sport and for a full round—up, here's the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. st 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 managerjurgen

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

bbc news, damascus. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mike. —— with 0llie. hello from the bbc sport centrech against 0leksandr usyk. hello from the bbc sport centre. it went the distance but the judges gave it to the ukrainian by a unanimous decision in riyadh six months after usyk unified the heavyweight division by beating fury, this fight went the same way. the judges gave just four of the 12 rounds to fury, who weighed in at over 20 stones, the heaviest in his career. usyk�*s ringcraft came to the fore in the second half of the fight as fury tired. all three judges scored it 116—112 to the 37—year—old champion, as he retained his wba, wbc and wbo belts, proving his status as a generational great. tyson is a great opponent, he's a tough man, a big boxer. there is a lot of talk, it's just show. i very respect tyson fury. 2a rounds — listen, now it is already history. i'm going on with two losses on my record now, so there's not much i can do about it. i canjust fight my heart out and do the best i can. but again, i'll always believe until the day i die, i won that fight. when you don't g

hello from the bbc sport centre. been made even more interesting with league leaders, liverpool playing out a 2—2 draw with fulham. arne slot�*s side were down to 10 men in the first half when andy robertson was sent off, and fulham were already ahead at that point thanks to andreas pereira. cody gakpo managed to equalise for liverpool just after half time, but fulham regained the lead with 15 minutes left thanks to rodrigo muniz. before diogojota, playing his first game since october equalised for liverpool, with neither side able to find a winner. i told the players, just put in an outstanding performance. impressing, but also with the bulk of how well they play. so we were on their half i think every minute, maybe even when it was 11 versus 11, we had more problems than when we were down to ten, but in the end, if you can do this with ten players, what will happen with 11? we never know what happens in the season, you get a red card, and it is a good that we have a team that is very difficult to beat. newcastle un

you can get all the latest sports news at the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreas 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 up towards the north but temperatures widely11, 12, maybe

can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreus, 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. elsewhere, though, it remains pretty cloudy on wednesday after

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreand 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 showers in scotland, and 1—2 elsewhere. but on the whole, a fin

bbc sport app, orfrom our website. that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. 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 start to see a weather front pushing in, bringing outbreaks of rain and increasing br

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre with me, chetan pathak.ottenham share the points in a breathless british derby in the europa league — one of 17 matches played. hojlund the hero: his late winner gives manchester united victory as they come from behind to beat viktoria plzen. and former australia fast bowlerjason gillespie resigns as head coach of pakistan's test side afterjust eight months in charge. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. so, 17 matches in the uefa europa league on thursday. one of the best was at ibrox, where the scottish premiership faced the english premier league as rangers took on tottenham hotspur. in the end, both had to settle for a point — it finished 1—1. jane dougall was watching in glasgow. this was the first time that tottenham and rangers had met competitively in more than 60 years. but notjust for that reason was that a huge build up to this game. ange postecoglou, the former celtic manager, of course,

hello from the bbc sport centre. manchester city manager pep guardiola insists his side are not playing badly, despite winning just one of their last ten. their seventh defeat in that stretch — a 2—0 loss atjuventus in the champions league — is as many as they lost in their previous 105 games. so what's going on with the english champions? i have my thoughts, i thought they played very good, i analyse, you said what is happening with the results, thatis happening with the results, that is one question. we have good moments and bad moments, i was stable in the government and the bad moments and i tried to find a way and a way to win, but the game was there and that is... i'm incredibly honest when we play good or not good. always the game will save us. it city have issues, it's hardly better with their neighbours united, who are in the czech republic to face victoria pilzen in the europa league. the new manager bounce under ruben amorim hasn't lasted long. they've lost their last two. although they're 12th in europe's

bbc sport app or from our website, bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, we will see you again next time., 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 see this cloud and rain coming in to the southwest of england and wales later on. temperature

can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreicularly windy wherever you are through the weekend. and a whole range of temperatures, too. milder again on friday and saturday, briefly colder on sunday, then temperatures are set to rise as we head into christmas itself — which is not looking white at all. but until then, a lot of weather to get through, including tonight. there is an approaching couple of weather fronts, bringing some outbreaks of rain and plenty of cloud. also, milder—feeling air as well, marked in yellow. so, rising temperatures for many for the rest of the night but still a chilly start across eastern areas of england. here, some early brightness but it's not set to last. it will cloud over as our fronts continue to push their way further southwards and eastwards into england and wales by the afternoon. blustery showers, brighter conditions following on behind but brisk westerly winds, particularly for western coasts. but because the winds are westerly, the air is going to feel a little milder. again, 8—11 degre

hello from the bbc sport centre.re another harry brook century gave england the upper hand on day one of the second test against new zealand. the tourists lost early wickets, but brook then steadied the ship, continuing his excellent form, on overseas pitches, hitting 123 from just 115 deliveries. ollie pope also made 66 as england were bowled out for 280. new zealand struggled in reply — brydon carse taking two wickets as the black caps finished the day 86 for 5 trailing by 194 runs.

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre with me chetan pathak.atches. manchester city's hopes of progressing in the champions league hang in the balance. but no problems for arsenal as bukayo saka edges them closer to the knockout stages. and as fifa confirms the 2034 world cup is heading to saudi arabia, we'll bring you all the reaction to a contentious decision. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. we start with the uefa champions league and more problems for manchester city — pep guardiola's side now have just one win in their last ten matches in all competitions after a 2—0 defeat tojuventus in turin. both goals coming in the second half — dusan vlahovic heading the home side in front — they've had their struggles

hello from the bbc sport centre.ted, 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. 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. this was following a thorough investigation into his conduct. coote was suspended on the 11th of november pending a full

hello from the bbc sport centre. southampton are expected to hire a new manager.after 12 games. he is 49, had an impressive three year spell in charge of torino. he is unlikely to be imposed for the match this weekend at fulham on sunday. tottenham manager ange postocoglou says at least ten senior players could be missing for sunday's game against liverpool in the premier league after a make—shift spurs side beat manchester united in a seven—goal thriller to reach the semifinals of the english league cup. we self—inflicted some pain on ourselves then we had to scramble to, you know, get a foothold again. and ended up getting a fourth and winning the game. but, yeah, should have been a lot more comfortable than it ended up being. but having said that, i just can't get away from the fact that this group of players, they're just doing an unbelievable job at the moment to get us through this. tottenham meet liverpool on sunday in the premier league and that's who they're going to play in the semifinals of the league cup. across two legs, the first of which will be in

hello from the bbc sport centre. just an hour after being thrashed 5—0 by tottenham. martin guided the saints to promotion last year in his first season in charge, but they're bottom of the premier league, nine points adrift of safety. the loss against spurs was southampton's 13th in the league already, their only win this season was against everton in november. meanwhile wolves are in talks with al—shabab manager, vitor pereira, to become their new head coach after gary 0'neil was also sacked on sunday. the premier league strugglers are looking for a swift appointment and the compensation of around eight hundred thousand pounds to secure the former porto and 0lympiakos boss is not believed to be an issue. "i am not good enough" said pep guardiola after defeat in the manchester derby saw city fall to their 8th loss in their last 11 matches. amad diallo was the hero for united, winning the penatly that levelled the scores, then getting the winner. it was a much needed win for them, but for city their woes continue, an

hello from the bbc sport centre.ague, just four points behind leaders liverpool, but still their manager, enzo maresca, is playing down all talk of a title challenge. they had to come from two goals down to beat tottenham on sunday, but did, eventyually winning 11—3 with cole palmer scoring two penalties. if you start to sink into games or three games it is completely wrong. the main focus has to be, enjoy their day off with the family and friends and when we come back go for it 100%. no more than that. the rest, we are happy that our fans are happy. they dream, because from outside it is quite clear. also, inside the reality is that we are not ready to be there. well, chelsea fan teema nicholls, is refusing

hello from the bbc sport centre. matchday six of the champions league kicks off in just a few hours with liverpool looking to continue their perfect start to the new format away to girona. the reds have been given a boost with first—choice goalkeeper alisson set to return to the starting line up after 11 games out with a hamstring injury. caoimhin kelleher kept five clean sheets in his absence. alison has been so outstanding for this club for so many years and for the brazil national team. that is definitely nice to have him back and to have him available. but if you look at how his replacement did, it is not going to be easy to do even better, so we expect definitely the same and may be on margins a little bit better, but he did so well,. real madrid, who lost to liverpool last time out in the champions league, face a tough assignment against in—form atalanta in bergamo. the 14—time champions have been boosted by the return to fitness of brazilian duo viniciuer and rodrygo ahead of a replay of this season's uefa sup

hello from the bbc sport centre. 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. this was following a thorough 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 managerjurgen klopp. a further investigation was opened two days later after photographs appeared showing him appearing to snort a white powder. 0ur sport editor has more. a month ago he was one of the top referees in charge one of one of the biggest games of the season so far. he was in charge of liverpool against aston villa at anfie

hello from the bbc sport centre.ne points clear at the top of the premier league after a 2—0 win over manchester city at anfield. a first—half score from cody gakpo was added to with a mohamed salah penalty ion the second half, taking in the second half, taking the reds 11 points ahead of champions city, who drop to fifth with a fourth successive league defeat. their manager was in good humour though after the loss. ididn't i didn't expect armfield to start chanting that i should get the sack! maybe i should be. we have won a lot of titles. it is what it is, it is part of the game. when you when you laugh, when you lose they laugh, and you have to accept. the lead is not decided in november or december. last year there were eight points behind arsenal in february. h0 there were eight points behind arsenal in february.— there were eight points behind arsenal in february. no one has to feel empathy _ arsenal in february. no one has to feel empathy or— arsenal in february. no one has to feel empathy or sorry - arsenal i

hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start with cricket, where another harry brook century gave england the upper hand on day one of the second test against new zealand. the tourists lost early wickets, but brook then steadied the ship, continuing his excellent form, on overseas pitches, hitting 123 from just 115 deliveries. ollie pope also made 66 as england were bowled out for 280. new zealand struggled in reply — brydon carse taking two wickets as the black caps finished the day 86 for 5 trailing by 194 runs. obviously 26—3 whatever it came in at, bph is doing a bit, and i'm just glad i put my attacking mode on and put them under pressure. luckily they had to try and pull the stumps early on and had time to run down was then and cash in without being, it's harder when you bowl a bouncer and i think henry did when i ran down and it felt like it was about 1 million miles an hour. ijust try to take them off the line and stop them pulling the stumps really. he's world class. he's right up there. today he was keen to

hello from the bbc sport centre.rning body saying his position was untenable. scrapping for points — the pressure boils over at the london stadium, as west

bbc sport app, orfrom our website. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. see you again next time.rly 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 to be through central and eastern areas through the afternoon. it's here where we'll see the lowe

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris.failing a drugs test. chelsea's ukrainian forward has been provisionally suspended after the premier league club was contacted by the football association to say there'd been an "adverse finding in a routine urine test". mudryk denies knowingly using any banned substance. 0ur reporter nizaar kinsella has more. we don't really know, the fa did not want to say any further on what the substance was and how long the ban would be and when the next test would be because mudryk is reportedly according to the reports in ukraine, failed the initial a test but there will be a beta test but there will be a beta test to come and we don't know what the outcome will be but we suspect they will be further clarification on this in the coming weeks. it is a huge story around chelsea who have been going very well this season and now have this off field drama to contend with. vitor pereira has agreed a deal to become the new manager of premier league side wolves replacing the sacked gary o'neil. the form

at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website where you can also find details of cricket�*s second test between new zealand england. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrend windy on thursday, and 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 win

hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm tanya arnold.ace later, as west ham face wolves. bothjulen lopetegui and gary o'neil have faced criticsm over their teams' form this season, and defeat for either manager could see them lose theirjob. but despite the uncertainty over his future, matters on the field, are the focus for o'neil. iam not i am not concerned about my at all, only the club's future. i knew the size of the task when i took over. it is not often that managers walk out on premier league clubs, and that was what happened here, and since then it has got even more difficult, with the players that we have lost and the situation that we face, and all i'm going to do is make sure that the group are available to give the best of themselves every week. world number one scotty schelffler has won a record equalling 9th title of the season after

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm delyth lloyd.ompleted. there are seven places up for grabs — seven fixtures taking place. wales are hoping to qualify for a major tournament for the first time. they take a 1—1 draw to dublin to face the republic of ireland. elsewhere, norway have a 4—0 advantage over northern ireland going into their second leg. the czech republic and portugal are tied at i—l. poland are 1—0 up going to austria, sweden lead serbia 2—0, while belgium are 2—0 up in ukraine. scotland take a goalless draw to finland. it is everything, it is everything for a lot of players, it really is. of course it is a game of football and that is how we will approach it but we know what is on the line out it would mean everything to the players and to the country if we qualified. —— but it would mean. the players are feeling good and relaxed. we are feeling well. ruud van nistelrooy meanwhile has revealed it "hurt" to leave manchester united as he prepares to take charge of his first match of leicester city against west ham. the du

hello from the bbc sport centre.s women have qualified for a major tournament after beating ireland over two legs. goals by hannah cain and carriejones mean that, after years of near misses, wales' women will go the euros next summer in switzerland, thanks to a smash—and—grab 2—i win in dublin which secured a 3—2 aggregate victory. many of the players' families were at the aviva stadium to watch the historic moment — we'll hearfrom some of them in a moment. wales' most—capped player and record goal—scorer jess fishlock said qualifying was the proudest moment of her life. she had to leave the field in the second half with a hamstring injury and in tears, but they quickly turned to smiles. i couldn't even watch the last couple of minutes. i had my hood over my eyes. i think what i love so much about this group is you've got players who have been here the 20 years and you've got players that it is their first six months. you've got players that it is theirfirst six months. and we are all in this group and it is like our

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm delyth lloyd.d his world heavyweight title against former champion joseph parker in saudi arabia on the 22nd of february. 27—year—old dubois sensationally beat former two—time world champion anthonyjoshua inside five rounds in september at wembley stadium, in his first defence of his ibf belt. dubois previously captured the interim title with an impressive win over filip hrgovic last year and was elevated to world champion when 0leksandr usyk vacated the belt. new zealand's parker, who's five years dubois' senior,

we set hello from the bbc sport centre.a horse whipping controversy that saw her withdraw from the paris games. video was released injuly showing what she described as an error ofjudgment during an error of judgment during coaching an error ofjudgment during coaching session will stop she was shown whipping a horse more than 20 times during a private session at the stable. at the time, she said she was deeply

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris.revealed he was "ready for a new challenge." it's the latest twist in the ongoing uncertainty between the club and a player who's been there since the age of 10 but has appeared disillusioned with recent life at old trafford. rashford has scored 138 goals since making his debut in 2016 but he played no part in united's win against rivals manchester city at the weekend and has said should he leave the club, he would do so with �*no hard feelings'. but amorim has called rashford a �*big talent�* who he wants to help return to his best form and that he'd rather keep him as part of his squad. i don't talk about the future, i just talk about the present. i want the best of each one of them and that is the key point for me. i just want to win and to help the team to be better. so we are better with marcus rashford and that is simple, and we will try different things to push marcus to the best level that he has shown in the past, so that is all. midway through his team's test tour of australi

bbc sport website. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.te 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 celsius. so a slightly milder feel to things, but a spell of very wet weather will swe

we set hello from the bbc sport centre. the three—time olympic dressage gold medallist has been suspended from all competition for one year following a horse whipping controversy that saw her withdraw from the paris games. video was released injuly showing what she described as an error ofjudgment during an error of judgment during coaching an error ofjudgment during coaching session will stop she was shown whipping a horse more than 20 times during a private session at the stable. at the time, she said she was deeply ashamed, and has since lost sponsors, funding and some of her horses. in a statement, she apologised, saying she understands the responsibility coming with her position in the sport, and will forever aim to do better. should she wish to return to the sport, be challenges ahead within rebuilding her string of horses and her reputation, but this fall from grace from the former golden girl of british dressage has far broader ramifications thanjust herfuture, because than just her future, because there thanjust he