david silva, a raheem sterling double and then one from leroy sane late on, handed city their seconddanny ings pulling one back for saints from the spot. city remain unbeaten, two points clear. pep guardiola said afterwards it was not as straight forward as the score line suggested. the game is over, 90 minutes, it wasn't over, not over because in the premier league, we were lucky to score in the first half. good finishing. the game was not over. during his time in charge at stamford bridge, ranieri was nicknamed the tinker man. their current boss is anything but. consistent selections have been rewarded with consistent results. they were unchanged against crystal palace and hoping to remain unbeaten this season when they were put in front after half an hour. that failed to bring this encounter to life, though. another 20 minutes before there was another shot on target, this time from a player with his first league goal in 20 games to bring him palace level. it was a wake—up call for chelsea, who brought on eden hazard to get things going. the spaniard scored his and chelsea's second

leroy sane picked up the final goal for city, after raheem sterling's double had more than made suree result. southampton‘s only goal came from a danny ings penalty but city move back to the top two points ahead of chelsea and liverpool. the 3-0 the 3—0 up, in the 80th minute, you think it is over. it was not over it after 90. we were lucky, sergio fought on what and we regained the ball and had good finishing from raheem sterling, but the game was not over. at stamford bridge, chelsea saw a double from alvaro morata help maurizio sarri's side to a 3—1win over crystal palace, fellow spaniard pedro scored the last of the goals for the blues while belgian eden hazard returned from a back injury after missing three league and cup games. with pedro i think we were a little bit in trouble, we needed some challenge, some personality and we we re challenge, some personality and we were lucky today because eden was on the bench. so he was able immediately to change the match. bayern munich have dropped to third on goal difference in germany's bundesliga after borussia moenchoengladbach score

raheem sterling was causing touble for shaktar, through on goal, and then this.a replay. penalty awarded for this. stumbles, stubs his foot, fell over. most in agreement it was comical, but serious as gabrieljesus scored the resulting penalty. sterling did better later on, the best goal of the game by far. this just after the break to make it 3—0. by the end, it was gabrieljesus on a hat trick who made it 6—0. city were just minutes from reaching the last 16, but pavel kaderabek‘s late equaliser for hoffenheim at lyon, means pep guardiola's side will have to wait until the next match in france to seal their qualification. elsewhere, real madrid's caretaker coach santiago solari oversaw a 5—0 win at viktoria plzen. gareth bale one of the goal—scorers. real are level on nine points with group g leaders roma. bayern munich beat aek 2—0 at the allianz arena. they only need a point from their next game against group e rivals benfica to progress. england's cricketers are well on top going into the third day of the first test against sri lanka in galle. they'll resume t

david silva and raheem sterling also scored in the first half to make it 4—1 at half time. making him the highest paid english player in the league scored another, leroy sane adding a sixth late on. chelsea remain in the hunt, two points off city, as they kept their unbeaten run intact with a three one win over crystal palace. alvaro morata with two goals as eden hazard came off the bench in the second half following his injury. here's their manager maurizio sarri. after the draw i think we had a little bit of trouble, so we needed some maturation, some quality, some personality, and we was lucky today, because eden was on the bench, and so he was, he was able immediately to change the match. so city on top, two points clear and with a hugely superior goal difference, chelsea are second and liverpool third. all three are still unbeaten. tottenham making up the top four. huddersfield, fulham and cardiff make up the bottom three. huddersfield and fulham meet tomorrow night which aleady looks like a crucial game for both sides in their fight for survival. leeds have returned t

city hit six — the champions at their unstoppable best in the premier league, with raheem sterling ande amongst the goals. alvaro morata scores twice to keep chelsea in the hunt. and makinson magic steals the show at anfield as england seal their series with new zealand. it means a lot to me. to perform it means a lot to me. to perform as it means a lot to me. to perform as a team like we did is brilliant. also coming up in the programme... and back on top of the world — justin rose wins in turkey to move back to world number one. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. leicester city are back on top of the premier league tonight. the champions dismantled southampton 6—1. an own goal from wesley hoedt put city ahead before sergio aguero made it two inside 12 minutes. an own goal from wesley hoedt put city ahead before sergio aguero made it two inside 12 minutes. david silva, a raheem sterling double and then one from leroy sane late on, handed city their second six one win of the season. danny ings pulling one back for saints from the spot. city remain unbeaten, two points clear.

raheem sterling scored two in spain, the first goals he has scored for england in three years, and heeville. they have played very well, and i think that is something that gareth southgate will want to endorse to his team, that this competition has offered them an opportunity to test themselves against the world's best and this is another opportunity to do that at wembley here today. the permutations are quite simple from an england point of view. yes, winner takes all. if england win, they top the group and will play in the first league of nations league in portugal next summer but if they lose they will be relegated to the second tier. a goalless draw will see them keeping their a league status. but if spain qualify, england will be relegated beneath croatia in light of the record that england and croatia share. gareth southgate has coming into this match that he will not hedge its bets and go for the win. he knows there is plenty at sta ke win. he knows there is plenty at stake if england want to maintain their status not only in this league but also to contest silverware in portug

raheem sterling scored twice for manchester city as they beat southampton 6—1 to return to the top of league goal to put city 2—0 ahead, david silva and raheem sterling made it 4—1 at half time. the england forward who's set to become the highest paid english player in the league scored another in the second half, leroy sane then added a sixth late on. chelsea, two points off city in second, kept their unbeaten run going with a three one win over crystal palace. alvaro morata with two goals as eden hazard came off the bench in the second half following his return from injury. here's their manager maurizio sarri. i think we were a little bit in trouble, so some quality, some personality, and we were lucky today because eden was on the bench, and so because eden was on the bench, and so he was able immediately to change the match. so, city on top, two points clear and with a hugely superior goal difference, chelsea are second and liverpool third, all three are still unbeaten. tottenham making up the top four. huddersfield, fulham and cardiff make up the bottom three. huddersfield and fu

and in sport, an inspired raheem sterling puts manchester city back at the top of the premier leagueouthampton — we'll have more on that in our sports bulletin. good morning and welcome to bbc news at nine. to the bbc news at nine, part of a new morning schedule here on the bbc news channel and bbc two. victoria derbyshire is now at 10 o'clock every weekday morning. i'm rebecca jones — our top story today at nine... the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has warned it could take up to ten years or even a generation to make progress in tackling the problem of violent crime in london. his comments come after a recent spike in murders in the capital, with four fatal stabbings since last wednesday. two men have been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a 22—year—old man to death in south east london, yesterday. on friday, a 17—year—old was fatally stabbed outside a tube station, and a 15—year—old was killed on wednesday in what police are describing as a "premeditated" attack. yesterday's stabbing is the fourth in less than a week. the latest victim was the 116th person to be murdered in the capi

in sport, an inspired raheem sterling fires manchester city back to the top of the premier league, as

nations league, a win and england would reach the semifinals, a chance to win some silverware, raheem sterlingager to get them there. kane the provider soon provided with an opportunity of his own. he could and perhaps should have done better. with the margin so small, when croatia scored, it was england now facing relegation — a meaningless friendly this wasn't. seeking the win to qualify, southgate sent for reinforcements, harry kane poking the ball forward forjesse lingard to score. but england needed another. while it was heartbreak of the world cup last summer, captain harry kane made sure of a different outcome this time, getting the ball over the line, and his team, too. it would not have felt as good. we have been thinking about this all the way up to the march camp. they couldn't have gone any better. to grind it out and come back from behind and turn it around is a great feeling. captain harry kane speaking after the game, who arguably was quiet today by his high standards, but popping up with that crucial goal when it mattered. the benefits of this tournament have been plain to see,

leroy sane picked up the final goal for city, after raheem sterling's double had more than made suregs penalty but city move back to the top two points ahead of chelsea and liverpool.

there is a reason manchester city offered raheem sterling a lucrative new contract. goal when stirling set up sergio aguero for his 150th league goal. the england winner had a hand in the next one soon after. his cross eventually reaching david silva. and then stirling got to have some fun. he had to work hard for his first goal. commentator: second bite of the cherry. 4-1. his second was an instinctive finish. five star performers for manchester city. and a third beckoned in injury time but instead he chose to pick out leroy sunday. hopefully he can be more ambitious thinking he can improve and be a better way because he is still 23 -- and be a better way because he is still 23 —— leroy sane. and be a better way because he is still 23 -- leroy sane. the 6-1 win moved city two points clear of nearest rivals liverpool and chelsea. eden hazard was the game changer at stamford bridge. returning from injury, it took him 91 seconds after coming off the bench to show his importance. the belgian winning a freekick which he then sent to morata for the spaniard to put chelsea

raheem sterling will become one of the highest earners in the premier league if he signs a new five—yearty. the england winger verbally agreed to a new contract. city are in action tonight against fulham in the fourth round of the league cup. in the women's champions league, glasgow have a tough challenge to overturn a 5—0 deficit from their first leg with barcelona in their round of 16 clash this evening. the home side may be feeling more confident after winning the scottish women's premier league last weekend. it's been a lively few weeks in scottish football. we've had an assistant referee hit by a coin in a premiership match, a woman hit by a bottle at a league cup semifinal, and now neil lennon has been subjected to a coin being thrown at him during the first edinburgh derby of the season. today, hearts and hibs have come together to condemn the trouble last night which led to five arrests. chris mclaughlin has the latest. a football manager colour a pound coin and a game out of control. it's unacceptable. people trying to do theirjobs. i wasjust unacceptable. people trying to do th

it's over concerns that mistakes like this one, when raheem sterling appeared to trip over himself beforest shaktar donestk. bbc sport understand a decision on var could be announced in early december during uefas next executive committee meeting. england manager gareth southgate has defended the decision to grant wayne rooney a farewell match in honour of his international achievements. southgate said talks had begun over a year ago with england's all time record goal—scorer to come out of international retirement for one last game, which will be a friendly against the usa next thursday. we area we are a strange country in that we bemoaned the fact we have not achieved as much as we would like and then we have a player who should be held in the highest regard and we are spending lots of time justifying giving him that tribute. if anybody deserves one more cap it is somebody who has had 119. more than somebody who has had 119. more than somebody who has had one or somebody that might have had a handful, i think he has earned the right to that cap over a period of over ten years and six ma

look at that, but at the end of the game raheem sterling was told off by his boss, pep guardiola, fors about not taking this title for granted. we felt all the players would make a good performance against united. we wa nt to good performance against united. we want to play good for our fans for everything good to happen. we felt we we re everything good to happen. we felt we were playing a bit comfortable, but the second half was much, much better. we were in the game until minute 80 something. and something killed the spirit and the morale of my team. one thing is a bad performance, another thing is a performance with mistakes. i think our performance is a performance with mistakes. the three goals we conceded our mistakes. —— are mistakes. let's move away from the derby. mo salah scored his sixth league goal of the season as liverpool beat fulham 2—0 at anfield. fulham are bottom of the table — liverpool second. chelsea kept their unbeaten run but could only draw 0—0 with everton whose keeperjordan pickford made a number of saves to earn his side an away point. fingertips to say th

plenty saying that raheem sterling should have owned up. but chris sutton says...e simple solution is var. a great morning for england's cricketers in sri lanka, who looked well on their way to victory in this test, with a commanding lead at ayes. ben stokes is back, the visitors 224 for four. the have a lead of 363, and they remain the highest run chase is just 99 —— a commanding lead now. the former england coach chris taylor, part of the team on cricket social, which you can watch and listen to on the bbc sport website. chris, thanks for taking the time to come downstairs tojoin us. firstly, let's talk about england and their commanding lead, given that best ever run chase, 99, it seems already in the bag. what is the biggest danger, complacency, is there a weather threat at all? out would certainly look at the forecast. but if it is clear this is a great opportunity for england to put some pressure on shoreline cover the rest of the series. a good opportunity for the batting line—up to gain some confidence, and somewhere in there on the pitch to come in with th

raheem sterling scored twice for pep guardiola's side as they emphaticaly beat the saints keeping themon the weekend but all three clubs are yet to lose in the league this season. justin rose defended his turkish open title on sunday to ensure he will return to the top of the world rankings. the 38 year old beat li haotong on the first play—off hole after the pair finished the final round tied on 17—under par. li's missed putt handed rose victory moving the englishman back to world number one for the second time this year. that's just something to be proud of. doesn't mean much, doesn't give you much, certainly doesn't give you... doesn't make you one under par at the first to next time you play, but it's something to be proud of for sure. —— at the thirsty. —— at the first tt. it was all going so well in the dutch eredivisie match between feyenoord until the floodlights failed after just a minutes' play forcing the ref to stop play. ground staff weren't able to fix the problem and despite the crowd helping with some phone waving the match was abandoned and will be played at a later da

raheem sterling tripping over his own feet and guess what? penalty. do you laugh or cry., jesus making it 2—0. from there it wasjesus going on to com plete there it wasjesus going on to complete a hat—trick as manchester city cruised to a 6—0 victory. almost into the knockout stage in knockout style. and the swiss, bbc news. across the island of ireland, north and south, the thousands of irishmen who fought for britain in world war one will be remembered on sunday on the centenary of armistice day. for much of the last century the contribution of men from the south was deliberately written out of history while those from northern ireland were treated as heroes. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. they were musicians who became soldiers. when world war i broke out, every member of londonderry‘s hamilton flute band signed up. 0ur connections with this part of history are gradually fading into the past. i think that he must have seen some terrible things. ruby jordan's father played in the band. she died aged 92 a few days after we filmed this interview. herfather,

england winger raheem sterling, has become one of the highest paid footballers in the world.s every hour — in fact, in the time it's taken me to bring you this news, he's earned about a tenner. lewis hamilton should be right, in the mix in qualifying for the brazilian grand prix. he was fractions off the pace in both opening practice sessions. his afternoon in sao paulo went better than nico hulkenburg's — the renault driver wrecked his car. newly crowned champion hamilton was just behind his team—mate valtteri bottas in second practice. after england's men beat sri lanka in their opening test match, england's women begin their quest to add the world t20 title, to their 50—overs crown later — and sri lanka are theirfirst opponents. they're in st lucia, and england captain heather knight, knows it's going to be tough. obviously, after winning the 50—over world cup last year, we probably can't expect to be underdogs all the time, like we were going into that competition. we've had to deal with that extra expectation. the success i guess that's expected of the team now. that mat

they thumped southampton 6—1, sergio aguero scored his 150th premier league goal, set up by raheem sterlinge a couple of goals himself and really steal the show. city, back to the top of the league — two points ahead of chelsea who also won. to rugby union, and a big boost for england ahead of their second autumn international against new zealand this weekend. co—ca ptain owen farrell is free to play. he's not going to be punished for this thumping tackle at the end of their match against south africa. it was the last play of the match and helped england hold on for a hard fought win. lots of commentators and former players felt it was at least a foul, but the authorities disagree. johanna konta has got a new, permanent coach. she's hired dimitri zavialoff who she worked with one a trial basis at the kremlin cup in moscow last month. the frenchman was stan wawrinka's first coach. on the eve of the first test against sri lanka, england captain joe root says his team will be trying a bolder and more courageous approach to their cricket. england haven't won a test series in sri lanka for 17 ye

the england winger raheem sterling has become one of the highest—paid footballer is in the world, his will earn him up to £300,000 a week, that is around £1800 every hour, and the time it has taken me to bring you this news he has in the terror. lewis hamilton should be qualified for the brazilian grand prix, he was fractions of the pace on both practice sessions, and his session in sao paulo where better than nico hulkenberg. hamilton was just behind his team—mate bot as in second place. you are now up—to—date. i'll see you in an hour. yemeni forces, backed by the saudi—led coalition which is supported by the us and the uk — have launched a major offensive to take full control of yemen's port city of hodeidah. aid agencies have been warning that an all—out attack on the city, which is the entry point for 80 percent of the country's food imports and aid relief, could triggerfamine. at least 11 people have been killed in flash flooding injordan. flash flooding south of thejordanian capital amman has killed at least four people, including a child. nearly 4,000 tourists have been evacuat

calls grew after raheem sterling was wrongly awarded a penalty. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prince of wales says he'll stop speaking out on topics he feels strongly about, when he becomes king. in a bbc documentary to mark his 70th birthday, he acknowledges that consitutional parameters mean he won't be able say what he likes, and that he won't be "meddling." in the past, the prince has campaigned strongly on issues such as the environment and architecture. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he's filled his adult life thus far as prince of wales, trying, as he put it, to make a difference for the better, but as he approaches his 70th birthday, charles knows better than anyone that one day he will step into a new role as king, and with that role will come a particular responsibility to curb his habit of speaking out on subjects about which he feels strongly. if it didn't work, it didn't work. in the bbc documentary, charles is asked about his so—called "meddling", as prince of wales. he says he regards it

raheem sterling falling over as he kicked the floor, but still getting the spot kick. losing three wickets today. they're 85—3, with rory burns, moeen ali and joe root the men to go, but the lead is now over 200 and the highest run chase ever in galle is 99. so they're way ahead of that. the papers shortly. seeg the papers shortly. 53 you ina the papers shortly. 53 you in a moment, thanks. let's talk to carol, to see what's happening in the weather. that picture would look goodin the weather. that picture would look good in black and white, you wouldn't have the joy of the colours. it is beautiful, isn't it, naga? lovely colours. if you're stepping out you might be blue because it is a chilly start to the day and for some we have a touch of frost. but the forecast for today is a dry and bright one for many of us thanit a dry and bright one for many of us than it was yesterday, however there is the risk of showers mostly in the west, but some will merge and give some longer spells of rain. and in the west especially it is blustery too. you can see we have this great big

raheem sterling tripping over his own feet. and, guess what? penalty. do you laugh or cry?he ridiculous to the sublime, jesus going on to complete a hat—trick, as city cruised to a 6—0 victory. almost into the knockout stage in knockout style. andy swiss, bbc news. leicetser city will wear special commeroative shirts in honoiur of theirformer chairman when they play their first home game at the king power stadium since his detah in a helicopter accident. his name will be emroidered on their tops, when they play burnley this weekend, fans have planned a tribute march to the ground in his honour. players and officials travelle dto thailand for the funeral attending prayers on sunday and monday, before returning to the uk. rugby league, and tommy makeinson is having a week to remember. last weekend he was the star — scoring a hat—trick of tries as england beat new zealand to secure the series win. now, the st helen's winger‘s been given the sport's golden boot — awarded to the best player in the world. gymnast louis smith has announced his retirement at the age of 29. the two—

raheem sterling was the star as they hammered southampton 6—1 to move two points clear of second—placedealand at the weekend. it's after he avoided further punishment for this big tackle as england beat south africa in the first autumn international. i'll be back with more on those stories later. there are reports this morning that eu officials have put the chances of a brexit deal on the irish border which will be acceptable to ministers and parliament at "50/50". the uk and the eu both want to avoid a hard border which would mean physical checks or infrastructure between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, but cannot agree how. let's go live to brussels to speak to our reporter adam fleming. this week, they are going to what has been described as a tunnel of talks. no briefing at all on what happens. explain how critical this week is going to be. the tunnel has beenin week is going to be. the tunnel has been in existence for about a month and it is frustrating for all of those observers because it means the negotiators do or they negotiating in secret. they don't tell us wha

raheem sterling was causing trouble for shaktar on goal, and then this — stumbles, stubs his foot, felled the resulting penalty. sterling did better later on, the best goal of the game by far, this just after the break to make it 3—0. by the end, it was jesus on a hat—trick who made it 6—0. city were just minutes from reaching the last 16, but pavel kaderabek‘s late equaliser for hoffenheim at lyon means pep guardiola's side will have to wait until the next match in france to seal their qualification. elsewhere, real madrid's caretaker coach santiago solari oversaw a 5—0 win at viktoria plzen, gareth bale one of the goalscorers. real are level on nine points with group g leaders roma. bayern munich beat aek 2—0 at the allianz arena. they only need a point from their next game against group e rivals benfica to progress. five—weight world boxing champion floyd mayweather has denied agreeing to a fight with a japanese kickboxer, and claims he had never heard of him until this week. mayweather was reported to have made a deal to face tenshin nasukawa injapan on new year's eve. but he now sa

raheem sterling eager to get them there. could and perhaps should have done better. the wave of english attacks continued. route one this time, marcus rashford unable to get his shot away. could ross barkley make the breakthrough? his effort was wide. with the margins so small, when croatia scored through andrej kramaric, it was england now facing relegation. time to send for reinforcements. kane poking the ball goalwards for substitute jesse lingard to score. but england needed another. while it was heartbreak at the world cup last summer, captain harry kane made sure of a different outcome this time, getting the ball over the line and his team, too. while there was some scepticism over the new tournament, england have benefited from testing themselves in a more competitive environment with victories over spain and croatia. now gareth southgate's side will have a chance to win the nations league outright in portugal next summer. john watson, bbc news, wembley. england's cricketers have won theirfirst series in sri lanka for

city beat west ham 4—0 goals from david silva, raheem sterling and leroy sane put the game out of sight goal differnece of plus—35 after 13 games. i had the feeling we would be a little bit lucky today, arriving for a five—time times we scored four goals. 0k. a five—time times we scored four goals. ok. i'm pretty sure that sooner than later we will come back to what we normally are. liverpool were 3—0 winners away at watford. it was goaless at half time there and liverpool finally made the breakthrough in the last half—hour at vicarage road. mo salah, trent alexander—arnold and foberto firmino with the goals. they were down to ten when they scored the last, captainjordan henderson sent off for a second yellow card. it isa it is a difficult place to go. they played a good season. the position they are in and the points they have is not acorns it is. they have really good. —— it is not acorns it is. you can't take it for granted. you have to work for it here. i have employed please with how the boys we re employed please with how the boys were today. really brilliant, tactical, good. manc

raheem sterling scored twice and could have had had a hat trick but selflessly passed to leroy sane to did not win second balls, did not really deal with one versus one situation. i expected them to be better in that regard. very quickly we found ourselves down in the game and the game was gone. chelsea are playing crystal palace at stamford bridge, knowing they would move into second place on goal difference with a win. alvaro morata gave chelse the lead after 31 minutes but andros towsend equalised for palace in the second half. morata though has just added his second of the day to make it 2—1 to chealsea. and pedro has scored a third. leeds have gone back to the top of the championship after a 2—1 win at wigan athletic. it was an emotional day at the dw stadium, as the club played their final game under the ownership of dave whelan. his family has sold the club to a far east consortium and it looked like it was going to be a fairy tale send—off for the whelan family when reece james put them ahead inside the opening six minutes. but leeds were back on level terms barely three minute

manchester city forward raheem sterling has verbally agreed a new five—year contract with the club.t would see sterling reportedly earn £300,000 a week, making him one of the premier league's highest earners. olympic champion simone biles has underlined her status as one of the all time great gymnasts at the world gymnastics championships in doha. the american's become the first woman to win four all—round titles at the world championships — her first came back in 2013. it takes her tally to 12 world championship golds overall. england co—captain 0wen farrell will start at fly—half in the first of england's autumn internationals against south africa at twickenham this weekend. it means that ben te'o starts at inside centre despite playing fewer than 30 minutes for worcester this season. blind—side brad shields and mark wilson, who starts at number eight, form an inexperienced back row alongside tom curry. head coach eddiejones has told our reporter chrisjones that despite his team's indifferent form, he's not feeling the heat. i don't think any game is a must win. i think it's excit

including max whitlock‘s attampting to retain his pommel horse title raheem sterling is on the vergeat by barcelona. the scottish champions, were 5—0 down from the first leg and two goals from england striker toni duggan, saw the spanish side progress to the quarterfinals. wayne rooney missed a penalty as his dc united side are beaten in a shoot out and are out of the mls league play—offs — he‘d just been voted player of the month in the states having made the move to washington. and usain bolt‘s hopes of making it as a professional footballer appear to be over after the athletics legend had his trial terminated with the australian a league side central coast mariners. he‘d hoped to make it as footballer since quitting athletics, but the two parties could not agree a deal. the club said they couldn‘t agree a deal with former sprinter — his wages seemingly the sticking point. it would have only been possible if a third party had come in to cover some of the package. his perforamces in training and in the trial matches proved a marketing boost for the club but a number of other players

for city, as does gabrieljesus and english youngster phil foden with sergio aguero, mahrez and raheem sterling the women's champions league. toni duggan with an early goal for the spanish side. city down 5—0 from the first leg. the leicester city manager claude puel has called this week one of the hardest in the club's history following the death of owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha and 4 others in saturday's helicopter crash. the club's former manager claudio ranieri stood alongside vichai's son to lay a wreath at the club's stadium. he led the club to their triumph in the premier league two years ago. the man now in charge, claude puel said it was the players decision for their game with cardiff to go ahead as planned. their first since the crash. it was a fantastic feeling, i think, to see all my players on the pitch. er... i have 27 players in the squad, and all the players together ready to train and to give their best, 100%, just to remember the owner on the pitch, er, of that chairman. hearts and hibernian have released a joint statement condemning the unsavoury incidents which marred last

england winger raheem sterling has become one of the highest—paid footballers in the world. £a2,000 a day, about £1,800 an hour, £29 a minute, or about 50p a second! how about that! the mind boggles. staggering sums. not for us to comment, but wow! it will no doubt provoke a debate. lewis hamilton should be right in the mix in qualifying for the brazilian grand prix. he was fractions off the pace in both opening practice sessions. his afternoon in sao paulo went better than nico hulkenburg's, the renault driver wrecked his car. newly crowned champion hamilton was just behind his team—mate valtteri bottas in second practice. tony bellew will fight for the last time tonight as he bids to become the first britain to hold four world boxing belts in one weight division. he's up against unbeaten ukrainian oleksandr usyk at the manchester arena and, as underdog, he says he's ready to shock the world. i'm honoured. i'm honoured so many people around the world are supporting me, so many willing my country, my city. ifeel like it's all come at once, it's kind of overwhelming but i can

england winger raheem sterling has become one of the highest paid footballers in the world. in fact, in the time it's taken me to bring you this news, he's earned about a tenner! tony bellew will fight for the last time tonight, as he bids to become the first britain to hold four world boxing belts in one weight division. he's up against unbeaten, ukrainian 0leksandr usyk at the manchester arena and, as underdog, he says he's ready to shock the world. i'm honoured. i'm humbled that so many people around the world are supporting me, so many in my country, my city. i feel like it's all come at once, it's kind of overwhelming but i can't believe it's happening. so thank you. saturday night, i'll give my soul in that ring. i'll give my soul. and in the process of giving my soul, iwill take his. it needs to be the fight of his life if he is to stand any chance against his opponent. and charlie was very impressed with that number of belts. after england's men beat sri lanka in their opening test match, england's women begin their quest to add the world t20 title to their 50—overs

england winger raheem sterling has become one of the highest—paid footballers in the world.50p a second! in the time it's taken me to get the teeth in and bring you this bulletin, this story, if you like, that's £10... £15 with the way i'm waffling on! lewis hamilton should be right in the mix in qualifying for the brazilian grand prix. he was fractions off the pace in both opening practice sessions. his afternoon in sao paulo went better than nico hulkenburg's, the renault driver wrecked his car. newly crowned champion hamilton was just behind his team—mate valtteri bottas in second practice. after england's men beat sri lanka in their opening test match, england's women begin their quest to add the world t20 title to their 50 overs crown later. england captain heather knight knows it's going to be tough. their first match is against sri lanka. 0bviously after winning the 50 over world cup last year, we probably can't expect to be underdogs all the time, like we were going into that competition. we've had to deal with that extra expectation. the success i guess that's expec

remain unbeaten so far this season following a four no freshening of west ham david silva and raheem sterling had them to hit inside twenty minutes leroy sunday then doubled the tally with goals either side of the break as men now with eleven wins and two draws this campaign although he says they still room for improvement completed always at international break always so difficult and that's why i give a lot of credit that knowing we have to develop that we do it i know because we will do it for a long time ago and then we do it again. liverpool and tottenham also maintained their unbeaten start of the season lupul winning three nil at watford while spurs be chelsea three one in the london derby but there were boos at the final whistle at old trafford as manchester united only managed a goal or straw with crystal palace they fought for it gave very soon for it so i think they deserve the credit. but i think we should also ramos selves for a while. for the result because we started really well and we we did the most difficult single part of scoring taiwan will continue to be known as chinese

england star raheem sterling is set to become one of the highest earners in the premier league. ls from england. striker toni duggan saw the spanish side progress to the quarter—finals. and some news overnight — wayne rooney missed a penalty as his side dc united were knocked out of the major league soccer play—offs. the former england captain missed his kick in the penalty shootout as united lost to columbus crew. the dream of becoming a professional footballer is over for the time being, it seems, for usain bolt. the athletics great has left his australian club central coats mariners, despite scoring twice in a preseason friendly. the club say they failed to find what they called a "commercial solution" to keep bolt. a p pa re ntly apparently his touch was not as good as his speed. dina asher—smith has been named the sunday times sports woman of the year for 2018. in august, asher—smith became the first british woman to win triple european championship gold, winning the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay titles in berlin. england's commonwealth games gold medal—winning netball team w

raheem sterling eager to get them their.egation. a meaningless lonely this wasn't. seeking the win to qualify, southgate sent for reinforcements. kane poking the ball goalwards for substitute jesse lingard kane poking the ball goalwards for substitutejesse lingard to score. but england needed another, who else but captain harry kane getting the ball of the the line and his team too. we're professional, we want to win at everything we do. whether it's a new tournament, old tournament, we want to win and i've touched on the chance to win a trophy at the of the year, chance to make the fans happy. we want to try to do that. while there is scepticism over the new look nations league, england have benefited from testing themselves in a more competitive tournament, beating spain and croatia. now gareth southgate's i will get the chance to win the competition outright in portugal next summer. john watson, bbc news, wembley. joy for england then, but it was another bad night for northern ireland. they were beaten 2—1 by austria with

well in the end it was easy for city, and just before full time raheem sterling indulged in a bit ofer pep guardiola who appeared to have some stern words with him. best way to do send —— defenders a lwa ys best way to do send —— defenders always keep the ball. he didn't —— we did it, so we feel we did it and with three minutes left, we controlled absolutely. it is not just the best way of defending back, because anything can happen. but he made some movement with the legs, we can avoid it and he is young, and he will improve. ina week in a week where manchester city play their home three matches and we play three matches away. in a week where they enjoyed two 6—0, 6—1victories. relaxed, no pressure, no mental effort, everything nice and easy, and we played two matches away, difficult ones, where the second one was like a final for us. against one of the best teams in europe, a game that demanded from us everything we had to give, notjust physically, but also mentally. celtic moved top of the scottish premiership on goal difference from hearts after a 0—0 draw away to livingston. it

raheem sterling is on the verge of signing a new contract with manchester city, making him the highests on the bench last night as city won 2—0 against fulham to book their place in the quarter finals of the league cup. wayne rooney missed a penalty as his dc united side were beaten in a shootout, to drop out of the mls league play—offs — he'd just been voted player of the month in the states having made the move to washington. and usain bolt‘s hopes of making it as a professional footballer appear to be over after the athletics legend had his trial terminated with the australian a league side central coast mariners. he'd hoped to make it as footballer since quitting athletics, but the two parties could not agree a deal. the club said they couldn't agree a deal with former sprinter — his wages seemingly the sticking point. it would have only been possible if a third party had come in to cover some of the package. his perforamces in training and in the trial matches proved a marketing boost for the club, but a number of other players felt he didn't have the ability to make it as pro. th