crystal palace after all. hours to go before the deadline. we will see what happens with that one. branislav ivanovic. he has been a bit of a legend of the club. nine years he's been at chelsea. a couple of premier league titles, fa cups and a champions league winner, and 377 appearances. he joined from locomotive moscow. he is on his way back to moscow, but this time it is with zenit st. petersburg on a free transfer. that's not been confirmed yet but we expect that to be done by the deadline. leonardo are lower, he has been outspoken in the last few days, saying he was promised a moved away —— a move away from the club of possible. —— leonardo ulloa. a last ditch is coming from sunderland. that has been rejected by leicester city. it seems that against his wishes he is going to have to stay at the club. bit of a frustrating one for both him and sunderland. let's finish with emmanuel adebayor. he, of course, is talked about so often on transfer deadline days. remember a couple of years ago when he very nearly

crystal palace at 4. dele alli scored twice against southampton, son who scored against watford last season recalled to the line—up. troy deeney leading the line—up. troy deeney leading the line for watford, scored 15 goals last year, only one so far. former spurs players younes kaboul and etienne capoue in the line—up. arsenal will be looking to keep up with the leaders chelsea with a win against crystal palace today. they will move up to third. crystal palace hoping to turn their season around, and climb out of the relegation zone, this one kicks off at four. i'm sure in the second part of the season, when everybody is willing to go for it, it's not any more wait and see, it's go and take now. i'm confident that in the second part of the season, you will see spectacular games,

the gunners beat crystal palace 2—nil. tim hague was watching.hat a way to welcome in the new year. wet and wild at the emirates. but arsenal supporters would soon have something to remember 2017 by. the man who should have put them ahead against crystal palace would provide it. olivier giroud somehow missing there

against crystal palace on tuesday. wins for both arsenal and tottenham today would push manchester city out of the top four. tottenham are at watford in the 1.30 kick off, while arsenal host crystal palace at a. iam sure i am sure in the second part of the season, when everybody is ready to go for it, it is not any more weight and seek it is go and take now. i am confident that in the second part of the season you will see spectacular games. but we have not completely produced. celtic start the year with a 19 point lead in the scottish premier ship, after coming from behind to beat rangers 2—1 in the old firm derby. scott sinclair with the winner. hammett william boyce scored twice as ross

but he isjoining a new club as left crystal palace last summer. but he is joining a new club as a free agent. that is a club in turkey. they are second in the turkish top—flight. it is an 18 month contract. he was recently playing for togo at the african cup of nations. they did not qualify. he has had plenty of time to negotiate that. he's gone to turkey. emmanuel adebayor, one of the biggest names, although not one of the biggest moves, in what has been a fairly quiet transfer deadline day so far. there is still time. many thanks. not a big surprise, emmanuel adebayor likes to move in the tra nsfer adebayor likes to move in the transfer window. what is it about a january transfer window, we haven't really seen anything that gets the heart racing. it's always awkward, because you don't see the top players moving. generally the top players moving. generally the top players are at top clubs challenging the trophies in their own right. also, top clubs don't want to let

and they are now bottom after swansea beat crystal palace. no surprises.no surprises. who do you think might take over? there are some usual suspects. i wouldn't be surprised to see alan pardew thrown into the mix. roy hodgson could be an interesting one. he did say recently that he was keen to perhaps get back into coaching. those are some names, but they're always the usual ones bandied about. the hunt is now on for hull to find a manager and quickly. we will watch with interest. thanks. sir andy murray has extended his winning streak to 25 matches on the atp tour as he be jeremy chardy in straight sets at the qatar open. it was his first competitive match since becoming a night in the new year is on a list. the sign writers might have a few extra letters to squeeze on, but andy murray very little has changed. as with much of 2016 he turns up and wins. he barely had a first set quite so simple as the one throwing up quite so simple as the one throwing up and tha. jeremy chardy used to be ranked inside the world's top 30. but he managed just seven points

crystal palace, five—game sam alla rdyce performance.ins. they are looking for their first charge and no wins. they are looking for theirfirst win in charge and no wins. they are looking for their first win in seven. slaven bilic, a relief after a tough week. andy carroll scored the goal of the game. a great ball in, i thought it went a bit closer, it went in. i've been practising that for a couple of years, it's been awhile in the making. how much -- heidi you rate that? it's got to be the best one i've scored, you know —— how high do you rate that. your concentration has the last of the whole period of the game. unfortunately for us, we didn‘tjust gift one, we gifted two and then three. if you are going to gift them, it‘s not going to get anywhere. it is a bit disappointing end to what looked like a co mforta ble end to what looked like a comfortable performance. u nfortu nately for comfortable performance. unfortunately for us, we didn‘t see it out. early beat southampton today. the goal came from joey barton. back in the premier leag

and earlier, sunderland sold patrick van aanholt to crystal palace for an undisclosed fee. signed a four—and—a—half—year contract. the 26 year old will be reunited with sam allardyce, having previously worked with the manager at the stadium of light. hopefully his impact is instant. he was instrumental in ourfight was instrumental in our fight to stay out... or get out of the bottom three at sunderland last year. and, of course, not just three at sunderland last year. and, of course, notjust as a defender but as a very good attacking full—back with his assists and his goals. meanwhile, leicester striker leonardo ulloa has made his intentions quite clear, after handing in a transfer request last week. ulloa tweeted this, in the past hour. "with all respect for leicester fans, i feel betrayed by ranieri and let down by the club. i will not play again for them". this comes after the manager ranieri said this earlier. yes, i know he is very anxious but we don't change our mind. for us he's important, we don't want to sell him. you don't want to sell him? also i don't want becau

we won't just talk about it, we arsenal beat crystal palace.ed for 0livier giroud's spectacular goal to help arsenal beat crystal palace 2—0 at the emirates yesterday. alex iwobi headed in the second, but this was all about the genius of their first. have a look at giroud running through the middle. catching the cross with his left foot, looped it over his head and in off the underside of the bar. manager arsene wenger said it was one of the best he'd seen. the win moves the gunners back to third, while palace stay 17th. harry kane scored two goals for tottenham — one was also a volley — as his side moved into the top four for the first time since october. they sit above manchester city on goal difference thanks to a four—one victory over watford. dele alli got the other two. more injury concerns for leicester centre manu tuilagi. he's out of england's six nations training squad. he limped out of the premiership match against saracens with a knee problem. sarries won the game 16—12. and defending champion gary "the flying scotsman" anderson bea

four other results tonight, crystal palace have a first league win under sam allardyce beating bournemouth 2—0 but they remain in the relegation zone. sam vokes scored the winner for burnley against leicester. middlesbrough and west brom drew i—i. swansea have back to back wins for the first time this season. they beat southampton 2—1. gylfi sigurdson the matchwinner again. match of the day is on at 10.45 in england and northern ireland, 11.10 in wales, and 11.45 in scotland. we will see how hull get on against

tottenham are at watford in the 1.30 kick off, while arsenal host crystal palace at 4. i'm sure in the second part of the season, when everybody is willing to go for it, it's not any more wait and see, it's go and take now. i'm confident that in the second part of the season, you will see spectacular games, but we have not completely produced. celtic start the new year with a 19 point lead at the top of the scottish premiership after coming from behind to beat rangers 2—1 in the old firm derby. scott sinclair with the winner. elsewhere, hamilton and motherwell drew. dundee are up to eighth after beating stjohnstone 3—0. partick and kilmarnock drew 0—0 but liam boyce scored twice

a 2—1win at crystal palace moved swansea city off the bottom of the table on the day they appointed paulment as their new head coach. hull city are now bottom, and last night they parted company with their manager mike phelan. the 54—year—old was appointed full time in october. sir andy murray has got his year off to a winning start. the world number one beat france'sjeremy chardy in straight sets to reach the second round of the qatar 0pen. you will notice, did anyone notice anything unusual about what i said at the start? andy murray. not calling him sir. why, 'cause...? he is... totally! i am not so sure he is... totally! i am not so sure he is desperate to be called it yet. is... totally! i am not so sure he is desperate to be called it yetlj think occasionally... if he is wearing a suit. 0k, sire andy. he spoke about it, he said when at

now and in the all premier league tie at selhurst park manchester city came out on top against crystal palaceafter this brain pass from alex

watford and middlesbrough drew 0—0 and sam allardyce saw his crystal palace side lose 3—0 on their visiter club west ham. leicester's hopes of reaching the european champions cup knockout stages have ended after a heavy defeat at racing 92 in paris. the french side were runners up in last season's competition, but like leicester have had a poor run so far this time. marc andreu went over twice. this his first. one of four tries for racing. dan carter added nine points with his boot. the tigers have now lost four in a row in europe. leicester's final match will be against glasgow

the gunners beat crystal palace 2—0. olivier giroud scored the opener for arsene wenger‘s team.eally wonderful overhead backheel. you'll have to see it to believe it. he omitted that luck played a part, but it had nothing to do with the win. arsenal dominating the match. alex away by getting the second. but olivier giroud's strike was the day's talking point. i thinki needed a good help to score this goal. so, yeah, thank god i was a bit lucky. but it was the only thing i could do, you know. the ball was behind me and i tried to hit it from the backheel. i must say i was bowled over with what a great strike. you know, everyone from bergkamp, all of the players that we had, they all scored. you remember all of them for the top quality. these were special goals. this one

giroud produces one of the goals of the season, an incredible scorpion kick in a 2—0 win over crystal palaceo help his side move up to third in the premier league. she was given a 1% chance of survival after a devastating motorbike accident, but now commonwealthjudo star stephanie inglis tells breakfast she's determined to win another medal for her country. and matt has the weather. good morning. it is a frosty and icy start. view, but if you delete your new yea rs start. view, but if you delete your new years walk yesterday because of the rain today is the day to get out is -- the rain today is the day to get out is —— get outdoors. good morning. first, our main story. rail fares across england, wales and scotland will rise today, with passengers facing an average increase of more than 2%. public transport campaigners say the fare rises are "another kick in the teeth for long—suffering rail passengers". but the transport secretary, chris grayling, said the government was delivering the biggest rail modernisation programme for more

crystal palace under sam alla rdyce still the bottom.still without a win. not smiling, former england manager. normally gets the new manager bounce the five games in just one point. everton game brilliantly under ronald koeman. the time when we played arsenal at home at the beginning of december we changed our attitude, the team is more aggressive than it was before. that is also really important in the premier league that we show that every weekend. and also today that was the key in my opinion to win the game. i have been here before so i will try and manage the team out of it with the backroom staff and if the team believe as much as i do, if the players believe as much as i do we will get out. a lot of teams just going against us, it tends to happen when you down the bottom. so we've got to believe we can turn that around ourselves. if we keep improving our and workrate, we keep our team spirit and state positive we can work our way out of this problem. when he lost his job with england, a lot of people were mentioning the name of ed

there are also fears over crystal palace and bournemouth.s report on this at the end of the month, so we should know more then. is this likely to force clubs into any kind of action, are things going to change any time soon?|j of action, are things going to change any time soon? i have seen a much more proactive approach from the premier league in the years i have been covering this, with that promise they made. in response to today's report from the select committee the premier league this statement, saying they made an ambitious commitment in this area. they said some grounds, particularly the older ones, there are issues because those grounds are in use throughout the football season, there is a limited time frame in which significant structural changes can be made. they said cost was not the determining factor. that they have to take it seriously, and there isa have to take it seriously, and there is a possibility for clubs for a fine or points deduction if they fail to comply, although in the report today, the committee was quite scathi

arsenal move up to third in the english premier league, after a giroud wonder strike against crystal palacehe special one slams the ivory coast for wanting to take one of his players early for the africa cup of nations. and world number one andy murray still rates novak djokovic as the biggest threat this year. hello, and thanks forjoining us here on sport today. we are going to kick off the show in the english premier league, where arsenal are up to third after a 2—0 win over crystal palace at the emirates, 0liver giroud grabbing all the headlines with an outrageous scorpion back—heel to open the scoring in the first half. he will be thinking he has got one of the contenders for goal of the season. alex iwobi added another in the second half, but all the post—match talk centred on giroud's moment of magic. i think i needed god's help to score this goal. so yeah, thanks, god. it was...i was a bit lucky, but it was the only thing i could do.

three goals in a week, scored that wonderful volley against crystal palace. do not think he felt any after—effects. scored twice to them slaven bilic was very happy. it was a good week for us after the palace in. we played with confidence against them and use that momentum to build on that and to come here and put out a really strong performance and three massive points for us. especially good with a good performance. that is great. we weren't in the way the crowd demanded. even last season we have one style and we didn't score, we didn't create one chance play in that style. the team was broken on the pitch. we decided to win more games. just pausing for a second, huge game at the top, city with 11 shots on goal in the staff when they have just taken the lead the minutes ago, through leroy sane after hugo lloris makes a mistake. and then another mistake, kevin de bruyne capitalising on another error, 2—0. huge win for pep guardiola this would be. tottenham perhaps one of the inform teams in the league. manchester city themselves, pep guardiola admitting they

the gunners beat crystal palace 2—nil. tim hague was watching.al supporters would soon have something to remember 2017 by the man who should have put them ahead against crystal palace would provide it. olivier giraud sometimes —— missing and are giving us something so special. we had already seen something so special. we had already seen a score something so special. we had already seen a score being keptjust six days ago, but this was from another world, audacious from all angles, the goal of the year, you could say, yet ugly viewing for the opposition manager. it was his second game in charge, they have been disappointing, a bit like his fashion sense, and it would only get worse after half—time. palace were 2-0 worse after half—time. palace were 2—0 down, thanks to alex will be. they offered more threat and a couple of second half but have on the previous hour, but no goal and no hope of recovering this match. it was nearly three late on, but arsenal cruised to victory, moving back up to third in the league on a wet, wild and wonderful day for

the gunners beat crystal palace 2—nil. tim hague was watching.n the new year. wet and wild at the emirates. but arsenal supporters would soon have something to remember 2017 by. the man who should have put them ahead against crystal palace would provide it. olivier giroud somehow missing there before giving us something so special. we had already seen a scorpion kickjust six days ago. but this was from another world. audacious from all angles, the goal of the year, you could say, yet ugly viewing for the opposition manager. sam allardyce's second game in charge. disappointing. a bit like his fashion sense, and it would only get worse after half—time. palace were 2—0 down. they offered more threat and a couple of second half but have on the previous hour, but no goal and no hope of recovering this match. it was nearly three late on, but arsenal cruised to victory, moving back up to third in the league on a wet, wild and wonderful day for him. i think ithinkl i think i needed god's help to score this goal. i was a bit lucky. it was the only thing i

the gunners beat crystal palace 2—0. tim hague was watching. what a way to welcome in the new year.d soon have something to remember 2017 buy from the man who should have put them ahead against crystal palace, 0livier giroud somehow missing the before giving us something so special. we had already seen a scorpion kickjust six days ago, but this was from another world. audacious from all angles. the goal of the year, you could say, yet agree viewing for the opposition manager. sam alla rdyce's agree viewing for the opposition manager. sam allardyce's second game in charge dampened disappointing, a bit like his fashion sense. it would only get worse. dos— zero down extra alex iwobi. —— 2—0 down. they offered more threat in the last minutes than they had in the previous half—hour, but no hope of recovering this much. arsenal cruised to victory, moving back up to third on a wet, wild and wonderful day for him. i think ithinki i think i needed a good help the school this goal. —— a good help to score. i was a bit lucky. school this goal. —— a good help to score. iwas a bit lucky. but sch

arsenal are back up to third in the premier league after victory over crystal palace.as palace stay 17th. but what did the man himself think of his effort? i think i needed god‘s help to score this goal, so yes, thanks, god. i was a bit lucky, but it was the only thing i could do, you know, the ball was behind me, and i tried to hit it from the backheel, and it was good luck. totte n ha m tottenham rian to the top four for the first time since october after beating watford 4—1. harry kane scored the first two within five minutes of one another, putting spurs 2—0 up after 30 minutes. dele alli got his side‘s third and fourth goals. tottenham are above manchester city on goal difference but are ten points behind league leaders chelsea, they face them next. we arrive in a good moment. in good shape. we are in a situation, where we can show that we will be tough, we need to be able to focus on the weather, in our game, but it will be tough. and the football keeps on coming today — there are six premier league matches, starting with the champions leicester who face middlesb

arsenal are back up to third in the premier league after a comfortable 2—0 victory over crystal palaceesterday. but the game was all about one moment. take a look at this. 0livier giroud with a spectacular scorpion kick. shades of henrikh mkhitaryan's backheeled volley on boxing day. was this one even better? we'll let you decide! manager arsene wenger said it was one of the best he's seen. alex iwobi headed in a scrappy second for the gunners. palace stay 17th, but what did the man himself think of that glorious goal? i think ithinki i think i needed god's help to score this goal, so yes, thanks, god. i was a bit lucky, but it was the only thing i could do, you know, the ball was behind me, and i tried to hit it from the backheel, and it was good luck. the title race continues to hot up. tottenham have moved into the top fourfor the first time since october after beating watford four—one at vicarage road. the goals were shared between two scorers. harry kane scored the first two within five minutes of each other to put spurs 2—0 up after half an hour. dele alli got the third and fourt

he's likely to be at their match against crystal palace on tuesday.er city out of the top four. tottenham are at watford in the 1.30 kick off, while arsenal host crystal palace at a. iam sure i am sure in the second part of the season, when everybody is ready to go for it, it is not any more weight and seek it is go and take now. i am confident that in the second part of the season you will see spectacular games. but we have not completely produced. celtic start the year with a 19 point lead in the scottish premier ship, after coming from behind to beat rangers 2—1 in the old firm derby. scott sinclair with the winner. hammett william boyce scored twice as ross cou nty william boyce scored twice as ross county beat inverness. —— liam boyce. a remarkable comeback in by boyce. a remarkable comeback in rugby union's premier ship, exeter we re rugby union's premier ship, exeter were losing 11 now at half—time at day then scored 17 unanswered points. james short two late tries. munster are five points clear of the pro 12 after beating con upped. —— connach

there are some potentially tricky away trips for premier league sides crystal palace, southampton, andest teams in europe coming, a manager who has graced the premier league for over 20 years, the original invincible is against the modern—day invincible is, so it is a fantastic occasion, it will sell out here, third round of the fa cup, there is always a shock and surprise, hopefully that will be the case on saturday night. sir andy murray will play world number two novak djokovic in the final of the qatar open today. murray beat czech tomas berdych, in straight sets in their semifinal, to reach his fourth final in doha. the win was murray's 28th in a row on the atp tour, and another title and victory over his main rival would be the ideal preparation for the australian open that starts a week on monday. playing at the end of last year, the ultimate goal is to find the best way to win the match. maybe at the beginning of the year you are focusing a little bit more on yourself, and how you are playing, and how you want to play, moving into the aussie open, rather than just solely focusi

dimitri payet "wants to leave" west ham, and has refused to play against crystal palace this saturdayers standout player in his first season, helping them to a seventh—place finish. he had a great summer with france when they reached the european championship final, but west ham are struggling this season down in 13th and payet wants a transfer. his former club marseille have already had a £19 million bid turned down. we don't want to sell him. we said hundreds of times we do not want to sell our best players. we want to keep them. he is definitely one of if not our best player, and that is why we gave him such a long contract. i informed him of that, and he refused to play for us. another french international is on the move. morgan schneiderlin has completed his transfer from manchester united to everton, for a fee that could rise to £24 million. schneiderlin has signed for four—and—a—half years, and will link up again with ronald koeman, whom he played for at southampton. the french international played 47 times for united following his move from the saints in 2015, but he only made

four other results tonight, crystal palace have a first league win under sam allardyce beating bournemouth but they remain in the relegation zone. sam vokes scored the winner for burnley against leicester. middlesbrough and west brom drew i—i. swansea have back to back wins for the first time this season. they beat southampton 2—1. gylfi sigurdson the matchwinner again. match of the day is on at 10.45 in england and northern ireland, 11.10 in wales, and 11.45 in scotland. we will see how hull get on against manchester united. a good win for palace but swansea's win at home to saints keeps them two points above the relegation zone. there were two matches in the scottish premiership tonight, hamilton and inverness had been level on points at the bottom. accies 3—0 win was their first in 12 in the league. motherwell are into the top half of the table after beating ross county 2—1. hull city's ryan mason says he's "lucky to be alive" after having surgery on a fractured skull sustained in the premier league match at chelsea. mason was carried off the pitch after clashing heads with chelsea's ga

it's a dogfight between sunderland, crystal palace, and swansea. of things i've asked, we've worked in the pitch, in the training room, not to complicate things, we've tried to prioritise what the most important things to get a good positive performance on saturday. hopefully we will give the supporters something to shout about and they are beginning to get behind the team which has helped, the position we are in, we need that support. the players deserve credit, they have turned their home form into better, we would like it even better but i can't complain, they have done fine. we are only 15 behind the entire goal tally that we scored last year. our problem is that we have been leaking too many. the front line are not really the problem this year, more goals have been scored this season than last season, the problem is defence. sam allardyce there, whose arrival at crystal palace hasn't quite had the desired effect yet. for him to install his ideas will a lwa ys for him to install his ideas will always ta ke for him to install his ideas will alwa

bolasie signed from crystal palace for £25 million in august.ht knee during everton's1—1 draw with manchester united last month. sunderland have turned down a £6 million bid from west ham forjermain defoe. defoe has scored 11 goals this season — including two in his side's draw with liverpool on monday. it is understood west ham will raise their offer for the player who began his career at the club. west ham have won their appeal against sofiane feghouli's sending—off in the match against manchester united on monday. the midfielder was shown a straight red by referee mike dean after a collision with philjones. feghouli will now be eligible to play in the fa cup match against manchester city on friday. leeds united owner massimo cellino has sold 50% of his share of the club — making aser group holding, led by fellow italian businessman andrea radrizzani — the new majority shareholder. cellino is now left with a 50% stake in the club. radrizzani says he's very impressed with the job manager garry monk has done, and will support him and the team mo

crystal palace have a new player in theirfight against crystal palace have a new player in their fightfrom the premier league as patrick van aanholt signs from sunderland. there will be more at 2.30. in november 2015, an elderly man was found lost — wandering around a car park in hereford. ever since then, great efforts have been made to find out who he is. and now the bbc‘s panorama team have traced him to a suburb of los angeles, and discovered that his wife and his son had flown him to england and then abandoned him. darragh macintyre has this report. this man was found in hereford in november 2015 with no id and no idea of where he came from. everyone called him roger because he once said the name roger curry, but the police didn't know if that was his real name. we have a person, we have a possible name, but nothing else. we've got no identity documents, no indication of where he's from. roger has dementia and couldn't help. you speak with an accent from america, are you american? when we visited him last march, he had already been in a local care home forfour months. what happens

crystal palace we re lads to bounce back.us coleman scored after 87 minutes. sam allardyce is still yet to win a premier league game since taking over as crystal palace boss. for us, the score down the side, jeffrey schlupp has to come off with cramp, we can't get a sub on. the referee doesn't stop the game. coleman, whojeffrey has been looking after all day, is the one that gets in. but he does also look suspiciously offside, for me. for us, it's a bitter disappointment. andy carroll scored twice to make it two win in a row for the hammers. the late kick off is tottenham at manchester city. a win for spurs would close the gap on chelsea at the top of the table to four points. pep guardiola's side will be looking to bounce back from that 4—0 defeat to everton last weekend. they have only just they have onlyjust kicked off. rangers came from behind to beat motherwell 2—1 at ibrox and reach the fifth round of the scottish cup. chris cadden teed up louis moult as motherwell took the lead in the all—premiership tie. rangers equal

coach tony pulis is a long—time admirer of the midfielder, having tried to sign him when he was crystal palacell looking to strengthen his squad, after missing out on morgan schneiderlin whojoined everton. diego costa trained alone at chelsea's base in surrey for a second day today, after missing his side's win at leicester on saturday. manager antonio conte says the player's suffering with a back injury but there's been huge speculation that his absence was to do with a possible big—money move to the chinese super league. goalkeeper karen bardsley has withdrawn from the england women's squad for their friendlies against norway and sweden this month. she has a thigh injury. birmingham city's sophie baggaley has been called up as a replacement. it's a blow for manager mark sampson, although his side is unbeaten in ten matches, he says they still have a lot of work to do, in order to reach the right level for the european championship this summer. ending the year ten unbeaten was a good stat for us and we wanted that year to be a winning year and we focused a lot on results and we found ways to

off the show in the english premier league, where arsenal are up to third after a 2—0 win over crystal palacet the emirates, oliver giroud grabbing all the headlines with an outrageous scorpion back—heel to open the scoring in the first half. he will be thinking he has got one of the contenders for goal of the season. alex iwobi added another in the second half, but all the post—match talk centred on giroud's moment of magic. i think i needed god's help to score this goal. so yeah, thanks, god. it was...i was a bit lucky, but it was the only thing i could do. the ball was behind me, and i tried to hit it from the backheel, and obviously after it was all about luck. i must tell you, i was spoiled over the years with all the great strikers we had, you know. and everyone, from bergkamp on, all the players we had arrived — you remember all of them for their top quality, but as well they are linked with special goals. this one will be the giroud goal, you know, forever. our season won't be defined by results against the top six. personally, i think the top six are so much better this season than l

the club are currently bottom of the premier league and play crystal palace tonight.e appealing against the red card given to by sofiane ferghouli in their 2—0 defeat yesterday. referee mike dean gave him a straight red after a collision with united defender philjones. west ham manager slaven bilic said jones "made a meal" of the tackle by the algerian. ferghouli is the fifth player to be dismissed by dean in the premier league this season. ahead of his side's premier league match at bournemouth tonight arsenal manager arsene wenger says this season's festive fixture list is the most "uneven" he's seen in 20 years. wenger‘s team are playing just two days after hosting crystal palace, but leaders chelsea aren't in action until wednesday following their 11—2 victory over stoke on saturday. we have sold the rights to television for a lot of money. we have to accept that the television chooses the games, but i must say on that front some teams have a bit more luck than others. we are paid a lot of money to play football and it is part of it, but sometimes it goes for you

the former real madrid and bayern munich assistant coach saw his new team win 2—1 at crystal palace wherers in front just before half—time. palace must have thought they'd got a point when wilfried zaha equalised with seven minutes to go, but angel rangel won it for swansea two minutes from time. the result means that palace remain one point above the relegation zone — and swansea are only a point behind them. we were brilliant and started doing what we should be doing at home, giving the crowd a bit of excitement. then we won the goal that should have at least got a set point. but then the downside is the switch of four there were no when virtually everybody was behind the ball and didn't deal with it. massively disappointing tonight. massively disappointing tonight. massively disappointing. but a lot of it was out of our control. because, like i said, the fatigue levels were obviously there for all to see. one more game in the english premier league on tuesday. stoke city are up to 11th with a comfortable 2—0 win at home to watford. that's a first win in six matches for the potters. rya

ex—england manager sam allardyce enjoyed his first win as crystal palace manager as they beat one of is a home tie against manchester city. defence in the key to success, that's how plymouth, a league two side in england, can beat premier league liverpool. the two sides meet in their fa cup replay on wednesday night and jurgen klopp, the liverpool manager, says plymouth have every right to concentrate all their efforts on stopping his team from scoring. they are allowed to defend with all they have because we are a premier league team and they are a league two tea m, league team and they are a league two team, that's how it is, so usually they play different. they area top usually they play different. they are a top team in league two. but to go to the next round, as a lower league team, you should concentrate on defence. it makes absolute sense. if they open up we will take it but i don't expect that actually. the real madrid coach zinedine zidane says his side must bounce back after their 40—game unbeaten run ended in dramatic fashion against seville on sunday. the european champio

the position, the situation for crystal palace, because it is away, we want to go through in this competitiony, we want to go through in this competitionm because it is away, we want to go through in this competition. it is an opportunity for us and for me to see many players that are not playing. we want to win, we want to go to the next step. we put a team with first—team experience, with maybe one two younger players, but not more. the squad that we play, we have not yet decided completely who will play and not play. but it is a first—team squad that will be involved. we know we are better than them and can win the game, but if we go in thinking we are facing a team thatis go in thinking we are facing a team that is down the table, we are making a big mistake. before we go, you just heard from arsene wenger, the arsenal manager. he has got a four match touchline ban after his misconduct hearing earlier today. it is all about the fa cup. he is going to miss southampton at the weekend. we will wait and see. 7:45pm kick—off, we will see if derby cou nty kick—off, we will see if derby county c

sam allardyce has his first win as crystal palace manager, beating bolton, one of his old clu bs, beatinghis old clubs, rewarding them a home tie against manchester city. play is under way at the australian open soon, although andy murray and dan evans play at 9:30am tomorrow morning, the first time in 30 years five players from britain are in the second round, as a correspondent reports. success down under has been a rare sight for tennis fans, but they are witnessing a strength in depth that hasn't been seen in 30 years. johanna konta wanting to write in the history books. she was the first to play since 1977, sue barker. she she cruised past kirsten flipkens in straight sets. i was prepared to stay out as long as i needed to be. it was a tough first set and there wasn't much in it. i wasjust happy that i was able to put my foot on the pedal a little bit but also just manage really well the difficulties. that performance inspired heather watson. a year ago she went out in the first round. 12 month on she is made of sterner stuff, battling hard for two and a quarter hours before overcomi

it's thought that clement will be at selhurst park tomorrow for swansea's match against crystal palaceteam. he'll become swansea's third manager of the season, and will face the task of lifting them from the foot of the table. clement is currently carlo ancelotti's assistant at bayern, having also worked with him at chelsea, paris saint—germain and real madrid richard cockerill has been sacked as director of rugby at leicester tigers. cockerill has been on the coaching staff for over a decade, but tigers have struggled to contest major trophies in recent years, and currently sit fifth in the premiership table. the 46—year—old said he still believed he was the right person to lead the team, but respected the board's decision. leicester tigers are the manchester united of rugby in england, they are expected to win trophies. the crowd expected to win trophies. the crowd expect the very best from leicester tigers. this is one of the biggest kind of rugby managerial sackings that has taken place over the past five or ten years. where they go next is interesting because they do have a man in

manchester city travel to either bolton or crystal palace, while liverpool's reward if they avoid a shockeir replay at plymouth will be a home tie with wolves. arsenal face a potentially tricky away trip to either southampton or norwich city, while tottenham will play fourth tier side wycombe wanderers. there was an own goal, a missed penalty and a 90th minute equaliser as bottom side 0sasuna rescued a point by drawing 3—3 with valencia in the spanish league. valencia went ahead after just two minutes before 0riol riera levelled the game within five minutes, but the spaniard then put the visitors ahead again with an own goal on the stroke of half time. and after valencia had a penalty saved in the 87th minute, carlos clerc equalised for 0sasuna just before the end of normal time. valenica are one place off the relegation zone. final preparations are under way in gabon's capital, libreville, as the country prepares to host the 2017 africa cup of nations. with less than a week to go before the tournament kicks off, authorities are putting the finishing touches to the four stadiums due to ho

as the fans get the worst morning ahead of the journey for the match at crystal palace tonight, manybly is the one present likely to take us back to the old swansea we re to take us back to the old swansea were playing so i'm hopeful. we need someone were playing so i'm hopeful. we need someone to give the boys confidence. we have got good players. but if you lose confidence it makes it much harder. hopefully he will do something and bring us some glory. keep us in this division. with the new head coach expected to be watching from the stands at selhurst park tonight, the players will be looking to impress. the faithful will be keeping everything crossed foran will be keeping everything crossed for an important three points. australia batsman david warner created a piece of cricket history this morning — scoring a century before lunch, on the opening day of the third test against pakistan in sydney. warner tookjust 78 balls to get to three figures, and only four other players have ever managed to score a century in the very first session of a test. he was eventually out for 113, but

bamford has had loans spells with crystal palace, norwich , and most recently burnley.o two seasons ago. the british athletes james ellington and nigel levine are "conscious and stable" after a motorbike accident in tenerife. the pair had been training on the island, and posted this video on social media earlier in the week. ellington has had surgery on a broken leg, the sprinter has competed at two olympics and has two european championship relay golds. levine, a 400 metre runner, has also won european golds in the relay british athletics staff are liaising with hospital doctors over their treatment. scotland have named a 37 man squad for the six nations scrum half greig laidlaw retains the captaincy. matt scott has been recalled and there are two uncapped players. forwards cornell du preez, a south african, and simon berghan, a kiwi. it's vern cotter‘s fourth and final championship as head coach before taking over at montpellier. we know where we are in world rugby, we know where we are ranked and we know the teams we are playing are ranked above us and every one of t

patrick van aanholt has completed his transfer from sunderland to crystal palace for an undisclosed feehas signed a four—and—a—half year contract. the 26—year—old will be reunited with sam allardyce, having previously worked with the manager at the stadium of light. in spain's primera division las palmas came from a goal down to beat valencia 3—1 at home on monday. jonathan viera cancelled out a santi mina score to make it level at half time and the match changed when munir el haddaddi received a second yellow card and was sent off just after half time. the hosts then scored twice more shortly after through mauricio lemos and kevin—prince boateng. in portugal's primeira liga leaders benfica suffered a shock 1—0 defeat to mid—table setu bal. ze manuel scored the goal for the home side. it's been a bad few days for champions who were knocked out of the portuguese cup at the semi—final stage on thursday. the former british cycling coach who delivered a so—called "mystery" package to sir bradley wiggins during a race, has been invited to give evidence to british members of parliament at a d

dimitri payet "wants to leave" west ham and has refused to play against crystal palace this saturday. in the premier league the hammers to a seventh placed finish, but after a great summer with france, when they reached the european championship final, the club is struggling down in 13th and payet wants a transfer. we don't want to sell him. we said hundreds of times we do not want to sell our best players. we want to keep them. he is definitely one of if not our best player, and that is why we gave him such a long contract. i informed them of that, and he refused to play for us. the chief executive of the lawn tennis association has resigned, afterjust three years in the role. michael downey will return to his previousjob in charge of tennis canada but family reasons also played a part in his decision. the first tennis major of the year, the australian open starts on monday and the british number one johanna konta looks in good form. she's into the final of the sydney international. she beat former wimbledon finalist eugenie bouchard in straight sets, to reach her third wta final. ko

and earlier, sunderland sold patrick van aanholt to crystal palace for an undisclosed fee.act. the 26—year—old will be reunited with sam allardyce, having previously worked with the manager at the stadium of light. hopefully his impact is instant. he was instrumental in ourfight hopefully his impact is instant. he was instrumental in our fight to stay, get out of the bottom three at sunderland last year, and of course, not just as a sunderland last year, and of course, notjust as a defender but also as a very good attacking fullback with his assists and his goals. meanwhile, leicester striker leonardo ulloa has made his intentions quite clear, after handing in a transfer request last week. ulloa tweeted this, in the past hour: this comes after the manager ranieri said this earlier: yes, i know he is very anxious but we do not change our mind. for us it is important that we do not want to sell him. you do not want to sell him? also i do not want, because i have slimani, a target man. another target man. dmitiri payet has been paradedd by marseille today after completing a £2

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