sunderland have sacked their manager, chris coleman. stadium of light in november, but he could not stop sunderland being relegated. he was only in charge for five months. being relegated. he was only in charge forfive months. he has now been sacked. a statement on the website says that sunderland afc announced that chris coleman has been released from his contract. they want to put on record their thanks for their tireless efforts in what has been a hugely disappointing season. the club's not commenting further at the moment. chris coleman sacked after sunderland got relegated from the championship. a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online reviews despite official warnings three years ago that they needed to be curbed. the competitions and markets authority has estimated that around £23 billions spent every year is influenced by feedback on review sites. earlier i spoke to 5 live investigates presenter adrian goldberg, who told me more about theirfindings. this is big business, we are talking about £23 billi

sunderland football club lost its manager chris coleman at the weekend.ing in charge for november. they also gained a new owner, the outgoing chairman and owner says he is sold to an international consortium headed by stuart donald on the chairman of eastleigh. the american also said his parting gift after a decade of involvement has been to leave the club debt free. reviled by the fans, the stranger to the departed manager. sunderland's american chairman apparently never spoke to chris coleman. cause for concern. but his last act in selling the club surely deserves some recognition. his apparently left it debt free. a big gesture, say those who study football's finances. really, that debt would have been quite a burden playing in league1 with the drop in revenues that would have accrued from that division. another positive, they got much greater revenues coming from the parachute payments for the next three years which could amount to well over £30 million. this is what he appears to have written off. at the last count, the american was owed £69 million

chris coleman has been released from his contract as sunderland manager, and the club's owner has announcedub last november, but was unable to stop them going down to league one — a second successive relegation. 0wner ellis short says he's agreed a deal to sell the club to an international consortium of football investors. it's led by the eastleigh chairman stewart donald, who will buy sunderland, subject to efl approval. manchester city women are out of the champions league, after being outclassed by lyon in the second leg of their semi—final. after a goalless first leg in manchester, city had travelled to france hopeful of causing an upset, but the 1—0 scoreline doesn't do justice to lyon's dominance. jo currie was there for us. so manchester city wait for a champions league final must continue. heartbreak here again as for the second year running, city have found themselves knocked out in the last four by lyon. the tie poised at 0—0, city only needed a score draw to progress but found themselves under wave after wave of lyon attack early on. then up stepped lucy bronze. then a finish wor

manager chris coleman has made it clear he's not part of his plans — here's what he had to say when askeder that's not... i don't even know where jack is, to be honest. no, he won't be involved. i'm quite sure we've gone down the legal route, we are stuck with a player who does not wa nt to are stuck with a player who does not want to play for sunderland and he wa nts to want to play for sunderland and he wants to leave. but where is he going to go to? that is the conundrum. play for somebody else, but the stumbling block is the contract. jack did that article that he wanted to play for england again. to do that he will have to play football somewhere. steven gerrard is on a shortlist to become the new manager of rangers. he retired in 2016 and joined the youth set up at liverpool after rejecting an offer to manage mk dons. he's being considered as a possible successor to pedro caixinha who was sacked last october. graeme murty is in charge until the end of the season, but is unlikely to be given the job on a permanent basis. also coming up in the programme. we'll look ahead to this eveni

chris coleman has been released from his contract as sunderland manager.ned the club last november, but was unable to stop them going down to league one — a second successive relegation. owner ellis short has also confirmed he has agreed a deal to sell the club to an "international consortium of football investors". it's led by the eastleigh chairman stewart donald and will take over sunderland subject to efl approval. manchester city play lyon in the second leg of their women's champions league semi—final this afternoon. it's 0—0 on aggregate, largely thanks to this save from city's karen bardsley in the first leg. kick—off at 1:45. chelsea also play at four o'clock this afternoon, but they have it all to do against wolfsburg, having lost the first leg 3—1. day nine of the world snooker championship is underway. judd trump has been in second—round action. he was trailing 3—1, but came back to wind the final frame of the session to level at 4—4. on the other table there was a superb session from another former finalist — dingjunhui. he won all eight frames

chris coleman has not managed to turn things around since revising simon grayson in november, but heresult, we are desperate for the result, but we just have to go out and perform and give ourselves the chance. and you never know. football changes very quickly. we have seen so changes very quickly. we have seen so many times. teams are written off, then come from nowhere. and if you look at the teams above us at the minute, they are in the driving seat, it is theirs to lose, but let's make sure that if they are going to slip up, we are still in it, on their tails and chasing them down. we do that by more performances like we have seen in the last few weeks. defeats tonight will not send them down, but it mightjust delay will not send them down, but it might just delay things will not send them down, but it mightjust delay things until saturday's trip to renting. and a long season, sunderland have played just one season in the third tier of english football. —— in their long history. but the fans will just english football. —— in their long history. but the fans willjust be hoping tha

crucible. and mark selby, out in the early there's more on the bbc sport website including news on chris colemanoks set to be the next rangers boss. let's return to our main story and the news that the home secretary amber rudd has resigned. and the news that the home secretary let's talk to our political editor laura keunssberg who's in dublin this evening. laura keunssberg who's laura, laura keunssberg who's how much of a surprise is this laura, how much of a surprise is this resignation, in your view? clyde, the timing is a surprise. in recent days, we have seen both attend and the home office really try to keep amber rudd in her position. there was a lot of sympathy for her inside the conservative party, and they tried on various defences of the mistakes that she said in her own words she had made. but it seems, in the last few hours, it had reached a tipping point, and the decision was that it was time for her to leave, rather than for her to try to stay on and stem the damage, much of which has already been done. so what now for the government, and the department she has just left? the gov

jill there's more on the bbc sport website including news on chris coleman being "released from his contracte's more through out the evening on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc1, its time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. a small solar power plant is in the process of opening at chernobyl, about 100 metres from the sarcophagus that covers the old nuclear plant. at the moment it's enough to power a small village but the ukrainian authorities are hoping it's the start of something bigger. but there are doubts about whether it's safe for people to work there, long term, asjonah fisher reports. why are you putting a solar powered station on probably the world's most famous radioactive site? news report: in the soviet union, the aftermath of the chernobyl disaster was given prominence on the news bulletins tonight... let me give you a sense of where we are. that metal structure is a hundred metres away, covering chernobyl‘s reactor which exploded catastrophically in 1986. does it worry you being so close to the nuclear reactor? not re

chris como has been released from his contract as the sunderland manager. colemanoing down to league 1. a second successive relegation. owner ellis short has also confirmed he has agreed a deal to sell the club to an international consortium of football investors, led by the ec chairman stuart donald who will take over sunderland subject to efl approval. manchester city's hopes of reaching the women's champions league final had been dashed after a 1—0 defeat to the defending champions, lyon, having kept a clean sheet in the first leg, city new one away goal could see them go through to the final in kl. u nfortu nately was them go through to the final in kl. unfortunately was their former player lucy bronze who got the chance in the first half, a stunning volley from her. despite needing just one goal to go through, city could not find the net and they are out of the competition at the semifinal stage for the second consecutive season. semifinal stage for the second consecutive season. today i thought again defensively we were superb, but we just couldn't manage to