because he was found wanting in his brief time at cardiff in the premier league.ier i spoke to bbc wales's football correspondent, rob phillips. it's a bizarre set of circumstances anywhere and i think it will be intriguing the reception that ole gunner sol ski are gaps at the stadium. i don't think fans will fondly remember his last time at cardiff but to be fair to him he arrived when the club was in a device the state, there were tensions between the merger and in came ole gunnar solskjaer, 20 of goodwill but i think the sport has quickly turned to him but the results were poor under him, there we re results were poor under him, there were some scatter—gun signings and it looked a bit too much for him at the time. since he left cardiff city and went back to norway, he has a good managerial track record so you like to think he would have learned a lot from his time at cardiff but that said, there will be no favours shown to him because cardiff are fighting relegation battle, as the expected when neil warnock took him up expected when neil warnock took him up in

manchester united still beating cardiff, will show you what happened there go me go back.o no fresh snow for trying that ski ballet outside. it has a lovely day for parts of the country, england, wales and northern ireland. the weekend has seen its better half now, because tomorrow what difference a day makes is cloudier with rain, why? these have gathered towards the west of the uk, so they are push and in print in cloudier, wetter weather isa in print in cloudier, wetter weather is a book that and overnight. so does the sunshine is looking on the satellite picture earlier today, the south, is cloudier denotes and showers and then will fade away as the evening and overnightjust pestering western parts of scotland in particular, one or two coming down, but this is all the rain coming in across southern and western areas through the small hours of the morning. still a few showers in the north and east and it will be quite chilly across the far northeast of scotland overnight and call it off for some frost and eight fog that risk as well. for most of those temperatures and b

there's a dream start for the caretaker ole gunnar solskjaer‘s manchester united win 5—1 at cardiff andig night ahead for british boxing but with two fights on at the same time, the fans have to make a choice the mac georgia 50,000 watts one and the other, the other side also coming up in the programme... exeter chiefs move to the top of rugby union premiership..with a big win over the champions saracens. and we'll tell you about the retired swedish footballer who has taken memorabilia to another level. hello and welcome to sportsday, only one place to start, there's been another title twist in the premier league, 0lly has all the details. thanks jeanette, we just didn't see this coming. the champions manchester city losing to crystal palace at home, 28 years to the day after palaces last league win at city, 1990, liverpool were the reigning champions at the time and this result will have them celebrating today city took the lead through ilkay gundogan. but palace had the lead by half time, jeffrey schlupp with a tidy finish butjust a couple of minutes later a wonderstrike, andros towns

benneton beat zebre 28—10, munster v leinster i3—3 and scarlets v cardiff 5—10.ptain andrew strauss has paid tribute to his wife ruth, who has died at the age of 46. she had been receiving treatment for a rare form of lung cancer, but died in her native melbourne overnight. strauss stepped down from his role as england team director earlier this year to support his wife and children. australia are on the verge of defeat in the third test against india, but there's been one big positive for the home side in melbourne. pat cummins shone with the ball yesterday, claiming a career best of six wickets for 27 runs. and he's followed that up with a first half century on the test stage. his stand of 61 not out forced the match into a fifth day. but australia still need another 1111 runs, while india require just two wickets to win. the series is level at one all. i see how much i work —— hard work the guys are doing in the nets, and at training, i know they are working hard. they're not gone yet, they are in their backyard, and they've got all of my support. you've got t

well, at half—time here it looks like an upset might be on the cards, the cardiff blues led 18— 13 andorgan's try for example one of the scores of the weekend. but saracens we re scores of the weekend. but saracens were a different beast after the interval, they upped intensity and a ccu ra cy interval, they upped intensity and accuracy and scored six second—half tries, second in total with sean maitland scoring a couple. there was a big boost both for england and for the saracens. then they remained unbeaten in the premiership and in europe. but, ominously forthe competition, both the captain and the boss were dissatisfied with today's performance. barrett sent a warning. he said his team are nowhere near the finished article. well, now to a snooker. ronnie 0'sullivan has won a record seventh uk snooker championship. it's 25 years since he first won the competition. on sunday, he completed his victory over mark allen ten frames to six in the best of 19 final and then thanked the fans and his coaches. our top story: an extra—time strike helped river plate come from a goal down to beat

tomorrow the team face cardiff city, as our sports editor dan roan reports.gain. as a manchester united player, 0le gunnar solskjaer won everything there was to win, but having returned as caretaker manager, the former striker knows he only has a few months to stake his claim for the job on a permanent basis. morning. myjob is now isjust for the next six months to do as well as i can, and move the club forward as well as i can. and then i understand that there's so many managers that would love to be the manager of man united, so of course, i'm one of them, but it's not something that we've talked about. they are going to do a process now for it, for the next six months. jose mourinho was sacked this week with united 19 points behind the league leaders and having fallen out with some of his star players. solskjaer has been managing molde in his native norway for the last three years, and while his appointment may have surprised some, he's received backing from the man in the opposing dugout tomorrow. they're all looking at somebody that's been there. he's a h

all the tries came in the first half, with cardiff carrying a 12— 10 lead at the break thanks to scoresbelfast in 8 years, and that record persists after two second half penalties from srum halfjohn cooney earned ulster a 16—12 victory. elsewhere connacht won at the cheetahs. there are three matches currently in action, live scores on your screen. the barbarians came from 28—7 down to beat argentina 38—35 at twickenham. the invitational babas team who beat england in may, brought the scores back to 35—all before an eltonjantjies drop goal confirmed the victory. it's been an interesting day in snooker off and on the table. two chinese players, yu delu and cao youpeng have both received bans for match fixing. on it, world champion mark williams has sealed his spot in the third round. hazel irvine is at york's barbican theatre for us. second they'll come around to at this championship, it's of course the first of the three majors. steve davis and sean murphy about and watching. both are distinguished champions. we saw mark williams start up where he left off. no doubt he is talented. it's

watford held off a late cardiff comeback to win 3—2.alk about those in a moment. wolves beat bournmeouth 2—0 to climb above them into seventh and the late kick off between fulham v west ham. it is going the way of west ham, 2—0 at the moment and are just into the second half. here as promised is the table. so here is the top of the table, manchester city back on top but if liverpool beat manchester united tomorrow they'll go back in front. chelsea and arsenal are also in action tomorow. the biggest mover so far is west ham into the top half of the table. they are winning 2—0 at the moment. this is the bottom of the table. leicester city there. palace moved up leicester city there. palace moved up one place today. currently still above the regulation zone. fulham are the only team in the whole of english football this season yet to keep a clean sheet. they are staying firmly rooted to the bottom of the table. newcastle up to 14th. they are six points clear of the bottom of the table. that is the premier league. more results from the rest

his first game is at cardiff, a good fixture, one may have a chance of winning.what reaction he gets from cardiff, having being a manager there in the past. the important thing is, how can he get the best out of three players who have been signed for big money, paul pogba, romelu lu ka ku have been signed for big money, paul pogba, romelu lukaku and alexis sanchez, that sanchez is injured, we know lu ka ku will sanchez, that sanchez is injured, we know lukaku will not play this weekend, because he is on compassionate leave, so the first job is to get paul pogba back in the tea m job is to get paul pogba back in the team and playing in the way he is capable. what the fans think? there are excited that they form a legend coming back to the club, the fans are excited, but he is saying the right things, a stark contrast to the way mourinho has been speaking. here is a man saying how good the players and the club are and how good it will be for them in the next six months. let's see if he can pull it off. he said some of these things when he took over cardiff, and the

a tricky trip to cardiff but they said they wanted ca reta ker cardiff but they said they wanted caretakeril the end of the season. what an important five months that will be because they are way off the top four, notjust will be because they are way off the top four, not just the will be because they are way off the top four, notjust the top, but qualifying for the champions league is all—important for a club of this size. blanc, a former player, former world cup winner with france, he is a candidate as well. solsklaer in the running. mauricio pochettino, the running. mauricio pochettino, the spurs manager, he is in the running. also zinedine zidane is the bookies favourite. they look to get a caretaker in place by the weekend. what an important appointments that will be in itself. what a big job. arlene foster live at old trafford for us. —— 0llie foster, thank you. and a reminder we will have an extended sportsday here on bbc news this evening at 6.30pm. plenty of reaction and analysis to mourinho's sacking. and the names in the frame to replace him. ca reta ker caretaker manager to be

cardiff's champions cup chances have been fast disappearing.og was guarded by saracens' red giants. a formidable bunch, top of the premiership, top of their group. the likes of sean maitland, a streak of scarlet through ca rd iff's defence. faced with a rocky road, the blues got inventive, first the chip and then eventually the fish, dan fish‘s try once converted gave the welsh side the half—time lead. but then they were winning at the break against sarries last week and lost by 26 points. with the likes of 0wen farrell around, you're never really safe. he kicked 16 points in all as saracens muscled their way through the blues. england hookerjamie george judged to be over. cardiff most definitely out. saracens are now 22 matches unbeaten. a watershed game in glasgow, this was weather for warriors — glasgow needed a win to keep alive their chances of reaching the next stage. this was some start. within 45 seconds, matawalu onto the water slide. lyon are bottom of the group, so the warriors would have had hopes of scoring the four tries needed fo

later today the team face cardiff city, as our sports editor dan roan reports.nchester united player, 0le gunnar solskjaer won everything there was to win, but having returned as caretaker manager, the former striker knows he only has a few months to stake his claim for the job on a permanent basis. morning. myjob is now isjust for the next six months to do as well as i can, and move the club forward as well as i can. and then i understand that there's so many managers that would love to be the manager of man united, so of course, i'm one of them, but it's not something that we've talked about. they are going to do a process now for it, for the next six months. jose mourinho was sacked this week with united 19 points behind the league leaders and having fallen out with some of his star players. solskjaer has been managing molde in his native norway for the last three years, and while his appointment may have surprised some, he's received backing from the man in the opposing dugout tomorrow. they're all looking at somebody that's been there. he's a hero there, re

srn posters and graffiti were found in a cardiff park ahead of an anti—racism demo.doughtyjoined the march. to see swastikas being daubed on streets of grange town was hugely shocking for local residents. it's been a wake—up call for a lot of people that these groups are operating in our communities and we need to work together to fight them. but alex davies then went back on radio aryan to congratulate srn for getting neo—nazis in the headlines. as long as there's some signs of resistance there there's hope. it's like a fire, as long as you've got some embers burning, all you need is to put some fuel on that fire and it can turn into something very big, very quickly. just over a year ago here in swansea, the police arrested alex davies and ben raymond on suspicion of continued membership of national action. they have not been charged. but some national action followers were, after taking the group underground. ten people have been convicted this year. among them were student alex deakin and soldier mikko vehvilainen. in the heart of rural montgomeryshire, llansilin

solskjaer‘s only other premier league managerial experience was at cardiff city.e lasted less than nine months and was sacked after relegation. did you learn from that? are better now as a coach and manager? that period in cardiff was, of course, a huge step for me, and i've learned a lot. i've evaluated, reflected on it. i made a few mistakes. but if you don't make mistakes, you're not going to learn. for more than a decade at old trafford, solskjaer was a winner, a fans‘ favourite, but now he must prove himself again. dan roan, bbc news. thousands of people have been flocking to view the new mural by banks see in south wales, portraying a child playing in the ash from a skip fire. a child playing in the ash from a skipfire. —— banksy. a child playing in the ash from a skip fire. —— banksy. hollywood actor michael sheen, who is from the south wales town, has offered to pay for a screen to protect the artwork. a few days on and there is a buzz in the air here, a piece from one of the air here, a piece from one of the world's most famous artists. there have been a

solskjaer has only managed once in the premier league at cardiff and that ended in relegation and thech some believe hardly bodes well. to appoint an interim manager is a shambles. the amount scored to win a goal in the champions league final? is this where manchester are out? this morning it was training as usual and among those arriving was paul pogba who became disillusioned underjose mourinho. solskjaer will have to fire him up on the rest of the squad —— the squad service club hero can bring back the glory days. the former nigerian international winger peter odemwingie was signed by solskjaer when he was manager at cardiff city and he says the norwegian is an exciting choice to inspire the players. what caught my eye was the excitement we have, managing the premier league. he looked really in busier stick about it. that he didn't come across as a defensive minded manager. ithought didn't come across as a defensive minded manager. i thought he would play more attacking football. they are still relegated but they couldn't spend a lot of money. he will tell the players that opportun

cardiff's champions cup chances have been fast disappearing.ded by saracens' red giants. a formidable bunch, top of the premiership, top of their group. the likes of sean maitland, a streak of scarlet through ca rd iff's defence. faced with a rocky road, the blues got inventive, first the chip and then eventually the fish, dan fish's try once converted gave the welsh side the half—time lead. but then they were winning at the break against sarries last week and lost by 26 points. with the likes of owen farrell around, you're never really safe. he kicked 16 points in all as saracens muscled their way through the blues. england hookerjamie george judged to be over. cardiff most definitely out. saracens are now 22 matches unbeaten. a watershed game in glasgow, this was weather for warriors — glasgow needed a win to keep alive their chances of reaching the next stage. this was some start. within 45 seconds, matawalu onto the water slide. lyon are bottom of the group, so the warriors would have had hopes of scoring the four tries needed for a bonus p

they were down at half time but came back to beat cardiff blues 51—25. 0ur rugby correspondent chrisjonest was coming, but they played at half time here, it looked like a upset was coming, but they played some brilliant rugby and matthew for example, one of the scores of weekend. but saracens was a different beast after the interval, they upped their intensity and their accuracy and scored six second—half tries, seven in total with them both grabbing a couple and he was a man of the match playing nearly 60 minutes on his return after a calf problem. a big boost for england and for saracens. saracens remains unbeaten in europe, but ominously for the competition, both captain brent barrett and they were dissatisfied with today's performance. barrett said a warning, he said there was nowhere near the finished article. munster are top of their champions cup group — a comfortable 30 points to 5 win for them over castres. their three tries came in the second half — jj hanrahan with the pick of them. and in the pool 4 game, leicester tigers take away a point. racing 92 took the match 36—26. the

cardiff aviation maintains aircraft and trains pilots.6,500 hours of commercialflying experience. he is taking us up... away we go. ..and i'm bringing us down. what is it about flying that you really love? ok, look out the window. look out the window. 0k. it appealed notjust to the closet engineer in me but it also appealed to the kind of romantic artist in me as well because you get some odd things when you're flying across the sunset, and the darkness is curling over the top of the plane like a tunnel, and it'sjust this incredible metaphysical moment. it's symbolic, that you are above light in the dark. it is getting closer to the mind of god. you know i have a feeling that i've just been sung to. time for me to learn where everything is and everything does. turn that knob left, until it comes to 270. look at the window, we are banking left somewhat. you are commanding the aeroplane to bank left. no way, i had no idea this is how you fly a jumbo jet, by twiddling these knobs. select fla ps five. flaps five, captain. jolly good. ditto, y

cardiff blues thrashed scarlets by 3a points to 5.try. scarlets have now lost their last five games. two—time champions gary anderson and michael van gerwen will meet in the pdc world championship semi—finals later. anderson beat dave chisnall 5—2 in his quarterfinal while number one seed van gerwen beat world number 7a ryan joyce 5—1. the other semi this evening will be between michael smith and nathan aspinall. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news — the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are lainy malkani and john crowley. welcome. let's start with the sunday telegraph. it is leading with calls for the home secretary to ‘get a grip‘ over the channel migrant crisis. also on the front page, damejune whitfield who has died at the age of 93. the sunday times calls dame june the ‘golden girl of british comedy‘. it‘s main focus though is the home secretary cutting short his holiday to handle the migrant issue. the mail on sunday says mps are calling for the migrant boats to be seized in calais.

conference so we will hear more from him before the squad fly to wales a head of their meeting with cardiffurday. that of course is the club that solskjaer lead in 2014, his only previous experience of english football management, and they were relegated and he was sacked. he will hope to do better this time. his in—tray is full. they need to get back into winning ways, 19 off top placed liverpool. they also have the not so small matter of the champions league la 16 against psg looming, the january transfer window, they need to bring the fans back on—board too. behind the scenes manchester united will want to be restructuring for the summer, a potential director of football coming in, but crucially a permanent manager in the summer. that could be ole gunnar solskjaer but it's more likely he will return to his job with norway and united will look for the first permanent manager in six yea rs the first permanent manager in six years since sir alex ferguson retired. well, manchester united and all premier league clubs face tough schedules over the next few weeks. every team in england's top di

huddersfield had 7496 against cardiff.re sent on to cloud nine. kilmarnock aren't giving up their surprise challenge for the scottish premiership title. they're back on top of the table this morning after a 3—1win over dundee. steve clarke's side go a point clear of celtic but the scottish champions have three games in hand, starting away at hibernian this lunchtime. elsewhere yesterday there were wins for motherwell and aberdeen. norwich city have been knocked off the top of the championship despite coming from behind to draw 2—2 at bristol city. leeds 1—0 win over bolton means they move to the summit. promotions chasers middlesbrough slipped to a 2—1 defeat at qpr while aston villa drew 2—2 against stoke. still glasgow warriors and saracens are both still on course for a place still rse for a place in the knockouts of rugby union's champions cup. they both won their pool matches in dreadful conditions yesterday, but saracens' win over cardiff means they are out already, as patrick gearey reports. cardiff's champions cup

cardiff had to win for polarised look to it. cardiff had to winforany polarised look to it. —— optimism, they feel impossible to stop. here they kept control enough for the try. his team found control of the match. for saracens it is for european wins for four. glasgow will need all the december dedication. it is days like this in the city that few complain about their plastic page. in the ice and freezing rain, he still had the service to celebrate on. that is the second try of the game and though leon did fight back, these were conditions to suit the scottish side. they are still on course for a knockout place. hopes look more distant for wasps. they are playing some of the miracle rugby, and watch the handling resurrect this opportunity. they've finished the masterpiece off. wonderful work and there will not be anything like that this weekend in europe. this match will stay competitive, the second half was one of the closest at the weekend and that the english side scored 27 points in this arena, that would not be enough. on this wet weekend, though wasp hopes of qualifyi

five wins from 30 at cardiff?e champions league final, but is this really where manchester united are at? this morning, it was training as usual for united's players. among those arriving, paul pogba, who had become disillusioned under mourinho. solskjaer will have to re—energise him and the rest of the squad as united hope the return of this club hero can start bringing back the glory days. andy swiss, bbc news. jose mourinho issued a statement this afternoon, saying... and he went on to say... olympic champion adam peaty has dared swimming's governing body to ban him, after he backed plans for a new competition next year. the inaugural international swimming league was meant to take place in italy this month. but it was cancelled after fina threatened to prevent anyone who raced from competing in next year's world championships. over 30 of the world's top swimmers met in london today to back plans to launch the isl next august and establish an independent swimmer‘s union. peaty says he's ready stand up to fina.

that period in cardiff was a huge step for me and i have learned a lot.d on it. i made a few mistakes but if you don't make mistakes but if you don't make mistakes you are not going to learn. for more than a decade at old trafford solskjaer was a winner, a fan's favourite but now he must prove himself again. dan roan, bbc news. the time is 1:15pm. 0ur prove himself again. dan roan, bbc news. the time is 1:15pm. our top story this lunchtime. back in business. gatwick reopens after more than 30 hours of chaos, with most flights now running as normal, after the army was deployed to protect the airport from drones. and coming up: six months after these boys were trapped in a cave in thailand, they return to thank those involved in their dramatic rescue. coming up on bbc news: england captain joe root fails to impress on his big bash debut for the sydney thunder, but it doesn't stop his side tasting victory against the melbourne stars. it's 30 years ago today that pan—am flight 103 was blown up in mid—air over the market town of lockerbie. this lunchtime there

united completed an emphatic 5—1 win at cardiff city.ored five in the league since sir alex ferguson was manager overfive years ago. joe lynskey reports. this is the week manchester united sought out a fresh start with an old place. 0le gunnar solskjaer became an icon of the bench. his new short—term cameo is to lift the mood from there. and just like his playing days, his presence brought an impact. it is marcus rashford. the perfect start. marcus rashford rewarded for new—found ambition. it was part of a starting line that included paul pogba. back in the 11, the world cup ander herrera player set up to make things better. this brought solskjaer back to the club he had managed four years ago. had he had managed four years ago. had he still been carved's boss this handball decision would have been more welcomed —— cardiff. that setback brought the best from united's attacking talent. the interchange more fitting of the quality they have had all along. that is superb for manchester united. and after the break, jesse lingard's run brought

tomorrow the team face cardiff city, as our sports editor dan roan reports.s done it again. as a manchester united player, ole gunnar solskjaer won everything there was to win, but having returned as caretaker manager, the former striker knows he only has a few months to stake his claim for the job on a permanent basis. morning. myjob is now for the next six months just to do as well as i can, and move the club forward as well as i can. and then i understand that there's so many managers that would love to be the manager of man united, so of course, one of them, but it's not something that we've talked about. they are going to do a process now for it, for the next six months. jose mourinho was sacked this week with united 19 points behind the league leaders and having fallen out with some of his star players. solskjaer has been managing molde in his native norway for the last three years, and while his appointment may have surprised some, he's received backing from the man in the opposing dugout tomorrow. they're all looking at somebody that's been there. he'

watford held off a late cardiff comeback to win 3—2 and wolves beat bournmeouth 2—0.is the top of the table — manchester city back on top but for how long? if liverpool beat manchester united tomorrow they'll go back in front. chelsea and arsenal are also in action tomorow. west ham into the top half of the table above watford on goal difference. the bottom half of the table is largely unchanged. fulham stay bottom, the only english team yet to keep a clean sheet this season. southampton play arsenal tomorrow... and huddersfield and burnley are unchanged. newcastle are now 6 points clear of the drop zone... that could be vital come may. that is today's premier league. more results from the rest of todays football — jeanette... norwich have missed out on the chance to return to the top of the championship after a 2—2 draw at bristol city. norwich took the lead through a marco stiepermann but bristol city scored two quick goals either side of half—time, as callum 0'dowda's goal gave them the lead. but norwich came back 12 minutes from time after max aarons headed in fro

this isa with cardiff being relegated. this is a new start.ell behind the pace setters. he will need to solve problems with players such as paul pogba and alexis sanchez, reconnect afan pogba and alexis sanchez, reconnect a fan base and also there‘s a number of issues around united‘s playing style that was so heavily criticised in the journeys mourinho. united style that was so heavily criticised in thejourneys mourinho. united in the background will need to sort out what‘s happening in the summer. they aim to appoint a permanent manager. that could be solskjaer, but the expectation is he will go back to the club he was managing in his native norway and then united will appoint perhaps a more high profile name, and incredibly it will be their fourth permanent manager in six years since sir alex ferguson retired. david, thank you. scientists who carried out a lengthy study of a number of rare scotch whiskies found that more than a third of the bottles‘ contents were fake. the research, at a carbon dating laboratory, established that 21 out of 5

sian lloyd is in cardiff for us. shift in tone from the welsh government. mark drake that has been the brexit minister for the welsh government and it has been his job to make the case for wales at the very many meetings he has had with the prime minister's brexit officials. the point of view from the world cup meant as it has tried to have a strong voice at every turn. the priority has been to remain in the single market in the customs union to try and protect the welsh economy and the welsh exports to the european union. the worst government has been facing criticism about failing to show leadership in response to theresa may postbag brexit. brexit will certainly be at the top of the new first minister's and tray. responding to the events in westminster to light, he has tweeted. the credibility of the prime minister is shot and she should extend article 50. 0ur wales correspondent sian many thanks. lloyd is in cardiff. thanks to sarah in edinburgh,

cardiff blues thrashed scarlets by 34—5, gareth anscombe scoring the bonus—point fourth try.will meet in the pdc world championship semi—finals after winning their last eight ties. number one seed van gerwen beat world number 74 ryanjoyce 5—1, while anderson beat dave chisnall 5—2. england's michael smith beat luke humphries 5—1. humphries had caused a shock beating last year's winner, rob cross, in the previous round, but couldn't repeat his heroics again. smith will face nathan aspinall in the semi—finals. and those semifinals take place this evening at 7pm, so looking forward to that. we were commenting on the dancing at the darts, one player had lost but was a brilliant dancer, i didn't know there was such a line in cool shirts for darts players. they are very popular, very much a part of it now. the whole performance. i wa nt of it now. the whole performance. i want one. we should design our own darts shirts. leave me out of that, ladies. you can keep your silks to yourself. back to the football, inevitably it is the crucial christmas period that it feels like the premie

and that is why well obviously solskjaer did not have a great time at cardiff, that is there for alle is adored. scoring the goal in the champions league final two decades ago. it is notjust that, the way he held himself as a manchester united player, he had options to move to other clubs, he turned them down, even though he was a substitute, because he wanted to stay at manchester united. crucially, coming m, manchester united. crucially, coming in, the numbertwo manchester united. crucially, coming in, the number two from sir alex's era, mike phelan, very popular, some people think he should not have been let go. one of the criticisms of the david moyes era which started the dissent, i suppose, david moyes era which started the dissent, isuppose, of david moyes era which started the dissent, i suppose, of manchester united is that he did not keep ferguson's backroom staff. mike phelan was a valued member, quite understated, quite humorous, but again, he understands the club, he has worked with some of the players, people like david de gea, phil jones, he has worked with them, you u

no goals for crystal palce and cardiff.unnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united caretaker boss ended in a 3—1 win over huddersfield. paul pogba scored twice. huddersfield slip to last place. in the late game, eden hazard has broke the deadlock for chelsea to give them the lead at watford. that was his 100th goal but watford equalised just two minutes later. there was also a full programme of matches in the scottish premiership. scott sinclair scored a hat—trick as leaders celtic beat aberdeen 4—3. that result extends celtic‘s lead at the top of the table to three points. that's because second—placed rangers dropped points with a 1—1 draw against hibernian at ibrox. there were also wins today for hearts, kilmarnock and stjohnstone. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on our website, including another win for trainer paul nicholls in the king george at kempton park. 16—1 shot clan des 0beaux victorious earlier on. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. more for you in the next hour. and, thank you very much indeed.

cardiff's champions cup chances have been fast disappearing.ship, top of their group. the likes of sean maitland, a streak of scarlet through ca rd iff‘s defence. faced with a rocky road, the blues got inventive, first the chip and then eventually the fish, dan fish's try once converted gave the welsh side the half—time lead. but then they were winning at the break against sarries last week and lost by 26 points. with the likes of owen farrell around, you're never really safe. he kicked 16 points in all as saracens muscled their way through the blues. while england hookerjamie george judged to be over. cardiff most definitely out. saracens are now 22 matches unbeaten. a watershed game in glasgow, this was weather for warriors — glasgow needed a win to keep alive their chances of reaching the next stage. this was some start. within 45 seconds, matawalu onto the water slide. lyon are bottom of the group, so the warriors would have had hopes of scoring the four tries needed for a bonus point. especially when matawalu went snorkelling once more. bu

watford held off a late cardiff comeback to win 3—2.marnock are back at the top of the scottish premiership after beating dundee. greg stewart scored their third goal in the 3—1victory at rugby park. in the day's other games, there were wins for motherwell and aberdeen. celtic and rangers play tomorrow. onto rugby union and saracens maintained their 100% record in this year's european champions cup, beating cardiff 26—14 and ending the welsh team's hopes of reaching the knock out stages. confirmation now of todays scores: owen farrell kicked 16 of saracens points. glasgow could still make the last 8 — they're second in the pool after a 21—10 bonus point win over lyon. wasps though are out. they went down 112—27 to unbeaten toulouse. in the same pool bath's hopes of progressing were ended by defeat to leinster. elsewhere castres just edged out munster. mark allen will play shaun murphy later today in the final of snooker‘s scottish open, but allen has admitted he felt hungover during his semi—final win over daniel wells. allen wasn't at

perhaps the goal of the day came from cardiff's victor camarasa.y end their year in spectacular style. manchester city could overtake spurs with victory on the south coast, they take on southampton. burnley host west ham. manchester united ta ke host west ham. manchester united take on bournemouth in the late kick—off but before that, crystal palace and chelsea as at midday with live text commentary from the bbc news website. rangers moved level on points with scottish premiership leaders celtic after beating them 1—0 at ibrox. brendan rodgers's first defeat in 13 games. hearts beat hibs1—0 at easter road in the edinburgh derby. olly lee scored the only goal there. however, the match was overshadowed by alleged racial abuse against hearts player clevid dikamona. a 64—year—old hibs fan has been arrested. india's cricketers have beaten australia in melbourne to go 2—1 up in the four test series. australia still needed 1111 more runs to win at the start of the final day, but only had two wickets remaining and they lost both of those for just three run

the 9th of august was my homecoming in cardiff. it was just insane, the people there.itely the highlight of everything i've done since the tour. and that was the tour according to g. according to anybody‘s standards, this was quite a grand year. chris froome‘s stunning solo set up a third straight grand tour triumph, winning the giro d'italia. simon yates would join the select group, as he proudly showed off his red jersey for wearing the vuelta a espana. the first time three different riders from the same country have claimed cycling's three biggest races in the same season. to august, then, and a new era in world sport. the inaugural european championships. for the very first time, seven sports united across two cities, glasgow and berlin. and, for a blackheath and bromley harrier, an opportunity to make history. sprinting's new superstar, who makes winning as easy as one, two, three. dina asher—smith, in a class of one in the 100. and its gold for dina asher—smith! 10.85! a new british record, butjust getting warmed up. 200 next, chasing world champ dafne schipers,

callum paterson with the only goal of the game as cardiff continue their good recent form — they're nowstill struggling. for me, it is that we do not lose a match we either win or we learn. because, in this league, you have to be patient until the last minute. and a big win too for burnley who moved out of the relegation places with a 1—0 win over brighton. they had to defend for their lives at time but they kept hold of their clean sheet, for their first win since september. i think it is a bit of a relief, enjoyment and it is very hard, it is been very hard —fought. enjoyment and it is very hard, it is been very hard—fought. we never thought your way to get your first one probably from being free—flowing, but were glad to fight for everything that we can get. we've done that today, we've done that arsenal and west ham also won today, but it's liverpool who are top of the pile at the moment after they put four past bournmouth in the day's early kick off, and mo salah was the star man — claire thornton was watching. ona on a day of land plaintiff 500 premier league game, he had another

callum paterson with the only goal of the game as cardiff continue their good recent form — they're nowout of the relegation places with a 1—0 win over brighton. they had to defend for their lives at time but they kept hold of their clean sheet, for their first win since september. i think it is a bit of a relief, enjoyment and it is very hard win, it has been very hard—fought win. we never thought your way to get your first one probably from being free—flowing, but were glad to fight for everything that we can get. we've done that today more results to come, including from scotland later in the programme. but katherine you have all the news from the women's world cup draw. it had an air of inevitability about it — england and scotland have been drawn in the same group for next summer's women's world cup. argentina and japan — the team that knocked england out in the semi—finals of the last world cup — complete the group. watching the draw were former england goal—keeper rachel brown—finnis and jen beattie — who plays for scotland and manchester city. it is added to the low—level excite

ailing retailers, buoyed by the promise of bumper discounts, shoppers in manchester, newcastle and cardiff from the early hours of the morning. boxing day is great, because you have your christmas presents and you can see what you want to match them. boxing day is nice to come out and get fresh air. millions more are expected to visit shopping centres across the country but the starting gun for seasonal sales was started a few weeks ago. black friday, an american import is getting popular both online and the high street and shops have cut prices a month before they used to. after a miserable year, these sales could be the last chance saloon for many struggling shops. but even a busy boxing day might not be enough. their warehouses are piled high with unsold goods and it is forcing them to offer steeper discounts in what is becoming a race to the bottom. in london's's west end, things are looking up. there is a boxing day bounds in the west m. a lot of customers driven by the low pound, people want fresh air and take 70% off with good bargains. in the next few hours, more than £50 million i

it's a yuletide ritual that stretches back decades and one that shoppers in cardiff queued in the earlyerform. lured by the promise of bumper discounts, they turned out in their droves, from liverpool to belfast to gateshead. boxing day is great because you can decide what you want. from, like, christmas presents, you can see what you want to match them. i mostly spend christmas indoors watching movies with my family. so, boxing day is nice to come out and get some fresh air. millions more are estimated to have hit the high streets across the country. but the starting gun for seasonal sales was fired a few weeks ago. black friday, an american import, is increasingly popular both online and in stores. and it's taken the wind out of boxing day sales. the number of shoppers out and about this morning was more than 9% lower than on black friday and 4% lower than on boxing day last year. things were even worse in shopping centres, which saw almost 7% fewer customers. retailing is a really tough environment at the moment. consumer confidence is really low and it has been low for the best part

although cardiff did respond, that brought the best from united.all along. martial! beautiful move. beautiful goal. now that is what manchester united should be about. a goal and a scoreline that brought back days gone by. a new, liberated united eventually scored five for the first time in the league since the day sir alex left. we knew today we're not going to beat cardiff if this becomes a fight. so we need to get the ball down, pass it quickly, move quickly. and the third goal, i think that was just a different class. it all felt like the same routine at manchester city. when they went 1—0 up, crystal palace were 150—1 to win the game. but something extraordinary was about to fall from the sky. and that's a good hit. oh, what a goal! what a goal from andros townsend. a strike as brilliant as it was significant. palace held their nerve to win 3—2, a result that means city trail liverpool at the top by four points. but chelsea are perhaps now too far behind. they were swept away by leicester city in one flash from jamie vardy. that goal mayjust k

at the other end, there were potentially priceless late victories for fulham and cardiff.gow. and in england's premiership, harlequins hooker dave ward could face disciplinary action after appearing to spit at wasps‘ thomas young. harlequins won 20—13 at a sell—out match at twickenham, thanks tojoe marchant‘s decisive try. ruth strauss, the wife of the former england captain and director of cricket, andrew strauss, has died at the age of 46 after suffering from a rare form of lung cancer. in a statement, andrew strauss said it gave his family "huge comfort" that ruth had died in her native australia. there‘s more on the bbc sport website — including a new year‘s knighthood for former england captain alastair cook. kate. an army officer has become the first briton to trek unaided across antarctica. it took captain lou rudd 56 days to cover the 921 mile journey. the father—of—three, who‘s from hereford, said it had been tough but that he was in good health. he was inspired to undertake the expedition in memory of his close friend and explorer henry worsley, who died attempti

despite taking cardiff to relegation solskjaer feels he has learnt, especially from his former managerson. he has been my mental but i didn't understand early on that he would be my mental because i wasjust understand early on that he would be my mental because i was just sitting and towards ever since my injury in 2003 at least, i was making all the notes what he did at different situations and of course i have already been in touch with him because there is no one better to get some advice from. manchester united fans have been leaving their views about solskjaer on the bbc sport website all day. sachin says that united fans shouldn't get over enthusiastic but wants the football to do the talking. graham believes that returning to the ‘united way‘ is the priority for the new boss. i guess that means ‘attack, attack, attack‘. and this weekend‘s game against cardiff is the first time james has looked forward to a united game in five years! keep your comments coming in. well those are maybe some of the more positive opinions on the state of things at manchester united but with the club

london, cardiff and plymouth, four celsius. in rural that could dip down to —1.asant day with lengthy sunny spells. friday is fairly similar. that's it. have a good afternoon. hello, this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines: japan confirms it will restart commercial whale hunting in july, defying an international ban. retail hopes for a boost as shoppers hit the traditional boxing day sales. it's estimated that bargin hunters will spend almost £4 billion.

elsewhere — cardiff blues thrashed scarlets by 3a points to five.anelli. scarlets have now lost their last five games. reigning champion michael van gerwan is into the semi finals of the world darts championship where he will play gary anderson after beating england's ryanjoyce this evening earlier michael smith beat luke humphries 5—1. humphries had caused a shock, beating last years winner rob cross in the previous round, but couldn't repeat his heriocs again. he will play nathan aspinall. the former england cricket captain andrew strauss has paid tribute to his wife ruth, who has died at the age of 46. she had been receiving treatment for a rare form of lung cancer, but died in her native melbourne overnight. strauss stepped down from his role as england team director earlier this year to support his wife and children. that's all the sport for now. many thanks. it's been revealed that more than a £100 million has been spent on extra capacity on ferries — to ensure the delivery of critical goods in the event of a no—deal brexit. the ships have bee