ben ainslie isjoining gareth southgate's squad.e mercedes formula one team. is his third attempt at winning the world cup. the britannia team launched a campaign at mercedes headquarters where they will be based in the teams chief technical officer will help to sign the boat the next america's cup or dystrophy was that pleasing in 202a. new zealand are the defending champions. establishing the simulation tours. they have an aerodynamic and hydrodynamic discipline that we have to overcome with the america's cup. they are all tied into formula one and the attention to detail and discipline the formula one has, we really believe they can make a big difference to your organisation. we have introduced the cost cap this year which — have introduced the cost cap this year which means, we've had to make your organisation more efficient we don't _ your organisation more efficient we don't want — your organisation more efficient we don't want to lose good people and after several consecutive championship titles, it was also instrumental for

so gareth southgate went to the players he thinks he can trust. this gareth southgate went to the playerstomatically qualify tonight, and if not, what needs to happen? they cannot mathematically secure it but they are all but have been mixed. if they win tonight, that will put them in a very strong position. poland are playing are being intimate. the same time england take on hungary and if those two were to draw and england were to rain, that would put england six points clear with two games to go and a far, far superior goal difference. and those two games which take place next month will be against albania and san marino and with respect to san marino, england would be expected to win that one. hungary tonight is a different type of challenge. they are not pushovers as they showed them to give us, they put up a fight against celebrity pit against and all the england beat them last month 4—0 it was tough in places. england's is a strong team and they will be very disappointed if they don't get the result tonight but they are in a great position and are so close to securing their place a

james was named in gareth southgate's 23 man squad yesterday, despite coming off injured in the defeatthe trip tojuventus in midweek. he's currently only raining in the pool and will miss tomorrow's game with southampton. tuchel thinks there's been a misunderstanding unless james is playing for a different england team. when i started i thought that maybe he goes with the water polo team for england because right now he trains in the pool. so i was a bit surprised but i understood that he was selected for the football team so this will not happen. because he is training in the pool right now. my is training in the pool right now. my understanding, my last information is that he will not go for that can only be a misunderstanding, nothing else. british boxerjoejoyce says he "trusts" he will be awarded an olympic gold medal after an independent investigation found officials manipulated the outcome of matches at rio 2016. joyce lost his super heavyweight final to france's tony yoka and that was one of 11 "suspicious" bouts. the head of the investigation, professor richard mclaren, said a

meanwhile, four of gareth southgate's squad have been named on the ballon d'or shortlist.lsea's mason mount. the manchester city pair of phil foden and raheem sterling are also included. almost half of those nominated currently play in the premier league. meanwhile, the england pair of ellen white and fran kirby have been named on the shortlist for the women's award. kirby helped chelsea to win the women's super league and was named the pfa and fwa player of the year. there are five chelsea players in total on the shortlist. members of the consortium which took over at newcastle united yesterday after weeks of negotiations, the english cricket board have confirmed this evening that the men's ashes tour of australia will go ahead. the ecb released a statement saying that the players will tour on the basis that "several critical conditions" are met. our senior sports news reporter laura scott has more. as far as we know it, this tour is going ahead. it will start in brisbane on the 8th of december, but, of course, it is subject to these critical conditions being met and we'r

four of gareth southgates squad have been named on the fifa ballon d'or shortlist.on mount. the manchester city pair of phil foden are also included. almost half of those nominated currently play in the premier league. meanwhile the england pair of ellen white and fran kirby have been named on the shortlist for the 2021 women's ballon d'or award. kirby helped chelsea to win the women's super league and was named the pfa and fwa player of the year. there are five chelsea players in total on the shortlist. members of the consortium which took over at newcastle united yesterday have said one of their first actions will be to move alan shearer�*s statue onto stadium land at st james' park. the new owners have been meeting this morning at the stadium and called for newcastle fans to give them time to make more expansive changes. it is important that we don'tjust spend it on the team. i think the ground is shabby. it needs improving, the training ground needs improvement. they are going to invest in the city, which is a great thing for our people here in newcastle because

one was more dramatic than the other as scotland scored in injury time to beat israel, while gareth southgateside eased past andorra 5—0. but northern ireland's hopes of making it to qatar next year seem slim after defeat in switzerland. andy swiss rounds up the action. commentator: hampden park is absolutely bouncing! for scotland and their supporters, an evening of drama, but ultimately delight. they knew victory would put them in sight of a world cup play—off spot, yet it was their opponents israel who lead 2—1 at the break. after it, though, scotland came roaring back. lyndon dykes�* effort was initially ruled out because of a high boot, but after a var check, finally 2—2. could scotland find a winner? in the fourth minute of stoppage time, guess what? scott mctominay sending hampden park into pandemonium. a 3—2 win that could be crucial. it'll certainly be unforgettable. for northern ireland, it was a different story. their tricky trip to switzerland soon became even trickier. jamal sent off after a second yellow card for time wasting, and switzerland took advantage, as they eased to a 2

georges park along with the rest of gareth southgate's squad.sed in the teams chief technical officerjames will help to sign the boat the next america's cup or dystrophy was that pleasing in 202a. new zealand are the defending champions. establishing the simulation tours. establishing the simulation tools. they have an aerodynamic and hydrodynamic discipline that we have to overcome with the america's cup. they are all tied into formula one and the attention to detail and discipline that formula one has, we really believe they can make a big difference to your organisation. we have introduced the cost cap this year which means, we've had to make our organisation more efficient and we don't want to lose good people and — after several consecutive championship titles, it was also instrumental for engineers to look for something else and we created a new environment that was very beneficial for another project such as the america's cup. england's cricketers will learn whether or not they'll be heading down under for the ashes and deciding whether o

as england chase automatic qualification to next year's world cup, does england manager gareth southgateve his team are getting the credit they deserve? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. rob oliver good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. "one of the most important public health failures in the history of the united kingdom" — that's the damning verdict of mps on the uk government's early response to the pandemic. a joint report by two commons committees says both ministers and scientists waited too long to lock down last year, costing many lives. and it says there were avoidable deaths in care homes because of government policy. the report calls the test, trace and isolate system slow, uncertain, and often chaotic, but there is praise for the vaccine roll—out. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it is completely unimaginable, and we are not at the peak yet. the report says the government was working in a fog of uncertainty in the spring of 2020. i working in a fog of uncertainty in the spring of 2020.— the spring of 2020. i am shaking hands because _ th

gareth southgate says his move has put him back in contention internationally.ext game wasjuventus so he _ game and his next game wasjuventus so he has _ game and his next game wasjuventus so he has had big matches, as well as the _ so he has had big matches, as well as the general league games and obviously— as the general league games and obviously milan have been delighted with him _ obviously milan have been delighted with him. they have ended up buying him and _ with him. they have ended up buying him and it— with him. they have ended up buying him and it has been a really good experience — him and it has been a really good experience for him. how him and it has been a really good experience for him.— him and it has been a really good experience for him. how far can you cle in experience for him. how far can you cycle in an — experience for him. how far can you cycle in an hour? _ experience for him. how far can you cycle in an hour? joss _ experience for him. how far can you cycle in an hour? joss lowden i experience for him. how far can you cycle in an ho

james ward prowse has been called up to gareth southgate's england squad for the matches against andorraoping to win his ninth england cap. catalan dragons' full—back sam tomkins has won rugby katie archibald has run the scratch weights, as her second gold medal of the year. catalan dragons' full—back sam tomkins has won rugby league's man of steel award. st helens' jodie cunningham was named woman of steel. she already has a challenge cup and league leaders shield in the bag and could make it a treble in sunday's super league grand final. and tyson fury will hope saturday is a night to remember as he takes on deontay wilder in the third fight of their trilogy. but with talk silenced of an all—british heavyweight match—up following anthony joshua's defeat, whatever the result on saturday, fury says with nothing left to prove, he could walk away from the ring. ican i can walk away today and never look at boxing again, and i've done what i've done and it can never be taken away. people will always remember the asthmatic tyson theory, the crazy man who fought everybody. even the biggest pen

gareth southgate has added chelsea's ben sheila and tommy abraham and his england squad for the forthcomingyson fury could be set to return to fight in the uk again according to his promotionalfront the uk again according to his promotional front following the heavyweight showdown in las vegas and it would be the third time they have met. he has not fought on home soil since 2018. the brilliant run at the san diego open ended in the final last night and the british number two was beaten by casper who earlier knocked out and murray. he went down sixth of in losing the second 6—2 to the second feed. a lot of us will have watch the scenes of achievement at the london american yesterday. 0ne scenes of achievement at the london american yesterday. one of the great feats she ran the third fastest time for a british woman at yesterday's race and today she raced up she has been speaking to the bbc and facebook about being snubbed for the tokyo 0lympics facebook about being snubbed for the tokyo olympics and also the effects on her as a runner in the wake of this era everard murder. personally i've

james was named in gareth southgate's 23 man squad yesterday, despite coming off injured in the defeator england because right now he trains in the pool. so i was a bit surprised but i understood that he was selected for the football team so this will not happen. because he is training in the pool right now. my understanding, my last information is that he will not go can only be a misunderstanding, british boxerjoejoyce says he "trusts" he will be awarded an olympic gold medal after an independent investigation found officials manipulated the outcome of matches at rio 2016. joyce lost his super heavyweight final to france's tony yoka and that was one of 11 "suspicious" bouts. the head of the investigation, professor richard mclaren, said a system for the manipulation of fights was in place. the sport's world governing body the aiba said it noted the report with "concern". joyce has released a statement, saying he was sad to see corruption in the sport he loves and he'll be considering the finding with his legal team. that's all the sport for now. saturday is not looking great. it's go

and gareth southgate has been keen to _ to see.ing. | actually, thank you. good morning. weather—wise we have a touch of everything — weather—wise we have a touch of everything in the weather and over the next _ everything in the weather and over the next couple of days. we are looking — the next couple of days. we are looking at — the next couple of days. we are looking at a mild day again, not quite _ looking at a mild day again, not quite the — looking at a mild day again, not quite the dizzy heights of yesterday, and sunshine and showers, and some _ yesterday, and sunshine and showers, and some starting off with sums loose _ and some starting off with sums loose skies. not all of us, some starting — loose skies. not all of us, some starting up _ loose skies. not all of us, some starting up like this with a lot of cloud _ starting up like this with a lot of cloud, drizzle or rain or some heavy showers _ cloud, drizzle or rain or some heavy showers and — cloud, drizzle or rain or some heavy showers and gusty winds, as you can see

manager gareth southgate says he commits a crime with every selection.r football's prestigious ballon d'or. hejoins lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo alongside harry kane, raheem sterling and phil foden, who are also named on the 30 man shortlist, not that he expects to win it when the winner is announced at the end of november. it was special. i probably found out exactly the same time as everyone else. to see that, to see the names, to be alongside those names, it is obviously a dream and i think for all the years that you work hard, dedicate, then you see something like that, you can see that it pays off. and it's just a start, it doesn't stop now. scotland can get one of the two wins they need to secure a place in the play offs, after their thrilling comeback against israel on saturday. they're taking on the faroe islands. steve clarke's side are second in group f, seven points behind leaders denmark but four ahead of israel and austria. ijust borrow these players. i borrow them for ten days at the moment every month. and then you go into the winter

they face hungary at wembley and boss gareth southgate says he's delighted with the stability and proficiencybody knows that they can't afford a day off. and they've got pride in putting the shirt on every time they play, and they want to show what they're capable of as a team. but northern ireland's world cup hopes were effectively ended by losing to switzerland on saturday. that left them third in their group on five points, only above tonight's opponents bulgaria on goal difference. and some sad news, preston north end owner and three—time grand national winner trevor hemmings has died at the age of 86. he took over the club in 2010 and was also well known as heavily investing in horse racing and he owned over 100 racehorses including many clouds, who earned him his third grand national win in 2015. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california after losing to argentina's diego schwartzman. evans beat us open finalist kei nishikori in the previous round, but his game fell apart. he took the first set and was a break up in the second, but lost eight consecuti

former blues team—mate chilwell will report to st george's park today, along with the rest of gareth southgate the 2007 road race world champion took a dramatic victory in a sprint finish. defending champion lizzie deignan was 26 seconds behind the leaders. stage 2 starts and finishes in walsall. sir ben ainslie is joining forces with the mercedes formula i catala ns catalans dragons catala ns dragons full—back catalans dragons full—back sam tomkins has won the man of steel award for this year, jody cunningham of st helens won the women's award. tomkins is one of only three players to win it twice, he got it in 2012 at wigan warriors. he would like to cap a fine season with grand final victory this weekend. kevin sinfield won the loch lomond spirit of the super league awards due to his fund—raising efforts to support former team—mate rob burrow is who is living with motor neurone disease. we will find out whether the ashes tour to australia this winter will go ahead. the players had been told what the likely protocols will be, many are concerned whether their families can travel with them and

james ward—prowse has been called up to gareth southgate's england squad for the matches against andorraips. 26—year—old ward—prowse will be hoping to win his ninth england cap. he was included in the initial england squad for euro 2020 this summer but missed the cut for the final 26. amid concerns over the rate of vaccination among footballers, rochdale's team doctor says their rate is lower than 50% of players who are double—jabbed. it follows news that the premier league were considering rewarding clubs whose vaccination rates were high. an email revealed last week that only seven top—flight teams had rates of 50% fully vaccinated. dr wesley tanner says there are many reasons for the low rates. i have spoken to some of the senior players, just to get their points of view, as to why they think it is low, and some of the responses are they don't want to feel unwell if they don't want to feel unwell if they get the jab but which may affect their performance. it also the other hand, if they were to get covid, which quite a lot of the players have had over the last year, they have been out

former blues team—mate chilwell will report to st george's park tomorrow along with the rest of gareth southgate'say at mercedes�* brackley headquarters, where they will be based. the f1 team's chief technical officerjames allison will help design the boat. the next americas cup — sport's oldest trophy — is set to take place in 2024. new zealand are the defending champions. charlotte purdue has been talking about running the third fastest time for a british woman at yesterday's london marathon. purdue finished tenth and shaved more than two minutes off her previous personal best, and was only 14 seconds off mara yamauchi's second—best british time. this performance came only a few months after she was left out the team gb squad for this summer's olympics in tokyo. as soon as, like, the olympic door closed, and i was able to focus on london, it was kind of like, yeah, i will forget about that now. focus on london. so i'm just glad it went well yesterday. there was a was a lot of pressure going into a big event obviously with the marathon, you can't run one every weekend, so you can't run one every

they face hungary at wembley, and boss gareth southgate says he's delighted with the stability and proficiencyents bulgaria on goal difference. but the match in sofia is farfrom a dead rubber. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california, after losing to argentine diego schwartzman. evans beat former us open finalist kei nishikori in the previous round, but his game fell apart after taking the first set, and being a break of serve up in the second. he lost eight consecutive games, losing the deciding set 6—0. cameron norrie currently playing roberto baptista are good. —— roberto baptista are good. —— roberto bautista—agut. what were you doing on your 16th birthday? a nice meal? idiot school? how about this? well, for one irish cricketer, her 16th birthday will be one she never forgets. amy hunter has become the youngest player, female or male, to score an international century. she hit an unbeaten 121 in the fourth one day international against zimbabwe in harare. hunter breaks the record held by mithali raj, who scored a century at 16 and 205 days in 1999. wha

james was named in gareth southgate's 23—man squad yesterday, despite coming off injured in the defeat polo team with england because right now he is training in the pool so i was a bit surprised, but i understood that he was selected for the football team, so this will not happen, because he is training in the pool right now so my understanding, my last understanding is that he will not go so he can only, it can only be a misunderstanding, nothing else. rangers have contacted uefa about the booing and jeering glen kamara was subjected to in prague last night. just months after the finland midfielder was racially abused by a slavia prague player, he was targetted during their 1—0 europa league defeat by sparta prague. the game was initially supposed to be played behind closed doors, after sparta supporters had racially abused a monaco player in an earlier match, but it was later decided to allow 10 but it was later decided to allow 10,000 schoolchildren to attend. manager steven gerrard said "these things keep raising their head far too often and the punishments are not enough". sparta

england manager gareth southgate has praised this historic moment. tbs, manager gareth southgate hasot the gender. so we are looking forward to being part of that, you know, a special occasion. also in action later, northern ireland play switzerland. the team is one place above them in their group, there is a big game for scotland as well, playing in front of a sold—out hampton park for their match against israel. steve clarke�*s side a second in their group by denmark, but one point ahead of today�*s opponents. the scotland boss is hoping a full house will inspire his team to the lead. now, could rugby league�*s round final be won by a team from outside the north of england for the first time? french club catalan dragons face defending champion st helens at old trafford later on, and despite finishing below the french side in the regular season, saints are considered favourites to retain their title, as patrick geary reports. where there are dragons, they should be smoke. this is open yon, a city at least 700 miles from english rugby league�*s heartlands, but which seems to have thi

to roma in the summer, and his former blues team—mate chilwell, will meet up with the rest of gareth southgated�*s biggest stage, you are up fora big night. because world�*s biggest stage, you are up for a big night. because as we have seen recently, anything can change, just like that. the heavyweight landscape can change in seconds, as it has many times in the past, and it has many times in the past, and it is up to me to keep it on track and not let it change. catalans dragons full—back sam tomkins has won the 2021 steve prescott man of steel award — while st helen�*sjodie cunningham won the women�*s award. tomkins is now only one of three players to have won the award twice after winning it back in 2012 while at wigan warriors. he will now look to cap a fine season with victory in saturday�*s grand final against st helens. and leeds rhinos legend kevin sinfield won the loch lomond spirit of the super league award after his fundraising efforts in support of former team—mate rob burrow, who is living with motor neurone disease. emma raducanu has jumped emma raducanu hasjumped from 150th to 2

manager gareth southgate has confirmed they'll be captained by kieran trippier.iggering the penalty. he did have something to cheer about today though. he was fastest in first and second practice at istanbul park. jack leach and dawid malan have both been awarded central contracts for england for the first time. 0llie robinson has also earned his first contract — following a number of impressive test performances earlier this year. not such good news for dom sibley. afterjust 12 months, the batsman has lost his contract after losing his place in the test side during the summer series against india. the bbc sport website has a full list of all 20 players who have been given a central contract. all the rest of the day's sport on the website. but all the rest of the day's sport on the website-— all the rest of the day's sport on the website. �* ., , ., the website. but now it is time for your questions _ the website. but now it is time for your questions answered. - the website. but now it is time for your questions answered. yes, i the website. but now it is time f

momentum is certainly with gareth southgate's side reaching the finals of the euros last summer but does certain style. tonight, scotland can get one of the two wins they need to secure a place in the play offs, after their thrilling comeback against israel on saturday. they're taking on the faroe islands. steve clarke's side are second in group f, seven points behind leaders denmark but four ahead of israel and austria. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california after losing to argentina's diego schwartzman. having beaten former us open finalist kei nishikori in the previous round, his game fell apart. he took the first set and was a break up in the second, but lost eight consecutive games, losing the deciding set 6—0, while cameron norrie continued his excellent run of form coming through a three—set battle with the spaniard roberto bautista agut to reach the last 16. a panel will hold a discussion over a female british and irish lions team. former british and irish lion ieuan evans will chair a 13 person group that will decide whether a women's lions

james ward prowse has been called up to gareth southgate's england squad for the matches against andorragan with the england job, where he's had just one game in charge because of covid, a postponed world cup and a cancelled australia test series. previously with wigan, he led them to three super league titles, a challenge cup and world club challenge triumph before his 2018 exit. that is all your support for now. —— sport for now. a coroner has opened the inquests into the victims of the serial killer, stephen port, who murdered four young men in east london between 2014 and 15. the jury was told much of the evidence will focus on the competence of the police investigations into the deaths. our correspondent sanchia berg is following the story for us from barking town hall. what was heard in court this afternoon?— what was heard in court this afternoon? , . ., ., . afternoon? this afternoon we heard from the families. _ afternoon? this afternoon we heard from the families. we _ afternoon? this afternoon we heard from the families. we heard - from the families. we heard statements from r

one was far more dramatic than the other, scotland scored an injury time to beat israel while gareth southgatedrama, but ultimately delight. they knew victory would put them inside of the world cup play—off spot, yet it was their opponents israel who lead to—1 at the break. but after it, scotland came roaring back. lyndon dykes�* effort was initially ruled out because of a hybrid, but after a are checked, finally, 2—2. could scotland find a winner. in the fourth minute of stoppage time, just what? someday sending hand tied into pandemonium. a 3—2 victory that could be crucial. it will certainly be unforgettable. but for northern ireland it was a different story. they're tricky to do switzerland soon became even trickier. jamaal lascelles off after a second yellow card for time wasting, and switzerland took advantage, as they eased to a 2—0 victory. northern ireland's hopes of a play—off spot now hanging by a thread. in andorra, a bit of history as katharina munsell became the first woman to referee and england men's match, and it was one be visitors soon dominated. and bakary sako put england

gareth southgate focusing on the performance was saying it was not what everyone has come to expect fromsaid he needs to rest his body, and also believes he doesn't deserve to make the team given how well cameron norrie and dan evans are playing. this is physically the best i have felt for a while. but i am battling my game a little bit. it is just not... the consistency isn't there, and i don't know. the decision—making is not great in the important moments still. discussions are to take place over the viability of developing a women's british and irish lions team. england and harlequins prop shaunagh brown will form part of a is—member panel to be chaired by the former lion ieuan evans. the board will assess the finacial viability, strength of opposition and scheduling in weighing up the merits of starting a women's side. the defending championjudd trump eased into the second round of the northern ireland open without his opponent scoring a single point! trump won all four frames against china's gao yang who couldn't get a footing at the table in belfast. the englishman will play anoth

former blues teammate chilwell will report to st george's park today, along with the rest of gareth southgate'snish. defending champion lizzie diegnan was 26 seconds behind the leaders. stage 2 starts and finishes in walsall. we'll find out later this week if the ashes tour to australia will go ahead this winter. the players have been told what the likely travel protocols will be. many of them have concerns over whether their families can travel with them, and what living in a bubble will be like in australia where covid rules are very strict. the first test is due to begin on the 8th december but with the t20 world cup before then, some cup before then, some players face spending four months away from home and they may choose not to go. the ecb will decide this week whether they have got the best players available to go on that tour and take on australia. the captain of australia tim paine saying, the ashes will go ahead, whether or not they have got a team or not, so. it is four months away from home that is four months away from home that is a long time. is four months away from home that is