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waiting for a slip—up are manchester city, who did this to aston villa. on. england women's record goal—scorer ellen white admitted to being emotional after she broke kelly smith's previous record on tuesday night. england hammered latvia 20—0 in doncastor in a world cup qualifier. white scored three of those to take her to 48 international goals. yeah, obviously, i'm not afraid to admit, yeah, that i did cry, because, you know, ifeel like it's been spoken about a lot. obviously, kelly smith has held the record for a long time and she is someone that i really look up to so it felt really emotional to finally surpass her and break that record and to be surrounded by my team—mates. yeah, it was really special to have my family in the crowd. so yeah, i felt really emotional but really proud at the same time. the ongoing concern over the freedom and safety of chinese tennis star peng shuai means the women's tennis association has now suspended all tournaments in china. peng disappeared from public view for three weeks last month, after accusing a top chinese o

there are two more games on tuesday, with norwich hosting aston villa, and league—leaders manchester cityey can do. it is one of the toughest opponents especially because they play every week in a special and unique way and we play against a special, unique wayjust two times a year and we have two just a few things because it is a completely different thing. the round of 16 draw for the european champions league was made on tuesday and succeeded at the second attempt, with the most eye—catching tie seeing paris saint germain up against 13—time winners real madrid. uefa blamed a software issue for the original draw meaning it was voided due to an error. manchester united were mistakenly left out of the possible pool of opponents for atletico madrid, which forced the redraw, they then drew the spaniards second time around. there were some errors made in the original drop caused by a malfunction of the software which went through and outside provider and which tells us which teams are eligible to be drawn against each other. after the draw, the external independent auditor informed ufr they

manchester city remain a point behind chelsea after a 2—1 win over aston villa.f by bernardo silva to give them a two—goal lead. ollie watkins pulled one backjust after the break for villa but pep guardiola's side hung on to take the three points and condemn steven gerard to a first defeat with villa. despite a long delay for a medical emergency in the crowd at vicarage road chelsea beat watford 2—1 — mason mount opening the scoring for the blues. emmanuelle dennis gave the home fans hope though with a goaljust a couple of minutes before the half—time break but hakem ziyech got the winner to keep the londoners a point ahead of manchester city. west ham's hopes of staying in the top four suffered a setback despite tomas soucek putting them ahead against brighton after just five minutes. neal maupay�*s spectacular strike in the 89th minute earned brighton a point at london stadium, moving them up to seventh. leicester city had to come from behind twice against southampton. james maddison's goal saw the match end two all at st mary's but it was enough to move the fo

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villa and norwich. i'm all confirmed cases. manchester city manager, pet cordial, is urging all his players and staff to get their cogan 19 booster vaccination vaccination. so these game at leads later on choose day is start to kick off as plans. we spoke with a bless it almost every day. be careful. be careful, see, safe stay healthy, masked social distance. because now in the christmas time is the tendency to organise baris to go out and do something extra. it's normal. and unfortunately the virus is still here, then you varian and ovarian. so hopefully in 95 percent of the people is already by seen here in the low it, you know, you can get it, but i think they don't allow you to suffer much and yeah, but of course, concerned with a society still are suffering he was up in tennis champion, emma wright, a cannon has withdrawn from a tournament and i was abby after testing positive for the virus. but 19 year old was due to play belinda bennett church on thursday. the exhibition event teachers players from the men's and women's game could a andy marie and ra found the dow ah close to half a 1000000 ticke

that game has just kicked off at goodison park, goalles there, as has second—placed manchester city, who are at aston villaders chelsea kicked off at 7:30pm. they've just got back under way at vicarage road after the game was interrupted due to a medical emergency in the crowd. goalless also. but for all the latest, head to the bbc sport website. there are four games in the scottish premiership, too. top—of—the—table rangers are at hibs, aiming to gain revenge for being knocked out of the league cup by them last week. that game is currently goalless. ryan hedges has a goal early aberdeen and livingston. johanna konta has said she's very grateful for her career in tennis after announcing her retirement from the sport. the 30—year—old won four titles on the wta tour and holds the record for the longest time as women's british number one. konta reached the semifinals at wimbledon in 2017, eventually losing to simona halep. she moved to the position of world number four that year, the highest ranking by a british woman since virginia wade in 1978. however, konta has struggled with her fitness. an abdominal inj

villa. and brian have also had outbreaks and their squads. manchester city manager, pat ordeal is urging all his players and staff to get their coven 19 booster vaccination cities game at leads. later on, she was a is set to kick off as plans with. but with the play as almost every day. be careful. be careful. see safe stay healthy mask social distance. because now in the christmas time is the tendency to organize parties to go out and do something extra to normal. and unfortunately, the vitals is still here. the new varian and ovarian, so hopefully 95 percent of the people is already by sitting here and delivery. you know, you can get it, but i think they don't allow you to suffer much andrea, but of course i am concerned with the said you still are suffering it was so in tennis champion m erotic hannah, who has withdrawn from a tournament in abu dhabi after testing positive for the virus. the 19 year old was due to play belinda bennett church on thursday. exhibition event also features likes of andy murray, and raphael and the dow. ah. close to half a 1000000 tickets have been sold at the

manchester city are also in action at aston villa, a game which could see british record signing jackack and never complain and never miss the players who are not possible to play for injuries, red cards, for any reason. ellen white and england women both broke records last night in their world cup qualifier against latvia. it finished 20—0 — england's largest ever scoreline. striker white got a hattrick, helping her become england women's top scorer with a8 goals. so, after surpassing those records, what's next for ellen and england? we move on and don't mention it ever again! wejust keep going. you know, i will hopefully be selected again for england and i will do whatever i can for this team, scoring goals, performing, but i'm not stopping now. i love playing for england and i hope we can do something special together. the lawn tennis association, the world tennis association and the all england club have all thanked the former british number onejohanna konta after she announced her retirement from tennis. the 30—year—old said she was very grateful for her career. konta won four ti

aston villa and norwich — although the game between norwich and villa tonight will go ahead as things stand. also tonight, leaders manchester citynd amid further discussions about vaccination rates amid premier league players, manager pep guardiola says health and safety for everyone must come first. i'm concerned, not because we're going to cancel and break maybe the premier league, i'm concerned that society still is, the virus is here and people suffer and we have seen with tottenham first and after norwich, leicester, i think united, what i hear, so there are many. and some people here, the staff, they've got it. right now. and we have spoken with the players almost every day, be careful. the sports minister, nigel huddleston, has refused to rule out reducing capacities or even closing venues to spectators altogether in future. his comments came on the back of plan b coming into effect tomorrow, which will require fans to show proof of double vaccination or a negative test to attend sporting events with crowds of more than 10,000. clubs, like brighton, are telling fans exactly what they expect of them from tomorrow. we are a

manchester city have come from behind twice at birmingham — it's 2—2 there. later tottenham travel to aston villaoff to a winning start by beating 0spreys by 21 points to 13. jean—luc du preez scored sale's third try of the first half which was enough to secure the victory in swansea. jakob ingebrigtsen has claimed his first senior european cross country title in dublin. the 21 year old norwegian secured gold by 14 seconds over defending champion aras kaya of turkey. that's the biggest winning margin since 2015. ingebrigsten's success comes just four months after winning the 0lympic1500m title in tokyo. there were no medals for great britain's senior athletes in the individual races, but they did win the mixed relay. there was also success for the juniors. charles hicks won the under 23s men's race. megan keith won the under 20 women's race and great britain won team gold in the under 20 men's. that's all the sport for now. clearly, there will be plenty more reaction to max verstappen's formula one title but given that there is other stuff as well, that's it. thank you very much, hugh. see you la

manchester city remain a point behind chelsea after a 2—1 win over aston villa. 2—1 — mason mount opening the scoring for the blues. emmanuelle dennis gave the home fans hope though with a goaljust a couple of minutes before the half—time break but hakem ziyech got the winner to keep the londoners a point ahead of manchester city. west ham�*s hopes of staying in the top four suffered a setback despite tomas soucek putting them ahead against brighton after just five minutes. neal maupay�*s spectacular strike in the 89th minute earned brighton a point at london stadium, moving them up to seventh. leicester city had to come from behind twice against southampton. james maddison�*s goal saw the match end two all at st mary�*s but it was enough to move the foxes up to eighth, although they�*ve played more games than three teams below them. there were four games in the scottish premiership too, rangers beating hibernian 1—0 in the pick of the games. they left it late though, ryan porteous giving away a penalty with five minutes remaining, leaving kemar roofe to step up

made his first return to anfield but the aston villa manager was on the losing side — mohammed salah's penalty giving liverpool the 1—0 win. manchester citys. southampton lost at arsenal, chelsea's late winner against leeds also came from the spot and a cristiano ronaldo penalty won the game for manchester united at norwich. in the scottish premiership dundee united lost to livingstone. ross county are off the foot of the table after beating dundee. stjohnstone are now bottom after defeat to aberdeen. england's cricketers have lost the first ashes test by nine wickets. they started the fourth day in brisbane with high hopes, but a batting collapse left australia chasing just 20 runs for victory. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it is not just it is notjust that it is not just that australia it is notjust that australia won this test match, it is that it all happened so quickly. oncejoe root was out in the first half an hour of saturday's play, england's ambitions unravelled. of course there are other good batters in the england team but there is only one ridge and the collapse to 297 all out was just what england had feared and

waiting for a slip—up are manchester city, who did this to aston villa. st mirren and ross county. the ongoing concern over the freedom and safety of chinese tennis star peng shaui means the women's tennis association, has now suspended all tournaments in china. peng disappeared from public view for three weeks last month, after accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. since then chinese state media has released photos and videos appearing to show peng and the player did say in a video call with the international olympic committee president, that she was safe and well but the wta have said the video was "insufficient evidence" of her freedom and safety, and have now decided to pull tournaments out of china because they say, pung's case is "bigger than the business". this is something we simply cannot walk away from. if we walk away from what we have requested and reflecting the domestic abuse or abuse issues, what we are telling the world is that not addressing sexual assault with the respect and seriousness it requires, because it is difficult,

manchester city against birmingham — she got the winner in the 89th minute. city had already come from behind twice through georgia stanway and lauren hemp. aston villaot their european champions cup campaign off to a winning start by beating ospreys 21—13. jean—luc du preez scored sale�*s third try of the first half which was enough to secure the victory in swansea. the defeat came at the end of a difficult week for ospreys after hooker ifan phillips suffered life—changing injuries in a motorcycle crash. team—mates warmed up in special training jerseys which will be auctioned to raise money for his recovery. losing captain brad shields for this tackle on dave kilcoyne in the 25th minute left wasps exposed against munster. they were thrashed 35—14 at home. munster were missing 31! players due to covid. but 19—year—old patrick campbell shone on his senior debut with this try. there was defeat too for glasgow warriors. they did earn a losing bonus point though as they were beaten 20—13 by last season�*s runners—up la rochelle in france. in the day�*s other match, connacht beat stade francais. staying with rugby, in the women�*s premier iss, harlequins

waiting for a slip—up are manchester city, who did this to aston villa. e weeks last month, after accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. since then, chinese state media has released photos and videos showing peng with friends and family. the ioc has conducted two video calls with the player and say that she appears safe and well but the wta say they need proof of her wellbeing and have decided to pull tournaments out of china because, they say, peng's case is "bigger than the business". this is something we simply cannot walk away from. if we walk away from what we have requested, and as you reflected it is a domestic abuse issue, what we are telling the world then is that not addressing sexual assault with the respect and seriousness that it requires, because it is difficult, is ok. and it is not. that's been applauded by many involved with the sport, including 18—time grand slam winner martina navratilova... well, the ioc has responded with a statement this morning which says... the first ashes test is less than a week away and england have f

aston villa and brighton have also been affected, while crystal palace manager patrick viera spoke about his fears that games might again have to be played behind closed doors. and today, manchester cityoncerned not because they're going to cancel the break, i am concerned that the virus is ere and people suffering seeing with tottenham first and united so there are many and some people here, the staff they have got it. right now, and we spoke with the players almost every day to be careful. staying with football, there were two attempts at carrying out the champions league last 16 draw today. the first one was declared void because of mistakes made that uefa blamed on a software problem. so, a couple of hours later, it was undertaken again. there's one tie that is the same as the first attempt. that's holders chelsea against lille, while the other english teams will face different opponents. liverpool will play inter milan, manchester city against sporting lisbon, while manchester united are taking on atletico madrid. for all the latest on that and the europa league and conference knockout draws, head to the bbc sport website. to formula 1, where the dust is settling on one of the mo

manchester city against birmingham — she got the winner in the 89th minute. city had already come from behind twice through georgia stanway and lauren hemp. later tottenham travel to aston villaf to a winning start by beating ospreys by 21 points to 13. jean—luc du preez scored sale's third try of the first half which was enough to secure the victory in swansea. in pool b, connacht beat stade francais. john higgins has it all to do if he's to win the scottish open. he'll start the final evening session trailing luca brecel by six the belgian, who's ranked 18th in the world, ended the first session with a century break in llandudno which is hosting the final. higgins has won the tournament twice before, but not for 25 years. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. jimmy greaves thank you very much. it is edging up to whether time. let's get the latest details. that is tied in with a area of low pressure that will get very close to the north—west of the uk overnight tonight. a very mild evening, increasingly breezy. very windy overnight for the western and northern isles of scotland. further showers for western scotland with clear skies to the sou

manchester city will finish the weekend top. the primary lead path for the men beat rolls at home for him. sterling for a 2nd have penalty for one mill victory. penalty also decided liverpool game against aston villa, mom and fellow with broad down in the penalty area and then he made no mistake from the spot. reds remain one point behind men city. the penalty thing continued at stanford bridge and chelsea mitchell there hasn't been you for the winner again, please. 3 minutes into stoppage time. chelsea winning a 3 to well that's it for me. but before we go, a quick recap of our top stories match for staff and we'll start sundays form the one title race in full position alongside championship. rival lewis hamilton, and algeria will phase hose. i kept her in the semi finals of the arab after securing when against their north african neighbor morocco or have more sports at 1345 g m t, but stay with us here on al jazeera after the break. we got another news updates for ah and a palestinian social and political campaigner in iceland. she became the 1st woman here to speak about juma, right? or in the graph at american dutch business woman who's built a multi $1000000.00 business, but helps disadvantag

at the same time, manchester city manager pep guardiola says he has an emergency ahead of tonights match against aston villa players available. we are in an emergency, and emergency of the fact of the squad having a few, few people. and, for red cards, people are missing out. we have to come back and never complain and never miss the players who are not possible to play for injuries, red cards, for any reason. four games in the scottish premiership tonight. after putting them out of the scottish league cup, hibs play rangers in the league later. that's sixth place taking on the top of the table at easter road. elsewhere livingston travel to pittodrie to play aberdeen. dundee host st johnstone. and a long journey for ross county from dingwall to play st mirren in paisley. johanna konta has said she's very grateful for her career in tennis after announcing her retirement from the sport. the thirty year old won four titles on the wta tour and holds the record for the longest time as women's british number one. konta reached the semi—finals at wimbledon in 2017, eventually losing to simona halep. but that took

aston villa and norwich — although the game between norwich and villa tonight will go ahead as things stand. also tonight, leaders manchester cityf of double vaccination or a negative test to attend sporting events with crowds of more than 10,000 and clubs are telling fans exactly what they expect of them. we are also going to ask people to complete an online declaration in advance of the game, which will have to be done for match ticket holders for every game, and for season ticket holders hopefully just once. and then once they're inside the stadium, once again, we're asking people to be responsible, wear their masks when they're moving around and also ideally wear their masks in the stadium bowl. it seems to be a small price to pay for keeping each other safe, protecting the nhs, and hopefully keeping the stadium open with a full capacity. manchester united defender viktor lindelof is undergoing tests after he suffered breathing difficulties during their win at norwich on saturday. he was forced off during the second half, but the incident isn't believed to be connected to the covid—19 outbreak we were just telling you about.

villa and brighton have been affected by coronavirus, too. crystal palace manager patrick viera spoke about his fears that games might have to be played behind closed doors again. and today, manchester cityerned not because the break i am concerned not because the break i am concerned with the virus here and for people suffering seeing with tottenham first and united so there are many and some people here the staff they have got it. so right now with the players almost every day to be careful. pep guardiola there. and don't forget, you can hear more on the other big stories in the game on the football news show on the bbc iplayer. let's wrap up some other stories making the news today. former manchester city striker sergio aguero will announce his retirement on wednesday, according to reports. the 33—year—old has struggled with injuries and health problems since moving to barcelona six months ago. us open winner emma raducanu has tested positive for covid—19, meaning she will miss this week's world tennis championship in abu dhabi as she has to isolate for ten days. 17 england sevens players have been given contracts for the first time since their funding was cut in august, as the rfu tr

aston villa and brighton have also been affected, while crystal palace manager patrick viera spoke about his fears that games might again have to be played behind closed doors. and today, manchester citysuffering seeing with tottenham first and united so there are many and some people here, the staff they have got it. so there are many and some people right now, and we spoke with the players almost every day to be careful. staying with football, there were two attempts at carrying out the champions league last 16 draw today. the first one was declared void because of mistakes made that uefa blamed on a software problem. so, a couple of hours later, it was undertaken again. there's one tie that is the same as the first attempt. that's holders chelsea against lille, while the other english teams will face different opponents. liverpool will play inter milan, manchester city against sporting lisbon, while manchester united are taking on atletico madrid. for all the latest on that and the europa league and conference knockout draws, head to the bbc sport website. to formula 1, where the dust is settling on one of the most controversial endings to a season for years. today, it emerged that

villa against burnley. and it's even worse in the efl, with 19 games off over the weekend. the reason is mainly due to outbreaks in playing squads, but manchester cityeed much more clarity. why those games are getting not played and why do we need not to play a game, so we are playing in the same league. the most important thing is that we are able to maintain within the context, the competition, and for me, this is a big thing. it's probably a knife edge, would be my verdict — it's probably a knife edge, would be my verdict. when you start losing players _ my verdict. when you start losing players to — my verdict. when you start losing players to covid, i think the worry for me _ players to covid, i think the worry for me is— players to covid, i think the worry for me is the competition becomes slightly— for me is the competition becomes slightly unfair. and i don't think anyone — slightly unfair. and i don't think anyone wants to see that. i think that's— anyone wants to see that. i think that's the — anyone wants to see that. i think that's the biggest thing want to people — that's the biggest thing want to people -- — that's the biggest thing wa