you know, he's been, you know, the 32—year—old joined spurs from bayer leverkusen nearly 10 years agoear extension on his deal meaning son will stay until at least 2026. he's already had an outstanding career at this football club. you know, he's been, you know, he's played a big role in the last ten years. made an impact at the club, made an impact on the premier league. great to extend his stay and the kind of aim and am big is to —— ambition is to make sure he finishes his spurs career with some silverware. the sides met last month, with liverpool hitting six goals past their opponents in the premier league. spurs though did show some fight, scoring three defeat at molyneux, when the sides met last month. the striker will miss just two games, rather than three — and given an £80,000 fine after the fa found him guilty of misconduct for the altercation where he snatched the glasses off the face of a security guard. an independent panel said the inital ban was a starting poiint, but agreed cunha's acceptance of the charge, his apology and clean disciplinary record were also mitigating

in the bundesliga, bayer leverkusen moved just a point behind bayern munich at the top with a 1—0 winth—straight win in all comps. elsewhere, there were big wins for frankfurt, wolfsburg and shock win with holstein kiel easing past dortmund. two games in italy's serie a with ac milan moving up to seventh, having beaten como 2—i. it finished all square between atalanta and juventus. it's new era for english rugby. maro itoje has been promoted to captain for the six nations, replacing his saracens teammate jamie george in the role. he stepped up to skipper saracens this season in the wake of owen farrell's departure to france — and now he'll be leading out his country. with more on that, and the rest of the squad announcement, here's our rugby union correspondent chris jones. the big news from here is england have a new captain, maro itoje replacing jamie george in the role. george led england through 2024 but at the age of 3a and with pressure for his place from players, he has moved in a different direction. maro itoje tipped as england's captain for ages, he led the under 20s to a ju

the 32—year—old joined spurs from bayer leverkusen nearly 10 years ago and they've triggered a one—yearning son will stay until at least 2026. he's already had an outstanding career at this football club. you know, he's been, you know, he's played a big role in the last ten years. made an impact at the club, made an impact on the premier league. great to extend his stay and the kind of aim and and ambition is to make sure he finishes his spurs career with some silverware. the sides met last month, with liverpool hitting six goals past their opponents in the premier league. spurs though did show some fight, scoring three of their own, and the liverpool head coach arne slot is aware what they're capable of. large parts of the away game we could show our identity, but definitely parts of the game where they showed how good of a team they are, scoring three goals against us is, um, is also an accomplishment. i know we scored six in that game as well, but scoring three against us is — not what many teams have done until now. wolves forward matheus cunha has had his ban reduced after offering

the 32—year—old joined spurs from bayer leverkusen nearly 10 years ago and has scored 169 goals in a31t reached the club's first champions league final in 2019. son has scored five goals this season. he will stay at the club until at least 2026. giannis antetokounmpo starred again for milwaukee bucks despite playing for less than half an hour of their win over toronto raptors. the greek star scored just 11 points but 12 rebounds and a season high 13 assists marked the stand out performance in a comfortable 128—104 victory. a cut to his finger saw him withdrawn but it's not thought it will keep him out. he didn't want to come out. but you could — he didn't want to come out. but you could see it is really hurting _ you could see it is really hurting. we are talking about how — hurting. we are talking about how well _ hurting. we are talking about how well he passes. he sets a whole — how well he passes. he sets a whole tone for our team. when the test— whole tone for our team. when the best player does that, it is contagious. in the nhl, the colorado avalache came from behind to beat the

the 32—year—old joined spurs from bayer leverkusen nearly ten years ago and has scored 169 goals in a31f the side that reached the club's first champions league final in 2019. son has scored five goals this season. he will stay at the club until at least 2026. julen lopetegui has been taking training at west ham today, despite rumours he's on the verge of being sacked and that the club has already held talks with graham potter about replacing him. lopetegui has been under huge pressure after two heavy defeats at the hands of liverpool and manchester city. he onlyjoined last summer, replacing david moyes who left at the end of his contract. west ham's technical director has been pictured talking to former chelsea and brighton boss potter, who has previously been linked with the hammers job. to tennis, and ons jabeur continued her return from injury problems by beating fourth seed danielle collins at the adelaide international. the tunisian was a wildcard for this event ahead of the first grand slam of the year — the australian open which begins next week. she had a shoulder injury at the

the south korea internationaljoined spurs from bayer leverkusen ten years ago and has scored over 169f is quins record appearance holder and has won two premiership titles with the club. dragons and wales player leon brown has announced his immediate retirement from rugby at the age of 28 due to a persistent neck injury. the prop featured 2a times for wales since making his debut back in 2017 — playing his final international nearly 12 months ago. lets turn our attentions to cricket because the england and wales cricket board has today met with the labour mp tonia antoniazzi after she wrote a letter, signed by 200 politicians they want the team to refuse to play the 50—over match and take a stand against the taliban regime, which has effectively banned women's participation in sport since 2021. many of afghanistan's female players have left the country for their own safety. the labour mp earlier called the ecb's position "spineless, slippery and morally wrong". i was really crossed to their response, the one they give to me is the one that went out to the media. ijust the one that wen

the 32—year—old joined spurs from bayer leverkusen nearly ten years ago and they've triggered a one yearding career at this football club. he has played a big role in the last ten years and made an impact at the club, and made an impact at the club, and an impact in the premier league. great to extend his stay, and the ambition is to make sure he finishes his tournament career with some silverware. northern ireland golfer, tom mckibbin is set for a shock switch tojoinjon rahm's liv golf team in a lucrative multi—year deal. the 22—year—old claimed a pga tour card in november but will forgo a debut season with them to take the final spot in rahm's legion 13 team. with them to take the final mckibbin turned professional in 2021 and won his first dp world tour event injune 2023 at the porsche european world tour event injune 2023 at the porsche european open in germany. to tennis and ons jabeur continued her return from injury problems by beating fourth seed danielle collins at the adelaide international. the tunisian was a wildcard for this event ahead of the first grand slam of the year —