celtic will drop down to the last 32 of the europa conference league. er united are set to appoint ralf rangnick as interim manager on a six—month contract, following the departure of ole gunnar solskajer at the weekend. our football reporter simon stone explains how he could fit the bill. he has an excellent reputation as a coachin he has an excellent reputation as a coach in germany. taking them to the semifinals of the champions league. more recently, he�*s been more of a sporting director, both read borrow organisation now with moscow. rangnick is a fantastic person about the game, and i think manchester united feel as though he can bring some stability to the club at a time of turmoil. the culture secretary says she�*s "excited" by the prospect of an independent regulator for english football. a fan—led review has suggested the idea to ensure the financial stability and good governance of the game. some in the premier league say parts of the plan risk damaging the sport�*s standing, but nadine dorries says the proposal has been endorsed in principle

started his reign by overseeing a nervy 3—2 win at home to dutch side vitesse arnhem in the europa conference leaguec start as lucas moura also picked up a goal and the stadium was bouncing when a jacob rasmussen own goal went in with less than half an hour played it was turning into a night where records may be broken. but two goals from vitesse saw the teams head up the tunnel withjust the minimum gap separating them. after the break three red cards were handed out, two for the dutch after this one to tottenham's cristian romero for a second yellow but conte's side held on to move second in the group with two matches remaining. there were also four british clubs in europa league action tonight. david moyes's one thousandth match as a manager ended in a 2—2 draw in belgium. west ham fell behind to an early goal at genk, but fought back to lead with less than ten minutes to go thanks to two excellent strikes by said benrahma. but all their hard work was undone just five minutes later when tomas soucek found his own net. west ham top group h. leicester came from behind to draw 1—1 with spartak moscow

the summer of 2023 and has already been on the training pitch this afternoon and in the europa conference leaguestigation found them of more than one half million pounds and the frenchman has requested payments for previous work and this was made while they are up for reelection and he is 85 years old and now faces a criminal trial within months. both of long denied any wrongdoing. mpjulian knight has been on the board to resign after a leaked report emerged containing details of the investigation into the treatment of former player. in a story published by espn, it was a racially offensive term used to him regarding this banter. there will not take any disciplinary action against any player but the investigation said, we are sorry thatis investigation said, we are sorry that is a sport, this is not yet been resolved. pakistan through to the world cup after a 45 run victory but pakistan led by the unbe at 79 blasted 189 for two near 20 overs and restricted the african opponents to mantra 44 for five response to ensure their place in the last four south africa beat bangladesh by six wickets to ma

europa league dream is over, after they lost 3—2 to bayer leverkusen in germany. mousa diabbi scored leverkusen's winner. they top the group. celtic will drop down to the last 32 of the europa conferencef they're to progress. harry kane grabbed an equaliser against ns mura. and that was after ryan sessegnon had been sent off for spurs. a late winner from the slovenian side, with pretty much the last kick of the game, gave them the 2—1victory. spurs remain second in the group but need a result against group leaders rennes in theirfinal game if they're to reach the play—off round to progress. in the 8pm europa league kick—offs, leicester are playing legia warsaw, needing to win to stay in with a chance of reaching the next stage of the competition. they are 1—0 they are1—0 up. and rangers are up against sparta prague at ibrox, in gio van bronkhorst�*s first game in charge. they can't qualify directly to the last 16, but they can still finish second and qualify for the knockout round play—offs. it isi-o it is1—0 to it is 1—0 to them at the moment. i believe that leicester have just gone up 2—0 up in their match as well. manchester united are set to appoint ralf rangnick as interim manage

his first game in charge will be at home to dutch side vitesse arnhem in the europa conference leagueton in the premier league on sunday. tony pulis was west brom manager when conte s chelsea won the league at the hawthorns in may 2017. i don't think he stand up and he will move them if he has to to get the results they want. it is a great appointment. the group of players that tottenham have shown over the last year or so, i don't think they're ready to be a top four team at this present moment. give him the tools, the ammunition, and i think tottenham will become successful again. manchester united — who were beaten in last season's europa league final by unai emery�*s villareal — are in champions league action tonight. having been thrashed by liverpool, the pressure eased on ole gunnar solskjaer at the weekend when united won at spurs, but questions remain about his position and a tough test awaits later when they take on atalanta in italy. criticism can go... can make you doubt yourself, or you can stand up for yourself. and i've always enjoyed criticism. so that's. .. just keep t

era tonight with newly appointed manager antonio conte in the dugout to lead them in their europa conference leagueesse. the former chelsea manager joined spurs on tuesday, just a day after the sacking of nuno espirito santo, who had been in thejob forjust four months. captain hugo lloris says conte has risen expectations at the club. 0bviously, obviously, there is a lot of excitement, not only from the players but from all the club, from all the fans. figs players but from all the club, from all the fem-— players but from all the club, from all the fan— all the fans. as i said before, you know, all the fans. as i said before, you know. his — all the fans. as i said before, you know. his cv _ all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks _ all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks by _ all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks by itself. - all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks by itself. he i all the fans. as i said before, you l know, his cv talks by itself. he has a great personality. he has great ideas of football. and, you know, he is going to

era begins for tottenham as antonio conte is set to take charge of his first match in the europa conference league phase out the fossil fuel in the coming decades. it is the single biggest contributor to climate change. poland, vietnam and chile are among the fast—growing economies that now say they'll reduce their coal use. but other nations such as australia, india, china and america haven't signed up to the deal. with more, here's victoria gill. it's the site for the new power station which will use up to 18,000 tonnes of coal a day.— tonnes of coal a day. confining the fuel that powered _ tonnes of coal a day. confining the fuel that powered the _ tonnes of coal a day. confining the fuel that powered the industrial i fuel that powered the industrial revolution to history. that's the aim of an international agreement now signed by 40 countries who have committed to moving away from coal, the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. in glasgow the president of cop26, alec sharma, said the end was in sight for this most polluting fossil fuels. was in sight for this most polluting fossil fuels-

, albeit a slightly nervy one for him, as they beat dutch side vittese arnhem 3—2 in the europa conference league themselves before half time. the second half saw no further score but it did provide three red cards, one for tottenham and two for the visitors as spurs held on to move second in group g. for sure, my players have shown me, great commitment, great resilience, and i think this is a good aspect because i think this team needed to win also and it was important today. southampton host aston villa in the premier league later with both teams desperate for a win to lift them towards the top half of the table. ralph hassenhuttl�*s side currently sit 13th and are coming off a run of two wins and a draw from their last three league games but they're just a point ahead of villa who've lost their last four premier league fixtures including a 4—1 defeat at west ham last week. at the t20 world cup, new zealand will take on namibia in their penultimate group two match in sharjah in the coming hours. the black caps sit third and need to win their remaining two matches to have any hope of making the

it was a 3—2 win in the europa conference league over vitesse arnum, but conte didn't seem to be impressedinutes over a dramatic 3—2 victory is all that is good the bad and occasionally mad about the club he has justjoined. this occasionally mad about the club he hasjustjoined-_ hasjust joined. this is a big challenge- _ hasjust joined. this is a big challenge. a _ hasjust joined. this is a big challenge. a big _ hasjust joined. this is a big challenge. a big challenge i hasjust joined. this is a big i challenge. a big challenge and i know very well that this club is not winning for many years. in i think to be the winner didn't happen after one, two, three days. one month or two months, i think you must have vision. this club had great vision outside of the pitch. now, i think we are going to start to have a vision also on the pitch. that is where antonio _ vision also on the pitch. that is where antonio conte _ vision also on the pitch. that is where antonio conte comes i vision also on the pitch. that is where antonio conte comes in. practically every where he has been, he has brought o

been on the training pitch this afternoon meeting the players and his first game is in the europa conference league previous work and this was made while they are up for reelection as president. he is 85 years old and now faces a criminal trial within months. both of long denied any wrongdoing. mpjulian knight has been on the board to resign after a called leaked report emerged containing details of the investigation into the treatment of former player. in a story published by espn, it was a racially offensive term used to refer to him regarding this banter. there will not take any disciplinary action against any player but the investigation said, we are sorry that as a sport, this has not yet been resolved. pakistan are through to the world cup after a 45 run victory but pakistan unbeaten at 79 blasted 189 for two near 20 overs and restricted the african opponents to 144 for five response to ensure their place in the last four south africa beat bangladesh by six wickets to maintain their push for the semifinals. england captain has said he is thrilled ben stokes is back in the squad for the series

celtic�*s europa league dream is over after they lost 3—2 to bayer leverkusen in germany. celtic will drop down to the europa conferencemanager on a six—month contract, following the departure of ole gunnar solsjkaer on sunday. united have agreed terms with the 63—year—old german but not with lokomotiv moscow, where he is head of sports and development. rangnick won the german cup with schalke in 2011 and took rb leipzig to the final eight years later. with the ashes less than two weeks away, australia have announced batsman tim paine will be taking a break from all forms of cricket for an indefinite period of time — due to concerns over his mental health. paine resigned as captain last week — after details of a historical investigation into texts to a female colleague were revealed — but he had remained in the squad. however, he's decided now to step away from the sport — with paine's manager saying they are "extremely concerned for his, and his wife's well—being." meanwhile, bowler pat cummins will captain the australian side for the series with england, which starts on december 8th. former captain steve smith will t

started his reign by overseeing a nervy 3—2 win at home to dutch side vitesse arnhem in the europa conference league but two goals from vitesse saw the teams head up the tunnel withjust the minimum gap separating them. after the break three red cards were handed out, two for the dutch after this one to tottenham's cristian romero for a second yellow but conte's side held on to move second in the group with two matches remaining. there were also four british clubs in europa league action tonight. david moyes's one thousandth match as a manager ended in a 2—2 draw in belgium. west ham fell behind to an early goal at genk, but fought back to lead with less than ten minutes to go thanks to two excellent strikes by said benrahma. but all their hard work was undone just five minutes later when tomas soucek found his own net. west ham top group h. leicester came from behind to draw 1—1 with spartak moscow. they equalised from ryan bertrand's corner — daniel amartey got on the end of an ayoze perez flick—on. jamie vardy missed a penalty with 15 minutes remaining and that result means they're third in group

west ham's europa league tie with vienna and celtic�*s game at bayer leverkusen gets under way in the next few minutes — as do tottenham in their europa conferencethe deaths of 27 people whose dinghy capsized in the english channel yesterday. and as part of the response to the tragedy, questions are being asked about what can be done to stop people attempting dangerous crossings to the uk? our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. whilst the tragedy was unfolding dozens of people who had successfully crossed the channel were arriving near dungeness. the numbers this year have far outstripped last year. the new route first emerged three years ago, sajid javid rushed back from holiday to try to nip it in the bud but the government has been on the back foot ever since. among these proposed solutions are joint patrolling of the coast with british and french police and introducing new laws to penalise people who arrive in small boats, moving to create more safe routes for people to claim asylum before they enter the uk and greater efforts to tackle the people smuggling gangs. the uk is already paying millions of pounds towards french o

his first game will be at home in the europa conference league on thursday.xpert guillem balague. emery had confirmed yesterday that he'd been approched by newcastle, who want him to replace steve bruce and have him in place by the weekend. but balague says those advising emery were left feeling uncertain about the club's strategy. neil warnock says he thinks no manager will ever beat the new record he's set after breaking the record of most games managing an english league club. his middlesbrough side were beaten by luton in the championship last night which was warnock�*s 1,602nd game in charge of a club. after starting coaching in the 80s, boro are the 16th club of his career and earlier i asked him what's kept him going... just the desire to keep winning and not --ettin to just the desire to keep winning and not --ettin to down just the desire to keep winning and not --ettin to down when just the desire to keep winning and not getting to down when things go wrong and not getting too high when you are flying and having good family. i cannot see anyone beat

his first game in charge will be at home to dutch side vitesse arnhem in the europa conference leaguekshire county cricket club to resign after a leaked report emerged apparently containing details of the investigation into the treatment of former player azeem rafiq. a story published by espn says the report had concluded that a racially offensive term used towards rafiq was regarded as "ba nter". the club says it will not take disciplinary action against any player, employee or executive over the harassment. the ecb has begun its own investigation and a spokesperson said: "we are sorry that, as a sport, this has not yet been resolved." to the men's t20 world cup now where pakistan have secured their place in the semi—finals after beating namibia by 45 runs. while south africa beat bangladesh by six wickets to strengthen their hopes of making the final four — which also means england must wait to have their place in the semi—finals confirmed. patrick gearey reports. from the outside looking in south africa seemed united. the arms of the link, the knees are bent. quentin dukakis includ

coaching staff have their work permits, so will be in the dugout to take charge of their europa conference leaguen will take up the role of first team coach. former chelsea manager conte joined spurs on tuesday, just a day after the sacking of nuno espirito santo, who had been in thejob forjust four months. captain hugo lloris says conte has raised expectations at the club already. obviously, there is a lot of excitement, but not only from the players, from all of the fans. as i said before, his cv talks by itself. he has a great personality. he has a great ideas of football. and, you know, he's going to bring his passion, his energy and his knowledge of football. right, let's bring you up—to—date with the tennis now. british number one cameron norrie has lost in straight sets to the american taylor fritz in the paris masters. he had been hoping to get through the third round and qualify for the atp finals in turin — which is still mathematically possible — but 24—year—old fritz was too strong for him, taking norrie 6—3 in the first set and then 7—6 in the second. so it's the american who advance

his first game in charge will be at home to dutch side vitesse arnhem in the europa conference leagueexplained why the conte didn't take the job when he was first approached in the summer: it was too soon, basically, from him leaving inter milan to move to another club. but he said he was left with the impression of this contagious drive and enthusiasm and determination from the tottenham chairman, daniel leavy. he hasn't forgotten that and given this opportunity, he has basically taken it with both hands and he understands there is a determination amongst the executives at tottenham, led by daniel leavey, for the club to be, what he describes as a protagonist again. that means challenging for major honours and emulating potter chino's treatments and getting to the finals and semifinals of the champions league finals and challenging at the top end of the league. that is clearly what antonio conte wants, that is his background and that is where he will expect to drive the club for when his contract expires injune 2023. when his contract expires in june 2023. ,, ., ,, ., ,, .,~ ., ., 20

conte began his reign at tottenham with a nervy 3—2 victory over dutch side vitesse in the europa conference leaguethem a crazy game. i want a stable team. i want, when there is the possibility to kill your opponent, you must kill. but, for sure, my players have shown me great commitment. leicester came from behind to draw 1—1 with spartak moscow. they equalised from ryan bertrand's corner. daniel amartey got on the end of a flick—on. but jamie vardy later missed a penalty with 15 minutes remaining and that result means they're third in group c. west ham have qualified for the knockout stages of the europa league. they came from behind to lead 2—1 at racing genk thanks to two goals from said benrahma. it finished 2—2. tthe belgian side drew level when tomas soucek headed into his own net. but the hammers are still top of group h. rangers needed substitute ianis hagi to secure them a precious point as they came from behind to draw 1—1 against brondby in denmark. the result leaves the scottish champions third in group a behind sparta prague and they face the czech side next. with a crucial victory ov

he guided spurs to a 3—2 win against vitesse arnhem in the europa conference league last night and wantseen named as england women's captain for the first time when they face new zealand this sunday. regular skipper sarah hunter is on the bench as head coach simon middleton makes five changes to the side that beat the world champions last week. i was shocked. you know, i was honoured. i didn't hesitate and i wasjust like, yes! of course i want to be england captain of the game. and, yeah, when the team came out of the whole wider squad i got dropped loads of messages of congratulations and a little bit of ribbon as well but it was great for them to find out as well and drop me the messages. you know, ijust can't wait for this weekend now. scotland have named a strong side to face australia in sunday with prop pierre schoemann winning his second cap... last weekend's win over tonga fell outside the international window — meaning many players were unavailable so gregor townsend has recalled captain stuart hogg at full back with the likes of ali price and finn russell returning too. british

coaching staff have their work permits, so will be in the dugout to take charge of their europa conference leagueadvances to the quarter finals and will face the favorite novak djokovic. at the t20 mens world cup, australia are up to second in group 1 after a comfortable victory over bangladesh this morning. looking to bounce back after their defeat to england at the weekend, aaron finch�*s side gave bangladesh no chance at all, bowling them out for just 73. adam zampa getting five wickets. finch then starred with the bat, top scoring with a0 offjust 20 balls to help them reach the target in just over six overs. they now go above south africa in the table and play the west indies next. eddiejones has named his squad for england�*s autumn series opener against tonga and centre manu tuilagi will make his first international appearance since march 2020 at twickenham on saturday. tuilagi has spent long periods on the sidelines with injuries, including eight months out with a torn achilles, repeated groin injuries and knee ligament damage. jones confirmed that captain owen farrell will start at fly—ha

conte began his reign at tottenham with a nervy 3—2 victory over dutch side vitesse in the europa conference leaguespurs second in group g, with plenty for conte to work with. for sure, my players have shown me greater commitment, greater resilience. and i think this is a good aspect because i think this team needed to win also suffering. and it was important. leicester came from behind to draw 1—1 with spartak moscow. they equalised from ryan bertrand's corner — daniel amartey got on the end of a flick—on. but jamie vardy later missed a penalty with 15 minutes remaining and that result means they're third in group c. west ham have qualified for the knockout stages of the europa league. they came from behind to lead 2—1 at racing genk thanks to two goals from said benrahma. it finished 2—2. the belgian side drew level when tomas soucek headed into his own net. but the hammers are still top of group h. rangers needed substitute ianis hagi to secure them a precious point as they came from behind to draw one all against brondby in denmark. the result leaves the scottish champions third in group a behi

europa league dream is over after they lost 3—2 to bayer leverkusen in germany. mousa diabbi scored leverkusen's winner. they top the group. celtic will drop down to the europa conferencegnick as interim manager on a six—month contract following the departure of 0le gunnar solsjkaer on sunday. united have agreed terms with the 63—year—old german but not with lokomotiv moscow, where he is head of sports and development. rangnick won the german cup with schalke in 2011, and took rb leipzig to the final, 8 years later. on a crazy night of goals, in women's world cup qualifiers, belguim scored 19 while northern ireland hammered north macedonia 11—0 in skopje. rachel furness equalled david healy�*s record of 36 goals for northern ireland with a hat—trick, and simone magill netted four as they moved level on points with austria in second place in group d. the austrians play england tomorrow. with the ashes less than two weeks away, australia have announced batsman tim paine will be taking a break from all forms of cricket for an indefinite period of time due to concerns over his mental health. paine resigned as captain last week after details of a historical investigation in

his first game will be at home in the europa conference league on thursday.t luton took the 72—year—old's tally to 1,602 games. jeff brown reports. at the age of 72, he is as enthusiastic as ever and still smiling. and while neil warnock knows that when you've been around as long as he has, you'll make a few enemies as well as friends, it really doesn't bother him. all i have tried to do in my career is, try and make the fans who i work for, try and make them happy. try and make them smile, try and give them something to talk about each week. you know, i've been called a marmite man and all sorts of things, haven't i? and that's even in your own fans, some dislike you, you know. i actually love marmite and bovril, me, so i'm in that camp at the minutes. like anything else, you know, i think when you're my age, you do get labelled. dinosaurs and all that lot, long ball merchants. you know, i look at some of the teams in our league now and i have never ever been as long as them in a million years but because they're young, they don't get criticised. when they'r

europa league leicester are at home to bottom placed spartak moscow in group c while in group g celtic are in hungary playing ferencvaros needing a win to keep their progression hopes alive. in the conferencefirst time as they take on vitesse arnhem in the netherlands. bbc sport understands an agreement is close with eddie howe to succeed steve bruce as newcastle utd manager and it s hoped he will be in charge for saturdays match at brighton. the magpies have been managerless since steve bruce parted company with the club just over two weeks ago. unai emery opted not to leave villareall and the former bournemouth manager is now favourite to take the job at st james's park. england manager gareth southgate has recalled marcus rashford, trent alexander arnold and jude bellingham to the england squad for the world cup qualifiers against albania and san marino. but there's no place forjadon sancho, kieren trippier orjesse lingard who've been left out. he made his squad announcement earlier today saying there was a lot of competition for places. we have kept a reasonable amount of consistency, really, with the group that were with us in the summer. they did so well. we are only five internation