bet at the end, _ something really big bet at the end, they are three points and the most — end, they are three points and the most important thing for me is for— the most important thing for me is for our— the most important thing for me is for our flans and our players. _ is for our flans and our players, it's not about me is about— players, it's not about me is about the _ players, it's not about me is about the fans. i said many times that no matter if we win games or we do not win a game, i think it's more of the reality that we can see inside that for many reasons we are not ready but the important thing is to see a team that can improve and, as tonight, can learn things. this is important. newcastle are up to 5th in the table, after a superb 3—0 win over aston villa at stjames park. anthony gordon got them on their way, afterjust 80 seconds, with a brilliant long range finish. villa striker jhon duran�*s red card didn't help their cause — he was given his marching orders for a stamp on fabian schar. and in the second half, in—form alexander isak scored for the fuifth premier league game in a row before a latejoelinton goal sealed the points for eddie howe's side.

the players have really responded to what was a disappointing run of form to what — disappointing run of form to what is _ disappointing run of form to what is now a good run of form. ithink— what is now a good run of form. i think we — what is now a good run of form. i think we have created a really _ i think we have created a really good creative team and with _ really good creative team and with the — really good creative team and with the ball at the moment, the goal—scoring moves it back on and — the goal—scoring moves it back on and hopefully they stay on. defensively, we looked really good — defensively, we looked really good as— defensively, we looked really good as well so i think we're getting — good as well so i think we're getting the balance right in the team. nottingham forest are up to third after a 1—0 win over ten—man tottenham. anthony elanga's first—half goal giving nuno's side all three points at the city ground. forest have now won four in a row, the first time they've done so in the top flight since 1995. i think it was a good performance. not perfect one. because there is no perfection because tottenham has huge quality on their players, the problems, they take causes, they had chances, we had chances. it was a good game

and in the end it was about the belief, experience, it was about helping each other, the players that came from the bench, the impact that they had. so, overall i think was a good performance. tight game, obviously. not much in it. you see the way forrest played, it was going to be an open game and we had some good chances to kind of get a goal and we needed to sort of gained momentum in the game but unfortunately, we could not get it and they scored from their counterattack and unfortunately were unable to claw it back. new southampton boss ivanjuric saw his side lose to west ham. jarrod bowen with the only goal of the game for the hammers — a second win in fourfor them, as they sit 13th in the table. bournemouth extended their premier league unbeaten run to six matches, but could only manage a goal—less draw at home against crystal palace, despite having the bulk of the promising chances. bournemouth have won four of their past six premier league games, but drop to 6th after the draw today. so, confirmation of those results then — wolves v man utd ongoing,

in the first half... —— in the second half. wolves had a goal disallowed for offside a few minutes ago. united down to ten men after fernandez sent off for receiving a second yellow card. and that chelsea loss to fulham could prove a huge boost for liverpool... arne slot�*s side can go 7 points clear with a win against struggling leicester city at anfield, with a game in hand still too. two teams hoping to bounce back into the top flight, come the end of the season — championship leaders sheffield united and burnley... and it was the visitors, burnley, who inflicted a first home league loss of the season for the blades. and more problems at plymouth for wayne rooney — his side still bottom, after a heavy loss to frank lampard's coventry city. real madrid and england midfielderjude bellingham was in the crowd at ewood park.... to watch his younger brother jobe as sunderland faced blackburn. and the black cats looked like they were going back to the north east with all three points when they went 2—1 up

through wilson isidor. but rovers equalised in the last minute through substitute harry leonard. sunderland stay 4th. .. with blackburn one place behind in fifth. —— with blackburn at one point behind in fifth. derby are facing west brom at pride park, the baggies are managerless after carlos coberan left to join spanish side valencia. they're into the second half there and it's derby who lead 1—o thanks to this goal from jerry yates. plenty of drama in the rest of the championship... sheffield wednesday came back from three goals down — to draw 3—3 with middlesborough.. oxford united pulled away from the bottom three, including cardiff, by winning 3—2 today... there was late drama at watford, who scored a stoppage time winner, to beat portsmouth and go 6th... elsewhere, wins for bristol city, norwich, preston, and swansea... leads can go top with a win over stoke later on.

dwight gayle scored the winner as hibernian beat edinburgh rivals hearts 2—1 at tynecastle. .. hibs took the lead early on thanks to an own goal from kye rowles after a lengthly var check. hearts were back on level terms on the stroke of half time... another own goal, this time from rocky bushiri sending his attempted clearance beyond his own goalkeeper. but substitute gayle sealed the game with a lovely finish withjust over 10 minutes remaining. the win sends hibs up to seventh, while hearts stay 10th. and there is still one match ongoing in the spl where st mirren are leading rangers by one goal to nil at half time thanks to an oisin smyth penalty. in the rest of the day's games, celtic got back on track, with a win over motherwell. 4—0 the score. it took them just before half time to make the breakthrough though. it's seven matches without a win for aberdeen — they were thrashed 4—0 by kilmarnock. ross county ended a wait of 15 months for an away victory — they beat dundee 3—0... with dundee united beating stjohnstone. let's have a quick look

at some of the day's other sports stories. there's one game in the united rugby championship today and it's the dragons who are facing cardiff. cardiff have come from 15—0 down to lead with 20 minutes remaining. the 7 to 1 shot banbridge overhauled long—time leader il est francais at the last fence to claim a dramatic win in the king george vi chase at kempton. il est francais had been ahead underjames reveley for almost all of the three—mile boxing day showpiece before being pipped at at the fence. simona halep has withdrawn from australian open qualifying because of pain in her knee and shoulder. the former world number one is trying to re—establish herself on tour serving a nine month doping ban. halep has always maintained her innocence after being charged with two separate doping offences.

there's also a boxing day tradition in cricket... with australia hosting a test match at the mcg. their series with india is level at one all. with the fourth test of five under way in melbourne. australia's19—year—old debutant sam konstas made the biggest impression on day one... the youngest test batting debutant for the men's team since 1953 hitting 60 offjust 65 balls. half centuries from usman khawaja and marnus labuschagne followed... but india hit back in the final session... jasprit bumrah taking two quick wickets as the home side finished the day on 311 for 6. that's one of two boxing day tests... the other is in centurion with south africa hosting pakistan, in the first of two matches. dane paterson and corbin bosch did the bulk of the damage, for south africa on day one as pakistan were bowled out for 211. the home side, on 82 for 3 at the close of play — trailing by 129. the nfl�*s christmas day games

provided two lopsided wins... but a historic moment nonetheless for two of the sport's most famous players. in a win over the pittsburgh steelers that secured the kansas city chiefs the number one seed for the afc playoffs. travis kelce became only the third tight end to pass the 1,000 receptions mark while he also notched up a franchise record 77th touchdown. the chiefs are now 15 and 1... and will have home field advantage throughout the postseason. while the baltimore ravens also had a comfortable win over the houston texans... with lamarjackson scoring three touchdowns... one with his legs... as he broke the record for most career rushing yards for a quarterback. remember their mainjob is to throw the ball not run. jackson has beaten it in less than seven the nba also had games on december 25th with lebron james saying that he "loves the nfl but christmas

is our day" in the wake of the lakers' dramatic win over the golden state warriors james was playing in an nba—record 19th christmas day game and the league's all—time points scorer led the lakers with 31 points and 10 rebounds after losing anthony davis to injury. long—time adversary steph curry did everything he could to spoiljames' day with two clutch three pointers as the game drew to a close. tying things up with 6 seconds remaining as part of his 38 points. but la's austin reaves put the lakers back in front and even curry was unable to conjure a winning three from there. lakers winning 115 to 113. let's return to football now... a new two—part documentary, created by bbc sport and bbc scotland launches today on bbc iplayer. �*sir alex' looks at the incredible life and career of the most decorated football manager in british history. here's a short taster. there was no complete script as far as a manager was concerned.

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you can watch �*sir alex' on iplayer now. an accompanying six—part podcast, sporting giants: sir alex ferguson, will also be available on bbc sounds from 26 december. . .. and on bbc radio 5 live across the festive period, with a bonus episode on 3 january. a reminder of our stop story — manchester city's crisis continues after they dropped points at home to everton. erling haaland had a second—half penalty saved as city once again dropped points — they stay 7th in the table — a massive 11 points behind leaders liverpool. and fulham are now level on points with city after they got their first win at stamford bridge in 45 years. rodrigo muniz scored the winner against chelsea deep into stoppage time. elsewhere, alexander isak continued his fine goal—scoring form as newcastle beat aston villa to move fifth.

wolves are wolves a re now wolves are now one lap at manchester united at molineux. that goal has just gone in there and we can update you mat out three of the evening.- out three of the evening. also, with the ball — out three of the evening. also, with the ball later— out three of the evening. also, with the ball later on. - out three of the evening. also, with the ball later on. they - with the ball later on. they could go seven points clear of chelsea with a win over leicester. that kicks off in just over one hour's time. all that you get the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for a massive now, we will have more later on, we'll see you then.

welcome to lake como. it's a beautiful part of italy, and the town of como itself was the home of the 18th century physicist alessandro volta, who is credited as being the inventor of the battery. correct. the clue is in the name. but i wonder if signore volta could ever have imagined his invention powering what alastair keene has found on the same italian waters. there's a new race craft in town that's fast and designed to perfection. but this isn't racing on the road or in the air, although actually they look more like sci fi spacecraft than boats. this is the race bird. it's been created for

the all new e1 racing series that aims to prove the potential of electric power in the marine industry. we can use our sport platform in order to test and validate the solution, and then possibly change the way we will navigate in the future for billions of people. hey, how are you doing? good. nice to meet you. you've just come off the boat. yeah. how was it out there on lake como? it was. amazing. you know, our teams are working hard. we've been looking at data, and we've been trying to do everything we can to be the fastest boat. we are the pioneers of a brand new series. so this is electric hydrofoil power boat. there's nothing like it. this is the first invention of its type here that we're racing in e1 series. will smith is here. he is who owns our team and we're looking to throw down hopefully some good times to get our first win. all right. have fun. all right. yeah. you did here right. will smith owns this team. and he isn't the only celebrity backer. before the main event tomorrow, for some

competition between the team owners in the red. hollywood legend will smith. and in the orange and purple. tennis champion rafa nadal. copy that. ready to go? these boats can reach 50 knots — that's around 93km/h. so how do they reach those speeds? the key bit here is getting up on the thin bits of the foil and staying above the water to have the speed. that's right. yeah? exactly. if you're on the edge of the foil and you're as high as possible, it's less drag in the water. so you're getting the more the most k.p.h. but, you know, there's some techniques that are coming into play as we learn these boats on what's fast. it's really tough to stay on the foil. you'll see us always doing as much as we can to stay on it, but it's not easy.

we're very busy in the cockpit. we're doing a lot to make sure to keep the boat happy, but it always wants to stay unhappy, so it's a challenge. being a pilot in the race, bird. with the boats back on dry land, there's a question i'm desperate to ask. can we get in and have a look? yeah. brilliant. thank you. it's tight. yeah, it is very tight. yeah. i think will smith had a bit of a hard time getting into it, actually. can we fire it up? yeah, of course we can. we can't go to the full, full load because we're in the garage. but basically we turn the master on, so itjust takes a little while to boot up. you'll see the screen's just flashing on. when the pilots are out on the water to get that important lift for the speed. they're actually having to press quite a lot of buttons and do quite a lot at the same time. yeah, they are, well, obviously the most important one, which i haven't mentioned at the moment is this one, which is the boost button. so they're allowed 20s of boost and then they have to have 40s of rest to cool the battery down. it's just drawing too much power while and while their lift. and that lifts them up onto the foils.

while they're on the foils, we can then obviously play around with the lift, which is on the left hand side of the wheel, and also on the left hand side of the screen and the trim on the right hand side. as the days practice sessions come to an end, our westbrook racing feeling the extra pressure of their owner watching on. of course, there's always pressure no matter what whenever you get into anything to perform. and so i don't think it's adding any extra. but obviously we want to make them proud and we want to win just as bad as he does. and so we're doing everything we possibly can to make that happen. and doing everything means working late into the night to make sure the boats are in the best condition for tomorrow's races.

this is a competition that has attracted some big name investors, despite only being in its first year. but there are challenges ahead. can it keep those celebrity backers and can it build a big audience for this hi tech racing? this is formula students, a world series of events that took place this summer, featuring electric cars built by teams of students from 100 universities across the globe on tracks throughout europe.

the cars competed in disciplines including autocross racing through formula one like twists and turns as fast as possible, an endurance trial through more than 20km of track to push the limits of battery management. a test of grip and downforce by basically going round in a circle as fast as possible. and then there's acceleration. it's a drag race, basically. and it's this last challenge that one team, amz racing absolutely blasted last year, going from 0 to 100km an hour in... well, i'll let you know a bit later. amz includes students from lucerne university of applied sciences and arts and eth zurich, and i dropped in on the team's swiss hq. and up here is the electronics department at ams racing.

we're going to meet lara. not that lara. for one car to excel at all of these events, it not only has to have a powerful motor, but also computers have to control the traction and fine tune the speed of each wheel individually, and somehow it has to stick to the ground to give the tires more grip. amz achieved this with powerful fans that actually sucked the ultralight vehicle to the tarmac. are you building on the last year's design or have you completely reinvented anything? every year we design a completely new race car. i mean, of course we orient ourselves on the design from last year. as you might have seen on the car, the downforce with the fans we had, we improved a... not the same concept, but um, kind of is based on the same, um, and the same

physics behind it. is this something you want to do in the future? do you want to work on, like, racing cars? i mean, it definitely be fun and really interesting, but i'm not sure yet. we'll see. it depends how it goes this year, right? yeah. now, after last year's formula student competition, the team decided to specifically re—engineer the car to try and break the world acceleration record and go from 0 to 100km an hour in the shortest time for an electric car. this was the vehicle and the target time. well, that was already astonishing. so, in 2016, eth held the record 0 to 100km hourin? 1.513 seconds. ok, 1.5 seconds. 1.5 seconds. 0k. and then in 2022, stuttgart came along and did it in 1.46.

so about five hundredths of a second. and then last year you came along and did 0 to 100km an hour in... how much? a bit less than a second. 0.956. 0 to 60 in less than a second. what does that feel like? it feels insane. so, you just feel this, this push, and you can't even blink. it's already over. do you have time to do any steering, or do you have to hope it's pointing in the right direction? you have to hope that it points into the right direction. but this we control before every start. and there is maybe a little bit of steering, but it's just intuitive. now, when i visited amz a few weeks before this summer's competition, i got to witness the very first

day of testing this year's brand new car. expectations were high. all our cameras were set to catch the high speed action and... was that close to the world record? i'm not an expert, but... ok, look, this was actually just a test to see if all the computers and sensors were talking to each other. the fact that the car moved at all was considered a success. but come the formula student tournament itself, amz did brilliantly, winning events in switzerland, hungary and the biggest one in germany. and equally importantly, the next generation of engineers has done its qualifying lap.

and that's all we've got time for. thanks for watching. we'll be back next week.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel carries out air strikes on yemen — the international airport in the capital sanaa is among the targets.

russia is accused of shooting down a plane over kazakhstan yesterday — killing 38 people. the kremlin says it's wrong to speculate. the home office reports that more than a50 people cross the english channel in small boats on christmas day former indian prime minister manmohan singh dies aged 92. he governed the country for two terms, and liberalised its economy. boxing day sales begin today in the uk but the doors to some of the country's largest retailers will remain closed, with online sales expected to rise. hello, i'm sarah campbell. israel has been carrying out air strikes across yemen, including on the international airport in the capital, sanaa. the head of the world health organization, tedros ad—hanom ghe—bre—yesus, was at the airport about to board a flight when it came under israeli attack. he was not injured.

the israeli military says it has been targeting the houthis,