to play mexican side monterray tomorrow, while their under 23's are in the midlands to take on aston villanals of the league cup. it's sparked debate about the volume of competitions in football, not to mention qatar's stance on homosexuality and shocking record on human rights issues. 0ur reporter 0llie foster is in doha for us. you can probably see liverpool have brought the british weather with them. about ten or 15 kilometres away from the stadium they had their final training session before the semifinal against monterey here tomorrow night. we had from the managerjurgen klopp earlier and he spoke at length about many things andi spoke at length about many things and i asked him about the continuing concerns from various human rights organisations about the welfare of worker migrants here at tens if not hundreds of deaths around the infrastructure to get ready for the world cup in three years time here in qatarand world cup in three years time here in qatar and also i asked him about many liverpool fans who have felt so uncomfortable about coming here, gay groups associated with liver

aston villa, the latest to try and hault that incredible momentum. bout to be held up in a storm. jamie vardy is the premier league's top scorer. the first half showed why. not many can match his pace so it is best not to give him any chances. a striker on great form. leicester's best were delivering the goods today. this player proving his worth and making it a comfortable second. jack grealish clawed one back before the half—time whistle but it was quickly forgotten when leicester city restored that cushion in the second half. jonny evans, 3—1. some want to convince vardy out of international retirement, and here is why. that's now 16 for him this season. he has scored in eight consecutive premier league games now, and the last person to do that was... well, jamie vardy! leicester city's sights are higher than the top four now. we knew this was going to be a tough game but our approach in the game was very good. intensity and concentration was great from the players. we scored very good goals. and that second half, we kept going right till the very

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — liverpool's youngest ever first team is beaten as aston villa the semi—finals of the carabao cup. good evening. john worboys, the london taxi driver convicted of rape and numerous sexual offences, has been handed two additional life sentences for attacks on four more women. it has been revealed that worboys has confessed to targeting as many as 90 victims. last year, the parole board reversed a decision to release him after a widespread public outcry. it prompted other victims to come forward to report attacks dating back nearly two decades. mrsjustice mcgowan said today she did not know when if ever worboys will would cease to be a risk. our special correspondent lucy manning has more details. they said the black cab rapist was safe to release. now, they say he is just as dangerous as he was a decade ago. he could spend the rest of his life in prison. worboys used his taxi to pick up women, drug them and assault them. but it's his victims who fought back, against a system that wanted to release him. he had been sent to jail ten years ago. then,

they survived a sending off to beat fellow strugglers aston villa 3—0.r first test against south africa this morning, with hopes of an unlikely victory. they'll restart on 121 for 1, chasing 376 to win in centurion. day three saw far kinder conditions for the batsmen, joffra archer the pick of englands bowlers with five wickets. south africa eventually all out for 272. england's squad has been troubled by a sickness, bug but opener rory burns led the response. he's unbeaten on 77 when that match gets back underway at 8:00am. northampton saints are back on top of the premiership after coming through a seven—try thriller against gloucester. cobus reinach scored the try of the match with this fantastic solo effort running from well beyond the half way line to cross over here. the result moves northampton to the top of the table for now, with exeter chiefs still to play this weekend. leicester tigers came from behind to end a run of three straight premiership defeats with a 30—30 draw with harlequins at twickenham. the home side had a 14—point lead midway th

he was the only manager to have taken charge of three midlands clubs — aston villa, west brom and birminghame in 1981 and also won two league cups during his eight years at villa park. he also had spells in charge of birmingham and west brom. there were wins for st mirren, hibernian, livingston and hearts yesterday in the scottish premiership. all eyes will be on hampden park today as celtic and rangers meet in the league cup final. steven gerrard is looking for his first major trophy as rangers boss, while celtic could win a tenth consecutive domestic trophy. not for me, it's for the team and the players, really. if we win it then it ticks another box for my career, which would be nice, but i'm hopeful, because it is on the team, the players, you know putting on a performance to get over the line. don't forget, you can go to the bbc sport website. more reaction to anthonyjoshua's sport website. more reaction to anthony joshua's fight sport website. more reaction to anthonyjoshua's fight in saudi arabia. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's time for the papers. hello and welco

best of the rest in the premier league as they cemented second spot in the table with a a—1win at aston villas behind the leaders liverpool at the top of the table. jamie vardy scored for the eighth game running too — scoring once in each half. the win was leicester's eighth in a row as well. elsewhere, newcastle left it late to beat southampton 2—1. sheffield united came from a goal down to win 2—1 away at norwich, whilst brighton and wolves finished 2—2. celtic manager neil lennon admitted his side weren't at their best but that's what cup football is all about as his side crept past rangers 1—0 to win the scottish league cup. it's a tenth successive domestic trophy in scotland. christopherjullien scored the winner on the hour mark and against the run of the play. rangers had a penalty saved and played the last half an hour with a man advantage but couldn't find a goal. a a1—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following reports of manchester united players being abused during yesterday's manchester derby at the etihad stadium. the incide

leicester are beating aston villa 3-1. leicester are beating aston villa 3—1.is the cup final, 0—0 after 1a minutes. and anthonyjoshua says that he was emotional after beating mexican andy ruiz that he was emotional after beating mexican andy ruinunior on points in saudi arabia. it means that he brings back another heavyweight bout. more on those stories in the next hour. the prime minister boris johnson continued his campaigning this morning — joining volunteers and staff at a call centre in the conservative campaign headquarters. the chancellor sajid javid was also there — as the pair spoke to voters. our news correspondent richard galpin has been on the conservative campaign trail. borisjohnson seemed very, very buoyant when he gave his speech to the volunteers and staff at the campaign headquarters. he was speaking at a frantic pace and really boring up the crowd as well. he was very fired up. he spent some time making calls to voters at this call centre. 0bviously tried to persuade them to vote for the conservative party, and there were a lot of ministers

you can find more on all those stories, including on aston villa's league cup win over liverpool, onre could be some thick patches of fog around, almost anywhere in england and the fog could linger into the early afternoon, particularly across northern parts of england. there is fog out there right now. it could actually get denser as we go through early wednesday. we are in between weather systems. there is wind and rain heading our way. but that won't arrive until later in the day on wednesday. at least that is the case for most of us. in the morning we have the fog in the south, the midlands, northern england, temperatures in some areas will be close to freezing. that means some icy patches are possible here and there, especially out of town, this country roots. take it steady. the weather will go downhill quite quickly across western parts of the uk. the south—west, western wales, northern ireland, heavy atlantic rain sweeping in. on top of that some very strong winds as well. gales around the coasts. it will ta ke gales around the coasts. it will take time for the band of wind a

aston villa, the latest to try and hault that incredible momentum. showed why. not many can match his pace so it is best not to give him any chances. a striker on great form. leicester's best were delivering the goods today. this player proving his worth and making it a comfortable second. jack grealish got one back before the half—time whistle but it was quickly forgotten when leicester city restored that cushion. jonny evans, 3—1. some want to convince vardy out of international retirement, and here is why. that's now 16 for him this season. he has scored in eight consecutive premier league games now, and the last person to do that was... well, jamie vardy! leicester city's sights are higher than the top four now. we knew this was going to be a tough game but our approach on the game was very good. intensity and concentration was great from the players. we scored very good goals. and that second half, we kept going right till the very end, to score... collectively as a team, we defended very well. disappointed that we conceded just before half—time

although he will be looking for a reaction at home to aston villa after actor back leg defeats for theis season. marco silva has been looking for a reaction from most of the campaign so far. he has rarely found it. a last—minute loss at leicester live seem reportedly on the brink of losing his job at everton. he's in need of a nice is a game, instead they will travel to local rivals and league leaders, liverpool. tough timing. should they lose, everton could and the date into the relegation zone. if southampton beat norwich. ralph hasenhuttl it is hanging on at st mary's, nearly six weeks on from that 9—0 threshing by leicester. norwich are also in the bottom three. no speculation about their manager the, with daniel farke firmly fans favourite, for now. in the managerial merry—go—round, things can change quickly. michael redford, bbc news. there were three fourth round matches in the coppa italia on tuesday with fiorentina among those moving through to the last 16. they were comfortable 2—0 winners over second tier citadella thanks to a marco benassi double and they'll now take on hig

tammy abraham and mason mount scored for chelsea in a 2—1win over aston villa. chelsea remain 4th. said, are 8 points behind the leaders liverpool as they beat watford 2—nil, jamie vardy again on the scoresheet. southampton made it back to back wins as they beat norwich 2—1, and wolves were 2—0 winners over west ham as they moved up to 5th in the table. first round of the australian open golf is underway in sydney. there are some high profile names including sergio garcia and ernie els in action at the australian golf club, but there have been worries about the haze caused by nearby bushfires. our reporter chris mitchell is there, how are the conditions looking? touch of bernard lang are looking for my ball in the tree stopping the conditions are much better than they we re conditions are much better than they were yesterday. sydney is still enveloped in a circle of smoke haze, there are 100 bushfires raging right 110w there are 100 bushfires raging right now in new south wales. the air quality hair is the worst it has ever been for a prolonged period, but today there is a pleasant

one other line from the premier league today, and it's bad news for aston villa — they've confirmed thatankle. it happened just seven minutes into their defeat at home to southampton yesterday when mcginn got his studs caught in the turf. villa haven't said how long he'll be out for, but it does make him a doubt for scotland's euro 2020 play—off semi—final against israel on 26th march. liverpool now turn their attention back to winning the premier league after their exploits at the club world cup. here are the players enjoying their win over flamengo in doha. they've got a quick turn—around though with a tricky—looking trip to second—placed leicester on boxing day. fifa meanwhile have ambitious plans of their own for the club world cup. olly foster's been following the tournament in doha for us. that is the club world cup done for another year. it will be back here in qatar in 12 months. european clubs‘ domination of this tournament in recent years continues, liverpool were the winners, upgrading their european champions league title to a world title now. juergen klopp, speaking about ho

brendan rodgers‘ side won 4—1 at aston villa that's now eight league wins on the bounce for the foxesd theirform manjamie vardy has scored in each of them. he found the net twice on sunday and is now on his best streak since his record 11—match run, back in 2015. he leads the premier league's goalscoring charts and leicester are now eight points behind liverpool. it was a brilliant performance, i thought from the first whistle we wa nted thought from the first whistle we wanted to attack the game. this team at home a really strong, they make it really difficult for you, and with the cloud and everything, we knew this was going to be a tough game. but our approach in the game was very good, the players‘ intensity and concentration was great. we scored a very, very good goals. so, and, in that second half, we kept going right to the very end. newcastle scored a late winner as they came from behind to beat southampton 2—1. sheffield united also came from behind to secure their first win in five league matche to drop norwich city into the relegation zone. that finished 2—1. and brighton d

and aston villa beat norwich city 1—0 to get their first win in six games.eight minutes after coming on the pitch. norwich have now gone six games without a win and are bottom of the table. elsewhere, jordan ayew scored a last minute winner as crystal palace beat west ham 2—1. sheffield united stay sixth, behind tottenham, after being held to a one all draw by bottom place watford. in the 5:30 kick off manchester united have come from behind to lead newcastle 4—1, martial, greenwood and rashford with the goals. celtic remain five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 2—1win at st mirren. the opening goal came just after the 20—minute mark thanks to callum mcgregor. celtic doubled their lead ten minutes later after a good finish from james forrest. st mirren got a late consolation, but it wasn't enough. in the edinburgh derby, hibs beat hearts 2—0. martin doyle scored both goals in the first half at tynecastle, volleying the first just six minutes in, with the second on the half—hour mark. that makes it back—to—back derby wins for the fi

while aston villa are the first team to book their place in the semi—finals of the english league cupin their 127 year history. the first team are, of course, away in doha at the club world cup. conmebal‘s ten national sides now know the path they‘ll have to take to qualify for the 2022 world cup finals in qatar. the preliminary draw for the south american qualifiers took place in paraguay earlier and these are the fixtures. the qualifiers will get under way in march next year and end in november 2021. to italy now, and serie a have apologised after imagery of monkeys was used in artwork for an anti—racism campaign. you may remember we talked about this story on monday. the organisation approved an artist who has used pictures of painted monkeys to highlight the problem of racism in italian football. several clubs have condemned the move, including roma and ac milan who said they hadn‘t been consulted. britain also has serious problems with racism in football. one group who hopes to combat it, is kick it out. george starkey midha is one of their representatives. everyone at kick it ou

nigel pearson praised his side's intensity and unity as watford beat aston villa 3—0 at vicarage roadading them from the foot of the premier league, pearson remains unbeaten as watford boss. troy deeney scored twice — including a penalty. they're still second bottom but now just three points from safety. the important thing for us all is to get our performance right. i think we played with good intensity again. we started with a really positive intent and showed incredible unity out there on the pitch, also on the bench, and i think that is something that we have to make sure remains very, very high on our agenda. another new manager is working wonders. carlo ancelotti and everton have won back to back games with a 2—1win at newcastle united. dominic calvert lewin scored both goals to make it eight for the season and lift ancelotti's men into the top half of the table. we are judged for the result. the first 20 minutes of the game were really good. we scored two goals. the second part of the first half was really difficult. we have to improve. we need to have more control. in the seco

goes through to the semifinals tojoin aston we find out who goes through to the semifinals to join aston villat night. another club waiting on a possible managerial appointment is arsenal. they've held talks with former player mikel arteta, who's the current assistant manager at manchester city. a good grounding, but he's never held the top job at a club. well, for 22 years arsene wenger was in charge at arsenal, so who better to give their opinion on arteta potentially being appointed manager and how patient the fans should be. i believe that arteta has a great future. he has learned a lot as a assistant coach and after that, he will have to... he will have to deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level and he will have to get in to a good environment. i think the most important, every club, at arsenal especially, it is based on special values. inside the club, people have to take care of that. that is the most important. what makes the culture of a club great especially values of the club and you have to be fatal to that and continue to develop that. we have to be surrounded,

he'll be looking for a response from his at aston villa.looking for a reaction for most of the campaign so far. he has really founded. a last minute loss at leicester reported leaves him on the brink and losing hisjob at everton. they will travel to local rivals and league leaders liverpool. aten st mary's,... just hanging on. no rich are also in the bottom three. no speculation about their manager, though, clearly the fan's favoured. for now. in the managerial merry—go—round, things can change quickly. eiko redford, bbc news. —— michael. plenty more build up through the week here on sportsday. also making the news on tuesday: arsene wenger says he's happy to offer advice to arsenal's caretaker boss freddie ljungberg — should he need it. the former arsenal boss was speaking at a football board meeting in belfast in his new role as fifa's head of global development. i'm always happy to help my former friends in my former club. —— and former players. and of course, if he needs, i will be available. seven—time champion ronnie o'sullivan shrugg

gunnar solskjaer says manchester united's league position isn't a concern after a home draw with aston villa after 14 games. these boys will improve and learn from this experience. of course we, as manchester united, as a club, we don't like to be position we are in, but that is the reality now. we just ta ke but that is the reality now. we just take one game at a time. wednesday, we've got a big game coming up, saturday again, so these boys are looking forward to every game and sometimes the inconsistency will happen with young boys. to italy next, and inter are top of serie a after a 2—1 win at home to spal on sunday. argentinian international lautaro martinez scored both the goals to take his tally for the season to 13 in all competitions. inter are now one point ahead ofjuventus, while spal remain second from bottom. juventus have now dropped down the table after they were held to a 2—2 draw at home to sassuolo. the italian champions went behind after a goalkeeping error by gianluigi buffon. cristiano ronaldo then scored from the penalty spot to rescue a point in what was his first juven

second in the league right now, after beating aston villa 4—1. jamie vardy‘s been such a big part of their success too. he's also right up there in terms of top scorers in europe this season — he's got 16 — that's more than lionel messi, robert lewandowski, and is just one behind lazio's ciro immobile. rob — why is he so good this year? looking back at this season they won the premier league a few years ago, they just played and the premier league a few years ago, theyjust played and had a system and just went with that. now it is a different system, more football involved, but they have clearly got away that they love playing and they have got guys who want to be out there and are running around. you look at someone like arsenal and you compare it to lister, a group of players who are so together and playing so well, they love playing for that manager. jonny evans has been incredible, or experienced player, people doubted whether he still had it. he has been amazing. someone like jamie vardy, retired from international football, and someone like

elsewhere, tammy abra ham and mason mount helped chelsea beat aston villa 2—1. a 2—0 win over managerless and bottom of the table watford. it's now seven straight wins in the league for leicester. southampton held on to beat norwich and move out of the relegation zone, whilst wolves 2—0 win at home to west ham takes them 5th. there was drama at celtic park as scottish premiership celtic leaders conceded an last minute equaliser against hamilton — only for scott brown to grab the winner two minutes into stoppage time. it puts them two points clear now at the top after rangers could only draw 2—2 with aberdeen. despite trailing 2—0 aberdeen hit back either side of half time, with andrew considine scoring their second. hearts are down to 11th, despite a late equaliser against livingston. kilmarnock and st johnstone was goalless. ross county beat hibs 2—1 and st mirren are now bottom after a 3—0 reversal at home to motherwell. birmingham city picked up only their fourth point of the women's super league season but had to settle for a 1—1 draw at home to tottenham. k

plenty of goals at old trafford where manchester united were held to a two—all draw by aston villa.just over 25minutes to go but the lead didn't last long. villa defender tyrone mings volleyed in the equaliserjust minutes later. wolves and sheffield united also played earlier this afternoon — that match was a draw. lys mousset scored after just 2 minutes, to give the visitors a halftime lead at moilneux but matt doherty headed the equaliser midway through the second half. 1—1 the final score. the game was amazing. i think we tried things, sheffield united pressed us, we pressed them. but fair duels, it is amazing. we played sheffield united before and it felt the same. high competition and for others it is a challenge because we play thursday against the portuguese team that is a lot of portuguese and brazilian players who go short. now we have sheffield wednesday in these intensities and trying to grow as a big challenge for everybody. we needed to be better with the ball second half. we turned over the ball too easily. they have some quality players at the top of the pitch. you al

brendan rodgers' side won 4—1 at aston villa that's now eight league wins on the bounce for the foxesthe net twice on sunday and is now on his best streak since his record 11—match run, back in 2015. he leads the premier league's goalscoring charts and leicester are now eight points behind liverpool. it was a brilliant performance, i thought from the first whistle we wa nted thought from the first whistle we wanted to attack the game. this team at home a really strong, they make it really difficult for you, and with the cloud and everything, we knew this was going

and there is full commentary of liverpool against aston villa in the quarterfinals of the carabao cup moran was watching in kuala lumpur. a winning start for england at the beginning of 3t20 internationals against pakistan, a crucial phase in the build—up to the t20 world cup come february. all england ab de pakistan looked like they could be in to cause a shock but, in but, in the end, england's 154 in to cause a shock but, in but, in the end, england's154 was enough, winning by 29 runs. sophie eggleston the pick of the bowlers, three wickets, and a convincing win for england to get this phase of the dog off to the perfect start. we did well to get to 160, pakistan bowled quite tight with a tight field. we are happy we got there in the end and probably left if you out there, the bowlers did a greatjob. the trip concludes with 2t20 games starting on thursday, they will be looking to make a clean sweep to give maximum momentum heading towards australia in february. that's all the sport for now. the headlines on bbc news. the government is to add a new clause to the brexit bill to make

they stayed up late watching aston villa last night. that was a bit of a horror show. of crackers in their quarterfinal. they have already played one match to getting to the semifinals. we can't read too much into it but we heard from nicolas sanchez, their centre half yesterday and he says they are going to be incredibly motivated for this because they say meeting liverpool, who they considered to be the best clu b who they considered to be the best club side in the world come on form at the moment, is going to be a once opportunity. they play a very expansive style, watch out for those long—range shots. liverpool should have too much for them, even with all those changes, but they are be going out to try and cause a massive upset to get into that final against the brazilians champions on saturday. it is going to be good. thank you very much. 0llie foster reporting there. you can watch the match live on bbc two and the iplayer from 5:15pm this evening. let's turn our attention to dance because there is some rather good news. yes, this is a special moment for darts. fa

aston villa, the latest to try and hold that incredible momentum. a storm. jamie vardy is the premier league is top scorer. not many can match his pace so it is best not to give him any chances. a strike on great form. le i ceste r‘s any chances. a strike on great form. leicester's best were delivering the goods today. ian acheson proving his worth and making it a comfortable second. jack grealish got one back before the half—time whistle but it was quickly forgotten when leicester city restored that cushion. jonny eva ns, city restored that cushion. jonny evans, 3—i. some want to convince jamie vardy out of international retirement, and here is why. 16 for him this season. he has scored in eight consecutive premier league games now and the last person to do that was... jamie vardy! leicester city's sites are higher than the top for now. in the other games... federico fernandez got a late winner for newcastle as they beat southampton 2—1 at st james's park. sheffield united are eighth after beating norwich 2—1. brighton take on wolves in the late gam

with the senior squad in qatar, liverpool fielded their youngest side in history against aston villa d off a 5—0 win for villa. but that result unsurprising, with liverpool priortising the club world cup. the senior squad watched that match last night in doha, which is where we can join 0lly foster. liverpool play monteray later, hoping to reach saturday's final. it's such a busy time for the team with this fixture congestion. it really is, we are right next door to the liverpool team hotel, they said they would stay out late, i wonder how many of them went to bed at half—time. i didn't sign up for this, winter sun, they said, a rainy day, liverpool have brought the british weather with them. it is a big day for cattle, their national day, they have had flybys and parades and the rain. that was the condition is livable change in last night. virgil van dijk is ok. we knelt and will not be ok. the full—strength squad here, a strange situation, says full—strength squad here, a strange situation, sasturgen full—strength squad here, a strange situation, says jurgen klopp, full—strength squ

and aston villa, who've made 10 changes from their last game, are already 2—0 up.s making their debuts, the average age of the team is 19 and a half. there's one fa cup second round replay being played tonight, it's currently plymouth argyle 0 bristol rovers 0 — the first game finished 1—1. arsenal are in talks with their former captain — and current manchester city assistant coach mikel arteta — about the vacant managers job at the emirates. it's the second time he's come into the frame after being interviewed following arsene wenger s departure. he narrowly lost out to the more experienced unai emery who was sacked last month. arteta made 150 appearances for arsenal between 2011 and 2016. club bosses have been spotted outside arteta's house, but guardiola insists he's still a manchester city coach for now. isa is a part of our group and our staff and so, when we have any news, we will know it and he will travel with us, trained carlo ancelotti is understood to be everton's first choice to be their new manager following the sacking of marco silva. ancellotti was d

liverpool play aston villa in the quarterfinals of the league cup tonight, but their entire first teamn bbc two, so their youth team will instead play the carabao cup game. a good opportunity for those players though. but this marks the start of a very busy run of fixtures for the european champions. managerjurgen klopp says he is focussed on winning in qatar, despite the fixture congestion that the tournament has caused. yes, i am excited about it now, because we are here. that is the only reason we are here, we are here to win the tournament. we will see if we can do it or not, but it‘s not about that, it is about always making the best of it. so in a premier league season like this, if you talk to me about the schedule and i say this is not cool, that is my opinion. but in this specific moment, preparing the next game, it is 100%. and that is what it‘s like here, 100%. there‘s been widespread criticism surrounding serie a‘s new "no to racism" campaign, after they used images of monkeys in their posters. well, ac milan are the latest to voice their concerns. these are the images. mil

they survived a sending off to beat fellow strugglers aston villa 3—0.ee points away from escaping the relegation zone. at the bottom of the table, brighton beat bournemouth 2—0, but it was a hugely emotional reaction from alireza jahanbakhsh after scoring his first goalfor the club. the iranian striker was moved to tears after shooting from 16 yards out. it was his 27th appearance for brighton. elsewhere everton beat newcastle 2—1, norwich and tottenham drew 2—2. england's cricketers will resume their pursuit of the 376 runs they need to win the first test against south africa. if they do it, they'll make history — it would be their highest successful run chase in test matches. the good news isjoe root and jos buttler are feeling better after sickness in the camp. yesterday, england's bowlers struggled for control and allowed south africa to recover to 272 all out. sam curran took the final wicket. south africa eventually all out for 272. england's squad has been troubled by a sickness bug, but opener rory burns led the response. he's unbeaten on 77. th

aston villa beat norwich city 1—0 to get their first win in six games.after coming on the pitch. norwich are now six games without a win and bottom of the table. elsewhere, jordan ayew scored a last—minute winner as crystal palace beat west ham 2—1. sheffield united stay sixth, behind tottenham, after being held to a 11— draw by bottom place watford. celtic remain five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 2—1win at st mirren. the opening goal came just after the 20—minute mark thanks to callum mcgregor. celtic doubled their lead ten minutes later after a good finish from james forrest. st mirren got a late consolation but it wasn't enough. in the edinburgh derby, hibs beat hearts 2—0. martin doyle scored both goals in the first half at tynecastle, volleying the first just six minutes in, with the second on the half hour mark. that makes it back to back derby wins for the first time since the 1970s. hearts remain at the bottom of the scottish premiership table. meanwhile, alfredo morelos got the only goal of the game as second place

the shock 2016 premier league winners, secured their eighth victory on the bounce after beating aston villaeaders liverpool and again their main man, jamie vardy, was on the scoresheet. he found the next twice and is now on his best streak since a record 11—match run in that fairytale title winning year. playing very, very well, and importantly for a long period we have been playing consistently well and getting good results. the ideas you want to continue with that and, asi you want to continue with that and, as i said, worked tirelessly and hopefully you get your result. a danish teenager has become one of the youngest ever winners on golf‘s european tour. rasmus hoygaard isjust 18 and won the mauritius 0pen in dramatic style. it was only his fifth event on the tour and he eagled the second play—off hole to seal the victory. china's most successful ever snooker player ding junhui has added another triple crown event to his collection of titles. he won his third uk snooker championship, beating scotland's stephen maguire 10—6 in the final in york. this was his first ranking event win in tw

there were wins for crystal palace and aston villa. sheffield united drew 1—1 with watford.ship with a 2—1win over st mirren, whilst second placed rangers beat kilmarnock1—0. earlier, hibs won back—to—back edinburgh derbies for the first time since the 1970s. two goals from martin boyle sealing a 2—0 win over hearts, who remain bottom. in one of the biggest races of the national hunt season, the king george vi chase, clan des 0beaux made it back—to—back wins with a dominant victory at kempton. sam twiston—davies guided the seven—year—old, part—owned by sir alex ferguson, to victory by some 21 lengths. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website but that's all from me, sophie. that's it. you can get a first look at tomorrow's front pages on the bbc news channel in a moment. but from all of us here — goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. more on the news that gavin and stacey was the most—watched christmas day tv in more than a decade. an average of 11.6 million people watched it on bbc one last night. earlier i spoke to tv critic emma bullimore who says the audience will now b

manchester united were held to a 2—2 draw at home to aston villa while wolves and sheffield united drewunty 4—1. ryan christie scored twice to give them a 2—1 half—time lead. in the second half, winger mikeyjohnston completed the scoring with the pick of the goals, giving celtic their tenth win in a row in all competitions. hot on their heels are rangers, though. they are still level on points with celtic after an emphatic 5—0 win over hearts. greg stewart scored two late goals. so celtic are only just ahead by a single goal on goal difference. he'd already wrapped up the formula 1 world driver's title for a sixth time, but lewis hamilton ensured he ended the season on a high with victory at sunday's abu dhabi grand prix. the mercedes driver led away from pole position and cruised off in the distance, untroubled by anyone behind thereafter. red bull‘ max verstappen was second, charles leclerc‘s ferrari third, but the day belonged to hamilton, who dominted throughout to win the 84th grand prix of his career, moving him to within seven of michael schumacher‘s all—time record. in rugby's p

sheffield united are into fifth beating aston villa.tish premiership leaders celtic and second place rangers — who arejust two points behind don't play until tomorrow. today, st mirren drew with livingston, while there were wins for stjohnstone, ross county and aberdeen, who moved up to third in the table after a 1—0 home win over hamilton academical. sam cosgrove got the crucial goal and it means hamilton slip to the bottom of the table. last season's runners—up leinster have qualified for the european champions cup quarterfinals with two games to spare by thrashing premiership leaders northampton saints for the second week running. 50—21 the final score. elsewhere glasgow lost to la rochelle, gloucester lost to a last minute connacht try, while champions saracens are still fighting in the pool stages thanks to a 15—6 win over munster. the game was pretty slow in the first half and i think there were —— they were more enthusiastic than we were, which was unlike us. so we talked about that at halftime and we came out and our intent went

school as her big brother george, who just a few weeks later could barely contain his excitement as aston villaily moved here to windsor. she became a mother and got stuck into her new role as a working royal. in january, her first four patronages were announced. as an animal lover, a dog—and—cat rescue home was an unsurprising choice. a long—time proponent of further education, she took over the queen's patronage of the association of commonwealth universities, including the university ofjohannesburg. a former actress, she was an obvious choice to be patron of the national theatre. what do you feel more comfortable in? i did love the pop of that coat. and empowering women has been a passion of hers since childhood — attracting her to smart works, a charity that aims to do exactly that. different continent, but, in south africa, the message was the same. the rights of women and girls is something that's very close to my heart and a cause i spent the majority of my life advocating for, because i know that when women are empowered, the entire community flourishes. and just on one personal note, c

a team of youngsters is expected to play against aston villa in their quarter—final later on tuesday.tly, the pack is the one that a work with constantly, so it's not like we are throwing a team together. so, we will be well prepared. we have got enough time, we know how going to approach the game, and it's important that we don't play like a liverpool team. now we've all seen a dog run onto the pitch, in the park, trying to steal the ball! and we've even seen cats on the pitch in stadiums. but what we're seeing now is a rare sighting! it's a stag, using it's antlers to dribble into the net, and celebrate scoring! that's worth a replay! form like that, he could end becoming world player of the deer! you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, that's your tuesday sport briefing. that is indeed, thanks to gavin and the team. lets light up the end of our show with what is billed as north america's largest lantern festival, it's in new york. at least ten million lights have been used, to light up

in the english league cup quarterfinals but they fielded their youngest—ever team in the loss to aston villad cup. so staying with liverpool and as we mentioned the senior side are in doha ahead of their semifinal against monterrey. the european champions will fly some of theirjunior squad out to qatar, tojoin their big names. so is the trip worthwhile for all the team? we just want to be successful and keep winning trophies. you have to be successful to win in this tournament, so let's hope we can play like we have been an win again —— and win again. the other three english league cup quarterfinals take place on wednesday. and the wait for the first el clasico of the season is almost over! real madrid go to barcelona, for the game that was postponed in october due to fears of violence in the catalonia region over independence. those worries haven't gone away, but amid high security the game will take place. the two teams are on the same number of points at the top, only separated by barca's slightly better goal difference. to a skateboarder, with a growing following on social media. and thi

manchester united were held to a 2—all draw at home to aston villa, while wolves and sheffield united in the premier league. watford have sacked quique sanchez flores. club bosses met earlier to decide on his future after watford lost again yesterday, 2—1 to southampton, leaving them well adrift at the bottom of the league table. they've only won once in the league since sanchez flores re—joined the club in september. the club said in a statement the appointment of a new head coach is imminent. despite cristiano ronaldo's first goal forjuventus since october. they could only manage a 2—2 draw at home to sassuolo in serie a. two goals from lautaro martinez helped antonio conte's inter to a 2—1win at home to spal, which means they're now top of the table by one point. elsewhere napoli may have got a good draw at liverpool in the champions league but their disappointing league form continues, they were beaten 2—1 at home to bologna. ac milan won 1—0 at parma. he'd already wrapped up the formula one world driver's title for a sixth time, but lewis hamilton ensured he ended the season on a

sheffield united's great season continued withjohn fleck‘s two goals seeing the blades past aston villawest ham 1. there has been plenty of christmas cheer at southampton. less optimistic for west ham. seven defeats in nine and it could have led to a festive farewell for manuel pellegrini. despite recent form, west ham started stronger. a disallowed goal assign of things to come. west ham thought they had a second, celebrations proving prematurely. the art southampton's rescue. then southampton were left frustrated by the woodwork rather than technology. denied not once but twice, stunning strike ruled out for an earlierferal. twice, stunning strike ruled out for an earlier feral. southampton unable to find the equaliser they remain in trouble. for west ham, victory is an early christmas present. here is the bottom half of the table. at the top of the table though — well who can catch liverpool now. their lead over the rest now 10 points. chelsea 20 points behind in fourth — as close to liverpool as they are to bottom side watford. sheffield united flying in fifth. could all be shaken u

a good win for southampton who beat aston villa 3—1.. celtic survived a wobble at home to aberdeen, restoring their lead over rangers at the top of the table back to five points. 0dsonne edouard scored the winner in the 66th minute for the 2—1victory. motherwell moved back into third place as jake carroll's free—kick gave them all three points away to kilmarnock. plenty of action from rugby union's premiership today. northampton slipped to second in the table after losing at home to sale. instead, exeter are top, inflicting another defeat on leicester, 31—22 the score. the tigers were left without even the consolation of a bonus point. they remain in trouble in 11th place, one place off the bottom. that's all the sport for now. the duke of edinburgh is continuing to be treated at a hospital in london after being admitted yesterday. the queen remains at her sandringham estate in norfolk. 0ur correspondent tolu adeoye is at sandringham. all quiet here this evening. this is where the duke has spent much of his time since he retired in 2017

there were wins for crystal palace and aston villa whilst sheffield united drew 1—1 with watford.c maintained their lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—1win over st mirren, whilst second placed rangers beat kilmarnock1—0. earlier hibs won back to back edinburgh derbies for the first time since the 19705 — two goals from martin boyle sealing a 2—0 win over hearts, who remain bottom. in one of the biggest races of the national hunt season — the king george vi chase — clan des 0beaux made it back—to—back wins with a dominant victory at kempton. sam twiston—davies guided the seven—year—old, part owned by sir alex ferguson, to victory by some 21 lengths. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including details of cardiff blues' win in the pro 1a rugby. but from me, goodnight. people in some parts the world have been watching the last solar eclipse of the year. it was visible across much of the middle east and south asia where people witnessed the annular solar eclipse. it is also known as a "ring of fire", where the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. there's

it'll be a strange night for liverpool as they play aston villa in the quarter finals of the league cupsquad are out in doha for the club world cup. they play the mexican side monterray tomorrow live on bbc two, so their youth team will play the carabao cup game. it's the start of a very busy period of fixtures for the european champions. managerjurgen klopp says he's focussed on winning in qatar, despite the fixture congestion that the tournament has caused. i'm excited about it no because we are here. we are a huge win the tournament, we will see we can do not, but it about that. as always, we will make the best of it. in the specific moment, preparing for the next game, we are 100%. that is good you are going to see. england's women have won the first of three t20 matches against pakistan in kuala lumpur. 0pener amyjones top scored with a half century as england reached 15a for four from their 20 overs. in reply pakistan were all out for 125. and sprinter adam gemili says he's fully focussed on winning a medal at next year's 0lympics, despite disappointment at this year's world champ