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brentford get frank. dane commits to another contract at the club ahead of the premier league's big boxing day return. and we meet the sailor who picked up some of his crew from the pub who's preparing to lead britain's entry in one of the world's toughest yacht races — even if the seas make him a little queasy. hello there and welcome along to the programme. the premiership match between leicester and gloucester had extra meaning today — to honour theirformer player it slater. ——player ed slater. the 34—year—old retired from rugby this summer, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. and it was leicester who fought back — the win the first ever "slater cup". the victory a first for their new interim head coach following the departure of steve borthwick to take the england job. imran sidat reports. a proud day for the family as the on this later cup meet its bow in honour of the men who captained both of the day's teems with such distinction. the trip he will not be contested twice a season with

brentford's. well rested and well 1—0. tomlin�*s slow start became a tradition.er�*s appearance. ivan toney would store from it. simple and brutal. dyer�*s own world cup was less eventful than harry kane's. he was taunted for his miss him, and the start of a fight back —— dier. tottenham are good in a crisis, six minutes later they got the ball to level the match. momentum might have cover carried them further still. both sides finished with relief and regret. premier league football is back. patrick geary, bbc news. so, the world cup seems to have done little to alleviate spurs�* patchy premier league form, manager antonio conte frustrated at their slow start. we will try to continue to push ourselves and continue to improve, and it is not easy, but at the same time, i repeat, we need to have this type of performance, and we have a good group of players that have shown me they have the ability in every moment. and also the character that they have shown me the season is a big character but the question is also why we have to wait to go down before we showed char

after our defeat against brentford, and _ title race.ford, and how strong - title race. after our defeat against| brentford, and how strong arsenal is, you have to be alert and careful, because if the distance is bigger, it will be so difficult to catch them. it bigger, it will be so difficult to catch them-— bigger, it will be so difficult to catch them. . , , _, catch them. it has been confirmed that nick kyrgios _ catch them. it has been confirmed that nick kyrgios has _ catch them. it has been confirmed that nick kyrgios has withdrawn i catch them. it has been confirmed i that nick kyrgios has withdrawn from australia's team for the united cup just 2a hours before the start of the new mixed team event, with tournament organisers citing an unspecified injury. the wimbledon runner—up was due to play cameron norrie in sydney on thursday as part of australia's opening drip tie with great britain. nick kyrgios also missed the finals of the davis cup in malaga in november, and complained of this month about a lack of respect after fellowau

in that last game before the world cup, that dramatic 2—1 victorie back in novemberfor brentford. don't really have much room for ever over this period of games. they did return to competitive action with a positive performance against liverpool in tfl cup last week and they do have a good recent record against leeds. they won this fixture 4-0 against leeds. they won this fixture 4—0 last season and they beat leeds seven have his ear last december. despite that, pep guardiola had a lot of praise for his opponent and knows this is a tough introduction to premier league football. it is the most aggressive team to permit— it is the most aggressive team to permit a — it is the most aggressive team to permit a leak. they don't give you time _ permit a leak. they don't give you time to— permit a leak. they don't give you time to think and you have to have a hi-h time to think and you have to have a high level_ time to think and you have to have a high level to — time to think and you have to have a high level to deal with the situation you have. how strong is arsenal? — situation you ha

brentford remain in ninth. six more fixtures this monday.wood penalty and miguel almiron's strike inside eight minutes. that would lift them up to second before man city play leeds on wednesday. yerry mina has put everton ahead at home to wolves injulen lopetegui's first premier league game in charge of wolves. brighton have just taken the lead in their match against southampton. liverpool are away at aston villa in the evening kick off before mikel arteta's table toppers arsenal host west ham. it host west ham. takes a lot of good work and good decisions it takes a lot of good work and good decisions and exceptional players to win, especially in this league, but we have instilled that mentality across the club, and it is not me, it is everybody that has been involved, we think the same way we think about arsenal as a club that has to be the best and it does matter the demands we put on ourselves. in scotland, hearts have confirmed that goalkeeper craig gordon will miss the rest of the season due to a broken leg. the 39—year—old was stretche

he's been at the club for four years, with brentford currenty tenth in the premier league, followingworld cup break. last season, which was frank's first in the top flight, he guided brentford to a 13th place finish with memorable wins over arsenal and chelsea. i decided to extend my contract to 2027, that is a long time, but i am looking forward to continuing, hopefully, the progress, hopefully create more magic moments, and i would like to say thank you to all fans for the support they give us, the players, staff, everyone involved in the club, the warmth and the support and kindness, everything from the fans has been amazing, at the stadium, in the streets, everywhere, and that gives me extra energy to continue the work going forward. manchester city manager pep guardiola says england midfielder kalvin phillips was overweight when he returned from the world cup, and that he didn't arrive in the condition needed for training sessions and to play. phillips has featured just four times for city — all from the bench — and came on as a substitue twice for england in qatar. the former l

brentford remain in ninth.ontinue to improve, and it is not easy, but at the same time, i repeat, we need to have this type of performance, and we have a good group of players that have shown me they have the ability in every moment, and also the character that they have shown me the season is a big character but the question is a big character but the question is also why we have to wait to go down before we showed character. we have to show the character from the start of the game. this have to show the character from the start of the game.— start of the game. this team have a lot of belief — start of the game. this team have a lot of belief in _ start of the game. this team have a lot of belief in ourselves _ start of the game. this team have a lot of belief in ourselves and - start of the game. this team have a lot of belief in ourselves and we - lot of belief in ourselves and we believe — lot of belief in ourselves and we believe we can beat anybody on the day and _ believe we can beat anybody on the day a

brentford spares first up at 12:30pm. _ to. brentford spares first up at 12:30pm. and _ to.hing breakfast recently, you'll know all about kevin sinfield and rob burrow. his friend and former rugby league team—mate who's living with motor neurone disease. notjust one, but several. well, last month, kevin set off on his most daunting task yet. let's take a look. probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who played in super league. just feel so honoured to have played alongside him.— alongside him. there is is a friendship _ alongside him. there is is a friendship forged _ alongside him. there is is a friendship forged in - alongside him. there is is a friendship forged in the i alongside him. there is is a i friendship forged in the cauldron alongside him. there is is a - friendship forged in the cauldron of professional sport. | friendship forged in the cauldron of professional sport.— professional sport. i might 'ust get him in. and since rob burrow�*s diagnosis of motor neurone disease three years ago, his former leeds rhinos team—mate kevin si

pierre emile hojbjerg scored the fourth and final goal to wipe out brentford's 2—0 advantage.palace ended their match against fulham with nine men — first tyrick mitchell and thenjames tomkins sent off at selhurst park. fulham were already 1—0 up at that point and got two more goals. aleksander mitrovic sealing a 3—0 win. in the championship, sheffield united moved level on points with leaders burnley after a 3—1 win at home to coventry, while blackburn lost ground after ellis sims's stoppage time winner gave sunderland a 2—1 win at the stadium of light. blackburn are now eight points behind the top two. fourth placed watford also slipped up at home to millwall. fourth—placed watford also slipped up at home to millwall. the table for huddersfield. their 2—1 win at preston moves them to within five points of safety. in the evening game, it was goalless between cardiff and qpr. fifth placed norwich lost 2—1 at luton. england test captain ben stokes says the quality of international cricket is suffering at the hands of the packed schedule. he's led a revolution of the longest for

half time at the brentford community stadium and it's currently. 1-0.charge of wolves as the bottom side travel to fellow strugglers everton. liverpool are away at aston villa in the evening kick off before mikel arteta's table toppers arsenal host west ham. we know the importance of starting strong again, we are playing at home. it is a very special day in premier league history, it is a very special family day to play football. there is an incredible atmosphere and we want to make the most of it. cricket next and the wickets tumbled on the opening day of the boxing day test in melbourne — with the home side firmly in control. tributes were paid to australian spinner shane warne in the first test match at his home ground since the he died earlier this year. both sides came together in a moment of remembrance and it's been confirmed that the australia men's test player of the year award will now be named after him. as for the action — after inserting south africa — australia's bowlers ripped through them — with cameron green taking a career best five fo

after the defeat against brentford, and how strong arsenal is, we have to be alert, careful, because will be so difficult to come through. chelsea and england defender reece james has said this year has been the toughest to date after suffering a second knee injury in chelsea's win over bournemouth yesterday. james had to be taken off in the 53rd minute in what was his first game since returning from an initial knee injury which ruled him out of the world cup. james said on social media that it had affected him mentally and that he was trying to cope with the cards he had been dealt. nick kyrgios has withdrawn from australia's team for the united cup — just 2a hours before the start of the new mixed team event with tournament organisers citing an unspecified injury. the wimbledon runner—up was due to play cameron norrie in sydney on thursday, as part of australia's opening group tie with great britain. kyrgios also missed november's davis cup finals in malaga, and complained earlier this month about a lack of respect after fellow australian, ash barty was chosen ahead of him as the w

spurs are at brentford in the day's early kick off. think this moment will have an affect on the rest of kane's season: we are strong, we are strong, we are strong people. who play at this level, has to be strong. in every situation, negative or positive situation, and try to address positive or negative events in the right way. because you have to be strong, and harry is a strong person. brentford v spurs is a 1230 kick off, tottenham's north london rivals arsenal are the team to catch at the top of the premier league, they play west ham later. 7 matches in total. newcastle could go second if they win at leicester. next to an eventful first day of the boxing day test in melbourne between australia and south africa, where the hosts are in control at the close of play. there were emotional scenes at the mcg where tributes were paid to australia legend shane warne. this the first match played at his home ground since he died earlier this year. both sides lined up to pay tribute to warne before the match putting south africa into bat, cam

after our defeat against brentford and how strong is arsenal, you have to be alert carefully to...t to catch them. australia are closing in on a series win against south africa after day three of the second test, having declared after reaching 575/8. wicketkeeper alex carey scored a maiden century, following on from david warner's 200 as australia replied to south africa's 189. and the decision to declare looked a wise one — south africa lost the early wicket of their captain dean elgar in the second innings, finishing on 15—1 before play was abandoned because of rain. that's all the sport for now. the un security council has denounced a ban by afghanistan's taliban—led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups. in a statement the council members call for "the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls." the statement says the restrictions imposed on female aid workers contradict commitments made by the taliban to the afghan people, as well as the expectations of the international community. live now to mahjooba nowrouzi

after our defeat against brentford and how strong is arsenal, you have to be alert carefully to...icult to catch them. australia are closing in on a series win against south africa after day three of the second test, having declared after reaching 575—8. wicketkeeper alex carey scored a maiden century, following on from david warner's 200, as australia replied to south africa's 189. and the decision to declare looked a wise one — south africa lost the early wicket of their captain dean elgar in the second innings, finishing on 15—1 before play was abandoned because of rain. one of the nfl�*s greatest ever defensive players is to retire at the end of the season. the arizona cardinals�* defensive end jj watts was voted nfl defensive player of the year three times. watt has spent the last two seasons with the cardinals, after representing the houston texans between 2011 to 2020. that's all the sport for now. you might think the days of spending the christmas holidays building your new model plane are well and truly over, but the classic hobby is alive and kicking. lockdowns and social

the top spot with a game in hand, having gone into the world cup break with a defeat at home to brentford be costly in the title race. after our defeat against brentford and how strong is our son —— maker arsenal, we have to be alert because the distance if it is bigger, it will be so difficult to catch them. cricket and australia are closing in on a series win against south africa after day three of the second test. having declared after reaching 575-8. having declared after reaching 575—8. wicketkeeper alex carey scored a maiden century, following on from david warner's 200, as australia replied to south africa's 189. the decision to declare look to be a wise one. south africa lost the early wicket of their captain dean elgar in the second innings, finishing on 15—1 before play was abandoned because of rain. one of the nfl�*s greatest ever defensive players is to retire at the end of the season. jj watts wrote on social media that it had been an honour and a pleasure. the arizona cardinals defender was voted nfl defensive player of the year three times. he has spent the last two seasons

after our defeat against brentford, and how strong arsenal is, we have to be alert, careful, becaused england defender reece james says his run of injuries has affected him mentally — describing this year as his toughest to date. james had to be taken off in the 53rd minute in their win over bournemouth yesterday. it was his first game since returning from his first knee injury that ruled him out of the world cup. in a post on twitter, he said he was trying to deal with the cards he'd been dealt. in the wsl, brighton have named jens scheuer as hope powell's successor as head coach, subject to the german being granted a work permit. if everything goes to plan, scheuer�*s first match in charge will be a crucial one, with brighton playing at the wsl�*s bottom club leicester city when the season resumes on 15 january. novak djokovic is back and training in australia almost a year after he was deported over his covid vaccine status. the nine—time australian open winner had an automatic three—year visa ban overturned in november. djokovic has been practising in adelaide ahead of the aussie

brentford a game. brentford were a tough game.is we've got arsenal at 8:00 this evening. points evening. they go eight points clear city this evening clear of man city this evening because city don't play for another or so. so against another day or so. so against west ham home. again they've west ham home. but again they've lost also lost gabriel at lost also lost gabriel jesus at the world for brazil big loss for them because we don't know how going to be out how long he's going to be out for he's the man he's made the difference this season signed from summer from manchester city last summer funnily enough. so let's see how they without let's they cope without them. let's see the see how. they fix the psychology. see how the psychology. let's see how the mentality they've mentality goes because they've been recent seasons. been brutal in recent seasons. they've quite into the into they've gone quite into the into the campaign looking as if they're going as the they're going to qualify as the top falling away. they're top four f

spurs kick off at brentford in little over ten minutes, with england's erik dier, croatia's ivan perisic it's one of seven games, newcastle could go second if they win at leicester, later liverpool travel to aston villa and the league leaders arsenal can open up an eight point lead over manchester city if mikel arteta's side beat west ham in the late kick off. we know the importance of starting strong again, we are playing at home. it is a very special day in premier league history, it is a very special family day to play football. there is an incredible atmosphere and we want to make the most of it. next to cricket and an eventful first day of the first test in melbourne between australia and south africa, where the hosts are in control at the close of play. it was emotional at the mcg where tributes were paid to australia legend shane warne. this the first match played at his home ground since he died earlier this year. both sides lined up to pay tribute to warne, and it's been confirmed that the australia men's test player of the year will now be named after him, putting south africa

some positive news for brentford, in the premier league, their manager, thomas frank, has signed a newclub until 2027. he has already been at brentford for four years, the club are currently tenth in the premier league after beating manchester city before the world cup break. last season thomas frank guided his club to a 13th place finish with memorable winds over arsenal and chelsea. manchester city manager pep guardiola says england midfielder kalvin phillips was overweight when he returned from the world cup and that he didn't arrive in the condition needed for training sessions and to play. phillips has featured just four times for city, all from the bench, and came on as a substitute twice for england in qatar. he was not in the squad for their 3—2 league cup win over liverpool on thursday. he: arrived overweight. win over liverpool on thursday. he arrived overweight. why _ win over liverpool on thursday. he arrived overweight. why is - win over liverpool on thursday. he arrived overweight. why is he - arrived overweight. why is he overweight? _ arrived overweight. why is he overw

pierre emile hojbjerg scored the fourth and final goal to wipe out brentford's 2—0 advantage.3—0 win. in the championship, sheffield united moved level on points with leaders burnley after a 3—1win at home to coventry, while blackburn lost ground after ellis sims�*s stoppage time winner gave sunderland a 2—1victory at the stadium of light. blackburn are now eight points behind the top two. fourth—placed watford also slipped up at home to millwall. there was a much needed win at the bottom of the table for huddersfield. their 2—1 win at preston moves them to within five points of safety. in the evening game, it was goalless between cardiff and qpr. fifth placed norwich lost 2—1 at luton. england test captain ben stokes says the quality of international cricket is suffering at the hands of the packed schedule. he's led a revolution of the longest form of the game with england's attacking, entertaining style, but did so after retiring from one—day cricket saying it was "unsustainable" to play all three formats. stokes has also returned to the game after taking a break to focus on

west ham united could slip into the drop zone tomorrow after going down 2—0 at home to brentford, first—halfull—time whistle. five straight defeats now for david moyes' side. in rugby union, glasgow warriors have completed back—to—back wins over edinburgh in the united rugby championship. george horne rounded off a flowing move at murrayfield for the bonus point try in a 32—25 win. it sees them regain the annual 1872 cup, played out between the two sides in the league every season. in england, second—placed sale crushed champions leicester tigers by 40—5 in the premiership. ewan ashman was bundled over to confirm the bonus point score for the sharks. england and harlequins prop joe marler has been banned for two games for making an insulting comment to bristol bears flankerjake heenan. the incident took place during quins' defeat to bristol on tuesday. it means the 32—year—old misses two premiership fixtures but would still be eligible for england in the six nations. marler must also give a presentation to a local club or school and a premiership academy on the core values of the game. three

west ham play brentford whilst liverpool are going for four wins on the bounce if they beat leicesterto anfield but off the back of a disappointing 3—nil defeat to newcastle on boxing day. it was a difficult game, the players know that as well as myself on and failed, but it's a great challenge for us and that is what looking at the newcastle disappointment for us. it was disappointing, like i said, but challenges, this is a great opportunity for us. he's an outstanding manager committee great players, so they will try— committee great players, so they will try to — committee great players, so they will try to do it completely differently against us and that is why we — differently against us and that is why we have to be really aware of what _ why we have to be really aware of what we _ why we have to be really aware of what we have to be really aware of. everything — what we have to be really aware of. everything is really fresh again. it's everything is really fresh again. it's really— everything is really fresh again. it's really exciting. full of desire to go— it's really excitin

the brentford striker is alleged to have made the additional breaches to the fa's betting rules betweenold has until the ath of january in 2023 to respond. there's barely been a empty street in the past three days in buenos aires, as the argentinian capital then prepared to welcome their world cup winners home. thousands stayed up until the early hours to wait for the squad as they returned home and even more spent the day, declared as a public holiday, in the city. the players were unable to reach the central obelisx monument as planned due to security concerns because of the crowd size, estimated by local media at four million people. they were transferred from their parade bus to helicopters. the england defender alex greenwood has signed a contract extention at manchester city — committing herfuture to the club until 2026. the 29 year old joined city from lyon in 2020. she came on as a substitute for the lionesses when they beat germany in that euro 2022 final injuly. she said it's an exciting time to be at city. scotland's finn russell willjoin bath after next year's world cup — si

. >> the two premier league games on friday, west ham versus brentford kicked off half an hour ago. ferdinand liverpool -- and liverpool tracing a fourth straight win. real madrid could go 24 hours at least, knowing a win would put them ahead of barcelona, who play on saturday. earlier, mallorca was beaten 2-0. meanwhile, sultan bk -- david: -- remains in hospital after being in a car accident in the north of the country. his car flipped and caught fire. lease say he dozed off. we have reports that his breathing has returned to normal and there have been i scans on his brain and back. -- decided to set new zealand 138 to win in the final hours, despite having little chance of taking the 10 wickets needed to win. up with the run rates, but before bad light brought a premature end to proceedings, the second and final decisive test starts on monday. that's your up-to-date from the bbc sport center. david: to russia's president putin, who says he expects his tiny counterpart xi jinping -- chines counterpart xi jinping to make a visit to the state in the next few months, at the time when

earlier, spurs came from two goals down to get a 2—2 draw at brentford, and crystal palace ended the. england test captain ben stokes says the quality of international cricket is suffering at the hands of the packed schedule. he's led a revolution of the longest form of the game with england's attacking, entertaining style, but did so after retiring from one—day cricket, saying it was "unsustainable" to play all three formats. stokes has also returned to the game after taking a break to focus on his mental health, which he says is benefiting the whole team and their new approach. some of that was very emotional to read, but that's what i took huge pride because it knowing i put myself out there in the public eye being in the position that i'm in and that it actually really helped quite a lot of people. and i feel as if, you know, the men... yet, men in particular because that's what the stigma is happening. the more men who can do it, great, because i think if you do you have a an awful lot of people around the world who feel and a similar situation to you and feel that they cannot a

thoughts from an england fan and podcaster billy grant, he's been doing his daily podcast besotted brentfordrom doha since the start of this world cup. lovely to see you. you've got a guest behind you, unfortunately but we are going to crack on. they started, just how are you with the england team so far? i started, just how are you with the england team so far?— england team so far? i tell you something. — england team so far? i tell you something. it _ england team so far? i tell you something, it is _ england team so far? i tell you something, it is looking - england team so far? i tell you something, it is looking good. | england team so far? i tell you. something, it is looking good. it has been a really good world cup, i really enjoyed it. i've come back because i was here for the first three matches, i went home after the wales game and then after the wales game i went home, watch the game with my daughter. and then i flu back a couple of days ago. it has been a bit of a mad one. england so far, everyone was a little worried because they were a couple of games where they went playing

as for the football — two premier league west ham versus brentford kicked off half an hour ago... at anfield — liverpool are chasing a fourth straight league win dating back to before the world cup. they're taking on leicester. less than 20 minutes gone there — kieran dewsbury hall putting leicester in front. in spain's primera division, real madrid can go top — for 2h hours at least. they're away at real valladolid knowing a win will put them ahead of barcelona — who play on saturday. earlier, getafe beat mallorca 2—0, other games, cadiz1 almiera 1. struggling sevilla came from behind to earn a point at celta vigo. in other news, india wicketkeeper rishabh pant remains in hospital after being involved in a car crash in uttara—khand in the north of the country. pant suffered multiples injuries to his back, knee, ankle, wrist and face after his car flipped and caught fire. police say he'd "dozed off". he's said to be in a stable condition with reports the cricketer returned a normal mri scan on his brain and back. on the field, pakistan and new zealand shared a tense draw in the fi

premier league game since the world cup, they're looking to come back from that defeat at home to brentfordng in control in this half, they are currently eight points behind arsenal. elsewhere, it's a busy night in the scottish premiership... six games under way. seventh—placed hibs hosting leaders celtic is currently 0—0, and second—place rangers are 1—0 up at home to motherwell. follow all the latest on the bbc sport website, and those watching on bbc scotland can watch the highlights on sportscene later. in the wsl, brighton have named jens scheuer as hope powell's successor as head coach, subject to the german being granted a work permit. if everything goes to plan, scheuer�*s first match in charge will be a crucial one, with brighton playing at the wsl�*s bottom club leicester city when the season resumes on 15 january. novak djokovic is back and training in australia almost a year after he was deported over his covid vaccine status. the nine—time australian open winner had an automatic three—year visa ban overturned in november. djokovic has been practising in adelaide, ahead of the f

gakpo will be eligible to make his debut against brentford on january the 2nd.ixed team event called the united cup. 18 countries have been drawn in six groups, played in sydney, perth and brisbane. each of the group ties is spread over two days, with two singles on the opening day, all building up to the final on the 8th of january. the usa got off to a flying start with taylor fritz beating the czech republic'sjiri lehecka in straight sets in group c. madison keys followed that up with a 6—4, 6—3 win over marie bouz—kova, so the us just need to win one more match to take the tie. over in group a in perth greece hava had a good start against bulgaria — opening up a 2—0 lead. stefanos tsitsipas won the second match, coming from a set down to beat grigor dimitrov meanwhile, novak djokovic has said he'll never forget being deported from australia earlier this year. the serb insists his willingness to return for next month's grand slam at melbourne park shows the depth of feeling he has for the country. djokovic was deported on the eve of the 2022 australian open i

in the day's early kick off — tottenham hotspur had to come from behind to earn a 2—2 draw with brentfordner — having earlier had one doubled their lead from a corner — having earlier had one ruled out for offside. harry kane's header was followed up by pierre emile hojbjerg six minutes later to salvage a point for antonio conte's side. we will try to continue to push ourselves and continue to improve, and it is not easy, but at the same time, i repeat, we need to have this type of performance, and we have a good group of players that have shown me they have the ability in every moment, and also the character that they have shown me the season is a big character but the question is also why we have to wait to go down before we showed character. we have to show the character from the start of the game. this team have a lot of belief in ourselves and we believe we can beat anybody on the day and we know we are not the on the biggest budget with the most famous players but we have a strong unit and a strong team and we are clear in what we would like to achieve on the pitch. we try to suppor

brentford striker ivan toney has been charged by the football association with a further 30 alleged breacheses of betting rules. his club said they had been informed of the charges, toney has untiljanuary lith to provide a response. manchester united have triggered one—year contract extensions for a quartet of first—team stars, including marcus rashford. the england forward, as well as luke shaw, diogo dalot and fred would all otherwise have been free to leave old trafford injune. the england defender alex greenwood has signed a contract extension at manchester city — committing herfuture to the club until 2026. shejoined city from lyon in 2020 and came on as a substitute for the lionesses when they won the euros in the summer. and scotland's finn russell willjoin bath after next year's rugby world cup — signing from top 1a side racing 92. the fly—half has been in paris for the past four seasons, having scored almost 300 points in his 66 matches in france, since joining from glasgow in 2018. liv golfers will be allowed to play at the masters next year after tournament organisers decided not

struggling west ham are behind at home to brentford.irst half for the bees. at anfield — leicester are also trying to avoid a relegation battle. kienan dewsbury hall putting leicester in front on four minutes before leicester defender wout fas twice put the ball in his own net to hand liverpool a 2—1 lead. 55 minutes gone at anfield. in spain�*s primera division, real madrid can go top — for 24 hours at least. they�*re away at real valladolid knowing a win will put them ahead of barcelona — who play on saturday. approaching half time. earlier, getafe beat mallorca 2—0, the two other games finished 1—1 — not enough to take sevilla out of the bottom three. ahead of the matches in spain and england — tributes have been paid to pele — the legendary brazilian striker who died on thursday aged 82. ahead of all fixtures in the premier league this weekend, a minute�*s applause is being held with players and officials wearing black armbands in memory of one of the greatest footballers of all time. liverpool�*s brazilian goalkeeper alisson led th

the brentford striker is alleged to have made the additional breaches to the fa's betting rules betweene argentinian capital then prepared to welcome their world cup winners home. thousands stayed up until the early hours to wait for the squad as they returned home and even more spent the day, declared as a public holiday, in the city. the players were unable to reach the central 0belisx monument as planned due to security concerns because of the crowd size, estimated by local media at four million people. they were transferred from their parade bus to helicopters. the england defender alex greenwood has signed a contract extention at manchester city — committing herfuture to the club until 2026. the 29 year old joined city from lyon in 2020. she came on as a substitute for the lionesses when they beat germany in that euro 2022 final injuly. she said it's an exciting time to be at city. scotland's finn russell willjoin bath after next year's world cup — signing from top 1a side racing 92. the 30 year old has been in paris for the past four seasons, having scored almost 300 points in his

spurs brentford taking on spurs. spurs are one down.for midfielder vitaly young. scoring for the bees boxing day course. traditionally a huge day for sport, particularly for football. also big day for horse racing. joining us in the studio as ever, our sports expert at aidan magee, aidan , very good aidan magee, aidan, very good boxing day. welcome to you . kane boxing day. welcome to you. kane is on the pitch . we've been is on the pitch. we've been because it was a big question, all these world cup players. would they be back in action for the premier league? it doesn't surprise me that harry kane is on the pitch. i mean, he's a quick a quick quick he's a quick healer. anyway, when to injury, anyway, when it comes to injury, i mean, he's not actually injured. maybe slightly injured. he's maybe slightly mentally disturbed. but the fact that weeks ago, but that you have 72 weeks ago, but you same for you know, it's not the same for every player. i mean, antonio conte's revived memories conte's a revived memories or evoked 1994. evoked m

west ham united could slip into the drop zone tomorrow after going down 2—0 at home to brentford, first—half for the bonus point try in a 32—25 win. it sees them regain the annual 1872 cup, played out between the two sides in the league every season. in england, second—placed sale crushed champions leicester tigers by 40—5 in the premiership. ewan ashman was bundled over to confirm the bonus point score for the sharks. england and harlequins prop joe marler has been banned for two games for making an insulting comment to bristol bears flankerjake heenan. the incident took place during quins' defeat to bristol on tuesday. it means the 32—year—old misses two premiership fixtures but would still be eligible for england in the six nations. marler must also give a presentation to a local club or school and a premiership academy on the core values of the game. three—time champion michael van gerwen is through to the quarterfinals of the world darts championship. he encountered little resistance from fellow dutchman dirk van divenburder, cruising to a four sets to one victory at alexandra palace. h

teams are set to wear black arm bands and hold a minutes. applause to honor the president western v brentford and liverpool, the lester. the games coming up a little later on earlier manchester city manager pet guardiola gave this tribute before number 10. he was just a number in after he knew was became something like her setting a special every player to play a win win aware than to number 10 in, in on team. so he has done for football is you know, it is there and always will remain. so one that probably changed there. did i mention our single player in he was football because he could do a bit of everything. he was probably the most complete player that the game have ever seen and has a big loss. we have 2 big losses with him and marilyn and the last 2 years. well, police fame was cemented by the global tours. he and his son so same went on throughout his career. he's fun to remember in africa and in nigeria is on being claimed. his arrival in 1969 resulted in a cease fire in an ongoing civil war fellow. that's what it got on for bought it. so you're like, it was leader. want to give other

seem to sets were black arm bands and hauled a minutes applause to honor the brazilian western v brentford and liverpool. the last of the games coming up this friday earlier, man city manager, pet guardiola gave distributes. before number 10 was just a number. and as to he was begin something like her setting a special every player to play a win win aware than to number 10 in, in, on team. so that he has done for football is you know, it is there and always will remain in my area. you grew up knowing the palais, thinking of him as the, the best player in the world that the world's ever seen at that moment. and very, very sad, i think when it are an icon a passes away, it's a very sad moment for football. i think just from the initial reaction, i'm gonna say in the reaction of everybody media, every one connected with football. i sadly well remembered around the world. well, he's global fine with cemented by the tools. haney's sense of scene went on throughout his career. finally remembered in africa in nigeria. long being claimed his arrival in 1969 resulted in a 48 hour ceasefire. in an o

anfield, where liverpool are hosting wester seminar images in london where west ham were playing. brentford that game finished soon. elza, branford, earlier in the day, manchester city manager pet guardiola for the brazilians career insert some sort of come sex before number 10 was just a number in after he knew was begin something like her. something a special every player top player when when aware than to number 10 in, in, on team so that he has done for a full bull this you know, it is there then always will remain so wondered probably change there. did a major know or single player in a war full will because he could do a bit of everything. he was probably the most complete player that the game have ever seen and is a big loss. we have 2 big losses with him and modern and the last yes and i in spain. lolly clubs are remembering the brazilian with a minute sonnets before the games. on friday, on monday, police coughing will be placed on the pitch of his former club sense. also, members of the public in his home country can pay their respects. now his fame was cemented mother, global too

at brentford bots came, started the fight back heading in with 25 minutes left just a couple of weeks of the missing penalty ending this quarter final defeat to france . and then another woke up player, denmark, peer, emil jolla got equal eyes of a spurs, came almost one it with a header against the crossbow. they had to settle for the draw and stay in 4th place. incidentally, cain is now scored 10 boxing day goals, which is a premier league reynold behind in rather a for years don't mentally. if you are a top player, if ha, ha, i player, i'm a big level. and then there is a moment to that that you are to put in one side and they get evil a situation at all to move on. time off seems to have worked for liverpool. they with 31. when is aston villa, mama, sal. i got the open of 5 minutes in a system of 50 full for andy robertson, pulsing late in bainbridge, the defender with the most is this implemented history budget. and i added the 2nd to give little pool a comfortable lead a half times aston villa got one back and 2nd off with an ali watkins header. hopefully back close shut down by

and fancy a trip to brentford?d this is so soon after the world cup, first time. we cup, it's first time. well we had because never had a world had to because never had a world cup in as you mentioned, cup in as you as mentioned, they're middle of they're in the middle of a season. determined that it season. we've determined that it disrupt the schedule too much. so be at so it's just got to be up at know, some the championship know, some of the championship matches division matches just in the division below where maintained qpr are they started weeks not they started weeks ago so not mucking around they've games they started weeks ago so not m|thatg around they've games they started weeks ago so not m|that inaround they've games they started weeks ago so not m|that in that d they've games they started weeks ago so not m|that in that roster've games they started weeks ago so not m|that in that roster that's games in that in that roster that's not including cup games and there are going to be questions around playe

the brentford striker is alleged to have breached the fa's betting rules a further 30 times between marchcompete at the masters in april next year, organisers at augusta national have confirmed. previous champions of the masters such as dustinjohnson, sergio garcia and phil mickelson will be joining the field as well as golfers who've won a major in the last five years such as bryson dechambreau and cam smith. players ranked in the top 50 at the end of this year will also be eligible. in total that's 16 players from the controversial breakaway tour. in tennis, the �*battle of the brits' heads to aberdeen on wednesday. the two—day event pitches england against scotland and was created by jamie murray. it will feature the likes of dan evans, jack draper and andy murray. ahead of the tournament, the three time grand slam champion says he'll continue to compete at the highest level for as long as his body lets him. ifi if i was to have a big injury i probably wouldn't try to come back from that. but if my body is in good shape and i am still able to complete consistently on the tour then i wi

spurs came back to draw at brentford. no extra time or shoot outs here.004, under arsene wenger, who was actually at the emirates, for the first time since leaving the club in 2018. arteta was pleased with the way his side responded to coming back from a goal down. we needed that, and i think we scored in perfect time. the crowd, it was incredible. but in the moment that we conceded a goal, which is not easy to see, the way they reacted with the team after conceding is very strange to see. and they they kept that belief in the team, obviously, when we score. you go out and we generate the momentum we wanted. and it's a third successive league win for liverpool and jurgen klopp, who are on the march for a champions league spot. klopp hailed his teenage star stefan bajcetic. his goal coming at a crucial point, with aston villa rallying late on. 2—0 up half time and second half, they had the better start in the second half, so that you could see the crowd is there — these kind of things and you have to get used to these kind of big fights again. but we fough

in the night's other game, brentford beat west ham 2—0, thanks to goals from ivan toney and this oneers just one point above the relegation zone. cristiano ronaldo has joined saudi arabian side al—nassr on a 2.5—year contract. the portugal captain is a free agent after leaving manchester united following a controversial tv interview in which he criticised the club. ronaldo will reportedly receive the biggest football salary in history at more than £177 million per year. glasgow warriors completed back—to—back wins over edinburgh in the united rugby championship. george horne rounded off a flowing move at murrayfield for the bonus point try in a 32—25 win. it sees them regain the 1872 cup, played out between the two sides in the league every year. second—placed sale crushed leicester tigers by a0—5 in the premiership. ewan ashman bundled overfor the bonus point—winning fourth try. england and harlequins prop joe marler has been banned for two games for making an insulting comment to bristol bears flanker jake heenan. the incident took place during the harlequins' defeat to bristol on

brentford have confirmed their manager thomas frank has signed a new contract which will keep him atsing awareness. . , ., , ~ awareness. that is about being kind, isn't it? this — awareness. that is about being kind, isn't it? this morning _ awareness. that is about being kind, isn't it? this morning at _ awareness. that is about being kind, isn't it? this morning at 6am, - awareness. that is about being kind, isn't it? this morning at 6am, we - isn't it? this morning at 6am, we were talking about the ship in the arctic and talking about home—made christmas presents, because they gather at loads of things together that they salvage around the ship. were you not promised a present? i was, did charlie say he was going to make it? with his own fair hands? i didn't! it didn't happen. i started makingm — didn't! it didn't happen. i started makinr... ., ., ., making... you are folding something earlier. i started _ making... you are folding something earlier. i started making _ making... you are folding something earlier. i started making something i earlier. i started making something ea

he'll be available for liverpool's trip to brentford on the 2nd of january after agreeing personal terms after beating hibs 4—0. aaron mooy scored twice — either side of this brilliant goalfrom daizen maeda — from outside the area before the break. the derby match is monday, and rangers may be behind in the league, but they go into it after a win, beating motherwell 3—0. dundee united, kilmarnock and hearts also won, while livingston and st mirren drew 1—1. at the world darts championship, chris dobey denied gary anderson his 50th win on the alexandra palace stage. anderson has won the tournament twice before, but after taking the first set he had no answer to dobey who cruised to a 4—1 victory. dobey will face either rob cross or mervyn king in the last 16. michael van gerwen avoided an early exit though, beating mensur suljovic 4—2. the austrian kept himself in it with a 161 checkout to deny van gerwen, but the dutchman kept his cool and won the following set. and that's your sport. thanks very much, jane. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello. good morning

he didn't go, mind you, i know i was know down at brentford i was talking mark longhurst yesterday, thegot, he's got the tax stadium or something. yeah. so it's been renamed. got a new spons0h so it's been renamed. got a new sponsor. anyway they went like vitale young else and then they went to nail down can go back and afterwards they haven't got back to interesting back to have an interesting interview his team—mate interview with his team—mate a frenchman hoiberg said frenchman emil hoiberg said anyone would be silly looking from afar as he does , to really from afar as he does, to really rule out harry kane and to write off. he was really, really off. and he was really, really good yesterday looks he's good yesterday. looks as if he's just ready the ground just ready to hit the ground running he's getting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto he's getting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto need e's getting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto need him etting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto need him because ey're going to need him because the