i'm gavin ramjaun.ether for next summer's european championship england's women are brilliant with the ball in bloemfontein as they take control in their one—off test against south africa. and show me the money: for the first time in history, the us ryder cup team will be paid to compete. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. less than 200 days to go until the women's european championship begins,

i'm gavin ramjaun.l their spot at next year's women's euros. ruud's up and running. the new leicester boss begins his reign at the king power with a win over west ham. and tiger woods says the "fire still burns" to compete but he remains sidelined by injury heading into 2025. hello there and welcome along to the programme. the start of an action—packed week in the premier league to come. but first, to the history—making exploits of wales, who've qualified for a major women's football tournament for the first time. they managed to come through a nervy contest against the republic of ireland, in dublin, winning the match 2—1, but it was so close towards the end. the victory sending them through to next year's women's european championship in switzerland. jo currie was there, on a night that will go down in welsh history. this night will live long in the memory of the welsh fans. when they finally come down from the ceiling, they can look forward to major tournament football in the summer for the first tim

i'm gavin ramjaun. george russell sees red as he calls max verstapen a bully.pion threatened to crash into him intentionally.

i'm gavin ramjaun. could rashford wave goodbye to old trafford?hat could be next for the united forward. the holders progress, but liverpool are given a scare against strugglers southampton in the league cup quarter finals. late drama for arsenal in the women's champions league as they beat bayern to win the group. and we'll show you how tyson fury kept fight fans guessing ahead of his rematch with 0lyksandr usyk. hello there and welcome along to the programme. we'll bring you up to speed on a busy evening on the efl cup and the women's champions league in a moment. but first to the man who very recently was the golden boy at old trafford and very much one of the most in—demand forwards in the world. marcus rashford has been at manchester united since he was a child. he could now be on the verge of leaving the club — but his coach wants him to stay. joe lynskey reports. the next train to arrive on platform one... as manchester united caught the train to london, one player wasn't there. they had to face spurs on thursday with marcus rashford, for n

i'm gavin ramjaun. george russell sees red as he calls max verstapen a bully.alleges the champion threatened to crash into him intentionally. "one of the darkest and most difficult periods of my life." charlotte dujardin is banned for a year following footage of her excessively whipping a horse. and tottenham's troubles continue — just one win in six now for them after defeat to bournemouth in the premier league.

i'm gavin ramjaun. george russell sees red as he calls max verstapen a bully. the mercedes driver also alleges the champion threatened to crash into him intentionally. "one of the darkest and most difficult periods of my life." charlotte dujardin is banned for a year following footage of her excessively whipping a horse. and tottenham's troubles continue — just one win in six now for them after defeat to bournemouth in the premier league. hello and welcome to the programme. more from thursday's premier league and the club world cup draw to come. but first to the controversy happening in formula 1. the title might be decided, but the sparks are flying ahead of the final race of the season with mercedes driver george russell telling media in abu dhabi that now a—time world champion max verstappen is a bully that needs standing up to and that he's "allowed to get away with too much". tensions have been increasing throughout the season between verstappen and his rivals, but this follows an incident during the last grand prix in qatar, when the red bull driver was p

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. a bright start or a ruud awakening?game in charge. leny yoro could make his manchester united debut against arsenal in the premier league on wednesday. the rise and rise of abbi pulling. we speak to the newly crowned f1 academy champion hoping to be the first woman to make it onto a formula one starting grid in 50 years. hello and welcome along. it's over eight years since leicester city's fairytale premier league title. plenty has happened at the club since then, not least relegation and promotion. a third of the way through their return to the top flight, they're just above the relegation zone. the hope is new manager ruud van nistleroy can turn their fortunes around, having replaced steve cooper. he takes charge of his first game tomorrow night, at home to west ham, and spoke to the media for the first time as boss today. adam cottier reports. ruud van nistelrooy sat alongside leicester's owner in the stand to watch them lose 4—1 on saturday, a result that left leicester players in a dark place according to defender

i'm gavin ramjaun. arabia promise a "football festival" is to come after being the given the go—ahead by fifa to host the world cup, but the bidding process attracts controversy. also announced today — 100 years after the first world cup, 2030's tournament will start off in south america. three countries there and there's more. get them back in morocco, portugal and spain! three continents for one tournament, we'll work through it all also coming up on sportsday... ..there�*s plenty of action on the field tonight, in the champions league, with the pressure piling on manchester city, ahead of their crucial game atjuventus. it's going down a storm for england, but not in the way they'd like — as lightning and rain delays their one—day decider in south africa. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. fifa's extraordinary congress today was, its fair to say, extraordinary in so many ways. in a process involving nations giving their votes by "acclamation", lasting for more than three hours, it was co

i'm gavin ramjaun.ird and final test. number one: fifa name viniciusjunior and aitana bonmati as the best men's and women's footballers in the world. and — the perfect record — chelsea women make it six wins from six in the group stages of the champions league — and extend their unbeaten run to 16 matches. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. while they'd already clinched the series against new zealand, england's men will perhaps feel glad the year is almost over sfter capping off their busiest year of yest cricket with a humiliating and humbling defeat in hamilton. needing a very unlikely 658 runs to win, the tourists resumed day four on 18—2 but lost wickets at regular intervals, eventually bowled out for 234, giving the home side a huge 423 run win. a disappointing test — but a 2—1 victory for england in the three—match series. we know we didn't play anywhere near our capability. it's a disappointing way to end the tour and end disappointing way to end the tourand end ouryear disappointin

i'm gavin ramjaun.her for next summer's european championship england's women are brilliant with the ball in bloemfontein as they take control in their one off test against south africa. and show me the money. for the first time in history, the us ryder cup team will be paid to compete. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. less than 200 days to go until the women's european championship begins. and on monday — the 16 teams competing could begin to see their path to the final as the group stages were drawn. it was the final group that provided the biggest talking point as defending champions england were not only drawn against one of the other favourites, france but also the 2017 champions the netherlands and their neighbours wales who are debuting at the tournament for the very first time.

i'm gavin ramjaun. the battle of the noisy neighbours as england and wales are drawn together for next summer's european championship england's women are brilliant with the ball in bloemfontein as they take control in their one—off test against south africa. and show me the money: for the first time in history, the us ryder cup team will be paid to compete. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. less than 200 days to go until the women's european championship begins, and on monday the 16 teams competing could begin to see their path to the final as the group stages were drawn. it was the final group that provided the biggest talking point as defending champions england were not only drawn against one of the other favourites, france, but also the 2017 champions the netherlands and their neighbours wales, who are debuting at the tournament for the very first time. we have a very interesting, exciting group. it is a bit the same as the nation's league groups all the time, very tough, very excitin

i'm gavin ramjaun. george russell sees red as he calls max verstapen a bully.lly. "one of the darkest and most difficult periods of my life." charlotte dujardin is banned for a year following footage of her excessively whipping a horse. and tottenham's troubles continue — just one win in six now for them after defeat to bournemouth in the premier league. hello and welcome to the programme. more from thursday's premier league and the club world cup draw to come. but first to the controversy happening in formula i. the title might be decided, but the sparks are flying ahead of the final race of the season with mercedes driver george russell telling media in abu dhabi that now a—time world champion max verstappen is a bully that needs standing up to and that he's "allowed to get away with too much". tensions have been increasing throughout the season between verstappen and his rivals, but this follows an incident during the last grand prix in qatar,

hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm gavin ramjaun.und has been made — where lower league sides get the chance to face premier league opposition. perhaps the headliner though — holders manchester united have been drawn away to record ia—time winners arsenal. manchester city, without a win in seven matches — welcome �*class of 92'—owned salford city, in the fourth tier. some lower opposition for liverpool, chelsea and newcastle too. there's all premier league tie between aston villa and west ham. the third—round ties will be played over the weekend of saturday, 11th january. tamworth town, the lowest—ranked team remaining in the cup, will host premier league side tottenham as reward for their penalty shoot—out win against league one side burton albion. lambs manager andy peakes told kelly somers he was delighted. i wanted to be at home obviously a premature club opportunities to lightning. d0 opportunities to lightning. do ou opportunities to lightning. do you fancy yourselves when you have a full ground you've obviously been in a leagu

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. who can stop the rot at manchester city?he club fail to beat everton at the etihad... with haaland failing from the penalty spot. fulham come back to get the better of title challengers chelsea... their long wait for a win at their west london rivals is over. dwight gayle scores the winner as hibs break hearts at tynecastle. .. in the edinburgh derby. and, standing his ground... young opener sam konstas hits an impressive half century, against india in melbourne.. hello there and welcome along to the programme on a bumper boxing day feast of football for fans today. the famine — when it comes to victories — goes on for the premier league champions manchester city. they couldn't find a way past everton, in the lunchtime kick off, at the etihad... a crucial moment, erling haaland's spot kick saved byjordan pickford... nesta mcgregor reports. a stadium steeped in folk belonging to manchester city team — belonging to manchester city team struggling to find their way out _ team struggling to find their way out of miserable run of

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. who can stop the rot at manchester city? come back to get the better of title challengers chelsea... their long wait for a win at their west london rivals is over. dwight gayle scores the winner as hibs break hearts at tynecastle. .. in the edinburgh derby. and, standing his ground... young opener sam konstas hits an impressive half century, against india in melbourne.. hello there and welcome along to the programme on a bumper boxing day feast of football for fans today. the famine — when it comes to victories — goes on for the premier league champions manchester city.

i'm gavin ramjaun.ry renewed for rangers — they're up against former celtic boss ange postecoglou's tottenham at ibrox in the europa league. chelsea come away from the long trip to kazakhstan with a win over astana as their conference league campaign shows no signs of slowing. and attendances on the up for live sport, and women's football has a lot to do with it. we'll be hearing how later on the programme. also coming up on sportsday... ..the gap in pay between the top men's and women's players in cricket's the hundred competition will widen next year. we'll have the latest. and it's known as the toughest motor race on earth, but can britain's sam sunderland conquer the dunes again after ditching the bike for something bigger? as they say, with age comes a cage, and i definitely feel a bit safe with a seat belt in a cage of a car around me. hello there and welcome along to the programme. another busy evening of european action continues today, with the europa league and the conference league. we'll bri