gareth bale scored a hatrick as european champions real madrid in germany, 3rd—placed bayern munich beat in the big game of the night in the bundesliga. franck ribery scored the only goal of the game — 7 minutes from time — to secure the win for bayern munich who move level on points with borussia monchengladbach, and six behind the leaders borussia dortmund. both teams were reduced to 10 men in the last minute. stefan ilsanker of leipzig was shown a straight red card for a challenge on thiago alcantara, and bayern‘s renato sanchez received a second yellow card for his part in the melee which followed. elsewhere, 5th—placed eintracht frankfurt missed the chance to move above leipzig as they drew 2—all at mainz. meanwhile, hannover drew 1—all at freiburg to move off the bottom of the table. they're ahead of nuremburg on goal difference. in engand, arsenal have told the bbc they're investigating cctv footage after the tottenham midfielder dele ali was hit with a plastic water bottle in his side's 2—nil league cup quarter final victory at the emirates stadium. alli was hit in the back of th

river, like european champions real madrid, received a bye to the last four.n, who qualified as the winners of the uae‘s pro—league, have had to play two matches to reach this stage. they caused a major upset with saturday's 3—0 victory over the african champions esperance, but will need to pull off a bigger shock against river plate if they're to become only the second side from asia to reach the final. safe to say, there's plenty to do. al—ain‘s a great club, great history in this part of the world, but on the world map, al ain's not so well—known like river plate or real madrid or whoever. that's why, like isaid many madrid or whoever. that's why, like i said many times, we have to take this tournament as a bonus, a privilege to be part of this tournament, to learn, but you can learn when you enjoy, when you are happy, when you are satisfied, and this is the only way how we can make maybe history or some unexpected things. tuesday's match will be river plate's first game since beating arch—rivals boca juniors to win the copa libertadores earlier this month.

reports are an end as would join the club on january first when the transfer window opens european champions real madrid have galloped into the club but world cup final thanks to a three one win over japan's because she. gareth bale scored a hat trick in abu dhabi to set up a meeting with host out in saturday's final the spaniards are in the running for a third straight world title. down here on earth well i should say up in outer space german astronaut alexander guest has handed over control of the international space station to a russian colleague before returning to earth yes has been in orbit for more than six months now he's ready for the journey home he says he should be back on the ground in time for breakfast on thursday. congratulations. when the bell rang alexander guests time as captain of the international space station came to an end protocol on the i assessed requires that he hand over a keen symbolizing the command to cosmonaut all they could call on in code for two and a half months guest was in charge of security and operation of the i assess the first german to hold the position i will

our sports news now european champions real madrid have galloped into the club world cup final thanks to a three one win over japan's. gareth bale scored a hat trick in abu dhabi to set up a meeting with host our union saturday's final the spaniards are in the running for a third straight world title well with dortmund losing for the first time this season last night defending champions byron munich have a chance to get their bonus league title challenge back on track they face leipzig shortly and a victory would bring them to within six points of dortmund at the top of the tape . haven't lost their thirst to retain the but is the good side of this season yet they have had some hiccups against some unusual suspects one match day twelve promoted side dusseldorf managed a three three draw in munich which gave the defending champions a serious wake up call. environs following home match the defending champions were wide awake eighteen through nuremberg no problem thanks to their informed ace robert levin don't ski despite their current momentum byron sneak over us knows rb live seek are

also on wednesday european champions real madrid play their first match at the club world cup — a semifinal al ain in the final after they shocked south american champions river plate on tuesday. keeper khalid essa saved enzo perez's penalty as they scored all five spot—kicks after a 2—2 draw. in case you missed it — but i'd fail to see how — jose mourinho was sacked as manchester united manager on tuesday only 2.5 years into his spell at old trafford. the club will appoint a caretaker manager for the rest of the season, which looks like being former united player and fans favourite 0le gunnar solskjaer. he managed the reserve team between 2008 and 2011, before taking charge at norwegian side molde in two separate spells that came either side of his appointment as cardiff city manager which saw them relegated from the premier league. now he's one of the hottest new properties in cricket, and on tuesday sam curran was snapped up at the indian premier league auction for a cool one million us dollars. the england all rounder will play for kings xi punjab — curran has dazzled since bursting ont

in case you missed it, european champions real madrid are through to a third consecutive fife club worldin abu dhabi. the welsh international picked up the three goals in an 11 minute spell either side of half time against the asian champions from japan, and they'll now face hosts al ain on saturday at the same venue. just great on a personal level to get the goals, but the most important thing, as i always say, is to help the team and, as i say, get into the final and a chance to win the trophy. tomorrow we will analyse the trophy. tomorrow we will analyse the competition and, yeah, get ready for the game. we know it's a difficult game and it's one we really wa nt difficult game and it's one we really want to win to lift the trophy and, jack, we look forward to it. manchester united have their caretaker until the end of the season — it's their former striker, ole gunnar solskjaer, who scored the winning goal in the champions league final in 1999. the 45—year—old will be joined by mike phelan as first—team coach, who was sir alex ferguson's former asssistant. who was sir alex ferguson's

a few hours to go until european football's finest find out who they'll face in the last 16 of the champions league. the draw gets underway at 11:00 gmt. with holders real madrid. beaten finalists liverpool are among the 8 teams who aren't seeded because they finished second, and they're one of four teams from england. there are three each from spain and germany and two from france and italy respectively, with portugal and the netherlands also represented. sides from the same country or that qualified from the same group can't face each other next. liverpool returned to the top of the english premier league with a 3—1win over manchester united at anfield. with the game at 1—1, xherdan shaqiri came off the bench to score twice to take jurgen klopp's side a point clear of manchester city in second. a fantastic game. the whole 93, 95 minutes, our boys were in charge of the game and dominated it. played football against a physically unbelievably strong side. we had a clear plan. we pushed them. and in the second half, be kind of annoying. then shaqiri came and scored these two goals. it was just brilliant. in spain, lionel messi scored a hattrick, as barcelona reg

yes, champions real madrid are up against another famous name in the dutch team ajax, who have reached the knockout stage for the first time in a decade. in other europeannty to look forward to when these matches take place in february. the first legs will take place on over two weeks in february, with the return fixtures over two weeks in march. group winners will be away from home in the first legs. for more details go the the bbc sport website. meanwhile, celtic have been drawn to face spanish side valencia in the last 32 of the europa league. valencia finished third in their champions league group, behind juventus and manchester united. arsenal will play bate borisov of belarus, while 2013 champions chelsea take on swedish side malmo. again, the full list of fixtures is on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. back to you, rebecca. studio: kat, lovely to chat. see you later. new research has shed light on the possible causes of chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as me. scientists from kings college london believe the condition — in which sufferers experience extreme tiredness — is linked to an over—active immune system. their conclu