the fans have been smiling of late, because of duncan ferguson.hey because of duncan ferguson. but they be sorry he will not be getting the job permanently? he has done a fantasticjob. he job permanently? he has done a fantastic job. he is job permanently? he has done a fantasticjob. he is an everton legend, idolised by many here. i think he is even more popular than he was before, though, because of the way he has brought the passion back here. he has breathed new life into the side but that when over chelsea at his first game. i think fa ns chelsea at his first game. i think fans here would want him to stay in some capacity. i think whoever comes in to the dugout next will have duncan ferguson is part of the backroom staff. he said ahead of the skin that he wants goodison to be a bearpit for the visit of leicester. i think it will certainly need all the help he can get tonight, leicester are absolutely flying. they are second in the premier and come on back of a ten game unbeaten run. this game is now a lot trickier thanit run. this game is now

former player duncan ferguson stepped up to take charge for today's visit of chelsea to goodison parkgave ferguson, and some of the ball boys plenty of reasons to jump for joy as they won 3—1. adam wild was watching. at first glance, this did not appear a club in crisis. these were fans ready to welcome a hero at he moment they needed one most. commentator: duncan ferguson! cheering . there were few with a more fearsome reputation, for duncan ferguson, the toughness lies in the task ahead. his tenure may only be temporary, but having saved the club with goals in the past, how he would love to play a part in saving them again. never shy of making an impact here, it was swift. richarleson heading them in front against chelsea within five minutes. if that b blue mood, after the break it was a dominic calvert lewin who caused the man now in control to those controls just very moment, even those too young to remember his legend swept up in the excitement. and excitement was curbed temporarily after they were provided a reminder that chelsea were still here. but any nerves were soon replace

if you compare him to duncan ferguson, you will not mess with duncan ferguson, you will do exactly as he is not the type of character to just straighten out the dressing room, if there are issues within the club and their public carry on going. it is a tough one for him in his first real managerial position that he has got to address these issues. you had a brief spell with him as a player with west ham. has he got what it takes to turn things around? what kind of spirit will he engender? he had a real passion for arsenal. he came to west ham from arsenal, he loved the club and spoke about it and his hatred of manchester united, but from that he clearly has a direction that needs to get across to the players, and if he cannot do that then they are just going to float along in the same way. whether he can invoke the passion that duncan ferguson can, i don't know, but he has not got that imposing character in a dressing room. you look at the characters as you mentioned, may be he is not the type —— it is not a typo club that will drag them out of tricky situation. west ham, it looked li

for 0le gunnar solskjaer and manchester united in 2018 — see duncan ferguson and everton in 2019.s have been tremendous to me, they have supported me, as have all the staff, and i've put my shift in. how difficult was today, you've been short of key players from last week, and others injured? yes, we've had a lot of injuries and sickness, you just have to get on with it. i think the players who came in were manful. one other game today. spurs have leapfrogged united and are up into fifth after a late jan vertoghen goal earned them a 2—1 win at wolves. a fourth league win in five games for managerjose mourinho. we coped with their best period, which was after the 1—1 where they tried. they are not a team that is satisfied with a point. they know that if you arrive in the last part of the game with that possibility, we knew that we could score our goal, so the goal came. after that, it was to close the door for five minutes, and go home with three incredible points. celtic extended their unbeaten home run in the scottish premiership to 28 games by beating hibs 2—0. it keeps them a c

very interesting to hear from duncan ferguson today.ing his career. the post marco silva—era at everton begins tomorrow, one of silva's former clubs watford, they too are without a manager after sacking quique sanchez flores. but, perhaps not for very much longer. a great deal of speculation today over nigel pearson. here he is managing in belgium, that was his last managerialjob, he was sacked by leuven in february. before that of course, the likes of leicester city. watford have spoken to several candidates to become their third manager of the season, pearson, as you've been saying, is that man and we're expecting him to sign a short contract until the end of the season. now, speaking of leicester, their manager brendan rodgers appears to be staying put for the time for the being. he's signed a new contract that will keep him with the foxes until at least 2025. remember he had been linked with the arsenaljob in recent days so that appears to put that to bed for the time being. so, all of that makes for a very intriguing weekend indeed

for 0le gunnar solskjaer and manchester united in 2018 — see duncan ferguson and everton in 2019.ayers have been tremendous to me, they have supported me, as have all they have supported me, as have all the staff, and i put out my shed. how difficult was today, you have been short of key players from last week, and others injured? yes, we have had a lot of injuries and sickness, you just had to get on with it. i think the players who came in were manful. after losing to united last weekend, kevin de bruyne was the star for manchester city as they moved to within four points of second placed leicester with a 3—0 win over arsenal at the emirates. the game was just 89 seconds old when de bruyne made this finish look ridiculously easy to fire city ahead. he then turned provider as city hit arsenal on the counter—attack to make it 2—0. raheem sterling with the simple finish. de bruyne againjoined in his own personal "goal of the game" competition — proving his left foot isn't too shabby either. 3—0 it finished — city stay third, arsenal remain ninth. spurs snatched the three points at

of the tea m duncan ferguson taking charge of the team for the very last time. —— stand in manager.ppointment is sure to go down well with everton fans, he is a man with a very impressive cv. clients, titres, trophies. carlo ancelotti is a man who knows how to get success. —— triumphs, titles. next, goodison park. everton will be his tenth club in a career that spans nearly 25 years. his big success spans nearly 25 years. his big su ccess was spans nearly 25 years. his big success was in 2003, leading ac milan to champions league glory. there was also cup and league success as there was also cup and league success as well. sacking at stamford bridge led him to paris saint—germain, but still absolutely remained ambitious. next up absolutely remained ambitious. next up real madrid, and perhaps the biggest title of all. from madrid to munich and yet another trophy, finishing 15 points clear. it would prove to be his last triumph for 110w. prove to be his last triumph for now. it will at napoli followed without major success. it would lead to his sacking and to everything, whose fans ma

of the tea m duncan ferguson taking charge of the team for the very last time. —— stand in manager. clients, titres, trophies. carlo ancelotti is a man who knows how to get success. —— triumphs, titles. next, goodison park. everton will be his tenth club in a career that spans nearly 25 years. his big success spans nearly 25 years. his big su ccess was spans nearly 25 years. his big success was in 2003, leading ac milan to champions league glory. there was also cup and league success as well. sacking at stamford bridge led him to paris saint—germain, but still absolutely remained ambitious. next up absolutely remained ambitious. next up real madrid, and perhaps the biggest title of all. from madrid to munich and yet another trophy, finishing 15 points clear. it would prove to be his last triumph for 110w. prove to be his last triumph for now. it will

toffees caretaker manager duncan ferguson has now picked up four points from his two games in chargehe expects to be in the hotseat still when everton face leicester city at goodison park in the league cup quarter—finals on wednesday — while the manchester united manager is ruing their missed chances. we dominate with about 20 odd shots, we conceived from a set piece and he is probably one of the best teams in the league, play wise, physical, good delivery so you can always concede a goal against a team like this and we created chances to keep quite a few decent saves and for me, i feel we deserve more quite a few decent saves and for me, ifeel we deserve more but quite a few decent saves and for me, i feel we deserve more but we just ran out of time. in italy's serie a cristiano ronaldo scored twice forjuventus as they won 3—1 at home to struggling udinese to move level at the top of the table with inter. the champions had dropped points in their previous two league outings, which included theirfirst defeat of the season against lazio last weekend but the portuguese star was on song

but caretaker manager duncan ferguson will remain in the everton dugout on saturday.son has been in temporary charge for the past 3 matches, overseeing a win against chelsea at goodison, a draw at manchester united and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. well, let's round up some of the day's other football stories liverpool have confirmed theirfirst signing of the january transfer window. winger takumi min—a—mino has joined from rb salzburg. the japan international has signed a 4—and—a—half—year deal and said it was his "dream" to become a liverpool player. macclesfield town have been deducted 6 points after pleading guilty to numerous efl charges. these include non—payment of salaries and the non—fulfilment of a league two match. a further 4 point sanction has been suspended. the punishment means macclesfield drop from 15th to 22nd in league two. and bury fans have met this evening to discuss the club's future. they've been listening to a bid from local businessman robert benwell who wants to buy gigg lane. bury were expelled from t

how do you think the fans would feel about him taking over at the park as opposed to duncan ferguson.ure and there are some fans out there it everton like the idea of duncan staying in control, especially look at the response he's had from the players so far. that said, duncan said himself that he doesn't want the role all the time, thatis doesn't want the role all the time, that is something that we, certainly he is some of that he would be able to get him in, there would be very pleased having landed quite a coup. arsenal discovered their fate in the europa league draw earlier today — we'll hear the details of their tie and the other four british teams in the europa league in just a momnet. but the champions league draw also took place in switzerland earlier today. watching out for the four english teams was austin halewood. austin, who got the toughest tie? back to the europa league. well there are lots of really tasty ties to look forward to heading into the new year, jane. i'll tell you about champions liverpool in a moment, but perhaps the toughest — certainly the standout tie —

duncan ferguson will be in caretaker charge for saturday's visit of chelsea.to take over — maybe in the short term at least — is their former boss david moyes. that isn't pleasing all evertonians though. if you look now at what is next for everton and bringing in someone like david beck, that is an acceptance that nothing has worked since you have gone, the rights of the last six or seven have gone, the rights of the last six or seven years have gone, the rights of the last six or seven years of progress of the club at a think it will be a massive moment of reflection and potential disappointment. after a 2—1 defeat at brighton. not the way they want to see it in there first home game, and off—site flag and va are, a bit frustrated. both of two games starting. these are troubling times for the football club, no league victories since the start of october, freddie wanted to restore some pride. but nothing from arsenal in the beginning suggested that the tide was turning in adam webster took advantage 1—0. a brighter second half or arsenal quickly went off bring

play everton on saturday at goodison park and in the last few hours everton have confirmed that duncan fergusonker manager for that match. they have been hopeful of appointing carlo ancelotti as their new boss, but even if the contract for the new manager is finalised, ferguson will still be in the dugout on saturday. he's galvanised the side since he took caretaker charge, but what kind of manager do everton fans want for the club? he will be a boss, he will be a proper boss. 0bviously, hopefully, good players, they can live up to it. he's got the mentality of winning, we will be happy with that man in charge. i guarantee you that. i would probably say there is no one better out there, if you can't do anything with us, and probably no one can stop what they think is good, he's getting older now, so he may not be as good as he was, but he's won a lot of trophies, so he should be good. just help the defence ops, basically. you might fix the defence. lament play more people. tried to get more young people into the team, so then they can get and try harder. they need a strong attacker play, they d

but duncan ferguson is everton cosmic icon, the goal—scorer of the 90s is now their caretaker managerthe lead in this match, putting their bodies on the line. and it's gone in! the challenge from the corner forced united's goalkeeper to miss the ball. it bounced in off victor lindelof. far from the ball. it bounced in off victor lindelof. farfrom vintage but the ball. it bounced in off victor lindelof. far from vintage but he wasn't fussing. last week, the home side beat the champions. this was looking more like a day when they we re looking more like a day when they were in each of the's way. to find the breakthrough from the bench, they unleashed their 18—year—old. mason greenwood! mason greenwood is the latest academy player in the first team. united have named one in the squad in 4000 games in a row. some hope for the future in a match. the ferguson in blue will be happiest with the point. joe lyns key, happiest with the point. joe lynskey, bbc news. third placed, manchester city are leading arsenal by 3—0 in this evening's game. kevin de bruyne scored two excellent goals while ra

this command undoubtedly, a day that belong to everton and duncan ferguson.n the table after a convincing victory over burnley. captain harry kane got the first afterjust seven minutes with a stunning strike outside the box. lucas moura with the second, but then a fantastic individual effort from heung min son, who ran amost the full length of the pitch to score their third. kane got his second and then moussa sissoko scored their fifth. i think everything today was a really perfect and we are fine and 110w really perfect and we are fine and now we go to munich and, of course, the result is not important because the result is not important because the points, we do not need them, but the points, we do not need them, but the game is important because it is our prestige and the development of some players. and for some others. so let's go for a difficult week, munich and away is a really hard week. it was goalless in the only other three o'clock kick—off today between watford and crystal palace. the big game of the day, the manchester derby, has just got underw

in duncan ferguson's second game in caretaker charge of everton, he added to victory over chelsea withabout it too. united haven't won three in a row now since january. victor lindelof scored an own goal to give everton the lead. mason greenwood scored the equaliser 13 minutes from time. they've made me look good, the players have been tremendous to me, they have supported me, as have all the staff, and i've put my shift in. how difficult was today, you've been short of key players from last week, and others injured? yes, we've had a lot of injuries and sickness, you just have to get on with it. i think the players who came in were mindful. one other game in the english top flight. tottenham beat wolves 2—1 with jan vertoghan grabbing the winner. it lifts them up to fifth. after barcelona dropped points at real sociedad on saturday, real madrid have the chance to go back to the top of la liga. they're taking on eighth placed valencia in the late kick off in spain. it's currently 0—0. wins too for villareal and getafe. cristiano ronaldo scored twice forjuventus as they went top for a fe

duncan ferguson steps aside as does freddie ljunberg.in the premier league. no one really threatening the top 3 in the 3 o‘clock kick—offs today. a lot of them were all about the battle at the bottom and the biggest of all was between aston villa and southmpton. a huge game for these two managers. for dean smith and his villa side it was the start of a really important christmas. three teams were below them before the game today nd they play all three in a row. but the game couldn‘t have gone much worse... 3—1 they were comfortably beaten by southampton at villa park. the game got off to the worst possible start for them with talismanjohn mcginn taken off with an ankle injury in the first 5 minutes. and not long after, southampton were ahead. danny ings with his 5th goal in 6 games. villa‘s defence all at sea and it‘s largely because of this moment at the start of the month. when tyrone mings went down with an injury. they‘ve been without him ever since (swipe) and back they‘ve been without him ever since and back to the action today...

well, caretaker manager duncan ferguson will be in the everton dugout for the game against arsenal.sea at goodison, a draw at manchester united and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. the club though are said to be closing in on the appointment of the former napoli and chelsea boss carlo ancelotti. macclesfield town have been deducted six points after pleading guilty to numerous efl charges. these include non—payment of salaries and the non—fulfilment of a league two match against crewe alexandra on december seventh. a further four—point sanction has been suspended. the punishment means macclesfield drop from 15th to 22nd in league two. now, to rugby union. scotland captain greig laidlaw has announced his retirement from the international game after nine years and 76 caps. he led the national team 39 times — more than anyone else. the 34—year—old scrum—half made his last appearance for scotland in the rugby world cup defeat to japan in october. he ends his international career, second only to chris patterson on the all—time points list for scotland

everton — under caretaker boss duncan ferguson — surprised chelsea 3—1.on hueng min scoring a goal of the season contender. watford and crystal palace was goalless. in europe on saturday, bundesliga leaders borrissua moenchenglabach beat bayern munich 2—1. bayern are 7th. jadon sancho scored twice as dortmund were fortuna dusseldorf. in spain, real madrid were 2—0 winners over espa nyol. barcelona are currently 4—1 against mallorca. world player of the year lionel messi has already scored twice. in italy, juventus can return to the top if they beat third place lazio. currently 2—1. ding junhui has beaten fellow chinese player yan bingtao 6—2 to reach the final of the uk snooker championship in york. ding hasn't won a major title since 2011 but raced into the lead against yan, building a 3—0 lead. yan managed to fight back to trail 4—2, but that was as close as he got and ding wrapped up a 6—2 victory. he'll play 2004 champion stephen maguire, who beat mark allen 6—nil. henrik stenson has won golf‘s world challenge in the bahamas after tournament host tige

sacked their manager in midweek after their defeat in the merseyside derby but temporary manager duncan ferguson everton beat chelsea 3—1 at goodison park. ferguson, a former everton player, was exuberant in his celebrations — embracing one of the ball boys — as that win moved everton out of the relegation zone. it was an unbelievable atmosphere and a great feeling for myself that is to is the players who need the credit. we just get the communication and back in shape. but it is difficult to get that into their players but i thought they we re their players but i thought they were fantastic. they worked really well off the ball. and tottenham beat burnley 5—0 at home, harry kane scored twice but this was the pick of the goals, perhaps goal of the season, son heung—min picked up the ball at the edge of his own area, to score the third for spurs. it moves them up to sixth position. there are four matches in the premier league — among them, second placed leicester travel to aston villa. where there'll be tributes paid there to villa's former manager ron saunders, who's died at the age of 87. argua

while caretaker manager duncan ferguson takes charge of everton who are still struggling, just two points a packed schedule this week. a 20 man senior squad is en route to doha for the club world cup — while they'll field a younger side for their league cup quarter final the following day. it's an already stretched liverpool squad with managerjurgen klopp already coping with injuries — and he's raised concern that the pitch in qatar could lead to further problems. obviously, i think it is raining there. that doesn't help the pitch. the one pitch we are playing all on. sensationally organised. all of the games on one pitch and it is raining. i'm not sure if people in qatar are really used to a lot of rain. we will see what the pitch is like but that could be a bit of a problem. both celtic and rangers are in action today in the scottish premiership. rangers can leapfrog celtic and go to the top of the table — for a few hours at least — if they win at motherwell. they've played around 70 minutes, rangers lead 2—0 nikola katic and alfredo morelos with the goals so far. celtic face hibs later

and in sport: a good start to management life for duncan ferguson.verton ended with a 3—1 victory over chelsea. they're now out of the relegation zone. not long to go until the hugely anticipated rematch between antonyjoshua and andy ruinunior. joshua will attempt to reclaim the three heavyweight belts he lost to ruiz earlier this year. and leinster thrashed northampton in the champions cup. ed byrne giving them their seventh try of the match to help them to a score of 43—16. i'll be back with more on those stories later. that is jane at the bbc sport centre. iran and the united states have carried out a rare exchange of prisoners. tehran has freed an american phd student, xiyue wang, who was convicted of spying. he was swapped for iranian scientist massoud soleimani, pictured here with the iranian foreign minister. our correspondent chris buckler explains what this means for the us—iranian relationship. it shows the countries can talk and negotiate and that will be seen by some as being somewhat significant. although it is important to point out thi

a good start to management life for duncan ferguson.nded with a 3—1 victory over chelsea. they're now out of the relegation zone. not long to go until the hugely anticipated rematch between antonyjoshua and andy ruinunior. joshua will attempt to reclaim the three heavyweight belts he lost to ruiz earlier this year. and leinster thrashed northampton in the champions cup. ed byrne giving them their seventh try of the match, to help them to a score of 43—16. i'll be back with more on those stories later. at least 280 people have been killed and two million people are having to cope with unusually heavy rainfall and flooding in eastern africa, according to the un. in somalia, warnings have been issued as cyclonic storm pawan nears the coast and in kenya it's reported that at least 100 people are dead and more than 30,000 have been displaced. ahmed ibrahim is from save the children in somalia and hejoins us from the kenyan capital nairobi. thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with us today on bbc news. we haven

everton, who sacked their manager marco silva former toffees striker duncan ferguson, who's been on the coaching staff for 5 years, has been put in temporary charge. the club sacked marco silva on thursday. they have just kicked off. no goals there. liverpool are at bournemouth. manchester derby is the big one today. manchester city 11 points of the top, and manchester united behind city. confidence is a strange thing in football sometimes. you can get performances and results likely had on wednesday night, and i know our boys will be up for it. 5.30pm is the start of the game and the players decide who is going to win. the rest, of course, history is huge and the team, the quality of the players they have is always there, always has been there, and you have to try to beat them and we try today to speak a little bit with the players about what they are as a team and what they should do to win. it's semi—finals day at he uk snooker championship in york, nigel bond had been rolling back the years this week, the 54—year—old knocked out the world champion judd trump, but his quarterfinal ag

the favourite is european titan carlo ancelotti, and everton's interim boss and club legend duncan fergusonous of the club people have attract the best guys for this for this club and it is a massive club. and on obviously talking about quys club. and on obviously talking about guys who have done it all in the game and the supper guys. —— these type of guys. here are tomorrow's fixtures in full. the big game is the late kick—off between manchester city and leicester and the fight for second place. leicester a re currently ten points behind liverpool and four ahead of city. there's one game tonight in the scottish premiership, hibs v rangers. rangers have slipped to five points behind leaders celtic, so they'll be hoping to narrow that gap a little tonight. and you can guarantee it's a lot colder in edinburgh than it is in qatar, because liverpool are in qatar trying to win one of the few trophies missing from their cabinet, the fifa club world cup. the champions of europe will play the champions of south america, flamengo, in tomorrow's final. 0llie foster is in doha for us. come on, you ra

former striker duncan ferguson who had been on the coaching staff has been put in temporary charge.g i am considering. i think the club will find a top manager to attract to the club. of course it is a dream of mine to be everton manager. it's the european champions cup in rugby union this weekend, bath are having a tough time of it. they are stuck at the bottom of their group after being beaten 3a—17 clemont auvergne at the rec. the french ran in four tries to secure a bonus point, with samuel ezeala twice crossing the line. they go back to the top of the pool. bath have lost all three of their games so far. nigel bond's run at the uk snooker championship is over, he knocked out judd trump this week but was beaten by last yea r‘s runner—up judd trump this week but was beaten by last year's runner—up mark allen. it went to a final frame decider. he goes through 6—5 to the semifinals and will play stephen maguire. another big shock. had a lot of them at york. three—time winnerjohn higgins knocked out by the chinese teenager who had already beaten world a neil robertson. he will now t

duncan ferguson will take caretaker charge of saturday's game at home to chelsea.osses, 11 draws. that's a win percentage of 35.9%. his points per game is lower than any everton boss since walter smith who was in charge between 1998 and 2002. he's also the first toffees manager to get the sack after a merseyside derby. if life was bad at everton, well it's not much fun at arsenal right now either. they've now gone nine matches without win — their worst run since march 1977 — after a 2—1 defeat at home to brighton. a rude awakening for caretaker boss freddie ljungberg. at bramall lane — an offside flag and var left sheffield united a bit frustrated against newcastle. lydia campbell has all the details. these are troubling times for arsenal football club. these are troubling times for arsenalfootball club. no these are troubling times for arsenal football club. no league wins since the start of october, maybe club legend freddie ljungberg could restore some pride. but nothing from arsenal in the first half suggested that the tide was turning and adam webster took adv

everton under caretaker boss duncan ferguson surprised chelsea 3—1.ueng min scoring a goal of the season contender. watford and crystal palace was goalless. the big game in scotland takes place tomorrow with rangers and celtic meeting in the league cup final at hampden. four games, though, today in the scottish premiership. st mirren are off the bottom. they were 1—0 winners at hamilton accies, hibernian beat aberdeen 3—0, while livingston beat kilmarnock by the same scoreline. hearts lost 1—0 to motherwell, but have now appointed daniel stendel as their new manager. some sad news to bring you now and the former aston villa manager ron saunders has died at the age of 87. he guided villa to the first division title in 1981 and also won two league cups during his eight years at villa park. he also had spells in charge of birmingham and west brom. ding junhui has beaten fellow chinese player yan bing—tao by six frames to two to reach the final of the uk snooker championship in york. ding hasn't won a major title since 2011 but raced into the lead against

duncan ferguson who had been on the coaching staff of five years has been put in temperate charge.k the club will find a real top manager to attract the club. i'm also realistic. semi finals day at the uk snooker championship at the york barbican. nigel bond had been rolling back the years for the last week. the 55—year—old knocked out the world champion but his quarterfinal against last year‘s runner—up was just a match too far for him. he did go to a deciding frame. alan is now going to play stephen maguire. three—time winner john higgins, he was beaten 63 by the chinese teenager. he had already knocked out the world number four. his opponent now takes on a compatriot. that is going to be the first of the semifinals from york. that is going to be live on bbc one oi’ that is going to be live on bbc one or you can watch it through the bbc sport website. a little bit later you can have all the build—up to the big fightjust outside riyadh. between anthonyjoshua big fightjust outside riyadh. between anthony joshua and big fightjust outside riyadh. between anthonyjoshua and andy ruiz.

duncan ferguson will take charge of the team for saturday's visit of chelsea.lost 2—1 at home to brighton. neal maupay scored the winner for the visitors, arsenal are now on their worst winless run since 1977. elsewhere sheffield united lost 2 nil at home to newcastle. -- 2-0. the weigh—in takes place later ahead of tomorrow's world heavyweight re—match between britain's anthony joshua and andy ruinunior in saudi arabia. joshua is seeking to re—gain three titles afterjune's shock defeat by ruiz in new york. and ronnie 0'sullivan's quest for a record—extending eighth uk championship came to an end as he was beaten by ding junhui in york. the rocket lost by 6 frames to 4. that is your sport for now. will have a look at the inside pages in a few minutes. they have them ready for you. matt is out and about. here was in the studio or the office with us was in the studio or the office with us this morning and then here disappeared. let's see where here has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! | has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! i was banished, has gone. you are

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everton, under their temporary manager duncan ferguson, are beating chelsea 1—0.uth. that is a three o'clock kick—off. cricket, and england have named their squad for the four test series against south africa that starts on boxing day. there are a couple of changes following their series defeat in new zealand. james anderson returns after missing most of the ashes with a calf problem. jonny bairstow has also been recalled. he'd been dropped after a poor series against australia. the uk snooker championship continues straight after this bulletin, it's semifinals day. there's also coverage on the bbc sport website. that's all for the moment. thank you very much. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:10pm. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. it is coming up to 1:12 p m. let's get more now on those links between russia and leaked documents detailing talks between the united states and the uk. earlier i spoke to ben nimmo — director of investigations at graphika, a social media investi

ancelotti takes over from caretaker manager duncan ferguson and says he there were many reasons behindare all the reasons. also, the fact that this club, we want to improve, want to bea this club, we want to improve, want to be a better team, we want to compete. and so this is the reason i decided to come here. images of everton‘s final design for their new stadium at bramley moore dock on liverpool‘s waterfront have been made available to fans. the club will submit a detailed planning application for the 52,000 capacity venue today, which will cost an estimated £500 million. everton hope to move to the new stadium by 2023, and plan to re—develop their current goodison park home for the community. england netball has announced record ticket sales for a new international competition to be hosted in london, nottingham and birmingham next month. the netball nations cup will see the roses play world champions new zealand, south africa and jamaica. the squad has been announced and george fisher of saracen‘s mavericks is one of the 1a members. how exciting have the ticket sales been? it is a

table on chelsea suffered a major upset they lost 31 to everton who were under the charge of duncan fergusonor the very 1st time and tottenham are finding some real form under new manager joe as a marine yo they crushed burnley 5 now important important performance result . goals happiness for the fans happiness into team. young boys coming from the bench to the 17 year old kids the clean sheet i'm really really happy and italy's syria napoli extended their winless run to 7 matches piling more pressure on under-fire coach carlo and chalabi and to come from behind to salvage a 11 draw against it in a.z. napoli's long list when left to run in italy's top flight since early 20 tag their stock down in february place with 21.8 short of the top 4 and outside champion thing. you know you were still although i have been living in this world for 40 years and i know that when things are bad one's position is at risk it happens to every coach but the fact that one is at risk doesn't mean that he doesn't feel the club's confidence for by point of view this confidence is total i speak with the president

baines took everton to penalties against leicester city — much to the delight of caretaker boss duncan fergusonscored the decisive penalty to send leicester into a semi—final against aston villa. celtic are five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. that's after a 2—0 win over struggling hearts — ryan christie scored the opener, with olivier ntcham also getting a goal before the break to move celtic further ahead of rangers, who have a game in hand. it's hearts' sixth game without a win. cristiano ronaldo may be 3a years old — a veteran in the world of football — but he continues to do things that defy logic, and gravity. how tall is he? he is six foot? they've done scientific studies on his ability to leap into the air, have they? he is such an athletic player and isn't such brilliant shape for a 34—year—old. i guess it isa shape for a 34—year—old. i guess it is a demonstration of a talented athlete. he hasjumped up, what, five feet in the air? he is able to sort of contort even when he is up in the air. that is a lot of athleticism for a man who is six foot two. how tall are yo

well, caretaker manager duncan ferguson will be in the everton dugout for the game against arsenal.hes, overseeing a win against chelsea at goodison, a draw at manchester united and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. the club continue to be linked with former napoli and chelsea boss carlo ancelotti. macclesfield town have been deducted six points after pleading guilty to numerous efl charges. these include non—payment of salaries and the non—fulfilment of a league two match against crewe alexandra on december 7th. a further four—point sanction has been suspended. the punishment means macclesfield drop from 15th to 22nd in league two. now to rugby union... and scotland captain, greig laidlaw, has announced his retirement from the international game after nine years and 76 caps. he led the national team 39 times, more than anyone else. the 34—year—old scrum—half made his last appearance for scotland in the rugby world cup defeat to japan in october. he ends his international career second only to chris patterson on the all time points list for scotla

duncan ferguson remains in caretaker charge for tomorrow's carabao cup quarter final against leciesterrd to watch andi people come as quite hard to watch and i was emotional and it showed me that i still can mixing with the worlds best in people thought, we forgot about him, he can still run and that is what i can do with the full year of training, i'll show you, going into the next year, it is all guns blazing and we are good to go. there was a good win for england's women overnight in the first t20 international against pakistan. opener amyjones top scored with a half century as england reached 15a for four from their 20 overs. henry moran was watching in kuala lumpur. a winning start against pakistan, a crucial phase in the build up towards the world cup come february. it was not all england's way, pakistan looked at a time, a position to cause a bit of a shock but in the end, the 15a and 153 from amyjones was enough with england winning by 29 runs. the pick of the boulders, three wickets for her and encumbrance of victory in the end for england to get this phase of the tour off the

well arsenal's opponents on saturday are everton, who have confirmed that caretaker manager duncan fergusonhelsea at goodison, a draw at manchester united and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. the club continuie to be linked with former napoli manager carlo ancelotti. scotland captain, greig laidlaw, has announced his retirement from international rugby over nine years and 76 caps. he led the national team 39 times, more than anyone else. the 34—year—old scrum half made his last appearance for scotland in the rugby world cup defeat to japan in october. he ends his international career, second only to chris patterson on the all time points list for scotland with 714, mostly from kicking. the leeds rhinos and england scrum half, rob burrow, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. the 37 year old won eight grand finals, three world club challenges and two challenge cups in 17 years with the super league side. burrow, who retired back in 2017, is now the head coach for the club's reserve team. when we were in the room and he told me he had it it was a

they are closing in on carlo ancelotti, and their caretaker boss duncan ferguson says it shows theirchampionship final in qatar. they have big names with them as we know and. they'll perhaps need them when they face brazilian side flamengo tomorrow — they won the copa libertadores earlier this year. olly foster is in qatar for us. how is this for the week before christmas? we are on the beach side here in doha. dozens of liverpool fa ns here in doha. dozens of liverpool fans here and many more from brazil and flamingo around the city. let's get a little bit more on the match from andy heaton from the anfield wrap. this is great, isn't it? a bit ofa wrap. this is great, isn't it? a bit of a christmas warm up and liverpool can become world champions in the next 24 hours? a bit of warm weather training before the big week next week. no, it is fantastic. a little bit of revenge hopefully because flamengo famously beat liverpool and they are still singing about it now. you say they are still singing about it, they are literally still singing about it they have a song about 1981, don't the

talks are thought to be ongoing but what we do know is duncan ferguson will continue in his role as caretaker league cup tonight, but their entire first team squad are out in doha for the club world cup. these are the latest pictures we have in from liverpool training in qatar. they play the mexican side monterray tomorrow, live on bbc two, so their youth team will instead play the carabao cup game. a good opportunity for those players though. but this marks the start of a very busy run of fixtures for the european champions. managerjurgen klopp says he is focussed on winning in qatar, despite the fixture congestion that the tournament has caused. yes, iam yes, i am excited about it now, because we are here. that is the only reason we are here, we are here to win the tournament. we will see if we can do it or not, but it's not about that, it is about always making the best of it. so in a premier league season like this, if you talk to me about the schedule andi you talk to me about the schedule and i say this is not cool, that is my opinion. but in this specific moment, preparing the next gam

their manager a few days ago after their defeat in the merseyside derby but temporary manager duncan ferguson have taken charge of the three of the second city clubs, aston villa, west brom and birmingham. he guided villa to the first division title in 1981 and also won two league cups during his eight years at the club. there were wins for st mirren, hibernian, livingston and hearts yesterday in the scottish premiership. all eyes today though will be on hampden park as celtic and rangers meet in the league cup final. steven gerrard is looking for his first trophy as rangers manager while celtic coould win a tenth consecutive domestic trophy. not for me, it‘s for the team and the players, really. if we win it then it ticks another box for my career, which would be nice, but i‘m hopeful, because it is on the team, the players, you know putting on a performance to get over the line. back to the main story of the day, really... so anthonyjoshua joins an elite list of fighters who‘ve reclaimed their world heavyweight titles. he beat andy ruiz he beat andy ruinnr in a rematch. it went the distance

elsewhere duncan ferguson is having more fun as everton's caretaker manager. have seen at ferguson celebrating like that at old trafford. it looked for a long time like everton would win it, but mason greenwood got united a share of the points. elsewhere spurs beat wolves. it remains tight at the top of the scottish premiership — celtic are just ahead of rangers. both sides won yesterday, celtic beating hibs 2—0, rangers beat motherwell by the same scoreline. arsenal will go into the new year at the top of the women's super league. they beat everton 3—1, but the win was slightly tainted by what looked like a serious injury to forward beth mead. the weather caused a few problems in rugby's champions cup. this is the hail at exeter‘s game against sale. it was so bad that play had to be briefly stopped. although, it didn't affect exeter as they won by 35 points to 10. and get ready for the latest installment of dogs interrupting sporting events. this is at a cycling event in belgium, it's lead still on, owner nowhere to be seen. so itjust had a good old chase of

arsenal face everton on saturday, and they have just announced that duncan ferguson will take chargee. the 37 year old won eight grand finals, three world club challenges and two challenge cups in 17 years with the super league side. burrow, who retired back in 2017, is now the head coach for the club‘s reserve team. when we were in the room and he told me he had it it was a bit of a shock, and there is not any sort of prep for being told there is something where you have got no cure, so really numb, but you know, it happened. and he can move on to be in it happened. and he can move on to beina it happened. and he can move on to be in a decent place. the double olympic boxing champion, nicola adams says she‘s now looking to turn her hand to acting. she announced her retirement from the sport last month, after fears that she may lose her sight, after she suffered a torn pupil in her last fight. but the 37—year—old is now looking to the future. it was tough at first, just to make the decision but now i‘m quite happy. i‘ve achieved a lot of great things. becoming a double olympic champi

he went to see michael keane at everton, with a fantastic win over chelsea last week with big duncan fergusone. on his epicjourney, taking the trophy from cardiff to aberdeen. pedalling as we speak! i have been enjoying looking at the live stream every now and again. you can have a look on that. tour de trophy. he has put in a shift. sometimes you think how hard is he working7 but sometimes you think how hard is he working 7 but he sometimes you think how hard is he working7 but he is working his backside. you will be on the programme tomorrow. brilliant. recovering. doesn't sally do one of the last bits with him? yes, tomorrow. knowing sally, probably the last five metres! you are in trouble, when you see her! it's cold up trouble, when you see her! it's cold up there. thank you so much. we are on at midday, see you then. enjoy. on rugby now. ulster maintained their 100% record in the european champions cup pool stage by beating harlequins for the second week in a row. last weekend, there wasjust a point in it, but last night the northern irish side thrashed quins by 34—10 at the stoop. scru

former striker duncan ferguson, who been on the coaching staff for 5 years, has been put in temporarymoment. i think the club will find a top manager to attract to the club. reporter: whoever comes in you would like to work in the future?” reporter: whoever comes in you would like to work in the future? i will love to. i believe i am a loyal guy. watford have got a new manager until the end of the season, the former leicester city boss, nigel pearson is back in the game. he's watford's third manager this season, after they sacked qique sanchez flores last weekend. they're at home to crystal palace this afternoon but pearson's will only be in the stands, his first match in charge will be against liverpool next weekend. macclesfield town's game against crewe alexander has been postponed today. their players say they aren't in the right mental state after not being paid again. the football league says it has sympathy with them but has found the league 2 club guilty of misconduct for not fulfilling the fixture. former macclesfield keeper rhys taylor says the players are desperate. imagine