in an interview with bbc sports editor dan roan, he also said he would be open to moving some indoor e is going to, fundamentally, make us have to think about the global calendar, where we take our events, and what times of the year that we take our events. and some people have even suggested that we might want to look at the balance between the olympic winter and summer games. you have venues where some sports are indoors. you could, in theory, take them into another time of the year. that may be a winter games. now to the big fight happening in saudi arabia on saturday — and you may have noticed how little tyson fury has said ahead of his rematch with oleksandr usyk. his total contribution to the pre—fight press conference in saudi arabia — 30 seconds. here it is in full — with bleeps. i'm gonna dish out a whole lot of pain. expletive the hurt locker, for sure. i've got nothing to say apart from there's gonna be a whole lot of hurt and pain in this fight. you watch. that's all i've got to say. talking's been done. the first fight, i talked, ijoked. all me career. this time, i'm seri

more details on all the matches on the bbc sport website. the sporting landscape has shifted towards the middle east and the huge wealth of the gulf states. saudi arabia's portfolio of events is constantly expanding and tomorrow they are expected to land the greatest prize — the 2034 world cup. it's a controversial choice and how they got to this point is complex. 1a months ago, morocco, portugal, and spain were given the green light to host the 2030 tournament — that will also be ratified tomorrow — the opening three matches will actually take place in uruguay, argentina and paraguay. that suddenly ruled out a lot of options for the 2034 edition. it couldn't go to europe, africa, or the americas because of fifa's12—year continental rotation policy. the very next day, fifa opened the process for 2034, giving interested parties less than a month to submit bids. saudi arabia were ready with theirs, but potential hosts australia and new zealand were caught on the hoof and, ultimately withdrew. a month later, despite long—standing concerns over t

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. t of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. the rest of this week looks like one of two halves. we'll certainly have some quieter, colderweather for the next couple of days with some decent spells of sunshine, could see some snow on the hills across the north through tuesday night, and then, as we push towards the end of the week, it turns milder, but very much wetter and windier, as deep areas of low pressure move in off the atlantic. so we're in this ridge of high pressure, though, for tuesday, and this wedge of colder air, as you can see on the airmass chart, so it will be a colder start for many for tuesday morning. very cold across scotland, perhaps down to —7, —8 celsius over the highlands and the grampians, and there will be some freezing fog patches around. some fog patches further south, too, which may lift into low cloud, but for many, it'll be a dry and a sunny day, with light winds. but across southwest england, northern ireland, western scotland, we'll sta

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app or from our website, bbc.com/sport. you again next time. hello there. we again saw temperatures reaching 13 degrees on tuesday, but the cloud this time brought with it more rain. and into the southwest, we're going to find this rain arriving later in the day on wednesday. but at the moment, this area of low pressure is bringing the rain into the night. it's also bringing some strong and gusty winds, and that's all keeping the temperatures up. it's very mild — these are the temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees by the end of the night. but it will still be windy into the morning, and the strongest of the winds are likely to be over and to the east of the pennines. gusts 50—60mph in the morning — could be quite tricky if you're travelling on the m62 or the a1, for example. may well be some early rain across northern england to move through, and then, following that, sunshine and scattered, blustery showers will develop in scotland and northern ireland. and across england and wales, it may well brighten up as well, before we se

much more reaction on the bbc sport website and app. england were in action on tuesday in a friendly against next year's hosts, switzerland. it was routine, a 1—0 win, with their opponents missing several key players. still, the match at bramall lane proving a good opportunity for sarina wiegman to try out new players, with 21—year—old laura blindkilde—brown one of those making their senior debuts. how did serena sum it up for you after the game. what did she say to you about your performance? she just said well done, enjoy the moment, that was about it. how much confidence does this give you going forward what happened tonight? yes, gives me loads of confidence ijust want to keep pushing, trying to get into the squad and get into the team, yes. well done. thank you. let's turn our attentions to the premier league now, and the best possible start for ruud van nistelrooy — his first game in charge at leicester finished with a good win against west ham, who perhaps might have their own managerial dilemmas to come. van nistelrooy said he w

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.nd the weather is about to turn even worse still as we head into the weekend with our next named storm, storm darragh, barrelling in from the west. damaging gusts of wind, that's what we're most concerned about, but also the risk of flooding, especially in the northwest. and there will be some snowfall over the higher ground of scotland. but friday, a fairly quiet day of weather — the calm before the storm — particularly for the eastern half of the uk. it's a cold start to the morning compared to how mild it was on thursday. the sunshine lasting longest in the east, high cloud pushing eastwards and turning very wet, very windy by the end of the afternoon across northern ireland and for these western coasts too. temperatures staying in single figures, so a lot cooler than on thursday. but here comes the storm on friday night into saturday, deep area of low pressure, tight squeeze on the isobars — first down towards irish sea coasts and then the strength of the winds transfers to north s

news at the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sportntre, goodbye. hello. sunday brought temperatures as high as 1a degrees in some parts of the uk, and the new working week is getting off to a similarly mild start. now we are going to see some wet and windy weather at times this week. it will then turn colder for a while towards the end of the week, but for the time being, we find ourselves within this area of mild air. across the north of the uk, though, notice this weather front, a very slow moving weatherfront, which is going to continue to deliver some heavy and persistent rain across the north west of scotland. some western parts of the highlands through monday and into tuesday could be looking at up to 150mm of rain that could give rise to some transport disruption and some flooding issues. elsewhere, a largely dry but rather cloudy start to the day. however, we will see that cloud thinning and breaking to give some spells of sunshine, maybe just a bit grey and murky for parts of southwest england and wales. breezy, in fact windy

hello from the bbc sport centre.gue where that big clash between liverpool and manchester city is under way at anfield, we'll bring you all the latest from that in a moment, but we start with chelsea, who are level on points with second placed arsenal, after a 3—0 victory over aston villa at stamford bridge. goals from nicolas jackson, enzo fernandes and cole palmer gave chelsea victory, but aston villa fall to 12th in the table, without a win since october. the boss is not getting carried away. the boss is not getting carried awa . ~ ., ., the boss is not getting carried awa. ., ., ., , ., away. we are not ready for the title race- _ away. we are not ready for the title race. there _ away. we are not ready for the title race. there are _ away. we are not ready for the title race. there are teams - title race. there are teams like city, liverpool and arsenal. ruben amorim has his first premier league win as manchester united boss. they beat everton 4—0 at old trafford, with marcus rashford and joshua zirkzee both sco

you can follow that game on the bbc sport website. bye—bye.

now, sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre.e start with another busy night of european football and in particular the europa league where manchester united, viktoria plzen, rasmus hojlund came off the bench to score twice as the visitors took all three points, after back—to—back defeats domestically. the result lifts ruben amorim's side into the top eight positions that would automatically see them qualify for the last 16. hojlund has now scored five times in europe this season and united remain unbeaten in the competition. busy night in the europa league. these are the that we are taking a close eye on. the second family but am is an all british affair between rangers and telling him. it is all this as things stand. ten points from their five as things stand. ten points from theirfive games. as things stand. ten points from their five games. you as things stand. ten points from theirfive games. you can see with some results with united winning and a big win for roma. it was to have into against malmo and in the fourth game one

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.comt centre, goodbye. hello. after the overnight rain across england and wales, thursday promises to bring lengthy spells of sunshine. it'll be a little on the chilly side, particularly across the north of the uk with a noticeable breeze, but overall, not a bad day. now, here's the satellite picture of that weather system earlier on, spreading across the uk. the rain has been mostly across the southern half of the country — in the north, we've had showers and clear spells. by the middle of thursday, that weather front is way towards the east of us — and in its wake, we're in that north westerly airstream. so, this is what it looks like early in the morning — still the remnants of the rain there across east anglia, but 1—2 showers also further towards the west. frost—free for england and wales, typically five celsius, closer to freezing in northern ireland and scotland. so here's that weather, then, on thursday — sunshine, particularly across eastern and central england, but notice a few s

achievements honoured here at the year—ending bbc sports personality of the year. later. but 2024 was also a year where some of british sport's biggest stars took theirfinal bows. the likes ofjimmy anderson, andy murray, tom daley and laura kenny to name just a few. but the year was also for new, exciting sporting talent. luke "the nuke" littler... and that's where 2024 started. injanuary, the year was young and so too was the headline maker. 16—year—old luke littler�*s journey to the final of the pdc darts world championship had everyone gripped. he was eventually beaten by luke humphries. the future of darts in steady hands. it's been a rollercoaster. i'm glad i was a part of a good final. he deserved it, he played the better darts. but the start of the year marked the beginning of a surprising end for others. and louis rees—zammit raised eyebrows injanuary by switching to american football, leaving rugby union just as the six nations was about to start. wales missed him. england missed out. this was ireland's tournament again. so the six nations begins in a boun

despite the controversy, saudi's sporting revolution gathers pace. dan roan, bbc news.first ever winter olympics spot in ice hockey in two years' time. and the next phase of that journey starts this week. they're on the ice, hoping to make it to a final qualifier next year and some of the players have been competing in men's ice hockey teams to stay sharp. dan 0gunshakin reports. never before have great buttons women's ice hockey team reached an olympic games but they aim to move one step closer. —— great britain's. a place at february's final 0lympic qualifying event is the prize should they see off the threat of latvia, spain and the netherlands. these games are incredibly big. they enable us to play the game that we love. the olympics is the pinnacle of our sport and it would mean the world to get one step closer and potentially compete again. their bid to share the ice with the world's best at the 2026 winter games has been boosted by increased funding and access to physiotherapy, strength and conditioning and nutrition. yet if the team gb environment is increasingl

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/eam at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. for many of us, tuesday was dominated by lots of grey skies, lots of cloud across the uk. for the central belt of scotland, it was fog, which persisted in glasgow all day, and as a result, the temperature for most of the day didn't get above —1 celsius. so, freezing fog, and we start off wednesday with some of that fog once again. temperatures overnight as low as —8 celsius, so a cold start to wednesday. for england, wales, more cloud here, as temperatures are about three to six celsius, but throughout wednesday, we keep this area of high pressure. this is what we've seen throughout the day on monday and tuesday, really, so not a great deal of change to what you experience outside, the freezing fog likely to continue across some parts of central and southern scotland. sunshine elsewhere across scotland, except the northern isles, where there's a bit of rain here. maybe a few brighter skies in northern ireland, the far north of england.

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. f the team at the bbc see you again next time. hello there. wednesday promises to be another fairly settled day, with some sunshine around, albeit on the cool side, but we'll start to see some changes later on wednesday, and as we push towards the end of the week, it'll turn milder, but that's because we'll start to see wet and windy weather spreading off the atlantic from the south west. colder weather, though, will return by the end of the weekend, and that colder theme will last into the new week. now, we've had this weather front spreading across northern areas, clearer skies behind it. that will allow temperatures to dip, so there is an ice risk across some central and northern parts of the uk to start wednesday. plenty of sunshine around, a bit of cloud and fog for the midlands, into wales, that should tend to break up. later in the day, though, it'll start to turn milder, wetter and windier out west, with gales developing for the hebrides, so the best of the sunshine will tend t

the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! a truly memorable sporting year. the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause this year has been absolutely incredible for me. i've achieved everything i set out to do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. then, we're seeing the breeze start to pick up, and that sets the tone for the rest of the weekend. tomorrow is looking a lot brighter, although there will be some more rain across the far north of the uk. and you can see already some rain across northern ireland and scotland this morning. high pressure still dominant further south, so the mist and the fog just likely to linger on for many. we could start to see some breaks in it. a little bit of clearance across the north midlands and into north wales perhaps as we head through the afternoon, but further south, staying very murky. some sunny sp

paris olympic gold medalists keely hodgkinson has been named the bbc�*s sports personality of the yearwe visit a small town in scotland where some wonky christmas lights designed by children at a primary school have gone viral. this is not the christmas gift that many households will have been hoping for, but prices are rising more sharply as we approach an already expensive time of year. the uk inflation rate has gone up for the second month in a row, rising at the fastest rate since march. fuel and clothing were among the main drivers behind the rise. increasing ticket prices for gigs and plays were also a factor. so let's take a look at the numbers. according to official figures uk inflation rate rose to 2.6% in the year to november. the bank of england raises interest rates to try to keep inflation at its target of 2%. its next rates decision is on thursday, but economists expect rates to be held at 4.75%. henry settlements that the numbers on inflation are not going in the right direction. this government is desperate for people around the uk to feel like some of the pressures on

all the results are on the bbc sport website.e table and into the knockout stages of the europa conference league after a much changed side won 3—1 in kazakhstan against astana. chelsea making ten changes with the squad made up of mainly fringe players and youngsters. marc guiu with their opener in freezing conditions in al maty. it's a 16—hour round trip and chelsea face brentford in the premier league on sunday as they look to keep pace with the leaders liverpool. that's five wins from five in europe though for enzo maresca's side. these are just some of the other results from the conference league. fiorentina 7—0 winners over lask and a solid win for dutch side cercle bruher too. all the results are on the bbc sport website. it's five wins from five for manchester city in the women's champions league as they beat austrian side st polten 2—0. it means they're top of their group, three points clear of barcelona who beat hammarby 3—0. city and barca are already through to the quarter finals. as are bayern munich and arsenal who a

plenty of build up to the boxing day games over on the bbc sport website. but for me and the team, all that leaves me with his time to tell you merry christmas, all the best, we will be back with you on boxing day, but until then, good night. a consultation with the motor industry on the phasing—out of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 because of climate change has been started by the government. the ban on sales of these vehicles had been extended to 2035 under the previous conservative government, but labour said it would restore the 2030 deadline in its election manifesto. marc ashdown reports. one in four cars sold in the uk right now is electric, but there remains a strong dose of scepticism from some about the idea of switching. i'm living in a block of flats and we really don't have an option to charge electric cars there just yet. we have family in scotland so i need to make regular trips to scotland so it wouldn't be suitable for me. when you get outside of london, there's not that many charging. stations, so that's probablyl the reason i woul

all the highlights are on the bbc sport website.fielder edoardo bove is in intensive care after collapsing on the pitch in the first half of their match with inter milan. the 22—year—old, on loan from roma, suddenly fell to the ground, and was eventually taken away on a stretcher and put into a waiting ambulance. fiorentina say he arrived at the hospital in a stable condition and tests showed acute damage to his central nervous system and cardio—respiratory system, so was placed under sedation. he will be re—evalutated in the next 2a hours. england have beaten new zealand by eight wickets in the first test in christchurch. they wrapped up the victory on day four to take a 1—0 lead in the three—match series. jacob bethell�*s unbeaten 50 on his test debut guiding them to their target of 104 to win in their second innings. ben croucher reports. the future of english cricket looks to be in pretty safe hands. granted, it has not been a perfect year, but the beginning of the end of 2024 couldn't have gone much better. day four in christch

happy new year to need you and thank you all very much indeed and all the team at bbc sport. radio presenter johnnie walker has died at the age of 79. he stepped down from bbc radio 2 in october due to ill health. his wife tiggy says she couldn't be more proud of how he kept broadcasting "almost to the end with dignity and grace". the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, said, "we are deeply saddened by the news ofjohnnie's passing and our thoughts are with his family and friends, as well as everyone at radio 2." johnnie was a pop radio pioneer and a champion of great music, entertaining millions of beloved listeners on the bbc across decades, most recently hosting two shows on radio 2. hello there. good evening. well, it's been a blustery and a wet end to 2024 for many of us, and there's more severe weather to come in the forecast as we head into the new year too, with more heavy rain. it stays windy on new year's day. it is going to be turning colder, but for the rest of tonight, well, it's certainly mild out there for the vast majority. more rain across the central swathe o

let's speak to our bbc sport presenter olly foster. just where are we with this?ut a0 minutes now. have been expecting it for about 40 minutes now. yes, we are about _ about 40 minutes now. yes, we are about half _ about 40 minutes now. yes, we are about half an _ about 40 minutes now. yes, we are about half an hour _ about 40 minutes now. yes, we are about half an hour late, - about 40 minutes now. yes, we are about half an hour late, by l are about half an hour late, by our reckoning, slightly complicated by the fact they are dealing with the business for the 2030 world cup first, which is a joint bid between morocco, spain and portugal. they have just got to that. as you can see, there is quite a glossy promotional video, louise figaro, the portuguese host, involved in that, but before that what they have done is separated the 2030 bridge, but they are going to have the three opening games in south america, but that is being treated as a separate bid. there are reasons for fifa doing that, it means south america get to have their official world cup, even though

there's plenty more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — that's www.bbc.co.uk/sport but from start to the week. temperatures at swanage in dorset on monday reached 13 celsius. it'll be mild on tuesday as well, but again, there'll be a lot of cloud around. we're on the warmer side of thejet stream, and that's why we've got these higher temperatures, there's the position of the jet stream, it's to the north of the uk, so we're on the warmer side of that. but along a weather front, we've seen a lot of rain in the northern highlands, that's moving away, but this area of low pressure will bring some wetter weather back in to the north and west of the uk. so on tuesday, it looks like scotland and northern ireland will be cloudy, and there'll be some rain from time to time. england and wales looking mostly dry, again, there'll be a lot of cloud around, limited sunshine. and we're more likely to see a little rain into these western areas of england and wales, especially later on in the day as the wind picks up. a southerly wind will be freshening through the day, but at least it is d

bbc news. time now for some of the day's other sport stories.ics after they beat spain 3—0 in sheffield. if they beat the netherlands tomorrow, they will reach next year's qualifiers. anthony edwards scored 23 points as the minnesota timberwolves beat the los angeles lakers 97—87 in the nba. the lakers were without lebron james, who missed a second straight game with injury. wu yize beat xiao guodong by six frames to four in an all chinese first semifinal of the scottish open. he'll play the winner of tonight's other semi between mark allen of northern ireland and china's lei peifun. finally tonight — britain's eva 0karo has booked a place in tomorrow's final of the women's 50m freestyle at the world short course swimming championships in budapest. earlier in the year, she became the first black woman to represent great britain in the pool at an olympic games. that comes at a time when people — particularly from minority communities — are swimming less and less. dan 0gunshakin has been to meet a triathlon group trying to change that. great brita

lots more on that on the bbc sport website.t to stay pretty unsettled as we head towards the weekend, but it's not a complete wash—out. there will be some drier, brighter interludes from time to time before the wet and windy weather moves through, and then it will turn noticeably colder, particularly for the second half of the weekend. so, one weather front has been bringing some heavy rain — that's sweeping its way east. a brief lull, but only briefly, before the next system starts to pile in, so rainfall accumulations are going to start to pep up over the next few days. widely, we could see 50mm of rain, but across north wales, northwest england, some areas could see 70—80mm, possibility of further localised flooding. so, not a bad start for many across central and eastern areas, clouding over from the west, and some of that rain really turning quite heavy, with gale—force gusts of winds, particularly for the highlands and islands. here, we'll see 8 or 9 degrees. highest values, though, further south of around 13 or 1a celsiu

sport and for a full round—up, here's the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre.est sport centre. ham are hosting wolves as we west ham are hosting wolves as we speak with both managers under real pressure. the west ham players have shown their support for antonio following his road traffic accident on saturday warming up in the number nine shorts and walked out in tops with the name of the striker on it. after 13 minutes it is goalless at the london stadium. in the last few minutes a shot on target but parried away by the west ham keeper. there has also been a shot from west ham posting ac from sam johnstone. shot from west ham posting ac from samjohnstone. west ham are 14th in the table six points above the drop while gary o'neill's three points from safety. premier league official david coote has been sacked by referees�* body pgmol, following an investigation into his conduct. coote was suspended on the 11th of november pending a full investigation after a video allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about liverpool and the club's former managerjurge

hello from the bbc sport centre.id coote�*s contract is terminated, with the governing body saying his position was untenable. scrapping for points — the pressure boils over at the london stadium, as west ham beat wolves and give their manager a stay of execution. more questions over the running of manchester united, with the departure of the sporting director after just five months. let's start with the news that premier league official david coote has been sacked by the refereeing body. coote was suspended on the 11th of november pending a full investigation after a video allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about liverpool and the club's former managerjurgen klopp. a further investigation was opened two days later after photographs appeared showing him appearing to snort a white powder. he showing him appearing to snort a white powder.— a white powder. he was in charue a white powder. he was in charge of— a white powder. he was in charge of liverpool - a white powder. he was in| charge of liverpool aga

hello from the bbc sport centre. it's been a day of very different results for england's men and women's cricket teams. england's men needed a miracle to beat new zealand — and never got close. resuming day four on 18 for 2 — needing 640 runs to win, england lost wickets at regular intervals in hamilton — bowled out for 234 — giving the home side a huge 423 run win. england win the series though 2—1. we know we just didn't play anywhere near our capability. it's obviously disappointing to end the tour and end the year with a loss, but what we came here to achieve we managed to achieve and it's no mean feat coming to new zealand and beating them because they are a very, very strong team in own conditions. it was a much better outcome for england's women though — and they won their first test match in a decade. starting the day with a lead of 145, england were bowled out for 281 — with captain heather knight making 90 — on day four of their match against south africa — setting their opponents 351 to win. and the home s

bbc news. now, it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. hello from the bbc sport centre.and their premier league title hopes — they're winger ——their winger bukayo saka is going to miss "many weeks" with a hamstring injury, according to manager mikel arteta. the england forward was forced off during saturday's 5—1win against crystal palace and left selhurst park on crutches. the 23—year—old's scored nine goals and provided 13 assists this season. arsenal next play on friday, at home to ipswich, and go into christmas six points behind the league leaders liverpool, having played a game more. yeah, it's a huge one. he is a big playerfor us. you yeah, it's a huge one. he is a big player for us. you just have to see the impact he has on the team. it will be a really good exercise for all of us to think about ways to overcome another challenge because we already have a lot in the season. back from injury, fast bowler kate cross has been named in the england squad for the women's ashes which starts in australia next month. cross, who has been included in the odi and test squads

plenty of build up to the boxing day games over on the bbc sport website. back with you on boxing day, but until then, good night. a consultation with the motor industry on the phasing—out of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 because of climate change has been started by the government.