. manager chris hughton under a lot of pressure, we heard that there was an altercation in the team hotela fan confronting him. but the good news for him was mohamed kudus was back and he is the undoubted star of this ghanaian side and his return was worth the wait. eventually, it was a bit of a slow burn of first half, but it all came together right at the end of the first half. mohamed salah going down, clutching his hamstring. bad news for egypt fans, terrible news for liverpool fans as well. and after he was substituted, he said he couldn't go on any longer. that's when mohammed kudus came to the fore. he scored a beautiful goal from around about 20 to 25 yards to open the scoring for ghana. and it looked like things were going really nicely for the black stars. but in the second half, everything sort of changed. egypt weren't very good in that opening 45 minutes, but they came right back into it. omar mahmoud got them back into the game, thanks to a mistake from inaki williams, could have then scored a second two minutes later. and just when it looked like ghana were then going to go

position is untenable a5 that chris hughton position is untenable as head coach regina?re's anyway chris hughton will keep his job as ghana coach, things were negative before the tournament, only four wins in 12 games in charge, but now, after effectively going out of the competition, even though it is not official yet, after its collapse against mozambique, i think he would be sacked. he admitted it is been a poor tournament for himself as a manager of a national team. as for mohamed salah, we are still in the dark as to whether he would play again in the africa cup of nations, he's back in england in the purple gets in treatment and his agent say5 gets in treatment and his agent says he will be out for 21—28 days, which was making it difficult to return, and egypt fan5 was making it difficult to return, and egypt fans are hoping if they get to the final or semi final, mohamed salah can return to the ivory coast. mohamed salah can return to the ivory coast-— ivory coast. let's look at today's matches. _ ivory coast. let's look at today's matches, four _ ivory coast. let

chris hughton, the former manager, has gone away and he wasted no time in dispensing with his services they knew they could not make it through as one of the best third—place sides. hughton has been in charge for less than one year, and i'm sure he will be absolutely devastated. i spoke to him about it a year ago about his pride of taking on thatjob. and we've also had the cambia manager stand down. we had the tunisia boss here at the stadium, basically immediately after tunisia was knocked out, he went. the 2019 algeria winner, his side finishing bottom of the group here, and also the last cup of nations in cameroon two years ago, so he went less than 2a hours after that. it's notjust with people leaving theirjobs, because we've also had suspensions. tanzania played here in the last game that i watched and they do not have their coach with them. he's been suspended for eight games by organisers to the confederation of african football for essentially claiming that morocco get preferential treatment. we've also heard tonight that the morocco coach has been banned for four games, two su

ghana have sacked their head coach, chris hughton, after the country's failure to reach the knockout cup of nations. the former newcastle and brighton manager has been in charge of ghana since last february. they failed to win any of the group games. japan and iraq have qualified, define responded to a shock defeat to iraq in the last match by beating indonesia. iraq won their third straight against vietnam thanks to a 102nd minute penalty. much more of these results at the bbc sport website. the royal mail could be allowed to produce letter deliveries to five or even three days a week, it is one proposal to help the service become more sustainable. as the number of letters to be sent plummets. how does it compare to other services around the world? around the world 7 the around the world? the royal mail is legally obliged to deliver at letter six days a week but for years it has been asking to scrap its saturday service. that is something the government does not support but britain is somewhat of an outlier compared to european nations which have already significantly reduced their

the ghana coach chris hughton has said his focus is entirely on the black stars�* afcon match with egyptthis come after a confrontation with an angry fan following their defeat to ivory coast at the weekend. but he thanked everyone for their good wishes and concern. something for their good wishes and concern. that is very mut past something that is very much in the past and it has a lot of media coverage and i think everyone for the messages of support but i think probably today's the day to very much look forward to and a very competitive game that we have tomorrow and again, i understand the question and he thanked everyone for them. akram afif struck again as holders and hosts qatar became the first team into the asian cup last 16 with a 1—nil win over tajikistan. afif, who scored twice in qatar's opening 3—0 victory over lebanon, hit the winner midway through the first half in front of 55,000 at the tent—like al bayt stadium, the result means the hosts are guaranteed to go through to the knockout round as group a winners. to rugby union, and hooker jamie george will captain england

meanwhile chris hughton has lost his job as the ghana coach after they failed to reach the last 16 offormer newcastle and brighton manager has been in charge of ghana since last february but they failed to win any of their group games. japan havejoined iraq in qualifying for the asian cup last 16 after both won theirfinal matches in group d in qatar. japan responded to a shock defeat to iraq in their last match by beating indonesia. who can stlil qualify as one of the best third placed teams. ayase ueda got two of japan's goals in a 3—1 win. while iraq won their third straight game against vietnam after a chaotic ending. having taken the lead, vietnam then had to come from behind to make it 2—2 with a goal from quang hai nguyen one minute into injury time. but then in the 102nd minute aymen hussain, having missed a penalty earlier in the second half, scored the winner from the spot for a 3—2 victory. there is more on our website including more reaction from the australian open. now back to our top story. russia has accused ukraine's military of shooting down an aircraft, which it says

another managerial casualty at the africa cup of nations, following the departures of ghana's chris hughtons gasset from his role at the ivory coast. algeria have now parted ways with their manager, djamel bel—madi, a day after the team's humiliating exit from the competition at the group stage for the second straight time. they finished bottom of group d. belmadi had previously guided algeria to the 2019 afcon title amid a 35—match unbeaten run, which set an african record. staying with afcon, morocco manager walid regragui is not present for their game with zambia, after being been suspended for four games by the confederation of african football. the sanctions relate to "post—match incidents" following morocco�*s 1—1 draw with dr congo on sunday, which caf said it was investigating. well morocco are currently 0—0 in that game, while elsewhere tanzania are playing congo 0—0. the two games prior in group e finished goalless, meaning mali and south africa progress. namibia are also through as one of the group stage�*s four best third—placed teams. at the asian cup, japan eased to a 3—1 win

coach halfway through the tournament whilst ghana, already gone, have parted company with manager chris hughtonf korhogo in ivory coast. it is tough to keep track of all of these managerial exits. what do you make of what has happened so far because? especially to the so—called heavyweights? what has the reaction been like? i heavyweights? what has the reaction been like? ~ , , heavyweights? what has the reaction beenlike? ~' , , been like? i keep my phone in my hand at all— been like? i keep my phone in my hand at all moments. _ been like? i keep my phone in my hand at all moments. what - hand at all moments. what five managers departing the tournaments, some breaking news and i stay minutes, the morocco coach given a four match suspension with two suspended with his role in the on pitch altercation after their match against the democratic republic of congo. morocco say they will appeal. going back to the sackings that we've had. the most high—profile former nottingham forest newcastle brighton manager, of course, the statement about that came just moments after it was confirmed last night tha

ghana have sacked their head coach, chris hughton, after the country's failure to reach the knockoutharge of ghana since last february. they failed to win any of the group games and hughton was subject to heavy criticism. he's the second head coach to leave his position after group stage elimination, after tom saintfiet left the gambia. ghana's exit was confirmed after another dramatic night in the final round of group stage matches in ivory coast. mauritania made the last 16 with their first ever afcon victory, knocking out 2019 champoins algeria with a 1—0 win. meanwhile, cameroon snuck in to the knockout stage thanks to two very late goals. they were 2—1 down to the gambia with three minutes of normal time to go, but won 3—2 to go through on goals scored above guinea, who lost to defending chamions senegal. cameroon are five—time winners of afcon and will play nigeria next. translation: you see, i have no voice, translation: you see, i have no voice. too — translation: you see, i have no voice. too many — translation: you see, i have no voice, too many emotions. - translation: you

the former newcastle and brighton manager chris hughton has been sacked from his latestjob, as head coach reaching the semi finals at the autralian open. it took him five sets and four hours to beat hubert hurkaxz to reach the final four. and will play carlos alcarez or alex zverev, who of course knocked out cam norrie in the fourth round, ending british interest in the men's and women's singles. so hopes still rest with britain's alfie hewett and gordon reid are on course to meet in the wheelchair singles final after reaching the last four. they both came through their quarter—final matches in straight sets. hewett only dropped two games in beating alexander cataldo, while reid overcame tom egberink. but andy lapthorne is out of the quad singles. neil skupski remains in the mixed doubles. could we be about to see another emma raducanu moment in the women's draw? a young ukrainian dayana yastremska, has become the first qualifier to reach the semi—finals there since the late seventies. in 30 degree heat, the 23—year—old beat linda noskova in straight sets. she's ranked 93rd in the world,