tottenham managerjose mourinho says he wants answers from the england boss gareth southgate — after he managers were putting players under pressure to manage their international workloads.. mourinho questioned why manchester city's raheem sterling was allowed to miss england's dead rubber with iceland. it means sterling is now likely to feature against spurs on sunday in the league. i would like him to say which are the coaches that put pressure on the players to go. when eric left the national team, injured in the previous month, he didn't play two matches for tottenham. he needed a couple of weeks to recover and he is going to play tomorrow so these are the little details i think he should explain to us all. well ahead of that game — the city manager pep guardiola — who signed a new two year deal at the club yesterday — has been speaking about this man. lionel messi. the forward has again been linked with a move to city — after almostjoining in the summer. his barcelona contract is up at the end of the season but guardiola says he wants him to stay in spain. he isa he is a playerfrom

gareth southgate saying that they hope and pray that it is not a serious injury but he has an injury he has an injury problem and that is a huge blow for liverpool, should it prove to be serious as well. they have already had a defensive crisis. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. all the build—up for the masters tomorrow on the bbc sport website. goodbye. good evening. wednesday has brought as a transition to much more unsettled autumnal weather for the remainder of this week. that's going to be the theme, in fact. this was the picture a bit earlier on. a lot of grey cloud around there. heavy rain towards the west is now going to be tracking its way eastward. so overnight tonight, windy conditions for all of us. and that rain will be pushing its way east. it's all down to this weather front here which is heading its way to the atlantic. quite a lot of isobars on the map showing the strong winds with that squally rain. could be the odd rumble of thunder. the winds easing a little bit as that rain pushing its way eastwards. wherever you are you could wel

gareth southgate is holding a press conference right now.t there is a huge amount at stake for scotland and northern ireland they are in the euro play—off finals, one off ties with the winners taking the final places at next year's championship. scotland face serbia in belgrade lookjing to reach a major championship for the first time wince the 1998 world cup. the scots beat israel on penalties last month in the semifinals and are on an eight match unbeaten run. i was still playing the last time scotla nd i was still playing the last time scotland qualified. it was a very long time ago! there is definitely a generation that has missed the atmosphere and the feeling that you get as a nation when you do qualify that proud feeling. hopefully this group can deliver. northern ireland also came through penalties in their semifinals and face slovakia. unlike scotland, they'll have home advantage at windsor park. but it's been a whirlwind few months for manager ian baraclough. he only had his first game in charge two months ago. the englishman would

earlier in the manger gareth southgate page up into the argentina playmaker, describing him as the bestifetime.” didn't get to see pele play but merit donna, i did watch when i was a kid, and he was the best in my lifetime. a real genius. so co mforta ble lifetime. a real genius. so comfortable with the ball. and in argentina, this will be absolutely incredible reaction to this. i will be amazed if they don't have a couple days of morning, he is such a legendary figure there. so, it is a great shame to lose somebody of that level so young. as you can probably imagine, tributes have been pouring in on social media. the biggest names in the world of football for supper selection pele meeting distributes. he wrote earlier, "what sad news, iwas distributes. he wrote earlier, "what sad news, i was a great friend in the world whilst a legend." there is still so much to be set but for now may god give strength to the family members. one day, i hope we can play ball together in the sky. argentina and brazil to start their writing he is eternal, he said he said day for all argentines and food be

you still need to find the right blend, i think gareth southgate has made progress but that's not quiteained progress that you have hoped for. it's been the case of a few steps forward in a few back, and i think covid and the lack of consistency that you get in your starting 11 does not make it easier to develop aside. everyone has the same problem, perhaps a more acute problem when your players are very young and so learning at the same time. i think that extra year that they will have going into this next year will not hurt. so i think in a strange way that they might be one of the huge beneficiaries of this very lopsided season we are having at the moment. many thanks indeed for that. and jude bellingham will make his debut against the republic of ireland. a quick run through some of the day's other sports stories and the european qualification tournament for the 2021 women's rugby world cup has been postponed. world rugby hope to rearrange the fixtures. the six nations have confirmed they've cancelled the outstanding three fixtures in the 2020 women's competition. england were the o

the england boss gareth southgate says it's too early to speculate exactly about the injury.e was in a fair bit of pain and he was, there was nobody around him when the injury happened. soi him when the injury happened. so i did not like that element of it. but we've just got to wait and see what the scans show and, you know, we are all hopeful for show and, you know, we are all hopefulfor him. fellow show and, you know, we are all hopeful for him. fellow english premier league side manchester city have injury concerns at their own. this defender was injured after just five their own. this defender was injured afterjust five minutes of the netherlands one all draw with spain on thursday. the 25—year—old who has made six appearances for the side this season went off with a hamstring problem. the british government has announced there will be an extra bank holiday injune 2022 to mark queen elizabeth's platinum jubilee — that's 70 years on the throne. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. no british monarch has celebrated a platinum jubilee before. by the time the c

earlier, england manger gareth southgate paid tribute to the argentina playmaker, describing him as theradona, i did watch when i was a kid, and he was the best in my lifetime. a real genius, so comfortable with the ball. and in argentina, this will be absolutely incredible reaction to this. i'll be amazed if they don't have a couple days of mourning, he's such a legendary figure there. so it's a great shame to lose somebody of that level so young. as you can probably imagine, tributes have been pouring in on social media. the biggest names in the world of football. brazil legend pele leading those distributes. he wrote earlier, "what sad news. i was a great friend, and the world lost a legend. there is still much to be said, but for now, may god give strength to the family members. one day, i hope we can play ball together in the sky." argentina and barcelona star lionel messi, saying, "maradona was eternal." he wrote, "a very sad day for all argentines and football. he leaves us, but does not leave because diego is eternal. i keep all the beautiful moments lived with him and i send my

the england boss, gareth southgate, says it's too early to speculate on the exact nature of the injuryso i didn't like that element of it. but we've just got to wait and see what the scans show. and, you know, we're all hopeful for him that it's not what it might be. that england match is one of several friendlies tomorrow. but there is a huge amount at stake for scotland and northern ireland — they are in the euro play—off finals, four one—off ties with the winners taking the final places at next year's championship. scotland face serbia in belgrade, looking to reach a major championship for the first time since the 1998 world cup. the scots beat israel on penalties last month in the semi—finals, and are on an eight—match unbeaten run. i was still playing the last time scotland qualified. it was a very, very long time ago! there's definitely a generation that's missed the atmosphere and the feeling that you get as a nation, when you do qualify, that proud feeling. hopefully this group can deliver. there were three matches in the scottish league cup tonight. st mirren drew 1—1 against

england manager gareth southgate thinks next thursday's friendly against the republic of ireland willtch against belgium, with another game against iceland three days later. everybody has recognised the opportunity to provide entertainment for people, to show some signs that something close to normality can ta ke something close to normality can take place, to give hope to people really. for me, when we talk about international friendlies, really. for me, when we talk about internationalfriendlies, other sports call them test matches, that is as they are really. for the players that play on them they are a massive moment for them and their families. for us, they are a great opportunity for us to learn and improve. olympic swimming champion adam peaty has warned a "generation" of athletes may be lost, because of leisure facilities closing during the latest lockdown in england. swimming pools are among the facilities which have been closed, with culture secretary oliver dowden, commenting yesterday that the aim is for grassroots sport to return as soon as possible. peaty says any closur

breaking coronavirus quarantine walls while graeme wood remains out of favor england manager gareth southgate as recalled foden of for the games against the republic of ireland belgium and iceland. affair was had quite a lot football with this club most recently and. mason has had less going time with united i've had a good chat with ali about his development and. you know i feel it's better for him to stay with the club at the moment and to develop over the next few months but they were both available there's no sort of carry over from what happened in september that's down in major league soccer the l.a. galaxy is hopes of reaching the playoffs have been and it needed a win against the seattle sounders and it looked like that could happen when your hand this for the galaxy one. but seattle equalized in injury time. through a d.s.s. scoring his 11th goal of the season and the 5 time champion will miss the postseason for the 3rd time in 4 years. ago madonna is recovering well following brain surgery and is keen to go home according to his doctor the 60 year old is important to cyrus hospital

the england boss gareth southgate has said that we cannot speculate on the exact nature of the injurye raptor friends tomorrow, but there is a huge amount at stake for scotland and northern ireland for some there in the euro playoff finals for one of ties with the winners taking the final places at next year's championships. scotla nd at next year's championships. scotland faced serbia, looking to reach a major championship for the first time since the 1998 world cup. the scots be israel on penalty last month in semifinals and are on an eight match unbeaten run.” month in semifinals and are on an eight match unbeaten run. i was still playing the last time scotland qualified. it was a very long time ago, so yeah, there's definitely a generation that is missed the atmosphere and the feeling that you get as a nation when you do qualify, that proud feeling, so hopefully this group can deliver. countdown is on to this group can deliver. countdown is ontoa this group can deliver. countdown is on to a very different masters. this time tomorrow, the final men's major of the year will be under

the severity of the injury is not known, and the fa won't be making any comment until manager gareth southgateing with the england squad in preperation for their match against the rpublic of ireland when the injury occured. it could prove to be problematic for liverpool as the club have already lost defender virgil van dyke to a knee injury he sustained in october. northern ireland are looking forward to playing in front of around a thousand fans when they take on slovakia at windsor park tomorrow night. they have the chance to build on the achievement of five years ago when they reached euro 2016 to end a 30—year wait for a trip to a major championships. jonny evans says having a crowd, albeit a small one, will give northern ireland an advantage. it is great to have them here. i think everyone was worried it might be the case where we did not have any. i think the last international break when we were together, i think there were 600 year for the austrian game. we played a game in bosnia where they were about 2005. we know the importance of having fans in the stadium and it can create an atmo

the defeat is the tenth in a8 matches under gareth southgate for england, but there were some positivesr england, but there were some positi' international career ormance for england, but there were some positi' international career who |nce for england, but there were some positi' international career who were in the international career who were excellent. jack is the obvious one. his performance was outstanding. in a top—level game, we had a fair proportion of the chances on goal. if they avoid defeat against finland on wednesday. david brooks' header was enough to beat ireland by 1—0. meanwhile, northern ireland conceded two late goals away to austria. they will now need to beat romania on wednesday if they are to have any hope of avoiding relegation from their group. and scotland lost their first game since qualifying for next years european championship. jan with the only goal of the game there for slovakia. that's all the sport for now. thank you for that. good to see you. the supreme court will today begin hearing a test case to decide whether insurance companies should cover bu

gareth southgate agrees you have to go. the terminology used in, in a number of areas was, was not acceptable and doesn't reflect the view of the f.a. doesn't reflect what we, as a team stand for. i don't think he had any alternative but to take the decision he did to resign. australia's cricket team has a new kit for their upcoming t 20 series against india. and it's not the usual green and gold special jersey featuring indigenous ought. it's aimed at recognising the contribution of indigenous australians in cricket. the women's team also wore an indigenous jersey in a match against england earlier this year. that's where we'll leave it for now. more sports news again a little later. thanks so much for the fact that is it for this news out, but don't go away. i will be back in just a moment with another roundup of the day's to stay with us here on out. is there the latest news that we're told by family harris, the path that is as steep as difficult as the incoming administration in u.s. history detailed coverage this week

he wa nts a nswe rs from managerjose mourinho who says he wants answers from the england boss gareth southgateaheem sterling is likely to feature against spurs on sunday in the league. i would liken to say which other coaches that put pressure on the players not to go. when eric dier left the national team injured in the previous month he didn't play two matches for tottenham. he needed a couple of weeks to recover and raheem is going to play tomorrow so these are the little details i think gareth should explain to us all. rugby union now and scotland's final autumn nations cup pool match against fiji at murrayfield next weekend is off. it's because there have been 29 cases of covid among the fiji staff. their games against france and italy had already been postponed following the outbreak. organisers say the decision was "unavoidable". scotland face france on sunday in a pool b decider. head coach gregor townsend has made five changes for that game with blair kinghorn, jamie ritchie, matt fagerson, fraser brown among those who come in from the team that beat italy. jamie bhatti and sean maitl

the england manager gareth southgate says their match against scotland at wembley next year will be a up going into the last minute of the game and conceded from a set play. it would have been easy to crumble and take the disappointment and not finish the game properly but they dug in in extra time. they kept believing and they get their reward when we got it to penalty kicks. they kept their nerve again. two big games, twice that group of players have held their nerve. the players said they were celebrating for the whole country. the team‘s official twitter account saying they hoped the result had lifted the spirts of a nation in what‘s been a difficult year for all. well, andy murray was certainly celebrating. here‘s what it means to him as he watched the game. it vertainly raised the spirits on the street of edinburgh last night. flower of scotland ringing out, everyone is keeping fingers crossed that fans will be allowed in next summer, knowing how importnat they are to the scotland team. the tartan army, that‘s what it will bring. hopefully, the fans get back into the stadium and

the defeat is the tenth in 48 matches under gareth southgate for england.ader was enough to beat ireland by a goal to nil. meanwhile, northern ireland conceded two late goals away to austria. they will now need to beat romania on wednesday if they are to have any hope of avoiding relegation from their group. and scotland lost their first game since qualifying for next year's european championship. jan gregus with the only goal of the game there for slovakia. so the nine—game unbeaten run is over. then but they won the big one, didn't they? i imagine they will be shrugging their shoulders a little. probably still dancing and partying after last week. four astronauts are hurtling towards the international space station, after a successful rocket launch from cape canaveral in florida. 3, 2, 1... this was the moment the capsule blasted off earlier this morning, to begin nasa's first fully—fledged mission using a privately—owned craft. the spacex capsule will act as a taxi service in the coming years. let's speak now to libby jackson from the uk space agency. go

scotland manager steve clarke says they hopes they‘ve put a smile on the nation, the england boss gareth southgate got to be working towards doing the business in these big competitions. —— leagues. the england women‘s friendly against norway next month has been postponed due to travel restrictions in the scandinvian country. it‘s the second successive match the lionnesses have had called off, with their game against germany last month cancelled after a member of england‘s backroom staff tested positive for covid—19. liverpool forward mohammed salah has tested positive for covid—19 while on international duty with egypt. he was due to face togo tomorrow in an african cup of nations qualifier. the egyprian federation say he has no symptoms and the rest of their squad returned negative results. it‘s unclear how long he‘ll have to self—isolate for. liverpool‘s next match 21st of this month. rafa nadal says he isn‘t thinking about retirement, having equalled roger federer‘s record of 20 grand slam titles at the french open last month. the spaniard is in london at the moment, ahead of the atp finals th

the defeat is the tenth in 48 matches under gareth southgate for england, but there were some positivestwo late goals away to austria. they'll now need to beat romania on wednesday if they're to have any hope of avoiding relegation from their group. and scotland's nine—game unbeaten run ended with defeat in slovakia — that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. today marks the start of anti—bullying week and the publication of the largest annual survey of bullying and mental health by the charity, ditch the label. 111,000 12 to 18 year olds were asked about their experience of bullying. it found that that bullying has increased by 25% in the past 12 months. 1 in 4 have been physically attacked and 1 in 3 young people have been bullied online. the anti—bullying alliance says bullying is still a serious problem for children in spite of pandemic, with a third saying they have been bullied in the last six months. we're joined now by martha evans, director of the anti—bullying alliance, and kirsty danks, who's now 23, but was bullied through

meanwhile the england manager gareth southgate says greg clarke's decision to resign as fa chairman wasn to comments about gay players. the terminology he used in a number of areas was not acceptable and doesn't reflect the view of the fa, doesn't reflect what we as a team stand for. erm, i don't think he had any alternative but to take the decision he did to resign. england play the republic of ireland ina england play the republic of ireland in a friendly tonight and ireland ta ke in a friendly tonight and ireland take on the usa. the 84th masters, starts today, and will be like, no other. usually it's the first golf major of the year, but it's starting seven months later than scheduled, a year and a half after tiger woods rolled back the years, with his stunning victory, to pop on a fifth greenjacket. it's another chance for rory mcilroy to win his first title at augusta national. given recent form not being tipped by unlike bryson dechambeau. although michael rayfield selects pressure than normal. although michael rayfield selects pressure than normallj although michael rayfield sel

international break, with tottenham managerjose mourinho saying he wants answers from the england boss gareth southgatepurs today, despite missing england's nations league matches in the past week with belgium and iceland because of injury. i would like him to say which are the coaches that put pressure on the players not to go. when eric dier left the national team injured in the previous month when he didn't play two matches for tottenham. he needed a couple of weeks to recover. and he is going to play tomorrow. these are the little details that i think should explain to us all. less than a month after winning a domestic and european double, exeter chiefs kicked off the defence of their premiership title with a comfortable 33—3 win at harlequins. ‘quins led through an early penalty before sam simmonds here helped exeter to victory. that the first of his three tries at twickenham. dave ewers and stuart townsend also went over in a bonus—point win. elsewhere, sale beat northampton saints 32—23. switching codes, and defending champions st helens eased into the super league grand final. there was a brill